villa4europe Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 (edited) the mecca clock tower building whatever its called (which cost around $15bn) but i think that place is the 2nd tallest building in the world and the 3rd largest by gross internal floor area, its absolutely massive the current second is the marina bay sands in singapore (the 3 towers with the boat on top) Edited August 22, 2017 by villa4europe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 1 hour ago, Stevo985 said: What's the first? Channel Tunnel maybe ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 tunnel would be classed as civils, same with bridges, HS2 etc theres a fair few civils projects that cost a lot more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 15 hours ago, villa4europe said: Yeah but what you don't realise is that whilst there's a pretty pathetic stink being kicked up over it apparently being health and safety gone mad that means people can't work on a live clock face ( ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 There ia a lady at work who everytime somebody tells her something her response is " I thought so." or "Oh, I know." Even when she asks you a question of which she has no idea of the answer, and no way of her knowing the process, her response is... "Well I was thinking that." " Well I thought that." "Yeah, that's what I was thinking." Very annoying. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 (edited) 51 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: There ia a lady at work who everytime somebody tells her something her response is " I thought so." or "Oh, I know." Even when she asks you a question of which she has no idea of the answer, and no way of her knowing the process, her response is... "Well I was thinking that." " Well I thought that." "Yeah, that's what I was thinking." Very annoying. I'm slighty guilty of that. I'll even think to myself "no I didn't" (know that). There was one the other day where I was talking with my wife and father in law. We were talking about a pub which is near us, and I was trying to explain where Halesowen Town's ground was. He said "is it by the pub with the plane on it?" I said "yea, it's called the Whitley" and he said "oh of course, the Whitley is an old plane isn't it" and I said "yea, it sure is" and my wife said "how do you know that?" and I said sarcastically "well there's a picture of it on the placard outside you dumb ****" and we all laughed at her stupid face. About 2 days later I told her I didn't know that the Whitley was a plane, I just remembered a picture of a plane on the picture board. (I didn't call my wife a dumb **** really, but I did laugh at her expense). Edited August 22, 2017 by lapal_fan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 16 hours ago, villa4europe said: people can't work on a live clock face If you fall at 6 o'clock, you don't stand a chance. Quarter to or quarter past and you might be alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 1 minute ago, rodders0223 said: Very annoying. Just make things up and ask her if she knows about it. See how far you can push it. Won't solve it but it will amuse. EG "Did you know......We are all getting new keyboards where you can arrange the letters as you like? What colour are you going to have as there are 4 colours to choose from?" Bet she has been thinking about this for ages or she knew they had been ordered and it was her idea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 4 minutes ago, lapal_fan said: There was one the other day where I was talking with my wife and father in law. We were talking about a pub which is near us, and I was trying to explain where Halesowen Town's ground was. He said "is it by the pub with the plane on it?" I said "yea, it's called the Whitby" and he said "oh of course, the Whitby is an old plane isn't it" and I said "yea, it sure is" and my wife said "how do you know that?" and I said sarcastically "well there's a picture of it on the placard outside you dumb ****" and we all laughed at her stupid face. About 2 days later I told her I didn't know that the Whitby was a place, I just remembered a picture of a plane on the picture board. (I didn't call my wife a dumb **** really, but I did laugh at her expense). It's called the Whitley, you idiot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 10 minutes ago, Paddywhack said: It's called the Whitley, you idiot. Same thing really. The one with the plane picture. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post choffer Posted August 22, 2017 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2017 Rushing to send emails. Excerpt from an email I've just sent to our head of HR: "Ignore this version - I've just spotted some faps" More haste, less speed. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted August 24, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted August 24, 2017 (edited) For the 2nd night running my private car parking space has been taken up by a big white beast. I own that space (literally, as it is part of the deeds to the flat that I own). It's not a huge issue on the evening as there are plenty of parking spaces (it's undercover and access controlled) but my fear is that during busy periods (e.g. on the weekend) I'll turn up to find no space available whatsoever (part of it is also a public car park). I'm just waiting for the day when I'll have to take it further if they persist (all I could smell was a huge waft of something not entirely legal when going up to the car to place a polite notice on the windscreen). The thing that gets me is that I've seen the car in a similarly privately owned space in the same area for the best part of a year. In any case, I've made the parking management aware. For now, it's a cat and mouse game to see who gets there first! Edited August 24, 2017 by trekka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 Walked into a lamppost outside an ice cream parlour in Brighton earlier and my shoulder is killing me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 25 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: Walked into a lamppost outside an ice cream parlour in Brighton earlier and my shoulder is killing me How's the lamppost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted August 24, 2017 Administrator Share Posted August 24, 2017 31 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: Walked into a lamppost outside an ice cream parlour in Brighton earlier and my shoulder is killing me Was (s)he worth it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 1 hour ago, 8pints said: How's the lamppost? Hard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisp65 Posted August 24, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted August 24, 2017 1 hour ago, sharkyvilla said: Walked into a lamppost outside an ice cream parlour in Brighton earlier and my shoulder is killing me Did you ask them to put a cone out? 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 24, 2017 Moderator Share Posted August 24, 2017 5 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Did you ask them to put a cone out? C'mon that's a bit flakey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 58 minutes ago, bickster said: C'mon that's a bit flakey I've heard that joke hundreds and thousands of times. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 These puns are all fab. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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