July 18, 2007: Dubai construction floods - Page 3

HungLikeJesus · 07-19-2007, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Weird Harold

Here's something rally twist for you. The next tallest building in North America. I think it looks like a drill bit.

http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/...ilding/357.php

It looks like they're sending a message to the terrorists: Screw you.

piercehawkeye45 · 07-19-2007, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by HLJ

It looks like they're sending a message to the terrorists: Screw you.

Nah, they did that with the original design of the freedom tower.

SPUCK · 07-20-2007, 06:20 AM

I luv it!!! THAT is what they should build there instead of the POS they're gonna build.

Weird Harold · 07-21-2007, 07:58 PM

The more i thought about it the more I thought it looked like an Easy Out. insted of a drill bit. To use an easy out, drill a hole into the bolt you broke off, and you screw the easy out counteclockwise into the hole, eventually, hopefully the bolt starts comming out. I googled Easy Out, and found this bizzare page on Ebay that wouldn't load for me.

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-EASY-OUT-BES...QQcmdZViewItem

Flint · 07-21-2007, 10:43 PM

"NEW~EASY-OUT~BEST REBORN EYE REMOVAL TOOL & LASH STYLUS" okaaay

xoxoxoBruce · 07-22-2007, 12:22 PM

Not that kind of easy out... this kind of easy out.

Nivek · 07-22-2007, 12:45 PM

And building all this stuff on land would save how much money and make things how much easier?

xoxoxoBruce · 07-22-2007, 02:02 PM

This project is on land but digging at hole, especially on waterfront property, they have to keep the water table from flooding the hole while they build the base. It happens far from the waterfront, on occasion, also.
In this case, they should have hired a Dutch builder

When you have desert and water, waterfront becomes more desirable and infinitely more valuable.

Scriveyn · 07-23-2007, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

... The building design is certainly exotic, as are all the new skyscrapers they are building over there, including the next world's tallest building.

They have buildings (and a race for tallest) in the next world too?:p

Weird Harold · 07-23-2007, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Scriveyn

They have buildings (and a race for tallest) in the next world too?:p

And just how many stories will it be? I was never goood at converting cubits to feet.

Thanks for the picture of the easy outs I was talking about. Curiosity got the best of me, and I had to Google eye removal tools. Here's a link of another Ebay page. It shows the tool in action.

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-EASY-OUT-BES...QQcmdZViewItem

ogwen69 · 07-23-2007, 08:24 AM

I wouldn't worry about the 90 degreeness of it all

It works in Malmo, Sweden at the Turning Torso...

xoxoxoBruce · 07-23-2007, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Weird Harold

And just how many stories will it be? I was never goood at converting cubits to feet.

When it's finished it'll be a pretty big story.

TheMercenary · 07-23-2007, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

This project is on land but digging at hole, especially on waterfront property, they have to keep the water table from flooding the hole while they build the base. It happens far from the waterfront, on occasion, also.
In this case, they should have hired a Dutch builder

When you have desert and water, waterfront becomes more desirable and infinitely more valuable.

Makes me further question the rebuilding of New Orleans.

07-21-2007, 07:58 PM	#34
Weird Harold Vice-President of Resentment Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 199	The more i thought about it the more I thought it looked like an Easy Out. insted of a drill bit. To use an easy out, drill a hole into the bolt you broke off, and you screw the easy out counteclockwise into the hole, eventually, hopefully the bolt starts comming out. I googled Easy Out, and found this bizzare page on Ebay that wouldn't load for me. http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-EASY-OUT-BES...QQcmdZViewItem __________________ I don't need a whole lottsa money. I don't need a big fine car.

07-21-2007, 10:43 PM	#35
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07-22-2007, 12:22 PM	#36
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Not that kind of easy out... this kind of easy out. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-22-2007, 12:45 PM	#37
Nivek It's a fiendishly complex anagram of my name, Kevin. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Florence, South Carolina Posts: 25	And building all this stuff on land would save how much money and make things how much easier? __________________ Most people put a clever, philosophical statement in their signatures that grabs people's attention and makes them think...sorry, I got nothing.

07-22-2007, 02:02 PM	#38
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	This project is on land but digging at hole, especially on waterfront property, they have to keep the water table from flooding the hole while they build the base. It happens far from the waterfront, on occasion, also. In this case, they should have hired a Dutch builder When you have desert and water, waterfront becomes more desirable and infinitely more valuable. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-20-2007, 06:20 AM	#33
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	I luv it!!! THAT is what they should build there instead of the POS they're gonna build.

07-23-2007, 08:24 AM	#41
ogwen69 Custom User Title goes here Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 42	I wouldn't worry about the 90 degreeness of it all It works in Malmo, Sweden at the Turning Torso...

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