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Latest post on 13 June 2014 - 14:20
If you discover he's gone out just lock all the doors and leave the keys in (in case he's sneaked a copy !! lol)..Then confront him when he comes home and read him the riot act...I don't believe in all this being polite stuff - he's your responsibility and he needs to understand what could happen if he gets into trouble here...
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Latest post on 13 June 2014 - 14:15
Can't see the point, to be honest..just makes you look like a drama queen or attention seeking... If you don't like it don't open it...You don't have to log in, you don't have to post just like forums or anything...there's always the X in the corner... I'm on FB a lot because I play the games sometimes and I catch up with news but mostly to keep in touch with people and home...
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Latest post on 13 June 2014 - 14:10
JoyceB, quite petite with bobbed, dark hair and a fringe. Very matter-of-fact. Prefers to walk instead of taking the bus. Famous for her casseroles. Ok, I'm done - is nobody else going to do any??? :D You haven't "done" me ... so to speak .... lol
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Latest post on 13 June 2014 - 14:08
DT, tall with long blonde hair. Long legs. Uncanny !!
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Latest post on 12 June 2014 - 23:14
Hello Ladies... I am a Newbie on this forum and feeling a bit intimidated....surrounded by "Experts" and "Masters"! =) Welcome to EW !!
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Latest post on 12 June 2014 - 21:23
I love how I got a down thumb for that !! lol I have given up trying to understand some of the thumbs down, now I just ignore them...if you don't agree with something then Either ignore or give a reason. I still think it has more to do with not liking the poster.....no matter what they have to say. Wait for the thumbs down.......... edited by Nomad on 12/06/2014 shock horror !! you mean someone out there doesn't like me ??? lolol
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Latest post on 12 June 2014 - 21:04
I love how I got a down thumb for that !! lol
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Latest post on 12 June 2014 - 20:09
since we've been here all I wear is flipflops !! lol If I had to work and therefore need proper shoes, I'd go for Clarks sandals..
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Latest post on 12 June 2014 - 19:59
Tatty is tall and slim with lovely thick, long dark hair... and TDB is alive and well on FB groups !! lol
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Latest post on 11 June 2014 - 23:03
I agree with many of these, especially shop sales-people looking down at me because i'm casual (why do women go shopping in tiny dresses & huge heels?), and the over-taker who stops at the speed bump (without indicating at any point). But why does everyone hate the word 'kids'?... clearly in modern day English it is not being used to describe goat offspring. I've always hated the word kids written though I've been known to say it !! Am loosening up a bit nowadays but was a time it really did annoy me !! eta not even sure why - guess because it sounds so chavvy... <em>edited by Doubting Thomas on 11/06/2014</em>
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Latest post on 11 June 2014 - 12:34
The news on the UK radio today is saying that the government denies there's a problem issuing passports to UK customers...sounds like they're using the term UK customers as opposed to overseas deliberately as it seems most of the problems are with overseas applicants... Either way it's a bit of a fiasco !!
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Latest post on 10 June 2014 - 12:51
Threads that get closed ....
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Latest post on 09 June 2014 - 20:44
I don't understand why people who don't use them are deemed as gross I have survived for 42 years without one so it all cannot be bad It's not about using the hose it's about using some means of water to clean ones self. Toilet paper would not get rid of any nasty odours would it. Why are there so many wet wipes on the market these days??? The trick is to keep on wiping with a new paper until the wiped paper is white. Nothing left to cause a smelly bum after proper wiping. And the toilet is cleaner as the used paper has been flushed away. Wet wipes are bad for you. They are not suitable for sensitive skin and they clog up the sewage system as they don't dissolve like toilet roll paper. edited by N0rdique on 09/06/2014 How can dry tissue get rid of nasty odours ?? I believe the idea is for the odour to disappear down the pan along with what caused it !! lol
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Latest post on 09 June 2014 - 19:54
loved all his stuff... tragic
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Latest post on 09 June 2014 - 18:30
In answer to Redrectangle - that is why a certain type of hygene product is preferable to the other type !! lol
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Latest post on 09 June 2014 - 15:25
so, do all the people who only use the spray seriously imagine that those of us who don't are walking around with "pooey bums" (to use my youngest's phrase) ? Do you not think that we make sure the last piece of paper is spotless before we finish ? Sorry to be gross about this but there seems to be a misunderstanding.. also, most times there's barely a mark on the paper anyway - perhaps different diets make for different consistencies that require different levels of cleaning - trying not to be too graphic !! lol when you blow your nose do you have to use wet tissues ?
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Latest post on 09 June 2014 - 12:54
Imagine using public swimming pools where someone didn't wash up after themselves properly. Or trying on trousers that someone else has tried on Do you not wear underwear ? Now people are just becoming cheap and irritating It was a serious question...
