all bars/clubs closed tomorrow march 9

lucky my after work drinks got canceled tonight else i would've been pissed....and not in a good way.

Those were my thoughts too, Xena.

why is it not a national holiday in Qatar unlike in other GCC countries?

and dont worry about the rude people they are just trying to show how innocent they are, if it werent for ql i wouldnt have known about the whole HSBC atm card thingy. Keep up the good postings :) dont let the unsecure get you down

weren't supposed to celebrate birthdays.... just a thought...

"if you don't like the heat... get out of the kitchen... but stop trying to fan the flames before you leave... it will burn you on the a** as you go through the doorway...." ME

visit www.qaws.org

let me get this straight: to celebrate not celebrating the prophets birthday they are going to close the bars?

So this year I, and the Qatar Authorities, will not be celebrating Easter, xmas, divalli, and all the festivals from every religion around the world - will the bars be shut on these non-celebratory occasions?

"Deaths in the Bible. God - 2,270,365

not including the victims of Noah's flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, or the

many plagues, famines, fiery serpents, etc because no specific numbers

were given. Satan - 10."

Anyone know if this also applies to the Rugby Club and the Golf Club.. Its the monthly quiz at the Rugby club today.. Dont think any one would want to come if there is no alcoholic drinks being served..

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HE WHO DARES WINS

Thanks for the info jazi. It's good to share this sort of stuff.

...and they confirmed what I originally was told: no alcohol TODAY (Monday) but tomorrow the function I was going to attend will be held and there WILL be alcohol served. So it's not for tomorrow...

I was supposed to go to a hotel function TONIGHT but was told it was postponed until TOMORROW night, and the reason they gave was because it was Prophet Mohammed's birthday so no alcohol would be allowed to be served TODAY.

Wish they could just make a decision/ruling (celebrate the day or not) and let people know about it in advance. Just another annoyance here -- everything is always last minute, like they can't look at a calendar and plan ahead....sigh...

The financial crisis explained in simple terms:

Heidi is the proprietor of a bar in Berlin. In order to increase sales, she decides to allow her loyal customers - most of whom are unemployed alcoholics - to drink now but pay later. She keeps track of the drinks consumed on a ledger (thereby granting the customers loans).

Word gets around and as a result increasing numbers of customers flood into Heidi's bar.

Taking advantage of her customers' freedom from immediate payment constraints, Heidi increases her prices for wine and beer, the most-consumed beverages. Her sales volume increases massively.

A young and dynamic customer service consultant at the local bank recognizes these customer debts as valuable future assets and increases Heidi's borrowing limit.

He sees no reason for undue concern since he has the debts of the alcoholics as collateral.

At the bank's corporate headquarters, expert bankers transform these customer assets into DRINKBONDS, ALKBONDS and PUKEBONDS. These securities are then traded on markets worldwide. No one really understands what these abbreviations mean and how the securities are guaranteed.

Nevertheless, as their prices continuously climb, the securities become top-selling items.

One day, although the prices are still climbing, a risk manager (subsequently of course fired due his negativity) of the bank decides that slowly the time has come to demand payment of the debts incurred by the drinkers at Heidi's bar.

However they cannot pay back the debts.

Heidi cannot fulfil her loan obligations and claims bankruptcy.

DRINKBOND and ALKBOND drop in price by 95 %. PUKEBOND performs better, stabilizing in price after dropping by 80 %.

The suppliers of Heidi's bar, having granted her generous payment due dates and having invested in the securities are faced with a new situation.

Her wine supplier claims bankruptcy, her beer supplier is taken over by a competitor.

The bank is saved by the Government following dramatic round-the-clock consultations by leaders from the governing political parties.

The funds required for this purpose are obtained by a tax levied against the non-drinkers

I generally depends on Water, tea and coffee.

Thanks for info.

9 March in Lebanon is Teacher's day, It is also a holiday!

Dora .. its not :(

So, is that a day off for all then?......

LOL Marycatherine....

"you can't fix stupid"

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"Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock - Will Rogers"

I thought recession struck the Pubs and the Spirits!

No need to be rude and mouthy

if u dont drink, dont do it .... but dont abuse

I also dont drink, but I respect others liberty to drink

It's the Prophet's birthday - that's why they're closed

"you can't fix stupid"

well,

thank you very much for the info Mr.Jazigroomer..

;-)

I also really don't understand why so many people on this site thought that some people here are mouthy and rude when they read a post.

"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach

I guess it is the Mawlid un Nabi. Which is the birthday of the Prophet of Islam. In UAE it was a national holiday so was in India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Iran and so on..

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HE WHO DARES WINS

I really don't understand why so many people on this site have to be mouthy and rude... ok this is just a piece of info that I received and myself, I don't go to bars or clubs but I thought I would pass it along because there are alot of people on here that do and might be planning to go out tonight and not know that things will be closed.....

coz there's more to life than just bars/clubs... :D

not affected at all... moving on... next! :P

ok ok......... will make up for tommorow's quota day after tommorow.

Aana free, jaana free,

Pakde gaye tho khana free.

for what reason?