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myboynoah · 04-14-2008, 12:40 PM

The big question is whether or not I should go skiing this afternoon.

Indy Coug · 04-14-2008, 12:58 PM

What in the heck are you doing in Dubai? Dubai has the only officially sanctioned LDS meetinghouse in the entire Arabian peninsula. They meet on Fridays, FWIW...

https://secure.lds.org/units/home/0,...147702,00.html

BTW, if you look at their stake website, there aren't a bunch of "Desert Springs" units. Those are pseudonyms for the different units in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and elsewhere.

https://secure.lds.org/units/stake/0...516392,00.html

myboynoah · 04-14-2008, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Indy Coug

What in the heck are you doing in Dubai? Dubai has the only officially sanctioned LDS meetinghouse in the entire Arabian peninsula. They meet on Fridays, FWIW...

https://secure.lds.org/units/home/0,...147702,00.html

BTW, if you look at their stake website, there aren't a bunch of "Desert Springs" units. That's just a euphemism for the different units in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and elsewhere.

https://secure.lds.org/units/stake/0...516392,00.html

I'm at a work conference.

I didn't know that about the meetinghouse. I'll gone before Friday, thank goodness. I'd hate to stay for Friday, go to church, return to the U.S. on Saturday, and then go to church again on Sunday.

In Japan we had two expat families that had moved from Saudi Arabia. They told stories of secret meetings and hiding ward member lists. I told them their meetings weren't "secret," they were "sacred."

I'm off to Istanbul on Wednesday.

Indy Coug · 04-14-2008, 01:08 PM

Are you staying in that giant sailboat hotel? That place looks really cool.

JohnnyLingo · 04-14-2008, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Indy Coug

Are you staying in that giant sailboat hotel? That place looks really cool.

For all the wealth America has, those resorts on the coast of Saudi Arabia make us look like Kenya.

Indy Coug · 04-14-2008, 01:41 PM

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For all the wealth America has, those resorts on the coast of Saudi Arabia make us look like Kenya.

As near as I can tell, the cheapest room available in mid-May at that hotel still goes for $1,550 a night.

ute4ever · 04-14-2008, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Indy Coug

Are you staying in that giant sailboat hotel? That place looks really cool.

I fly once or twice a month and every airline magazine has ads showing Dubai and that sailboat hotel. I feel like I've been there already and can tell you all about their great golf packages, and how close it is to Cairo and Istanbul.

UteStar · 04-14-2008, 04:08 PM

Dubai is one of my favorite places in the world. Very cool place...hopefully you can get out and enjoy the city a bit.

SoCalCoug · 04-14-2008, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by myboynoah

I'm at a work conference.

I didn't know that about the meetinghouse. I'll gone before Friday, thank goodness. I'd hate to stay for Friday, go to church, return to the U.S. on Saturday, and then go to church again on Sunday.

No, you don't get it. You go to church on Friday, return to the U.S. on Saturday, and on Sunday, say, "I've already gone to church this week" and goof off at home.

Indy Coug · 04-14-2008, 04:20 PM

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No, you don't get it. You go to church on Friday, return to the U.S. on Saturday, and on Sunday, say, "I've already gone to church this week" and goof off at home.

Unfortunately, my parents made us do this very doubleheader before.

04-14-2008, 12:40 PM	#1
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04-14-2008, 12:58 PM	#2
Indy Coug Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Between Iraq and a hard place Posts: 7,569	What in the heck are you doing in Dubai? Dubai has the only officially sanctioned LDS meetinghouse in the entire Arabian peninsula. They meet on Fridays, FWIW... https://secure.lds.org/units/home/0,...147702,00.html BTW, if you look at their stake website, there aren't a bunch of "Desert Springs" units. Those are pseudonyms for the different units in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and elsewhere. https://secure.lds.org/units/stake/0...516392,00.html Last edited by Indy Coug; 04-14-2008 at 01:01 PM.

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UteStar Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,817	Dubai is one of my favorite places in the world. Very cool place...hopefully you can get out and enjoy the city a bit. __________________ UteStar's words to live by: "I'm not about play-play, I'm really about business." Goatnapper: "UteStar is the only one who is not scum."

04-14-2008, 01:08 PM	#4
Indy Coug Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Between Iraq and a hard place Posts: 7,569	Are you staying in that giant sailboat hotel? That place looks really cool.