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Because it's not for you to have a go at someone for their musical tastes! Others might not like what you like either. Sure you're entitled to your opinion, but maybe change the way you express it.

FYI, Simply Red are not really making new music, that's why they're on a 'Greatest Hits' tour.

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Iranian officials came up with a new idea to solve traffic jams in their capital by issuing a gas card for each car owner that limits his gas monthly quantity after calculating distance between his home and work place beside the average of his usual daily trips like picking up kids from school and ...

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Hey Leo, here's a thought! Why don't you post in the products and services area of the forum and stop spamming the rest of it? There's a good boy!

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This is the most ridiculous post I have ever seen! Talk about wanting to send womens issues back into the dark ages. Why shouldn't women also do these jobs? I get outside and wash my car...and......so what?

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Clearly don't know much about geology do you KId - meh.

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What am I the bloody guide to the forum? Use your eyes!!!

Front page - consumer section - products and services in dubai discussion etc etc

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Hahaha this guy is seriously insane. Talk about sense of humour labotomy!

Someone please introduce him to sarcasm!

Well done Leo, you're really making an impression on here! And it's not a good one!

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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ga3pkMiHNwez4Wlln8wTA5Mk5R9wD99PFVL01 CAIRO — An official at Cairo airport says a foot-long baby crocodile wriggled out of a passenger's hand luggage and caused panic on a flight from the United Arab Emirates. A crew member on the EgyptAir flight fro...

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Regardless, it was appalling of the airport immigration staff not to even bother to make a phone call which would have resulted in a fax or email, that could have cleared up the situation in minutes. Appalling behaviour! And what kind of message does this send to tourists aswell? Which may I remind ...

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Kid, I simply meant that the majority of 'on the beat' police officers are of these nationalities - it's a fact so you can't refute it! Locals only tend to hold high ranking positions and they certainly wouldn't act in that manner either. Sadly yes, tourism is a major contributor to the UAE economy,...

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YOu see now this is interesting. If you google a search on the story, every single other news wire reports the flight FROM AD TO CAIRO! Hmmmmmm AD government twisting the truth to avoid embarrassment? Certainly I wouldn't believe the 'local', governmentally owned papers like Gulf News and Khaleej Ti...

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To add to the original story, none of them state whether the flight originated in Abu Dhabi. It might well have been a stop off, enroute from somewhere else. Sad thing is airport security in the UAE is lax, the amount of times I've carried 'banned' items on-board in my hand luggage and no-one even b...

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Just a word of warning after a friend of mine found themselves in a bit of trouble and strife recently. If you have a car/personal loan/mortgage/credit cards etc and have paid it off, remember to get your security cheque back from the bank! My friend was hauled off to jail last week after some jobsw...

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And the worst part? He said there were tens of people banged up for the same thing! One poor guy had been in the clink for 3 months because he has no family here to get the original paperwork for him, friends are not allowed and he's not allowed to contact the loan company. UAE = FAIL! The quicker t...

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Ewwwwww! er in general I'd have to say no we don't! SOme hair is fine, it's nice trimmed. But a whole rug that you could virtually plait and gel into various styles is hideous.

Either trim or wax that sucker.

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Come on MCL, logical thinking doesn't exist here, you should know that by now.

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But the point here is - the loan was already paid off and the bank had no right to cash it in the first place! It was their mistake. And the fact that he wasn't even allowed to contact his bank to verify this to the polcie is terrible.

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No idea what that was about, care to give a translation?

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Kid, I am fully within my rights to talk about my own experiences. I travel alot out of the UAE, and sadly the airport experience is not always a good one. Thank goodness for Terminal 3 now, as it's much better. And once again, if you can't learn to take constructive criticism, how do you ever expec...

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I had to laugh this morning as I was driving to work. Got into Ajman and a couple of police are on the side of the road, I get requested to pull over. Licence and registration yadda yadda yadda usual stuff. The officer takes a wonder round my car, I'm like er is there a problem. He thinks about it f...

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It's very harsh and one sided isn't it? Employers win again, the little man gets punished. I'd like to know what the punishment is for an employer who loses their case.

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I really hate to say it, but once again it's rash decisions that have not been thought through properly from start to finish.

I'd love o be aq fly on the wall in some of these government metings - i bet it's hilarious!

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Well it was the banks mistake in the first place. Once this was obvious and the documentation submitted he was released immediately.

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Whoa, old up there Kid, I will have to respectfully disagree. Who said anything about a 'blank' cheque?! You very often have to write a cheque for the full amount of the loan/mortgage whatever, this is common practice in the UAE and quite ridiculous. Ok, so you buy property, take a mortgage, cool ha...

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But again, suppose the company IS at fault? Then no info is given about their punishment. It is one-sideed sadly.

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But Kid that's half the problem, is that people here have very few rights!

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And do you think that the majority of people in the jails can afford a lawyer?

The jails are over capacity, they have double the number of people that they're meant to hold. People are left inside for months on end, because they have no-one to help them.

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Well the mistake was paid forand rightly so. And just because it's a governmental department should make them exempt? If anything they should be even tougher on themselves! Lead by example and all that.

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You make absoltuely no sense whatsoever. I didn't backtrack, winning awards doesn't make any difference to my original opnion, sorry youread it that way.

Clearly you don't understand the point of 'news', so I'd stop reading the papers altogether if I were you.

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Yes indeed.

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Re: could this work in Dubai ?

Wonderful airport security in AD!

Remember to take back your security cheque!

Ajman police are clearly bored

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