DOOLEY Observed: I may buy this and turn it into a ......... ?

Thomas Jefferson said in 1802: "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies."

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."-- Thomas Jefferson

"When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout." .... jbd

"When once a job you have begun, do no stop till it is done. Whether the task be great or small, do it well, or not at all." .... Anon

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein

Television is one daylong commercial interrupted periodically by inept attempts to fill the airspace in between them.

If you can't start a fire, perhaps your wood is wet ....

When you elect clowns, expect a circus ..............

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

I may buy this and turn it into a ......... ?

(NEWSER) – It's not the kind of engineering milestone that anyplace wants to have, but the Russian city of Yekaterinburg has learned to live with it—the world's tallest abandoned structure.

As kuriositas.com explains, the 720-foot tower that dominates the landscape is actually a half-finished TV tower. Soviet engineers started working on it in 1981, but got only half way up to the intended height when the USSR collapsed, along with work on the project.

Best part: The tower now has a slight lean because of engineering mistakes, though it's not in any danger of falling.

The city has had to seal it shut because of the number of suicides and (not-always-successful) base jumpers it attracted.

But things might change: Yekaterinburg is now soliciting ideas from developers around the world to turn their leaning, abandoned tower into something of actual use.