Comments Heard in my Lifetime (paraphrased):
Nov 7th 2008, 12:57 pm
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Comments Heard in my Lifetime (paraphrased):
UK 1956: ‘Saudi has only enough oil to last for the next twenty years.’
Muscat, Oman 1976: ‘This place is finished, what’s it all for? It’s a mushroom city, it’s so plastic. They’re building on sand; it will all collapse in a few years. ’
Bahrain 1979: ‘This place is finished, it has no oil, once it loses its offshore banking monopoly it will collapse. ‘
Kuwait 1981: ‘This place is unreal’ (Had to agree with that one).
Dubai 1972: Dubai Dry Docks. ‘Whaa…? How they gonna compete with Singapore. Who’s gonna use it? They must be crazy.’
Dubai 1977: Jebel Ali Port. ‘Whaa…? What’s wrong with the port they have now? It has more than enough capacity. Who’s gonna use it? They must be crazy.’
Dubai 1982: ‘This place is finished, what has it got besides gold-smuggling to India?’
Dubai 1982: ‘Golf course? Grass golf course? Whaa… are they crazy? How can you make a grass golf course in the middle of the desert? They’re wasting their money, it can’t be done.
Dubai 1985; Jebel Ali Free Zone: ‘Whaaa.. ? ‘What company will set up there? Who’s gonna use it? They must be crazy.’ (Update - see also the cities: Humanitarian, Healthcare, Media, Automotive, Internet and Knowledge; the parks: Metal &Commodities, Gold&Diamond and Dubai Industrial and the oasis – Silicone).
Japan 1990: ‘Bust, finished, it will never recover
1998: ‘Mahathir Mohamad? Didn’t he tell the IMF to “shove it” he’ll be sorry; Malaysia will never recover without outside help.
1998: ‘The Asian Tigers? overexposed, down the tube, finished.’
Today: Many comments similar to those preceding.
We can flap our gums, Chicken Little (as a verb) and doomsay as much as we like, the Middle East and its environs will still be around when we are all long gone.
Yes, we are in for harder times – It’s nothing through which many of us haven’t been before - many times. Those without the stomach for it will leave for places where they will feel more secure.
A period of simple readjustment will ensue – Armageddon is still some way off.
Muscat, Oman 1976: ‘This place is finished, what’s it all for? It’s a mushroom city, it’s so plastic. They’re building on sand; it will all collapse in a few years. ’
Bahrain 1979: ‘This place is finished, it has no oil, once it loses its offshore banking monopoly it will collapse. ‘
Kuwait 1981: ‘This place is unreal’ (Had to agree with that one).
Dubai 1972: Dubai Dry Docks. ‘Whaa…? How they gonna compete with Singapore. Who’s gonna use it? They must be crazy.’
Dubai 1977: Jebel Ali Port. ‘Whaa…? What’s wrong with the port they have now? It has more than enough capacity. Who’s gonna use it? They must be crazy.’
Dubai 1982: ‘This place is finished, what has it got besides gold-smuggling to India?’
Dubai 1982: ‘Golf course? Grass golf course? Whaa… are they crazy? How can you make a grass golf course in the middle of the desert? They’re wasting their money, it can’t be done.
Dubai 1985; Jebel Ali Free Zone: ‘Whaaa.. ? ‘What company will set up there? Who’s gonna use it? They must be crazy.’ (Update - see also the cities: Humanitarian, Healthcare, Media, Automotive, Internet and Knowledge; the parks: Metal &Commodities, Gold&Diamond and Dubai Industrial and the oasis – Silicone).
Japan 1990: ‘Bust, finished, it will never recover
1998: ‘Mahathir Mohamad? Didn’t he tell the IMF to “shove it” he’ll be sorry; Malaysia will never recover without outside help.
1998: ‘The Asian Tigers? overexposed, down the tube, finished.’
Today: Many comments similar to those preceding.
We can flap our gums, Chicken Little (as a verb) and doomsay as much as we like, the Middle East and its environs will still be around when we are all long gone.
Yes, we are in for harder times – It’s nothing through which many of us haven’t been before - many times. Those without the stomach for it will leave for places where they will feel more secure.
A period of simple readjustment will ensue – Armageddon is still some way off.
Nov 7th 2008, 1:36 pm
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Re: Comments Heard in my Lifetime (paraphrased):
UK 1956: ‘Saudi has only enough oil to last for the next twenty years.’
Muscat, Oman 1976: ‘This place is finished, what’s it all for? It’s a mushroom city, it’s so plastic. They’re building on sand; it will all collapse in a few years. ’
Bahrain 1979: ‘This place is finished, it has no oil, once it loses its offshore banking monopoly it will collapse. ‘
Kuwait 1981: ‘This place is unreal’ (Had to agree with that one).
Dubai 1972: Dubai Dry Docks. ‘Whaa…? How they gonna compete with Singapore. Who’s gonna use it? They must be crazy.’
