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Latest post on 04 June 2012 - 21:19
This thread has taken an interesting turn. Last night a couple British friends and family, deleted me off Facebook, cause I was in a celebratory mood. They had status updates like how ridiculous it was for the tax payers to be paying £900 for the event. It's interesting to hear the other side as well. edited by Irooni on 04/06/2012 If it was only GBP900 each out of taxes, it was cheap - how much are the London Olympics going to cost? :) I wonder what they would want in place of HMQ - elected Heads of State who cause far more problems for their country in a 5 year term than she has in the whole of her reign? Self-elected dictators who bring their countries to the brink of ruin whilst lining their own pockets and executing anyone daring to voice opposition?
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Latest post on 04 June 2012 - 20:23
Shirlann has left the building.
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Latest post on 04 June 2012 - 20:21
If only the poverty [b'>were[/b'> abstract.. :) I can tell you, I've been on the sharp side of the NHS this year and it is by no means what it used to be. Unless you're a dire emergency, and even then.. That is not our family and friends' experience of the NHS but i do know it varies from place to place. edited by spongemonkey on 04/06/2012 I won't be more specific than Sarf Lunnon. Words fail me. No continuity, the GP doesn't know what the hospital is doing, the outpatients don't know you're an inpatient, the hospital wards don't know the GP is on the case, social services try but can't help.. Absolute nightmare, I'll do anything to keep my mother out of the local A&E or whatever its current name is.. <em>edited by simpleasabc on 04/06/2012</em>
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Latest post on 04 June 2012 - 20:15
If only the poverty [b'>were[/b'> abstract.. :) I can tell you, I've been on the sharp side of the NHS this year and it is by no means what it used to be. Unless you're a dire emergency, and even then..
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Latest post on 04 June 2012 - 20:09
just for a second I thought my thread had been resurrected! Tee hee ;)
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Latest post on 04 June 2012 - 20:08
Didn't go and not going (so not sure why I am posting lol) but I had no idea she didn't sing live. ! Neither did i actually.... Not a lot of people know that ;)
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Latest post on 04 June 2012 - 19:20
Here's a tip - use the roads! :-P :whistle:
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Latest post on 04 June 2012 - 19:17
My husband has been to corporate dos at the Festival City Golf Club and really liked it there, but I'm afraid I've no idea if they took place at Blades (nor does he, never remembers restaurant names round here).
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Latest post on 04 June 2012 - 12:28
Strong smell, I think, rather than bad. Also, no slime. Have just had ticking off from husbad for buying wrong stuff :( well, tell mr smarty pants to go and buy chicken himself at the Organic next time and take his gold credit card with him :-) Ah, actually, this was the first time since I've been here that I bought chicken pieces from Spinneys, I normally do go to the Organic store but was trying to save money and thought the French cornfed ones should be OK - I used to happily buy them in France :) And they didn't smell like this, now I think of it - sugar, definitely not risking it, off to the bin.
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Latest post on 04 June 2012 - 11:44
Strong smell, I think, rather than bad. Also, no slime. Have just had ticking off from husbad for buying wrong stuff :(
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Latest post on 04 June 2012 - 11:25
Layan's quite far out, though, isn't it? Quite a journey to get to schools in the Jumeirah area, isn't it?
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Latest post on 04 June 2012 - 11:25
Thanks, Roysie - what a waste :(
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Latest post on 04 June 2012 - 08:46
Buckle up in the back, has placed some cardboard figures from freej around the school that reads " you need to be in a booster seat, if you can walk under my hand". The other day I saw a little boy stand under it and say "mummy look, I need a booster seat". Mum's response: oh that company behind these talks should be giving out free seats with their presentations, cause I am not paying for one"! :\: What can you do? The parents clearly need educating before the children.. What can the poor kids do with an attitude like that from their parents? It is still not poor parenting, it is poor education. RedLesley, again, I salute you. Is there a Jimmy Savile equivalent we can get to go on all TV stations here and do a "Clunk-Click" campaign? Surely the PTB are in favour of this kind of education of all their subjects? Anybody got the right contacts? The use of the word "company" really annoyed me. Making it sound like its some huge corporation racking in profits from this, Again, unfortunately it's ignorance on the mother's part.
