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Latest post on 15 April 2014 - 14:32
Where I moderate we ban dups :D If you're banned you are banned for good ;) what are dups ? Be careful posting about your other forum - I know someone who has been banned from here permanently because of her connections to another forum ...
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Latest post on 13 April 2014 - 23:55
It's illegal, that's all he needs to know in my view.. Have to say i'm really shocked that there are so many parents here allowing 14 year olds to have mopeds... My eldest is now 18 and had a moped in the UK and now has his own car in Dubai but he has never asked us for permission to do anything that he wasn't legally old enough for ... I'd be interested in hearing parents explain why they allow it ...
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Latest post on 13 April 2014 - 23:45
Ah, always thought she would have reincarnated some way or another. Guess not. No idea - but I think we'd know about it if she did !! lol
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Latest post on 13 April 2014 - 23:44
Actually it's quite a funny video, I especially liked the part when the deer looked down the hole and said, It's bad ah ha, you want a sandwich!!!! LOL !! yes... but I thought it was quite pointless (the definition of the two words isn't difficult) until I read some of the comments from people who suffer from depression and found some comfort from the message ... But I still don't get what it has to do with EW !! lol
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Latest post on 13 April 2014 - 23:41
Yes, I know people who remember anniversaries of family members' passing with their own traditions, I don't think it's unusual. A common one is to go and put flowers on the grave, often with other family members and make it an occasion to do something special in remembrance. It's unfortunate that the date is also her nephew's birthday celebration but I think her decision should be respected.
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Latest post on 13 April 2014 - 23:31
She moved away, to Oman I think
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Latest post on 13 April 2014 - 23:22
ok...I really desperately want to be able to watch britain's got talent on ITV Player Please can someone email me about on of those "things" mrsandmrk at hotmail dot co dot uk NIP you got mail :D Sorry Roysie but posters can't remove their email addresses when you quote them !! lol
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Latest post on 13 April 2014 - 23:20
Admit it, most of this board posters do the later.. [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Evwgu369Jw#t=16'>link[/url'> edited by Gorobattie on 13/04/2014 Sorry but I missed the point.. What are you trying to say Gorabattie ?
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Latest post on 11 April 2014 - 22:36
Try all black Reeboks or similar. They last much longer and your boy can freely play football at lunchtime in them! We've done that for years. Outlet Mall is the place to find them. GL Sorry, I don't agree wearing trainers all the time is good for developing feet and I wouldn't buy them mail order either - so important to get the correct fit. No help to the OP i'm afraid - we always buy them in the UK...If I had to buy them here I would go for Clarks but make sure they fit properly.. Also, the uniform shop in Al Wasl Spinneys usually has them but I don't know what brand ...
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Latest post on 10 April 2014 - 23:45
Living in AR is awesome & very welcoming- we love it! Each of the Reems has a pool, but you can also use any of the other pools in AR. Exhale gym in Motor City is now sadly closed, but there are lots of other options in both Motor & Studio Cities. Look on FB pages 'Ranches Mums', & 'Ranches Ladies' but you can't join until you are actually living there. Regarding finding a house... Talk to House Hunters or Better Homes RE who both have booths in the AR shopping centre. HTH I think the thing about not being able to join FB community groups unless you live there is a bit daft, I'm sure if you message the admin they would be happy to let you join in before you arrive - they really are very useful and a great way of getting a feel for the place ...
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Latest post on 10 April 2014 - 16:37
my husband always does ours - you can by the stuff by the yard from Ace and there's tutorial videos on you tube !! (not that he's ever bothered with them but I believe they're quite good)...
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Latest post on 10 April 2014 - 13:37
Depends what they post ... so you thumb the post not the person? Just pathetic to thumb a poster, like some form of demented stalker.... The whole thumb thing is pathetic if you ask me ... There will always be people on here who thumb people rather than posts i think it would be better if it was like facebook and you could see who liked / disliked your post.... would soon stop the demented stalkers. why does not liking you make someone a stalker ?
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Latest post on 10 April 2014 - 13:35
Depends what they post ... so you thumb the post not the person? Just pathetic to thumb a poster, like some form of demented stalker.... The whole thumb thing is pathetic if you ask me ... There will always be people on here who thumb people rather than posts
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Latest post on 10 April 2014 - 13:31
Depends what they post ...
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Latest post on 10 April 2014 - 13:26
It's obvious that most people will be thumbing the person rather than what they post .. Human nature n all that ... I wonder when they will get fed up thumbing everyone down they don't like lol. edited by Marroosh on 10/04/2014 LOL !! I still don't like the same people I didn't like 2 years ago so I guess never... :D
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Latest post on 10 April 2014 - 13:09
It's obvious that most people will be thumbing the person rather than what they post .. Human nature n all that ...
