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Forum: The Sand Pit
Mar 28th 2010, 6:05 pm
Replies: 84
Views: 5,411
Posted By AlmostPregnant

Re: world cup pictures as promised

Who's the one next to Ms. Piggy? :D
Forum: Middle East
Dec 18th 2009, 7:55 am
Replies: 233
Views: 25,402
Posted By AlmostPregnant

Re: For the financial experts (and the rest of you too): Dubai defaults on debt (sort

I got an interesting comment yesterday: Abu Dhabi waited for Dubai to humiliate itself admitting the default, and only afterwards came to help. Curious.
Forum: The Sand Pit
Nov 2nd 2009, 6:45 pm
Replies: 184
Views: 18,579
Posted By AlmostPregnant

Re: Bored and lonely in Dubai

So many people from the bloody middle of nowhere! Amazing!
Forum: The Sand Pit
Oct 29th 2009, 11:00 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,190
Posted By AlmostPregnant

Re: Morrissey

Oh he's making me hope SO much! Cannot disappoint me at this point!!!
Forum: Middle East
Oct 29th 2009, 10:47 am
Replies: 105
Views: 20,760
Posted By AlmostPregnant

Re: Are the people in Dubai Superficial??

Are you already counting those cigarettes? Well, at least the closest coffee shop is a few thousands clicks away...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Oct 29th 2009, 10:47 am
Replies: 28
Views: 2,351
Posted By AlmostPregnant

Re: Any ladies here a 34B

For some reason, I had no doubt about that!
Forum: Middle East
Sep 23rd 2009, 11:47 am
Replies: 5
Views: 948
Posted By AlmostPregnant

Re: Eur/Dhs 5.44!

I'm not surprised, they say there's a crisis going on, God knows! And imported inflation in a reality as small and as tied as Dubai to the rest of the world should be almost instant. Again, and I'll...
Forum: Middle East
Sep 23rd 2009, 9:27 am
Replies: 5
Views: 948
Posted By AlmostPregnant

Re: Eur/Dhs 5.44!

I don't think we can induce a simmetry here, Millhouse. If the exchange rate goes up, the salary of those expats who are paid in dirhams and are partly paying living expenses partly saving for the...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Sep 23rd 2009, 6:57 am
Replies: 20
Views: 1,201
Posted By AlmostPregnant

Re: That's the final straw......

Put down that glue! You sniffed enough!
Forum: Middle East
Sep 23rd 2009, 6:52 am
Replies: 5
Views: 948
Posted By AlmostPregnant

Eur/Dhs 5.44!

52-weeks maximum! Any bet? Will it reach 6?

When I left at the end of March, exchange rate was at 4.6 :p are the salaries in dirhams going up to compensate?
Forum: The Sand Pit
Apr 10th 2009, 8:06 am
Replies: 10
Views: 946
Posted By AlmostPregnant

Re: Who says the Dutch have no sense of humour?

And how about getting a life? You know, a job, working, coming back home in the evening, kids pestering you, blah blah blah? Should you STILL have some spare time,feel free drop me a line, I got...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Apr 10th 2009, 7:28 am
Replies: 10
Views: 946
Posted By AlmostPregnant

Re: Who says the Dutch have no sense of humour?

Something though puzzles me: what the F where you doing on HEMA's website??? Of all the places??
Forum: Middle East
Mar 12th 2009, 2:06 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 888
Posted By AlmostPregnant

Watchmen!

Has anybody seen it in Dubai's cinema? Is it censored?? I really can't waste more money on chopped-off movies, last one I saw was so bad at certain point you couldn't follow the action ongoing!
Forum: The Sand Pit
Nov 6th 2008, 8:26 am
Replies: 57
Views: 8,694
Posted By AlmostPregnant

Re: Men touching themselves!

"It takes me three months to get the donations in, if people don't donate then I don't get the volume or quality. "

Understood, all I am saying: after they made their donation, before putting...
Forum: Middle East
Nov 6th 2008, 8:21 am
Replies: 246
Views: 38,405
Posted By AlmostPregnant

Re: Exodus: Brits Leaving Dubai

Springs?Meadows?Arabian Ranches? They always made me think of "The Truman Show", their best thing by far is the smile of the security baba at the bar!
Forum: The Sand Pit
Oct 21st 2008, 7:24 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 1,355
Posted By AlmostPregnant

Re: has anyone else heard the rumour about dubai?

It's called "ADIA", and it has good reason to want Dubai in their pockets, instead of building a city themselves, they could just buy it for cheap ready-made!
Forum: Middle East
Oct 16th 2008, 7:33 am
Replies: 97
Views: 35,197
Posted By AlmostPregnant

Re: What businesses are missing in Dubai

LOL, it don't think so.
It makes an "OK" Italian pizza, just "OK" and for a specific reason: they have changed way too many pizza chefs!
But none after Carmelo, who was coming from being the...
Forum: Middle East
Oct 16th 2008, 7:22 am
Replies: 39
Views: 3,901
Posted By AlmostPregnant

Re: Interesting Dubai article in the Observer...

And you're replying to commander's post, so you don't make much sense.

But I'll make a wild guess and say that's basically your standard. Surprise me! Elevate! Be different for once, make some...
Forum: Middle East
Oct 16th 2008, 7:22 am
Replies: 97
Views: 35,197
Posted By AlmostPregnant

Re: What businesses are missing in Dubai

hygiene, or so they told us. I can see their point, the food hygiene standards in Dubai are *appalling*, too many outlets, not enough people to check them, conflict of interests everywhere. Never...
Forum: Middle East
Oct 16th 2008, 7:07 am
Replies: 97
Views: 35,197
Posted By AlmostPregnant

Re: What businesses are missing in Dubai

Forbidden in Dubai, great competition in Sharjah: on the corniche every night around 20 minivans sell frozen sweet water for 1 dhs each, go beat them! If you have enough Wasta you can try to get a...
Forum: Middle East
Oct 16th 2008, 7:05 am
Replies: 2
Views: 464
Posted By AlmostPregnant

Re: IT and Graphic Design

Lyn: if US/UK/AUS/SA educated, you might get a decent job (drafting, rendering, etc) with a decent salary (12-20,000 dhs/month range) depending on the level of your education and skills ("IT" and...
Forum: Middle East
Oct 7th 2008, 10:17 am
Replies: 39
Views: 3,901
Posted By AlmostPregnant

Re: Interesting Dubai article in the Observer...

Not at all, I always enjoy being me, don't you?



Nice analysis, great sources, brilliant job. What if I say: "no", will you start crying? Call for mama? Haram, miskeen!



Don't they also...
Forum: Middle East
Oct 6th 2008, 12:01 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 3,901
Posted By AlmostPregnant

Re: Interesting Dubai article in the Observer...

Bollocks. 2007, as per the baladiya, they were 80,000 (resident visa, bean counting), and they are diminishing, though slowly, from previous years.

"There is nothing wrong in going to 5 star...
Forum: Middle East
Oct 5th 2008, 11:10 am
Replies: 39
Views: 3,901
Posted By AlmostPregnant

Re: Interesting Dubai article in the Observer...

Really? Did you count them personally? Any official source you mind to quote, here?
Forum: The Sand Pit
Sep 23rd 2008, 9:58 am
Replies: 40
Views: 1,599
Posted By AlmostPregnant

Re: Lady boss...

This is what I call "understatement". Or maybe you are just plain young. Because I know plenty who lost more then their job for taking a risk, but, maybe, I'm just old :)


This is called "greed"....
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