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Forum: Middle East
Nov 21st 2009, 5:54 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 7,941
Posted By .....whichwasnice

Re: british school riyadh

Agreed. I kept my family out of kingdom during that period and stayed on bachelor status, like many and didn't bring them back in again until well after the Al Khobar incident. As pointed out in...
Forum: Middle East
Nov 15th 2009, 6:19 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 7,941
Posted By .....whichwasnice

Re: british school riyadh

You were there up to '04, so you know what happened surely?

When Al Hamra was hit in May 2003 (damaging the school also), there was a significant exit of families, a drop in applications to work...
Forum: Middle East
Nov 9th 2009, 8:19 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 3,295
Posted By .....whichwasnice

Re: U.A.E to Qatar via road

Always flown - but just a word of "obvious"

Friends drove accross a couple of xmas's ago to do xmas and new year with family there...They got a 72 hour transit visa through the KSA embassy in...
Forum: Middle East
Nov 9th 2009, 7:47 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 7,941
Posted By .....whichwasnice

Re: british school riyadh

My son (now a teenager) still recalls fondly that it had a "proper" tank parked on the approach road and two machine gun posts at the entrance (non of his friends in UAE believe him though...!)
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Forum: Middle East
Oct 25th 2009, 7:08 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 2,813
Posted By .....whichwasnice

Re: Mattawa in Dubai?

Your obviously well travelled VM. KSA aside, I've never been anywhere in the Muslim world where non Muslims are not accepted for our own traditions and cultures and that diversity is often a point of...
Forum: Middle East
Oct 25th 2009, 6:25 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 2,813
Posted By .....whichwasnice

Re: Mattawa in Dubai?

Yes, we'll that's all well and good in public, but in the mess the other day some kid in his 50's took his seat at dinner wearing a tan lounge suit no less! Outragious behaviour. No sir I shouted,...
Forum: ME Job Discussions
Oct 24th 2009, 10:00 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 3,589
Posted By .....whichwasnice

Re: Dubai tips and tricks for Job hunting --

I've certainly known people rock up into town for a few days after very targeted, advance preparation and nail good contracts....but there is a significant difference between a series of pre...
Forum: Middle East
Oct 24th 2009, 8:52 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 2,813
Posted By .....whichwasnice

Re: Mattawa in Dubai?

Amy Winehouse sang it best...."They tried to make me go to Riy-adh, but I said no, no, no"
Forum: Middle East
Oct 21st 2009, 10:08 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 4,709
Posted By .....whichwasnice

Re: Best place in AD to buy a refrigerator, oven, TV, ...

That's a good point - 2nd hand is a good option in a transient place like AD. More for furniture personaly than electrical goods, as even spanking new only seem to last 5 minutes these days
...
Forum: Middle East
Oct 21st 2009, 8:17 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 4,709
Posted By .....whichwasnice

Re: Best place in AD to buy a refrigerator, oven, TV, ...

Agreed - we always seem to shop around and then go back at carrefour. The department store above Lulu is similar, but recent items we needed were a little dearer there, (and also at plug ins, Co-op...
Forum: Middle East
Oct 21st 2009, 7:18 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,108
Posted By .....whichwasnice

Re: Moving to UAE??

When was Dubai ever "normal"? I must have missed that.
Forum: Middle East
Oct 21st 2009, 7:09 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 4,386
Posted By .....whichwasnice

Re: Edge of the World - Riyadh

Hey sqshman

Try http://www.riyadhrovers.com/ They've been around for ever - I went out with them a couple of times just before leaving KSA in '06.

