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Re: Breaking the ice
Originally Posted by MataHari
(Post 8724734)
the blue thing next to his name does give you a clue...
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Re: Breaking the ice
Originally Posted by distinctiveflair
(Post 8723852)
Ha, sounds fun! I am up for that! Most of em on here hate it there and cant wait to leave so don't expect to organise a fun packed day of touring the city with them! :rofl:
it's just that the moaners seem to feel obliged to share their every depressive thought on here, where as the people that are ok with being here just get on with it... |
Re: Breaking the ice
Originally Posted by auzdafluff
(Post 8724737)
Fair does to lionheart though, I hadn't filled out the gender settings when he posted. (Not because I was trying to hide anything, obviously. Just me being dozy and not doing it when I first signed up.)
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Re: Breaking the ice
Originally Posted by Grace O Malley
(Post 8724667)
Hate it here? Can't wait to leave? Most of us oldies as you so diplomatically put it, have been here a long time and are just realistic about it here.
Oh and when you do get out here and have another load of questions, it will be us oldies giving you our advice, experience and opinions, or maybe you are one of those 20+ brigades who know it all I think that most people who have been here long term are here because we like Dubai. It doesn't mean that we are blind to Dubai's many faults, it just means that we have adapted to them :) Lets see how long it takes Distinctiveflair to start moaning about the endless trail of red tape living in Dubai entails. Or wading through endless phonecalls trying to get something done! :) |
Re: Breaking the ice
Originally Posted by Patsy Stoned
(Post 8724758)
lol good post Grace.....
I think that most people who have been here long term are here because we like Dubai. It doesn't mean that we are blind to Dubai's many faults, it just means that we have adapted to them :) Lets see how long it takes Distinctiveflair to start moaning about the endless trail of red tape living in Dubai entails. Or wading through endless phonecalls trying to get something done! :) |
Re: Breaking the ice
Originally Posted by MataHari
(Post 8724740)
well that's good...cause the 'fluff' bit makes you sound a bit girlie...
And @Patsy. I know what you mean. I just think some people (through no fault of their own mind) have rose tinted views and forget how many things are a pain the ass/non-sensical in the UK. Part of the fun of moving somewhere else are the idiosyncrasies. |
Re: Breaking the ice
Originally Posted by EmiratesMillhouse
(Post 8724761)
... well the compromise on the housing has already started...
Thank God I live in a stand alone villa :D |
Re: Breaking the ice
Originally Posted by Patsy Stoned
(Post 8724765)
lets wait to hear about the 5% agents fees, the Dewa deposit, the security deposit etc AND then sit back to listen to the moans that maintenance is virtually non existent and Emaar ( or similiar) won't fix anything :D
Thank God I live in a stand alone villa :D |
Re: Breaking the ice
Originally Posted by auzdafluff
(Post 8724763)
And @Patsy.
I know what you mean. I just think some people (through no fault of their own mind) have rose tinted views and forget how many things are a pain the ass/non-sensical in the UK. Part of the fun of moving somewhere else are the idiosyncrasies. |
Re: Breaking the ice
Originally Posted by Patsy Stoned
(Post 8724758)
lol good post Grace.....
I think that most people who have been here long term are here because we like Dubai. It doesn't mean that we are blind to Dubai's many faults, it just means that we have adapted to them :) Lets see how long it takes Distinctiveflair to start moaning about the endless trail of red tape living in Dubai entails. Or wading through endless phonecalls trying to get something done! :) |
Re: Breaking the ice
Originally Posted by Grace O Malley
(Post 8724785)
lol my pet hate at the mo is when i go anywhere for a drink or to eat is for the waiter/waitress to get the order right, even though i repeated it twice and it still arrives wrong, ahhhhhhhhh
"Do you have a name Maam?" OFCOURSE I HAVE A BLOODY NAME!!!!!!!!! :frown: |
Re: Breaking the ice
Originally Posted by Patsy Stoned
(Post 8724793)
After several phone calls trying to get a company to give me a quote for my pool maintenance she asked me
"Do you have a name Maam?" OFCOURSE I HAVE A BLOODY NAME!!!!!!!!! :frown: |
Re: Breaking the ice
Originally Posted by Grace O Malley
(Post 8724785)
lol my pet hate at the mo is when i go anywhere for a drink or to eat is for the waiter/waitress to get the order right, even though i repeated it twice and it still arrives wrong, ahhhhhhhhh
That and a taxi driver somehow confusing 'Chillies, Garhoud' with Jebel Ali the other day. |
Re: Breaking the ice
How adorably sensitive you all are.
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Re: Breaking the ice
Originally Posted by distinctiveflair
(Post 8724911)
How adorably sensitive you all are.
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