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Latest post on 15 July 2014 - 09:04
No worries.. If you can give me your email add I'll send you his details.
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Latest post on 14 July 2014 - 17:13
Thanks for the good wishes. I'll let you know how I get on as soon as I'm back in action. PS wish I hadn't googled it :(
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Latest post on 14 July 2014 - 15:31
Apart from two nights at Desert Palm, I'm here till October :(
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Latest post on 14 July 2014 - 15:26
Isn't it just. I wonder how many will be left by the end of this month Not me!!! Yipppeeee I can't wait to go on holiday Someone's definitely happy :) I am - it has been ages in the planning and long over due. :) Enjoy :)
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Latest post on 14 July 2014 - 15:20
Isn't it just. I wonder how many will be left by the end of this month Not me!!! Yipppeeee I can't wait to go on holiday Someone's definitely happy :)
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Latest post on 14 July 2014 - 14:41
Isn't it just. I wonder how many will be left by the end of this month
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Latest post on 14 July 2014 - 14:33
dodo
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Latest post on 14 July 2014 - 12:53
No, but they are supposed to be carrying that out sometime this year. How they will manage it I have no idea ;)
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Latest post on 14 July 2014 - 12:47
We've got a 2 bed villa in JVT and if you wanted the same space, you would have to look at the individual villas at the far end on JVC near Hessa Street. They are all brand new. The town houses we looked at in JVC are mainly three storey but with very little outside space. JVT is mainly villas with one newly opened apartment block and one about to open sometime soon!!!
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Latest post on 14 July 2014 - 12:35
I don't live there, but we're across the Al Khail in JVT. JVC is not a gated community, it is all individual buildings and blocks of town houses or independent villas. The quality of the build is pretty much the same as us, some good, some bad. I would honestly suggest you go and have a look at it, as many parts are still a complete building site. <em>edited by Geordie expat on 14/07/2014</em>
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Latest post on 14 July 2014 - 11:09
I know this is dragging up an old thread but... I read the first line as 'Ken from Barbie'
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Latest post on 14 July 2014 - 10:37
Done thank you :)
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Latest post on 14 July 2014 - 10:23
you can download the app and pay that way Thanks I'll try that now
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Latest post on 14 July 2014 - 10:13
I give up...... I've now been told I need to register to pay this way. I've been doing it for the last 12 months by phone !!!!!
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Latest post on 14 July 2014 - 10:10
Yes woman ;) I've been there but I still can't find exactly what to text to Mpay and my payment is overdue :(
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Latest post on 14 July 2014 - 09:37
We don't pay that much in a two bed villa!
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Latest post on 14 July 2014 - 09:35
Morning Oopsiedaisy I have a name and email address for you, but obviously don't want to put it on an open forum. If you can let me know when you're about and give me your email address, I'll send it to you.
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Latest post on 13 July 2014 - 16:53
Thank you both. Contacted transperfect, but they are very expensive. So Geordie expat, if you have a name tomorrow I would be very interested. No worries I've set myself a reminder on my phone for when I get home.
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Latest post on 13 July 2014 - 15:03
If you can wait till tomorrow I have the name of a guy at the Turkish Embassy, who translated a POA for us. He may still do translations as ours was only done at the beginning of this year.
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Latest post on 13 July 2014 - 13:08
Don't forget to do your Esta.. forgive my ignorance, but what esta stands for? https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/esta/
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Latest post on 13 July 2014 - 13:03
I know some people in Dubai who have made their villa gardens cat proof, to keep theirs in and others out. They've had wire attached to the tops of their walls at an angle, so it bends back in over (think prisons). This means that their cats can't get out and it also appears to stop other getting in. Or some others have built huge enclosures attached to their villas so the cats have the freedom to wandet in and out as they please without escaping.
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Latest post on 13 July 2014 - 12:40
I have the odd winge on a weekend when it's too humid but apart from that it's just a fact of life out here, so have to get on with it. <em>edited by Geordie expat on 13/07/2014</em>
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Latest post on 13 July 2014 - 12:25
I am the other way round - the girl with not much brains doesn't like other cats (even the boys she hisses when they walk past her) and to put her in a cattery is just horrid - she spends the whole time hissing at teh other cats.... For our 2 weeks in October, we haven't any choice. They've always just had to put up with it and to be honest none of them seen any the worse for it and at least they can see what's going on around them all day.
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Latest post on 13 July 2014 - 12:20
We already have a pet proof house. If it wasn't for the Bengal I wouldn't be too worried, but he's bad enough being left while we're at work ;) I also just wouldn't feel safe leaving the house in someone else's hands for a couple of weeks. Our neighbours are great as they pop in almost every other day, just to check on it, but I wouldn't want them to have the responsibility of ensuring the cats didn't escape.
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Latest post on 13 July 2014 - 12:08
"Pet proof' for cats ??? Apart from removing everything, including the curtains, we wouldn't be able to do much else. They would be far too bored stuck in the house 24/7 with only a couple of visits a day.
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Latest post on 13 July 2014 - 11:40
Exactly. I wouldn't want anyone to be responsible for ours while we're away. I'd be forever worried in case they escaped or wrecked the house!!
