non_Brit

thanks ...

Paracletus

Agreed. The Bahraini's are very pleasant people, and very welcoming.

heartofdarkness

Agree..people I work with are lovely..Sunni, Shia alike..have great sense of humor..generally just really nice people

norsk

so if all bahrainis are such nice people who exactly are these people blowing up stuff, putting oil on the road and generally being a*ses?

just asking like..

Paracletus

They are Hezbollah Iranians obviously.

norsk

that does seem to be the general opinion yes..

anyway for me personally bahrain was a good place to live while it lasted, but i'm damn glad to be out of there. too many hezbollah iranians running around..

Bartowel

Few loud bangs going off at the moment down Diraz way (about 9.30pm)- been a little lively last couple of nights and plenty of robocops knocking about in numbers... Drove through Diraz early this morning on the way to work ( I like the scenic route!) and a lot of new graffiti proudly daubed on the walls of the village... Some of it quite eloquent and lengthy. This weekend may be interesting... Nothing like a celebration of all things Royal to wind up the natives! Have fun folks.

Ronnie Biggs

While drinking too much at the rugby club last night I watched a friend casually shout to the 18 year old daughter of his mate "hey...watch out for the teargas" as she left the bar area. Not only was it outside in thick clouds but it actually enetered the bar itself last night - a first. Where else in the world does that kind of stuff happen? The way in which everyone has just wrapped it up as being part of life now is funny and wrong at the same time. We are living the "Carry on up the Khyber" dream.....

Ronnie Biggs

The report that came out the other week exposed that line of thinking as completely wrong so the media has adjusted accordingly to "they might not have done anything or actually be here....but they really slag us off all the time...."

norsk

poor iranians always get blamed despite being the nicest people on the block

Paracletus

I'm confused. They are even nicer than the Bahrainis?

norsk

how cold is it in norway now mate? does it hurt to breathe through your nose yet?

Paracletus

It's a mere 2 degrees in Oslo today, meant to be getting down to a lovely -15 or so over the weekend I've been told. I have purchased some local long johns to retain my gulf tan, my experiment hopefully works. The snow is all gone, had a bit last week.

Must say though, after visiting the UK from time to time, it's actually nice to see some cranes on the horizon here in Oslo. It's as if the Norwegians forgot there was a crisis..well, except the butter crisis of course.

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-col...utter-shortage

norsk

-15 is nothing my friend. February is by far the coldest month in Oslo by the way. Expect temperatures between -15 and -25 on a regular basis. You'll get used to it eventually...

I remember we had a beer crisis about 15 years ago as the weather one summer was particularly nice and people drank the whole country dry, but butter..?? It makes no sense...

heartofdarkness

Thought we where blaming the Syrians now?