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Latest post on 10 April 2014 - 12:37
Never Decreasing Circles with the lovely Richard Briers, after he did the Good Life.. Two of my favourites from that era ... was it not, Ever decreasing circles? Probably - was a long time ago !!
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Latest post on 10 April 2014 - 12:34
It's already happened for our school - our return date from summer has been brought forward to 31st August. I have no thoughts either way... Really has it? yes - were due to come back 7th September ... fortunately hadn't booked our flights yet ...
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Latest post on 10 April 2014 - 12:24
It's already happened for our school - our return date from summer has been brought forward to 31st August. I have no thoughts either way...
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Latest post on 10 April 2014 - 12:20
Never Decreasing Circles with the lovely Richard Briers, after he did the Good Life.. Two of my favourites from that era ...
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Latest post on 10 April 2014 - 12:12
Hi Polly, welcome to the Ranches - the EW coffee mornings are excellent for meeting people and the Ranches Ladies on Tuesday mornings is great. You can also search facebook for Arabian Ranches groups..
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Latest post on 07 April 2014 - 14:30
no worries. you can manage easily. only one thing that we can miss in our children is street smartness. back home children live with big families, they can play with children after school. they can spend time with relatives & so on. but Dubai grown up children are very innocent, they are not as smart as back home. Actually, we found the opposite..we don't have a big family so when we go back home my son has no-one to play with whereas in Dubai he is always out and has lots of friends...
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Latest post on 07 April 2014 - 14:06
you don't even have to be a member to red thumb posters you don't like !!
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Latest post on 07 April 2014 - 13:41
can we have a running total against our names in the bit where we can see the total number of posts.... It's not a competition !! Just because you like to wind people up for fun, you just want to be the one with the most red thumbs !! lol
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Latest post on 07 April 2014 - 13:34
Just because your family is geographically close doesn't mean they will be physically close too - when we had ours we lived 10 miles away from our family yet hardly ever saw them !! We never had any support in our home country.. You manage and you can employ help if you need it. Loads of mother baby groups here - search facebook for them and community groups too.. You'll be fine.
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Latest post on 04 April 2014 - 22:01
We've never had ours below 24 .. I actually think any cooler for a baby, especially aircon cool as opposed to places where the temperature is natural, isn't good ... I think I would be doing more research rather than following just the one "expert" ... we use a company called Belhasa, they always seem to be competent..
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Latest post on 04 April 2014 - 21:54
Have a look at their Twitter feed - they usually keep it updated
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Latest post on 01 April 2014 - 10:00
Thanks SD. We had visitors and she used some from a bottle I had in the bathroom - probably from last year, and raved about it..Was wanting to take her some back but I can't find it anywhere now !! Ironically it's probably on sale at home lol
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Latest post on 31 March 2014 - 22:21
sorry, came late to this but for future reference Head and Shoulders apparently strips hair colour - years ago my hairdresser told me to avoid it for that reason ...
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Latest post on 31 March 2014 - 17:38
Surely the great joy of this forum (apart from getting information which is dull and boring until you need it) is the ability it gives posters to vent harmlessly and save their sanity from being slowly shredded...............without kicking the dog, poisoning DH or firing the maid. oh no LT, the great joy now is being able to down thumb all the people you don't like !! lolol :D
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Latest post on 31 March 2014 - 17:37
Go to http://www.tesco.com .... I just did an online shop for when we go home at the weekend and noticed some marked differences ... cheerios that we used to pay a premium for here but have since come right down are around 20 p cheaper here !! lol Obviously all our soft drinks are a fraction of the cost here, and cleaning products / washing detergents are also cheaper. UK imports will be dearer here but that's expected.. A lot of the fresh produce here is cheaper if you buy local.. I don't think you can compare petrol, it's pointless - I pay £20 to fill my 15 gallon tank here compared to £45 to fill my 8 gallon tank at home !! lol
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Latest post on 31 March 2014 - 16:59
People like to moan about trivial things, I don't see the big deal. In London it's the tube and it's lazy drivers, here it's maids. Small inconveniences in the grand scheme of things but surely having a bit of a moan and laugh is better than bottling it up and going nuclear? maybe TDB has forgotten her early threads on here complaining about her husband .... and her young sister in law ... and her wedding .....
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Latest post on 31 March 2014 - 16:26
It's just unfortunate. Gall bladder surgery isn't major these days. no, and doubly unfortunate that he had complications ... hope he's better soon
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Latest post on 31 March 2014 - 16:25
so you're getting your own back by having a go at her on here !! lolol nope, but I am allowed to disagree. what are you disagreeing with exactly though ... it's just a time passing thread moaning about things that annoy ...
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Latest post on 31 March 2014 - 16:23
As always, can rely on TDB to be the voice of reason. As for this Whistling poster, seriously, why don't you post as yourself - instead of hiding behind a secondary username just to pull out the knife from a posters back (which u put there when you last signed in) and then plunge it in again. You obviously 'know' them on EW at least, to a degree. yep... hit n run, as usual ...
