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What do you miss about the ME?
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Boy Wonder



Joined: 29 Mar 2004
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Location: Clacton on sea

PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:19 pm    Post subject: what do you miss about the ME Reply with quote

If you call...paying for 2 week holidays for two in the South of France....paying for my GF to fly to the UK from the ME....buying a brand new off the showroom floor car for my parents with cash....hiring cars in the UK so I could treat my elderly grandmother to days out...tipping very generously to every poor benighted waiter and taxi driver i come across....tight-fisted...... then Scot47......i suppose i am!!!!

life in the UK doesn't fill me with loathing....life in the tranquil and serene KSA on the other hand does...enjoy The KSA and whatever country you decide to retire to Scot 47...!
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scot47



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:34 pm    Post subject: Batman ! Reply with quote

Have you arranged your job in MacDonalds ? Or will you be too busy watching Big Brother and reading the News of the World ?

Oh by the way boywonder, were these rumours about you and Batman true ?
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veiledsentiments



Joined: 20 Feb 2003
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Location: USA

PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 2:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey boy,

Quote our boy: "She has spent 2/3 rds of her life in the Gulf.. experienced life in the West for over 8 years and unlike either of you probably knows what she is talking about!!!!!"

Goodness me yes. I'm sure that this young women knows so much more than either Cleo or me - ignorant Western Females that we are. After all, I only have an MA and have lived in 4 different Middle East countries over 15 years and traveled to 20 other countries. In my 50 plus years, I couldn't possibly have learned anything about life. I have only lived in large cities and rural areas, been married, divorced and a few spots in between. I probably didn't even bother to talk to both my male and female students and share their frustrations and their joys.

Obviously the two of you are bitter unhappy people and I can only feel sorry for the both of you. From your comments, you strike me as a person that will probably make a list like this wherever you live perhaps because of your personal situation. The point is that nowhere is perfect, and we all have to make our own happiness. I believe that you were in Qatar? Many people live there happily for years, but there are always people who can't adjust. Much better that you go back home.

VS
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scot47



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 4:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Boywonder and His Qatari Partner !


Yes, when I was 24 I thought I knew everything too. I was particularly contemptuous of old stick-in-the-muds who obviously had done nothing and understood nothing of the world.

A few more years and you and your significant other may acquire some humility and some wisdom.
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Boy Wonder



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Location: Clacton on sea

PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 5:56 am    Post subject: what will you miss about the ME Reply with quote

24....she might be..but i am 58.......don't assume too much Scot 47!!
BTW less of the Qatari..it'll upset the locals......she hails from jolly Jordan!!


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Boy Wonder



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 6:11 am    Post subject: togetherness! Reply with quote

it's just struck me...Madam VS..and Scot47.....with your shared characteristics of self importance....wisdom masqueraded by arrogance and ability to dispense ridiculous cod philosophy on unsuspecting strangers.....that you two should get it together and share your retirement together..you'd make a wonderful couple!!!

As for my relationship with Batman..or Bruce (as he liked to be called in the more intimate and private moments we shared together)..well that's between..me.....my maker....Brucie baby.....all the guys at the Blue Oyster Bar...and our wealth of interestingly attired friends...not forgetting our relationship counsellor.!

in other words..none of your business!!!!!

Re mackyD's...30 grand for outlet manager can't be bad...more than what we get paid out here....may i suggest Scot47...(BTW is that your age or waistline?)..that in the true spirit of all Gulf veterens everywhere....you apply in an effort to top up your dwindling KSA salary....afterall you'll meet a better class of person..and get to order some spotty 17 yr old around......you're used to ordering people around aren't you...what with living in and liking the ME!!

I do read the Sun and News of the Screws online...and greatly enjoy the chance to catch up with the latest cultural news from the Mother country....such as Jordan falling out of a taxi...or a man wearing a hat made of congealed Baked Beans.....essential stuff......you don't know what you are missing Scot47!!!


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scot47



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 6:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Boywonder

Just a minute. You are 58 so how old is this "aged grandmother" that you refer to ?

Allow me to extend my walking appendage with the attached bells.

You did not anwer my query about the rummours concerning you and Batman.

Did you............... ? Were you .......................................?
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Boy Wonder



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 6:34 am    Post subject: GRANDMA Reply with quote

Grandma Ross is 76..she's my 2nd step mother's ma..and is loved by us all...my father had a propensity for marrying young women..something I have gladly managed to steer clear of....I only date and stamp them!
re myself and Battyman...see above!
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 1:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

So, our boy is 58 and his little friend is a 24 year old Muslim girl from Jordan???

Well, now that explains everything, doesn't it Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing

VS
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Bindair Dundat



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 7:00 pm    Post subject: Re: what do you miss about the ME? Reply with quote