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Post by **TheStig** » 12 Sep 2005, 04:00

donaldgladden wrote:This topic about 9/11 deserves to be cut off at the heart by tommorow. no one wants to talk about the world's tallest buildings collapsing. you have to think about the people who lost lives because of this. some users may not want to have to talk, see pics, or see the text about this event.

they where not the tallest buildings

don't worry it won't be there for long... I would have advised against it cause it would go on every year like this... and I am not waiting for that....
seen enough American Patriotism to last a lifetime today

but seriuosly I can imagine people don't want to see it. and like I said it wasn't my Idea... but I am not locking it as long as it is discussed in a normal fasion

S2000_Skyline12 · Post by **S2000_Skyline12** » 12 Sep 2005, 05:01

yup, i agree with TheStig

Andre_online · Post by **Andre_online** » 12 Sep 2005, 13:35

TheStig wrote:
they where not the tallest buildings

It's "were" by the way, not where.

But yes, Stig is right. The Twin Towers were not the tallest buildings in the world. It was the Petronas Tower in Malaysia. That was then, but now it's changed. Not sure which building though...

jacoja06 · Post by **jacoja06** » 12 Sep 2005, 14:53

It is now the Taipei tower (in Taiwan), which was finished being built last year some time.

Jopuma · Post by **Jopuma** » 12 Sep 2005, 15:35

Wow. That building is huge.

jacoja06 · Post by **jacoja06** » 12 Sep 2005, 15:59

lol, I agree Jopuma

And does it look 'out of place' at all, for any of you guy's?

Edit: Imagine being in that tiny crane!

=|Gigiani|= · Post by **=|Gigiani|=** » 12 Sep 2005, 16:56

yeah is a bit small

^Sparco^ · Post by **^Sparco^** » 12 Sep 2005, 17:25

OMG dnt you guys know about the Bionic Tower project?

It's 1,228 metters (yeah more than 1km) , an actual city with a capacity for 100,000+ inhabitants. Hotels, parks, stores, hospital, everything you need in a city!

January 1997, a full team of architects, engineers, biologists and designers join their capacities and investigations and start to develop the Prototype "Bionic Vertical Space" ideologically and physically. The result is presented at the "III International Conference IFHS", as a lecture titled "Conquest of Vertical Space in the 21st Century - International Conference on Multipurpose High-Rise Towers and Tall Buildings" organized by "The Concrete Society" in London, October, 1997. The Original Lecture is signed by the Architects Eloy Celaya, Javier G. Pioz and the Engineer Javier Manrique.

Oh I guess it's only known in Spain since it's a spanish project. Those guys are crazy but I like the idea very much, and the tower is lovely.

http://www.torrebionica.com/index-engli ... glish.html

R34GTR · Post by **R34GTR** » 12 Sep 2005, 19:35

school started for me agian today, it was quite funny because my voice has broken over summer and everyone doesnt recognise me when i talk

Anyway, school, what a shiznit-hole

lucky its my last year, then i can go off to college and do mechanics then get a job then....you know, enjoy life

^Sparco^ · Post by **^Sparco^** » 12 Sep 2005, 19:58

R34GTR wrote:it was quite funny because my voice has broken over summer and everyone doesnt recognise me when i talk

Hehe. That happened to me 7 years ago. I remember people phoning me and asking for Dani, and I used to reply "Heeee.... I AM Dani" haha.

Damn 7 years. Im old and senile. cough cough!

R34GTR · Post by **R34GTR** » 12 Sep 2005, 20:14

haha

dont break a hip gramps

and btw...HAHAHAH WE WIN THE ASHES!!!!

in your face Australia

(Cricket)

Jopuma · Post by **Jopuma** » 12 Sep 2005, 20:28

Speaking of the Bionic Tower in the previous posts it somewhat reminds me of something, but I'm not sure what.

I wonder what the highest elevated city in the world is tho.

I know Denver is 5,280 feet or in other words a mile (1.62 kilometers) above sea level. That is pretty dang high wouldn't you say? I'm not going to say that it is the highest city in the world, but I'm just glad I live in the mile high city. Because I've heard from somewhere (and I'm not saying that it is pure fact either) that the higher you are the slower you age.

I just hope now that people don't start bashing me again for being stupid.

Sir Ibi · Post by **Sir Ibi** » 12 Sep 2005, 21:15

well people do say the mountain air is a lot healthier... in fact a lot of olympic athletes train in high mountanous areas, because the air pressure is lower, and i think that helps increase stamina....

BTW... YEAH!!!! England won some dead dudes ashes

and boy am I glad that the test series is over at last... I'm sure my puberty years wasn't as long as the cricket games

99k · Post by **99k** » 12 Sep 2005, 21:34

I was having a French lesson and my teacher kept going out of the room to talk to another guy about the cricket.

Post by **Morty** » 13 Sep 2005, 00:13

I've never understood the cricket game... You win by inns, 300 runs, 10 wickets... Any easy explanation on this?

Post by **Pabl0z** » 13 Sep 2005, 00:28

Cricket is a mystery for me too.

boganbusman · Post by **boganbusman** » 13 Sep 2005, 02:05

R34GTR wrote:and btw...HAHAHAH WE WIN THE ASHES!!!!

in your face Australia
(Cricket)

. . . after how many years of Aussie domination?

Just wait till next time and we'll wipe your butts all over the cricket pitch

Jopuma · Post by **Jopuma** » 13 Sep 2005, 03:20

I'd rather see England win again. Although I never watched it. Cricket is that weird version of baseball where you have a flat bat and swing up right?

boganbusman · Post by **boganbusman** » 13 Sep 2005, 03:40

Cricket is nothing like baseball

The bowler bowls the ball from one end of the pitch (with a straight arm) and the batter hits it anywhere around the ground, without getting caught out or missing the ball and letting it hit the stumps (which will also make you out). When you hit the ball, you run between the two ends of the pitch to score runs. The fielders on the ground will try to get the ball and throw it at the stumps before you get there. Hitting the ball past the boundary will score 4 runs, and hitting it over the boundary will score 6 runs. At the end, the team with the most runs wins.

And to answer your question Morty:
- Winning by 300 runs sort of explains itself.
- Winning by 10 wickets would mean that the winning team still had 10 batters left when they won the game. In other words they won by a lot.

Jopuma · Post by **Jopuma** » 13 Sep 2005, 03:50

Meaning the other team was in great shape while the losing team was out of shape. Kinda like Skyview soccer team. We lost 7 to nothing on an away game.

Post by **Morty** » 14 Sep 2005, 13:16

Ok... I'm still a bit confused, but I'll leave it with that...

donaldgladden · Post by **donaldgladden** » 14 Sep 2005, 13:20

yeah europeans best leave the batting games to Baseball. simple easy and anyone can play without having to ask.

Wait what now? after i hit?

boganbusman · Post by **boganbusman** » 14 Sep 2005, 13:46

donaldgladden wrote:yeah europeans best leave the batting games to Baseball. simple easy and anyone can play without having to ask.

Baseball isn't that easy. If you play for a club or something, you'll learn that there is a lot of strategy and stuff as well as remembering signals from the coach.

Let alone trying to hit the ball and make it to first base . . .

Post by **Pabl0z** » 14 Sep 2005, 14:03

We have our own version of baseball in Finland

.

KekumRulez · Post by **KekumRulez** » 14 Sep 2005, 14:05

cricket is wicked!!