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Latest post on 07 March 2014 - 17:27
In any discussion regarding political correctness in the UK and behavior of minorities, it should always be pointed out that it is a small group among minorities who demand and complain too much. Otherwise one gets the impression that every other person from those communities are out to change the UK and so on, when the majority are just leading normal lives and not out to cause trouble. That case of a veiled woman going on a rant over grape juice was certainly wrong, but she is no more a representative of British Muslims than the man at Clapham Junction who was ranting that I deserved to be killed and chopped into little pieces for what people like me were doing to his country, is of normal Brits.
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Latest post on 06 March 2014 - 14:15
I have not been to either of the Carolinas but the vibe I get is that the South feels more like the Deep South and is more rural, while the North is more similar to Virginia
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Latest post on 06 March 2014 - 11:43
North Carolina is a very mainstream state, I am sure it will be near the nationwide averages for most social indicators and home prices, cost of living etc. I expect weather to be good as well, 4 seasons, not extreme hot nor extreme cold It is also well located in being within a day's drive from any point in the East Coast.
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Latest post on 06 March 2014 - 11:22
On top of that, the many people with big dreams making big projects for kids to get involved in. . Is this something in general or specific to a few schools ? Arabic in schools is a requirement, but I do not think it is a factor in a "great education" <em>edited by Arch on 06/03/2014</em>
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Latest post on 04 March 2014 - 17:52
Another vote for Dr Rubina
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Latest post on 26 February 2014 - 08:44
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/general/rising-rents-force-people-to-share-accommodation-1.1295698 As this link shows, the status quo is not one of lower income people living happily within their means while high paid people are whining on not getting high salaries as expected. When you have people earning 11,000 or 14,000 (which btw is above median salaries for white collar workers) unable to rent a proper place for their families, then there is a problem
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Latest post on 25 February 2014 - 18:36
.Yes, costs have gone up and salaries haven't, but there wasn't a balance to begin with, salaries were not "normal" compared to costs. A pretty bold statement Do you think "normal" is junior engineers getting 3-4k (less than a studio apt cost), accountants getting 10k (when an avg 2 bed apt is 8k), and doctors getting 10-15k... It definitely is "as expensive as you make it." The OP can share a room with 4 others, and if having any children can send them home instead of sending them to school here...... But seriously speaking, is a race to the bottom in wages the ideal way for an aspiring country to progress? <em>edited by Arch on 25/02/2014</em>
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Latest post on 25 February 2014 - 15:26
There are so many people looking for worjk, [i'>companies will look for that person right for the job [/i'>but with the least possible salary expectations. . Not always. In many cases, companies accept lower quality work in return for cheap salaries, until something goes wrong and then they replace them with proper staff One e.g. being in my previous tower, where over a period of 2 years, guards who spoke English/Arabic got replaced with newcomers some of whom did not understand a word of Arabic and knew around a dozen English words and relied of sign language to convery a lot of what they had to say. They got ~500 dhs, while the previous ones got 1200 They were the security guards for a tower with hundreds of people
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Latest post on 16 February 2014 - 13:49
I can understand the need to send her back, but why are people calling for banning her? Have we become so dehumanized that a maid getting pregnant becomes so bad a crime as to deprive her of not working for any other employer for 1 year?
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Latest post on 10 February 2014 - 11:48
If it was a maid or friend on a visit who fed him after midnight, I would be livid, but it is your DS' grandmother, and given that she is already taking care of him for a few hours (and presumably uses her judgement on what to feed at that time), I personally do not think the same outrage (as in the case of a friend/maid) is justified
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Latest post on 10 February 2014 - 10:26
It is the landlord's agent who is laughing at us. We don't have the landlord's details although we know he lives in Iran. Reading stuff like this, the "all leasehold" days feel so much better, when even if you had rent increases and maintenance problems they were uniform as in affecting the whole building which automatically made things more stable. Right now you have some opportunistic foreign based owners who treat properties like a casino.
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Latest post on 10 February 2014 - 10:26
So, our rent is due on 6 March (we paid in 4 cheques). The previous LL has our cheque. I am very tempted to use the money first to pay the DEWA bill and just give him what is left over. Can we do this? Go to the Rent Committee, explain your problem, and then suggest this as one of the solutions.
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Latest post on 09 February 2014 - 14:54
Good move, unfortunately most countries offer more than 10 weeks on average.
