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Latest post on 28 May 2012 - 15:59
KITSCH hands down!!! UH-mazing stuff! I can barely go a few days before I head back for more.
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Latest post on 24 May 2012 - 13:38
Thank you so much Clairehdp!! Bless! Off to buy one now online!
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Latest post on 24 May 2012 - 13:12
If I buy online, do they deliver it? Is there a charge for delivery?
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Latest post on 24 May 2012 - 11:27
Thanks everyone! RuthM, I will go check out Borders today, although I think I should just buy it going by the response here :-) This has been valuable help. Thank you so much ladies!
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Latest post on 24 May 2012 - 00:20
Thanks ladies. An example of a typical voucher value please, will appreciate.
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Latest post on 22 May 2012 - 13:04
She is probably at a private pool so she is doing what she does on pools. That aside, how do you get that figure?
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Latest post on 14 May 2012 - 18:35
the standard acceptable clothing in the gulf in General (not talking about Saudi, Qatar etc) is: Nothing above the knee Shoulders covered No low cut tops to expose cleavage Nothing see through or tight fitting this is pretty straight forward in my opinion A pretty summer dress with short sleeves and a hem to the knee worn with flip flops is fine...and hardly a bind to wear. No its not if you’re over 40 but what about everyone under 40 who wants to look young and trendy. Young and trendy = cheap and tarty?
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Latest post on 14 May 2012 - 15:36
I don't usually go looking for worst dressed, just mind my own business. But we were at a counter checking out at Carrefour in MOE and there was a woman with her ENTIRE BACK upto where her butt started, exposed in a MINI dress that barely covered her bum. That is a whole lot of flesh for a mall. I was so shocked I just stared agape. People were staring, trying not to look, were embarrassed.There was an Emirati family right behind the couple and they were all looking in different directions. There were kids with them. It was embarrassing. While I hope there won't be police yelling for a naked head, I wish people would know the difference between beach dressing and mall dressing.
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Latest post on 30 April 2012 - 09:11
Thanks McB. I will try to see her. Would you say she is progressive in her approach to treatment and does she go beyond conventional methods to understand what is going on with you ? Nikki63, keen on knowing how was it found out you were not converting T4 to T3. Is there a test for this?
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Latest post on 29 April 2012 - 23:05
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Latest post on 29 April 2012 - 07:41
Hello Nikki63, how was it found that you were not converting T4 to T3? I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism and Hashimotos last year and have been on Thyroxine sodium since last 8 months. Funnily, I feel better the day I do not take the medication. My symptoms have remained the same and in particular, I am not losing weight even though my diet has been low calorie and low carb. I seem to be putting on weight instead. I am thinking I might have the same issue as you? Or something else not working quite right. Could you suggest someone I could see in Dubai who would go in depth into why I still have the same issues as I did when I was first put on Thyroxine? Thank you so much!
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Latest post on 29 April 2012 - 07:28
Thanks Pinks, Quenda and Genie. Big help!! Bless! :-)
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Latest post on 19 April 2012 - 00:41
Thank you!!!!!!!! :-)
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Latest post on 19 April 2012 - 00:35
I *think* chiropractic?
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Latest post on 18 April 2012 - 16:23
Oh and I am so sorry Debliz, got sidetracked seeing louisedvs! Oh I remember the small coke bottles, the black and white tv, milk bottles, no computers so playing in the streets without fear or care. And yes, we ate at home every day, family get togethers were often and mostly everyone made an effort to meet up and get along. Long, quiet, lazy summer days with just the sound of fluttering pigeons....I used to meet my cousins every summer till we were in high school and even after.....my DD hardly ever meets anyone from the extended family coz they are all far apart in their ages and locations...I wish she had seen those days...
