Reply to: Sybil Fawlty!

[shaunbhoy]

Ummm Las Vegas or Hackney - I would prefer Hackney Did you travel much when you were there?

Was there putting a GSM Mobile Network in, so got out and about a bit to the general area of Beirut, as far as the Bekaa valley. Fancied a trip to Damascus, but never got the chance.

[cnch]

I was there in early 1995, so a while ago. For most of the time I was there we lived in West Beirut which was grim. However, had I stayed there any longer I would probably have moved north to the Christian area which, by comparison, was like comparing Las Vegas to Hackney!!

Ummm Las Vegas or Hackney - I would prefer Hackney Did you travel much when you were there?

[doodab]

like comparing Las Vegas to Hackney!!

The hookers were cheaper but smoked more crack?

[shaunbhoy]

Never been to Calcutta or Katowice, but did you not find Beirut a little Chavvy (obviously depends on when you were there), but very Chavlike in recent years.

I was there in early 1995, so a while ago. For most of the time I was there we lived in West Beirut which was grim. However, had I stayed there any longer I would probably have moved north to the Christian area which, by comparison, was like comparing Las Vegas to Hackney!!

[cnch]

It's Basingstoke, not Boringstoke

I liked the chicken story.... it is obviously a nice, relaxed place.

[doodab]

Oh yes, it is. But that is hardly a badge of honour is it?

It's Basingstoke, not Boringstoke

[cnch]

Could be worse you could be in Reading!

Katowice, Poland | A City Guide | Cracow Life

It looks somewhat more pleasant than Basingstoke.

The website doesn't really sell it.

Never been to Basingstoke, so can't comment, nor have I been to Poland. How come you all manage to get contracts in other countries, but I can't - not that I'm jealous.

Why don't you two get together since you're so close.

[shaunbhoy]

It looks somewhat more pleasant than Basingstoke.

Oh yes, it is. But that is hardly a badge of honour is it?

[MarillionFan]

Could be worse you could be in Reading!

[doodab]

Well I don't anymore, but when I did I always found that looking at my invoices was always a real tonic. Made my time in sh*tholes like Beirut, Calcutta, and Katowice a lot more palatable.

Katowice, Poland | A City Guide | Cracow Life

It looks somewhat more pleasant than Basingstoke.

[cnch]

Well I don't anymore, but when I did I always found that looking at my invoices was always a real tonic. Made my time in sh*tholes like Beirut, Calcutta, and Katowice a lot more palatable.

Never been to Calcutta or Katowice, but did you not find Beirut a little Chavvy (obviously depends on when you were there), but very Chavlike in recent years.

[shaunbhoy]

I'm not a horse and hounds person.


What a bunch of girls!!!!!
How do you cope working away from home?

Well I don't anymore, but when I did I always found that looking at my invoices was always a real tonic. Made my time in sh*tholes like Beirut, Calcutta, and Katowice a lot more palatable.

[cnch]

That must have been a blast. 18-30 was it?

As the Bomb Disposal Expert said to the Librarian!!



I am sure it is a fantastic place to live, but it is not exactly Horse and Hounds is it?

I'm not a horse and hounds person.


What a bunch of girls!!!!!
How do you cope working away from home?

[shaunbhoy]

I speak Arabic,but not fluently and find it a bit painful to read and it was the only place where my sex was not an issue. Been there before on hols.

That must have been a blast. 18-30 was it?

It doesn't matter where you are... you can still pop your clogs.

As the Bomb Disposal Expert said to the Librarian!!

... and what pray tell is wrong with Divis?

I am sure it is a fantastic place to live, but it is not exactly Horse and Hounds is it?

[cnch]

You applied for a job in Palestine because you "fancied a change"?
FFS!!! Where did you grow up..............the Divis Flats?

I speak Arabic,but not fluently and find it a bit painful to read. Anyway it was the only place where my sex was not an issue. Been there before on hols. It doesn't matter where you are... you can still pop your clogs.

... and what pray tell is wrong with Divis :-) - I didn't live anywhere near there, but do remember seeing it on the news regularly?