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Latest post on 03 June 2012 - 22:05
I did wonder too if Kate was pregnant - there was a camera shot of her, sort of from behind, to her left side, and her right hand was resting on her tummy. I'd be lovely if something happened in the Jubilee Year. If she [b'>is [/b'>preggers, it's but a twinkle in anybody's eye, way too soon to announce, that dress was so clingy it would have shown it all :)
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Latest post on 03 June 2012 - 21:42
Is it not 7 at the beginning whilst it's acute and then 3 every 10 mins thereafter until the pain dies down? Really not sure I'm right, suggest you look up doses on a homeopathic remedies site, sorry.
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Latest post on 03 June 2012 - 21:37
Buckle up in the back, has placed some cardboard figures from freej around the school that reads " you need to be in a booster seat, if you can walk under my hand". The other day I saw a little boy stand under it and say "mummy look, I need a booster seat". Mum's response: oh that company behind these talks should be giving out free seats with their presentations, cause I am not paying for one"! :\: What can you do? The parents clearly need educating before the children.. What can the poor kids do with an attitude like that from their parents? It is still not poor parenting, it is poor education. RedLesley, again, I salute you. Is there a Jimmy Savile equivalent we can get to go on all TV stations here and do a "Clunk-Click" campaign? Surely the PTB are in favour of this kind of education of all their subjects? Anybody got the right contacts?
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Latest post on 03 June 2012 - 21:31
Rubberdubber, could you not refuse to let your children travel in the same car as these idiots (sorry to sound harsh) who are foolishly putting their own and their children's lives in danger? Maybe they will understand how serious it is if you say if you don't wear seatbelts, I can't let any of my family travel with you, it is too unsafe? It is nothing against their own driving, the fact is, there are rubbish drivers on the road and we all need to protect ourselves from them by whatever means. The current most sophisticated protection, apart from airbags, is seat-belts. Oh, sorry, you already know that. I don't know what to say, I am aghast at this cultural difference which puts family courtesy above safety.
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Latest post on 03 June 2012 - 20:18
I can't believe this, aroha. How awful for you all. Hugs.
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Latest post on 03 June 2012 - 20:11
Starsouthern, that is so inspiring. Conflict in the family as against dead family members? No brainer.
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Latest post on 03 June 2012 - 20:05
Sounds wonderful, Rubbadubber, really anxious to make that Pecan Pie. Just one thing, what is corn syrup, is it available here and if not, is there a substitute to be found here, please?
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Latest post on 03 June 2012 - 16:41
I would be inclined to not say anything. May you explain why please? Although I 100% agree with what Redlesley is doing, I wouldn't individually say something because I think any person could find fault with another person's parenting. It's hardly a "parenting" matter, though, is it? Clearly a matter of safety for both adults and children. I would want to educate the parents first so they understand the importance for both themselves and their children. Although in this case I would agree that OP's DH is well-placed to educate his family about the dangers of not wearing seatbelts and surely would have more "clout" speaking from professional personal experience?
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Latest post on 03 June 2012 - 16:34
Also heard that Seafire restaurant does decent Keylime but I have never tried it myself. Ooh, yes, you're right, Appletiser, you've just reminded me of the only time I've eaten there, the Keylime pie (along with the gratin, though not both at the same time ;) ) was deelish :)
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Latest post on 03 June 2012 - 16:27
what cartridge do you need? I've a 343 tri-colour cartridge we can't use again as we've now got a different HP printer. Must admit I hate the printer, not for the cartridges, but for the life of it's own it develops from time to time when it goes on strike and it takes me half a day to get it to scan again! You must have the same one we had, bought in Europe. Always terrible trouble scanning. Then it just stopped printing in black. Got new cartridges several times (via Amazon) but it just refused to acknowledge them whatever we did. Now have brand new Epson, bought in Dubai. Guess what, can't find the right cartridges here and the *#!$"@@!!! scanner doesn't work properly..
