As an impartial viewer, this was the best weekend of this 6N so far in my opinion.

Well done Italy and England.

For aftershave splash I use Calvin Klein Eternity, which is also the cologne I use. This is if I want a nice smell with it.

I generally prefer to use unscented product though. Just normal Cereve after shaving if I think I didn’t cut myself, then I can use my choice of cologne afterwards. But my beard isn’t as thick as others. If you have a stubborn beard, I think you might need to stick to either the splash or balm. Calvin Klein also has a nice smelling balm, but it is a bit pricier than the ones you listed.

I think you will have to experiment a bit. I don’t have just one aftershave or cologne. I have my favourite and then I get a smaller sample to experiment with. Scent is very personal, what you like might be very different to someone else. As well as facial products, what works for me might lead to a breakout for you.

It already has the playstore which was 2 years post gingerbread.

To me it looks like what my SGS3 looked like on ICS or JB. That is definitely touchwiz though.

I know I was holding out for USB C. I don’t know if this is the reason for it. Apple was also the only manufacturer in the top 3 to increase sales last year. Even with USB C, this still surprised me.

There is no indentured labour system in the UAE. I know there were issues in the past. Hence the law changes.

But maybe go look at the law reforms that has happened in the last decade and a half and the reforms that are ongoing.

I could not find any metro construction deaths searching for it, but I don’t have any good information to give you regarding that.

Sorry I assumed the whole GCC rail was called Etihad rail. Must be only in UAE.

But it looks like people will be able to get from the GCC rail to Riyadh. Hopefully the stations are close to one another.

If I had to guess, the Dubai Master Plan from the 60s was probably car driven. They have to break down a lot of structures to create the metro, as well as the New Etihad Rail.

The comment about the app is more to explain the difficulties in using public transport in 50 degrees celsius if you had to wait at a bus stop.

I don’t know many rich people that take the train, so I don’t think it is specifically aimed for them. There is a first class cabin, but it is very small in my opinion.

The train does go through a lot of the richer areas yes. But I think that is mostly to get people to their places of work there.

If you are a solo traveller, the metro is a cheaper alternative to driving.

Unfortunately, here the transport card is still a must

Nice video. Do you know if there is any interconnecting linking to the Etihad rail from the metro. From the news sources here it is mentioned that connection to Saudi and Oman will be connected with the UAE, but I haven’t seen any more details.

I have only recently gone to Dubai Creek and the traffic in and out of there was really bad. I think they are targeting the highest chance of ridership first. I think the people going towards Sharjah is probably going to be the most numerous.

Personally I am more interested in the parallel line to Al Maktuom Airport, but I guess the ridership will be too little now.

Everything we know so far about Dubai Metro’s underground Blue Line

Sorry I stated that incorrectly, 800 meters to a public transport station. The bus picking you up to the stations does stop every few hundred meters at the different bus stops (from the parts that I have seen). There is also an app so you can follow the bus to your pick up spot so you don’t have to burn in the heat waiting during summer and only exit your building once they are close. I haven’t taken the RTA busses, but it works with the same card as the train, but I can’t say how good it is.

Also remember the London underground has more than a hundred years on this Metro system. It doesn’t cover nearly as much. I don’t know how much the RTA busses cover. I have never needed to go to the parts that the Metro doesn’t cover.

No worries.

From the link you posted, what they did to address those concerns:

In November 2020, the United Arab Emirates overhauled its legal system to loosen restrictions on alcohol consumption, permit cohabitation, and increase penalty for honor killings, among other changes

Not that I think that those things were the big changes, but the headline articles about what we find strange (in the western parts of the world) hasn’t been there, except for the guy who got his fine upgraded to jail time for the incident with airport staff.

Okay, fair enough I guess.

You do know the UAE is a different country than Qatar?

I have lived on 4 continents now and before I came to live here I had a very skewed view of how the UAE is. There laws are very consistent with the rest of the western world. You probably know someone that works here or has worked here recently and asked them how it is here.

Uhm, I stay here and I want the public transport to get better, which it is. Except for my work, I can reach most of my points of interests already without a car.

There is a proper sewer system. I think you are probably referring to the Burj Khalifa’s first 2 months when they had problems connecting it to the sewerage system, but that has already been done. There were other hiccups and needed to have a part of it upgraded, but it was connected to the sewerage system very closely after the opening.

Some of the buildings are inspired by buildings in America, but there are influences from all around the world.

Each apartment has their own control over the temperature with the controller in their apartment. I updated the the pictures in the original post to show what is on the roof. The unit in each apartment controls the fan and I think the rooftop unit.

I did do this when I just moved in, but my current unit still made the apartment much too cold even when I set it to be 26 degrees C/ 80ish degrees Fahrenheit. It sets the cooling to the lowest setting, but it doesn’t switch it off even if it is way lower than the setting.

But if my new controller can keep the temperature steady, I will do as you suggest. Thank you

It is one of the reasons I wanted to change the controller

Thanks.

I will have to get up on the roof of my apartment block to see. I will take a picture and update my post a bit later. It is only those 4 thin cables that come out of the controller.

Last time I was up there all I could see was a fan and a marshall rooftop unit (calling it this very loosely, I just watched a few youtube videos. I wasn’t expecting to go into the hvac system deeper than the controller change). There is air ducts to all the apartments from their rooftop unit.

Yes, my entries in the journal app is much less thought out and structured than what I normally do for my diary entries.

I just wonder how easy it will be to find an entry if you want to look back after 1000s of entries. But I guess the app will also still grow with us.

It is fine that you don’t like it. I don’t really think you will get downvoted for it. I also don’t like LD as much as other people but I think it is fine.

There are many other trek things that I don’t like as much as other people, but in the end there are different parts of ST that resonates with different people.

The thing I like about ST is how realistic somethings from back in the day are. I also like the more serious tone of things, but I think with the popularity of things like the Orville etc you can see that a big part of the fandom was looking for something more light hearted.

Just tell your co-worker that LD is just not for you. I am sure he will understand.