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Latest post on 19 March 2015 - 15:32
"I have heard that" GRRRRR, no you haven't!
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Latest post on 19 March 2015 - 10:23
[url=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/mothers-reveal-the-most-disgusting-things-they-have-found-in-their-teenagers-bedrooms-10113781.html?cmpid=facebook-post'>link[/url'> Go on, what's the worst you've found? I remember my Mum and I finding coke bottles filled with urine in my brother's room only last year... He was 17! :confused: oh and mouldy milk that had been left in his room. It stunk. That's not nice at all! I think I might be a bit hard on mine in that case since they're nothing like the monsters in that article, thankfully.
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Latest post on 19 March 2015 - 10:20
What do you mean in the morning? What about the rest of the time :) Only joking, I think I do prefer having them around on balance...around...but not under my feet!
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Latest post on 16 March 2015 - 07:51
If you're feeling adventurous then there is the fruit and veg market out past global village and academic city exit. Quality is highly variable and you need to be picky but it's fun for a change and very cheap. Other than that I think Tallybait has it nailed down!
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Latest post on 15 March 2015 - 12:34
Depends on what you want really. If you're a young person (or young at heart) and want a social life, it's not ideal at all. If you're not so interested in that or want a quiet life, it's fine.
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Latest post on 15 March 2015 - 11:27
I was...and intend to continue to be so all day :)
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Latest post on 15 March 2015 - 10:34
There are good agencies that provide drivers (most maids don't have a permit to drive here).
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Latest post on 12 March 2015 - 08:00
Sorry to hijack, does NAS have pastoral care in both primary and secondary, most schools have a social well being program that is part of the curriculum - some schools call this global citizenship, choices, etc. Yes they do.
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Latest post on 11 March 2015 - 10:28
If it's a short trip, with a good bus company to a pro-active school then I think it's OK personally. If any of those don't hold true...then definately not.
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Latest post on 10 March 2015 - 13:39
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/dec/07/letter-to-tina-hospital-canteen Here is one i really like...there are many more links at the bottom of the page. I love reading these, though some are sad. The one above is lovely though
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Latest post on 10 March 2015 - 13:23
why not write it to us? That's a very good idea. OR The Guardian. They have a section for anonymous letters called "a letter to my..." It makes fascinating reading.
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Latest post on 10 March 2015 - 11:19
I'm fortunate in that I get on well with my MIL. My main worry is...not turining into one in later life.
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Latest post on 10 March 2015 - 08:10
I don't even like Cricket...and I was embarrased. If we lose again I think we'll be holding a wake in our house!
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Latest post on 09 March 2015 - 10:50
Lots of soothing to be done for upset DH's if Eng supporters no doubt!
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Latest post on 08 March 2015 - 14:15
I guess I'm the only one thinking that if you want to post frequent job ad's...shouldn't you be paying for the service?
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Latest post on 08 March 2015 - 14:14
I feel for you. I find driving here very unpleasant and downright intimidating much of the time. :(
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Latest post on 06 March 2015 - 06:10
Loving The Sun, thanks for the total sympathy you expressed for those of us struggling with kids on the spectrum. You have every right to rant shamelessly about measles vaccinations or lack of, but it's a bit inconsiderate to hijack a thread on autism instead of adding to the many current anti-vaccine threads or starting up new anti-vaccine threads with relevant titles. ASD is a real challenge for any family dealing with it and just shouting "what about measles injections?" at us isn't a particularly helpful contribution and does feel as though you're trying to sideline the many issues we face on a daily basis. Stix, sorry I don't know how to add this as a link, but the list of possible causes is huge, so please google it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_autism If you wish to paint me as the bad guy; "hijacking" "rant" "sideline" "shouting" that is your prerogative of course. My first post wasn't aimed at you or anyone else (as you hadn't in fact posted when I wrote it) with a child with ASD. Clearly not. I agree a thread about dealing with Autism is merited but since this was about its causes (as per the OP) then a response which expressed frustration at the harmful rubbish spouted (which oddly enough reappears on this very thread!) about its causes by the MMR=Autism brigade was hardly totally incongrous and was indeed quite in context Measels is on the rise in the UAE and awareness is not a bad thing. In no way does this equate, or even hint at, an attack on those people who live with an child or relative with ASD. In no way does it sideline them or the many genuine issues that they face. But if you wish to make it into that, I can't stop you. <em>edited by lovingthesun on 06/03/2015</em>
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Latest post on 05 March 2015 - 14:16
Didn't you have to make this very same choice last month as well?
