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bomzis1 · Joined: 26 Feb 2005 Posts: 29

This board is pretty good for general info about Oman but does anyone know if there's a website that specifically caters to the expat community in Oman e.g. has second hand cars for sale, club details, restaurant reviews etc...

Also, I'm heading to Oman shortly with the strife. I'm not particularly worried for myself but slightly concerned with how my Korean wife (no anklebiters) will keep herself occupied while I am working. I'd appreciate it if someone could share their spouse's experience living in Oman.

Thanks.

Aliskander · Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Posts: 50

Hello,
You don't actually say where in Oman you will be. However here are some that may fit your needs:

salalahexpats.com
muscatexpats.com
omanforum

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

No strife in Oman... quiet, clean, and safe...

The Korean community is likely not large, but as long as your wife speaks decent English and isn't too shy, she should have little problem enjoying Oman.

VS

bomzis1 · Joined: 26 Feb 2005 Posts: 29

Thanks for the tips, Aliskander- actually still don't know exactly where we'll be (just somewhere outside Muscat).

To VS: strife is strine or rhyming slang for wife (the full version being trouble and strife= wife). Thanks for the reassurance though.

Cheers.

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

Best to remember that only a small percentage of the readers here are c ockney speakers Cool

And to be honest, I find that a truly insulting and sexist way to refer to one's wife.

Good Luck in Oman...

VS

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

007 · Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:56 pm Post subject:

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

Hey dmb... what one calls Americans wouldn't bother me... but insulting the wife does... Laughing

I have to say that I find the humor in c ockney speech to be rather lacking... neither terribly funny nor creative unless one is about 10 years old...

VS

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

I have to agree VS, but I am Scottish.

007, Corrie has been running since the 60s so I don't see why it can't continue.

I reckon that Pauline leaves on the Christmas day special.

btw 007, on the Turkey forum we have about 40 pages on Eastenders. I think it is the second longest thread. Of course the longest one is mostly about football.
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/job/viewtopic.php?t=20746

bomzis1 · Joined: 26 Feb 2005 Posts: 29

VS,

Somebody's touchy. I must say you are the first person I've ever met to be offended by that term- even some hardcore feminists I have worked with were amused by the term- but then again they had senses of humour. My wife certainly hasn't been insulted by me using the term from time to time. Thanks for your concern though.

By the way I didn't say it was c ockney slang -I said it was strine. There is a slight difference.