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Latest post on 09 June 2014 - 12:31
community facebook groups for where you live..
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Latest post on 09 June 2014 - 12:30
I am a convert must admit, I couldn't be without these little hosepipes now. Also just to ask, you know the loos in the malls, they have a little bin next to the toilet where everyone puts in their loo roll, it's always overflowing. What's the reason for this, is it because of the plumbing system is crappy and you aren't meant to flush the loo roll down the toilet in case it gets blocked? Do people wipe and put in the bins?, what about after no2. I've never put anything in the bin - I thought they were for ladies' things...
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Latest post on 09 June 2014 - 12:28
Imagine using public swimming pools where someone didn't wash up after themselves properly. Or trying on trousers that someone else has tried on most children pee in pools Most people wear knickers. What's the guarantee they are wearing them ?? seriously ???
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Latest post on 09 June 2014 - 12:27
Imagine using public swimming pools where someone didn't wash up after themselves properly. Or trying on trousers that someone else has tried on Do you not wear underwear ?
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Latest post on 09 June 2014 - 12:24
Whether its using the hose or using water with other methods it doesn't matter. It is still gross to think so many out there don't wash themselves properly. Would you just wipe poop from another part of the body without washing it using soap or water??? Eeewww what do you mean, another part of the body ? It only comes out of one place !! lol I'm saying just because your derrier is not exposed doesn't mean it's not part of you!! Of course it only comes from one place but that should be washed properly. Ok would you leave the bathroom just wiping your hands on a bit of dry paper??? Sorry but I don't get the analogy - I don't eat, touch others or serve food with my rear end, the only thing it touches is my underwear so yes, if I was going to immediately put gloves on and keep them on at all times then a dry wipe would be sufficient...
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Latest post on 09 June 2014 - 12:03
But we have bidet. Did you home in the UK actually have a bidet? mine does eta or "cat bath" as our youngest calls it ... <em>edited by Doubting Thomas on 09/06/2014</em>
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Latest post on 09 June 2014 - 11:48
She's probably worried she'll get banned. Happens these days if you sneeze too hard let alone someone call you grumpy! If i call you grumpy, will you get banned? :D what about the other 6 ?
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Latest post on 09 June 2014 - 11:47
I really hope their aren't too many people on EW who would be willing to carry a parcel for some people they don't know off a forum across the world. Surely you can just order it online and have it delivered to you here. I would - as long as it was delivered to my home and I could unpack it myself ...It's not like the OP would expect someone to bring a sealed parcel...sadly i'm not from the US so i'm no use...
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Latest post on 09 June 2014 - 11:47
yep
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Latest post on 09 June 2014 - 11:43
I'm confused
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Latest post on 09 June 2014 - 11:40
Whether its using the hose or using water with other methods it doesn't matter. It is still gross to think so many out there don't wash themselves properly. Would you just wipe poop from another part of the body without washing it using soap or water??? Eeewww what do you mean, another part of the body ? It only comes out of one place !! lol
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Latest post on 09 June 2014 - 11:39
How does one use those without soaking their clothing? Getting little bits of poop all over the place in the process? To me, they have got to be the least hygienic things in the world! The UK has never had them and I don't see any illnesses as a result of us not having them in bathrooms. What about all the cases of threadworms etc all due to personal hygiene Never had it nor do I know anyone who has ... but as far as i'm aware it's caused by ahem matter transferring from fingers to mouth which doesn't occur when you use paper to clean up and wash hands thoroughly afterwards... I agree that bum guns are way too messy - you only have to see the state of the floor in public toilets here...
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Latest post on 09 June 2014 - 10:59
I love them - for cleaning the loo, washing sand off flipflops, washing the floor, all sorts of things except the intended use !! lol... wouldn't work in our UK home as we have no floor drain and I find them way too messy... Sorry to disappoint all those who think we are "ewwww"...
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Latest post on 09 June 2014 - 08:54
Chelsea Tractor was always a derogatory term for city dwellers who use 4x4's yet never take them off-road, and years ago it was mainly used by people who probably wished they could afford to have one !! lol
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Latest post on 08 June 2014 - 21:00
The vouchers are for the Mistral brunch which is evening, not the same as the Friday lunchtime brunch in Al Bahou (which was in the Entertainer last year- by mistake, we were told !! lol)
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Latest post on 08 June 2014 - 20:00
If the private tutor has a licence to teach then yes it is legal. Correct me if I am wrong, but aren't these types of licenses only available in the free zone areas, such as knowledge Village, and the tuition must take place at the registered Knowledge Village office, otherwise it becomes a service provided within Dubai, so falling under the need for DED licensing? correct
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Latest post on 08 June 2014 - 15:17
7.30 - 2.10, 1.00 on Thursdays
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Latest post on 08 June 2014 - 15:10
It's one of those Dubai things - illegal but loads of people do it... ok until you get caught and slapped with a huge fine !!
