the_red_sheep

Never been, aways fancied it. Any good?

britexpat76

Wow, You only have what we got yesterday. 3 hours of rain a few flooded car parks and Villagio under water. Its mostly gone today and the sun is back out.

TheShed

I am in internet city - dead calm and occasional spots of rain. Mrs Shed is at home as the government closed the schools. First time in my life I wanted to be a school teacher as I could be in a pub kicking off an early weekend :-(

scrubbedexpat141

I'm getting pictures of all the Xmas decs my mrs is buying in the mall. She got told to leave school at 11:30 and is now unsupervised in every Xmas section MOE has to offer.

Tonight is going to be glittery chaos.

The_Citizen

Only been the once but it was pretty good tbh. Just something different from the usual nights here.

Good music, bar not badly priced and quite a lot of options at the bar.

I think the next one is 12th December now.

Meow

Total over reaction as unless you in in the mountains or by a wadi, it's just a bit of rain. No wonder the expat brats are so soft if they get sent home due to a bit of rain. I am sure most of us have bitter memories of playing hockey/football/rugby or doing cross country runs in heavy rain and sleet and we survived.

I hope it's grey all weekend so I can justifiably hibernate at home.


EDIT - also hilarious that a boat show has been cancelled. You'd rather hope the boats could cope with a bit of water...

scrubbedexpat141

hahahah cancelled boat show?! Mental.

I remember a kid complaining that it was icy and below freezing before a cross country run. The answer..."run faster, you'll stay warm".

Meow

And people wonder why we lost the Empire...

shiva

although i do remember a couple of rugby matches being called off after people sustained injuries from hitting ground like concrete, i do agree.
that said i had a great excuse to do **** all this afternoon and didnt have to venture onto the road at rush hour in the wet and dark

Millhouse

The Canadians think that our shut down for a 'bit of snow' is ridiculous.
The Emiratis think that our shut down for a 'bit of hot weather' is ridiculous.

same same but different

scrubbedexpat141

Tell me about it.

Rugby pitch being solid wasn't fun though. We had a game called off at half time once when a ruck formed and didn't move too quick and the kid at the bottom came up choking. Apparently being face down in a big puddle on a waterlogged pitch under lots of other boys is not only a bit queer, but dangerous too. Who knew?

School runs were great though, my mate got a tenner from some Jap tourists who asked for a photo. One benefit of running around Salisbury Cathedral at the end I suppose.

weasel decentral

This is no place for logical or reasoned argument.

scrubbedexpat141

Is rain more or less 'expected' / 'freak' in Dubai than snow across England?

I reckon blanket snow across the UK to cause chaos is less likely than days like today in Dubai.

The_Citizen

Its a joke really. I had a meeting at 4pm that's been cancelled because and I quote 'the adverse weather conditions, so the company closed at 1pm'. Best part was the company is a Scottish company and pretty much all the guys are Scottish. I have a feeling they will all be in the boozer now!

The drive home tonight should be fun.

Meow

This being either the BE forum or the ME.