Hellooooooo Where is everybody?
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Hellooooooo Where is everybody?
Is it just me or is everybody leaving the middle east? I know a lot have left because the numbers no longer stack up. I know that a lot of old folk are working from home. I know quite a few have moved to remote camps in the desert. Riyadh is very quiet. Is it the same where you live?
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Is it just me or is everybody leaving the middle east? I know a lot have left because the numbers no longer stack up. I know that a lot of old folk are working from home. I know quite a few have moved to remote camps in the desert. Riyadh is very quiet. Is it the same where you live?
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Did they spray your shoes with the magic anti-covid spray that is so effective they only need to do about 1/4 of the shoe?
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It's only the UK, really. Europeans are all able to return to their home countries. And the Brits in the UAE are just going to selected countries (anywhere from Albania to Jordan) on holiday (and then continuing on to the UK if they really want to go back home).
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I'm currently in Spain, almost 3 weeks here now thanks to the big Eid.
Weirdly quiet in places, so much is closed up - hard to tell if they're just the lazy bastards we know or if that many businesses have been hammered by the virus.
Weirdly quiet in places, so much is closed up - hard to tell if they're just the lazy bastards we know or if that many businesses have been hammered by the virus.
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Is it just me or is everybody leaving the middle east? I know a lot have left because the numbers no longer stack up. I know that a lot of old folk are working from home. I know quite a few have moved to remote camps in the desert. Riyadh is very quiet. Is it the same where you live?
I know a lot of people who have left or are considering it. And many more who are in a position where staying isn't viable. Dubai still seems to be quite busy in certain sectors...and still appealing if you're able to rake in a chunky income or aren't interested in bling and keeping up with the Jones.
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I do about 80% of my work from home now - even got a bigger apartment so I can have a dedicated room for an office.
I know a lot of people who have left or are considering it. And many more who are in a position where staying isn't viable. Dubai still seems to be quite busy in certain sectors...and still appealing if you're able to rake in a chunky income or aren't interested in bling and keeping up with the Jones.
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I know a lot of people who have left or are considering it. And many more who are in a position where staying isn't viable. Dubai still seems to be quite busy in certain sectors...and still appealing if you're able to rake in a chunky income or aren't interested in bling and keeping up with the Jones.
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Whilst we're both earning and working hard, I see greater opportunity to save / invest / travel* and enjoy things from here than in the UK where house prices are nothing short of disgusting and the only place it still seems to earn decent cash is London.
*covid permitting
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Having had some nice time with our families these last few weeks, she said she wants to move home soon. I think it's covid and travel restrictions, but I never dismiss it, I always listen and ask for her plan - so we'll see.
Whilst we're both earning and working hard, I see greater opportunity to save / invest / travel* and enjoy things from here than in the UK where house prices are nothing short of disgusting and the only place it still seems to earn decent cash is London.
*covid permitting
Whilst we're both earning and working hard, I see greater opportunity to save / invest / travel* and enjoy things from here than in the UK where house prices are nothing short of disgusting and the only place it still seems to earn decent cash is London.
*covid permitting
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The more years that tick by, the more likely it'll be hard to achieve so we'll have to decide what we do when we're married anyway. We've discussed adopting, having kids and not having kids so they're all on the table.
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This is cropping up more to be honest, the delays in wedding are having a knock on effect on the kid conversation. She's still quite negative about the idea, at least more negative than me anyway. I'm keen to be a Dad (I'll obviously be incredible as a role model to a smaller version of me)
I have three of these blood suckers, and while they do ruin your life, and I do love the dog more; the kids are great. I’d be keen to add to the nest. Pregnant women are awful people though and I’ve been rewired so unless it adoption then it’s looking like more dogs.