SZR Chaos Expected

Old Feb 5th 2014, 2:14 pm
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So my wee ones nursery is closed tomorrow

In ****ing mirdif

Nowhere near the ****ing thing

FFS
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Old Feb 5th 2014, 5:15 pm
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Originally Posted by Meow
Where else would schools be closed for a flipping cycling race?

Never mind about education, here are some people in lycra.

Must agree. And I wear lycra
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Old Feb 5th 2014, 6:35 pm
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Originally Posted by shiva
So my wee ones nursery is closed tomorrow

In ****ing mirdif

Nowhere near the ****ing thing

FFS
Now THAT'S planning for ya! They have closed it in case of the errant biker in tights!!
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Old Feb 6th 2014, 4:00 am
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The maps are not detailed enough - it looks like I might be in an island of the race today at the Marina (i.e. I think the race goes around some of the marina in a loop) so it looks like the roads could be closed all around me.

But the stupid maps are not detailed enough on Gulf News or their own website - are there any better maps or real info on actual road closures?

I got meetings later and if I can't get in our out of my area I'll be well hacked off
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Old Feb 6th 2014, 4:24 am
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Originally Posted by Autonomy
are there any better maps or real info on actual road closures?
from what i could tell yesterday they made it up on a minute by minute basis, it may be a little better today but I doubt it.

I was on the phone to my brother yesterday when the police were closing roads around DIFC, literally all around him, he said they managed to trap him and a couple hundred other cars with no way out, the police also managed to direct them to Zabeel palace gates at one point. oops
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Originally Posted by shiva
from what i could tell yesterday they made it up on a minute by minute basis, it may be a little better today but I doubt it.

I was on the phone to my brother yesterday when the police were closing roads around DIFC, literally all around him, he said they managed to trap him and a couple hundred other cars with no way out, the police also managed to direct them to Zabeel palace gates at one point. oops
Oh what a surprise... as usual will need to deal with what ever happens as it happens...
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Oh what a surprise... as usual will need to deal with what ever happens as it happens...
Dubai Organisation Flow Chart:

1. They're doing what?
2. They're ****ing idiots, how can they do this?
3. Oh this is so typical, I'll update Facebook and tell everyone how mad this place is.
4. Well, how can I get around it?
5. I can't be sure, because the details are so loose and nobody really knows.
6. This place is ****ing crazy, why are they so stupid?
7. OK, I guess I should have expected no clear answers.
8. Schools shut (repeat step 3).
9. **** it, I'll just take my chances in the chaos.
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Old Feb 6th 2014, 6:25 am
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As leaving for work this morning, security told me The Palm is blocked from 11:30 until 4:30. Which, after NYE could mean anything.

I'd happily throw some tacks on the road as they pass by.

****ing ridiculous.
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Old Feb 6th 2014, 6:49 am
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Nothing beats 'George Bush Day'. Think that was about six years ago so some of you must remember it.

Essentially a public holiday announced the previous evening and everyone was told to stay home. if you lived anywhere near his route you were not even allowed on your balcony or a sniper might take you out. It also rained so Dubai was a strange rainy ghost town. Even Bush must have thought it all a bit strange.
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Originally Posted by Meow
Nothing beats 'George Bush Day'. Think that was about six years ago so some of you must remember it.

Essentially a public holiday announced the previous evening and everyone was told to stay home. if you lived anywhere near his route you were not even allowed on your balcony or a sniper might take you out. It also rained so Dubai was a strange rainy ghost town. Even Bush must have thought it all a bit strange.
We were talking about that in the office yesterday. Dubai was like something out of The Walking Dead.
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Old Feb 6th 2014, 7:43 am
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Nothing beats 'George Bush Day'. Think that was about six years ago so some of you must remember it.

Essentially a public holiday announced the previous evening and everyone was told to stay home. if you lived anywhere near his route you were not even allowed on your balcony or a sniper might take you out. It also rained so Dubai was a strange rainy ghost town. Even Bush must have thought it all a bit strange.
Ha yeah, I remember that. What a hoot that was!
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Originally Posted by Meow
. if you lived anywhere near his route you were not even allowed on your balcony or a sniper might take you out. .
Near his route?
There were reports of people told off from their balconies in Karama.

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Just noticed on the dubaitour website mention of removing and reinstating speedbumps.

"Measures have already commenced to settle artificial humps at various roads by where cyclists' are scheduled to pass during the various stages of the event, taking into consideration that these humps to be re-built in succession of the Tour's end."

oh deary
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Originally Posted by Meow
Nothing beats 'George Bush Day'. Think that was about six years ago so some of you must remember it.

Essentially a public holiday announced the previous evening and everyone was told to stay home. if you lived anywhere near his route you were not even allowed on your balcony or a sniper might take you out. It also rained so Dubai was a strange rainy ghost town. Even Bush must have thought it all a bit strange.
That was my third day here. Spent it in the company flat in Satwa with nothing to do except drink gin and gamble with myself over how far each pifpaffed roach would crawl before it expired.
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Originally Posted by Bongoman2
Just noticed on the dubaitour website mention of removing and reinstating speedbumps.
I was thinking about how the cyclists would react to the many speedbumps around. Also, if it had been raining yesterday, Emaar Boulevard (as it should still be called) would have been like an ice rink given its marble effect, slippery surface.
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