We have some company (friends of friends) from overseas... new immigrants from Germany... and I'm learning a few things about the process. He has a doctorate in chemistry, she has very similar qualifications, they both speak very fluent English (and other languages)... and it still took them almost 4 years and thousands of dollars to get their permanent residency cards.
Also heard from the hydraulic shop... gotta pick up a cylinder and get that backhoe back together.
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SPEAK GLOBIE, SPEAK!!!!
I'm obviously not missing anything.