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Latest post on 03 June 2012 - 16:12
You are right to be concerned about tax, especially if you are paying for housing and childcare out of post tax income (which is why I mentioned earlier I think you'd need a high salary). for example, if rent is 1000 GBP per month, then childcare is another 750 GBP, bills about 200, etc etc then the salary that you would need before tax starts mounting up. I lived in London and so costs are different...[b'>perhaps look for 100K GBP but that's a finger in the air and I have no clue whether it would be doable or not.[/b'> I think you may be overoptimistic: I found this, first checked sales: http://www.totaljobs.com/salary-checker/average-area-sales-manager-salary-wales-uk Then tried petroleum engineering and got nothing, so just input oil & gas: http://www.totaljobs.com/salary-checker/average-oil-and-gas-salary-wales-uk OTOH, I think rental would probably be cheaper than GBP1,000 per month, probably somewhere between GBP500 and GBP800, depending on whereabouts, of course. Sorry, no idea about child care but do remember friends in London having to pay outrageous sums to carers whilst they were out working - so much so that often it made no sense for them to go back to work.
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Latest post on 03 June 2012 - 15:32
I'm not sure nursery/childcare is free for all UK residents - in that I'm not sure there are sufficient free places for the number of small children requiring care? Schooling is free.
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Latest post on 03 June 2012 - 09:41
Maybe you could find something of help here: http://www.majesticnannies.com/ Apparently, this co is good - I have no experience of nannies myself.
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Latest post on 03 June 2012 - 08:20
Do you use borax, and if so is it easy to get here? Can you post your 'recipe' please? :) I'm sure I saw somebody mention borax on another thread about getting rid of cockroaches. I think they said you can buy borax at Ace.
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Latest post on 03 June 2012 - 08:09
I also find S&S very useful for important documents as we find things get "mislaid" en route, or take two months to get to the office PO Box..
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Latest post on 03 June 2012 - 07:45
You can't generalize about school hols here, it depends on the school and what curriculum it follows. Check on the websites of the schools you're interested in.
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Latest post on 02 June 2012 - 09:12
For things like Lego and clothes, perhaps you could look at opening an Aramex Shop & Ship account? In case you don't know how it works - you buy the products from an online site you trust in US or UK (or China - not tried that, myself) and they are shipped to an address in the US or UK (or China) provided by Aramex, who then ship them on here, where you have to pay a delivery fee to Aramex and any customs charges incurred. The goods are delivered to your home or office address, whichever you prefer and you can pay the delivery charges by credit card on line if you want. Depending on the weight of the goods, this might be a solution for you. http://www.aramex.com/
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Latest post on 01 June 2012 - 23:04
Just think yourself lucky you can even consider this discussion.
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Latest post on 01 June 2012 - 21:35
Thats not entirely true about everything in Australia being more expensive. Lots of things are expensive there but things like electrical goods are way cheaper than here, Ipads and laptops etc... you can buy a loaf of bread for $1 in Oz and 2 litres of milk you can get for $2.00 so it just depends, but yes other things there are very expensive. I agree with clothes though as when visiting London recently I bought GAP dresses for my daughters for GBP10 and the same dresses here were selling for 250 dirhams...ridiculous... And how many people actually based for work in either the UK or Australia could afford to travel regularly to other places to make these comparisons? Please, get real, compare like with like, not apples with oranges :)
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Latest post on 01 June 2012 - 20:21
Isn't cotton the coolest fabric? Are there abayas made of cotton? Otherwise, I would think silk was cool, but honestly have no idea. No habitual abaya wearers who know what their abayas are made of who could help?
