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Dec 2nd 2008, 6:24 pm

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Re: Why I'd rather die than visit Dubai

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Have I told you lately I love you?

..ye cannae fall for an auld yin ?

Dec 2nd 2008, 6:26 pm

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Re: Why I'd rather die than visit Dubai

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..agree crisp cotton sheets is best in Greece..though I have often wondered if silk sheets would stick if one is sweaty?

You know the answer already..............

Dec 2nd 2008, 6:27 pm

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Re: Why I'd rather die than visit Dubai

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Have I told you lately I love you?

..I hope The Dean's not reading this thread..he will be jealous

Anyway..time for bed. TTFN

Dec 2nd 2008, 6:33 pm

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Re: Why I'd rather die than visit Dubai

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...again being from a poor background and living in Polmont near Falkirk (Stirlingshire)...

From Polmont you say... here's one for you from the hot new things on the Scottish music scene, signed by Alan McGee etc...

Polmont On My Mind - Glasvegas

(bonus point if you can name the "sample")

Dec 2nd 2008, 6:34 pm

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Re: Why I'd rather die than visit Dubai

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..I hope The Dean's not reading this thread..he will be jealous

Anyway..time for bed. TTFN

S'agapo
Kalanichta
xxx

Dec 2nd 2008, 6:37 pm

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Re: Why I'd rather die than visit Dubai

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From Polmont you say... here's one for you from the hot new things on the Scottish music scene, signed by Alan McGee etc...

Polmont On My Mind - Glasvegas

(bonus point if you can name the "sample")

http://youtube.com/watch?v=BwJW3JxbIjI

Alan McGhee has to be at least 48...........

Dec 2nd 2008, 6:44 pm

#67

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Re: Why I'd rather die than visit Dubai

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Alan McGhee has to be at least 48...........

Probably, but he has some ears.... and and ego to match....

Dec 2nd 2008, 6:54 pm

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Autonomy

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Re: Why I'd rather die than visit Dubai

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Originally Posted by W10

Which assumptions are wrong. I got this...

Dubai has no class or taste, is uncultured with most people spending time in malls, is discriminatory and unethical, deluded and intolerrent.

I think that can all be safely levelled at Dubai. It's just not very original...

Does this not apply to most commuter towns on the M25?

I wonder has the op/ed writer has ever read J.G. Ballard...

Dec 2nd 2008, 7:02 pm

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Re: Why I'd rather die than visit Dubai

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Wow...thats pretty literal of you.

I don't think he was attempting to claim that every single person in Dubai fitted this description to a tee. If you take personal exception to it, then you must spend a lot of time being angry at newspaper articles...

I'd say - in my humble opinion - that he is spot on about Dubai, and about more than 70% of its residents.

Literal: free from exaggeration or embellishment.

I don't take personal exception to a guy that does research, understands his subject matter and gives fair representation to the subject.

I do however, find it both offensive and derogatory to assume that everyone who is in Dubai has come here for the same reasons or motivations. The "opinion" given is poorly researched, without merit andor written by a complete ****wit!

But apart from that, it's a good read....ish

Dec 2nd 2008, 9:35 pm

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Re: Why I'd rather die than visit Dubai

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Probably, but he has some ears.... and and ego to match....

Oh,the image of the European Cup springs to mind there..yes he has identified many many new groups in Scotland

Last edited by Eva; Dec 2nd 2008 at 9:41 pm.

Dec 3rd 2008, 3:28 am

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Re: Why I'd rather die than visit Dubai

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Oh not moaning..I just appreciate universal free education system in Scotland.

My dad was proud...but more so for the family name...as I discovered a new and beautiful genus and species of tropical fish in PNG (Kiunga ballochi), which was named after me. The fish was lost to science..but was rediscovered:
http://www.aquapress-bleher.com/inde...d=19&Itemid=41

So my 15 minutes of fame (family name) will live on for an eternity...well until our sun expands, incinerate our planet and life and our civilisation perishes ( a bit like the star of Bethlehem in the short story (The Star) by Arthur C. Clarke)

That's a very cool story. If I could have your babies, then I would.

Dec 3rd 2008, 3:29 am

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Re: Why I'd rather die than visit Dubai

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Does this not apply to most commuter towns on the M25?

I wonder has the op/ed writer has ever read J.G. Ballard...

Absolutely...

Dec 3rd 2008, 3:30 am

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Re: Why I'd rather die than visit Dubai

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My friend offered me tickets to go see Glasvegas this week. He forgot I'm in Dubai :-(

Are you go to the Dub Pistols on Thursday?

Dec 3rd 2008, 5:30 am

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Re: Why I'd rather die than visit Dubai

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...not a bad song for their debut album..I think they are referring to the Polmont borstal (or young offender's institution)...I used to fish for pike and perch in the canal that runs along the southern edge of the borstal !