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Hi Tom, The weather in May is very nice. The Habtoor is an excellent hotel, Jumierah beach is the place to go but make sure you stick to the marina area unless you dont mind perves taking pictures of your gf with their cell phones :). You may be dissapointed if you are looking for a cultural trip. T...

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After a terrible time with standard chartered I am closing my account out of pure spite. Has anyone had a good easy experience with banks here? Which banks are the best?

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Thanks arnie, I'll check out lloyds, DS I have also heard good things about emirates. Navigator, for clarification, I only need checking and a loan. I think it would be useful for everyone to rate the banks they have used and the service in each department. I can tell you right now that with standar...

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check out RAK free zone http://www.rak-ia.com/ super cheap and relativley easy and of course tax fee. It costs about $1500 USD every year and about $6000 to set up. You will have to hire a local firm to serve as a "registered agent" but there are quite a few who are very cheap. You will al...

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Oh man, we got some tulsa redneck on our hands, bet you cried like a baby when ol charlton heston bit the bullet.

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Hello, First off, you cant serve alcohol in Dubai except in the hotels so you would have to do some real slick deal making to get a spot in a hotel. Second, there is a law that says that a local partner must own 51% of your business to operate here unless you are in one off the free zones. Hope that...

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I also am an american, and a gun owner. But I absolutely disagree with you. My gun is a 22 rifle locked safely away used now and again to shoot targets or squirrels and if I absolutely had to, I would use it in the unlikely event of some guy trying to kill me or my family. The only reason I would wa...

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Oh, sure, write a page long rant about america and say the problem will be solved if we are killed off by China, but the add on sentence to apologise to the good ones so we dont get our feelings hurt. I agree with you about the gun issue but as far as the rest of it goes, get real. If you brits hate...

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Thats probably the most intelligent thing Ive heard from you all day. Thanks for clarifying. I think you're right about almost everything you've said. No I dont deny that there is no shortage of narrow minded dumb f*cks back home in the states, but I do think that it is the same everywhere. The ones...

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The forum changes all my dirty words. Love=F*ck

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Too bad International City is a DUMP! If you are an engineering amnager you should get much more than that. I have friends getting more than that straight out of university. Also, with the inflation and rising rent costs, dont count on that being sufficient for long. I dont mean to discourage you. I...

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Just bring the prescription with you. You do have a prescription right?

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The marina has plenty of us westerners. It can be a lonely place at first, you will have to make it a point to be active and make friends quickly. Everyone here is the same as you so it isnt hard to be social. My group of friends is very open to newcommers (we're all 20 something), PM when you get h...

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I guess it depends on how important you are. Personally, I would love that offer but if you are upper management with a few kids, you might do better.

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sounds pretty good to me

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Im an engineer too and I have had to deal with similar hours and dissapointments. Get your passport back

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Does it have anything to do with real estate by any chance? I am looking for good lawyers too

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Haha, no man, just got caught bangin some british chick on the beach!

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Hey Vishal, Unfortunately, if you want to stay a free man, weed wont be a part of yur life here. Seriously, I havnt even heard of the stuff in 7 months of living here, the laws on drugs are VERY strict. Anyway, I have been talking to Leeboy and Desert surfer, both cool guys. Lee came out to club 400...

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Hey Ziggy, Sorry about hijacking your thread, as DS said, just a joke about something that happened here in Dubai a couple weeks ago. All jokes aside though, I am doing a bit of investing myself and I have a project that you might be interested in. We also need lawyers to help structure the deal. It...

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Yes, it is a real shame. Im glad Im not one of these guys

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Couldnt agree more Chocipoo,
There are tons of really interesting people here. I hate hanging out with other americans (insert smart a$$ coment about americans here).

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Haha, hey Lee, Glad to hear things are working out for you.

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We always used a little thing called a fake ID.
Worked great

By the way, anyone hear about the movement by university heads to lower the drinking age in the US? pretty cool I think

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Thats really funny you said that. A couple of weeks ago I was at McDanalds drunk off my ass and there was a local guy there with two pet monkeys wearing diapers. I asked if he spanked them when they are naughty and then proceded to laugh so hard I almost wet my pants.

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my cards have been frozen too, apparently ther is a massive fraud apoeration going on

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I use standard chartered, they sent me an sms saying I need to change my pin because there is some huge fraud scheme going on. I went to the branch and they said everyones is frozen but the ams still work. I have also been having trouble with my chase mastercard.

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you will have to wear black from head to tow, you cant drive or work and you'll get stoned to death for picking up hot men. Alcohol is punishable by death too.

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lighten up guys I was joking. I forgot people in this part of the world haven't quite figured out the whole humor thing yet (or addresses for that matter). Dubai is fine for women. dont do anything stupid and you'll be fine (seems to be a hard rule to follow for the brits though!). Just repect the l...

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