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Latest post on 08 November 2014 - 07:42
All the municipality library locations & details are here http://www.dubaipubliclibrary.ae/en/AboutLibrary/Pages/Visitus.aspx :nerd: And to specifically answer your questions: Membership rates for public libraries in Dubai Fortunately Dubai Culture and Arts Authority has some well-stocked public libraries in Dubai (equipped with Arabic and English reading material) which charge a very nominal rate for child, individual, family and corporate membership. Individual and family subscription fee is only AED 60 valid for 5 years besides a refundable security deposit of AED 150 (for individuals) and AED 200 (for families). Child membership (age 1 to 12 years) is free with only a deposit of AED 75. All public libraries have a separate children’s section with a reading hall, activity room and audio-visual facilities. Membership is only for UAE nationals, GCC nationals, [b'>UAE residents [/b'>or UAE registered companies, though visitors to Dubai are welcome to enter a public library to read newspapers, magazines and books on the premises or pay a nominal amount to access the Internet. <em>edited by Tattie Bogle on 08/11/2014</em>
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Latest post on 06 November 2014 - 20:25
:music: it's possibly the most exciting thing to happen on EW since The Meat Stamper
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Latest post on 06 November 2014 - 20:14
I think that parents who don't teach their children about basic looking after themselves are doing them no favours. Daza (as usual) :shy: I absolutely agree with you. I don't judge those with maids and understand why they have them - but I think it is even more important for boys to learn how to do things for themselves. One day those boys will be grown men with wives, and either expect their wives to do everything for them, or a maid! Those of us with MILs who run around after DH doing everything for them will know exactly what I mean. :lol:
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Latest post on 06 November 2014 - 14:45
Kite Beach: Open Um Suqeim Beach beside Burj Al Arab: Open Lots of other bits of beaches in between them - open Jumeirah Open Beach (Jumeirah One) - closed for La Mer development Jumeirah Beach Park closed for canal development. There are tons of other stretches of beach though!
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Latest post on 06 November 2014 - 14:13
I'm a totally different parent for being able to have help. You want to cut up magazines all over the floor? Fine. You want to make cupcakes by yourself and get flour all over the floor? Fine. .. Just because it's Thursday....... :evil: (oooh nice new smileys Admin!!!) I am going to disagree with you Guinness. I think the cleaning up of little magazine pieces and getting the brush and shovel out to clean up flour is part of teaching children to tidy up after themselves and that there is NOT always going to be someone coming along behind them to pick up after them. I know there are a lot of people with maids who [i'>do[/i'> teach this to their children, but it's so important to keep them grounded and in the real world - which one day they'll have to get into!
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Latest post on 05 November 2014 - 17:36
GREEN-ISH!!!!!!!!!!!!! &lt;flinging arms round Greenish&gt;
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Latest post on 05 November 2014 - 17:31
Just keep in mind the POA needs to be renewed every 3 years. Just wanted to update on this as I've just tried to use one which was made in Nov 2012 and it has been refused as 2 years old.
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Latest post on 05 November 2014 - 17:08
Why don't you do it in a park in the evening? Have a big shawarma delivery or whatever food you like, plenty of budget for a slap up meal and the weather is so lovely.
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Latest post on 05 November 2014 - 16:57
Hi DollyBird Please don't be scared! I have loads of lumps (12 at the last count!) and most of the time they are just absolutely nothing. It's great that you are getting a double check with a biopsy, but ladies can be very lumpy and most of the time everything turns out to be just fine. Fill your days up with busy things to do until you get the results. xxx
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Latest post on 02 November 2014 - 17:05
The only chocolate that tastes 'real' without the higher melting point, is the range of Easter Eggs sold here. roll on March! Irn Bru doesn't taste the same either. Apparently it is canned in the M.E. instead of in the UK because of a banned ingredient here. Anyway, if it's not in a glass bottle and made with Scottish water it's rubbish. :D (It's true!). Also will someone please tell chip shops here that chips & cheese has to be made with REAL cheese and not Kraft/plastic cheese.
