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Latest post on 16 December 2011 - 17:45
THE cars thermometer? You know thats a little man under the hood randomly picking temps, right :) Ah, now that explains a lot....! yup...loses the plot entirely in the summer and just warbles it's really @#$%*&% hot repeatedly :)
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Latest post on 16 December 2011 - 17:28
But...but...but...unheated water and a sea breeze! far too cold for that type of malarky! Lol - was in the desert last night and it was baltic...... obviously something wrong with the car's thermometer as it was saying it was 15 degrees...... even sitting on the fire it was cold :) THE cars thermometer? You know thats a little man under the hood randomly picking temps, right :) And one of the worlds greatest pleasures is sitting with your feet buried in the fire pit when you wake up in the desert, bliss.
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Latest post on 16 December 2011 - 17:24
if one couldnt self medicate one would have chucked oneself off something lethal. hope news is good.
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Latest post on 16 December 2011 - 17:15
But...but...but...unheated water and a sea breeze! far too cold for that type of malarky!
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Latest post on 16 December 2011 - 17:14
The young recovered druggie one wasn't on form last night, I cannot stand the other young fella, needs a job in a vegas croon bar or on board a cruise liner. the other two were absolutely outstanding last night, awesome song choices and great performances.
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Latest post on 16 December 2011 - 17:11
Verve is 200dh :)
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Latest post on 16 December 2011 - 17:04
Izzy, not the same I know, but i had orthapedic surgery to my arm and wrist just last week and due to a chest infection had it 'awake'. It was a 3 hour surgery and fairly involved. They used some type of block near my shoulder blade that basically paralysed my entire arm and kept me loaded with morphine so I drowsed and even slept through the procedure. You're given what they call at the hospital 'happy juice' ;) to start the whole procedure off and it really is not traumatic at all. Just be pleased your gran is at home and can get decent after care and pain relief, something a bit thin on the ground here. Even with her alzeihmers it won't be scary for her I don't think. (if I can do it, the worlds biggest sook, so can anyone) hugs, not cool news huh? x
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Latest post on 14 December 2011 - 14:49
depends...if you have a cat or dog, the turkey may well not be there in the morning, but not sure how it would defrost properly in time otherwise ;)
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Latest post on 14 December 2011 - 14:46
I only know that we cannot take our torti out of the UAE as she cannot be registered as has no origon, therefore no paper work possible. She was a found torti and not a local species.
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Latest post on 14 December 2011 - 10:59
It's not an automatic machine at the garage - you just pay the girl in the counter. yep, just back now...nice and easy and saved me schlepping in a cab over to tecom
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Latest post on 14 December 2011 - 09:58
no, it looks like a full on real deal telescope with all the bells and whistles. Siver and black. It's pretty awesome, and if it does everything it says it will on the box I think we will all be very happy with it. good luck.
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Latest post on 14 December 2011 - 09:01
that big place (is it sharaf? name escapes me) at Timesquare have them. Theres a place at the geant end entrance of Ibn that sells them. Unsure of prices, but the sky is the limit I would have thought depending on what you want. We just bought an edu-science one for lil miss' birthday at toys r us at timesquare, which is perfectly good for the type of star gazing we will do with it. it was 400dh, which we thought was a great price as we'd been dreading going looking for them. Also picked up a solar system atlas at the big book store in dubai mall to be starting out with. hth.
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Latest post on 14 December 2011 - 08:34
The machines do not yet accept the new 500aed note. which machines? is it an automated payment thing? thats a nuisance, as you only seem to get the new notes out of the atm at the moment.
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Latest post on 14 December 2011 - 08:31
You can pay at the meadows petrol station but it must be by cash really? cool...thanks very much.
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Latest post on 14 December 2011 - 08:10
or is the closest one still the station in tecom? thanks
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Latest post on 14 December 2011 - 08:09
what is an ugly doll? (genuinely very curious) LOL seriously...I was thinking why would anybody want an ugly looking doll. what and those freakish looking bratz things are pretty? :D
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Latest post on 13 December 2011 - 21:25
http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/01/the-5-best-toys-of-all-time/all/1 great link posted to me today from a friend...enjoy :)
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Latest post on 13 December 2011 - 21:23
ta. x
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Latest post on 13 December 2011 - 21:12
what is an ugly doll? (genuinely very curious)
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Latest post on 13 December 2011 - 21:00
You cant pour hot water over ALL the cold sand, can you BM? no, but you can take hot coals from the fire and put them at the door of your tent. mind and watch them when you get up in the middle of the night to go for a pee though :D *snort* sooks :D
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Latest post on 13 December 2011 - 20:53
Seeing as we're on the topic of contact lenses and glasses, where do you all buy your contact lens solution? It's a rip off here! 50/60dhs a bottle! Back home you can find it for the equivalent of 30dhs max! hubby changed to daily lenses here as his eyes got fried using the ones you store in solution...did considerable damage whilst he worked that out. Also he was advised to alternate bewteen contacts and glasses.