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Latest post on 02 June 2014 - 22:09
I can reassure parents that Safa Community School is 27 days AHEAD of schedule at the moment and there's an awful lot on the inside of the buildings that you can't see from the road. We open on the 7th September and have an Open Day for new students on the 4th September. There are still places available from FS1 to Year 4 and Year 7 & 8. Why is it opening later ? I thought the new 31st August was for all schools...
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Latest post on 02 June 2014 - 20:33
I'm sincerely hoping that's an English second language mistake!!!! Surely it must be ... everyone knows it should be "rehome"
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Latest post on 02 June 2014 - 10:10
sorry to go completely OT but i'm curious as to why women who have lived in the UAE all their lives join a forum for expats ?
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Latest post on 02 June 2014 - 10:04
It was last week and there were some photos going around Facebook but I don't know that it was as amazing as expected - but happy to be proved wrong :)
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Latest post on 31 May 2014 - 20:41
Lol it seems the ladies here are against the no dating route. Why waste time if you're suitable? You really get to know the person when you live in the same house, but the most important things you can find out about a guy by just asking the questions. Also, what is the reason to get married? Are you in love, does the person share the same values and are you really compatible (wanting the same out of marriage, kids, culture etc) ? In my opinion, marriage based on the second will be most successful. If you think he's your guy, go for it. sorry Marroosh but this is where the difference in our cultures shows up...I could never EVER marry for anything other than love and I can't even comprehend why anyone would.. No disrespect but maybe if you'd had more dating experience you wouldn't have invested so much in a man who turned out to be so wrong for you... :/ Love comes and goes, it grows and it can go away. If you marry for love only, what do you do when the love goes away? What basis does the marriage have left then? Stay for the kids? If I marry someone for his character, his views on marriage and the future he wants and we have same values, then that love will grow. And when that loves eventually might go away, we still have all those other things that keeps our bond. I don't know what culture you think I am from, but it's no different from yours. I might have given most of it up 4 years ago, but I do know what dating is and that's why I don't believe in it. Sorry, culture probably wasn't the right term...of course I know exactly where you're from...In my experience love doesn't "grow" - you can't make someone love you..Sometimes love does go away and in those cases the marriage ends but for most people it continues, and gets stronger...I still love my husband, but I didn't marriy JUST for love - we had all those other things as well and still do... At the end of the day on a planet with billions of people, there are going to be differences in approach. You want to marry for love, which you did, I want to marry someone with the same values. For me, love is based on many things. As long as it works for you and your marriage is happy, that's the most important. I also married someone with the same values but it wouldn't have been much of a "sparks flying" type of marriage if I hadn't loved him as well !! lol
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Latest post on 31 May 2014 - 20:33
Lol it seems the ladies here are against the no dating route. Why waste time if you're suitable? You really get to know the person when you live in the same house, but the most important things you can find out about a guy by just asking the questions. Also, what is the reason to get married? Are you in love, does the person share the same values and are you really compatible (wanting the same out of marriage, kids, culture etc) ? In my opinion, marriage based on the second will be most successful. If you think he's your guy, go for it. sorry Marroosh but this is where the difference in our cultures shows up...I could never EVER marry for anything other than love and I can't even comprehend why anyone would.. No disrespect but maybe if you'd had more dating experience you wouldn't have invested so much in a man who turned out to be so wrong for you... :/ Love comes and goes, it grows and it can go away. If you marry for love only, what do you do when the love goes away? What basis does the marriage have left then? Stay for the kids? If I marry someone for his character, his views on marriage and the future he wants and we have same values, then that love will grow. And when that loves eventually might go away, we still have all those other things that keeps our bond. I don't know what culture you think I am from, but it's no different from yours. I might have given most of it up 4 years ago, but I do know what dating is and that's why I don't believe in it. Sorry, culture probably wasn't the right term...of course I know exactly where you're from...In my experience love doesn't "grow" - you can't make someone love you..Sometimes love does go away and in those cases the marriage ends but for most people it continues, and gets stronger...I still love my husband, but I didn't marriy JUST for love - we had all those other things as well and still do...
