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Old Oct 2nd 2013, 6:42 pm
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I'm busy contemplating my next move and recent events really make you think, Kenya, Nigeria, Algeria and Iraq are all possibilities

But donning a suit and joining the corporate world in Paris or UK is beginning to look more attractive.

Never met Typical but thoughts go out to you marra, could have been any of us
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Old Oct 3rd 2013, 1:48 am
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Not been on here for the last week or so, but mine and Mrs Shed's thoughts are with you Typical. Get well soon buddy.
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Very sorry to read this Typical.
Thoughts & prayers are with you.
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Old Oct 3rd 2013, 5:58 am
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My condolences and thoughts are with you Typical .
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Old Oct 3rd 2013, 1:33 pm
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Thanks all.

By the way, the FCO and British High Commission Nairobi were amazing. I'd not have expected it after experiences in MENA, but they were seriously great.
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Old Oct 3rd 2013, 1:53 pm
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Sorry to hear your sad news Typical. Thinking of you x
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Old Oct 3rd 2013, 2:10 pm
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Just caught up on this - sorry to hear about what's happened Typical...hopefully the messages on here go some way to helping you, most of them far more eloquent than I can be.
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Old Oct 3rd 2013, 3:27 pm
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Sorry to hear your news Typical, don't know you but please accept my condolences.
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Sorry to hear your news Typical, don't know you but please accept my condolences.
He tells me that he has just left hospital in Nairobi. so hopefully he is now on the mend, physically if not emotionally.
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He tells me that he has just left hospital in Nairobi. so hopefully he is now on the mend, physically if not emotionally.
Maybe that was premature as our friend still needs more treatment back in blighty.
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Norweigian passport holder, rather than a Norwegian
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and you wonder why young black boys become enchanted with "rebel" organisations?!
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Originally Posted by OriginalSunshine
and you wonder why young black boys become enchanted with "rebel" organisations?!
No, not really, but all too often they refuse to integrate with their adopted countries. Regardless of where they've come from and where they end up, the so called 'rebel' organisations are usually extreme to the point of violence. Exporting violence doesn't help anybody accept newcomers - quite the opposite.
As somebody who has spent over twenty years in Gulf states, there was leeway in how we behaved, but there was always a very clear line that we were not to cross.
I'm aware that my post was intemperate, but I'm also aware that not everything is as straightforwards as it might at face value seem.
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A few of us went for a beer last night and wanted to know how you're getting on Typical?

Are you back in the UK?
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