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There’s nothing quite like signs inside restroom stalls involving power tools.
Sea Urchin Lamp, that’s not it’s name, of course, but it is what it looks like.
Star Trek, The Next Generation chairs! The price is astronomical. 895AED/$244.00 on sale.
I found it interesting that the name of this product (and we all love Ikea product names, don’t we?) is more prominent than the picture of the product.
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Time for some signs, don’t you think?
Four all your diesel transport needs, you can rent a tanker.
I’m glad they warned me about this one. I’m afraid of heights.
Some signs speak for themselves.
We stopped for our check up. (The building framed by the gateway is next to our apartment building which is obscured by the gate.)
And to go with your rented diesel tanker, here is a water tankar.
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This is just a little redundant, don’t you think? Labour laboring.
It is not uncommon in “English as a second language land” to see signs that are anything but terse. This sign could use a good editor with a red pencil.
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Always follow number 4. Everyone will thank you.
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Oliver made his opinion about us packing baggage very clear. He did his best to get in the way and delay the inevitable.
We began our journey at the un-ostentatiously decorated DXB airport. The only frustration was the process required for paying an extra baggage fee for the third suitcase (because the website had stated clearly that we were allowed 2 each – LIE!). Instead of just being able to pay the person who was checking in our bags (as is done in any other airport) our boarding passes were carried to a different counter by a second person who turned it over to the staff of that counter. We then stood in line (too long) waiting for the first of the two people at this counter to match up our paperwork and ask us pointless questions. She then passed the paperwork to her coworker who actually took the money and gave us back our boarding passes. FOUR PEOPLE. Really, does it take four people to handle this transaction? No. It takes four people to delay you so that you stand in line saying, “we should have flown Emirates Airline.”
We proceeded to Heathrow Airport where getting to your connecting flight is so complex it requires a map.
And they give good advice.
It was not the best of trips. It was not the worst of trips. We really must stop this flying halfway around the Earth in one shot business.
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Yesterday morning the gas gauge was flashing, so this required a quick stop at an ATM near our apartment for cash followed by hope that we could make it to the first gas station on the route to work. We did make it and discovered the drive up, 24 hour ATM right there at the gas station. Good to know for the future.
Do you really want security that is a mirage? I think I might prefer Iron Fist Security or Safe and Sound Security or The Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers to Mirage.
And for that perfect juvenile coiffure go to Smart Beby Saloon.
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Who would have thought that the “caution: children” signs on school buses would be a place for cultural expression?
I posted this picture before. My best guess it that this is an older sister and younger brother in Emirati dress. Since then, I’ve been watching for these signs on school buses and noticed that the silhouettes reflect the nationality or ethnicity of the school.
Again, I’m guessing, but these seem to be Pakistani children, a brother and younger sister.
This is a slight variation on the previous.
The high school bus has generic figures, but they are clearly older.
This one doubled up, just to be safe. The silhouettes seem to be generic Westerners.
Living the Travel Channel 