I've got a new one a little bit closer to home Shaf.
Black Seychellois are generally not friendly. Very difficult to get a smile, hello, or a wave out of them.
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benwj wrote:I've got a new one a little bit closer to home Shaf.
Black Seychellois are generally not friendly. Very difficult to get a smile, hello, or a wave out of them.
benwj wrote:I've got a new one a little bit closer to home Shaf.
Black Seychellois are generally not friendly. Very difficult to get a smile, hello, or a wave out of them.
shafique wrote:Based on the Americans I meet in Dubai and in America - these guys have a good grasp of geography. However, yes there are indeed a large number of Americans (in America) who aren't interested in Geography - but are more into sports etc. If I was being introduced to Bubba who lived in a trailer park, I might be TEMPTED to racially stereotype, but I'd resist this temptation - and rather get to know the person.
I'm sure indeed there are many Keralites who are untrustworthy - I guess I met more of the trustworthy ones. Thanks for sharing your experiences too.
Cheers,
Shafique
zonker wrote:Its only in DUBAI (UAE) that a question like this would be asked. Although, there are so many expatriates there, yet there is no true contact between them, is there? Except at a very superficial level. The White Europeans keep to themselves, the White N.Americans to themselves, the Pakis to their own, the Indians to their own lot. Any communication is at a very superficial level. Hence this question, because each Nationality is a mystery to the other. This is why I consider the UAE to be a very superficial society.......
BTW, BM welcome back in your reincarnation as "forget me not"!
Care to join me for some Chivas Regal? We seem to have run out of Chardonnay!
Bora Bora wrote:many Americans feel that there are enough choices for them right at '"home" or near by Canada, Mexico, along with the islands Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Bermuda, and for many that is the extent of travelling. Some even venture as far as Aruba, Belize, Curaco!!!
benwj wrote:Bora Bora wrote:many Americans feel that there are enough choices for them right at '"home" or near by Canada, Mexico, along with the islands Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Bermuda, and for many that is the extent of travelling. Some even venture as far as Aruba, Belize, Curaco!!!
Fair call Bora. The rest of the world, including Dubai, is only trying to copy the US,so they have no reason to leave.
4GetMeNot wrote:benwj wrote:I've got a new one a little bit closer to home Shaf.
Black Seychellois are generally not friendly. Very difficult to get a smile, hello, or a wave out of them.
PMSL
Bora Bora wrote: The fact that North America is a continent that consists of Canada, Mexico, and the US with 50 states,
zubber wrote:How many of you actually have ever lived in the middle east ? , do you not know without the expats, they would all be long stretches of deserts traversed by caravans
Ambassador wrote:Bora Bora wrote: The fact that North America is a continent that consists of Canada, Mexico, and the US with 50 states,
I was thinking that North America consists of many more countries and extends to the Darien straight/swamp in Panama (i.e. includes Central American and the Caribbean). Did that change?
Bora Bora wrote:Ambassador wrote:Bora Bora wrote: The fact that North America is a continent that consists of Canada, Mexico, and the US with 50 states,
I was thinking that North America consists of many more countries and extends to the Darien straight/swamp in Panama (i.e. includes Central American and the Caribbean). Did that change?
Well Ambassadress, it depends on what map you are looking at.
zubber wrote:How many of you actually have ever lived in the middle east ? , do you not know without the expats, they would all be long stretches of deserts traversed by caravans
Ambassador wrote:I was thinking that North America consists of many more countries and extends to the Darien straight/swamp in Panama (i.e. includes Central American and the Caribbean). Did that change?
Well Ambassadress, it depends on what map you are looking at.
Isn't there an "official' definition of it
Dillon wrote:Yes, a female Ambassador or the wife of a Male Ambassador is an Ambassadress, official.
Dillon wrote:Yes, a female Ambassador or the wife of a Male Ambassador is an Ambassadress, official.
Dillon wrote:Yes, a female Ambassador or the wife of a Male Ambassador is an Ambassadress, official.
Ambassador wrote:Dillon wrote:Yes, a female Ambassador or the wife of a Male Ambassador is an Ambassadress, official.
was refering to the definitio of North America!
-- Sun Jan 16, 2011 3:42 pm --Dillon wrote:Yes, a female Ambassador or the wife of a Male Ambassador is an Ambassadress, official.
But on that note, is an "Actor" male or female? What about a "Doctor", "Engineer" etc. etc. etc.?
Bora Bora wrote:Ambassador wrote:Dillon wrote:Yes, a female Ambassador or the wife of a Male Ambassador is an Ambassadress, official.
was refering to the definitio of North America!
-- Sun Jan 16, 2011 3:42 pm --Dillon wrote:Yes, a female Ambassador or the wife of a Male Ambassador is an Ambassadress, official.
But on that note, is an "Actor" male or female? What about a "Doctor", "Engineer" etc. etc. etc.?
Would you rather we just call you "Your Highness"?
Bora Bora wrote:Geeez zubs, the last time I looked I was in Dubai. Don't tell me that's not the middle east???
melika969 wrote:zubber wrote:How many of you actually have ever lived in the middle east ? , do you not know without the expats, they would all be long stretches of deserts traversed by caravans
I see still you cannot find a defintion of middle east in your charts?!!
I live in Iran,it is in middle east and we dont have any expats here! oh and we don't have deserts either!
Flying Dutchman wrote:In general as people:
-Ethiopians (humble, positive and the best BBQ-ers in the world)
-Iranians (have a certain transquility over them)
-Irish (make great beer buddies)
In business:
-Germans (always offer a great quality/price ratio)
-Austrians (see Germans)
-Americans (only have money on their mind and that makes them predictable and I like predictability in business)
4GetMeNot wrote:Flying Dutchman wrote:In general as people:
-Ethiopians (humble, positive and the best BBQ-ers in the world)
-Iranians (have a certain transquility over them)
-Irish (make great beer buddies)
In business:
-Germans (always offer a great quality/price ratio)
-Austrians (see Germans)
-Americans (only have money on their mind and that makes them predictable and I like predictability in business)
Not enough meat on the Ethiopians for me.
melika969 wrote:oh and we don't have deserts either!
desertdudeshj wrote:melika969 wrote:oh and we don't have deserts either!
Wrong ! Then how do you explain Dasht'e Kavir
benwj wrote:I've got a new one a little bit closer to home Shaf.
Black Seychellois are generally not friendly. Very difficult to get a smile, hello, or a wave out of them.
melika969 wrote:zubber wrote:How many of you actually have ever lived in the middle east ? , do you not know without the expats, they would all be long stretches of deserts traversed by caravans
I see still you cannot find a defintion of middle east in your charts?!!
I live in Iran,it is in middle east and we dont have any expats here! oh and we don't have deserts either!