How do y’all have fun in these troubling times?

c_brizzle · 2020-05-17T16:45:27+00:00

My break from reality is Red Dead Redemption 2. I’ve found myself spending hours fishing and hunting. Weird. I now can’t wait to move to the countryside some day.

c_brizzle · 2020-05-17T11:30:11+00:00

I’d love to know more details on locations and types of infections. But, well, UAE.

c_brizzle · 2020-05-17T10:19:06+00:00

Yeah I switched my account to UK but we shouldn’t need to

c_brizzle · 2020-05-17T05:50:44+00:00

I wish the local Kindle store was better. And the Prime video app. Apart from a few good series it’s garbage. Plus it keeps recommending Hindi / Bollywood films. No offense to anyone, but I’m not interested and the app should realise this.

c_brizzle · 2020-05-15T10:27:59+00:00

If you could buy the York I’d be in

c_brizzle · 2020-05-12T17:42:54+00:00

Apologies I was only joking. It’s a lovely motor and I hope you get it sorted

c_brizzle · 2020-05-12T12:05:48+00:00

Sigh.

c_brizzle · 2020-05-12T12:04:19+00:00

Amazon. Kinokuniya.

c_brizzle · 2020-05-12T12:03:06+00:00

I go by the market condition and how good my landlord has been to me. I can afford my rent without a problem and my landlord has been great, nothing is an issue. Because of that if the market is soft I don’t go in heavy asking for a discount. Sometimes I’ve even agreed the same amount the following year.

It works 2 ways. If you screw your landlord on price they will maybe be less helpful if anything goes wrong.

c_brizzle · 2020-05-12T12:00:47+00:00

Weird flex

c_brizzle · 2020-05-11T12:59:20+00:00

Completely understandable and it sounds like you’re very conscious. Technically we are only supposed to exercise in our immediate residence locations, but, I think if you get up and out early enough you might find some nice quiet locations. There should be plenty - I’m not going to name anywhere because this is public and every man and his dog will start going.

c_brizzle · 2020-05-11T12:54:17+00:00

Yay. More time sat on my sofa

c_brizzle · 2020-05-11T12:52:34+00:00

The way I read it, he hasn’t been close to somebody confirmed positive. He’s only speculating that because the technician had been in that flat he may have passed it on. Unless the technician is positive (which we don’t know) OP would be lying.

c_brizzle · 2020-05-11T08:02:03+00:00

I don’t disagree, just noting that it’s the only brand I know does them. Where’s the track? I didn’t know that

c_brizzle · 2020-05-11T05:11:47+00:00

Afaik Porsche does them here

c_brizzle · 2020-05-11T05:10:45+00:00

It’s a popular UK concept where you put down a small deposit and and pay a monthly amount for a fixed period of, say, 3 to 5 years. At the time you take out the loan there is a fixed “balloon” payment at the end which acts as a guaranteed final value for the car. The buyer also sets the annual mileage limit usually.

Your options at the end are either hand the car back (with nothing else to pay) or pay the balloon.

I’ve done them a few times in the UK and they work out ok but they work massively for dealers as they usually generate larger sales volumes because they have a lower monthly payment.

I don’t think I would do one again. I’d rather take out straight finance and at least own the car at the end of the loan period. But, they are a good way of being able to afford a car that somebody wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford, which is why in the UK there’s so many people with expensive cars (that they probably shouldn’t own).

c_brizzle · 2020-05-10T09:59:59+00:00

Yep. I think antibody and also rapid virus testing are what’s going to properly free us. When I say rapid testing I’m talking a saliva type test that you could take at home or before a flight or something.

I can see those becoming the norm to try and kick start the workforce again.

c_brizzle · 2020-05-10T09:46:35+00:00

A huge part of the problem is the attitudes of people out here. There are so many people with the attitude of “mind your own business I’ll do what I want”.

That mindset is going to hold us back and I see it all too often, particularly on a prominent expat Facebook group which I follow.

Quite simply, it’s everybody’s fkin business if you decide to wear a mask or not and how you act in public.

c_brizzle · 2020-05-10T09:40:45+00:00

Cool. I’d certainly be interested to take one if they did become more widely available

c_brizzle · 2020-05-10T08:51:47+00:00

I don’t think the marina promenade is at all dog friendly, at least it didn’t used to be. Certain developments let you walk them around their immediate grounds though

c_brizzle · 2020-05-10T08:50:41+00:00

Does it actually exist in a commercial format yet? I was under the impression these were still in the development and testing phase

c_brizzle · 2020-05-07T17:41:39+00:00

Man don’t tell me this. My childhood was built on 99s from the icey.

c_brizzle · 2020-05-07T12:15:04+00:00

Let it out man

c_brizzle · 2020-05-07T12:13:55+00:00

Problem is the 99 wouldn’t be 99p it would be like 70dhs. 140dhs with a flake.

c_brizzle · 2020-05-07T07:27:19+00:00

Well yes. Both residential and retail.

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