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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 02:19 PM Original message |
Dubai plans "moving" skyscraper |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. Has Cheney reserved an apartment yet?? |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Well, he could afford one. They start at $3.7 million n/t |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Dubai is the fantasy playground of oil people from around the world... |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. It's also where Halliburton is moving their corporate offices. |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Sweet. I'm buying five. n/t |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. What a fucking waste of money |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. And energy. nt |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. I thought I heard the designer talk about the floors turning on wind |
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frog92969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. Why? |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I think, when it comes to the sort of rarified social class you're talking about here... |
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SergeyDovlatov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Oil will run out. They are trying to turn themselves into a tourist destination n/t |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. That's cool as shit |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. Awesome! Welcome to Rubik Apartments. |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Follow the oil money.... |
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SergeyDovlatov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Only 3% of their revenue comes from OIL. Most of their money is from Jebel Ali Free Zone |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. It's just another desert shithole to me.....they can have it. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Oh... you've been there? |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I've been all over the M.E., it's all the same. UAE? No thanks |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Their oil reserves are about to run dry. Dubai will not be in the oil industry for much longer. |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. 'The Ice Bar' |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I've Been There Several Times in 40 Years, and I Still Can't Appreciate the Disney Experience |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
11. Ya know, if it spins fast enuff |
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SergeyDovlatov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Yep. Having a couple of cocktails on the top of space needle, speeds up spinning by a LOT!n/t |
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sentelle (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
23. did anyone notice? |
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Chuggo (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
24. Actually, pretty impressive. |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
26. Those guys are always doing something down there |
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