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Every city has problems, Dubai is a bit different in that: 1) Its worshippers refuse to acknowledge any problem whatsoever that Dubai may have... 2) Anytime a valid point against Dubai is raised, people bypass it and try to defame the person bringing up the point 3) People act as sycophants even tho...

Unofficial taxes.....it would be better if they just called them taxes, at least people would get something in return...

Let me try to put a positive spin on this; the article you posted is a fabricated one made up by people jealous of Dubai.

There are actually a series of defences that Dubai lovers use.... 1) The news is a lie 2) When you prove it isnt, they try to attack the messenger. "Ooooh, this journalist told a lie in 1977, that means he cannot be trusted" 3) Otherwise, they try to find 1 small mistake in the entire arti...

I am always intrigued as to why so many people here have so little common sense. And no, its not just about education. Seemingly well-educated people also drive like idiots in the rain, noticed one guy doing 60 kph on the Abu Dhabi highway on the 3rd lane without headlights on in heavy rain. His car...

Uaekid, on the contrary, some of the most stupid things I have seen on Dubai roads have been done by presumably people who learned their driving here.... Like the Maxima who switched from 4th to 2nd lane at a speed of 160 kph in rain....because he was about to miss an exit...getting almost 6 inches ...

Uaekid, on the contrary, some of the most stupid things I have seen on Dubai roads have been done by presumably people who learned their driving here.... Like the Maxima who switched from 4th to 2nd lane at a speed of 160 kph in rain....because he was about to miss an exit...getting almost 6 inches...

Its good news, however what i dont get is why newspapers are screaming that this move shows Dubai is unparalled as a successful financial center, and that Abu Dhabi's assistance proves Dubai is the best place in the world to do business....
I mean how does getting 10$ b in assistance prove all that ?

Chocoholic wrote:[quote="benwj"

Now the sub-continent drivers are absolutely terrible, the minibus drivers scare the heck out of me, .

the problem lies with many commercial , not with "sub continent" drivers, as there are probably 100,000 of them out there...

The DB brigade is just the other side of the coin to the Dubai cheerleading brigade. The former bashes Dubai no matter what, and takes delight in saying that Dubai will become a ghost town even though probably 1% of Dubai's workforce got laid off. He repeats the "3000000 cars abandoned in the a...

It would seem that some people are never satisfied, it must be real bad news indeed for them when they can see Dubai trying to do it better and worst of all for the DB Brigade, it is working. the guys at DF are a piece of work really !! they excused the ppl with bank debts who left the country not ...

Another topic, but I too said WTF when I read it. How on earth does killing someone fetch 1 year jail only? The fight started because the victim didnt give the killers groceries for free, now that sounds familiar, wanting things for free without working.... But seriously 1 year only? When bouncing a...

2 days, 2 stabbing crimes . Dont know what is going on...1 common theme though between the 2 crimes, on top of the fact that both were knife crimes.... On top of that I posted in the other thread how a person was beaten to death in a jail, with the killers getting the sentence of 1 year, yes 12 mont...

The article mentioned the court didnt have any scanners. Thats very dangerous as someone could brought a pistol as well and shot others....

Also its a nice warm climate. i dont see Dubai failing as well, as there is nothing as good as it within a 5 hours flight... But please stop this warm, sunny climate bs Dubai has great weather for 4 months out of 12. The rest 8 months have hot days in which you cant walk more than 5 minutes in dayt...

I use FB occasionally, but dont get those who think its useless just because they dont use it...... Its a very convenient way of sharing pics, keeping in touch with friends etc. Now obviously many those who are 40+ may think its useless as they find it difficutl to navigate etc., so fine, dont use it!

Rudeboy, I have been flashed when I was doing 140 on the highway, and I was not even on the fast lane, I was on the 3rd lane, and the car behind was probably racing with the car on the fast lane.....

Sacking Hughes wasnt the wrong decision, it was the timing that was screwed up....

If they gave him a target at the start of the season, then its crass to suddenly fire him and say we changed our targets midway through the season

As I have said a hundred time, if you make your benchmark of driving to be Cairo, Tehran, Mumbai or the Bolivian mountains, then yes, Dubai will seem safe.

However, Dubai's driving is defintely worse off than most Western European cities, and most parts of USA/Canada

I always tip for good servie regardless of service charge; and yes, the service charge generally goes to management, or is shared b/w management and waiters... Of course they justify it by saying "what use is tips to a waiter if the restaurant closes down due to less proft, so its better to dir...

I didnt quite get the hysterical reactions from the Pacman camps when the drugs test was suggested.... Did they want to conduct it for him only, which would be a a valid reason to refuse. And as good a boxer as he is, his cult like followers are a bit annoying. Its as if anyone who doesnt admit that...

sage & onion wrote:Why refuse a drug test if you are clean????, that's my take on it.

WHY YOU HATE PACMAN, HE is best pound for pound boxer of all time, if you dont agree we will hate you !


* Sorry , I meant "Pound Por Pound"

I personally agree that the death sentence should be used for smuggling 4kg of heroin However, what is true is that China applies the death sentence very liberally and doesnt really care about the value of human life, Chinese or foreign. They execute people for not paying taxes and taking bribes, no...

to control crime you got to have capital punishments and strict laws. ok lets say this guy got 10 years in prison, who knows he might have turned a leaf but who knows he would have been the same guy 10 years before and once he is out he will end up supplying drugs to other people. so its good they ...

Techincally, isnt the annual fee system illegal ? i think its called having a "sleeping partner"

Both sets of fans behaved very immaturely after the WCQ.

The funniest thing I heard is probably:

"Egyptians are kings of the world today and were so since the Pharoahs", hahahahahha

gertrude wrote:
What is even more funny is Sage defending a country that is not even his, never will and that is not worth to be defended.

Then again, sycophants throughout history have often gained, even if a little, in the short term.

Musa al Qaadh, an Egyptian resident, said he once received a hostile reception from the operator who demanded that he speak “correct Arabic”. “She told me that this is not Egypt, you have to speak correct Arabic or I will hang up on you,” said Mr al Qaadh. Sharjah is home to a lot of people with Ar...

Ismail Shaheen, 30, an Egyptian expatriate, said he was recently stopped by a police patrol at night on Al Arouba Road as he was driving home with his new wife. Although the officers had been looking for drunk drivers, they were clearly also on the lookout for breaches of the law regarding marriage....

sage & onion wrote:I lived in Saudi for 8+ years, never had Police at the door looking for a Marriage Cert.

Many things happen in the UAE which you or I have not experienced; does not mean that those things dont happen just because it hasnt happened to us....!