Where is everybody from?

[David In Indy]

You GUYS! You are making me cry at work!!!!      ..... 

So have you never been outside of Australia, Kerry? Have you ever thought of doing one of those afraid of flying courses?

Oh no!! I sure didn't want you to cry at work Melissa! I don't want you to cry at all!

Het spijt me. 

[Kerry]

I can relate to so much of what you're describing, Kerry. I too have noticed that my phobias become more pronounced with age--for example, despite my fears, I made the drive to San Francisco from Austin in 1990, yet felt so overwhelmed just last month with the prospect of forging ahead to Colorado that I felt the need to turn back.

I too don't feel a great impulse to travel. Paradoxically, I'm very interested in geography, history, and other cultures, but usually feel I get most of what I need to know in these areas from reading. I guess you could call me an armchair traveller.

I too am a great one for reading, Scott. And I have a rampant imagination. Nothing I like more than burying myself in a good novel. In the past, I have found that when I went out of my way to travel somewhere, to visit some place I'd read about in a book maybe, I was always disappointed with the reality of what I found. What was in my imagination was always more vivid and fulfilling that reality for me.  Guess I'm just a fantasist at heart! 

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I'm from Christchurch, New Zealand, but originally from Calgary, Canada.  It sure is a long flight from Chch to Calgary (about 26 hours depending on the length of the layovers), but I'd rather fly than cruise (oh the seasickness...).