Harry Hill 7:36 Thu Dec 31
Dubai Fire
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Looks pretty naughty.
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holyhandgrenade
10:49 Thu Dec 31
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Haha good final point there Mike, some very shady business and cultural practices at place in this part of the world.
To give Dubai some credit they powers here do have a sense of vision, openness and commercial acumen about them and if you have to live in the Middle East then this really is the place to be. It is however still the Middle East with all the shit that goes with it.
Emaar has done very well and built a good reputation here. Nakheel, Limitless, Damac and many others not so good. And that is being very diplomatic.
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Mike Oxsaw
10:40 Thu Dec 31
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holyhandgrenade 10:31 Thu Dec 31
Wasn't it Emmar that went tits up and caused the Dubai crash a while back?
Picking a best of anything in some regions of the world is like choosing between diarrhoea and chronic constipation
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holyhandgrenade
10:31 Thu Dec 31
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Think it's the developer Emaar rios who own pretty much that whole area.
To be fair they are seen as one of the better developers here and generally have their buildings built to decent spec. I've lived in 2 of their homes, very safe places.
Too early to say what caused it though and we will be very fortunate to hear any concrete information that is reliable right now. Sure this plot will thicken.
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riosleftsock
10:27 Thu Dec 31
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Who owns the building?
That will give you a clue.
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holyhandgrenade
10:19 Thu Dec 31
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I am sitting at home now about 5k from the Burj Khalifa and the downtown area where the fire is still going on.
Just got back from a mates for a few drinks and am watching the telly coverage now. Authorities here are saying all is under control with no real serious casualties. Hmm...
Very difficult to believe that when you see first hand how poorly building regulations are managed here. This has been at least the third high profile tower block fire in the last couple of years and each time the whole episode is brushed away very quickly with no news reported of anything serious happening.
I guess this is a consequence of the short term mindset here combined with the lack of scrutiny or any free media that can hold authorities to account. A benevolent dictatorship as we tend to call it here.
How very Dubai this whole episode looks at this stage.
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Mike Oxsaw
10:17 Thu Dec 31
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Scraper 9:40 Thu Dec 31
Why hide behind a pseudonym when you've the confidence to handle the internet?
Fatso.
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Mr Polite
10:12 Thu Dec 31
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she was a brass wasn't she?
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yogib
10:04 Thu Dec 31
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Rios - via a friend at a beach club, she fell for my honed 24 pack swt
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riosleftsock
9:50 Thu Dec 31
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How did you meet her Yogi?
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yogib
9:48 Thu Dec 31
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Dunno if the Address is somewhere you'd wanna be on NYE unless for the view of the fireworks - all the bars there are full of brasses - my ex Russian GF refused to go there as me being a beer bellied old git and her being fit and 14 years younger people'd think she was a brass! Heard from a couple of mates, no casualties apparently
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Scraper
9:40 Thu Dec 31
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Mike Oxsaw,
is Mike Oxsaw
you real name?
Weirdo
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cholo
9:09 Thu Dec 31
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Fireworks aren't the same without a good bonfire, an opportunity for anyone selling roasted chestnuts.
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BaconEggAndBeans
9:07 Thu Dec 31
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Yes Mike, it certainly did go up after you left
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riosleftsock
9:05 Thu Dec 31
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They've just had a free bonfire.
Greedy cunts.
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stewey
9:02 Thu Dec 31
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Still going ahead with their fireworks ffs
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Mike Oxsaw
9:02 Thu Dec 31
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OK, thanks. If the Dubai Mall is the same one as the Dubai Mall that was in existence when I was there, it's got to go down as the most shopperless mall in the world - I went 3 times and apart from myself, my housekeeper and the staff, I never saw a soul in each of the visits.
Just seen a picture of the building - don't recognise it so it must have gone up after I left.
I suppose this ups the bar for what ISIS have to do to grab the headlines tonight though...
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Rio or Anton or Les
8:38 Thu Dec 31
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Its the "Address" building opposite the the Burj Khalifa - within probably 250m.
Looks malicious as pointed out earlier if built to UK specification the fire would have been contained. But lets wait for the lowdown.
Sad - an easy target if it is malicious.
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Mike Oxsaw
8:32 Thu Dec 31
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My internet's slower than dial-up at the moment. Anyone able to give me a heads-up on where this building is in relation to The Greens and that stupid shopping mall with it's own ski slope?
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Gavros
8:25 Thu Dec 31
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One of te reason for lack of casualties is because half the places in Dubai are empty.
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