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Dubai Does It Again!!!

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  1. Darth Fear Darth Fear is offline

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    Feb 20th, 2008 (2/20/2008 1:20am)

    Here's some pics of a mile long super bridge that's set for construction in March.



    As if the Burg Dubai tower wasn't already taking the worldwide skyscraper race to new heights, this as-yet-unnamed span will be the world's largest arch bridge, with 2000 vehicles set to cross its 12 lanes—per hour, in each direction—when it's slated for completion in 2012. At 670 ft. tall, Dubai's next super structure will stand higher than the George Washington Bridge (604 ft.) but fall short of San Francisco's existing Golden Gate Bridge (746 ft.).
  2. Thatislife Thatislife is offline

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    Feb 20th, 2008 (2/20/2008 1:22am) in reply to Darth Fear

    very nice
  3. cmkpics cmkpics is offline

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    Feb 20th, 2008 (2/20/2008 1:24am) in reply to Darth Fear

    oil...mmmmm
  4. Nickc011 Nickc011 is offline The Law

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    Feb 20th, 2008 (2/20/2008 1:28am) in reply to Darth Fear

    no weed on that bridge either.
     
  5. chicagocards1 chicagocards1 is offline

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    Feb 20th, 2008 (2/20/2008 2:13am) in reply to Nickc011

    been there lovely place
  6. Nickc011 Nickc011 is offline The Law

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    Feb 20th, 2008 (2/20/2008 3:12am) in reply to Darth Fear

    the Burj Dubai is f'ing huge.. i cant wait to see this thing completed.
     
  7. gillabong gillabong is offline

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    Feb 20th, 2008 (2/20/2008 3:13am) in reply to Nickc011

    amazing
  8. zbryne zbryne is offline

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    Feb 20th, 2008 (2/20/2008 3:38am) in reply to Nickc011

    yea this is one of the citys I cant wait to see in person
  9. Dumb Walrus Dumb Walrus is offline

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    Feb 20th, 2008 (2/20/2008 3:51am) in reply to zbryne

    a) that looks very much like a suspension bridge with all those cables

    b) the world's tallest building design belongs to Japan

    c) tiger woods will buy the bridge and bring it back to US Soil
  10. PocketHeadies PocketHeadies is offline

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    Feb 20th, 2008 (2/20/2008 3:52am) in reply to zbryne

    wow dubai is freaking sweet.......



    has "the world islands" been built yet???

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  11. SICKTIGHT311 SICKTIGHT311 is offline

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    Feb 20th, 2008 (2/20/2008 3:53am) in reply to Darth Fear

    Sick bridge bro.
  12. Curtass Curtass is offline

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    Feb 20th, 2008 (2/20/2008 3:59am) in reply to Darth Fear

    I go to Dubai every 4 months and I love it. I have been to this hotel and just to get into the place you have to pay about 60 bucks to just get in. I have been meaning to play a couple rounds of golf. I will probably play a round or too in April when I go and then in May I will play another round. Very Nice place to go. I have been there over 10 times and havent played yet. Going to do it this time for sure.
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    Feb 20th, 2008 (2/20/2008 4:06am) in reply to Curtass

  14. Mini Darb Mini Darb is offline

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    Feb 20th, 2008 (2/20/2008 8:20am) in reply to gillabong

    so much money, so little space
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    Feb 20th, 2008 (2/20/2008 8:24am) in reply to Curtass

    Too bad they throw you in prison there for years if you have a microscopic speck of a poppy seed on the bottom of your shoe.
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    Feb 20th, 2008 (2/20/2008 8:48am) in reply to timthegem

    this thing is SO huge.. jesus..
     
