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[WaegukinYeoJa]

I still have a few random questions before coming to Riyadh in a few weeks. Thanks in advance for everyone's patience, and of course for helpful answers.

1. There's an indoor pool in the women's side of my school's campus. Will I be able to wear a normal racing suit or will I have to get one of those fancy full-clothes suits? And how about in the gym? What�s standard attire for women? Speaking of which, anyone doing Yoga or Pilates anywhere in Riyadh?

2. I�d like to get a subscription to The Economist. How�s the post in regard to magazines? Would it arrive in a reasonable timeframe (ie. not be outdated by the time I got it)?

3. The dress standard at my school is professional. Any tips from the ladies about work wardrobe? I�m assuming full air conditioning. I�m also assuming that short sleeves are ok and that knee-length skirts are ok. How about neckline? Heel height? Anything else?

4. Can one buy camping gear relatively easily? Anyone go camping in the desert?

5. How readily available are birth control pills? Anyone have a recommendation for a female doctor?

Thanks again!

[007]

[Mia Xanthi]

[WaegukinYeoJa]

[quote="Mia Xanthi"][quote] Believe it or not, many women here swim in abayas. [/quote]

Yikes, that almost sounds dangerous!

Thanks guys, good stuff.

[Never Ceased To Be Amazed]

What's a riot is watching them jetski in an abaya with that thing flapping behind them!

NCTBA

[007]

[johnslat]

Dera 007,
Different (swimming) strokes for different folks. Hmm, I wonder if the "breast stroke" is banned in the Kingdom.
Regards,
John
P.S. Dear 007,
Actually it's official nickname is "The Sunshine State", and if you're naked, well, a lot more sun can shine in.

[shadowfax]

Speaking as a misogynistic misanthropic eunuchoid, I really don't understand what all the fuss is about.

[johnslat]

Dear shadowfax,
The "fuss" is about the fact that some consider certain parts of the human body to be areas that should be hidden from public view.
Of course, it's ridiculous, but you, as a classicist and an keen observer of human behavior, should hardly say that you "don't understand" what the "fuss" is about.
I mean, this covering of the generative organs and the nurturing ones has been going on for quite a while in most parts of the world. I'm quite sure that you do understand that such taboos are rationally unjustified, but I'm also sure that you're only too well aware that human beings are seldom rational.
Regards,
John

[shadowfax]

By George, Sir, thou hast grown grave and serious of late. Too much posting hereabouts! I was, if my subconscious mind betray me not, being entirely whimsical. Perhaps you're humour is even drier than mine, so that I didn't realise the extent to which you yourself speak whimsically.

How about running naked for a sign like the early Quakers. A pious undertaking but not for the family beach perhaps.

[johnslat]

Dear shadowfax,
I apologize for having taken you too seriously (especially given the "smiley devil" icon at the end.) Your whimsy is hereby recognized and appreciated.
Regards,
John

[shadowfax]

Most gracious, Sir. And may I in turn apologise for an unwonted lapse of decorum. Must be a phase o' the moon this evening in auld araby.

[Never Ceased To Be Amazed]

Such decorum is genuinely appreciated!

NCTBA

[007]

My poet of Araby, are you mad, or what are you? Have you no wit, manners nor respect, but to gabble like a pre-Victorian bottomless poet in the 21st century?
Is there no respect of art, literature, history, people, place nor time in you?

[meri]

In my university skirts must be full length or close and knee length would not be acceptable. Trousers are not allowed. Short sleeve tops are OK and the students show plenty of cleavage. High heels are common.