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PattyFlipper
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| It's Scary! wrote: |
If it's "fun" you experience in Saudi...it's the fun that you make for yourself. It's not socially-sanctioned fun.
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And if you are are having 'fun' in Saudi Arabia, you are likely doing something wrong (by Saudi standards). |
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Betrayer of Hope
Joined: 08 Aug 2011
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Location: in a dark place
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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| The only fun things to do in Saudi is eating and shopping. The malls get boring after a few visits and then you really have to be creative to have fun. One can always download and watch movies, but that can also get boring after a while. |
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
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Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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Umm, has reading gone out of fashion? 
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John |
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BadBeagleBad
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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| johnslat wrote: |
Umm, has reading gone out of fashion?
Regards,
John |
To be honest, a place where I couldn�t go out sounds like heaven to me. I love to read, sew, embroider and do other kinds of crafts that are time consuming and that I seem to never have time for. When I lived in Wisconsin I used to love to get snowed in for just that reason. Maybe my fun is boring fun, but I think I could get into it. But that�s just me. Even when I was younger I was never a party/bar type of person, I�ve always prefered the company of one or two good friends to hoards of people I don�t know. |
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
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Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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Dear BadBeagleBad,
The type of personality who would do well in Pelican Bay ( a link for those unfamiliar with that facility)
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/02/opinion/cruel-isolation-of-prisoners.html
or on an extended voyage to the nearest star system is the kind who's also likely to tolerate Saudi best.
Being "self-contained," not needing many outside sources for "fun," these serve one well there.
" All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone."
Blaise Pascal
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It's Scary!
Joined: 17 Apr 2011
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| Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 1:13 am Post subject: |
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| BadBeagleBad wrote: |
| To be honest, a place where I couldn�t go out sounds like heaven to me. I love to read, sew, embroider and do other kinds of crafts that are time consuming and that I seem to never have time for. |
"Fun" is, as John stated earlier, subjective, but, I guess, watching a car rust can be "fun".
| BadBeagleBad wrote: |
| When I lived in Wisconsin I used to love to get snowed in for just that reason. |
I clearly pointed out that I meant "fun" in the social sense. What you, obviously, consider fun, I don't think, could be categorized as such.
Now, what I'm doing in my avatar is, definitely, fun!!!
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nomad soul
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| Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 1:39 am Post subject: |
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I love your silly avatar, Scary!  |
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It's Scary!
Joined: 17 Apr 2011
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| Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 2:17 am Post subject: |
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Thank you. I hunted far and wide for it!
It's me! |
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Middle East Beast
Joined: 05 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 2:56 am Post subject: |
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| nomad soul wrote: |
| I love your silly avatar, Scary! |
Yeah, me too...how'd you get it to post? I've tried but no luck.
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It's Scary!
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| Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 3:17 am Post subject: |
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| Middle East Beast wrote: |
| nomad soul wrote: |
| I love your silly avatar, Scary! |
Yeah, me too...how'd you get it to post? I've tried but no luck.
MEB |
Well, I stole it...with permission, copied it to photobucket to make sure that I "owned" it and then right-clicked, went to the properties at the bottom of the menu, and then, copied and pasted it into the box provided at the bottom of "Profile".
Or, are you just taking a pi$$?
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veiledsentiments
Joined: 20 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 3:22 am Post subject: |
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| I love your silly avatar, Scary! |
I love it too... but I'm suspecting that it might be photoshopped.
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It's Scary!
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| Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 3:33 am Post subject: |
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| veiledsentiments wrote: |
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| I love your silly avatar, Scary! |
I love it too... but I'm suspecting that it might be photoshopped.
VS |
Nope! I have it on good authority that the photographer was watching a sheep and I hopping over each other. He explained to me that he didn't take a photo of the sheep hopping over me as it would seem "implausible".
It's the God's Honest Truth! (Jeez, I'm destined to burn in Hell!) |
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Betrayer of Hope
Joined: 08 Aug 2011
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Location: in a dark place
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| Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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| johnslat wrote: |
Umm, has reading gone out of fashion?
Regards,
John |
Oh yes, I forgot to add that one. I've actually downloaded a few e-books to last me for a few months for the upcoming year while I'm there
Note that Jarir bookstore over there has a small selection of English books, nothing compared to what we have back home. It is better to stock up while you're in your home country. |
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