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Old Oct 8th 2014, 11:22 am
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Default Thinking of moving to Dubai? Think again...

Not only am I living here, the bigoted moron I am, but this woman highlights lots of other reasons to avoid this city:

20 Reasons not to move to Dubai
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Old Oct 9th 2014, 7:19 am
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Where are these Dubai hills you can build up loads of speed on to get caught by the speed cameras

This reads like it was written about 10 years ago.
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Default Re: Thinking of moving to Dubai? Think again...

Originally Posted by Cypselos
Where are these Dubai hills you can build up loads of speed on to get caught by the speed cameras

This reads like it was written about 10 years ago.
No idea.

I'm not sure what the problem is with the speed cameras either. I like to drive fast, yes, but a speed camera every mile and a sensible / higher speed limit seems alright to me.
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Originally Posted by Cypselos
Where are these Dubai hills you can build up loads of speed on to get caught by the speed cameras

This reads like it was written about 10 years ago.
hills? are there any hills anywhere in dxb or auh the only "hill" is in al ain! lol
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hills? are there any hills anywhere in dxb or auh the only "hill" is in al ain! lol
Quite a few slopes.
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Originally Posted by busybee2
hills? are there any hills anywhere in dxb or auh the only "hill" is in al ain! lol

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Originally Posted by Bahtatboy
Quite a few slopes.


Bigoted tosser.
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Originally Posted by Scamp


Bigoted tosser.
Not playing anymore....
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Originally Posted by Bahtatboy
Quite a few slopes.
it was a joke, yes i know there are few hills, but they are all in the "center" not in dxb or in auh
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Originally Posted by busybee2
it was a joke, yes i know there are few hills, but they are all in the "center" not in dxb or in auh
Is Jebel Ali not a hill?
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Originally Posted by busybee2
it was a joke, yes i know there are few hills, but they are all in the "center" not in dxb or in auh
Emirates Hills.
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Originally Posted by flares
Is Jebel Ali not a hill?
Jebel Hafeet maybe, but certainly not Jebel Ali which is at sea level.
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Originally Posted by mentalist
Jebel Hafeet maybe, but certainly not Jebel Ali which is at sea level.
you suggesting it's only a hump? I'd give it 'hill' status...certainly no mountain

the bit with the big satellite dish is Jebel Ali
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I think you guys have posted in the wrong forum, the Clarkson impersonator job applications are that way ----->
You might want to brush on some Argentine history while you are at it
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