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Re: Cheap as Chips...please!
Shock horror....Dubai isn't a shopping paradise?
*faints |
Re: Cheap as Chips...please!
Originally Posted by W10
(Post 6078584)
Shock horror....Dubai isn't a shopping paradise?
*faints |
Re: Cheap as Chips...please!
Originally Posted by Spugsy
(Post 6078687)
iPods, macs, Playstations, digi cameras etc etc - they all seem the same price over here as back home.
changed days indeed.... and who can forget the Thomson Originals.......... |
Re: Cheap as Chips...please!
Originally Posted by arbroath_abroad
(Post 6078712)
i remember coming here in the early 90's and stereos (3D superwoofers):D were about half the price than in the uk...
changed days indeed.... and who can forget the Thomson Originals.......... |
Re: Cheap as Chips...please!
Originally Posted by arbroath_abroad
(Post 6078712)
and who can forget the Thomson Originals..........
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Re: Cheap as Chips...please!
Originally Posted by Chris79
(Post 6078915)
?? What are they? Obviously before my time :p
They were fake tapes that they used to sell all over UAE and the ME in general..I remember a massive shop called musicland in Bur Dubai just opposite the KFC that was full of TO's... Good quality they were...and about 1.99 a tape....bargain!! |
Re: Cheap as Chips...please!
Originally Posted by arbroath_abroad
(Post 6079653)
not before your time mate, im only early(ish) 30's....
They were fake tapes that they used to sell all over UAE and the ME in general..I remember a massive shop called musicland in Bur Dubai just opposite the KFC that was full of TO's... Good quality they were...and about 1.99 a tape....bargain!! |
Re: Cheap as Chips...please!
Originally Posted by arbroath_abroad
(Post 6079653)
not before your time mate, im only early(ish) 30's....
They were fake tapes that they used to sell all over UAE and the ME in general..I remember a massive shop called musicland in Bur Dubai just opposite the KFC that was full of TO's... Good quality they were...and about 1.99 a tape....bargain!! |
Re: Cheap as Chips...please!
Originally Posted by Chris79
(Post 6079760)
Oh, ok. How long have you been over here? I'm just coming upto 5 months
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Re: Cheap as Chips...please!
Originally Posted by arbroath_abroad
(Post 6078712)
and who can forget the Thomson Originals..........
I remember some of the old Thomsons would have random filler songs at the end- your Stereo MC's album would end and as there was 15 minutes left they would put 3 Celine Dion songs in! |
Re: Cheap as Chips...please!
Originally Posted by Desert Dweller
(Post 6082664)
I've still got a load of them which still work when the originals I bought in th UK have jumped the shark!
I remember some of the old Thomsons would have random filler songs at the end- your Stereo MC's album would end and as there was 15 minutes left they would put 3 Celine Dion songs in! i was just about to post the same.... Deacon Blue raintown would end and a few Fergal Sharkey songs would appear.. Great stuff... |
Re: Cheap as Chips...please!
Originally Posted by Chris79
(Post 6079760)
Oh, ok. How long have you been over here? I'm just coming upto 5 months
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Re: Cheap as Chips...please!
Originally Posted by arbroath_abroad
(Post 6083113)
living here full time for 3 years but i was a sailor for a lot of years........
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Re: Cheap as Chips...please!
it was the Royal Navy, im a trained killer you know:D |
Re: Cheap as Chips...please!
Originally Posted by arbroath_abroad
(Post 6083182)
:D:D
it was the Royal Navy, im a trained killer you know:D |
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