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Latest post on 01 June 2012 - 20:11
I'm not local or Arabic or anything but an interested observer - as I understand it, abayas can be made of silk, satin or polyester. The one I've got is horribly hot, I think it must be polyester. I hope a nice local/Muslim lady will be along soon to help you more than I can.
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Latest post on 01 June 2012 - 19:42
From today's National, they did a survey of clothes shops and found that you pay as much as 25% more than in the US or UK for your clothes - here in tax-free, shopping haven Dubai ... http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/retail/fashion-brands-charge-shoppers-more-in-uae On the other hand, could it be possible that you are earning more here than you would be if you had stayed in the UK - after all, there must be a financial reason you moved to the sand-pit?
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Latest post on 31 May 2012 - 21:33
we dont have kids and are trying a tentatively looking at assisted reproduction options but being 40 already I am well keen to adopt (especially for a bigger family) and Dh refuses to consider it ! Ive been surprised at his response. I even suggested that we do the paperwork for adoption now as it can take years and we dont have to go through with it at the end but he is adamant. Now.. how to persuade Dh to adopt? I dont want to wait until we are 45 and then say "I told you so!" I know what you mean, I knew I might have problems carrying to term and would have been perfectly happy to adopt, but husbad refused to consider it. He also didn't mind that we only have one child, whereas I still miss having at least one sibling for my only :(
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Latest post on 31 May 2012 - 21:03
Please report it immediately. I have just received this email from my DS secondary school. Scary! Dear Parents Yesterday I was advised by a fellow Headteacher in Dubai that one of their female key stage 3 students was subjected to a very unpleasant and disturbing incident on Tuesday of this week. As such I feel I have a duty of care to share this information with you. At 4.40 pm (i.e. this happened in broad daylight) the student concerned took a taxi home after an extra curricular activity. Thereafter the taxi driver physically exposed himself to the young girl. After dropping her off he then hovered around her home for some time. Very sensibly she took the taxi number; this will enable the police to pursue the matter further. He then left. The student was not physically harmed at all, though both she and her parents were naturally very distressed. The following advice emerges out of this very unpleasant incident: if your child takes a taxi please ask that they make a call to yourselves (or even a dummy call, if needs be), stating the taxi number and the colour of the roof. The colour of the roof is important as different cabs can have the same number, so the colour of the roof defines precisely which cab they are travelling in. Obviously this information needs to be conveyed loud enough for the driver to hear. Such incidents are clearly not the norm and should not lead to students refraining from using taxis, however it will help to give yourselves and your children peace of mind if you were to adopt, if you do not already, the advice outlined previously. Kind Regards I'm bumping this as I think it is relevant in the context.
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Latest post on 31 May 2012 - 20:59
I always wanted to have a large family and landed up at the age of 39 being extremely grateful to have given birth to a healthy baby, who remains my only child, though I've had miscarriages. It was only after we had ascertained that all was well and that it had the right number of fingers and toes that the obstetrician thought to ask, do we know what gender it is. You are so lucky to have had two (I presume) healthy boys without problems (I presume). Just be grateful.
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Latest post on 31 May 2012 - 14:30
The Meridien is shut at the mo, so they suggest the Westin, which is AED 175 on week-days and AED250 on week-ends/holidays for access to showers, towels, loungers, pools and beach. Does that price for JBH included food or drinks at all? I thought I dreamt that Al Qasr price - seems I didn't ..
