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GENERAL DISCUSSIONS! => What grabbed me in the news today => Topic started by: Carl Wrbka on June 28, 2008, 07:25:48 AM

Title: World's tallest building.
Post by: Carl Wrbka on June 28, 2008, 07:25:48 AM
801 meters high and they are still not finished yet. Imagine being on the top floor when the wind picks up. I would definately need a spare set of underwear.

This is the burj al something in Patricia's backyard.
Title: Re: World's tallest building.
Post by: SandyB on June 28, 2008, 08:14:14 AM
Nope  . i prefer not  to be up that high .. what if something goes wrong  and ouy stuck up on top floor  and there no way down ?/ I still have flashbacks to 911 where one saw people just jumping cos the fear of being burnt alive overcame the fear of jumping into the unknown .. and bet yur bottom dollar  things can and do go wrong ..  Is it true that after 911 they made survival kit  being a type of parachute  that one could use  for jumping from high buildings  in the  event of a disaster ??
Title: Re: World's tallest building.
Post by: Michael Alexander on June 28, 2008, 09:08:50 AM
This will put it into perspective.... TABLE MOUNTAIN = 814 m

:wow1:
Title: Re: World's tallest building.
Post by: Carl Wrbka on June 28, 2008, 10:39:23 AM
@Sandy - Yea, some clever dick made a lot of money out of 911. He sold this system which mounts against your office wall near the "escape route". It's basically a single parachute, similar in design to those used by base jumpers. These parachutes are specially designed to open much quicker than the normal types, for obvious reasons. You just slip into the harnass and jump. The parachute opens automatically by means of a static line connected to the mounting bracket.
Title: Re: World's tallest building.
Post by: SandyB on June 28, 2008, 12:30:03 PM
Cool he made money .. innovative idea ..  better to know you have some form of safety net .. i would sooner have a broken ankle .. than be burnt to  resemble a drunken braai  offering .. or  have to jump and ask my  Guardian angels to  catch me ...
Title: Re: World's tallest building.
Post by: georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP) on June 28, 2008, 12:42:45 PM
Über den Wolken muss die Freiheit wohl grenzenlos sein..........

How dit you get up there Carl ???? Dit you change the underwear after LOL image203
Title: Re: World's tallest building.
Post by: Patricia Lotte on June 28, 2008, 01:42:24 PM
Yes Carl, it's the Burj Al Arab (translation the Arab Tower) and as usual in Dubai, it must be the highest in the world ... they always have to be the best in everything ...
Title: Re: World's tallest building.
Post by: SandyB on June 28, 2008, 05:45:36 PM
I have always seen  scryscrapers as  misguided  phallic symbols of power and  "I'm the best ,bigger and better " .. what  wealthy  person . or nation does not want the tallest  scyscraper with either their name on it  or  in their country ..
Trump Towers should have been named trumps dick tower ... ???
Title: Re: World's tallest building.
Post by: Patricia Lotte on June 29, 2008, 02:41:09 PM
It all comes down to one thing ... size does matter ... iknow
Title: Re: World's tallest building.
Post by: bobbysmith on June 29, 2008, 02:43:28 PM
you havent met bobby
Title: Re: World's tallest building.
Post by: georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP) on June 29, 2008, 02:44:02 PM
Quote from: Patricia Lotte on June 29, 2008, 02:41:09 PM
It all comes down to one thing ... size does matter ... iknow

If the technique fails its no good, so size is not the criteria, you should know !!!! e154
Title: Re: World's tallest building.
Post by: SandyB on June 29, 2008, 05:35:25 PM
So whats it then ?/ instead of pe....s   envy we have  tower  envy ??
Title: Re: World's tallest building.
Post by: Carl Wrbka on June 30, 2008, 09:40:40 AM
Penis envy whils't in the tower perhaps?  :emot19:
Title: Re: World's tallest building.
Post by: georg ruf jr. on June 30, 2008, 11:04:23 AM
 :emot19:
Title: Re: World's tallest building.
Post by: bobbysmith on June 30, 2008, 06:25:42 PM
as the saying goes,i mite not have a biggen but i can fill a pram
Title: Re: World's tallest building.
Post by: Paula Gottsch (Willson) on June 30, 2008, 11:29:33 PM
Does the pe..s make the man or is the man a pe..s? 


idontknow
Title: Re: World's tallest building.
Post by: georg ruf jr. on July 01, 2008, 03:45:06 AM
I don't know Paula. But I've heard of a dick-head before. Does that help??
Title: Re: World's tallest building.
Post by: Carl Wrbka on July 02, 2008, 11:34:44 AM
Quote from: bobbysmith on June 30, 2008, 06:25:42 PM
as the saying goes,i mite not have a biggen but i can fill a pram

bravo  :emot19:
Title: Re: World's tallest building.
Post by: georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP) on July 02, 2008, 11:40:47 AM
Quote from: bobbysmith on June 30, 2008, 06:25:42 PM
as the saying goes,i mite not have a biggen but i can fill a pram

come on Bobby,

The saying is,

when you squeezed out the toothpaste
You cant put it back
So if you want to make whoppy
dont wait until
you over the hill boy
over the hill

image203 meanpuff :emot19: daman