tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877407.post8192129187220602628..comments2023-09-05T19:58:41.438+04:00Comments on of travels and travails: running out of stock, dubai style!Shalinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08702425925479194019noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877407.post-34664763299227725402011-04-19T21:27:49.842+04:002011-04-19T21:27:49.842+04:00Kala, lol! And that really makes the phrase ring t...Kala, lol! And that really makes the phrase ring true! A school friend of mine lived in the tiny island of Nauru and the day the ship came in with supplies, was always a holiday, no one even went to school or work!<br /><br />Sarah, yes, I read about the Emarat stations running dry in the paper today! What a weird contradiction Dubai is turning out to be!Shalinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08702425925479194019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877407.post-59130826088312462692011-04-19T17:14:25.960+04:002011-04-19T17:14:25.960+04:00and now the city's run out of petrol. I must h...and now the city's run out of petrol. I must have been mistaken when I thought this was an oil-rich nation....?<br /><br />(true - all Emarat stations are dry!)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02458505422126658793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877407.post-2603453682992585132011-04-19T17:14:10.366+04:002011-04-19T17:14:10.366+04:00Ha, ha, Shalini, reminds me of when we lived in Ha...Ha, ha, Shalini, reminds me of when we lived in Hawaii. There were days when I went to the grocery store and they were out of milk:) What??? Are we still in the U.S.?? Since they had to get a lot of their food from the mainland, the usual excuse was the "ship hasn't come in". Talk about one's ship not coming in:):)My Inspired Realityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610154453483501699noreply@blogger.com