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Latest post on 09 February 2014 - 13:41
. Al Jazeera say its because people are buying the cards and putting them in boxes internationally and watching the games illegally therefore they will only show one match! He has tried to complain to no avail! actually is it the Premier League or Sky who restricted what Al Jazeera can show, and it looks like it is not in Al Jazeera's hands. Maybe to "save face" they are projecting it as their decision. Either ways, they advertised and sold the packages promising all the games live, so it is definitely a breach of contract
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Latest post on 06 February 2014 - 13:25
Arch, they are not targetting the tennat - they are targetting the property that has dues owning against it - the access of the elevators for that property is barred. [b'>It's not the business of the devloper who lives in said property [/b'>and why should the owner be given a let off because he doesn't live there? Of course it is the business of the developer who lives in said property e.g. almost all properties ask for car details of the tenant when he moves in. When you stop access to the elevators, you [i'>are[/i'> actually giving the owner a let-off. The owner can be pursued in more proactive ways, including not allowing a unit to be let if it has more than x amount of service charges outstanding Doing that will affect the owner. Not allowing access to elevators affects the tenant and not the owner who could be out of the country and not care at all.
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Latest post on 06 February 2014 - 13:16
so by your arguement, if someone sells me fake tickets to the Men's Final, i am entitlted to attend as i paid in good faith?? edited by IzzyOnTheSeat on 06/02/2014 A ticket tout selling a "fake" ticket and a property owner owning a property are 2 different things The tout has nothing to do with the Organizers. The owner has an existing relationship with a developer and for whatever reason refuses to pay service charges. The developer has a number of cards against an owner and can use them instead of making the tenant suffer, because making the tenant suffer will not affect the defaulting property owner in any way
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Latest post on 06 February 2014 - 12:15
It's irrelevant if she paid the rent in good faith - this is nothing to do with the Owners of Burj Khalifa - they have not been paid and they have every right to withdraw services. What a ridiculous statement. It has everything to do with the property owners in Burj Khalifa The service charges are billed to the property owners by the property developers. If the billed party does not pay, restrictions/measures have to be placed against the defaulting party, not a 3rd entity
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Latest post on 06 February 2014 - 10:44
who do you think? Why would anyone in the normal world feel uncomfortable with little boys at 4 at a park? They are innocent little people who do not have any views/thoughts of vulgarity. All they want to do is probably play with cars and dirt and run etc etc etc.. so who are they? the ones who don't take care of their sons and leave 'em with maids... Great answer :)
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Latest post on 06 February 2014 - 10:41
The man went on a tirade against me because my son's willy was showing. He started yelling and screaming that my son was indecent etc. I was so taken aback that I had nothing to say! Usually I am quick with come backs. I just couldn't fathom what this man was so offended about! What was he doing even looking at a 3 year old's willy in the first place. He was just looking for something to get offended about. I know of a guy who went on a tirade in a public bus because a toddler was fed water during Ramadan, albeit long back. There are some people who get upset at the fact that Dubai is not Saudi Arabia and so when they get a soft target they start using the "I am offended" card.
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Latest post on 06 February 2014 - 09:58
If the RTA has authority to block entrances to SZR, surely they should also have authority over the roads that lead to those entrances? And if that access road has been open for last few years, maybe they could have waited a bit longer till the new access roads are completed? It is definitely not normal to require 1-2 hours to merely exit a development and enter SZR http://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/discovery-gardens-residents-brace-for-another-gridlock-as-rta-blocks-illegal-exit-to-sheikh-zayed-road-2014-02-06-1.537412 [i'>The Roads and Transport Authority have revealed that the cause of the congestion on Wednesday was due to new road barriers put in place to block commuters to take an illegal access route to Sheikh Zayed Road “To ease the ongoing traffic congestion alternative routes are under construction which includes two exits: one from Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road and the other through interchange 5.5 from Sheikh Zayed Road. “Please note that the roads inside Discovery Gardens are managed and controlled by Nakheel Properties.”[/i'>
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Latest post on 05 February 2014 - 13:05
yes, ive heard of this sandy exit, i even went in search for it but couldnt find it. Maybe like you said it must be blocked off now. As far as the new access road...I think its still only on papers as there was no news to follow up the August article. It was blocked off because someone complained to 7 Days about it as it led on to SZR and they were worried it would cause an accident. If people used the exits and roundabouts property it was solve the problem slightly but because people are so selfish they block the exits and push in The police need to be there in the morning to direct the traffic That is not the one. The one i was talking about led to Mohammad bin Zayed road The 7days complaint, which IMO was just scaremongering, was the sandy bit in front of the Gate Hotel. Now after that bit has been blocked, it has been mayhem. as you have the grand total of one lane exiting the entire area. There already has been 2 letters to 7 days in 2 days talking of over an hour spent to exit the area
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Latest post on 05 February 2014 - 11:37
My work place is 15 mins away from DG, yet every morning it takes 1-1.5 hrs to hit SZR. It is actually not rocket science to know that almost half of the ppl in DG wish to use Mohd. bin Zayed road, so if they can actually make a highway of what looks like 1-1.5 km, the whole fuss will be over sooner than we think! (we can actually see Mohd. bin Zayed road from the main highway...all that is need is a further extension) There was a sandy access to Mohammad Bin Zayed road until last year when it got blocked off. A new access road is being built though.
