As you can see by the title, this draft has been sitting around for awhile--I have sort of gotten away from the blog since so much winds up on facebook. So I will leave this mostly uneditted from when I wrote it in August (I don't even remember what the pics are that are imbedded in the text). So here goes.
Added to the list of things I did not know: Merry-go-rounds turn clockwise in the USA; and counter clockwise in the UK. Speaking of the UK, I get my first taste of driving around in the left hand lane this month. Another oddity I have stumbled on is the phrase 'half eight' or 'half ten' which are Britspeak for 8:30 or 10:30. I first heard this from some friends I met in Istanbul last April, but now I hear it often. Of course, my Afrikaans friend tells me that to her 'half eight' means 7:30...so I think I will just stay digital; or go with the old reliable 'half eight equals 4'.
Value of a Penny? When I was home last month (July) I went to mark my ball on the green. I pulled a penny out of my pocket and was shocked to see that they had changed the penny while I was gone! Receiving change is a curious thing here in Dubai. Alot of rounding goes on--most of the time in favor of the consumer. If the total is 61.60 and you give the clerk 70.00..chances are you will get 8.50 back. .10 (10 fils) is about 2.7cents. No one, including me, seems bothered by this, but if the trend spreads we will probably see the demise of our penny in the foreseeable future.
I've enjoyed a nice view from my bedroom for the past nine months. I can see the coast, the Burj Al Arab, The Burj Dubai, The Dubai Mall, The Dubai Fountains, Raffles Hotel, Nad Al Sheba Racetrack, and even Dubai Int'l Airport
I saw a magazine when I was back in Georgia--that you will probably only see in Georgia: Garden & Gun: The Soul of the New South. What? No College Football?
Found 3 wheat pennies in the space of two days...rare.
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