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Latest post on 13 December 2011 - 20:49
well...we will be camping in our new house, hopefully, waiting on our shipment of guff from dubai. If we don't have a new house, then I guess we'll just be camping, period :) Hubby has cuban cigars (not sure why, he doesnt smoke) we have bubbles (yay) we'll light some candles and have a jolly good freakout about our new start/new year and probably be asleep by 10 :D not exactly inspiring, hey? lol
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Latest post on 13 December 2011 - 20:45
what makes me mad is u. Did u go. and ur. did u go to ur class. SOOO annoying :D try fb-ing with my nephews....I need a gangsta speak dictionary to translate what they are actually saying. Poor dears, have no clue how they will relate to the 'real' world when it jumps up and bites them on the bum :D
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Latest post on 13 December 2011 - 19:21
aww, lovely. A friend posted a navy christmas video to Fb the other day, and it's always a timely beautiful reminder about people far away from their loved ones doing something beyond themselves. At least the navy personell were heading home for this christmas, and that just gives you the warm fuzzies. so bump for the military folks.
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Latest post on 13 December 2011 - 17:50
The wave actually has an onsite office for lets/selling as far as I know...most of the agents we have come across have a few places in the wave as well, but they will tell you that they're as 'rare as hens teeth'...best if hubby can go to the site office i think unless someone comes up with a better contact. I had a friens who had her child in TLC and her exact words were, she would have LOVED to have kept her there far longer, I've chatted with teachers etc round and about the region and none have had a bad word to say about TLC, so am surprised with negative reviews. Fingers crossed, we'll sign on our place this week, phew!
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Latest post on 13 December 2011 - 08:03
I should of replied to your post with something sensible and would of, if I could of been bovvered :D innit?
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Latest post on 13 December 2011 - 07:42
I find that whenever we go to Europe we seem to bleed money in comparison to here, but when we go home things like eating out is far more reasonable, particularly with wine etc. A lot of things in the grocery trolley are cheaper (steak) or on par with home...i think we say things are expensive here because in 5 years we have gone from filling the trolley for a week costing us 400dh to filling for the same at a cost of 1200dh. I havent been 'home' in over a year but even then I was absolutely shocked to find that a trolley load of groceries was nudging $600, and that wasnt with any rubbish or alcohol...just staples and meat/ veg etc. So food is on par as well. As for toiletries, my mum uses Oil of Ulay and always buys it here because it's a 3rd of the cost at home. green-ish your post sounds like us at home 5 years ago...how do people on lesser salaries get by? It's no wonder I keep reading articles about growing poverty, and as for being able to own your own home...
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Latest post on 13 December 2011 - 07:32
Full kit for a 6-7 year old girl...skorts, shirts, pe kit, jacket etc. You just need to come collect them from the Springs ari underscore jo 2002 at yahoo dot co dot nz
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Latest post on 12 December 2011 - 17:55
I have never been able to understand this scam, surely anyone spending 5k would want to try the goods on! I won't even buy a 50 dhs T shirt without. Hi, After meeting with them at the car park, they went into the mall and he tried them on in Ibn Battuta. He liked them. He really struggles to find suits that he likes so he thought it was a good deal. so your issue is? he got ripped off how?' You like you buy....you can't then cry wolf and ripped off after the fact if hubby is indeed happy with his purchases. Do you mean to say, he feels he paid too much and now cries foul? after the fact? Sorry, he got 'sold' and now can't call it a scam regardless of legalities...they didnt hold a gun to your mans head. Sorry 'Scam' may not be the right word here. English is not my first language. Others below got the gist of what I am upset about. which is? your hubby bought goods from a carboot in the mall and now says it's a scam? Forgive me...but being dopey doesnt make anyone else a criminal. If it is not a crime to sell some dodgy suits in the name of Armani, or other designer names then why are they catching the guys in Karama and arresting them? None of this is correct. The sellers are out there to deceive people, my DH has been told off for buying them and believe me I am going to continue to give him a hard time about it for the next few days. I do not support this type of selling/buying transaction and that's what I am upset about. This is what this thread is about. Hope all clear now. You may not support this type of transaction, and fair play to you BUT your husband DID. He got involved enough to engage, to go back into the Mall to try the suits and he bought them! In full knowledge of what quality they were regardless of what 'name' was on the label. He BOUGHT them in what sounds to me to be a drawn out thorough transaction...sure, not legal, maybe, not ethical, but he still bought the suits. He can feel foolish, and has maybe learnt a lesson (as the next few days with you in his ear calling him all kinds of fool will surely ensure) but he still bought the suits. It's the same as me going to any store, buying something and then getting buyers remorse..legal or not. These 'scams' have been around for YEARS, bad luck on hubby getting caught out, but he was the one who parted with his cash. as I said, no one put a gun to his head...why do you think these guys still operate? because as a venture it's not successful?