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Latest post on 05 February 2014 - 11:22
All our prayers are with you that it is nothing negative
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Latest post on 05 February 2014 - 10:33
It is sad that thousands of people face this traffic problem because no one is sure of which authority is responsible. Sadly if it was more central, you would not see this and someone or the other would get the job done, however the whole Gardens/DG area is not central. Someone went ahead and blocked the exit across sand near the Metro Station and that has increased the problems by a lot. Why is driving in sand considered such a crime when the alternative is to be stuck for an hour in traffic? There is an access road across Furjan but the fully paved road is blocked off with concrete barriers. <em>edited by Arch on 05/02/2014</em>
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Latest post on 05 February 2014 - 09:17
All this is connect directly with Emiratrisation and the long term vision for the UAE which does not, of course, include a large expat workforce. . Actually it is the other way round. One of the obstacles nationalization was facing in neighbouring Gulf countries is low salaries. Companies reducing benefits and salaries discourages nationalization, and lead to an increase in lower paid expats.
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Latest post on 05 February 2014 - 09:06
While Atlanta is a larger hub than Miami, the difference is that Miami is unique in offering the widest variety of flights to Latin America. Atlanta is good for connecting to almost any American city that Delta flies to, and most American large cities are within 2-3 hours from there EK would gain a lot from flying to Miami but they may not have done so for some reasons. When DFW was introduced a lot of people were thinking it would have been better to introduce Chicago or Atlanta, but it turned out that DFW became very popular itself
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Latest post on 04 February 2014 - 12:33
The villas looked clean and spacious so its a pity to hear of all these problems In all probability the Apartments at Furjan are looking better as they are within a gated compound and have a shop. I do not get why Furjan and Gardens are the only places in all of Dubai to get sewage water for watering the grass? And as for speed bumps one or two are needed but it should not be overdone like in other parts of Dubai. Already the traffic lights going to Furjan are a waste of time and useless as there is no counter traffic <em>edited by Arch on 04/02/2014</em>
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Latest post on 04 February 2014 - 09:08
The roads "planned" are on the other end of Discovery Gardens linking it to Emirates Road. Unfortunately I do not know of any roads planned in the Gardens exit area though I sure hope to be wrong. <em>edited by Arch on 04/02/2014</em>
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Latest post on 03 February 2014 - 09:50
Someone mentioned below that this is about those with good salararies and rent on top Which is probably a small minority now :)
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Latest post on 03 February 2014 - 09:47
So what you are saying is that everyone that has the education and experience and it in their 30/40s wont work here without housing allowance and people will have to employ monkeys? Only someone forgot to tell my DH and I who have been in the region for 13 years and neither one of us has ever been fortunate enough to have a housing llowance, or schooling, or anything else. Infact, we pay for our childrens medical, education, housing, utility bills, food etc ourselves. You are wrongly assuming that those who get housing allowance are getting it as a bonus over your total income In all probablity, they get a smaller basic salary
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Latest post on 03 February 2014 - 09:45
However who says that cheaper expats who do the jobs are single or come without families? There may be a shift in nationalities, but many non-western expats are equally, if not higher, qualified and have better work ethics than many so called western high flyers. It is not about western vs non-western It is about cheaper vs costlier Many non-western skilled people may also be affected by being replaced with cheaper workers. If it is a cashier position, you can go really cheap and sacrifice some common sense in the process (Marks & Spencer cashier case of counting in Arabic) If it comes to more skilled positions, cheaper workers may seem appealing but at one stage the tradeoff is not worth it. It happens in the US as well when many tech firms prefer body shopped H1Bs instead of higher paid workers. As I said this is a cycle that has gone on for a long time: Higher paid worker replaced by a much cheaper worker More cheaper workers added Multiple Cheaper workers replaced by 1 higher paid worker
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Latest post on 03 February 2014 - 09:02
There are also some misconceptions regarding allowances. Some people getting a lumpsum, think that others get the same lumpsum as basic salary and then a hefty housing and schooling allowance on top of that. In all but the best paid companies that is not the case Companies only look at overall amount paid to a person; So if you have 2 comparable companies with similar compensation levels; one may offer a basic of 15,000 and a housing allowance of 8000 a month, while the other will offer a lumpsum of 20-25,000 Just because someone gets a housing allowance does not mean they are getting much above the market rate, it only means their overall compensation is split into basic and allowances.
