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veiledsentiments



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 3:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
One thing about dmb... his posts never cease to amuse.

I'm with Qatarchic... the idea of a honeymoon in Doha made me laugh out loud...
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Bindair Dundat



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 4:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
QatarChic wrote:
BD Which commercial was that? Confused


It was either more Asian Games self-edification or Qatar Airways, which amounts to the same thing. I just remember a bunch of quaint Arab types flitting around inside the old souk. It was either on CNN or Al-Jazeera.
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007



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 7:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bindair Dundat wrote:
.. There you might meet some of the workers who built the roads and buildings for the Asian Games, sleeping twelve or more to a room without air conditioning.


Really, I thought only the Chinese who sleep twelve or more to a room without air conditioning.
I thought Qatar was more liberal, and life more entertaining!!
So, it seems similar to Saudi Arabia!!
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007



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 7:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
dmb wrote:
..Why should I come to Qatar for a holiday?
Discuss.

Oh, poor Dmb, why going to Doha, where you will see 'Chinese' who sleep twelve or more to a room without air conditioning.
Why not try the island of Farasan in the red sea in SA.
I can borrow you my Dhow (shown below), so that you can go and visit Farasan island, and enjoy your honeymoon there. Better than going to Doha Laughing .

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dmb



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 8:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for the offer 007, but I'm actually getting married on a boat on the Bosphorous....so I may be put off boats for life Wink
Glad I kept you girls amused but to get back on topic what is Doha like during the games. Has it made a blind bit of difference?

I was reading an article yesterday about the proposed takeover of Liverpool FC by a cosortium led by the UAE PM. In the article it mentions he wants to hold the Olympics and the world cup in the UAE. Fanciful? Did people say the same about the Asian games in Doha when the idea was doing the rounds?
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Bindair Dundat



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 8:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
dmb wrote:
Thanks for the offer 007, but I'm actually getting married on a boat on the Bosphorous....so I may be put off boats for life Wink
Glad I kept you girls amused but to get back on topic what is Doha like during the games. Has it made a blind bit of difference?


I've only left the house three times since the games began, so they haven't affected me much.
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007



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 6:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
dmb wrote:
..I was reading an article yesterday about the proposed takeover of Liverpool FC by a cosortium led by the UAE PM. In the article it mentions he wants to hold the Olympics and the world cup in the UAE. Fanciful? Did people say the same about the Asian games in Doha when the idea was doing the rounds?


Liverpool F.C. v Arsenal F.C.
To be played at Anfield on Saturday 6 January 2007 Kick off time 5.15pm
What do you think Dmb, who will win? Any guess?

BTW, Dmb, What happened to the Celtic team in Denmark?
FC Copenhagen 3-1 Celtic
I think, Celtic's travel sickness in the Champions League continued with an inept performance in Denmark Laughing
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dmb



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
007, nothing gives me greater joy than a Celtic defeat. I am a true Blue nose Rangers fan(atic)

Also L'pool all the way.
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QatarChic



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