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2005-01-05 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Fred 2005-01-05 00:00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 You'll get a bang outta those neighbors.

Posted by Captain America 2005-01-05 12:46:44 AM|| 2005-01-05 12:46:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 "Yeah, I hear Mordor's really coming back now..."

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-01-05 1:09:53 AM|| [http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2005-01-05 1:09:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 But I thought...

Posted by .com 2005-01-05 1:12:31 AM|| 2005-01-05 1:12:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Banks pay interest?????

In a muslim country?????

Isn't interest verboten?

Posted by anonymous2U 2005-01-05 1:26:40 AM|| 2005-01-05 1:26:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Are those buildings in the scaffolds what I think they are?????

Posted by anonymous2U 2005-01-05 1:27:22 AM|| 2005-01-05 1:27:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 a2U - Regards #4, indeed, usury is forbidden - so they call them "fees" and there is (believe it or not) a box you check on your bank account application that says something like,
"Do you wish the Bank to pay you fees for the balance held in your account, payable..."
[ ] Yes [ ] No

At least that's how they handled it in Saudi at Saudi British Bank, where I had to go, monthly, to collect my pay back in '92. The "fee" back then was a 3% APR on any balance held more than 30 days. Prolly handled similarly everywhere in Islam where they must deal with Westerners.

Posted by .com 2005-01-05 2:29:26 AM|| 2005-01-05 2:29:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 A whole new definition of "fixer-upper"...

Posted by mojo 2005-01-05 2:33:14 PM|| 2005-01-05 2:33:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 If you patch up those shell holes, clean up the goat shit, and get those 55 gallon drums of acid outta here, this could be a nice weekend hideaway.

Posted by tu3031 2005-01-05 4:15:12 PM|| 2005-01-05 4:15:12 PM|| Front Page Top

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