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re: Kingdom Tower-Saudi Arabia
Posted on 7/23/14 at 9:48 pm to Dick Leverage
Posted on 7/23/14 at 9:48 pm to Dick Leverage
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They started construction in spring of this year. At 3280 feet (1000m), this bad boy will stand about 500 ft taller than the Burj Khalafi. That is a big jump IMO.
In the ego driven race to go higher and higher, will we ever see one go a mile high? You know some sheik somewhere is already planning one taller.
BTW- the construction cost is est. at 1.2 billion
Still 800 million less than the fricking Clippers!
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Posted on 7/23/14 at 9:49 pm to Dick Leverage
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Yes. Same as Jerry World. I know it is an impressive venue but I just thought Kingdom Tower would cost a good bit more. Over 2 billion for sure.
They are pretty much using slave labor over there.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 9:49 pm to Dick Leverage
Link? Pic?
Posted on 7/23/14 at 9:52 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Money and manpower baby Look at the manhattan project and the pyramids and the Death Star.
I'll counter with the common cold, cancer, and the Tower of Babel
Posted on 7/23/14 at 9:56 pm to fr33manator
They all just need more input of money and manpower.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 9:57 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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They all just need more input of money and manpower.
WE KNOW!
Posted on 7/23/14 at 9:57 pm to whit
quote:fricking this!
Link? Pic?
Posted on 7/23/14 at 9:58 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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They all just need more input of money and manpower.
That's patently false.
That's like saying if you threw enough money and manpower at the inner cities they'd magically be fixed.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 9:58 pm to lsu480
quote:fricking this!quote:They are pretty much using slave labor over there.
Yes. Same as Jerry World. I know it is an impressive venue but I just thought Kingdom Tower would cost a good bit more. Over 2 billion for sure.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 9:59 pm to fr33manator
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That's like saying if you threw enough money and manpower at the inner cities they'd magically be fixed.
They would be, Hitler was working on that before he got interrupted.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 9:59 pm to biglego
quote:its about their only redeeming quality
It's weird that such a backwards culture loves cutting edge buildings
Posted on 7/23/14 at 10:00 pm to lsu480
I mean, if the "manpower" means armed murderous soldiers...
Sure. Wiping a population out is one way of "solving" a "problem".
Sure. Wiping a population out is one way of "solving" a "problem".
Posted on 7/23/14 at 10:01 pm to fr33manator
They would be.
Woman syndrome is the only thing you can't fix.
Woman syndrome is the only thing you can't fix.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 10:04 pm to Dick Leverage
My father lives in Saudi Arabia and he has some stories. They took him on a field trip Deera Square where all the beheadings take place. It was undergoing remodeling apparently to accommodate more visitors.
Saudi society is actually very western but constrained by religious laws. One of their sayings is "Western culture but eastern values."
It's an odd place. Apparently the women take great pride in doing their eyes since its the only visible part of their body.
Also, the Saudis don't actually work. They're all on government stipend apparently from oil revenues. Another reason they don't revolt.
Saudi society is actually very western but constrained by religious laws. One of their sayings is "Western culture but eastern values."
It's an odd place. Apparently the women take great pride in doing their eyes since its the only visible part of their body.
Also, the Saudis don't actually work. They're all on government stipend apparently from oil revenues. Another reason they don't revolt.
This post was edited on 7/23/14 at 10:06 pm
Posted on 7/23/14 at 10:05 pm to Dick Leverage
I didn't think I was afraid of heights but thinking about being on the top floor of that thing and looking out makes my uneasy.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 10:06 pm to fr33manator
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That's patently false.
That's like saying if you threw enough money and manpower at the inner cities they'd magically be fixed.
We already have thousands of nukes so this can be fixed for free.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 10:06 pm to Dick Leverage
Damn that's tall. How long will it stand before some Jihadist numb nut brings it down.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 10:09 pm to Majtj236
Saudi is actually very safe. They don't play around with nonsense since their entire economy is based around foreign oil presence for most part.
Amazing what threat of beheadings seems to accomplish in deterring the common criminal.
Amazing what threat of beheadings seems to accomplish in deterring the common criminal.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 10:10 pm to Dick Leverage
We should crash a jet into it and see how they like it.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 10:12 pm to fr33manator
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I mean, if the "manpower" means armed murderous soldiers...
Sure. Wiping a population out is one way of "solving" a "problem".
It can be.
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