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Abu Dhabi 'leaning tower' now beats Pisa (see for yourself)
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| 06/06/10
Posted on 06/06/2010 7:44:03 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Abu Dhabi 'leaning tower' now beats Pisa
* From: AFP
* June 06, 2010 10:45PM
AN Abu Dhabi tower has been recognised as the "furthest-leaning man-made tower" in the world by Guinness World Records.
The 160-metre Capital Gate tower, developed by the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Company, leans at 18 degrees - over four times the angle of Italy's famous Leaning Tower of Pisa, Khaleej Times reported.
ADNEC said the tower earned the record following an evaluation by Guinness World Records that began in January, the month the tower's exterior was completed, Gulf News reported
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abudhabi; capitalgage; leaning; towerofpisa; worldrecord
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To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
06/06/2010 7:44:41 AM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Nice camel stables,so much for being the Hong Kong of the
Middle East.
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posted on
06/06/2010 7:46:49 AM PDT
by
Dr. Ursus
To: TigerLikesRooster
Does this really count as leaning?
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posted on
06/06/2010 7:47:22 AM PDT
by
mnehring
To: TigerLikesRooster
Must be from all the oil leaking from the gulf of Mexico.
Hey if one Congressman can say that Guam is going to tip over, why can't this happen in Abu-Dhabi from the oil spill ? right ?
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posted on
06/06/2010 7:47:36 AM PDT
by
American Constitutionalist
(There is no civility in the way the Communist/Marxist want to destroy the USA)
To: TigerLikesRooster
...meanwhile, almost 9 years after 9/11, the skyline of lower Manhattan remains empty.
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posted on
06/06/2010 7:48:03 AM PDT
by
americanophile
(November can't come fast enough....)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Very nice!!
will be great for base jumping
I do get impressed by cool architecture. The UAE guys are broadly idiots with their economic planning, but the one good result of the free spending has been some very cool buidings.
Like a fantasy land. No economic rationale but waaaaay cool!
To: mnehring
Does this really count as leaning? More like optical illusion of leaning...
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posted on
06/06/2010 7:49:49 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php?area=dam&lang=eng)
To: Dr. Ursus
They built it for Iran. It is the practice target for Iranian ballistic missiles.
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posted on
06/06/2010 7:49:51 AM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I saw a tv show on how they built this.... decided to slap a helipad on the roof after the building was almost complete. They are spending a lot of money on some crazy buildings over there.
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posted on
06/06/2010 7:50:01 AM PDT
by
OCC
To: mnehring
I guess they don’t need toilets. Just open a window and let it fly. It will not hit the side of the building.
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posted on
06/06/2010 7:50:07 AM PDT
by
umgud
(Obama is a failed experiment.)
To: mnehring
Good point — the core of the building does not lean. I saw an explanation of this on tv a week or so ago. Fake, phony, fraud. Pisa rules!!!
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posted on
06/06/2010 7:50:32 AM PDT
by
duckworth
(Perhaps instant karma's going to get you. Perhaps not.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
As l;ong as Rosie O’Donnell doesn’t go to the look out the window on the left of the top floor, it should be O.K.
To: TigerLikesRooster
Definitely one of the more phallic looking buildings I’ve seen. Who architected that thing?
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posted on
06/06/2010 7:50:35 AM PDT
by
MCH
To: americanophile
hey a mosque is going there maybe they will be tall and uplifting. GRRRRRRRR
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posted on
06/06/2010 7:51:04 AM PDT
by
GoCards
("We eat therefore we hunt...")
To: TigerLikesRooster
To: americanophile
...meanwhile, almost 9 years after 9/11, the skyline of lower Manhattan remains empty. For my benefit and that of others, in a nutshell, what has been the hold-up?
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posted on
06/06/2010 7:51:52 AM PDT
by
luvbach1
(Stop Barry now. He can't help himself.)
To: MCH
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posted on
06/06/2010 7:54:28 AM PDT
by
ican'tbelieveit
(Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team# 36120), KW:Folding)
To: luvbach1
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posted on
06/06/2010 7:54:48 AM PDT
by
downwdims
(It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority)
To: fieldmarshaldj; Impy; Perdogg
Hmmm...a prop for the new Lindsay Lohan ‘Linda Lovelace’ flick perhaps?
Looks like Lady Gaga designed it - a solar powered dildo.
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posted on
06/06/2010 7:56:15 AM PDT
by
GOPsterinMA
(I suffer from B.S. - Barack Syndrome!)
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