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Oct 3rd 2018, 8:32 pm

#16

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Re: 11 weeks left

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Originally Posted by DXBtoDOH

How kind.

Looking to keep the numbers up?

Cynic.

I'm just the help around here. I don't own the site.

Oct 4th 2018, 1:52 am

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Pongo

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Re: 11 weeks left

On any given day I’m 30 days from leaving.

Oct 4th 2018, 12:35 pm

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Re: 11 weeks left

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Originally Posted by DXBtoDOH

In Qatar.

Then subtract at least two work trips home.

Then subtract a long weekend in Germany.

Then subtract at least one long weekend in Dubai.

I am feeling very pleased.

There's such a feeling of joy leaving some dusty shithole that it's almost worth going there just to leave it! On the flight leaving Riyadh for the last time I was uncontrollably beaming ear to ear. The British Midlands trolley dolly was wheeling out the drinks cart while the plane was still semi vertical from take off, even she was asking why I looked so happy.

Good luck in the new role

Nov 29th 2018, 6:15 am

#19

DXBtoDOH

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Re: 11 weeks left

Just an update.

Three weeks left in this shithole.

To be fair, I do come back in January but only for a week. I move out of my hotel apartment by the 20th of December.

Nov 29th 2018, 7:17 am

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Re: 11 weeks left

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Originally Posted by DXBtoDOH

Just an update.

Three weeks left in this shithole.

To be fair, I do come back in January but only for a week. I move out of my hotel apartment by the 20th of December.

Good luck with the move. Change is always exciting, unless that involves going to Doha I guess.

Tip for the UK: live a little.

Nov 29th 2018, 7:28 am

#21

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Re: 11 weeks left

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Originally Posted by Millhouse

Good luck with the move. Change is always exciting, unless that involves going to Doha I guess.

Tip for the UK: live a little.

Any suggestions?

Nov 29th 2018, 7:36 am

#22

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Re: 11 weeks left

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Any suggestions?

Open your heart to others, buy a dog, get a 4x4 and enjoy the great outdoors. Invite people over for a BBQ on July 17th (the only clear day).

Nov 29th 2018, 8:12 am

#23

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Re: 11 weeks left

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Open your heart to others, buy a dog, get a 4x4 and enjoy the great outdoors. Invite people over for a BBQ on July 17th (the only clear day).

I'd never buy a dog. I'd rescue one.

Nov 29th 2018, 8:23 am

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Re: 11 weeks left

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I'd never buy a dog. I'd rescue one.

also consider being less pedantic and uptight with the details?

Nov 29th 2018, 8:27 am

#25

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Re: 11 weeks left

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also consider being less pedantic and uptight with the details?

The pot calling the kettle black?

Nov 29th 2018, 8:29 am

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Re: 11 weeks left

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Open your heart to others, buy a dog, get a 4x4 and enjoy the great outdoors. Invite people over for a BBQ on July 17th (the only clear day).

It's Hasselhoff's birthday, too.

Nov 29th 2018, 2:25 pm

#27

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Re: 11 weeks left

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Originally Posted by DXBtoDOH

I'd never buy a dog. I'd rescue one.

here here. Nobody in the world needs to buy dogs any more. So many lovely animals (who won’t have disgusting breeding problems later in life) need saving. Rescues are challenging at first but, almost without exception, they turn into amazing long term pets.

My Frankie loves his permanent home (but he is quite mental so not sure if he really knows). He’s gods to us and we reciprocate.

Bad dogs are excellent representatives of bad owners.