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Latest post on 18 April 2012 - 16:07
loiusedvs! desperately need your help!!! Please please write to me at niari70 at gmail dot com. Please!! I know I am sounding hysterical but it's really something you had mentioned on a couple of threads. I will be sooo grateful!! x
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Latest post on 18 April 2012 - 10:24
Thank you Beebs!!! You are such an amazing help! Bless you!! I need small treats to keep me on track with healthy eating, so I do treat myself once a day :\: an after eight or a small dark chocolate square. Terrible I know! What works for me is reducing portions and eating about 6 times a day, which includes 2 snacks, which could be a 2 inches piece of string cheese (I don't measure, just approximate ;-) haven't gone that bonkers yet lol!!) and a few nuts (almonds and walnuts, about 3 to 4 pieces each. Or just the nuts or a small spoon of crunchy peanut butter. I love cheese!! :-( I do know that if I am too hard on myself I will just flip one day and eat a whole medium pizza :-/. I have to be sooo crafty with my head :-) Beebs, would you be so kind as to mail me on please? Just a couple of questions, promise.Thank you thank you so much! If you'd rather not, no issue at all. Loads hugs! xx <em>edited by Chocobella on 19/04/2012</em>
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Latest post on 16 April 2012 - 19:16
Hug sweet!! Yes am trying to lose weight and definitely need more muscle, this is a one off indulgence though, like once a week or so. Usually my snack would be a bit of cheese or nuts. Once a week once in 2 weeks will do much harm do you think? I love potato! :-(
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Latest post on 16 April 2012 - 18:42
Sitting here eating a crisp dry baked potato with lashings of low fat yogurt. Beebers, is this bad if I am trying to lose weight?
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Latest post on 06 April 2012 - 12:13
Yep, can see it too :-( Any warnings by the weatherman?
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Latest post on 06 April 2012 - 11:20
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Latest post on 05 April 2012 - 21:13
Ditto Chocs.
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Latest post on 05 April 2012 - 20:57
Hi louisedvs, I need your help if you could please write to me at niari70 at gmail.com. Thank you so much!
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Latest post on 04 April 2012 - 11:12
Dubai Mall, Organic foods and cafe.
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Latest post on 04 April 2012 - 09:33
Signed in to say, Beebers!!! Gosh that is EXACTLY how I feel! I LOVE the sounds around me...hate silences! I'm not dead and neither is the world so why should there be silence! And couldn't agree more, my heart jumps with joy when I spot blue clad movement on a building stopped midway during construction, it means it's all getting better, slowly, but surely, and it's soo reassuring. Lord has been so kind, at the right, my apartment looks at a beautiful upward curve of the road upto Silverine, a magical sight to behold as the lights come up in the evening, on the left is the blessed blue-green expanse of the sea and in the front, the lamp-dotted curve of the Marina where yachts laze.....I love this part of the Marina!
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Latest post on 03 April 2012 - 08:09
Nope. I love mine ;-)
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Latest post on 03 April 2012 - 07:55
ha! Not weird; got one of those myself :) It's a good thing. good luck with your search! I can second that ;-) It's great to have a husband who loves to shop and go Mall hopping. Morning Beebs! x As for the traffic, Beebers is right, this side, the KG Tower side is fairly easy to get in and out of, not too much traffic, well, nothing that you can't handle, fairly quiet. We have one mosque coming up this side but that's the only construction I see. <em>edited by Chocobella on 03/04/2012</em>
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Latest post on 03 April 2012 - 07:54
Oh thank God!! Basil, thank you! Okay so when you say 'lots', where did you see them? Do you think it will be available in Bin Sina or Aster? Thank you so much!
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Latest post on 02 April 2012 - 21:06
Anyone please? What do you use for after swim shampooing?
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Latest post on 02 April 2012 - 18:27
Drizzling in Marina!!! Yay!!! :-)
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Latest post on 02 April 2012 - 17:49
I'd watch anything with Dame Judy Dench in it!
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Latest post on 02 April 2012 - 17:40
Just bought NKD pizza deal at 1/2 price from them. Finger's crossed.
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Latest post on 02 April 2012 - 16:39
:-) You will see a lot of Indians use this. In my interactions, I realized that the more urban an area a person comes from, the less likely is he/she to use this translation. Also, more men than women from the subcontinent are likely to use it.
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Latest post on 02 April 2012 - 16:27
Good name also has Indian roots. In India you don't just ask someone's name, you ask them their 'blessed' or 'good' name. The literal translation is What is your good name. It's a Hindi embellishment, a way of respect to the person whose name is being sought.
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Latest post on 02 April 2012 - 12:34
I was sir-ed in person :\: I am an in-you- face 30G :-( There's no hope for anyone.