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Latest post on 02 November 2014 - 16:44
Just turn the internet off when you are not home, and put it on when you are back and happy for her to be using it. It's quite simple! Internet usage at work for personal use is a perk/privilege and not a right, and that goes for everyone. Some employers trust their employees not to abuse this trust. Some don't, and the right is taken away. Many companies all over the world block the use of FB/other sites etc I just wish I had time!!! :D
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Latest post on 30 October 2014 - 19:53
The TNET thread died & I need a giggle... ;) &lt;reporting for duty&gt; Does anyone remember the furore the last time RW was here (radio)
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Latest post on 30 October 2014 - 10:04
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Latest post on 30 October 2014 - 09:36
it's the same codes as before but different faces! Mods please can we have more. We need: Angry, confused, popcorn, shaking head, laughing etc. Do these with no spaces in between : D grin : ) smile : ( sad ; ) wink : -P cheeky
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Latest post on 30 October 2014 - 09:15
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Latest post on 29 October 2014 - 17:41
Yes, they are all going to link up :) :) :) http://www.alsufouhtram.com/route-map/
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Latest post on 29 October 2014 - 17:39
I was going too fast in the opposite direction (!)
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Latest post on 29 October 2014 - 17:28
chocolate covered raisins you'll get at those sweetie kiosk things you get in the malls, but i'm not sure how many children have put their little grubby fingers in them! :D
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Latest post on 28 October 2014 - 17:59
Tickets for the full weekend at Gulf Bike Week (this weekend!) :)
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Latest post on 28 October 2014 - 17:17
Make sure you go into your pictures/movies folder on whatsapp and delete them all as this seems to make it hang for longer.
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Latest post on 28 October 2014 - 15:46
What odd behaviour??!
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Latest post on 28 October 2014 - 15:44
I second Musrif Park which is not like the other parks, (manicured and well man made), it is full of tall, foresty type trees and really feels like you are somewhere else. It's always nice and cool there too.
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Latest post on 28 October 2014 - 15:41
I had the same problem and as soon as I stopped looking i randomly saw some, but can't remember where! As a starting point, check round the warehouses of large supermarkets (for example Spinneys in Al Quoz), you can even ask the guys there or pay them for a couple! You might find some lying around Al Quoz somewhere, in all the industrial areas, that's where I'd look first. Good luck!
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Latest post on 28 October 2014 - 15:40
Daiso have frames for 10 AED :) and you can get lenses for AED 120+ depending on where you go and what you need.
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Latest post on 28 October 2014 - 15:39
I have a conundrum for you. How do the guys that are working in the middle of SZR get there?! Is there a secret tunnel underneath???
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Latest post on 27 October 2014 - 19:21
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeMK8t18Qj4 here they are. It's like Top Gun every morning :D
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Latest post on 27 October 2014 - 19:20
Hello Genie Foolnightsleep (EWer) and I are very taken (read obsessed) with our UAE stunt jets, Al Fursan, who fly every morning at 7am, practising hearts and palm trees in the sky. You can see and hear them (usually 6 planes) if you are up the back of Dubai that early in the morning, so on the Bypass Road or at the back of the whole Silicon Oasis/Falcon City/Villa/Skycourts area and the Global Village end of the Ranches. It's a fabulous display every morning and well worth a little breakfast picnic outing! :)
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Latest post on 27 October 2014 - 17:50
isn't one of these 'adventures' in pitch dark? :\:
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Latest post on 27 October 2014 - 17:10
These all sound brilliant. Can you please advise if anyone with claustrophobia would have problems participating? thanks
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Latest post on 27 October 2014 - 16:34
Can i tell you what would happen if I made it myself: 1) spend hours in 3 different supermarkets getting the correct ingredients 2) get flustered as don't have the correct measuring apparatus 3) spend time converting ml to ounces and get it wrong 4) disproportionately mix ingredients together 5) jelly won't set and will be globby mess 6) then spend the same amount time trawling supermarkets to get pre mixed jelly sachets should have got in first place 7) still screw up the measuring jug/ratio/water 8) post on EW looking for somewhere that sells pre-made jelly :D
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Latest post on 27 October 2014 - 16:21
I have only ever seen the coloured/flavoured kind Tip into a bowl, add cold and hot water, pop in fridge. It isn't that messy for kids to make and this is from a very clumsy individual to whom wearing white and food results in it all over me! Oh it's not the mess SL, it's the reaction to that sort of food colouring - it is not a pleasant scenario!