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Latest post on 05 March 2015 - 13:44
I do hope this isn't being hijacked for another measles rant thread already. Undoubtedly it often does run in families but 98% autism due to genes seems a bit on the high side to me. Convenient for any government wishing to divert attention and research funding away from other possible causes of autism. Oh I'll rant alright and shamelessly so. The anti-vaccination brigade are endangering the lives of children; who wouldn't rant about that? Perhaps they (the plague bearers) are more at fault for hijacking autism for THIER own ill-informed agenda. Or perhaps they're too busy with their Crystal Healing mumbo jumbo to give a **** about anyone else's child. <em>edited by lovingthesun on 05/03/2015</em>
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Latest post on 05 March 2015 - 07:56
With the news that measels is going around at the minute this makes me simply more angry. I have total sympathy for the parents of autistic children. I have zero for those who put the lives of all our children at risk because they are stupid.
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Latest post on 04 March 2015 - 12:02
Thanks, lovingthesun, will look there again :) Is there a particular branch you've seen them at? edited by Sam7 on 04/03/2015 Got mine from Dubai Mall (got some new ones last week in fact)...so far, so adept at holding everything in :cool:
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Latest post on 04 March 2015 - 11:11
Marks and Sparks
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Latest post on 04 March 2015 - 08:32
It stands for Qualified Teacher Status. I believe that it means another year of studies in the UK. I don't know anything further about it because I knew that I would never be teaching in the UK when I decided to do the PGCE with The U of Sunderland. Ahhh, thank you. Just spent a few minutes reading about this online. So a PGCE doesn't make you a UK qualified teacher by itself. I really wasn't aware of this but I'm only at the beginning of my, possible, journey in this direction. The idea that to get QTS you need to spend a year being mentored in the UK seems like a good method of quality control at least?
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Latest post on 04 March 2015 - 07:47
You can teach here and in many other countries with the PGCE from the University of Sunderland. I know because I have it. However, if you want to teach in the UK, it is not enough. You would need to obtain QTS status there. Sorry, what is QTS? I've been thinking about this one day for myself but it seems a bit of a labyrinth!
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Latest post on 03 March 2015 - 09:58
:-) thanks for sharing Wow...racking up the old post count quickly there Bluebutton. Nearly everything has your name on it... Anything special coming?
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Latest post on 02 March 2015 - 13:44
The school does have a bus service but im not sure if it goes to Victory Heights. To drive it would take a maximum of 30minutes in the morning i think. I think it might be quite a bit longer than that as the junction is always horrendous.
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Latest post on 02 March 2015 - 13:00
A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP No, not dead. His final tweet above.
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Latest post on 02 March 2015 - 12:52
I'm with Mr Spock on this one.
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Latest post on 02 March 2015 - 12:48
Maybe this was their opening point for negotiations? If not it's way too much.
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Latest post on 02 March 2015 - 11:09
It's not common practice anywhere... Sounds very odd to do exactly the same assesment. Sometimes repeats can be done for graded coursework but this doesn't sound like that.
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Latest post on 02 March 2015 - 10:10
It does need to be brought along though...can't have it falling too far behind as that is a sure fire way to unhappiness....
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Latest post on 02 March 2015 - 10:08
Sounds like what you need is a boat that will quietly sink :)
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Latest post on 24 February 2015 - 08:40
NAS did it too a few weeks ago. They told the little ones it was a hiding game which seemed to reduce any "scare" factor they might have picked up on. I think it's a good idea to do it but also I can't even think about it ever being needed, it's just too frightening. Better to have done the drill though I suppose.
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Latest post on 24 February 2015 - 08:38
Not a recipie as such but an idea that really helped with mine and the dreaded "lunch box full of healthy stuff comes back uneaten" scenario I let the children join in making them the night before, they choose what goes in (within healthy boundaries I set) and tailor them to their own taste. It does mean that some of mine have a little more carrot and a little less cucumber or vise/versa but it has meant that the amount that gets eaten has really shot up. Not prefect I know as they have to be in the fridge overnight and sometimes I don't get round to it but most of the time it works well for us. <em>edited by lovingthesun on 24/02/2015</em>
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Latest post on 22 February 2015 - 12:45
I have bought some wall mounted photo shelves from IKEA and need to get it fixed. Quotation of "Jim will fix it" is very high for the work. Can anyone recommend someone for this work , someone who won't charge a fortune? Thank You Can't help but out of curiosity, what was the quote? Around 600 Dhs for about 6 shelves -that needed only 2x drilling each. Total Price of all the shelves is 1/3 of this :-( I can't believe they quoted you that. They are 250 dhs per hour. Do they think it will take more than 2 h? I would phone and ask again. They might have misunderstood what you wanted done. I used them a few times and although a bit pricey, nothing outrageous. Tend to agree...not the cheapest but when ever i've used them they've been very good.