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Latest post on 12 December 2011 - 17:31
I have never been able to understand this scam, surely anyone spending 5k would want to try the goods on! I won't even buy a 50 dhs T shirt without. Hi, After meeting with them at the car park, they went into the mall and he tried them on in Ibn Battuta. He liked them. He really struggles to find suits that he likes so he thought it was a good deal. so your issue is? he got ripped off how?' You like you buy....you can't then cry wolf and ripped off after the fact if hubby is indeed happy with his purchases. Do you mean to say, he feels he paid too much and now cries foul? after the fact? Sorry, he got 'sold' and now can't call it a scam regardless of legalities...they didnt hold a gun to your mans head. Sorry 'Scam' may not be the right word here. English is not my first language. Others below got the gist of what I am upset about. which is? your hubby bought goods from a carboot in the mall and now says it's a scam? Forgive me...but being dopey doesnt make anyone else a criminal.
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Latest post on 12 December 2011 - 17:31
*opening new salsa jar* pass the corn chips would you?
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Latest post on 12 December 2011 - 17:25
Pretty sure our school, via gulf for good (but have prob got that wrong...too many things on at this time of year) need volunteers to destribute 'shoe box appeal' prezzies in satwa this weekend. Might be something your boy could get involved with putting together and then actually handing out end product to end user?
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Latest post on 12 December 2011 - 17:20
sounds devine, thanks for the heads up.
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Latest post on 12 December 2011 - 17:19
I have never been able to understand this scam, surely anyone spending 5k would want to try the goods on! I won't even buy a 50 dhs T shirt without. Hi, After meeting with them at the car park, they went into the mall and he tried them on in Ibn Battuta. He liked them. He really struggles to find suits that he likes so he thought it was a good deal. so your issue is? he got ripped off how?' You like you buy....you can't then cry wolf and ripped off after the fact if hubby is indeed happy with his purchases. Do you mean to say, he feels he paid too much and now cries foul? after the fact? Sorry, he got 'sold' and now can't call it a scam regardless of legalities...they didnt hold a gun to your mans head.
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Latest post on 11 December 2011 - 09:05
welcome to our world...we've had 3 months of it, shift in 3 weeks and still no house. good thing the weather is good for camping, huh? :D
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Latest post on 11 December 2011 - 08:21
we just had deliveries of furniture from homecenter and pan emirates, including a berdoom suite for lil miss. it all arrived flat packed and we just asked the deivery guys not to assemble.
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Latest post on 11 December 2011 - 08:02
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Latest post on 10 December 2011 - 10:24
i thought that at first too km, but what she was wailing to her mama was: do you promise me it will be all right.
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Latest post on 10 December 2011 - 09:55
to my mind, the 'save me' song that the bottom 2 finalists is just that...the song they should be judged on by the judges, who are there to do just that, judge. wee rachel rocked her socks off and put in an excellent performance for that song. even l.a said that without his personal obligation to his singer, his vote would be towrds her. is it nicole, the judge who completely wimped out and then put on the emmy award crying fest performance...she should have been escorted off and reprimanded for not doing her job properly...what a cop out. and all of thats is despite my feelings that rachel may be too young and has not quite right song choices made for her to this point.
