There's an old saying that goes 'Buy land, there not making any more of it"...

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Old 10-18-2007, 06:31 AM
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Default It's funny you mention that...because my dad is in the oil business and he

spent a couple years living in that area. He said you wouldn't believe the carelessness and general disregard they operate with over there.

He said it would be common to see someone driving 90mph on the "highway" with their 5 year old kid sitting on their lap steering the car. My dad said he'd heard someone local call the kids "airbags".
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Wow.
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wow... completely different view of human life over there
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Default these are not closed roads or a road course...

(random clips from mid east)<ul><li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeTGXMgh-qw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeTGXMgh-qw</a</li></ul>
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Incredible...what a bargain 25 Mil for a whole Island.
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Default The audio track was perfect for that video...

..there's another one with two bystanders getting taken out.
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yup...my family did that project and my grandfather has some awesome pictures and stuff from it
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Default I did a research paper for my economics class last year on the UAE/Dubai...

Unless they come up with another large, sustainable industry, they're screwed. All that oil will be gone within 100 years. So they have a strong short term economy, but in the long run, they're going to dry up
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