You know you've lived in Dubai for ages when...

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1) When you remember what it was like before it transformed into DO-BUY! 2) When CHICAGO BEACH HOTEL was 'iconic' and it used to be in the place of JUMEIRAH BEACH HOTEL 3) When AL NASR LEISURELAND was the old school MAGIC PLANET... 4) When HIGHWAYs were merely a lane on either side, and if you were lucky they'd be lit at night 5) When it took well over two hours to get to and from DUBAI/ABU DHABI 6) When STREET BALL tournament at the DEIRA CITY CENTRE PARKING LOT was the ultimate game to compete in! 7) When JEBAL ALI HOTEL was the only sign of visibility after DUBAI on your way to ABU DHABI 8) When THE GALLERIA HYATT ICE-RING was the place to see and to be seen 9) When GHURAIR CENTRE was THE mall of the Emirates of yesteryear 10) When MAKHFI CARS were WOW or probably didnt exist.. 11) When CHANNEL 33 was airing only from the afternoon to 9:00 pm 12) When I-ZONE or X-ZONE whatever its called (the lazer game in Burjuman) existed 13) When CITY CENTRE was only one level with no Cinemas 14) When all the buildings and houses had antennaes on their rooftop to catch CHANNEL 33, CHANNEL 2, ABU DHABI CHANNEL and SAUDI ARABIA CHANNEL 15) When the best KADAK tea meant the little ghetto cafeterias you'd randomly find on highways... 16) When TRAFFIC never existed 17) When it didn't matter what your car's PLATE NUMBER was 18) When DUBAI METERED TAXIS started by having brand new MERCEDES C-CLASS cars (sadly didn't last for long) 19) When it was OK to be seen shopping at KARAMA market or at nearby SANA 20) When we were so cool cuz we eat CENTRESHOCK and FIRE BALL GUM 20) When CHANNEL 33 turned into English and the only decent programmes were BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL and BEVERLY HILLS 90210 21) When JEBEL ALI was a mission away 22) When you used to go festive (Eid, Christmas, Diwali) shopping to the the OLD LAMCY's before it was burnt down 23) When the DUBAI-ABU DHABI ROAD (Now SHK ZAYED ROAD) was a 2 lane road with roundabouts till you reached Abu Dhabi ..... 24) When TRADE CENTRE was the biggest thing ever seen and you could see it miles away no matter where you were living 25) When a NISSAN PATROL and LAND CRUISER used to be the cool car to have ... 26) When MIRDIF, WARQA, BUSINESS BAY, BARSHA, THE GARDENS, MARINA, ARABIAN RANCHES and many more were deserts with camels and you needed a proper 4 wheel to drive to those areas 27) When the best birthday parties for teens were held at THUNDERBOWL 28) When kids used to be scared to go for a trip down the HORROR TUNNEL at AL NASR LEIRSURELAND (remember the falling spider anyone?) 29) When CHANNEL 33 would run cartoons at 4pm and the whole kid community would tune in to catch a glimpse of their cartoon characters 30) When it was considered a sin to miss out on the cartoons on CHANNEL 33 31) When SOUQ AL NAIF and GHURAIR CENTRE were the best place to shop at 32) When the FOUNTAINS in BURJUMAN were considered the most amazing thing ever! 33) When SUMMER was the time all foreigners would migrate east/west and Dubai was sooo quite. 34) When there were no METER TAXIS and only OLD TAXIS where you had to bargain your ass off with the guy for a price 35) When AL NASR LEISURELAND had people inside it and HYATT REGENCY was the place to watch movies 36) When CITY CENTRE was THE place to go every weekend 37) When it was not only ok but the right way to call BUR DUBAI as PAR DUBAI 38) When PARKING FINES never existed (lol) and you could park on top of another car and no one would even say anything! 39) When RADAR monitors didnt exist, instead a POLICEMAN would sit behind a palm tree and snap pictures and if you were Arab you could sometimes persuade him to not give us the ticket cos its our last time and it wont happen again! 40) When DUBAI was so small you would recognize and rand