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Latest post on 07 December 2011 - 08:24
wuss that I am thats kind of good news ;) right, so make sure they know about the chest today. Thanks
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Latest post on 07 December 2011 - 08:18
Am I right in thinking that am unlikely to be put under a general anest. with the tail end of a sinus and chest infection? I just want to have all my facts straight for pre op today in case it's not picked up and then I panic about choking to death for the next 24 hours. Thanks
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Latest post on 07 December 2011 - 08:07
Usually during the shopping festival which this year is something like 5th jan through to 5th feb.
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Latest post on 07 December 2011 - 07:29
If it's any consolation my dad reached his wits ends with me and beyond many many times and he still can't believe to this day that the minute I left home I became a tidy organized human being :) (sort of!) Absolutely nothing he tried worked and he was a psyhcologist. One memorable attempt was to warn me that anything left on out of place/on the floor by the next day would be gathered up and given away (this was an 'at his wits end approach', lol!) and sure enough everything was gone. Nothing worked, but I don't remember being willful, or stubborn or angry or even being messy on purpose...room was just a natural pit, I knew where everything was and it was like a cosy nest. Thats not a lot of help is it?
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Latest post on 07 December 2011 - 07:12
what is it about kids and little itty bitty small things? Drives me mad. And I'm pretty sure they breed when they're tucked away in their storeage. Doesnt matter what system you set up, within minutes it's all over the place again and you can be as sure as sausages that the very minute you go to give away some barely used toy that has laid untouched for a year that it is all of a sudden THE most important, favourite toy they have EVER had. Whatever happened to just having a bat, a ball and a few empty cotton reels, hmmm?
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Latest post on 07 December 2011 - 06:58
We sat down and made a huge chart, drew lots of pictures of lil miss sleeping in her own bed all night, had a set amount of days set up like a calender that she could check off each morning provided she had stayed in her own bed and not woken me up. At the end of the 10 days she got a huge reward...like a doll or whatever. The actual act of sitting down, making and decorating the reward chart was what helped the idea sink in, then it was on display and talked about, a fuss was made over the checking off a day and sleeping through, it was a big focus. Another chart we made that worked well was for eating vegetables, but it had an instant gratification reward that might work well with your little ones. Ours worked on the premise that if she ate 3 bites of 3 different vege's she would get a reward. She got to put the stickers on the chart for how many bites she's had and if she got all 3 she got a lucky dip present. I'd individually wrapped little things...like plastic farm animals, or stickers or a pretty hair bobble etc and the fact that she got a 'present' was a huge motivator to eating her veg, and then you just phase the chart out quietly. I *heart* reward charts :D
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Latest post on 06 December 2011 - 08:52
Ikea do rolls of not brown paper but the plain paper that would work for posting things.
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Latest post on 06 December 2011 - 08:09
Thanks everyone...I too, really like the super secret password idea, and roleplaying scenarios so it gives me good solid stuff to go through with her and work on it. Especially like the bit about empowering the kids, rather than freaking them out...it was the bit i was struggling with. So thanks again.
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Latest post on 06 December 2011 - 08:03
Not familiar with springs 6, but does it have a lake? Maybe the rest of the family are there and the little one has somehow wandered off and got lost. Maybe check the lake (if there is one) when you manage to catch the duckling and a release there might work. Is mummy duck likely to reject a duckling after this time has passed and harm the baby? (I have no clue about ducks!)
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Latest post on 05 December 2011 - 17:25
EVERYbody in the world needs a visa for russia (except russians, I assume) and it takes a bit of fandangling...even for kiwis who can go everywhere. You need a enter/exit date and an itinerary, and accomadation booked etc before they will issue a visa, and I also vaguely remember the whole thing having to be done by an agent, and being without your passport for sometime. Probably wrong, but here you go, info as I understand it.
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Latest post on 05 December 2011 - 16:49
Nice to have a little rant but as you've said, these threads are done to death. If the said lady in the Ford Edge comes forward on this forum to explain her actions, and your questions are answered then great. That's the only decent purpose a thread like this could serve. Chances are though she won't and there will be just loads of posters tut-tutting her to kingdom come. oh, give over. Your lady in the edge, even if she sees this will never come forward and admit it was her...but what WILL happen is that complacent so and so's who think no one knows or care what they do, and that if mr jones and abdul down the road do it, why shouldn't I? will realise, that YES, they are noticed, YES their kids matter to someone, and that general safety IS important. 200 000 unique visitors to this site isnt it? Thats a big difference in someones life if just one person a day reads and takes in the message. Or is that kind of common sense just outdated and hopeless? *yawn* edited by Pomegranate on 05/12/2011
 
 
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