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Thanks for the info on the SnS service from Aramex. Never really knew about that.

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W&F will run you about 750 for a suit. I think Century Tailors at Karama is another option.

Not a vintage collector by any means but I have a pretty decent collection of dive watches. This month, I'm sporting the Speedmaster during the day and the Orange Monster or T-Sport PRC200 at night. I guess you might know this already but there's a huge group of watch enthusiasts over on WatchUSeek.

I know a guy who works at Dutco as a manager for HVAC design and according to him, the situation isn't as bad as what everyone thinks it is.

He works at Dutco Balfour Beatty..

sage & onion wrote:

zzzane wrote:He works at Dutco Balfour Beatty..

OK if you say so, however the HVAC is normally handled by BK Gulf, that's why I mentioned it

Well, that's what he told me. I couldn't care less about him really since he isn't my pub mate.

10k down in a fortnight? Dayyyummm!

Can we expect 70k at the start of next month?

Detox, check out the bmwclubuae forums. I've seen a couple of E36s on sale out there.

Hi there, Could anyone tell me if there's an official Thinkpad sales and service outlet in town? The Thinkpad web site (www-307 (dot) ibm (dot) com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-4HWSE3) doesn't have the UAE on its list. I've been wanting to get my T60 fixed (dead USB ports) and probab...

Perhaps I've been reading a lot of detective novels lately, but there are some lingering questions on my mind: 1. Did the guy back up and then run over the dog? Or did he actually get out and place the package in front of the car? 2. You talked to the couple after placing the dog at the side of the ...

dubai1970 wrote:If you cross a red signal while driving on dubai roads, what is the fine? In some countries you may end up spending 48 hours in jail. How is it in Dubai?

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From the official rule book:
Violation - Jumping a red light
Fine - 800 bucks
Black points - 8
Vehicle confiscated - 15 days

dubai1970 wrote:And what if you were visiting dubai and it happened? When you go back , what will happen?

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I'm guessing you'd be charged upon returning the rental.

Kids here do that kind of stuff all the time, from a very young age. Compassion for animals isn't in the vocabularies of most Sub-conti/Arab parents. You should see the municipal abbatoir (the cow/goat slaughter place) during Eid. Kids as young as 5 (FIVE!!!) are jumping around happily watching the...

Top 5 of all time in no particular order:
GTA Vice City
Assassins Creed
Counter Strike
Half Life
Quake

Angel eyes on anything other than a Bimmer look rice-ish.

ali_shaikh22 wrote:Hi

I am based in the UK and we have all the shapes available here in very good condition

All shapes, eh? Alright, I want an Isetta. Have you got one?

thanks for all your quick responses. does anyone here speak arabic? apparently this is all over the arabic news but not in the western media outlets if you go to h t t p : / / w w w .daijiworld. c o m / n e w s/ and then news_disp.asp?n_id=55704&n_tit=Indians%2BFlee%2BDubai%2Bas%2BDreams%2BCras...

I'll be damned!

Nah mate I was just goofing around. All my cash has been invested in my new Bimmer.

I'd recommend a base Cooper over the unreliable Beetle. My girlfriend had an '04 Bug and it was nothing but a heap of problems. I had a JCW CooperS and that was probably the most exciting car I have ever owned.. 'twas quite reliable as well. How about a Mazda 3? It looks great, drives better than an...

Too many companies are absent from uaekid's list: Better Homes, 50 staff, November 2008 (word is that that 200+ jobs were chopped) Aldar, 200 jobs Damac Properties, 200 jobs, November 2008 Omniyat, 100 jobs? November 2008 Sama Dubai, considering job cuts Shuaa Capital layoffs, 21 staff, December 200...

Monaco
Ibiza (been there but would love to go back)
Antarctica

3 places I won't visit? That's a tough one!

USA (been to all 50 states and DC, there's barely anything that I haven't seen))
Iraq (might change once the war ends)
Afghanistan (same as above)

Simonee, you'd be wasting your time trying to compete with low cost developers. Most Asians (Indians etc.) pretty much have the same coding skills as someone from the US/Europe. Unless you live a bare-bones lifestyle or are targeting a managerial kind of role, I wouldn't suggest that you come here. ...

SharafDG sells the 16gig for 2,960 bucks.

Opened it up, pee'd on it for a second before realizing mistake, cleaned it up and re-packaged the whole thing -> almost unused

Scary Movie :lol: On a serious note, here are some that I can think of. They are not all blood-splattering and gore horror movies but rather a great mix of that "horror" element combined with a lotta suspense: The Descent (probably the best ending of all time) Carnival of Souls The Mist (I...

one of the news paper (i think gulfnews or national) said that about 800,000 indians are leaving. . Was there a total eradication of Indians I am not aware of? Most of the Indians in Dubai are still there, sharing rooms and crowding parking areas. Uh oh I read that as "sharing rooms in crowded...

Yep, there's a lot more to it and I don't see the situation improving anytime soon. Thankfully, we are weathering the storm right now. Anyhow, here's another stat to add to the ever increasing pile:

Burt Hill, 111 employees laid off

He chose the one who could clean the dishes, mow the lawn, take care of the dog, massage his body, serve him beer ...

Chart out your budget at the start of every month. Seriously, every second person in Dubai seems to be spending wayyyyy beyond his/her means and then starts crying out for help after the damage has been done. Get another (read: better paying) job or cut back on all those unnecessary expenses. When b...