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Latest post on 31 May 2012 - 13:09
Anyone know how much a similar day pass costs to one of the hotel beaches in Dubai, please? 250 - jumeirah beach hotel around 300-350 for jebel ali hotel i LIVE in the beach clubs every friday and JBHotel is the best in opinion. used to love shoreside, but they closed it :( Thanks for that, Kelly. What about the Westin and the Meridien, I seem to have heard they're nice as well? Have you tried them and and found them wanting? I asked about the Madinat the other day and I think it was the same as the cost of a new laptop :(
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Latest post on 31 May 2012 - 13:06
Today morning today Night Please do the needful I would like to know what is the correct sentence for : [b'>Please do the needful[/b'> coz i see this everywhere and we were taught this too. :( Thanx I understand it is shorthand for "Please could you do what is necessary" (or "that which is necessary" if you're being really formal).
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Latest post on 31 May 2012 - 12:47
I love Bab Al Shams. You can get a day pass which includes a meal and access to the pools for around AED325 on week-days, I think - costs more at week-ends. No need to book. I think they do afternoon tea in their lounge area, too, but never tried it. Sitting watching the sun go down on the roof-top terrace is a lovely experience, but I suppose it's a bit hot for that these days. Anyone know how much a similar day pass costs to one of the hotel beaches in Dubai, please?
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Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 23:05
Avignon, Arles, Nimes, Orange as well as Aix-en-Provence and Lyon. Then there's the Burgundy wine country (Macon, Dijon, Beaune and surrounding areas - even if you are not wine drinkers, the countryside is beautiful and Beaune in particular is worth seeing) and further north, the forest of Fontainebleau. I'm sure there's more but my geography is rubbish :) Being a wine lover, I would concentrate on Burgundy, myself - the food in the area is fantastic, as well :)
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Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 22:18
"I'll have to check with my husband" (I say this all the time now if I don't want to do/agree to something.) So do I, but I also get v fed up when the gardener refuses to talk to me and says "When will Boss be back?"
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Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 16:18
Thanks for the correction, CB, now I think of it, many years ago I stayed with a friend who lived in the 4eme, rue du pas de la Mule, which was in the Marais district, so Heaven knows why I thought the 11th for the Marais. Sorry for misleading you, OP.
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Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 12:02
Oh, and whatever you do, don't do as a friend of ours did and try to book a room at the "Hotel de Ville" - this is the City or Town Hall in France, not an hotel :)
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Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 09:48
Have a look at this map - there are 20 arrondissements in Paris, the 1st one (Louvre) being right in the centre and the others working in a spiral outwards and round the centre, on the Left and Right Banks of the Seine, as you can see, so the 20th (Menilmontant) is the furthest away from the centre: http://www.planetware.com/map/france-paris-arrondissements-map-f-f20.htm Wikipedia will tell you more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_arrondissements I think there are ladies who have lived in/visited Paris more recently than I have who can tell you more about family friendly places, but on the other hand, on a nice day, it is perfectly possible to walk from one side of Paris to the other, taking in many sights. When our daughter was a baby, we used to stay in a self-catering apartment in the "Latin Quarter" , near the Sorbonne, which was lovely and peaceful and reasonably central. Seems to have disappeared now (the apartment hotel, not the Latin Quarter ;) ). I love the Marais area (11th Arrondissement) but unfortunately it is so long since I've been to Paris that I wouldn't know where to recommend for a family to stay. I would suggest you decide which arrondissement you want to be in and then hunt for hotels/apartments on one of the many hotel sites. Here are two reasonably recent threads which might help you: http://www.expatwoman.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=165756 http://www.expatwoman.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=180199 Enjoy, wherever you decide on!
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Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 08:18
Primark is poor quality but cheap and cheerful.
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Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 08:08
Go to Primark on Oxford Street :) Otherwise, in Paddington there is the Whiteleys centre where there's a variety of shops. http://www.whiteleys.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=2 <em>edited by simpleasabc on 30/05/2012</em>
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Latest post on 29 May 2012 - 11:49
No prime gourmet, seems to be everyone's favourite! Hubby got it but i don't we will use any of them as so many restrictions. I got it on the assumption there would be Prime Gourmet vouchers in it, stupidly didn't check, not a happy bunny:(
 
 
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