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After visiting a few months ago it looks like next spring my wife and I will be relocating to Dubai, exciting stuff but now trying to get a feel for it too, so a few questions. I want to sell our UK property but the other half is reluctant to loose our place on the UK property ladder (especially as ...

How come you are moving to a new country and the thing that worries you most is TV? Haha, no but I like to watch it and don't see the point if it's censored beyond reason. At the same time I don't really want to get into trouble for buying The Sopranos or something off the web. drinking beer? All d...

What are the best subscription TV channels for UK and US programmes and maybe some UK sport?

Where can I get a small run of embroided and/or printed polo and t-shirts made in Dubai?

Hi there Godfathers. Unfortunatly what you are asking is like, I bandaged my swollen leg after a football injury, how do I do heart surgery? To train as an architect takes 7 years in the UK (I don't know about elsewhere), including placements and even then you have to be both talented and lucky befo...

rossbaku wrote:Ally 'Coisty' McCoist.

The cheeky wee bisum and housewife's favourite bigot.

Nearest tube is Tower Hill so for an easy commute, anything on the district line. Sadly looking at the tube map there doesn't look like too many cheap areas. Acton in Zone 3 is ok and you'll get a cheaper flat than Earls Court for example. Not too far from the DLR either, you may get a good house sh...

Stop Smoking by Allen Carr, my missus read this book 2 months ago and says has had no desire to smoke, even with me smoking around her. Her temper was a bit up on the first few days of quitting but imagine that's to be expected.

Going to start reading it myself at the end of this week.

Got family visiting over the Christmas and New Year period. Our apartment is a bit pokey for turkey and all the trimmings so any suggestions on hotels or clubs for Christmas day? Also any suggestions for Hogmany? Can't really take my dad to an RnB club and the Irish Village has some annoying punters...

Depends on the profession. Some of those in the blue boiler suits, living in labour camps would make killing in the UK while certain professional jobs are over saturated there but there seems to be decent enough positions here in Dubai.

Student?

Didn't they do any time while the case was being processed?

To argue with an idiot, you have to lower yourself to their level, where they'll beat you with experience.

That's me sold, how much do you want?

Chocoholic wrote:I need 350,000 Dhs to buy a boat please! I'll take you out for spins in it!

That idea disnae float wie me, and fur that reason - ahm oot!

Chocoholic wrote:Ah go on! It's a pimped out boom boom boat, that you can zoom around in and look really kewl, whilst banging out the latest tune, with wakeboarders on tow out the back.

It jist disnae hud water son, ah telt ye ahm oot!

Chocoholic wrote:Not so much in Dubai itself.

And with the state of the postal service and isp, let alone relable payment gateways for companies, it's not going to change anytime soon.

While not putting myself forward as any expert, the bulk of the credit crunch seems to be caused by people spending above their means, regardless of their position on the financial food chain.

I went go-karting today for the first time in my life. Despite getting lapped by girls half my age and spinning out on almost every corner, I had a superb time.

Recommend it to anyone

ArchitectRoel wrote:Where did you play go-kart dude?

As mentioned the Autodrome, it's just past the Global Village. We went on the outside track. Big and has dips and hills too. We had two 15 mins sessions with a break in between.

http://www.dubaiautodrome.com/general/c ... 45&sm=1048

yes, i´m a qualified diver (PADI MSDT). Is it easy to go to Oman to dive? Are the spots better? I´ve heard they floated 2 jets close to the palm for divers? Just wreck diving in the Dubai due to the developments. Oman is about an 8 hour round trip so best make a weekend of it. Some of the schools i...

Thank you for the money, all the money I'm making
Thanks to all the sheikhs, I'm shaking,
Who could live without it, I ask in all honesty
What would life be?
Without a song or a dance what are we?
So I say, thank you for the money
For giving it to meeeeeeeee.

I understand you're posting from frustration but what you are suggesting is practically impossible. For a start a publication would have to sell all their ad space in this way, they cannot only sell what they have left over on the next run as this devalues their own product to those who have took ou...

OK, I've just had a quick look at your website and it does you no favours at all. The design is fairly woeful by todays standards, a lot of people think design is irrelevent but it instils convidence in a prospective customer. Considering your field, you don't need to go over the odds with a redesig...

As for the website, well it is the old adage, I'm a hypnotherapist and not a web designer. And yes, it probably shows. Fair enough, and essentially you are a sole trader so nothing wrong with giving it a go yourself. However the old adage "you get what you pay for" rings true slightly. Wh...

I hate having to haggle, find it tedious and time consuming, however it seems a part of life here in the UAE. The gold souk is were the price varies immensely, I find it helps not dressing up too flashy to begin with then like Captain says, having an idea of the price of gold that day etc. You can u...

If I was a friend of uaekid, I think I'd be driven to drink too.

Thinking about getting myself a road/mountain bike for a bit of fresh air and general fitness.

Obviously riding it on the roads in Dubai is out so where can I ride it other than the promenade along Jumeirah open beach?

Without wanting to dissappoint you Usama, I wouldn't bother. Sadly both of your professions are covered by nationalities that will work a lot cheaper than what you can afford to. Customer service, is mostly non-existent here and there is an adundance of private nannies, nursery nurses, kindergarden ...

godsent wrote:penalties if caught can be severe.

Does anyone actually know what they are?

After it's known that local investment groups and some very senior local individuals prop up both Vegas and the UK horse racing industry.