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Latest post on 03 February 2014 - 08:39
I for one find that a very good development. As long as the good ones stay around I don't see any harm in it. It will also decrease the rises in rents, utilities and costs in general. So bring it on. Isnt that a bit naive ? :) We have seen this in the late 90s as well, and what happens is 1 costlier staff is replaced by a cheaper staff and then eventually the 1 cheaper staff turns into 3 cheap staff who end up doing the same job. Housing rents have no reason to come down just because cheaper staff are being hired Singapore has had the same thing over last few years. Native Singaporeans and costlier expats being replaced by PRC's and other South east Asians, yet rents and costs have not come down, and have only increased Dubai already has a huge single population, do we really want a city with moslty singles without families, and few families?
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Latest post on 02 February 2014 - 12:59
So how are you ladies finding things post-Expo?! Back then there were people warning to be cautious as things could get rough but they were drowned out by the cheerleaders ! As for the crowds, there has been a huge influx of tourists over last 2 months, and February through May will be quieter I have been to Dubai Mall on weekday nights and it has been busy but you can tell that 80% of the people were tourists
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Latest post on 30 January 2014 - 18:56
I was aghast at the people supporting her, and some saying that she should have been violently assaulted for her lack of "morals"
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Latest post on 30 January 2014 - 10:52
And I do not know whether it is just me or whether the number of drivers using phones and straying from their lanes has increased a lot. I see many drivers not caring even when they drive past a patrol.
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Latest post on 30 January 2014 - 10:50
Laws on seatbelts, phone use, smoking are of no major consequence as long as a substantial number of cars (~15-25%) have dark tints.
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Latest post on 27 January 2014 - 09:54
You can't make a generalized generic statement about a large group of people based on feedback from one person nor can you say taxis stink. I get your point. I was not talking about all taxi drivers, only some, but I can see why my post was misinterpreted Btw it is not one what one person said but each of the 4 regular drivers I have <em>edited by Arch on 27/01/2014</em>
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Latest post on 27 January 2014 - 09:40
I just had to sign in and comment on this. Taxi drivers in Dubai do not get any fixed salary, only a percent. The percent varies based on the amount of meter - the higher the amount, the higher the %. They are supposed to get 45 days off a year but they only get 30 days off after first 18 months. If they have less than 100 dhs on their meter in a day, they get one of their annual vacation days deducted. And they work in 12 hour shifts, every day, with no weekends, no public holidays, not even Eid, nothing, NEVER. Very true, but their take home amount (anything from 3-5k based on what my regular drivers tell me), is more than what the average cashier or salesman makes (1.5-2.5k)
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Latest post on 27 January 2014 - 09:38
Bearing in mind the thread content i really can not believe you have just written what you have............this is exactly what the guy did he made a silly statement on a public base............when will people learn to engage their brains before they type? maybe you can point out where exactly I was wrong? Taxi drivers in Dubai typically have a take home amount that is much higher than the average cashier making 1.5-2k. In RAK, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi, they get much much less, but in Dubai it is different. I base this on what drivers of the handful of regular taxis that I hire told me. [b'> As for hygiene,[/b'> all the regular taxis I use are clean, and each of the drivers said pretty much the same thing; that many drivers from one particular region of one particular country do not shower that often which is why their taxis stink. Could they all be wrong ? <em>edited by Arch on 27/01/2014</em>
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Latest post on 27 January 2014 - 09:08
Here it is! http://sg.entertainment.yahoo.com/blogs/singapore-showbiz/local-actress-oon-shu-ann-open-letter-anton-031951568.html That is a great letter and so relevant to life in Dubai too. After reading that I'm no longer going to complain about the smell in some cabs here. I do not think Dubai cabs are the same case; most taxi drivers get good amounts (compared to cashiers and salesmen) and can afford deodorants. The few taxis that smell do so because maybe the drivers do not use deodorants or shower frequently because of cultural reasons, not poverty. [i'>Edited as former post was misunderstood by some posters to mean I was talking about all drivers which is definitely not the case[/i'> <em>edited by Arch on 27/01/2014</em>
