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undecided
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05/08/2012 15:28:47
Going to listen for the canon tonight
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ishehere
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05/08/2012 15:24:28
kelly1814 wrote: roysie wrote: There is one in Satwa... good to see but a word of warning. If you can then try to observe from your car. We watched from quite a distance, but still suffered from sore ringing ears for 3 or more hours afterwards. Louder with more inpact than you think... enjoy  where is the one in satwa? near the flagpole?
I can see the flagpole from my lounge window..... yet can't hear the cannon....
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BiscuitMuncher
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05/08/2012 15:21:16
Aha, it's the Burj Park one we can hear. 
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kelly1814
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05/08/2012 13:18:07
roysie wrote: There is one in Satwa... good to see but a word of warning. If you can then try to observe from your car. We watched from quite a distance, but still suffered from sore ringing ears for 3 or more hours afterwards. Louder with more inpact than you think... enjoy
where is the one in satwa? near the flagpole?
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kelly1814
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05/08/2012 13:17:28
Alison_T wrote:
There is one in Burj Park, next to Burj khalifa. I watch it every evening from my apartment in Executive Towers.
really? amazing! i used to listen out for the safa park one when i lived in downtown
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CAPTAIN AMERICA !!
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05/08/2012 12:54:52
ishehere wrote: BiscuitMuncher wrote: Hello dear LB. The cannon is fired to mark Iftar time - there are apparently 6 in Dubai and 12 in Sharjah There is always one outside Safa Park (I think Gate 4 if you would like to go and watch) - but this year there appears to be one right outside my window  no cannon so far this year .... well i haven't noticed in when running
You run at iftar time?
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Alison_T
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05/08/2012 12:41:02
There is one in Burj Park, next to Burj khalifa. I watch it every evening from my apartment in Executive Towers.
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byoung
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04/08/2012 20:31:04
There is definitely one at Safa Park - seen it twice (once got a bit of a fright) - I did notice that they are very quick on wheeling-away the cannon after it gets fired so you need to be fast......or you'll miss it :-)
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Apricot
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04/08/2012 03:19:57
Nice to know that the cannons are still being fired. I sort of assumed that they stopped that practice in Dubai from the time of the second gulf war. Sharjah TV still shows the cannon being fired at Iftar time.
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roysie
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02/08/2012 21:25:46
There is one in Satwa... good to see but a word of warning. If you can then try to observe from your car. We watched from quite a distance, but still suffered from sore ringing ears for 3 or more hours afterwards. Louder with more inpact than you think... enjoy
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amkcbrandon
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02/08/2012 20:38:14
Good to know! I was reading about it a few days ago (thank you, TimeOut Dubai!) and was curious myself -- think this is a "must see"!
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Beebers
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02/08/2012 19:52:28
LexieBerry wrote: A cannon! What's that for? Yes, I know BM, me being a newbie is showing through again
I had no clue either 
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LexieBerry
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02/08/2012 19:33:55
Yes will do, if we go. Got to go to Hatta for another (hopefully the last) visa run so will see how we feel after that!
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BiscuitMuncher
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02/08/2012 19:32:23
Report back.
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LexieBerry
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02/08/2012 19:30:06
Yes, I bet that is quite a sight and sound. Might try to do that on Saturday eve.
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BiscuitMuncher
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02/08/2012 19:29:04
It appears to be very close to the fountains at Burj K/Dubai Mall and the fountains go at the same time I think. Must be nice to go and watch if you are around Dubai Mall at Iftar time.
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BiscuitMuncher
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02/08/2012 19:28:10
it is just one big boom. It's very nice and I jump out of my skin every night.
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LexieBerry
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02/08/2012 19:27:13
Ohh ok, wow, not heard any cannons going off where we are, glad you told me, I'd have been scared to death if I suddenly heard one being fired haha!
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BiscuitMuncher
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02/08/2012 19:24:25
hmmm we must have the safa park one then.....
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ishehere
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02/08/2012 19:23:48
BiscuitMuncher wrote: Hello dear LB. The cannon is fired to mark Iftar time - there are apparently 6 in Dubai and 12 in Sharjah There is always one outside Safa Park (I think Gate 4 if you would like to go and watch) - but this year there appears to be one right outside my window
no cannon so far this year .... well i haven't noticed in when running
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BiscuitMuncher
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02/08/2012 19:22:08
Hello dear LB.
The cannon is fired to mark Iftar time - there are apparently 6 in Dubai and 12 in Sharjah
There is always one outside Safa Park (I think Gate 4 if you would like to go and watch) - but this year there appears to be one right outside my window
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LexieBerry
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02/08/2012 19:17:10
A cannon! What's that for? Yes, I know BM, me being a newbie is showing through again
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BiscuitMuncher
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02/08/2012 19:07:36
Usually it's Safa park? but this year it sounds like Burj K/Dubai Mall area?
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