Dubai 1977: Jebel Ali Port. ‘Whaa…? What’s wrong with the port they have now? It has more than enough capacity. Who’s gonna use it? They must be crazy.’
Dubai 1982: ‘This place is finished, what has it got besides gold-smuggling to India?’
Dubai 1982: ‘Golf course? Grass golf course? Whaa… are they crazy? How can you make a grass golf course in the middle of the desert? They’re wasting their money, it can’t be done.
Dubai 1985; Jebel Ali Free Zone: ‘Whaaa.. ? ‘What company will set up there? Who’s gonna use it? They must be crazy.’ (Update - see also the cities: Humanitarian, Healthcare, Media, Automotive, Internet and Knowledge; the parks: Metal &Commodities, Gold&Diamond and Dubai Industrial and the oasis – Silicone).
Japan 1990: ‘Bust, finished, it will never recover
1998: ‘Mahathir Mohamad? Didn’t he tell the IMF to “shove it” he’ll be sorry; Malaysia will never recover without outside help.
1998: ‘The Asian Tigers? overexposed, down the tube, finished.’
Today: Many comments similar to those preceding.
We can flap our gums, Chicken Little (as a verb) and doomsay as much as we like, the Middle East and its environs will still be around when we are all long gone.
Yes, we are in for harder times – It’s nothing through which many of us haven’t been before - many times. Those without the stomach for it will leave for places where they will feel more secure.
A period of simple readjustment will ensue – Armageddon is still some way off.
Muscat, Oman 1976: ‘This place is finished, what’s it all for? It’s a mushroom city, it’s so plastic. They’re building on sand; it will all collapse in a few years. ’
Bahrain 1979: ‘This place is finished, it has no oil, once it loses its offshore banking monopoly it will collapse. ‘
Kuwait 1981: ‘This place is unreal’ (Had to agree with that one).
Dubai 1972: Dubai Dry Docks. ‘Whaa…? How they gonna compete with Singapore. Who’s gonna use it? They must be crazy.’
Dubai 1977: Jebel Ali Port. ‘Whaa…? What’s wrong with the port they have now? It has more than enough capacity. Who’s gonna use it? They must be crazy.’
Dubai 1982: ‘This place is finished, what has it got besides gold-smuggling to India?’
Dubai 1982: ‘Golf course? Grass golf course? Whaa… are they crazy? How can you make a grass golf course in the middle of the desert? They’re wasting their money, it can’t be done.
Dubai 1985; Jebel Ali Free Zone: ‘Whaaa.. ? ‘What company will set up there? Who’s gonna use it? They must be crazy.’ (Update - see also the cities: Humanitarian, Healthcare, Media, Automotive, Internet and Knowledge; the parks: Metal &Commodities, Gold&Diamond and Dubai Industrial and the oasis – Silicone).
Japan 1990: ‘Bust, finished, it will never recover
1998: ‘Mahathir Mohamad? Didn’t he tell the IMF to “shove it” he’ll be sorry; Malaysia will never recover without outside help.
1998: ‘The Asian Tigers? overexposed, down the tube, finished.’
Today: Many comments similar to those preceding.
We can flap our gums, Chicken Little (as a verb) and doomsay as much as we like, the Middle East and its environs will still be around when we are all long gone.
Yes, we are in for harder times – It’s nothing through which many of us haven’t been before - many times. Those without the stomach for it will leave for places where they will feel more secure.
A period of simple readjustment will ensue – Armageddon is still some way off.
Nov 7th 2008, 1:41 pm
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Re: Comments Heard in my Lifetime (paraphrased):
UK 1956: ‘Saudi has only enough oil to last for the next twenty years.’
Muscat, Oman 1976: ‘This place is finished, what’s it all for? It’s a mushroom city, it’s so plastic. They’re building on sand; it will all collapse in a few years. ’
Bahrain 1979: ‘This place is finished, it has no oil, once it loses its offshore banking monopoly it will collapse. ‘
Kuwait 1981: ‘This place is unreal’ (Had to agree with that one).
Dubai 1972: Dubai Dry Docks. ‘Whaa…? How they gonna compete with Singapore. Who’s gonna use it? They must be crazy.’
Dubai 1977: Jebel Ali Port. ‘Whaa…? What’s wrong with the port they have now? It has more than enough capacity. Who’s gonna use it? They must be crazy.’
Dubai 1982: ‘This place is finished, what has it got besides gold-smuggling to India?’
Dubai 1982: ‘Golf course? Grass golf course? Whaa… are they crazy? How can you make a grass golf course in the middle of the desert? They’re wasting their money, it can’t be done.
Dubai 1985; Jebel Ali Free Zone: ‘Whaaa.. ? ‘What company will set up there? Who’s gonna use it? They must be crazy.’ (Update - see also the cities: Humanitarian, Healthcare, Media, Automotive, Internet and Knowledge; the parks: Metal &Commodities, Gold&Diamond and Dubai Industrial and the oasis – Silicone).