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Latest post on 26 January 2014 - 10:47
The irony is that Singapore is one of the cleanest cities in the world so it's hardly a big deal to take the metro! True, apart from cleanliness, the very high cost of car ownership means far more white collared employees with good salaries take the metro just as they take the tube in London
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Latest post on 25 January 2014 - 10:11
Or, it could be just another example of the Dubai rumour mill going into overdrive. Remember the hysterical panic over the bus driver rape story, totally without basis, but this forum and many others were virtually paralysed with fear and rage.........over something which never happened. Yes, teach your children to be aware, but not to see monsters on every corner. The scaremongering is a direct reaction of the "hush, pretend all is well" attitude.
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Latest post on 25 January 2014 - 10:10
[ anton's may be a nice guy but his comments are not the least bit humorous and have upset many Singaporeans. He should realise he is a foreigner in a foreign land and should act like one Even more so because Singaporeans are much more passive and docile compared to other South East Asian nations or the Middle east when it comes to stuff by "expats". There have been FB posts (by other Asian expats) mocking Singaporeans (even though they themselves come from much worse countries) which would have led to prosecution in other countries. <em>edited by Arch on 25/01/2014</em>
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Latest post on 21 January 2014 - 10:40
It is unfortunate that the fine for parking in a safe spot which is unmarked is bigger than reversing dangerously on the hard shoulder of a highway :)
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Latest post on 20 January 2014 - 15:22
Izzy, my point in citing the Adam Jones case was to back up mrsb's claims about the child belonging to the father in Islam. As she said, they took what (legally) was theirs. Unfortunately they did it in a most underhand and dishonest way, and the boy is clearly unhappy and wants to go back to his mummy. Very sad. But what you said was incorrect and misleading. The boy was not snatched. He was not snatched physically but taken from his mother after she was lied to and tricked and forcefully kept in a place where he is unhappy and where he claims he is subject to beatings.
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Latest post on 20 January 2014 - 13:19
mrsb - as in the sad case of Adam Jones, snatched by his late father's Qatari family. Four years later he's still not been returned to his mother. that's not ture. The mother signed the paper giving custody to his grandmother. Only after she was lied to and tricked
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Latest post on 20 January 2014 - 13:10
mrsb - as in the sad case of Adam Jones, snatched by his late father's Qatari family. Four years later he's still not been returned to his mother. that's not ture. The mother signed the paper giving custody to his grandmother. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-cameron-intervenes-in-adam-jones-qatar-kidnap-case-8038565.html '>Ms Jones describes how members of Adam's late father's family made her sign documents, written in Arabic, that she could not read. The documents apparently allowed them to begin custody proceedings against her, and they then took her son. He went on: "I am most terrified of my uncle Fahad, [b'>I have been kicked and punched by his kids and shouted. Plus I can't call my mom. I am terrified and scared please please help me[/b'>." <em>edited by Arch on 20/01/2014</em>
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Latest post on 20 January 2014 - 11:22
. And yes, in Islam, the children DO belong to the father, NOT to the mother. . Islam does [i'>not [/i'>state that. Countries make laws taking culture, religion and other prevalent factors into account. However the laws in any country on one matter may not be what the religion's position is in that matter
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Latest post on 19 January 2014 - 14:46
Not moving out the way and holding up traffic is NOT safe driving. No one said it is. But neither is tailgating aggresively, when there the lane to the right is blocked. One cannot expect someone legally overtaking on the fast lane to move out immediately just because he/she is bad in time management and is running late for something
 
 
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