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Latest post on 27 October 2014 - 15:42
Izzy I am a working mum with no maid. I do not want to *make* jelly, I want to *buy* jelly. It is more than enough hassle measuring out the correct amount of boiling water. :D
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Latest post on 27 October 2014 - 15:39
I believe people who make jams/pickles etc and sell them at Fairs like Arte are covered under Arte's license. Although how it works if someone gets bad food poisoning and reports to Municipality, I'm not sure - who would be liable?
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Latest post on 27 October 2014 - 15:38
Polly they are very amusing :)
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Latest post on 27 October 2014 - 05:50
Hi DR, what about getting a PTM in to help out with the children for the next week or two until the worst has passed? Keep your chin up, it will pass soon, get the Box sets out and just take it easy x
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Latest post on 27 October 2014 - 05:39
Sorry Mrsb, not laughing at you, laughing at the situation :D I hate the birthday parties which include someone shouting instructions into a microphone for hours and really loud music, they make me want to claw my eyes out with the candles from the cake!
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Latest post on 26 October 2014 - 16:57
The stretch right along from Burj al Arab, in front of Um Suqeim Park etc. Jumeirah Beach Residence beach. Palace Beaches Areas near Mercato.
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Latest post on 26 October 2014 - 16:45
Instead of these constant threads about how quiet it is/how many dull threads etc, can't anyone think up some interesting topics. Make it up if you have to!!! (Cucumber seller/mango slicing for the maid etc)
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Latest post on 26 October 2014 - 16:42
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Latest post on 26 October 2014 - 16:35
Kite Beach, with new gym areas, running track to left of the blue poles, and decking to the left of the running track [url=http://www.thenational.ae/storyimage/AB/20141025/ARTICLE/141029318/AR/0/&MaxW=640&imageVersion=default&AR-141029318.jpg'>link[/url'>
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Latest post on 26 October 2014 - 16:31
In this picture you can see the running track, and the wooden decking. http://gulfnews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1247558!/image/2737274333.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_475/2737274333.jpg This goes for miles - I have only been from after JBP area up until Burj Al Arab area but it is fairly well connected so far! Between JBP area (including the area in front of the new 4 Seasons hotel) down to Dubai marine it needs an EWer to investigate and see!
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Latest post on 26 October 2014 - 16:28
It's the frozen chicken that has done it! Mrsb why did you not tell her to put it all back???! Hilarious!
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Latest post on 26 October 2014 - 16:23
Mrs M just go a bit further up until after the closure - the tracks are right the way along the beach. The wooden part I *think* is for cycles. Otherwise, head out to Nad Al Sheba cycle tracks or even Mushrif Park which has miles and miles of cycle tracks.
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Latest post on 26 October 2014 - 16:22
Cyanide?! Why??! :\: BComplex vitamins will contain this, I think. Or maybe not?!
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Latest post on 26 October 2014 - 16:16
Some of these are hilarious!! who are these people??! lol.
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Latest post on 26 October 2014 - 16:12
The Jumeirah Corniche running tracks, kiosks, gym areas and general cleanliness of the beaches are fabulous and a lot has been accomplished in a short time. :)
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Latest post on 26 October 2014 - 15:56
For clarity: Today, Jumeirah Corniche officially opened. This 14km stretch from between BalA and as far as until Dubai Marine beach closure includes running tracks, kiosks which will eventually serve refreshments, gym areas, etc. There is also wooden decking running along beside the running track which I think is for cyclists (certainly someone was rollerblading on them this morning) but am not sure. Concurrently, Jumeirah Open Beach, which is the area beside the Dubai Marine hotel, has closed while La Mer is being constructed. Hope that makes sense.
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Latest post on 26 October 2014 - 07:52
madness! *waving to Di@Dxb!*
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Latest post on 26 October 2014 - 06:37
Boardwalk at Dubai Creek Golf Club (not sure about alcohol before noon though!)
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Latest post on 26 October 2014 - 06:31
ooooh Keanu!! :D Randomly remembered more. The guy from Nightcrawlers once invited me to a party after a nightclub (I said no thanks). Served Rab C Nesbitt in Safeway Served drinks to famous jockeys inc Frankie Dettori etc when they were in town. They would go for saunas before they raced to make them lighter!
 
 
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