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ScotsExpat Feb 29th 2008 4:11 am

Re: Just landed... looking to explore
 

Originally Posted by dinkerson (Post 5999610)
thanks. i'll check them out sometime. do they have a different 'atmosphere' to the snake? i.e. can i leave my shitty stick at home?

Hell, yeah. Although I have heard of one or two appearing in Finnegans, I have never seen any...

arbroath_abroad Feb 29th 2008 5:29 am

Re: Just landed... looking to explore
 
finnegans is now full of the Scots that used to get pissed up in the lakes club. The beer is a lot cheaper and you can smoke your lungs out in Finnegans..

Its a hole, but hey its what a pub (not bar) should be like no?

ScotsExpat Feb 29th 2008 5:33 am

Re: Just landed... looking to explore
 

Originally Posted by arbroath_abroad (Post 6000035)
finnegans is now full of the Scots that used to get pissed up in the lakes club. The beer is a lot cheaper and you can smoke your lungs out in Finnegans..

Its a hole, but hey its what a pub (not bar) should be like no?

That was how I found it. Got a lot of friends in the Lakes area and we always ended up there after work.. Then Emaar step in and announce that, not only is it gonna be non-smoking but they are also gonna put the prices of the drink up... A double whammy...

You do still have to step outside on the deck at Finnegans for a fag but, as arbroath says, the beers about 10AED cheaper a pint... And it tastes better...

arbroath_abroad Feb 29th 2008 5:35 am

Re: Just landed... looking to explore
 

Originally Posted by ScotsExpat (Post 6000059)
That was how I found it. Got a lot of friends in the Lakes area and we always ended up there after work.. Then Emaar step in and announce that, not only is it gonna be non-smoking but they are also gonna put the prices of the drink up... A double whammy...

You do still have to step outside on the deck at Finnegans for a fag but, as arbroath says, the beers about 10AED cheaper a pint... And it tastes better...

errr i used to pop into the lakes after work for a swifter on occassion....hmmm

ScotsExpat Feb 29th 2008 5:40 am

Re: Just landed... looking to explore
 

Originally Posted by arbroath_abroad (Post 6000074)
errr i used to pop into the lakes after work for a swifter on occassion....hmmm

You arent an Arab by any chance?? Into photography.....?? Actually, cancel that, if you have just bought a bike, I dinnae think you can be the guy Im thinking on...

arbroath_abroad Feb 29th 2008 5:41 am

Re: Just landed... looking to explore
 

Originally Posted by ScotsExpat (Post 6000094)
You arent an Arab by any chance?? Into photography.....?? Actually, cancel that, if you have just bought a bike, I dinnae think you can be the guy Im thinking on...

no but the guy i think you are thinking of is fae BF and is quite a 'ahem' portly chap?

ScotsExpat Feb 29th 2008 5:44 am

Re: Just landed... looking to explore
 

Originally Posted by arbroath_abroad (Post 6000102)
no but the guy i think you are thinking of is fae BF and is quite a 'ahem' portly chap?

I think you may have nailed that one. Also just realised you are in AD now and I have only been going there for the last 6 - 9 months, since I arrived..

arbroath_abroad Feb 29th 2008 5:48 am

Re: Just landed... looking to explore
 

Originally Posted by ScotsExpat (Post 6000117)
I think you may have nailed that one. Also just realised you are in AD now and I have only been going there for the last 6 - 9 months, since I arrived..

he always wears polo t shirts that about 4 large blokes could fit into?

ive only just moved and have spent 2.5 years at the lakes club...

(not just at the bar thou....)

ScotsExpat Feb 29th 2008 5:50 am

Re: Just landed... looking to explore
 

Originally Posted by arbroath_abroad (Post 6000147)
he always wears polo t shirts that about 4 large blokes could fit into?

ive only just moved and have spent 2.5 years at the lakes club...

(not just at the bar thou....)

Ah, ok. My cousin stays at the Lakes so, when I first arrived over, he invited me over. Been dropping in by ever since...

arbroath_abroad Feb 29th 2008 5:53 am

Re: Just landed... looking to explore
 

Originally Posted by ScotsExpat (Post 6000160)
Ah, ok. My cousin stays at the Lakes so, when I first arrived over, he invited me over. Been dropping in by ever since...


well ill prob be there next sunday..see you in there:D

The Dean Feb 29th 2008 5:54 am

Re: Just landed... looking to explore
 

Originally Posted by arbroath_abroad (Post 6000171)
well ill prob be there next sunday..see you in there:D

This is getting incestuous......... bucket of cold water over here, please!

ScotsExpat Feb 29th 2008 5:55 am

Re: Just landed... looking to explore
 

Originally Posted by arbroath_abroad (Post 6000171)
well ill prob be there next sunday..see you in there:D

Nope, I will be in there tomorrow for thye footie, leave for Gods country Sunday night and then I believe Im relieving you in Houston. Gotta have a representative there 24 hours a day.... I'll be in The Woodlands, tho, meet a classier red neck up there...

ScotsExpat Feb 29th 2008 5:55 am

Re: Just landed... looking to explore
 

Originally Posted by The Dean (Post 6000180)
This is getting incestuous......... bucket of cold water over here, please!

The clans are gathering, MD........

arbroath_abroad Feb 29th 2008 5:56 am

Re: Just landed... looking to explore
 

Originally Posted by ScotsExpat (Post 6000182)
Nope, I will be in there tomorrow for thye footie, leave for Gods country Sunday night and then I believe Im relieving you in Houston. Gotta have a representative there 24 hours a day.... I'll be in The Woodlands, tho, meet a classier red neck up there...

The woodlands is ok, but when i come back, i want to stay in the same area as i am justnow.

Yea need a BE ME rep in Texas at all times

ScotsExpat Feb 29th 2008 5:58 am

Re: Just landed... looking to explore
 

Originally Posted by arbroath_abroad (Post 6000190)
The woodlands is ok, but when i come back, i want to stay in the same area as i am justnow.

Yea need a BE ME rep in Texas at all times

I left there 9 months ago, spent about 18 months in the cloistered aetting of the Woodlands (preferred to call it Spring, we were in the farthest South section) Ive done my time. Granted I wasnt representing BE at the time but, that is something you only do once in your life...


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