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Danny I wonder if they actually will look like those two. It would be great to see a picture of what the finished project would look like. They will look like that. If you go to the JBR sales office in the Marina, or in the foyer near Scarlet's at Emirates Tower they have the models there. I thnk t...

As terrible as it is, people are too quick to judge. For many of the Indian labourers, they cannot get work in their own country, or they cannot get the money they're earning here. Yes, the hours are long, the conditions are hot, and I certainly wouldn't do it, but the again I do not come from the s...

As terrible as it is, people are too quick to judge. The problem is, especially for us UK/US/AUS educated people is we're often too guilty of applying our own standards to other cultures. Ahhhhh thx God u left Canadians. Cos here we assume it's not in "culture" to abuse ppl. Yes it's true...

I made my own lunch today, 20 AED for lunch is not toooo bad, but the last food I got from The LunchBox was pretty sub-sub. Today is a turkey, cheese, lettuce sandwich with ranch dressing on white bread. I could make about 10 of these for the 40 AED the ingredients cost. Bargain and tasty! Beat that!

i heard a lot about UAE specially Dubai that the the origin people there are very patriotistic but negative.... a friend lives there with her husband and son, and she said its difficult cause u ve not the same rights origin dubai people have!!! Find me a country where the residents have equal right...

MuslimA wrote:understood what i mean???
i hope so

No, I might stand a chance if you sms it to me though.

At first I was a non-believer, but in my dreams last night I was visited by the spirit of a recently departed Donkey who wanted me to post a message on this forum. Here it goes. "Whhhhhyyyy Liban?? Whyyyyyyy? I was just an innocent donkey, I had barely lived and you took my life awayyyyyy!!! Wh...

Thats why im not a fan of linux, u spend months, YEARS practising and improving ur linux skills, an microsoft comes up tomorrow and says "hey, loool, u dont have to do all that anymore, one click, vuwala" As a desktop OS, Linux is reasonably pitiful, because its not for noobs. As a server...

The fact there is only really 7 channels when taking overlap into account, does make it somewhat difficult if there are a lot of routers in the same proximity on close channels. For a better explanation (which probably contradicts what I just said) check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11#...

DaveDXB wrote:I giv up...i tried n tried

wudnt connect.

Suspect it might be a problem with encrypted passwords.

Try this http://www.macosx.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52386 for tips

Guys, I work in the mobile industry at a fairly senior level and can tell you that the Nokia phones are by far the best on the market - the problem is simple - the shops that sell the phones do not know who to set them up or explain to the customer what to do. Or perhaps, in recent years the qualit...

scarlet wrote:Barclays bank ad - trying to save like a rave anthem

That's just the first of many.

Farf far far too much repitition on Dubai radio.

Someone should drag those evil marketers out to a field and shoot them.

I want to rent a car for 3 months before I take the plunge and buy one (would rather do it after I pass my probation period at work).

Where's the best hire joint in Dubai? I'd like something semi-decent, like a BMW 318i or similar class.

Liban wrote:Why would you want to spend all kinds of money renting a BMW????

Because I want to.

BTW a 318i class isn't really flash.

You could always try OfficeLive

http://officelive.microsoft.com/

DaveDXB wrote:im the first to confess to my sins...

Dave 2 things:

(1) Watching it on video doesn't count.
(2) Animals don't count.

Clear? Forget what you think you know.

which linux flavour would u choose that is free? Im currently typing this using Xandros. Let me know of any other famous ones? that are FREEand worth using. Dave, by definition of the GPL, a Linux distribution must be free, at least free to download. Ubuntu is certainly the best pick for noobs, but...

Thinking of going to Oman soon, what's the deal with getting a visa for a day or so?

sage & onion wrote:Do you hold Valid Residence Visa in Dubai?

I will in about 5 days, give or take 5 days.

Otherwise, if it doesn't come through in that time, what then?

Liban wrote:Depends on your nationality. With my Canadian passport, I just need to show up at the border, regardless of UAE residency or not, and I automatically can cross the border.

What about the donkey?

anyway, do you know of a webpage where I can find this information out?

Thank you.

It seems Australians get special privileges, not only do we get a visa on arrival, but we're allowed a free use of a donkey for the visit.

Sucks to be Canadian

Yes I think it's a bad move, but likely to be revoked when common sense prevails. Perhaps a better idea would be a quota system where only a certain number of visas granted for certain professions each year. They operate this system for some positions in Australia and whilst not the greatest system ...

Jumeirah Beach is fine and away from the construction work, which is mainly happening in the Marina.

It's a fantastic hotel so definitely you should stay there.

Hi, thats great to hear, we are planning on staying for 8 nights, is there anything you would recommend we definately do while there? I hear the shopping is good, any items in particular of very good quality? August is quite possibly going to be the hottest month. With yesterday tipping 47 degrees ...

As soon as they walk out of their hotel the will see even more on the roads, will you try and deny this very sad fact?. Welcome to planet earth. That's right, don't come to Dubai because the traffic is bad. In fact, don't go anywhere traffic is bad... stay away from: * Dubai * Cairo * Beirut * Lond...

Liban wrote:Taking a course might help....

A course of valium?

Yes Dubai has shot up, but it still remains well down the list of large cities.

Interesting to note whether these studies take salaries into account though.

I saw the report but did not look too much into the methodology behind them.