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BlueOrb

How long before someone gets caught filling up empty bottle with tap water from some industrial area, just to make a bit extra dosh.......doesn't bear thinking about really. I'd certainly be chacking the seal breaks when i opened it - but i wouldn't buy unless they has a fridge too. It's got to be c...

BlueOrb

"Zero Carbon, Zero Waste" is indeed the mantra of the Masdar Project, but at this moment in time, the project is in Carbon Deficit, and will take a little time to balance out and become carbon neutral. They have a 10 Megawatt photovoltaic plant on site, that is pumping electricity into the...

BlueOrb

But step back for a while and just think about the amount of paper that was used by the contractors, architects, planners and project managers in developing this city?? I have to say i agree in this instance. if ever there was a project that could have benefited from being "paper free", i...

BlueOrb

http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/2.1735/discovery-gardens-strains-under-bachelor-influx-1.692305 Dubai: Homeowners and residents in Discovery Gardens are complaining about the increasing presence of bachelors in the Nakheel-owned residential complex close to Jebel Ali. If the trend goes unchecked, ...

BlueOrb

It seems to me the roads in the residential areas are always the last thing to be completed. I'm in the Greens, and it was an absolute nightmare getting out in the morning for a long time. When the sorted the trafic lights and the bridge over SZR, it seemed to change overnight. Developers should tak...

BlueOrb

Let's face it....when earn less than AED1,000/- per month, as most labourers do, where CAN you afford to rent individually, or even share with a few friends, and still have money left over for food, bills, etc etc. They have to live together, in the same place, so they can get their transport to wor...

BlueOrb

Looks like the Gumball 2000 Rally (black banners in the background have the logo, plus the adverts on the cars).

I've been to the start in London a few times, and there's inevitably a few Dubai / UAE cars taking part.

BlueOrb

http://www.7days.ae/storydetails.php?id=98820&page=localnews&title=Delay in Ikea punch-up case Two men accused of breaking the jaw of a heavily pregnant woman and attacking her husband after a row in furniture store Ikea have appeared in court. The oldest defendant, a 52-year-old Emirati, de...

BlueOrb

The way this is going, i wouldn't be surprised if they (the Syrian and Australian), end up being charged with assault. You can bet your bottom dollar they wouldn't get their passport back to go and work abroad......-- Sun Oct 17, 2010 9:53 am -- And boy this topic bring up bad memories ! http://www....

BlueOrb

[quote=]"DillonSo, should you overtake on the Offside, the Nearside or either side of the vehicle in front?[/quote] The law here is the same as the UK - "undertaking" a vehicle on (in this case) the right hand side is an offence. The correct way (legal way) is on the left.....but as e...

BlueOrb

The car won't turn yellow as it's chrome painted, I believe a lot of the McLaren Mercedes is carbon fibre, and the rest probably normal plastic, so it would be impossible to gold plate. Having said that, it does look the Dog's B******s! Have seena Ferrari about town too, but that one was done in yel...

BlueOrb

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11571822 Report of the case. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11492867 Some insight into the background of the case. Good to see that sometimes justice can be done when cases involve "influential" people. And nice quote from the copper at the end: Ou...

BlueOrb

Thanls Orb I totally forgot about this Excellent news. Well done to the UK courts, justice has been served, keep us updated on the sentencing aswell. Murder carries a mandatory "Life Sentence"in the UK. But only in very rare occasions does life actually mean life. I think "Life"...

BlueOrb

The sentence is in! Life with a minimum of 20 years, which should be considered a tough sentence nowadays. No doubt as a result of the sheer brutality of the crime. i doubt he will be back home any time soon. http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Saudi-Prince-Saud-Abdulaziz-Bin-Nasser-Al-Saud-Jai...

BlueOrb

I don't know the full company setup in this case, but it's a little unfair to say that responsibility lies with the local sponsor - maybe in this case it does, but in most cases, the sponsor is "silent" or "sleeping", at the behest of the 49% "real" owner. They (the 49%...

BlueOrb

yeh makes you think that with hi-fi technology around the world which can detect explosives in your bag as soon as you walk into an airport, they are still able to find bombs on the plane. PETN, the explosive substance used in these devices, is odourless, and very difficult to detect, hence wont be...

BlueOrb

Whatever happened to....... "Lucozade. Aids recovery"...........????

BlueOrb

I read somewhere a couple of weeks ago that some guy had offered his EID card at the bank as identification, and it was rejected! If it's not good as ID, what good is it at all?? Except for the fact that everyone has to be fingerprinted to get one, so the authorities get everyone's fingerprints unde...

BlueOrb

4GetMeNot. BM, Anybody?

I'm surpised no one has noticed this........even the name is a giveaway!

BlueOrb

DDS - you are forgetting the one they posted about a missing cat, off the top of my head..... I think the answer to the above questions is probably China, as that's where they are undoubtedly from.......-- Sun Jan 16, 2011 3:44 pm --It was a dog. And it was the Blackberry link you included. My bad.....

BlueOrb

Nahhhh....after my one and only venture off road (which you know about), i've left it alone for safety's sake, as i don't know anyone else who would go with me! I have manage a few little detours off the Al Madam to Fossil Rock road, behind the mountains for a few pictures with family and friends, b...

BlueOrb

Doesn't help that my fiancee (soon to be wife) isn't exaclty the off-road type. She gets in a state if i cross some sand to bypass a traffic jam in the Greens, let alone cross any decent stretch of desert!

BlueOrb

Not a bad idea.

Will probably wait for a month - got a wedding to be at! Too much to sort out before then, and works a pain too.

BlueOrb

..., this is just a typical man's reaction. No it's not. It's a typical rapist or potential rapist's reaction. Typical men, even if they thought they were "in there", so to speak, after spending some time with a woman, would walk away, albeit disappointed, when they found out that nothing...

BlueOrb

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3361380/Maddie-seen-with-suspect-in-Dubai.html You would think that if this is the case, the the Police will have some very good CCTV footage of it. After all, they manage to track the movements of 20-odd people who knocked the Hamas guy off in the Al Bustan...

BlueOrb

The article says they had to be interviewed by psychologists......and Elton John passed this interview?????? Probably more to do with the money on offer than his actual state of mind. The whole thing is obscene. Two homosexuals with money buying a baby. And making it with a cocktail as well. Disgust...

BlueOrb

I agre with Shafique - Ethiopia! Emirates should be 2000 to 2500, and hotels are cheap (or expensive, if you prefer). Am heading there next month myself, for the first time, and am hoping to see some of the more notable cultural places (in between getting married). Food is good, too. Local spice is ...

BlueOrb

Not particularly something nice, but something that made me feel better today.... Got hammered for my fiancee having 5Kg too much weighti in her luggage at Terminal 3 this morning at the airport. AED 580/-, thanks very much. Anyway, half an hour later, whilst standing at the entrance to the departur...

BlueOrb

I think i have seen this thing on the ground. Not quite sure of exactly where it is based, but i passed it whilst heading east off the main Dubai-Ad highway, before the DXB/AD border. I remember thinking WTF is a blimp doing here? If it's supposed to be secret, they've built the base a bit too near ...

BlueOrb

Herve - now that the case is over, and so you are free to talk candidly about everything, are DW correct in thier claim that you bumped up the price of materials by purchasing them though Seahorse Submarines? And did you (or have you) ever built any submarines that are in operation? If so, how many?...

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