• Sign In
  • Sign Up
Expatica Home www.expatica.com
EXPATICA.COM - NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
  • Belgium
  • France
  • Germany
  • Luxembourg
  • Netherlands
  • Portugal
  • Russia
  • South Africa
  • Spain
  • Switzerland
  • United Kingdom
  • Home
  • Members
  • Groups
  • Events
  • Forum
  • Blogs
  • Polls
  • Classifieds
  • Photos
  • Videos
  • Music

Upcoming Events

  • The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection
    January 23
    Ongoing
  • Trompe l'oeil (Tricking the Eye)
    March 1
    Ongoing
  • Tutanchamun: His Tomb and the Treasures
    March 29
    Ongoing
  • Member Type: Expatica Member
  • Networks: The Netherlands
  • Profile Views: 651 views
  • Friends: 0 friends
  • Last Update: October 5, 2011
  • Joined: November 2, 2003

porkchop

  • Updates
  • Info
  • Photos(1)
  • Forum Posts(696)
  • porkchop
    porkchop replied to a topic in the forum Relocating to the Netherlands:
    Buggers will get you one way or another, we'd be looking at family reunification (wife-dutch, 2 children) which would be 1500 EU all up if I'm not mistaken!?!
    • July 5, 2011
  • porkchop
    porkchop replied to a topic in the forum Dutch News:
    And now I've killed the topic!
    • July 4, 2011
  • porkchop
    porkchop replied to a topic in the forum News and Announcements:
    @admin point taken :)
    • July 4, 2011
    • porkchop
      goodbrenda HELLO
      i am miss Brenda,
      i was attracted to your profile and will like us to be friends.
      please mail me on (brend.moyo@yahoo.com) i will tell you more about my self then,...  more
      HELLO
      i am miss Brenda,
      i was attracted to your profile and will like us to be friends.
      please mail me on (brend.moyo@yahoo.com) i will tell you more about my self then,
      thanks,
      Yours Brenda.  
      • May 5, 2012
  • porkchop
    porkchop replied to a topic in the forum News and Announcements:
    Yeah it looks fine to me, I quite like the stuck-on letters effect!
    • July 1, 2011
  • porkchop
    porkchop replied to a topic in the forum News and Announcements:
    Sorry to hear that Wes, an ex-prime minister of Oz will go to his grave with the catch-phrase he championed "life wasn't meant to be easy" but surely it doesn't have to be that hard I sometimes wonder!
    • July 1, 2011
  • porkchop
    porkchop replied to a topic in the forum News and Announcements:
    Turmoil on the forums or turmoil in your life (not being too personal)?
    • June 30, 2011
  • porkchop
    porkchop replied to a topic in the forum News and Announcements:
    Let's just say I'm a fairly empathetic person and yes it's fairly bleeding obvious!
    • June 30, 2011
  • porkchop
    porkchop replied to a topic in the forum News and Announcements:
    Hey are you feeling a bit down? Is life in the swamp even in summertime not all that great...?
    • June 30, 2011
  • porkchop
    porkchop replied to a topic in the forum News and Announcements:
    Some say that a change is as good as a holiday!
    • June 30, 2011
  • porkchop
    porkchop replied to a topic in the forum News and Announcements:
    Have you changed your avatar AND your name Wes??
    • June 29, 2011
  • porkchop
    porkchop replied to a topic in the forum News and Announcements:
    I hope that's not meant as an insult!
    • June 29, 2011
  • porkchop
    porkchop replied to a topic in the forum Dutch News:
    Sorry to sound so defeatist.
    • June 29, 2011
  • porkchop
    porkchop replied to a topic in the forum Dutch News:
    sunnydaze said:Well, we then decided, lets go back to Australia as we really could not believe how impossible it seemed, it took 4 weeks for permanent residency to Australia to come through from the Hague for hubby and 18 years later we now are coming bac...  moresunnydaze said:Well, we then decided, lets go back to Australia as we really could not believe how impossible it seemed, it took 4 weeks for permanent residency to Australia to come through from the Hague for hubby and 18 years later we now are coming back and will try again! who knows what will unfold. We are a bit older and wiser and the dutch consul in Australia keeps telling me it will be a walk in the park ....... hmmm?...............
    I'm in a strangely similar situation except our story started in the 80's. I naively thought when I married my dutchie in 1990 that at some later point in time (MUCH later as it turned out) we would be able to live in NL again (lived together in A'dam in 1985) but how wrong I was!! Now all those years and two kids later the laws in Nederland regarding family reunification have become so restrictive that I feel there's little chance it will ever happen. I've undertaken dutch language courses through Adult Ed here in Oz knowing it would be a requirement and also knowing that p...    less
    • June 29, 2011
  • porkchop
    porkchop replied to a topic in the forum News and Announcements:
    Just worked it out, thanks...
    • June 29, 2011
  • porkchop
    porkchop replied to a topic in the forum Dutch News:
    Wherever it happens it's a barely conscionable act of suicide, I mean turn out the lights by all means but don't take someone else with you...
    • June 29, 2011
  • porkchop
    porkchop has added a new profile photo.
    • June 29, 2011
  • porkchop
    porkchop posted a topic in the forum News and Announcements:
    Avatars
    Hoi iedereen,
     
    Can anyone tell me how to get my avatar from the original site onto my profile here?
    • June 29, 2011
  • porkchop
    porkchop replied to a topic in the forum News and Announcements:
    I find a large hangs from my somewhat bony frame! (I'm 6 ft but leanish)...
    • June 29, 2011
  • porkchop
    porkchop replied to a topic in the forum News and Announcements:
    I'm a medium (depending on the tailoring)....
    • June 29, 2011
View More
Loading ...

Personal Information

  • Gender: Male
  • Birthday: September 17, 1959
  • * City of Residence: Hobart
  • * Home Country: Australia

Personal Details

  • Interests: Art, Books, Cooking, Gardening, Music, Travel
  • Profile Ph­otos 1 photo

Previous
Next
  • October 5, 2011 4:09:13 AM CEST
    in the topic Dutch roads second safest in Europe in the forum Dutch News
    Standards of etiquette are falling every year and unfortunately road users are at the cutting edge (of rudeness and impatience) only difference is that cutting in front of someone with your supermarket trolley is annoying but in a car could be fatal...
  • July 5, 2011 4:56:00 AM CEST
    in the topic Prices being raised at IND in the forum Relocating to the Netherlands

    Buggers will get you one way or another, we'd be looking at family reunification (wife-dutch, 2 children) which would be 1500 EU all up if I'm not mistaken!?!

    This post was edited by porkchop at July 5, 2011 4:56:00 AM CEST
  • July 4, 2011 4:47:20 AM CEST
    in the topic Dual Citizenship and other nice things in the forum Dutch News
    And now I've killed the topic!
  • July 4, 2011 4:43:03 AM CEST
    in the topic Avatars in the forum News and Announcements
    @admin point taken :)
  • July 1, 2011 3:41:35 AM CEST
    in the topic Tell us how you like the Expatica postcard in the forum News and Announcements
    Yeah it looks fine to me, I quite like the stuck-on letters effect!
Previous
Next
  • About Expatica
  • Advertise
  • Banners & Widgets
  • Contact us
  • Privacy policy
  • Editorial policy
  • Disclaimer
  • Terms of service
  • Refer site to a friend

© Copyright 2000-2011 Expatica Communications BV