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madrileno
Joined: 19 Aug 2010
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Location: Salalah, Oman
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| veiledsentiments wrote: |
I too have had regular water (4 or 5 times) and electric (2-3 times) outages - without warning - some of which lasted for a day... and days. Last year the street just over a block from me lost power for over a week during the coldest part of the winter.
(didn't much like the yellow truck system in Muscat and was glad when I moved to a neighborhood that was hooked to the existing sewer system) |
Ahhh... The yellow trucks! Don't forget the blue trucks, too... No water/sewer system means you've the pleasure of having your water trucked in and pumped into a plastic container on your building's roof once or twice a week, where it can roast in the sun all day, and come out scalding whenever you turn the faucets on.
One of many pleasures of working in the smaller interior towns! |
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grahamb
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 4:27 pm Post subject: In the sh.. |
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| Never tailgate a yellow truck in Oman! |
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veiledsentiments
Joined: 20 Feb 2003
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Location: USA
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| Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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| madrileno wrote: |
...pumped into a plastic container on your building's roof once or twice a week, where it can roast in the sun all day, and come out scalding whenever you turn the faucets on.
One of many pleasures of working in the smaller interior towns! |
The water tank on the roof occurs most everywhere in Oman, but in most of Muscat, it is piped in through the water system and still stored on the roof. In the hot season, I used the water heater to provide the cold water since it was inside. You just had to remember to mentally switch your faucet seasonally.  Actually the water from tanks on the roof in the summer was hotter than the water we would get from our water heaters in the winter.
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JRJohn
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| Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2015 12:48 pm Post subject: What To Do In Ibri |
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Well, what is there to do? I remember that outside of school there were activities such as going shopping, or visiting the hotel (where alcohol was available)!!!!!!. The best thing about the supermarket was the spice section, which was extensive.
One GOOD point, which won't have changed since I was there, is that Ibri is cloese to the UAE border, where you can go if you feel a desperate need to escape for the weekend (it's possible). You can also escape to Nizwa, or the As-Sawadi beach resort, both of which I really enjoyed. |
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Whatever will be
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veiledsentiments
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I doubt that Omanoman needs to eat anything other than his normal lunch. He is reporting his experience a month ago. None of my friends currently in Oman have reported any complaints other than it is exceptionally hot this year. (and I would hear it if they shared your issues... LOL) Thus far on those "other threads" 95% of the "posts of doom" have been from you. You have been unhappy since the moment you arrived so I hope that this current ending semester is the end of your contract so that you can move on to better conditions elsewhere.
I see that you have been busy editing out many of your posts. Probably a good idea as you wouldn't want a future employer to see them.
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Whatever will be
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cam
Joined: 22 Jan 2003
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Location: Maine, USA
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Well, I have to agree with "Whatever will be" that there are some water and electricity concerns in Oman at the moment. It may not be a widespread problem, but some parts of the country are dealing with these issues.
I live in Nizwa and in May we experienced power outages for short periods of time (30 to 60 minutes) on several occasions. Additionally, in many parts of Nizwa and surrounding communities, there was no water for a day or so. No idea what the problem was and hopefully it won't be an ongoing issue.
So far in June there have been a couple power outages in my neighborhood, but they were for relatively short time periods. |
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omanoman
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Tee hee whateverwillbe, you got me !
Much to my shame, my powers of precognition have failed me yet again. I missed the lotto numbers and didn't see the current water problems in muscat coming.
You are right, of course, as always. woe betide those who doubt your veracity and unique disposition again for Oman is indeed a veritable downgrade from Hades itself, the last stop on the train ride to hell !
Run ! don't walk from any job offers here, they are all a scam, orchestrated by VS and me to lure unsuspecting rubes into the very pits of damnation where we shills and con artists feast upon your very souls.
(well, VS does, I'm actually a vegan)
but, yeah, the water problems are a right pain in the......not all areas are affected, seems to be parts of ghubra, azaiba, ruwi, some in boushar. Haven't heard of issues on he other side of the airport - seeb, mawaleh, mabella, al hail etc. |
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veiledsentiments
Joined: 20 Feb 2003
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| omanoman wrote: |
Run ! don't walk from any job offers here, they are all a scam, orchestrated by VS and me to lure unsuspecting rubes into the very pits of damnation where we shills and con artists feast upon your very souls.
(well, VS does, I'm actually a vegan) |
Omanoman, you weren't supposed to tell. We, of course, know that from one end of Oman to the other everyone is dying of thirst without their AC... and even with their generator running can't watch their porn.
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Dedicated
Joined: 18 May 2007
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| Ibri is close to the UAE border.. |
It's not that close - it is about 180 kms to Buraimi then there is all the hassle with visas and iris scans..... |
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Tazz
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Location: Jakarta
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And if you are travelling from Ibri to Buraimi-make sure you take your passport with you, that's your passport-not civil id card, or you will get stopped on the road and turned back. Even though travelling from one Oman city to another-not entering another country.....  |
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madrileno
Joined: 19 Aug 2010
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Location: Salalah, Oman
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| Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 8:47 am Post subject: Re: What To Do In Ibri |
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| JRJohn wrote: |
| One GOOD point, which won't have changed since I was there, is that Ibri is cloese to the UAE border, where you can go if you feel a desperate need to escape for the weekend (it's possible). You can also escape to Nizwa, or the As-Sawadi beach resort, both of which I really enjoyed. |
Is this a joke?
Ibri is nowhere near the UAE border. Unless you consider a 90 minute drive "close"? |
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veiledsentiments
Joined: 20 Feb 2003
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Location: USA
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Well... it is closer than is Nizwa or Muscat to the UAE. Just over 100 miles... to an American that is a short jaunt. Not sure of the quality of the road from Ibri to the border near Al-Ain.
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omanoman
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| It's a straight shot, featureless and monochrome but an excellent highway. |
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