Japan 1990: ‘Bust, finished, it will never recover
1998: ‘Mahathir Mohamad? Didn’t he tell the IMF to “shove it” he’ll be sorry; Malaysia will never recover without outside help.
1998: ‘The Asian Tigers? overexposed, down the tube, finished.’
Today: Many comments similar to those preceding.
We can flap our gums, Chicken Little (as a verb) and doomsay as much as we like, the Middle East and its environs will still be around when we are all long gone.
Yes, we are in for harder times – It’s nothing through which many of us haven’t been before - many times. Those without the stomach for it will leave for places where they will feel more secure.
A period of simple readjustment will ensue – Armageddon is still some way off.
Muscat, Oman 1976: ‘This place is finished, what’s it all for? It’s a mushroom city, it’s so plastic. They’re building on sand; it will all collapse in a few years. ’
Bahrain 1979: ‘This place is finished, it has no oil, once it loses its offshore banking monopoly it will collapse. ‘
Kuwait 1981: ‘This place is unreal’ (Had to agree with that one).
Dubai 1972: Dubai Dry Docks. ‘Whaa…? How they gonna compete with Singapore. Who’s gonna use it? They must be crazy.’
Dubai 1977: Jebel Ali Port. ‘Whaa…? What’s wrong with the port they have now? It has more than enough capacity. Who’s gonna use it? They must be crazy.’
Dubai 1982: ‘This place is finished, what has it got besides gold-smuggling to India?’
Dubai 1982: ‘Golf course? Grass golf course? Whaa… are they crazy? How can you make a grass golf course in the middle of the desert? They’re wasting their money, it can’t be done.
Dubai 1985; Jebel Ali Free Zone: ‘Whaaa.. ? ‘What company will set up there? Who’s gonna use it? They must be crazy.’ (Update - see also the cities: Humanitarian, Healthcare, Media, Automotive, Internet and Knowledge; the parks: Metal &Commodities, Gold&Diamond and Dubai Industrial and the oasis – Silicone).
Japan 1990: ‘Bust, finished, it will never recover
1998: ‘Mahathir Mohamad? Didn’t he tell the IMF to “shove it” he’ll be sorry; Malaysia will never recover without outside help.
1998: ‘The Asian Tigers? overexposed, down the tube, finished.’
Today: Many comments similar to those preceding.
We can flap our gums, Chicken Little (as a verb) and doomsay as much as we like, the Middle East and its environs will still be around when we are all long gone.
Yes, we are in for harder times – It’s nothing through which many of us haven’t been before - many times. Those without the stomach for it will leave for places where they will feel more secure.
A period of simple readjustment will ensue – Armageddon is still some way off.
Nov 7th 2008, 1:54 pm
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Re: Comments Heard in my Lifetime (paraphrased):
Nov 7th 2008, 1:56 pm
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Re: Comments Heard in my Lifetime (paraphrased):
Nov 8th 2008, 1:50 pm
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Re: Comments Heard in my Lifetime (paraphrased):
6 years ago or thereabouts I walked over the foundations of what is now called the Springs/Meadows, in astonishment my friend and I said to each other, who is gonna live here?
When the Hard Rock opened I was convinced it would go bust becuase it was nearly in Abu Dhabi!!!
how wrong eh !
When the Hard Rock opened I was convinced it would go bust becuase it was nearly in Abu Dhabi!!!
how wrong eh !
Nov 8th 2008, 2:34 pm
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Re: Comments Heard in my Lifetime (paraphrased):
6 years ago or thereabouts I walked over the foundations of what is now called the Springs/Meadows, in astonishment my friend and I said to each other, who is gonna live here?
When the Hard Rock opened I was convinced it would go bust becuase it was nearly in Abu Dhabi!!!
how wrong eh !
When the Hard Rock opened I was convinced it would go bust becuase it was nearly in Abu Dhabi!!!
how wrong eh !
Nov 8th 2008, 2:40 pm
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Re: Comments Heard in my Lifetime (paraphrased):
Yeah! Dubai Park Hotel was, for quite a few years, just a shell (victim of an economic slowdown) in the middle of nowhere; used to hash through it with the Dubai HHH quite often. It’s one of Mo. Bin Suleyam’s places – I heard Hard Rock has not had its liquor licence renewed due to the whole edifice coming down – any confirmation on this?
no alcohol though.
Nov 8th 2008, 2:40 pm
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Re: Comments Heard in my Lifetime (paraphrased):
Yeah! Dubai Park Hotel was, for quite a few years, just a shell (victim of an economic slowdown) in the middle of nowhere; used to hash through it with the Dubai HHH quite often. It’s one of Mo. Bin Suleyam’s places – I heard Hard Rock has not had its liquor licence renewed due to the whole edifice coming down – any confirmation on this?
Nov 8th 2008, 3:30 pm
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