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ORANJEMUND DISCUSSIONS! => Oranjemund Bush Telegraph! => Topic started by: Michael Alexander on July 09, 2008, 11:32:14 AM

Title: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: Michael Alexander on July 09, 2008, 11:32:14 AM
Just heard that there are two ARabs arriving in WIndhoek today and will be in town for a site visit tomorrow..... will keep you updated...
Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP) on July 09, 2008, 11:36:17 AM
Get some carpets laid out towards Mekka that would be NNE

I had lots of Moslems in the work force, they use to pray, i told one the realigne since he had the wrong direction pointing to the east, in our case Russia LOL should have been SE

So get your bearings right to assist, no booze !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a pity  image031
Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: Adriaan Van Rooyen on July 10, 2008, 07:22:47 PM
SHEEEIIIT Mike and you laid out the Castle carpet ..... what now 23_146_26
Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP) on July 23, 2008, 06:23:27 AM
Quote from: Michael Alexander on July 09, 2008, 11:32:14 AM
Just heard that there are two ARabs arriving in WIndhoek today and will be in town for a site visit tomorrow..... will keep you updated...
End of the posts about that ???
Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: Michael Alexander on July 23, 2008, 06:27:34 AM
Ooops! Sorry missed that... well the Arabs plane landed at Rosh Pinah, they climbed out there, met a few locals and then decided not to go to Oranjemund and instead went to look at local game farms in the Rosh Pinah area. They were interested in buying a game farm near to Oranjemund..... I am assured by my informant that they still intend to set up shop in Oranjemund........  fantasy-18
Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: SandyB on July 24, 2008, 08:05:52 PM
Matbe you  should stock more red checked  dishcloths in the Spar ..??
Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP) on July 24, 2008, 08:17:08 PM
And stock up veils for >>>> pole-small
Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: Diana Rudd (Boehme) on July 24, 2008, 08:35:19 PM
7  I need 7 veils.
Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: SandyB on July 24, 2008, 08:35:55 PM
No ELEVEN !!
Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: Diana Rudd (Boehme) on July 24, 2008, 08:37:02 PM
11 ????     Its the dance of the 7 Veils....I'm not that fat.
Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: Michael Alexander on July 24, 2008, 09:39:57 PM
Quote from: Diana Rudd (Boehme) on July 24, 2008, 08:37:02 PM
11 ????     Its the dance of the 7 Veils....I'm not that fat.

I think you made a typo there Aunty Diana, did'nt you mean It's the dance of the 7 Whales?


laughpoint   arse
Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: Clive Symes on July 25, 2008, 10:06:35 PM
dont worry Diana, Paula's bound to come to your aid, an Mike won't know what hit him or when it going to strike
Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: SandyB on July 25, 2008, 10:08:50 PM
Diana .. I was  moving along the line of  11 is a luckier number than 7  and anyhow  remember bingo  ?/ legs 11
Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: Paula Gottsch (Willson) on July 25, 2008, 10:19:44 PM
Quote from: Michael Alexander on July 24, 2008, 09:39:57 PM
Quote from: Diana Rudd (Boehme) on July 24, 2008, 08:37:02 PM
11 ????     Its the dance of the 7 Veils....I'm not that fat.

I think you made a typo there Aunty Diana, did'nt you mean It's the dance of the 7 Whales?


laughpoint   arse

Diana you hold him down while I hit him!!!

GRAB HIM NOW!!!!


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Well that jobs done, jump on Diana I'll give you a lift home   witch-43  traaaa laaaa la laaaaaa
Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: SandyB on July 25, 2008, 10:27:33 PM
Thats  our Paula .. in .. out .. quick  ..  image061  on  witch-43 and gone again .. you were warned Mike .. she silent assassin ..
Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: Michael Alexander on July 26, 2008, 06:12:47 AM
 image031  image24  I'm gonna tell Michele what you guys did to me, and she won't let you come and play here no more...

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Just wait till the Arabs come, then at least we won't have too look at SHeena anymore, they will put her behind a nice veil.... Phew!

I am really brave at this time of the morning....
Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: Rhona on July 26, 2008, 08:44:22 AM
You may be brave but you are also on your own
Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: Clive Symes on July 26, 2008, 04:43:44 PM
Spoken like a true woman, push the guy and let get dondered again.

Mike  image21 you need help quickdop
Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: Paula Gottsch (Willson) on July 27, 2008, 08:44:29 PM
the only help you two men will need is paramedics, so bring them with!!!


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Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: Patricia Lotte on July 28, 2008, 04:04:09 AM
Quote from: Michael Alexander on July 26, 2008, 06:12:47 AM
image031  image24  I'm gonna tell Michele what you guys did to me, and she won't let you come and play here no more...

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Just wait till the Arabs come, then at least we won't have too look at SHeena anymore, they will put her behind a nice veil.... Phew!

I am really brave at this time of the morning....

Not only will the women be veiled Mike, you'll also be allowed to have 4 of them . pole-small. Don't worry Michele, that 4 times more hell for him too . party0031.
Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: Sheena on July 28, 2008, 07:52:54 AM
 grab
Okay, that's it.  Mike, I am going to be your second veiled wife!!!  Michelle, please forgive me, but I will donner him every day.  He will be one of the men writing to "Huisgenoot" telling them his sad story about his 2nd wife donnering him.  Oh boy Mike, you are in for it!!!
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Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP) on July 28, 2008, 08:18:22 AM
Mike will not have to worry, there is now still 2 wifes left.

