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Al Jon wrote:Is there or isn't there?

By not doing anything about it, its condoning this kind of behavior.

Dubai is trying to be 1st world and charging 1st world prices, but is oh so 3rd world.

It IS still third world, by strict international definition.

sage & onion wrote:

gtmash wrote:Be careful of the roaming death squads though. They ride camels and hunt Americans for beheading.

What about the Australians?

Who cares about the Australians?

Is there or isn't there? By not doing anything about it, its condoning this kind of behavior. Dubai is trying to be 1st world and charging 1st world prices, but is oh so 3rd world. It IS still third world, by strict international definition. If you know what is 3rd World, you would never refer to D...

Creamy Raikonnen is Italian?

I don't think I've ever lived in a country where cases of male rape and male on male sexual assaults are so common place. A few high profile cases does not make them common place and they do occur all over the world, although the statistics are highly unreliable. But there is one difference in cult...

As an internet geek would say - "LOL"

If all Sharjah exits (escapes?) are tolled, people living in Sharjah will start living in their offices in Dubai to dodge the toll.

It is a well-known (but somewhat legal) scam. Do not proceed. No REAL job agency here charges money.

P.S. Some of the biggest scammer "agents" even advertise in this country's biggest money-hungry newspapers.

Sleep-inducing movies. They'll even let you in for free to fill seats.

I live here and I haven't done mine yet. But my friends have got it done. You have to do all the legwork yourself. If you studied in other countries, depending on the country, you have to go thru the embassy or there are agents here who do it for you for a fee. I also have a friend who got a visa pr...

80k to 120k

Where's the doubt? Just report it to the police with descriptions of their faces. Occassionally they do something. Never heard of any issues in our Karama (Dubai) in the last 25 years, and this area is considered a shithole by some (although it's not). I'd say Ajman is a real shithole. Move out of t...

Haha! That'll teach ya!

Spooks. A show that makes Oprah seem more like an exciting thriller.

The 'X' service bus runs along Jumeirah Beach Road to Media City and the Marina and there is a service every 15 minutes. Cost from Jumeirah 1 to DIMC: 4 Dhs!!!!! The same trip by taxi costs 50 Dhs. Bus trip time: 2 hours! Taxi trip time: 15 minutes Now you know why almost everyone here has a car. B...

Goog points Concs. The situation in Ajman seems to worse, but in Dubai, I have never seen any such incidents reported besides the usual staring. What pisses me off now is that due to the whining women in Dubai, cameras and single men are looked at with suspicion by the roving patrol cars, and I am c...

The customs people already charge a tax for goods coming into the country. What they want to do is cancel this customs tax and introduce VAT at the point of sale, to satisfy some nonsense WTO criteria. Theoretically, prices of goods will therefore NOT go up, but since this is Dubai, we all know what...

Thanks for the comments received so far and yes the persons in question asked "How much?" and in front of my boy too, which I find mind boggling. Good job he doesn't understand yet what they mean. My sister in law as my wife is of African decent, while I'm European and she was fully cloth...

Dubai Knight wrote:Can only people with red shoes post here?



Knight

Where's yours?

Gadgets are cheaper in USA. Much cheaper.

Interesting...bearing in mind that Microsoft are moving their ME head office to Saudi Arabia... It will give me a chance to tackle Herr Gates about that annoying little, bug ridden OS of his called 'Vista'. :shock: :shock: :shock: Knight Vista works fine on my computer, never had a problem yet, Vis...

How'd y'all hear about Dubai Outlet Mall? I just found it 2 months ago while driving around aimlessly in some sports car. I see this mall in the middle of nowhere, most of the shops were not open yet, and the rest were just the usual branded clothing stores.

It started? Oh.

Who are Mr Grumpy and Mr Stressed? Your multiple personalities?

MOST of the taxis don't stop for brown people, black people, women in abayas, Filipinos, locals, Arabs and people living in traffic-heavy areas.

Whatever minority they do pick up will tell you they have no problems getting a taxi here.

^ian^ wrote:You're telling me Christmas is a religious event?!?!?!?!



You learn something new everyday.

Sony, Microsoft et al always time their PS3/XBox/etc releases to be during Christmas. I guess Jesus is a video-gamer.

Why are you rich folks running around renewing your own car reg? I pay a company called Midland Cars to come and pick up my car, do the testing, reg and insurance, and return it in a few hours to wherever I want. All for 200 bucks. And I used them even when I was making four-figures a month. Hell, t...

gezza wrote:my xbox.......tele is terribile here

I like my basic cable.

Dubai Knight wrote:Its fairly easy to find out if someone is on the black list. The police have all that information in a computer database and a single enquiry to the CID will let you know.

As for getting back in: not possible with that id and passport.



Knight

Also, not with those same eyes.

I think It was 1983 Audi A4, Anyway , this is the weather here, Our Grand Parents lived without AC for hundreds of years, and no food except water and date, Well it is tough luck for this guy and he said 120 F, Ha Ha, he thinks, he is in Arizona, here it gets sometimes to 55 which is equaivlent to ...