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Latest post on 31 March 2014 - 16:00
so you're getting your own back by having a go at her on here !! lolol
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Latest post on 31 March 2014 - 15:58
well maybe they shouldn't have booked someone who was about to have their gall bladder removed only to have their appendix burst and necessitate more complicated surgery ... reckon they should sue their crystal ball maker cos it's broken.... :D
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Latest post on 31 March 2014 - 15:53
I think the OP just likes to post in a certain way for her own amusement ....
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Latest post on 31 March 2014 - 13:09
No need to watch the final part tonight then !! Oops, sorry, i thought the story had been pretty much trailed before the launch of the series. It's still fascinating, such an ordinary little man. LOL !! no idea - not been watching it, was just joking ... :D
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Latest post on 31 March 2014 - 13:01
No need to watch the final part tonight then !!
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Latest post on 30 March 2014 - 23:07
Is it normal , not to be wished A happy mothers Day by your DH ? We have 3 kids who all sent messages....but not a word from DH I wouldn't expect my husband to say anything - I'm his wife not his mother !! Although as it happens, he always does ... I find all the cards to other relationships on MOTHER'S day a bit weird... to my wife on mother's day etc is a bit daft in my opinion...
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Latest post on 30 March 2014 - 13:44
WARNING! Do NOT go to this salon!!!! Hi ladies, I wanted to post this on here for all to see as I wish there had been a similar post when I Googled the salon to warn me to stay away! I made the huge mistake of visiting the JLT salon last Thursday for a dry trim (surely the most basic of hairdressing requests?). I simply wanted half an inch of the bottom of my hair and a small fringe trim. I couldn't believe what a total mess the 'hairdresser' made of it. My hair was completely different lengths throughout - literally cut in zig zags, there was not one section that was the same length as another. As for my usually graduated side fringe, it was completely butched: it was cut bluntly into a big chunk, graduated THE WRONG WAY and was cut about an inch thicker than it used to be as he cut into my long hair at the side. To say it was a complete mess would be an understatement. To add insult to injury, the 'hairdresser' refused to admit there was anything wrong with it and told me I didn’t appreciate a good cut! It was so bad that I travelled to my usual hairdresser to get it fixed that evening; she was horrified by the state of it! When I first arrived she didn't believe that a 'hairdresser' had done it at all and that I must have done it myself - that's how bad it was. I wish I had thought to take a picture of it as evidence! Now, thanks to Amro Style, I have had 2 more inches cut off my (very expensive) hair extensions which was the only way to correct the absolute mess this man made of my hair. I can’t believe that somebody who can’t be trusted to do a basic trim can ever be allowed near chemicals, colours and hair extensions! Beware – and stay away! Your hair will thank you for it! why did you not go to your usual hairdresser ?
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Latest post on 30 March 2014 - 09:02
Have read of something similar on fb groups - one theory was the external water tank alarm and another was a stuck doorbell !! lol
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Latest post on 30 March 2014 - 08:40
well, I hope she doesn't read EW !!
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Latest post on 30 March 2014 - 08:27
The winner of the "Best Dressed Lady" at the Dubai Cup last night. Sorry but I don't agree, the dressed is drab and positively frumpy, that collar is so wrong and the hat well although you would expect something ostentatious for the races, if it was meant to look like an ostrich collided with a UFO she succeeded. What were they thinking. There must have better dressed ladies there! http://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/caught-on-camera-best-dressed-lady-takes-a-jaguar-dubai-s-great-gatsby-2014-03-29-1.543423 edited by Di@DXB on 30/03/2014 miaowww !!!
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Latest post on 29 March 2014 - 22:44
A maxi dress suits any occasion as long as the top's not too revealing... I always feel more comfortable with a nice shrug on top ..
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Latest post on 29 March 2014 - 10:26
I looked up one of SM's old posts - had she not been banned she would now be "EW Grand Master" ... Hope I don't get to be a "Forum Addict"... horrible title, why would anyone aspire to it ??
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Latest post on 28 March 2014 - 21:10
OP can also mean Original Post and I have my own definition for DH :D TIA Thanks in advance or anticipation DD or DS Dear Daughter or Son edited by Doubting Thomas on 28/03/2014 <em>edited by Doubting Thomas on 28/03/2014</em>
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Latest post on 28 March 2014 - 19:55
Believe what a newbie said or are you much more likely to believe an EW Addict or Grand Master? I take everything I read on here with a pinch of salt anyway ... and you have no way of knowing whether a poster is a genuine newbie or not, the way admin ban so many people all the time - who knows who anyone is ....
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Latest post on 27 March 2014 - 17:18
someone pressed the "normal" key !! and doesn't it all look nice again lol
 
 
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