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Chocoholic wrote:Sorry but what the hell kinda way to teach the time by 8 til 12? Crap English or what!

Not really.

Perhaps if it said "8 'til 12" you would be happier?

Or perhaps "The current time is eight minutes until twelve."

Chocoholic wrote:There's no 'until' at all! It's 8 minutes TO 12!

It's like saying 5 and 20 past 8!

Of course there is an until It is quite OK to say, it will be 8 minutes until 12. One can also say 8 minutes TO 12, but in actual fact, I think the UNTIL is more gramatically correct.

Chocoholic wrote:It's not. I can only assume it's an Americanism - sigh.

I wouldn't know, I was brought up on the Queen's English.

Chocoholic wrote:Well me too, and in my 30 years I've never heard that!

Or perhaps never noticed?

Perhaps we should get back on topic?

You want a 7 of 9?

Accidents like this will continue to happen while people treat SZR like the German Autobahn. The other morning I saw a pretty big smash between two SUVs (one ran very fast into the back of another) because people are just driving too fast and are driving too closely. I think the Dubai police and RTA...

Yeah well Star Trek is a bit out there and I can't say I've ever fantasised over a TV character... but each to their own.

Major turn off.

I don't dig tattoos on girls, especially those ones above the bum crack, quite possibly the worst. Even if I fell in love with a girl with one of these, I would be like "One of us have to go... me or the thing above your arse".

i posted a message but now it's not there why? it was "sydney way better than dubai". what was wrong with my message? so what do u think guyz? dubai or sydney? Me 100% sydney Well, as an Australian, I would say stick to Sydney, because with your level of education, you have no chance maki...

It was a fun day, as well as the ensuing shisha and dinner.

Thanks everyone for coming along and making it an enjoyable outing. Lets hope to catch up soon.

It was a fun day, as well as the ensuing shisha and dinner. Thanks everyone for coming along and making it an enjoyable outing. Lets hope to catch up soon. You were quite good at bowling. Thanks for your coaching for my bowling. I did have an unfair advantage, I spent a lot of my youth bowling in A...

(rent is about the same as inner-city Sydney and internet is slightly more expensive). Otherwise everything else is cheaper and you're not paying income tax + gst on your earnings. That's a slight understatement mate... 64mb connection here is still more expensive than a 2g connection back home - e...

Does anyone know a way I can recharge my Wasel online without having to give a landline or po box (which I don't currently have)?

Otherwise I have to keep buying those pain in the a** scratch cards... and I'm lazy and don't want to walk to the shop.

888 wrote:R u still interested to know how? I do know.

Yes, I only posted the question 2 minutes ago.

It would be cool to get together this weekend as well, although I think "Scarlet" wants to go to the beach. Do you want me to send through a list of things I'm good at and things I'm not

Do they have go-cart racing in Dubai?

arniegang wrote:Just do what i do, just make up a PO Box Number

Heheh, that's what I did. Used Fillful and it worked a treat, takes that headache away for good.

My nicknames means....

nevermind, although the little ^ are supposed to be horns.

It would be cool to get together this weekend as well, although I think "Scarlet" wants to go to the beach. Do you want me to send through a list of things I'm good at and things I'm not :P Do they have go-cart racing in Dubai? we're sort of leaning more towards a less strenious activity....

What about a game of cricket

Annying how when you fail one level you go straight back to the start.

Thumbs down because of that.

Dubai Knight wrote:Or a pigeon fancier...

Knight

Who have you been talking to?

There is no doubt there will be an oversupply, and I think we might see the tipping point sooner than expected. Although I've only been here a couple of weeks, the number of buildings being constructed and the number of available apartments (even buildings becoming ready to occupy now) will soon see...

The plain fact is that many people are finding that they are no better off/worse off than they were in say the UK I would have to say if money was your sole reason for moving to Dubai, you need to apply the rule of 'all good things' to it and move on somewhere else. I think salaries here for certai...

Could somebody help to find a reliable real estate Thanks You will find them at the same place where they hand out free Porsches and Elvis is on hand to give you autographs. i.e. I've yet to find anyone in Real Estate reliable. Even when you do find a place, the price automatically jumps 5-10,000 A...

Predictably the real estate guy rang back tonight, I didn't take the call because I was watching a movie at the cinema, but I can't honestly say I want to deal with a liar. Audrey, have you got an 1/2 bedrooms for a decent price at a decent place that aren't going to magically jump in price or cease...

There would be no wars...

just sever negotiations every 28 days.

There would be no wars... just sever negotiations every 28 days. oh give me a break. no wars?? the nieghbors dog messes up your garden and you'd nuke the hell out of them Pfft. No they wouldn't, there'd just be icy relations, no sms's returned or calls answered, spend more time with the other neigh...

To make the bans work here we put the responsibility on the venue not the smoker .... i.e. if a bar is found to be breaching the no smoking laws then they get fined heavily. This way it is clearly within their best interest to enforce the law and remove anyone who breaks it. There was alot of prote...

On another note with respect to what is categorised as a smoking related death: If you eat 20 cheeseburgers and 2 litres of coke a day and smoke, if you die of a heart attack, this is a smoking related death. If you worked in an aluminium smelter and smoke, even if its the bauxite dust that kills yo...

kanelli wrote: If we ever sit indoors it will have to be in the non-smoking section or there will be no dinner.

You could always sit in the kids party area.