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Newbies....Introduce yourselves to the ME crowd

Old Dec 30th 2013, 10:52 am
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Originally Posted by Scamp
Edited slightly for you....
No mining in the North East of Scotland
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Originally Posted by mikewot
No mining in the North East of Scotland
Alright...there'll be something to replace it with.
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Originally Posted by Scamp
Alright...there'll be something to replace it with.
Traditionally farming, paper, fishing, lumber and granite. Now O n G.
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Worked in Ras Tanura and now going back for Sadara
If I can be of help no problem
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Welcome to the newbies
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Hi guys, I've been lurking for a bit but now paperwork is progressing I thought I'd take the plunge and aay hi.

I'm originally from Suffolk, lived in Newcastle for the last nine years, and hopefully should be in Qatar within the next couple of months for a three year contract.

Hi!
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Originally Posted by Big_Show
Hi guys, I've been lurking for a bit but now paperwork is progressing I thought I'd take the plunge and aay hi.

I'm originally from Suffolk, lived in Newcastle for the last nine years, and hopefully should be in Qatar within the next couple of months for a three year contract.

Hi!
welcome to BE
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Old Jan 13th 2014, 10:54 am
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Originally Posted by Big_Show
Hi guys, I've been lurking for a bit but now paperwork is progressing I thought I'd take the plunge and aay hi.

I'm originally from Suffolk, lived in Newcastle for the last nine years, and hopefully should be in Qatar within the next couple of months for a three year contract.

Hi!
Fairly linear progression, IMHO.
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Originally Posted by Bahtatboy
Fairly linear progression, IMHO.
Downhill?
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Old Jan 13th 2014, 5:45 pm
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Newbie here, currently sat in England but will be on the plane to Dubai in a little over 2 weeks, to take up a nice spangly new job. Hello all
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Originally Posted by 1970steve
Hi. Looking to obtain KSA visa in the next 2 weeks, working for Sadara. Hopefully get out there by mid-April - looking forward to the challenge.

Anybody else from the Teesside area taking the plunge?

BTW, my name is Steve and no surprises I was born in 1970!
Hi Steve my husband is going out on 1st feb from teeside
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Old Jan 16th 2014, 4:11 pm
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Originally Posted by Scamp
Downhill?
Yep, in terms of sophistication and intelligibility of the natives. Not that he started exactly from a high point ... (unless he did start from Highpoint).
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Old Jan 16th 2014, 8:08 pm
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Originally Posted by Bahtatboy
Yep, in terms of sophistication and intelligibility of the natives. Not that he started exactly from a high point ... (unless he did start from Highpoint).
Ipswich. So no, not that high a point :-)
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What ho fellow sandies ... been al la Riyadh about a year now and only just discovered here. Still take that long to get the ol home brew up to par.

pip pip

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Default Re: Newbies....Introduce yourselves to the ME crowd

Originally Posted by Big_Show
Ipswich. So no, not that high a point :-)
Qatar is therefore and improvement...
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