Shame there is no "sticky" for newbies
A sticky at the top of "General Info" or even some other sort of header, that says
"New to Dubai / UAE? Where do I go, what do I do?".
Then the newbie would have it all on a plate. Culture, where girls hang out, where to eat, then a link to the report of distinction with girl friendly hotels and finally a link to the maps and bar lists. All the abreviations would be spelled out first, kind of like a "Welcome Mat". It would also say in capitals "DO NOT ASK FOR TELEPHONE NUMBERS".
Almost like a "Lonely Planet Guide. Then if people still won't look at that and ask the dumb questions, then flame their arse by all means.
Frankly, the "Reports Of Distinction" list just does not cut it. When I first came back in January, I had no idea what ISG was, nor WSG. How I managed, was on [url]www.ignatzmice.com[/url] I had a good record and posted a question "Who knows anything about Dubai" and back came lots of answers, the best of which was a three page essay by "TwoSoreFeet" who told me everything I needed and for four trips I carried a hard copy around!.
But there is no sticky, and no provision to put an Intro Section on the thread.
So this post was wasted.
But I enjoyed writing it. Maybe I should post TwoSoreFeet's answer.