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Latest post on 31 May 2014 - 19:47
Lol it seems the ladies here are against the no dating route. Why waste time if you're suitable? You really get to know the person when you live in the same house, but the most important things you can find out about a guy by just asking the questions. Also, what is the reason to get married? Are you in love, does the person share the same values and are you really compatible (wanting the same out of marriage, kids, culture etc) ? In my opinion, marriage based on the second will be most successful. If you think he's your guy, go for it. sorry Marroosh but this is where the difference in our cultures shows up...I could never EVER marry for anything other than love and I can't even comprehend why anyone would.. No disrespect but maybe if you'd had more dating experience you wouldn't have invested so much in a man who turned out to be so wrong for you... :/
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Latest post on 31 May 2014 - 19:43
Met at Christmas, first date 5th January, engaged Easter (April), married August the following year so married 20 months after first meeting.. Difficult to advise someone else because we are all different..If you feel it's right then why wait ? If you feel you should wait then maybe it's not right..who knows... good luck...
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Latest post on 30 May 2014 - 23:17
We arrived in Sharjah after ten years in Jordan and I had a bit of a culture shock for going on for a year; in Jordan my kids would play out on the street all hours and we felt very safe within the Jordanian community. Here on Buhaira Corniche where we lived for the first three years I felt very unsafe, as there is every nationality seemingly on earth literally on your doorstep. I could not even let my kids go to the shop alone and I was terrified of them going in a lift up 24 floors. To me that is the biggest feeling of lack of safety, just the mere multitude of nationalities, and in some areas like the Corniche no one knows anyone. The staring of the Indopaks really got to me and I felt very angry and fed up with that; I cover anyway but still the constant incessant staring really made me feel so uncomfortable that I didnt want to go out. Actually I didnt feel better until we moved near the sea to a residential area. Still, i am sorry to say too many workers are milling around aimlessly and staring is a cultural passtime for them so I am still very warey especially with the children. I know they have very difficult lives here, are without their wives and kids etc but still, we have to bare the staring and I have changed my personality here as a result and am not as friendly as I was in Jordan and have developed a sort of tough exterior outside. Other than that I feel it is certainly safer than Britain; then again, as Sakhifa says, just look at the local papers and the weirdo stories will keep your safety alerts working and active. I dont want to be alarmist but we are a melting pot of many cultures and many dont feel the weight of the law when away from their own land so can behave in strange unacceptable ways. Still, the tricking and the conning surprises me and you have to be alert. omg well, Sharjah and Dubai are very different Emirates so maybe the OP could be more specific ?
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Latest post on 29 May 2014 - 14:29
Fire away! - Sharjah Aquarium - Sharjah Wildlife Centre - Children's City science centre & planetarium - new Bounce centre (trampolines) in Al Quoz - Ice skating at Al Nasr/Dubai Mall/Hyatt Regency/Arabian Centre - Early evenings or early mornings at Posh Paws petting zoo - new water play area on JBR Why have you been thumbed down for the above???? EW obviously think it's a good thread - they've quoted it on FB and Twitter - ExpatWoman.com 6 mins · . Wondering what to do with the kids this summer? Join the conversation http://www.expatwoman.com/forum/topic223718-the-what-to-do-with-kids-in-summer--thread.aspx Like · · Share
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Latest post on 29 May 2014 - 14:24
LOL @ unwell !!
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Latest post on 29 May 2014 - 14:12
So taking on the OP"s challenge of "it's really on to you to know" I think I have found the reason for this strange thread. The first paragraph of text "To all Health Concerns, Most people regard good health as merely being, “Absent from disease or illness”. Most people are content to just get out of bed in the morning and know that they are alive. For most to be healthy simply means “Not to be Sick” The true definition of good health is much broader than that. Good health means being able to live life to the fullest. It means waking up in the morning in a clear, happy state of mind, with copious amounts of energy and a spring in your step that lasts the whole day. This is living at ones peak!" If you paste this paragraph into Google it brings up http://www.wonderherb.com.au/ Interestingly you will note the company promoting this wonder herb has been legally obliged to publish a retraction to all its claims of being a medial panacea. My guess is the thread was posted to elicit responses from us that would open up the OP intended promotion of this product. Hence the hysteric response when it did not pan out as planned. But the original post was ages ago ...where has the OP been in the meantime ? lol
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Latest post on 29 May 2014 - 12:21
Fire away! - Sharjah Aquarium - Sharjah Wildlife Centre - Children's City science centre & planetarium - new Bounce centre (trampolines) in Al Quoz - Ice skating at Al Nasr/Dubai Mall/Hyatt Regency/Arabian Centre - Early evenings or early mornings at Posh Paws petting zoo - new water play area on JBR Why have you been thumbed down for the above???? Thumb distribution is getting silly - not just on this thread....
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Latest post on 29 May 2014 - 12:19
I do like the Sheikh and Sheikha salt and pepper shakers I have bought them for friends and they love them love them, and Sheik money box.. plus the mousemats and coasters made form real carpet..
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Latest post on 29 May 2014 - 12:17
Ridiculous idea to sell tickets so far ahead..who makes the interest on all the money ? Silly boys... If it's true...