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Grendal
Joined: 13 Aug 2009
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Location: Lurking in the depths of the Faisaliah Tower underground parking.
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| Vertical wrote: |
Grendal
I think it's the avatar you use.. It's just too adorable.
And actually, I lied about having a story.. I am an eternal cat lover. One of the many perks of being in KSA. There are some seriously beautiful specimens roaming around the streets here. Persians, Abyssinians and the always dignified Siamese. Thought I saw a Manx once, but he turned out to be a Persian war vet. (  )
So if you want respect, you need an avatar like Johnslat. (or change the cute kitty to an African Lion..) 
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Back to my old self. Still furry though. That itchy spot is still there.
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Never Ceased To Be Amazed
Joined: 22 Oct 2004
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Location: Shhh...don't talk to me...I'm playin' dead...
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| Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 12:20 am Post subject: |
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| ...and the always dignified Siamese. Vert |
Anything that licks itself clean CANNOT be regarded as "dignified".
That's like saying, "Of all the denizens of the city, the ones that I respect the most are the dignified dumpster divers"...
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scot47
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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| Cats ! Nasty horrid things ! |
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veiledsentiments
Joined: 20 Feb 2003
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Location: USA
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Ah... but we know that you are all bark and no bite... 
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Never Ceased To Be Amazed
Joined: 22 Oct 2004
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Location: Shhh...don't talk to me...I'm playin' dead...
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Ah... but we know that you are all bark and no bite...
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Wachu talkiin' 'bout, Willis???
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Bebsi
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So how do we cross that big road in Khobar to the scenic corniche, without walking the "extra mile" to the only bridge..
Taking a taxi from one side of a road to the other is just weird.. |
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind: you get a car or a taxi! Faster & ultimately cheaper, as carrying a body home can be a tad expensive, I believe.
Q. How did the chicken cross the Saudi road?
A. It couldn't, so it hailed a taxi (bought a car) to take it to the nearest U-turn, 10km away!!
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isabel
Joined: 07 Mar 2003
Posts: 510
Location: God's green earth
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| Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 8:38 am Post subject: |
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So how do we cross that big road in Khobar to the scenic corniche, without walking the "extra mile" to the only bridge..
Taking a taxi from one side of a road to the other is just weird.. |
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind: you get a car or a taxi! Faster & ultimately cheaper, as carrying a body home can be a tad expensive, I believe.
Q. How did the chicken cross the Saudi road?
A. It couldn't, so it hailed a taxi (bought a car) to take it to the nearest U-turn, 10km away!!
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Being a chicken and not a cock, it had to be with a related male, of course! |
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Vertical
Joined: 10 Oct 2010
Posts: 34
Location: Saudi Arabia
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The Topic of this post!!
I can confirm.. we are blocked again.
But I found a new, sneaky way in.
I clicked on the "view previous posts" link and I can at least get to all the posts in this forum which I have contributed to.
But the main KSA section is blocked at the moment.
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aah Grendal, I preferred the kitty cat avatar.
<edit><undo>=please
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John Carpenter
Joined: 31 Aug 2006
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Location: Saudi Arabia
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From a friend in the Kinkdom:
Seen the latest
Arabia clamps down on bloggers, news sites, others
Publishing to the web now requires a licence
03 Jan 2011 14:46 | by Dean Wilson in Dublin | posted in Internet
Saudi Arabia is beginning a major internet clamp-down, starting with blogs, forums, news sites, personal websites, electronic archives, chat rooms and online ads.
New regulations were approved by Dr. Abdulaziz Bin Mohee Al-Dien Khoga, the Minister of Culture and Information, which will require licences for the operation of an e-publishing site within the country when the laws come into effect in a month's time,
Anyone who writes on a blog, online newspaper, or similar form of electronic publishing will be required to meet the following obligations: they must be a Saudi national, over 20, hold a high school or higher qualification, be of good conduct and behaviour, and hold an appropriate licence given by the Ministry.
Editors must also receive special approval by the Ministry in addition to obtaining a licence, while all licence holders must publicly display their licence information on their website. The licence will last for three years, by which time a renewal will need to be sought. Exceptions to these rules can be employed at the discretion of the Minister.
As part of the application process web users must supply information about their web hosting, data which will presumably be used to take non-complying sites offline.
Failure to comply with the new regulations can result in a number of penalties. The user will be ordered to �correct� the content of the website, or, in other words, remove the offending material. They will need to pay a fine, they may be required to pay compensation to an individual in addition to the fine. And finally their website may be partially or fully blocked, for either a period of time up to two months or indefinitely.
Saudi Arabia said that this does not constitute a breach of freedom of speech and said that it will act in a transparent manner in the conducting of the new laws, but the news is likely to upset a lot of bloggers and web users in the country. |
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trapezius
Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 1670
Location: Land of Culture of Death & Destruction
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^ I thought the new King was supposed to open up the country  |
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Paul in Saudi
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
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Location: Doha, Qatar
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28 January, from Dammam, blocked. I am using 'creative methods.' I do not mind it being blocked I do mind finally getting here and not finding anything really blatant.
Come on, what were you people doing? Plotting to over throw the government? Did I miss all the excitement? |
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veiledsentiments
Joined: 20 Feb 2003
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Location: USA
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I think it very likely relates to our poster, Sheikher, who is/was involved with a lawsuit against his employer, and posted all this information on Saudi labor law - translated to English... which made it clear how many employers were breaking it.
Transparency is not something well liked in this part of the world.
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scot47
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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The forum us still blocked in KSA. The discussion relating to KSA - all the rest is now accessible. Initially all of Daves was blocked.
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veiledsentiments
Joined: 20 Feb 2003
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Location: USA
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Scot... think you need to edit that one. I can't understand half of it. Are you using a Turkish keyboard.
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scot47
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Not a TK keyboard - just poor vision. |
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