of course it was. it is in Dubai
on the same subject, is the BE quiz team still running?

49'ers in Abu Dhabi shut last year for 2 months because they "didn't have the correct trading licence". Yeah, right. Internecine conflicts?

All this 'anyone who ever goes anywhere nice in Dubai is a pretentious wanker' stuff is really dull & boring.

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What can I tell you...

You can't buy class......

Really? Right, I'm asking for my money back right now.

And how many times do you need to keep demonstrating this?
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Meow, are those bondage straps on your arms?

and it was all going so well until....

I was thinking the same thing.....I get so fed up when people say that.

I go to the same sort of restaurants regardless of which country I am in.. I like to go to restaurants with good service, great food and a nice atmosphere..I choose not to go for dinner in a foodcourt..no other reason than they don't have a booze license..I choose not to have dinner in Satwa sitting beside a busy road or inside with bright lights and possible unsanitary health practices.........I enjoy indulging in nice things, If I fancy drinking champagne when I go out then it is my choice to pay over the odds out here for it..if I want to order a bottle of wine that costs 400 dhs it is my choice..I do it because it is my wine of choice..the key word here is CHOICE..... I choose how I spend my money, I choose the places I go and I would rather spend 495dhs for an Al Qasr brunch, which in my opinion is 1 of the best brunches around, than spend 195dhs on a brunch that MAY not have the same quality of food, standard of service, and atmosphere. But as I said ..MY CHOICE

I don't call people who choose different types of restaurants/bars/wine common w*nkers, so please afford me the same courtesy.
thank you
xxxx

If you are spending your own money that you have earned from your own hard work then I agree. Unfortunately, there are many in Dubai who spend money that is neither their own or else is on credit. Not so cool.

Agreed..... I dont like Waxy's does that mean I'm pretentious?

It is not only people in Dubai that live on credit, I just don't understand why some people sound so bitter here.
There are so many people living their lives,within their means, enjoying the benefits that Dubai offers, having the opportunity to have bigger cars/larger homes/home help/ etc. At the end of it all why shouldn't we be able to do this without being called "pretentious wankers"

http://www.creditaction.org.uk/debt-statistics.html

Total UK personal debt at the end of January 2010 stood at £1,463bn.

according to some people...yes!
If I still lived in the UK..which I haven't for almost 20 years..I would not frequent a place like Waxy's..I would not choose to drink in the "public bar" within a pub, I choose the "lounge bar" side.
I was a Landlady for almost 20 years in the UK and believe me I have seen some rough "public bars" I have done relief work in some of the roughest pubs in Slough.
I have had pubs/restaurants in Weybridge, Dartford, South London ( the rougher areas) and Ascot area in Berkshire, I know where I prefer to be..give me Weybridge and Ascot everytime.

Are you a personsal trainer PS?

these people who do the whole, "err...it's not real people"...are basically those people who are members of the working mens' clubs at home or equivalents...basically working class people bordering on "common"...

sad they all have these massive chips on their shoulders...if you're working class, not a problem, go with it...but they all clearly have a problem...and the more scots they are, the worse it is...

MM, xx