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 Post subject: Burj Khalifa
PostPosted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 21:53 
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle ... 439618.stm

BURJ KHALIFA IN NUMBERS

95: distance in km at which its spire can be seen
504: rise in metres of its main service lift
57: number of lifts
49: number of office floors
1,044: number of residential apartments
900: length in feet of the fountain at the foot of the tower, the world's tallest performing fountain
28,261: number of glass cladding panels on the exterior of the tower

Fuuuuuuuuuuck.

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 Post subject: Re: Burj Khalifa
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Some pretty damned impressive fireworks there, too.

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 Post subject: Re: Burj Khalifa
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 Post subject: Re: Burj Khalifa
PostPosted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 22:03 
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I went up 'Taipei 101' the very day it was no longer the tallest building in the world, cos this monster had just surpassed it :roll:
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Is a fundamentalist Christian going to fly a jet into it now?

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 Post subject: Re: Burj Khalifa
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Dubai only worships one god. It would need to be a fundamentalist anticapitalist.

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 Post subject: Re: Burj Khalifa
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Moby?

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Dubai only worships one god. It would need to be a fundamentalist anticapitalist.


I'm a Grand Vizier nowadays, so I don't think I'd fit the bill.

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Whatever, Dick.

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Rage Against The Machine, innit.

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 Post subject: Re: Burj Khalifa
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I watched Alain Robert climb some of those previously-tallest buildings on the telly, and their heights made me nervous enough. Basically: Jesus fucking Christ.
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 Post subject: Re: Burj Khalifa
PostPosted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 1:01 
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Shame there were all those fireworks in the way, I couldn't really see the building properly.

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 Post subject: Re: Burj Khalifa
PostPosted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 8:18 
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Mr Dom wrote:
I went up 'Taipei 101' the very day it was no longer the tallest building in the world, cos this monster had just surpassed it :roll:


I was going to say that's an interesting euphemism, but your bird ain't Chinese.
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 Post subject: Re: Burj Khalifa
PostPosted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:55 
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What a fantastic waste of money. I don't think I could ever go up in a building that high. I've seen Die Hard too many times.
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