I moved to Dubai almost two years ago because I wanted some foreign work experience and my wife, who's Indian but grew up here, was sick of Boston weather. We chose Dubai because English is spoken everywhere (my French is OK, but a linguist I am not), we have family connections here (my in-laws), the economy is booming, and we thought we'd be able to save money (there are almost no taxes at all).
We've stayed because the economy is indeed booming, it was easy to make friends, and you can hire a full-time maid/nanny for nothing. There are plenty of drawbacks, to be sure: overwhelming materialism, the difficulty of saving money when rent eats up half your pay, the knowledge that you're hired help and not a citizen. I doubt I'll live here for 30 years, but my father-in-law said the same thing back in 1976.
Americans don't like soccer because of the lack of scoring, the ties, and the diving. Feigning mortal injury with sub-high school histrionics as your teammates smite their brows at the tragic death of one so young, then popping up as though nothing had happened, is just unseemly.
You'll do this because you'll be in the store buying something else, realize that you have nothing to watch tonight, think of something you want to see, and buy a disc. Cheap, easy, legal, quick.
Stores will do this because while you're waiting for the disc to burn, you'll be doing the rest of your shopping. Maybe you'd planned to run in for one item, but now you're hanging around for 20 minutes, and more likely to think of something else you'll need.
>> Did anybody else not understand what an "anodyne link" is? As an adjective, anodyne means "capable of relieving pain".
Game 6 of the 1986 World Series? I grew up in Boston, and trust me, it should be "reLIVing pain."
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I moved to Dubai almost two years ago because I wanted some foreign work experience and my wife, who's Indian but grew up here, was sick of Boston weather. We chose Dubai because English is spoken everywhere (my French is OK, but a linguist I am not), we have family connections here (my in-laws), the economy is booming, and we thought we'd be able to save money (there are almost no taxes at all). We've stayed because the economy is indeed booming, it was easy to make friends, and you can hire a full-time maid/nanny for nothing. There are plenty of drawbacks, to be sure: overwhelming materialism, the difficulty of saving money when rent eats up half your pay, the knowledge that you're hired help and not a citizen. I doubt I'll live here for 30 years, but my father-in-law said the same thing back in 1976.
RTFA. There's a picture RIGHT THERE.
Americans don't like soccer because of the lack of scoring, the ties, and the diving. Feigning mortal injury with sub-high school histrionics as your teammates smite their brows at the tragic death of one so young, then popping up as though nothing had happened, is just unseemly.
You'll do this because you'll be in the store buying something else, realize that you have nothing to watch tonight, think of something you want to see, and buy a disc. Cheap, easy, legal, quick.
Stores will do this because while you're waiting for the disc to burn, you'll be doing the rest of your shopping. Maybe you'd planned to run in for one item, but now you're hanging around for 20 minutes, and more likely to think of something else you'll need.
>> Did anybody else not understand what an "anodyne link" is? As an adjective, anodyne means "capable of relieving pain". Game 6 of the 1986 World Series? I grew up in Boston, and trust me, it should be "reLIVing pain."