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^It's a shame the Buran (Soviet equivalent to the space shuttle) only flew once. I think the first photo is of the collapsed hanger that destroyed the only shuttle to have flown.
 
Statler, Google Translate does a pretty good job with the page. Unfortunately, I don't know how to share it. Like I said in the "aB Apocalypse" thread, everyone should use Google Chrome.
 
Hillarious.

Alright, fine. Everyone should use Chrome, or Opera.

Does anyone feel like making a browser called "Potato?"
 
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Question for any civil engineers in the audience: How do you even begin to fix something like this? Do you just rope it off and make it a tourist attraction? Can it be filled somehow? Safely covered?
 
That is THE downtown right there where that hole is. So they're pretty screwed over by that thing, especially if it's just left there and grows. Imagine if that thing was at Downtown Crossing? Oh wait- Filenes... never mind.

They should probably throw some huge boulders in there. Then maybe pour in some concrete at the base. Then fill it up with gravel/dirt.
 
^^ see my post on the bottom of the last page.
 
I thought that was a Photoshop mash-up of some kind. If not, where was it taken?
 
statler said:
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Question for any civil engineers in the audience: How do you even begin to fix something like this? Do you just rope it off and make it a tourist attraction? Can it be filled somehow? Safely covered?
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"The Guatemala City municipal authorities today announced the surprise opening of a new swimming facility downtown. 'We're proud to open this recreation center on time and under budget,' the city's mayor said. The main expense was reportedly several 'Deep, DEEP End' signs."
 
Statler, I think this might be a better value, even if you need to fly to Japan to get it.
 
October. Yikes! Pricey stuff!

The pity of it all is that fine tasting things are often better appreciated by those who are too young to afford them. As you get older, your taste buds die out. So you need more to stimulate what you have left. (There is a joke in there somewhere.) That's why this old dog loves Indian food, retsina, grappa, etc.
 
czsz said:
"The Guatemala City municipal authorities today announced the surprise opening of a new swimming facility downtown. 'We're proud to open this recreation center on time and under budget,' the city's mayor said. The main expense was reportedly several 'Deep, DEEP End' signs."
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What's the big deal. I can look out my 101 Arch St. window and see the same thing.
 
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