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Old Oct 17th 2007 | 3:20 am
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Originally Posted by JACKPOP
I'd be looking for a 2-bedroom place (three would be ideal - we have two kids - but that's not looking very doable, is it?). Where is BD, by the way?

Any idea on (realistic) current costs in Garhoud and Mirdiff for a 2-bedroom place? Living here would save on the commute.

thanks!
IN exactly 36 hours from your OP, you manage to have another child...Jackpop indeed...
 
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Originally Posted by Confucius
IN exactly 36 hours from your OP, you manage to have another child...Jackpop indeed...
read the op properly...defo wouldn't employ you as my PI...

MM, xx
 
Old Oct 17th 2007 | 3:29 am
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Originally Posted by Madam Medusa
read the op properly...defo wouldn't employ you as my PI...

MM, xx
I'd have to think twice as employing him as teaboy!
 
Old Oct 17th 2007 | 3:31 am
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Originally Posted by Inselaffen
I'd have to think twice as employing him as teaboy!
oh...i have a role he would fill perfectly...

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Old Oct 17th 2007 | 3:36 am
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Originally Posted by Madam Medusa
oh...i have a role he would fill perfectly...

MM, xx
if that post had just one letter different it would have got him excited!
 
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Originally Posted by Inselaffen
if that post had just one letter different it would have got him excited!
what, an extra 'o' in the oh...?

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Originally Posted by Madam Medusa
what, an extra 'o' in the oh...?

MM, xx
not quite what my smutty mind was thinking of! as well you know
 
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Originally Posted by Inselaffen
not quite what my smutty mind was thinking of! as well you know
now how would i know how your smutty mind works, eh...?!

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Originally Posted by Madam Medusa
now how would i know how your smutty mind works, eh...?!

MM, xx
you've met me!

I'll give u a clue! the word involved is "role"
 
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Originally Posted by Madam Medusa
read the op properly...defo wouldn't employ you as my PI...

MM, xx
Originally Posted by Inselaffen
I'd have to think twice as employing him as teaboy!
Originally Posted by JACKPOP
I've had a decent look through the forum but still none the wiser. Any honest help very much appreciated. My question...

Is a monthly salary of AED 22k enough to survive on for a family (one child of school age)? The salary does not include rent.

We're looking for a change of scene, and are not too bothered about putting money away. But could we make ends meet on this salary, assuming my wife doesn't work? We'd need a 2-bed apartment.

Thanks!

He said one child of school age...Nowhere did he say 2 children or a family of four...
Smartasses...
 
Old Oct 17th 2007 | 4:04 am
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Originally Posted by Confucius
Smartasses...
but of course...mmwwaahhh

MM, xx
 
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Originally Posted by Confucius
IN exactly 36 hours from your OP, you manage to have another child...Jackpop indeed...
Yup, I'll be needing a 7-bed villa by the end of the week.
 
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Originally Posted by JACKPOP
Yup, I'll be needing a 7-bed villa by the end of the week.
omg, you can imagine how much that's gonna cost you...!!!

MM, xx
 
Old Oct 17th 2007 | 4:17 pm
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Originally Posted by MataHari
British men...so so on a very good day...
I agree. most British men are so so.

Luckily I'm not purely British, and way above average anyway
 
Old Oct 17th 2007 | 4:18 pm
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Originally Posted by lionheart
Funnily enough I have got a Lebanese girl followed by a Tunisian girl coming to view our spare room this evening...but don't tell my Landlord.
If they didn't hate each other so much, that could have been a fun evening.
 


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