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Latest post on 13 July 2014 - 11:26
There's a stall next to Spinney's in Springs does the most amazing Turkish goodies. Their baklava is amazing.
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Latest post on 13 July 2014 - 11:25
I would be worried in case something happened to them in my house. Accident etc or if something was damaged / stolen and you had employed them illegally. I know most of them will be careful, but I would be constantly worried in case they didn't lock up properly or one of the cats got out and they couldn't get it back in while they were there.
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Latest post on 13 July 2014 - 10:23
Thanks for the update GE, can you give us an update after your surgery as I am wondering how long the healing process/down time will be as I can't take too much time off work and I my job is physically demanding. I am off to see Dr Andreas today and I am guessing I will have the MRI in the next couple of days. Good luck with your surgery. Hi there Any news on your MRI. I'm at the stage now where I'm both dreading and looking forward to next Saturday!
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Latest post on 13 July 2014 - 09:09
Tell them straight away. It's going to be obvious soon enough. You never know they may be ok about it.
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Latest post on 10 July 2014 - 14:59
Leaving dubai tomo. need this sorted. edited by Phool_Bibi on 10/07/2014 Leaving in, as for good?
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Latest post on 10 July 2014 - 14:55
[b'>Out of interest, why is this an "urgent query"? [/b'>You don't do anything now, other than deliver the car to wherever your insurance company says to deliver it for repair. It wasn't your fault, so your insurance company will initiate the repair process and claim back the costs from the other driver's insurance. I'm really sitting on my hands after reading that ;)
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Latest post on 10 July 2014 - 14:16
Ordered last week and got an sms from Skynet to be told that the shipment is awaiting clearance and I have to pay 200 aed customs charge ? is it because my order was AED 1800 ? Probably. Next time say that it's a present and they shouldn't put a receipt in the parcel. Damn it .. should have asked this question before I ordered ! Sorry i hijacked the thread but good to know ! No problems. I only found out the hard way too :(
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Latest post on 10 July 2014 - 13:58
Ordered last week and got an sms from Skynet to be told that the shipment is awaiting clearance and I have to pay 200 aed customs charge ? is it because my order was AED 1800 ? Probably. Next time say that it's a present and they shouldn't put a receipt in the parcel.
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Latest post on 10 July 2014 - 13:48
I've never had any problems either. To be honest one parcel even arrived before the text to say it was on it's way :)
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Latest post on 10 July 2014 - 13:05
umm -but you may not want to hear if they are shaving off bone.... Which is why, given the option I will probably go for a general. He's already said I'll have to stay in overnight, so I might as well take this if it's given
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Latest post on 10 July 2014 - 12:46
take a good book with you.... and an ipod I'm downloading a new series this weekend from Amazon. Not that bothered about the ipod, I;d rather read and sleep :)
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Latest post on 10 July 2014 - 12:44
Tampax compak !
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Latest post on 10 July 2014 - 12:11
That is a discussion I will be having with the anaethetist next week. If it's going to be a long procedure I don't really think I want to be awake. The surgeon won't actually know until he has a proper look, but he has booked a two hour slot !
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Latest post on 10 July 2014 - 11:58
yes..... good luck with that. Thanks, can't believe I'm actually looking forward to something like this :(
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Latest post on 10 July 2014 - 11:30
did you not get drugs? Yes, but it's when I forget and move it a certain way and nothing would stop that pain. Only a week more to go though :)
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Latest post on 10 July 2014 - 11:22
Always good when things are free.... You know hammams are a little painful.... Yes, but with my arm, I honestly couldn't care at the moment.
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Latest post on 10 July 2014 - 11:12
Couples Hammam at Zabeel Saray :) Sounds lovely ;) Really looking forward to it :) Even more so as I won a voucher which is almost paying for it all :)
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Latest post on 10 July 2014 - 10:48
Couples Hammam at Zabeel Saray :)
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Latest post on 10 July 2014 - 10:45
cooking rosewater is availbale in all supermarkets - is that the same thing? I would assume that if it's ok to swallow it, it would be ok on your skin, unless there is something missing from the cooking version?
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Latest post on 10 July 2014 - 10:12
Well you know what I think real men are. They're nuts and get back on bikes in plaster and with any number of bits of metal holding their bones together :)
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Latest post on 10 July 2014 - 09:48
Not sure of the name, but there is a great paedeatric dentist at Nicholas & Asp in Al Manzil Centre.
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Latest post on 10 July 2014 - 09:26
I think maybe there are some huge underlying issues that are the root cause of the riots... football just being the excuse. You must be right, no offence to footie fans but I have never understood how a bunch of knobbly kneed guys running around with a ball inspires such passion. I must be missing something! That makes two of us then :)
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Latest post on 09 July 2014 - 17:54
Try a Company called Pacific Prime http://www.pacificprime.com/country/middle-east/uae/ Let them know what you want and they'll get some quotes for you.
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Latest post on 09 July 2014 - 16:27
To be honest I don't. As I say we don't get out that much, long working hours and all that and how sad are we. I'm sure that someone one here though will be able to give you advice on any clubs or social activities you could join. Hope you enjoy life out here :)
 
 
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