View Poll Results: Expats, do you wanna go back home?
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Expats, do you wanna go back home?
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Expats, do you wanna go back home?
You've made the big move abroad.
Is it how you expected it to be?
Did you ever regret it?
Do you miss anything?
Is it how you expected it to be?
Did you ever regret it?
Do you miss anything?
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go home!!!!
hah! not likely!
Apart from the financial concerns, the current industrial problems that are in effect back in OZ just about precludes any thinking person from going back!
cheers
Apart from the financial concerns, the current industrial problems that are in effect back in OZ just about precludes any thinking person from going back!
cheers
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I'm with duck
I agree with DD 100%.
I'll eventually go back when I have enough $$$ so I do not need to put on a headset again (except listening to my 'Hotel California' CD barefoot on the beach with an icey Crown Lager in my hand).
Anyway, Canada is a beautiful country with great people and is the leading G8 country in economic growth so I'm not exactly doing it tough.
I'll eventually go back when I have enough $$$ so I do not need to put on a headset again (except listening to my 'Hotel California' CD barefoot on the beach with an icey Crown Lager in my hand).
Anyway, Canada is a beautiful country with great people and is the leading G8 country in economic growth so I'm not exactly doing it tough.
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No way Hose B,
Having too much fun over here. The Job is very enjoyable and busy. And who can complain when your 2 hours by train away from Paris,Amsterdam,Frankfurt etc. plus cruising down the Rhine river on a warm summers afternoon, can't get much better.
Plus don't have to put up with Managers who have little to no brains, and couldn't organise the proverbial in a brothel.
I get to go back once a year, to hear all my friends complaining about the situation and the managers. Glad I made the move, YOU BET, do I wan't to go home NO WAY, lot more in life to worry about than incompetant managers.
I will also get to watch Australia in the Next World Cup in Germany. Hopefully they will be in the same pool as the Poms. Then we can beat them at Soccer (Football) as well.
Having too much fun over here. The Job is very enjoyable and busy. And who can complain when your 2 hours by train away from Paris,Amsterdam,Frankfurt etc. plus cruising down the Rhine river on a warm summers afternoon, can't get much better.
Plus don't have to put up with Managers who have little to no brains, and couldn't organise the proverbial in a brothel.
I get to go back once a year, to hear all my friends complaining about the situation and the managers. Glad I made the move, YOU BET, do I wan't to go home NO WAY, lot more in life to worry about than incompetant managers.
I will also get to watch Australia in the Next World Cup in Germany. Hopefully they will be in the same pool as the Poms. Then we can beat them at Soccer (Football) as well.
Last edited by imnomaverick; 22nd Jun 2002 at 09:35.
So, IMNOMAVERICK , are you trying to tell me that our managers have brains? But I agree with you in as much that at least you can "escape" from it all in many different cross-border directions. By the way, the Poms will beat the Krauts 5-1 in the 2006 final 
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Every time I go back it reinforces the reasons I left.
Former colleagues describing the ineptitude, antagonist environment, pettiness, lack of stimulation etc.
Unbelievably wealthier, no tax, travel opportunties, cultural experiences, no tax, wx, combined with the fact there is no tax of any description here.
Better go back to planning the next trip........
I, too, don't intend to go back and WORK!
Former colleagues describing the ineptitude, antagonist environment, pettiness, lack of stimulation etc.
Unbelievably wealthier, no tax, travel opportunties, cultural experiences, no tax, wx, combined with the fact there is no tax of any description here.
Better go back to planning the next trip........
I, too, don't intend to go back and WORK!
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Could not agree more with you nomav.
And returning home once a year at the pointy end also ensures that you see the homeland in a very favourable light!!!
And avman living with other management flunkies ineptitude makes ours here look like the proverbial brothers in arms. They may not be perfect but they absolutely sh*t over what passes for management elsewhere!!!!
And by the way DD check your mail and look us up if you can get away from your bordeaux or champagne or whatever else you'll be quaffing down there!!
And returning home once a year at the pointy end also ensures that you see the homeland in a very favourable light!!!
And avman living with other management flunkies ineptitude makes ours here look like the proverbial brothers in arms. They may not be perfect but they absolutely sh*t over what passes for management elsewhere!!!!
And by the way DD check your mail and look us up if you can get away from your bordeaux or champagne or whatever else you'll be quaffing down there!!
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Duck,
If you can make it up, would love to catch up for a beer or two as well.
Avman,
Haven't had a lot to do with our managers, but they seem to be definitely the lesser of the two evils.
LATCC Guys,
By the way any of you LATCC guys going to the ECC Football in EDDL??
If you can make it up, would love to catch up for a beer or two as well.
Avman,
Haven't had a lot to do with our managers, but they seem to be definitely the lesser of the two evils.