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Latest post on 22 February 2015 - 08:55
She likes both! But she is edging more towards DESC. Do the children come from far and wide to DESC? I quite like the idea of local school, local friends etc. Thanks. I wouldn't worry too much about this point as most children in Dubai are driven (car or bus) to school. I would tend to put overall travel time/distance as a priority as the driving conditions here are not always the best and traffic can be a nightmare.
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Latest post on 22 February 2015 - 07:54
That it's a hardship posting.
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Latest post on 22 February 2015 - 07:52
If you use the address www.google.com/ncr and set that as your home page address it will always be in English. NCR stands for no country region which means it doesn't default to your location but to the standard google.com home page which is in English. You are an angel!
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Latest post on 19 February 2015 - 10:46
My DS is 9 years old. He also had a fever of 38.9 yesterday and is complaining of stomach cramps... A fever some time after is highly unlikely to be an allergy. You mentioned measles, has he been vaccinated?
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Latest post on 11 February 2015 - 06:25
In terms of rent they seem to want single cheques (which is incredible in my opinion) but a couple of people I know are paying with three cheques. I cannot understand why the rental market has swallowed single cheques...it's the thing that most annoys me about Dxb. The landlord has no reason to do any maintainance swiftly at all (and often the tenant ends up paying for it!) Just a mini rant...sorry!
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Latest post on 11 February 2015 - 05:07
I hope your experience was better than mine, I was really underwhelmed when the first one arrived the experience hasn't improved much. Every now and again I think "oh that's nice" but mostly it's a bit "meh"
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Latest post on 10 February 2015 - 17:09
You can't go wrong with a smart watch for the modern gadget guy The LG one went down very well with my DH (he's got an android phone) but if not...though a little late...the apple watch?
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Latest post on 10 February 2015 - 17:07
Nothing direct no, but it's run by a good headmaster which is always a good start. Sorry not much help but hopefully a small useful bit?
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Latest post on 09 February 2015 - 09:48
If any of you have a husband sized firemans outfit...can i borrow it for the weekend?
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Latest post on 08 February 2015 - 16:57
She had spotting for two cycles, semi-ignored the first lot (not saying that's right, just repeating what she did and she wishes she hadn't) and then when it continued into second cycle went to the doctors. It was a lady doctor who took her seriously. Had blood tests, ultrasound and then biopsy in short order and it confirmed a malignancy which is contained within the ovary itself so she should be (fingers crossed for her!) one of the lucky ones. I'm not an expert so please don't take this as medical advise at all...the links above are no doubt better!
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Latest post on 08 February 2015 - 15:06
I'm NO expert I should stress but I think a smear only detects cervical cancer not ovarian. That at least is my understanding.
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Latest post on 08 February 2015 - 13:18
Why would anyone bother having more than one username? To agree with themselves? Disagree with themselves? Laugh at their own jokes? And how did people who enjoy such things amuse themselves before the internet? By spreading malicious gossip? Poison pen letters? Gin from 10am? That is a lot of questions but I find such seemingly pointless duplicity totally bizarre. We've seen quite a few examples of it of late though (i'm thinking of some threads which are now so heavily moderated that it's hard to make head nor tail of them so many "fake" posters have been removed). I can only agree in general but I do detect quite a lot of people who seem to want to create spam. The again I learned the word "spambot" a couple of weeks a go here so who's to say they're actually people! On the other hand Chezmoi is clearly not one of these people and in regards of her point she was nothing but honest and quite reasonable I think....hasn't this gone on long enough?
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Latest post on 08 February 2015 - 09:10
There is a very good pet dermatologist we have used in Green Community. She is thorough, patient and not overly reliant on steroids.
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Latest post on 08 February 2015 - 09:07
School places in kg can be very hard to find in good all through schools. You will definitely want all your children in one school (travel time, traffic, after school activities etc.)? It's often worth calling around schools to see what they have, though waiting lists can be quite common. Which School Advisor is a very useful site for school hunting and comparisons. <em>edited by lovingthesun on 08/02/2015</em>
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Latest post on 08 February 2015 - 09:00
It rained a little while ago...the new crop is hatching about now as the increased levels of moitsture will be doing them some good. Pest control...otherwise the new crop makes a new crop which is even bigger. I hate creepy crawlies!
 
 
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