Soon the girls will have a fight  image061
Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: Michael Alexander on July 28, 2008, 08:44:03 AM
Don't worry, I am a big guy, there's plenty of me to go around!    giverose
Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP) on July 28, 2008, 09:01:55 AM
Wow, wife # ?  women
Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: Michael Alexander on February 04, 2009, 05:16:58 AM
Ok.... drawing at straws.... A reliable source informed me yesterday..... wait for it....wait for it...... I know I'm clutcjing at straws in the hope that Oranjemund can be saved....... But it seems that a few Arabs from Dubai will be indeed taking a chartered flight from Windhoek to Oranjemund, to come and look at any potential...... I do not have dates yet...... but will let you all know if I hear something....... I hope this is not a case of here we go again.....

Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: Bertie Horak on February 04, 2009, 05:42:01 AM
Please explain the "dates" you don't have yet, Mike?  As in time, fruit, or candle-lit dinners?  image19
Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: Patricia Lotte on February 05, 2009, 04:23:09 AM
Are you sure these are guys from Dubai and not Abu Dhabi? Dubai has been severely hit by the current economic crisis. Thousands of workers are being laid off and billions of dollars worth of projects have been cancelled or delayed until further notice. With their attitude of always wanting to build bigger, higher and better than anywhere else, it was doomed to collapse at some point. It just happened a bit earlier than planned. Anyway, Dubai has massive debts and I really don't see them investing in a project like Oranjemund at this stage. Abu Dhabi on the other hand is still doing well with the financial aide of the ruling family.
Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: Michael Alexander on February 05, 2009, 05:21:28 AM
Even though I find it hard to believe, after all these fairytales doing the rounds..... I do know the Namibian Trade and Industry Minister, Prime Minister are/were a fews day ago in Dubai....

..... I have no dates, but if anything else surfaces, I will inform you guys...

Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: SandyB on February 05, 2009, 07:38:06 AM
 Patricia .. such well  formed opinion of where the  "bigger  and  better than thou" Dubai would  end up ...  such a lot of  senseless  excess ..  money that could have been better  deployed elsewhere ,,,  and a  fragile equation, if it was  sound the  current crisis  would not have hit  it too hard ..
Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: Patricia Lotte on February 05, 2009, 09:49:51 AM
This article was in one of the local newspapers today. There clearly are discussions between the 2 countries. Not sure whether it's a good thing though.

Namibia is keen to strengthen trade and economic relations with the Gulf countries especially the UAE, said Hage Geingob, Namibia Minister of Trade and Industry.
Namibia recently opened an embassy in Egypt and now in the process of opening a commercial office in the UAE, informed its trade minister at Arab-Americas-Asia-Africa Business Summit 2009 in Dubai.

The event is being organised jointly by the Commonwealth Business Council and Dubai Group, the leading diversified financial services company of Dubai Holding. The Summit is themed 'The Commonwealth in Dubai - driving trade and investment through the Middle East'. It is examining the role of Dubai and the Middle East region in promoting economic development.

The minister said, "We look to East notably to China, India and the Middle East as important emerging economic powerhouses. In this connection, we have established full-fledged diplomatic missions in some of these countries which are considered as strategic locations. In Namibia we have a market oriented government that has ensured that the people and business are cared for; that personal security and private property is safeguarded; that health care is proper and accessible to all and that there are recreational facilities for the people and investors."

He informed, "Our national debt stock is kept low at 25 per cent of our GDP. Our fiscal deficit is also managed within the limits, this year it's at 1.8 per cent and our inflation has been in single digit." Without any doubt coun tries with commodity-driven economies, weak currencies and high inflation such as those in Africa will carry the brunt of the global financial crisis. Weak currencies in turn will negatively impact on the import bill and on the foreign exchange reserves.

The impact current financial crisis on Africa is mostly in the form of declined demand for commodities and other products by buyers in the developed world, who now experience constrained access to finance and credit terms to finance their economies activities.

The resultant effect of the reduced demand on commodities is widespread job lay-offs especially in the mining and export-oriented sectors, thereby worsening the already very high levels of unemployment and poverty. The global economic turmoil raises the risk that resource flows such as private capital, foreign direct investment, migrant remittances, trade opportunities and even aid essential for fuelling the continued growth of the continent would decline.

A top official of Mozambique government said, "Our power sector has huge opportunities for investment because there is shortage of power. We are interested to promote south-south trade." Mozambique has special economic zones in the southern part.

Title: Re: The Arabs are coming!
Post by: Michael Alexander on February 05, 2009, 09:56:31 AM
Thats interesting, I know it's an outside chance, but we are quite stable and  we really really need this..... One can only but hope..

Thanks for that Patricia....

LINK to the article: http://www.khaleejtimes.com/biz/inside.asp?xfile=/data/uaebusiness/2009/February/uaebusiness_February42.xml&section=uaebusiness