LATCC Guys,
By the way any of you LATCC guys going to the ECC Football in EDDL??
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imnomaverick - please check your mailbox.
Fruitbat - Gday num nuts! Hope all is well.
[email protected]
Rueffy
Fruitbat - Gday num nuts! Hope all is well.
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Rueffy
ferris,
I am sure you only enjoy the UAE so much because of the fine work those EK drivers do! Oh, and I guess the no tax of course.
Don
I am sure you only enjoy the UAE so much because of the fine work those EK drivers do! Oh, and I guess the no tax of course.
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UAE Tax
Ferris,
No tax? I guess you don't drink or eat in hotel restaurants or go down to the hole in the wall!!
Sure there's no income tax but plenty of stealth tax on the good stuff.
No tax? I guess you don't drink or eat in hotel restaurants or go down to the hole in the wall!!
Sure there's no income tax but plenty of stealth tax on the good stuff.
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Well, actually, now that I can afford it I do occasionally eat and drink at hotels! They are not the only options, you know.
Have you tried to eat at a restaurant in an hotel in any part of the world? It's OK for the pilot types, such as donpizmeoff, who often need to dump some of the enormous weight of cash they carry.
Stealth taxes? Do you mean bank charges? Banks make those, and where I came from the banks are sucking people dry with exorbitant charges. Then you pay tax on top of that! Hotel service charges are standard the world over.
As for the EK drivers- if only I had a dirham for every 'does the speed restriction apply tonight?'..............
Have you tried to eat at a restaurant in an hotel in any part of the world? It's OK for the pilot types, such as donpizmeoff, who often need to dump some of the enormous weight of cash they carry.
Stealth taxes? Do you mean bank charges? Banks make those, and where I came from the banks are sucking people dry with exorbitant charges. Then you pay tax on top of that! Hotel service charges are standard the world over.
As for the EK drivers- if only I had a dirham for every 'does the speed restriction apply tonight?'..............
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My 2 dirhams worth.... I've only been in the Sandpit for a few months, and granted I haven't done a summer here yet, but after coming from ...well read my name and work it out.... work here is stimulating and interesting, and life is bloody good. When you come from a place where you pay 48% income tax plus 10% GST plus Super Surcharge plus Medicare Levy plus Bank fees plus Huge Stamp duty plus Capital Gains Tax plus plus plus etc etc. and now getting all but food drink and telephone paid for by employer and no income tax hey how hard is the decision. Its a nobrainer from my opinion. And with 2 kids having their private education paid for...no I won't be goin back till ... well I haven't worked that out yet but not for a long while anyway.
And in 2 months time I will take great pleasure in watching Australia win the Youth World Cup here in the UAE.
And Red Dragon if you drink at the Club here its 9 dirhams for a pint of Kilkenny, less than you'd pay in one of those fake Irish places in Melbourne, and get a meal for 25 dirhams. And if you eat Indian here you eat for less than anywhere back home. Stealth Tax, I don't think so. And the banks...unlimited withdrawals from ATM's for no charge?? I was paying a buck back home per withdrawal after the first 4 per month.
And in 2 months time I will take great pleasure in watching Australia win the Youth World Cup here in the UAE.
And Red Dragon if you drink at the Club here its 9 dirhams for a pint of Kilkenny, less than you'd pay in one of those fake Irish places in Melbourne, and get a meal for 25 dirhams. And if you eat Indian here you eat for less than anywhere back home. Stealth Tax, I don't think so. And the banks...unlimited withdrawals from ATM's for no charge?? I was paying a buck back home per withdrawal after the first 4 per month.
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ANSA,
Think you must be confusing me with someone else. I aint no aussie and I know exactly what you`re talking about as I spent 6 years in UAE. I enjoyed my time there but didn`t want to spend my whole career there. Too many places to see and experience. It also doesn`t matter how long you spend there, it`ll never be home. Agreed, some don`t have any options, but I did.
Cheers,
Red Dragon
PS.....I do like Kilkenny though!!
Think you must be confusing me with someone else. I aint no aussie and I know exactly what you`re talking about as I spent 6 years in UAE. I enjoyed my time there but didn`t want to spend my whole career there. Too many places to see and experience. It also doesn`t matter how long you spend there, it`ll never be home. Agreed, some don`t have any options, but I did.
Cheers,
Red Dragon
PS.....I do like Kilkenny though!!
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The banks only charge you a dollar when you withdraw after 2am and the booze detector decides you are going to spend it on beer... They're doing it for your health!!
Besides, my SpodGrog only costs 80c a bottle, and three of them would blind a camel.
Keep your head down when the Scuds start flying.
Besides, my SpodGrog only costs 80c a bottle, and three of them would blind a camel.
Keep your head down when the Scuds start flying.