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Kipling · Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:44 pm Post subject: Weekends

Just wondering what the weekends are like in KSA? Thurs/Fri
Are businesses such as banks, shops,restaurants open?
Are there any restrictions to the above or any recreation on Fridays?
Thanks Mr K Rolling Eyes

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Banks and offices are closed. Shops and restaurants as well as shopping malls. Most places are closed Friday mornings but some supermarkets are open Friday until 10.30 am and then open again after noon prayer.

There is no concept of the Sabbath here - but prayer time should be respected.

sheikh radlinrol · Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 1222 Location: Spain

trapezius · Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:47 pm Post subject:

^ I think that's what he meant to say, but forgot to type "are open" between 'restaurants' and 'as'.

He is old, you gotta be forgiving Wink

johnslat · Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:13 pm Post subject:

Dear trapezius,

"He is old, you gotta be forgiving"

Luckily for you, scot47 will likely forget your reference to his advancing years too soon after he reads it to issue a scathing reply.
There was something else I was going to comment on here, but for the life of me, I can't recall now just what it was.
Regards,
Umm - oh yes, John

sheikh radlinrol · Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 1222 Location: Spain

sheikh radlinrol · Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 1222 Location: Spain

trapezius · Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:37 pm Post subject:

Having spent 6+ years in the US as a student, and being married to a British wife (and spending my summers there) has ensured that I know my Americanisms as well as Britishisms. Razz

Kipling · Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 1:46 am Post subject:

I don't think Scot is all that old, 47 is quite a good age to be. Wink

Mr K

johnslat · Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 1:55 am Post subject:

Dear Kipling,
Unfortunately, scot is also dyslexic.
Regards,
John

Kipling · Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 2:13 am Post subject:

Dera Jhon,
Itz farely comon I here.
K Very Happy

johnslat · Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 2:15 am Post subject:

Dear Kipling,
Lucky for me, I'm 66.
Regards,
John

Kipling · Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 2:59 am Post subject: Get Your Kicks on route 66

Well John.
There goes any notions of a mandatory retirement age in the KSA.
Are people slightly disappointed when they meet you John, or do you really look like your avatar??? Very Happy

PS I am avatar less because of some Byzantine formula one has to invoke, but once I get the ankle biter to guide me through the labyrinth I shall of course acquire one, I am tentatively looking at a picture of Marie Antoinette,
but don't want to arouse the antipathy of the good ladies on these forums by suggesting I am of a gender I don't belong to.
Any advice on appropriate choice of avatar would be welcome.
A perplexed Mr K. Neutral

johnslat · Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 3:13 am Post subject:

Dear Kipling,
May I suggest:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rudyard_Kipling_from_John_Palmer.jpg

Regards,
John

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

The great thing about the condition (Alzheimers) is that you only need to have one detective novel. Just keep reading it because you forget the ending. I do not have dyslexia but diabetic retinopathy and cannot see many advantages to that condition.

I am glad that you eagle-eyed youngsters spotted my typo. I do this to keep readers awake. It is called "interactivity".

Anhd I think I am doing okay for one who dates back to 1847