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Old Sep 7th 2010, 1:08 pm
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ERRRR Meow darling, look up ^ ^ ^
Oops - missed that! Must be a natural aversion to those types

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Old Sep 7th 2010, 3:54 pm
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With Walmart, will come the 'people of walmart' *shudder*

http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/?page_id=9798

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We already have many people close to that here...having seen the state of 90% of the housewives with maids who pick up their kids from my son's school I weep for style or even good grooming

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We already have many people close to that here...having seen the state of 90% of the housewives with maids who pick up their kids from my son's school I weep for style or even good grooming

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oh no which sch are we talking about? i cant be included as i dont have a maid hehe
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Old Sep 8th 2010, 3:18 am
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Originally Posted by Norm_uk
We already have many people close to that here...having seen the state of 90% of the housewives with maids who pick up their kids from my son's school I weep for style or even good grooming

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They do have a tendency to let themselves go when they get here don't they?
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Originally Posted by Patsy Stoned
have you tried Carrefours/Lulu/union coop they are all cheaper shops.
They don't have Ole Roy

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Rather odd. My experience in DXB is that people are better kept and better groomed than back in the UK.

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We already have many people close to that here...having seen the state of 90% of the housewives with maids who pick up their kids from my son's school I weep for style or even good grooming

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Old Sep 8th 2010, 5:22 am
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We could do with an Aldi.
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Old Sep 8th 2010, 12:23 pm
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Originally Posted by busybee2
oh no which sch are we talking about? i cant be included as i dont have a maid hehe
Am not targeting individuals just the group as a whole...as for the school, it's one of the first English schools in Dubai.
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Originally Posted by Loaf n Jug
They do have a tendency to let themselves go when they get here don't they?
And then some I'd say...I've heard other nationalities say some scathing things about the standards of many affluent Western woman in this place...and the sad thing is I can rarely come to their defence because it's too often true. Us chaps aren't much better though.

Originally Posted by Ethos83
Rather odd. My experience in DXB is that people are better kept and better groomed than back in the UK.
When compared to council estates in Luton I would agree! But not when compared to middle class people in average towns and cities back home...perhaps about the same but often worse. Saying that we've not been a well groomed and presented people for a very long time. Gone are the times when you wouldn't dream of picking up a lass for a date without a tie and jacket. And gone are the days when you could sit in a restaurant and not be referred to as "mate" by a scruffy waiter (I had this when I went back last month and it annoyed me immensely...why I almost dropped my monacle! )

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Originally Posted by Norm_uk
Am not targeting individuals just the group as a whole...as for the school, it's one of the first English schools in Dubai.
ok im in ab dabs
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Originally Posted by busybee2
ok im in ab dabs
And we thank God, Allah and Odin for that constantly!
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And we thank God, Allah and Odin for that constantly!
just watch out then am coming up to dooobyeeee tomorrow.
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Old Sep 9th 2010, 2:54 am
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Originally Posted by Madam Medusa
*shudder*...never, hopefully...

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Madam, your household allowance would go a lot further there...
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Originally Posted by Loaf n Jug
Madam, your household allowance would go a lot further there...
i don't have a household allowance, so no issue...

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Old Sep 9th 2010, 12:37 pm
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Originally Posted by Madam Medusa
i don't have a household allowance, so no issue...

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My wife has a friend like you. She takes a lot of pride in wasting her husbands money too. Her excuse: "He knew what he was getting when he married me"
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