Didn't have a GPS when I was there though -...
Forum: Middle East
Oct 20th 2009, 7:13 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 843
Posted By .....whichwasnice

Re: Using Internet Phone to make Cheap Calls

Yes, you can use Voip unrestricted, but need to be carefull about posting what works on public forums, as etisalet (the local provider) has a habit of blocking each service as it comes onto their...
Forum: Middle East
Oct 20th 2009, 9:13 am
Replies: 49
Views: 10,174
Posted By .....whichwasnice

Re: Uk Scouts in Abu Dhabi - Leaders and helpers required

Yes Ma'am, Won't happen again Ma'am!
Consider me suitable reprimanded and set straight by the forum Mafia!! :rolleyes:

(I even got a PM from Roadkill or whatever he's called "welcoming" me to...
Forum: Middle East
Oct 20th 2009, 8:40 am
Replies: 49
Views: 10,174
Posted By .....whichwasnice

Re: Uk Scouts in Abu Dhabi - Leaders and helpers required

MH - I'm afraid your information is entirely and completely incorrect.

The UK Scout association is fully inclusive. (gender, age, race, religion / atheism, monarchist / republican and sexual...
Forum: Middle East
Oct 19th 2009, 10:42 pm
Replies: 49
Views: 10,174
Posted By .....whichwasnice

Re: Uk Scouts in Abu Dhabi - Leaders and helpers required

That's better - I can read it now...Oh. Oh dear - I think I'll turn the filter back on.

No rest assured MH, I am here only to serve as a reciprocal mirror to your sunshine :D
Forum: Middle East
Oct 19th 2009, 10:38 pm
Replies: 49
Views: 10,174
Posted By .....whichwasnice

Re: Uk Scouts in Abu Dhabi - Leaders and helpers required

No - can't even read my own posts now?
Forum: Middle East
Oct 19th 2009, 10:37 pm
Replies: 49
Views: 10,174
Posted By .....whichwasnice

Re: Uk Scouts in Abu Dhabi - Leaders and helpers required

Do you have the new Internet explorer? It's great - It even has a "lame ass sarcasm content filter" :thumbdown:Let me try and turn down the settings so I can read your posts:rolleyes:
Forum: Middle East
Oct 19th 2009, 8:57 pm
Replies: 49
Views: 10,174
Posted By .....whichwasnice

Wink Re: Uk Scouts in Abu Dhabi - Leaders and helpers required

:D

I only have issues with flaming first time posters! (Ok I have lots of issues..) Now I'm a 6 time poster (Oooo!) my wings are like a shield of steel and I'm fair game!

Lets all play nicely...
Forum: Middle East
Oct 19th 2009, 8:33 pm
Replies: 49
Views: 10,174
Posted By .....whichwasnice

Wink Re: Uk Scouts in Abu Dhabi - Leaders and helpers required

If you reply to a first time poster in an unfriedly, judgemental and patronising way, why would you be surprised at being "branded" as unpleasant or unfriendly MH?

"I am equally sure I can say on...
Forum: Middle East
Oct 19th 2009, 8:08 pm
Replies: 49
Views: 10,174
Posted By .....whichwasnice

Re: Uk Scouts in Abu Dhabi - Leaders and helpers required

Hey EM - Thanks for the translation. How could I have missed that?

I think I can now see the bit where humour was attempted, Sandwiched in roughly between the collective opinion statement and...
Forum: Middle East
Oct 19th 2009, 6:59 pm
Replies: 49
Views: 10,174
Posted By .....whichwasnice

Re: Uk Scouts in Abu Dhabi - Leaders and helpers required

Wow, that's quite an unpleasant response to a first time post?
Forum: Middle East
Oct 19th 2009, 6:09 pm
Replies: 49
Views: 10,174
Posted By .....whichwasnice

Uk Scouts in Abu Dhabi - Leaders and helpers required

Abu Dhabi has 2 British Scout Groups, providing traditional scouting activities and development for young people between 6 and 18 Years of age.

Did you used to be a Scout or Guide? Have you been...
Forum: Middle East
Oct 19th 2009, 5:49 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 2,229
Posted By .....whichwasnice

Re: Urgent advice for job offer in Dubai/Abu Dhabi

Hey,

Even if your contract is AD, I'd go with a studio or 1 bed in the new buillds south of Dubai, the difference in AD rents are still significant enough to make it worth your while. Lots more...
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