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BangleMan

Sep 8th 2008 6:25 am

Re: 3 weeks to go

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Originally Posted by BangleMan (Post 6760467)

Oh shit, we have to move to a bigger table then !

And one with low lighting too...as those shorts will more than illuminate the table !

MissDemeanor

Sep 8th 2008 6:26 am

Re: 3 weeks to go

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Originally Posted by BangleMan (Post 6760467)

Oh shit, we have to move to a bigger table then !

But then....if they move us to the crap table we can use them as a tablecloth instead of the paper.

Inselaffen

Sep 8th 2008 6:30 am

Re: 3 weeks to go

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Originally Posted by MissDemeanor (Post 6760466)

True......take your bad spidey suit and bugger off.:p

thats already packed. can't leave without that!! :eek:

MissDemeanor

Sep 8th 2008 6:30 am

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Originally Posted by Inselaffen (Post 6760478)

thats already packed. can't leave without that!! :eek:

you'll never get past customs with it.

Inselaffen

Sep 8th 2008 6:34 am

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Originally Posted by MissDemeanor (Post 6760481)

you'll never get past customs with it.

a few Singapore $ will sort that!

lionheart

Sep 8th 2008 6:57 am

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Originally Posted by Inselaffen (Post 6760489)

a few Singapore $ will sort that!

Isn't Singapore the place where you can get fined $500 just for depositing chewing gum on the floor of the underground? I wouldn't try bribery over there.:)

TGFKASE

Sep 8th 2008 6:59 am

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Originally Posted by lionheart (Post 6760529)

Isn't Singapore the place where you can get fined $500 just for depositing chewing gum on the floor of the underground? I wouldn't try bribery over there.:)

Its the chewing gum thats illegal, not the dropping of it, AFAIK.....

Inselaffen

Sep 8th 2008 7:03 am

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Originally Posted by TGFKASE (Post 6760532)

Its the chewing gum thats illegal, not the dropping of it, AFAIK.....

Chewing gum is not illegal. its just illegal to sell or import it.
you can buy sugar free gum from chemists and dentists.

arbroath_abroad

Sep 8th 2008 8:50 am

Re: 3 weeks to go

I cycle here, its not too bad. Dont listen to these knackers....

Spugsy

Sep 8th 2008 9:01 am

Re: 3 weeks to go

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Originally Posted by MattH268 (Post 6759236)

Hi all,

I'm going to be moving to Dubai in 3 weeks time from the slightly waterlogged UK.

Never been, no idea where i will be living, how I will get around or pretty much anything other than I start work on the 28th Sept and nearly everything is provided for. Hopefully find out more before I land.

Would I see out my first week in Dubai if I cycling to work everyday? Would I succumb to the sun, the traffic or the authorities first?

Matt

I would say its a bad idea.

arbroath_abroad

Sep 8th 2008 9:10 am

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Originally Posted by Spugsy (Post 6760808)

I would say its a bad idea.

when you dont know where he will be living or working?

There are some places that are ok to cycle. Its not too dangerous. Granted its not exactly the safest, but where is.

Mate, get a bike and cycle to work. Apart from if you live in Sharjah and work in Jebel Ali.

Even Chris Hoy wouldnt attempt that one

Spugsy

Sep 8th 2008 9:19 am

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Originally Posted by arbroath_abroad (Post 6760824)

I'm dying to get a bike but I could ride it around the streets but they only go so far, maybe up to uptowmn mirdif but anywhere where there are roads its almost suicidal.

I have a great back back home, a specialises FSR and went everyone on it, I really, really miss it.

Where is the best place to get bikes then?

TGFKASE

Sep 8th 2008 9:22 am

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Originally Posted by Spugsy (Post 6760850)

Try Bur Dubai police station... Heard they have a heap in their 'Lost, Found and Just Plain Confiscated' department....

arbroath_abroad

Sep 8th 2008 9:24 am

Re: 3 weeks to go

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Originally Posted by Spugsy (Post 6760850)

Wolfe's on SZR has a good selection. THing is they are bloody expensive here. I got my bike in Houston for approx 30% of the price i would pay here. Granted it was in the sale, but still.

As for cycling, i get up at around 5ish on a fri morning and have a long ride. Sets me up for the rest of the day.

As soon as they fix the road here at work, i am going to cycle in to work. Those that have been to Mussaffa industrial est in AD will confirm that i am mad, but hey ho, fortune favours the brave, who dares wins etc etc

You'll read about me in the obiturues in 7 days.....:D

MattH268

Sep 8th 2008 9:53 am

Re: 3 weeks to go

Thanks for the responses. Guess it depends where I'm going to be located as to whether I ride and how I meet my maker.

I have already had to find a new home for 2 of my 4 bikes. Its going to be bad enough leaving my Land Rover in the UK let alone bikes as well!

Live in Summertown Oxford at the moment but looking forward to leaving Oxford, 10 years is plenty long enough to stay in one place.

Pub Quiz sounds good not that I'm any good mind.

Matt

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