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180 metre high Walkie Talkie "Melted My Jag".

  • 03-09-2013 9:06pm
    #1
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭


    A new London skyscraper dubbed the "Walkie Talkie" has been blamed for reflecting light which melted parts of a car parked on a nearby street.

    Martin Lindsay parked his Jaguar on Eastcheap, in the City of London, on Thursday afternoon and returned to find a member of the public photographing the vehicle.

    Speaking to the BBC's Alex Bushill, he said: "It's absolutely ruined. I've been told the damage is about £1,000."


    I wouldn't have thought a grands worth of damage is enough to "absolutely ruin" a jag, but there you go.

    BBC

    Bloomberg

    For Boardsies Down Under

    "I thought it was hot in Turkey but this is amazing," said Ali Akay, manager of a barber shop opposite the skyscraper.

    And the obligatory Daily Mail Link.


Comments

  • #2
    timthumbni
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,845 ✭✭✭timthumbni


    And those in the Third World think they have the monopoly on the worlds problems. Eh?


  • #3
    SeanW
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,275 ✭✭✭SeanW


    And the relevance to the third world is?

    https://u24.gov.ua/
    Join NAFO today:

    Help us in helping Ukraine.



  • #4
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    SeanW wrote: »
    And the relevance to the third world is?

    Ah here. GTFO with that shít.


  • #5
    smoking_kills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 488 ✭✭smoking_kills


    SeanW wrote: »
    And the relevance to the third world is?

    In 1st world Jaguar gets damaged, In 3rd world Jaguar damages you.


  • #6
    Driveby Dogboy
    Site Banned Posts: 257 ✭✭Driveby Dogboy


    they were trying to build another one of these, just forgot to tell anybody


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  • #7
    Johro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,705 ✭✭✭Johro


    Yeah I saw this on the news earlier. Apparently it's due to the convex shape of the building coupled with the downward curve that concentrates the sun's rays on to a spot below and makes it reach ninety degrees centigrade.
    You wouldn't want to park a pram there.


  • #8
    Dyr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    "oh crickey?"

    Is the south of england still producing the kind of chinless wonder that says "oh crickey" even in this day and age?


  • #9
    Johro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,705 ✭✭✭Johro


    Bambi wrote: »
    "oh crickey?"

    Is the south of england still producing the kind of chinless wonder that says "oh crickey" even in this day and age?
    No they say 'crikey'.


  • #10
    Sky King
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Sky King


    Em... can someone change the misleading title to reflect the fact that it wasn't an ACTUAL 180M high walkie talkie please?


  • #11
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,660 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Sky King wrote: »
    Em... can someone change the misleading title to reflect the fact that it wasn't an ACTUAL 180M high walkie talkie please?

    It was a 180m high walkie takie.


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  • #12
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    Sky King wrote: »
    Em... can someone change the misleading title to reflect the fact that it wasn't an ACTUAL 180M high walkie talkie please?


    th?id=H.4721832326726679&pid=1.7&w=250&h=155&c=7&rs=1


  • #13
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    kneemos wrote: »
    It was a 180m high walkie takie.


    Yep.

    It said so in the Daily Mail !


  • #14
    _Redzer_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,056 ✭✭✭_Redzer_


    smoking_kills wrote: »
    In 1st world Jaguar gets damaged, In 3rd world Jaguar damages you.

    Soviet conspiracy at foot here it seems


  • #15
    Dyr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    Johro wrote: »
    No they say 'crikey'.

    I was trying to avoid the swear filter :P


  • #16
    calanus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 271 ✭✭calanus


    walkie-talkie? More like scorchy-torchy


  • #17
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    Johro wrote: »
    Yeah I saw this on the news earlier. Apparently it's due to the convex shape of the building coupled with the downward curve that concentrates the sun's rays on to a spot below and makes it reach ninety degrees centigrade.
    You wouldn't want to park a pram there.

    Depends on the contents of the pram.


  • #18
    Johro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,705 ✭✭✭Johro


    Lapin wrote: »
    Depends on the contents of the pram.
    You're a dad then?


  • #19
    Johro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,705 ✭✭✭Johro


    Bambi wrote: »
    I was trying to avoid the swear filter :P
    Oh my word I forgot.


  • #20
    Johro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,705 ✭✭✭Johro


    calanus wrote: »
    walkie-talkie? More like scorchy-torchy
    That's pure gold right there. You should write headlines.:P


  • #21
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    Johro wrote: »
    You're a dad then?

    No, but a few market traders near that building sell fireworks from prams in the run up to Guy Fawkes.


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  • #22
    Johro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,705 ✭✭✭Johro


    Lapin wrote: »
    No, but a few market traders near that building sell fireworks from prams in the run up to Guy Fawkes.
    They won't now.


  • #23
    BeerWolf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,122 ✭✭✭BeerWolf


    All that was damaged was an easily replaced wing mirror <_<;


  • #24
    stoneill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭stoneill


    What was the car made from? Jelly?

    Feck sake.


  • #25
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,121 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Driveby Dogboy wrote: »
    they were trying to build another one of these, just forgot to tell anybody

    Or...


  • #26
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    They fried an egg on the street yesterday at the point where the sun reflects down to the street. Also, a section of carpet at the front door to a hairdressers was smouldering from the heat and outside the shop, paintwork had blistered.


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