  17. xjokerxjoker xjokerxjoker is offline

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    Feb 20th, 2008 (2/20/2008 9:13am) in reply to PocketHeadies

    Sick
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    Feb 20th, 2008 (2/20/2008 2:44pm) in reply to Nickc011

  19. Binksy Binksy is offline

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    Feb 20th, 2008 (2/20/2008 2:47pm) in reply to Hazy_Cat

    4 years for 2grams. F Dubai... http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/...j.grooverider/
  20. Hazy_Cat Hazy_Cat is offline

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    Feb 20th, 2008 (2/20/2008 2:48pm) in reply to Nickc011

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrjFz4bHMug
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    Feb 20th, 2008 (2/20/2008 2:48pm) in reply to Curtass

    I for one, would like to see pics of Curtass in Dubai. Can you hit golf balls off the roof of that sucker like Matt Lauer did?
  22. Curtass Curtass is offline

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    Feb 21st, 2008 (2/21/2008 6:55am) in reply to Reech

    I will take pictures when I am in Dubai. I work in Afghanistan and Dubai is the central transit point to get in an out of Afghanistan. So when I go through again in april I will take some pictures. I will also go there when I come back in May then when I go home in July and then will be there coming back in August. But to anwser your question about the golf balls off the roof...lol...no....haha
  23. dolphin13 dolphin13 is offline OT Vice MVP

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    Feb 21st, 2008 (2/21/2008 7:51am) in reply to Curtass

    funny thing is, you think all the money is coming from oil. it's not. It's only six percent of GDP
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    Feb 21st, 2008 (2/21/2008 1:55pm) in reply to dolphin13

    so what is the rest? i'm gonna guess oil products / oil construction
  25. steely steely is offline

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    Feb 21st, 2008 (2/21/2008 2:05pm) in reply to ccm

    basically they provide banking/financial services/launder money for the Arab world and provide them with entertainment and distraction. Saudis go there to drink and check out the imported prostitutes, etc. While the Emirates are probably the least-worst Arab country in terms of degree of 6th century barbarity and closed-mindedness, they still have some scary rules and laws and don't exactly embrace the full panoply of western freedoms (ladies, don't walk down the street in a tank top, k?). You are denied entry into Dubai, for example, if you are from Israel or have been to Israel, even if you are one of the million-plus Muslims who are citizens of Israel.

    they do have some cool sh1t, though
     
  26. dolphin13 dolphin13 is offline OT Vice MVP

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    Feb 21st, 2008 (2/21/2008 2:16pm) in reply to steely

    exactly, 60 minutes had a pretty neat special and they talked to the crown prince. All the people building these massive structures and islands are brought in just for labor. They're paid very poorly and live in barracks type housing. Not many countries could get away with the type of conditions these workers have to endure.

    Part of the reason they have switched away from oil is because they're running out. Their oil fields are drying up and they realize like George Clooney said in Syriana 'In 100 years when the oil is gone you'll all be running around cutting heads off in the desert again.'

    The government also owns a piece of everything that is done. They own that skyscraper, those islands so forth.

    I think you'll see they loosen their laws up a bit sometime down the road but it would always make me nervous going to those types of places.
  27. MadProfesor MadProfesor is online now

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    Feb 21st, 2008 (2/21/2008 2:29pm) in reply to Darth Fear

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  28. AJXTERRA AJXTERRA is offline

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    Feb 21st, 2008 (2/21/2008 2:39pm) in reply to steely

    just get a new passport after you got to Israel and go to a few new places then go to Dubai.
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    Feb 21st, 2008 (2/21/2008 2:41pm) in reply to Darth Fear

    Sick, some very nice structures there I would love to go there someday
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    Feb 21st, 2008 (2/21/2008 4:10pm) in reply to dolphin13

    The quality of the construction going on in Dubai is horrible... They are going to have a lot of problems down the road.

    http://www.nce.co.uk/international/n..._in_dubai.html

    'A lot of structures will be money pits in 10 years' time, ' predicts the regional manager of a European construction materials supplier working in the region.

    'If you look at the quality of construction, even on some of the landmark projects, it's an absolute disgrace. Defects are very soon going to turn into maintenance problems. There are structures only five or 10 years old that are already having millions of dollars invested in repair work.'
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