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    #32
    sydthebeat
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    Silent Rain wrote: »
    Not to mention the asbestos which was all over the place, hence the reason why the site had to be so well protected when it did eventually come down.... but hey if asbestos ridden ruins are something you're into :rolleyes:

    yeah, i remember the actual building was taken down brick by brick....

    they blew the tower up... i remember it vividly...i watched from Bishopswood... i always remember seeing the dust explosion before hearing the boom... and then feeling a little shake in the ground.... deadly...


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    kikel
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    sydthebeat wrote: »
    they blew the tower up... i remember it vividly...i watched from Bishopswood... i always remember seeing the dust explosion before hearing the boom... and then feeling a little shake in the ground.... deadly...

    I saw them blowing up the 2 towers in Rode, Co. Offally. Had my own video of it but unfortunately lost it when my computer died last year. but found it on youtube



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    #34
    Silent Rain
    Registered Users Posts: 92 ✭✭Silent Rain


    For the demolition of the tower I was at the Peoples Park, as there was a pretty good vantage point from there. My recollection of it was much the same as Syds, Boom.... small shudder... then it fell into itself like it had been made from Lego.... albeit very very dusty lego (without the colours... before anybody stick that in). God it was great. Louis Melia I think was interviewed by RTE about it, as he had penned a (very bad) poem / song to mark the occasion.... Thinking back on the whole hyped up day, it was like something out of an episode of Fr. Ted, all it needed was for Fr. Dougal to be the person to push the Big Red button to set off the charges.

    Apologies CV, it's friday so cant be in a bad mood, I'm just naturally sarcastic & terse, a combination which alludes to a constant bad mood.


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    #35
    Curvy Vixen
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    Silent Rain wrote: »

    Apologies CV, it's friday so cant be in a bad mood, I'm just naturally sarcastic & terse, a combination which alludes to a constant bad mood.

    Ahhh...and there was me telling everyone we met a cute fluffy wuffy little kitten of a man last Friday :D

    Well it's Friday, the Laois match is on this weekend, ergo, lots and lots of booze!!! Happy days!


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    #36
    Ruby-J
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    so it was like a day in the life of Las Vegas then?


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    #37
    Ruby-J
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    Curvy Vixen wrote: »
    Ahhh...and there was me telling everyone we met a cute fluffy wuffy little kitten of a man last Firday :D


    PMSL!!!

    :D:D:D


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