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Under the terms of anti-smoking laws already in place in Scotland, any tabacco based element cannot be smoked in any confined public place. Not like England to be last, about time too. What a difference it makes to your nights out not having to inhale smoke. Good riddance to it. It's more concentrat...

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thanks for the input. are there any places that are not as "sterile" as say the greens / lakes/ sands... i would like to find something with some character, older and stylish.... Ah, the old "I want to move to new, shiny Dubai" trick where you don't want to live in "new, sh...

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Just to play Devil's Advocate on this, the single most common excuse I hear from people not coming back on time is "family issues". It's amazing, people can live here for 3 years then the 2 weeks they go home the biggest possible family emergency you can think of comes up and they have to ...

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I've tried 5 travel agencies in UAE - none have been cheaper than booking the flights directly online or with the likes of Expedia!

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I find American-style candle light vigils slightly disturbing.... Holy crap freza, we agree on something! The American candlelight vigil always seems to be based on the fact that Americans want to seen to be part of paying respects to someone, and when the TV cameras turn up the number of candles g...

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I bet they were British, those guys really know how to whinge. I heard the same thing from courier-service employees. Er, the Brits actually have a reputation for not complaining and just never going back! We don't like to cause a scene you see... Back on topic, actually in the West case 1 is very ...

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what theory of law. do you have any citations or are you just trying to show off (so others think you know "law"). let's see smart man :roll: and if it takes more than 5 minutes to reply it means you = not smart. You should spend more time studying and less time chugging yourself off in f...

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Scottie, Louis Vuitton does not consider itself obliged to provide availability of all its catalogued items or to keep all their shops stocked with all of their latest lines; of course their customers are aware of it. Lack of inventory doesn't make luxury brands and their retail stores any less cus...

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Surely on the advantages side you should put that very rarely does anything in the disadvantages side happen to most people!? Indeed, having been brought up in the UK there would be a much higher chance of me being mugged or assaulted Pro-death penalty and anti-abortion too here, that certainly woul...

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.... and with a small child to consider I feel refreshed to here there are still disciplined countries in the world, that do punish for crimes! I couldn't agree more about the security. That's one of main reason I and my family choose to stay in Dubai (and too in a couple other countries in Middle ...

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Can't think of any outside with a TV, good football places would be the Harvester pub in Crowne Plaze, Fibber McGees out the back of the Crowne Plaza and I've heard Scarlett's in Emirates Towers is busy on football nights, but never been there to confirm. Double Decker at Marooj is a good British pu...

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Oh yeah, and come on the Mancs and Scousers

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Apparently they had done an investigation on Dubai's oil reserves and Dubai only holds enough oil to last till 2015 max.. I have a feeling that their is going to be some major taxes coming up for Dubai Latest GDP figures show oil & gas contribution to Dubai's economy is only 6% and shrinking, r...

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That's about the most expensive place in Dubai tho. Anyway, I was paying more than that a year to have my daughter in nursery in the UK 4 days a week, what we pay now is less than half that for 5 days. Clearly for many countries this is still expensive though, that's why I said it was good for Brits...

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That's about the most expensive place in Dubai tho. Anyway, I was paying more than that a year to have my daughter in nursery in the UK 4 days a week, what we pay now is less than half that for 5 days. Clearly for many countries this is still expensive though, that's why I said it was good for Brit...

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Have to say I'm sorry to see it go to Showtime, you can just tell it's going to be some Americanised crap they come up with. Was pleasantly surprised with the ART coverage over here, they combined a bit of humour with some decent insight on the game, and of course watching John Burridge fumble over ...

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Although drink is easy to come by without one, in terms of stupid reasons to get thrown out of the country (being caught drunk or with drink in your car) then I thought it useful to get one too, doesn't half take the hassle out of things. I've posted a long description of how to get one if you have ...

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Lloyds TSB offshore account has a minimum balance of £100, you get separate pound, dollar and euro accounts and can transfer money between them twice a month without charge.

Doesn't tick the "no min balanace" requirement but compared to HSBC it's streets ahead.

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Anyone against foreign investment in Cairo airport clearly has never been there - it's the worst airport I've ever been to! Arabs have huge stakes in Western companies, the UAE governments alone have hundreds of investments including the likes of Mubadala investing in Ferrari - do the Italians cry a...

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wow man such a great show i didnt really hear alot of aerosmith but now i will...lol it truly was a marvelous show. Great musicians i must say. The belly dancing was awesome ;) I had high hopes...but they were dashed. Yup, the band is tight, the show is polished and Tyler can sing, but it's a 20-ye...

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the only thing that got to me was the bar situation .. it was a disaster .. so slow .. and this whole keg thing was not really good a idea i mean its so much faster to hand out a can/bottle than pouring a cup from a keg. I had bought 500 dhs in coupons for food and drink ended up selling back 300 o...

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It's very safe, crime is very low here, there are very few drugs and only a fraction of the underage drinking there is in other countries. Think of all the talk on here as like a village, one thing happens and the whole place talks about it, the reality is as mr mash points out is that your biggest ...

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Many people who live in the UK fall in love with the idea of Jumeirah but be aware that - as it's a more traditional area - there are mosques every couple of kilometres or so and my friends who live there grow very tired of the 4:30am prayer calls. Lakes, Springs, Arabian Ranches all have villas up ...

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I might be wrong but surely the promoter hands out the contracts for F&B providers as part of them recouping the fee? You'd think they'd check the people tendering actually give a toss. Said above Aerosmith were a decent live act, just the songs were old and the band seemed to lose a bit of inte...

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I know putting together a concert is a monumental task, I'm just astounded they don't seem to learn lessons from other events. The clear profiteering is also so evident that they'll get bands to come once and then possibly never come back. I have no doubt that getting an American band to play the Mi...

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Ranges from the hilarious to the gibberish, it's like written by a 10 year old, was waiting for "you're a poet and you just don't know it". "Resignation to the Will of God is the cure of the disease of the heart." is my favourite, go forth and eat McDonalds people for god will cu...

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Gave up reading half way through as it was full of utter gibberish. 1) There is no vaccine for AIDS, so why are you trying to insinuate there's a deliberate infection process going on against those who are supposedly vaccinated? Your ignorance on the causes for AIDS and how the disease spreads could...

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I know what it meant, the literal translation of some of these quite funny in places though

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Once again, much of this is divisory. The Muslim world should be embracing its wealth (acquired through scientific gains in extracting and refining oil) to invest in coming generations. The religious education is there, but what could be more fulfilling for a muslim country/ scholar than to discover...

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There aren't 950 knights and dames, the honours list includes several different levels of which knight or dame is highest. On Rushdie getting one, I understand he's written many learned works but personally never read his stuff, general concensus is he shouldn't have been knighted by the British but...

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