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Steve, There are 2 different broadband providers but they don't overlap. They are the same price and quality anyway: 200AED for 512kbs which is fine for normal use. wrt satellite dishes, the larger satellite dishes (3m) that s&o is referring to is for the S.African TV, which some people prefer t...

Most of the english schools have a rugby team.
He will be fine.

hmmm well ive never had to deal with any local kids... That's because you are wearing an abaya and from what I have seen, the "ladys first" culture still exists in Dubai. Many cutures are not used to this. All nationalities do it, just some more than others. The responses that I get (when...

Emaar banned the distribution within their communities. I can guess why, but why really? The most credably story is that it is punishment for alledgedly mis-quoting the Sheikh Khalifa. I still don't know what all of the fuss was about, but it must have been a good enough excuse to have them banded ...

I wouldn't put it past them - they aren't big fans of Iran and hence on this issue they are completely in line with the USA. As much as Saudi may like to see Iran suffer, they need a high oil price to fund their ever increasing costs, and this is of far greater importance to them. Anyway, America i...

In general, rent is more negotiable than in other parts of the world. But this is only because the market is constantly changing and values have not stabilised yet. If you are dealing witha rental agent, it will be difficult because they have their own agenda and keep the landlord out of negotiation...

Depends on whether covering costs are more important than keeping the US happy. :) Cheers, Shafique exactly, last time saudi wanted to keep the US happy (read 1991 gulf war) they incurred so much public debt that they just recently paid off. Nice conspracy theory but way too far fetched for me. You...

A US senator recently revealed the US blueprint to attack Iran and it involved widespread bombing of many military and civil targets. This is lot less surgical than I would expect and is the worst case scenario. I partly agree with Jamal in that "the best and only way i see america doing anythi...

You just take exception to our apparent 'complex' which you think means we think the US will 'force Saudi to lower the price of oil'.Shafique Shafique, I didn't take exception to what you and Maad said. I just didn't agree with you. Yes, Force was probably the wrong word to use. The US can't force ...

The key word being "speculation".

shafique wrote:

benwj wrote:The key word being "speculation".

Oh, and you thought that Maad and I said we were privy to the hushed conversations between Washington and Riyadh did you?

Cheers,
Shafique

Ah, the good ol days, when you could byo 1 slab of beer per person.

will that mean pc to pc will still work ok? The CEO of Du, said today that only PC-phone will be blocked. He specifically said that PC-PC, and incoming landline calls from a PC will not be blocked. However, it wouldn't surprise me if he is talking bullsh*t and everything is blocked the same as Etis...

We have 3 girls and we did have homeopathic medicine to try and have a son 3rd time round (which obviously didn't work). You were trying too hard Shaf! Its all about timing. Male sperm are faster than female sperm, but they don't have as much stamina and die earlier. Female sperm last longer, but a...

Let me get this straight valkyrie.

You support suicide bombers, but
You are against the death penalty

Yep, makes sense to me... NOT

time for what?

A study was done by Dr Billings who is a world leader in natural contraception.

http://www.billings-centre.ab.ca/general/bc_sex.htm

I am not aware of any studies that have been done on how radio frequencies (typically radar) effect sperm. This is my personal observation.

Exactly.

And he expects us to be stupid enough to beleive him.

what makes it more surprising is that it was more in the time when "Sportmanship" was still considered a part of the game. Not exactly. One day cricket was a rebel breakaway in it's early days and didn't demand the same respect from the players as in test matches. Although this is no excu...

Go to any golf club in Dubai and ask a cross-section of members which nationality/s are know for cheating.

Most of the time you will get the same answer and it won't be Australians.

What's your handicap HP?

You guys r from Civilized country, country of decent cricket crowd and "Bad Hair" We don't have anywhere close to 100 tevelvision cameras in our stadiums, so must not be as civilized as you? :cry: Why would someone ask such kind of question inside a Golf club They don't. All I am saying i...

choice for genuine medical conditions is acceptable, though leaving this as a loophole means people will still cheat the system. I can't think of a genuine medical reason, or any other good reason for that matter, to justify medical gender selection. However, for couples who already have a girl/boy...

Deniz wrote:

sage & onion wrote:

^ian^ wrote:Madman or genius?

Let's chat about it here.

Genius gone mad

+1

+2

and you can add "Cry Babies" remember Rugby World Cup Final 2003 Ashes 2005 how they complained about everything Cry Babies!? Have a look at your avatar, and give yourself an uppercut. You probably wouldn't know what a game of rugby was if it hit you in the face, in which case you would p...

Just last week I saw 2 guys praying in front of their car, which they had parked in the fast lane on Sheikh Zayed road.

I think that they must have been praying that no one would run them over.

See Abu Dhabi has got an F1 grand prix starting 2009. I know Mubadala have links to Ferrari, but would have thought it would be more sensible to have in Dubai, there's more hotels/ infrastructure here to support bigger events. Good news for the UAE though. Dubai burnt their bridges when Sheikh Makt...

fayz wrote:djl great break down, man after reading your post I'm thinking about moving back.

A lot of people are probably thinking the same thing!

I was also curious about exactly what he said because the media were avoiding direct quotes. However, President Ahmadinejad did not claim that he was mis-reported and therefore everyone assumed that his speech had been interrpreted correctly. The damage has been done now and there is no point arguin...

None of the Dubai providers show it. Last year ABC asia pacific was telecast on Dish TV india, but then they just stopped. They may convince india to start transmitting it again, but there probably isn't any aussies there to justify it. It is being transmitted to the middle east on the same satellit...

Thats about how I remember it.

It reminded me of a phrase which went something like:

"Better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."