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Latest post on 02 April 2012 - 11:59
Love you Beebs!! Thank you so much! I'm still getting my bearings, so haven't started baking yet, but will pretty soon. This will be among the first I'll try. And I will keep your tip in mind. Oh well, I'll tend to the weepies in the fridge now :-) Hugs!! xx
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Latest post on 02 April 2012 - 11:34
Oh I lol'ed big one!! I do exactly the same! Take a bite and leave the rest to DH!! He is always happy! :-) Lol, the sweet tubs are weeping as they call out to me, don't think I can hold out for long :-( I must look up Bunnykin's cupcakes!
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Latest post on 02 April 2012 - 09:20
Lol! You too love! :-) xx
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Latest post on 02 April 2012 - 08:59
Licorice, you and I must be reading different posts then if you think she was joking. She is calling those with children degrading names and describing how miserable their life is and how wonderful hers is. She goes on to give a damning definition of the term she has used for parents which clearly shows it's a derisive term and then she wants to call mummy coz the horrid breeders are being so hard on her. Whatever pressures you are under, you DON'T need to insult those to whose side you do not belong. Did you get called barren just like that? Like, Hi, how are you? Do you have children? No I don't. Oh so you are barren! Like that? I doubt it. So you were wondering how did this thread get to this?
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Latest post on 02 April 2012 - 08:35
Beebers replied : Chocobella wrote: Same same Marina. Dark and cold :-/ I'm loving the overcast sky over here! makes morning tea nicer, doesn't it? I hate being cold :-/ That all. But I love the dark.....and morning tea!! Absolutely gorgeous weather!As long as I don't go outside :-)
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Latest post on 02 April 2012 - 07:40
Same same Marina. Dark and cold :-/
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Latest post on 01 April 2012 - 14:26
Thanks Beebs!! Big hug!! :-) Chocs, I feel queasy thinking of raw fish but I really do want to try it. Let's see when I muster the courage. Whaaaaa?
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Latest post on 01 April 2012 - 14:22
Angelina, if I referred to single people with no kids as the barren ones, do you think it would be tongue in cheek? Her response was offensive, bitter and condescending. 'breeders' just sums it all.
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Latest post on 01 April 2012 - 14:09
I am not going to engage with you lamali, you are disrespectful, rude and I have a strong feeling you are not very happy with your life if you need to use condescending words like 'breeders' for people who have children. You can profess your choices without needing to insult the group you don't belong to, it's usually a sure sign of you wish! Yes, detest is a strong word, it's a sentiment you have quite clearly conveyed from your response, using the words you did. Now you say you have no respect for such and such parents, so why start with "My deepest respect...." when you are actually despising them? And no, you did not offend me at all because you come across as rather immature at 40, and I daresay, even pathetic. My deepest sympathy for you.. <em>edited by Chocobella on 01/04/2012</em>
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Latest post on 01 April 2012 - 13:04
Thanks a mil Lilli34 and Beany01! I was so lost, thanks so much for your help. Bless! :-)
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Latest post on 01 April 2012 - 12:57
Thanks so much Beebs!! Hug! I went to Waitrose yesterday and got a slice of the Tasmanian, expensive :\:, but well. I found the Norwegian from Spinneys fattier than their Scottish, which I find very dry and often have trouble swallowing. So Norwegian would stand between Ikea and Scottish. Will try the Tasmanian now. Would you say canned salmon like the John West wild salmon would be better than fresh, as fresh is almost always farmed? And perhaps more calcium from the bones? Perces, thank you for the link. I lost a few kilos on a high protein low carb diet a few years ago in Dubai and since then, having moved back home, had managed quite well. Unfortunately, moving back here, I have given in to cravings way more than I allowed myself in the last few years and now have piled on a neat 4 kilos:( I will watch the video and see what I can learn. Thanks again.
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Latest post on 31 March 2012 - 16:49
Ditto Sue62.
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Latest post on 31 March 2012 - 16:46
Thanks Lil Bubbly. Big help! Also wondering if Ikea salmon is particularly fatty, because the Spinney's one does not usually have so much leftover fat. Anyone have any idea?
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Latest post on 31 March 2012 - 16:07
Thanks Plum. So is it scrape-the-fat-and-eat it good or should I leave the fat in the dish?
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Latest post on 31 March 2012 - 16:05
Thank you so much ladies! Jilip, could you please send me some more info and perhaps a photo by email please niari70 at g mail dot com. Greenish, thanks so much for the link. Yankee, thanks, that's a bit expensive for me, but thanks for the info. So there is a range of 200 AED to 1800AED and above. Okay, great place to start my search. Thank you all so much!! :-)
 
 
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