Saudi ATMs

[Morrison_s_Lament]

*Originally posted by astro *
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*Originally posted by Morrison’s Lament *
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*Originally posted by sailor *
** Indeed. One man’s joke is another man’s insult. Oh well… Do they have machines which dispense a sense of humor? **

I just felt it was in bad taste, but obviously you didn’t mean anything by it. But since I’m living in a developing country, — G. Raven
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Yeah… I understand little Iceland does have a long way to go before it joins the “big dogs” but keep plugging you’ll get there. Indoor plumbing and supermarkets are great… trust me!

Walking away fast before pendantic lecture on “world’s oldest democracy” begins.

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Ehm, I haven’t lived in Iceland for quite a while.

I’m currently a legal, registered resident of the People’s Republic of China.

— G. Raven

[Morrison_s_Lament]

Oops, just realized you were probably joking

You won’t get any lectures about old democracies and such nonsense from me, Iceland can catch fire and sink into the seas in a mighty explosion of death and chaos for all I care.

Erhm, sorry about that, back to Saudi ATMs now…

[DougC]

… MC, chic was used correctly. It means stylish. Sheik, on the other hand while pronounced the same, doesn’t make much sense in that sentence. - mongrel_8

• A tongue-in-sheik remark, perhaps? - MC

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*Originally posted by MC *

• I guess I wouldn’t really know a shiek if you slapped me around with one: what-n-th-ell is they anyway? I assumed it was an Arabian royal title, but seems I recall some people receiving the title from the king for money- which (just like with the British monarchy) makes it seem quite a bit less elite. And at the same time, as far as I can tell, most of the country’s citizens seem to be related to the king somehow anyway. So what do I know? - MC

Sheikh is not a “royal title”, it is simply a respectful usage. The word simply means old man. The Islamic world largely does not have aristocratic titles a la Europe and those that do exist are largely Turkish or Persian borrowings. No one recieves “titles” like shiekh (or al-is another issue as this is largely connected with the royal family Saud.

In re amounts offered at the ATM I believe without any substantive investigation that this is determined by the bank dependant on the local market. As I mentioned chic locations obviously have different market characteristics than middle class ones in terms of withdrawals. (Or are likely to)