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the_jon_m - bluesman of the parish

Entry: Tower 42 - A20511839
Author: The_Jon_m - Scout, Sub-Editor, Young, Educated and proud to be so. Bluesman of the Parish - U204330

I'm after a T-shirt today


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Primeval Mudd (formerly Roymondo)

Blimey. How the hell did you get such a great entry together so quickly? Anyway, I know a lot more than I did, and I laughed. 'Nuff said.


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Primeval Mudd (formerly Roymondo)

Though the h2g2 reference could do with being defined. I can't place it myself, but if there's one place you're going to get a definitive reference it should be here.smiley - biggrin


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U168592

Nicely done. smiley - smiley


In 'From The Drawing Board'

It's Queen Elizabeth' not Elizibeth.

In 'Two Big Bangs'

Greycait renamed it, not reamed (reaming a building brings about a whole different image than renaming...)

T-shirt imminent I suspect smiley - ok


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Mina



I think the layout is a little strange. It's about Tower 42, but nearly straight away you are writing about other buildings. Could that be put lower down in the entry?

"It was allowed to be so tall because the developers had combined the air rights for the building with that for the next-door site."

Could you explain 'air rights'? It's not really clear what that is.

I had heard that it was built using lasers as it was so straight, also I think that an automatic window washing device was invented just for this building.


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the_jon_m - bluesman of the parish

updated.

I think you are right about the window cleaning thing, but I can't find a reference online atm.

Also trying to figure out what is currently the tallest cantilevered building in the world. if you google for it, you can find loads of sites saying that tower 42 used to be it, but none saying what is now!

You think somebody would want to boast!


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Post 7

Mina

I'll sneak up to my dad's house tomorrow and 'borrow' one of his reference books to see if I can find out. It's not that modern though, so it might be time to visit a library and get some books outs.


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Post 8

Fizzymouse- no place like home



Nice one Jon smiley - ok

Only spotted one typo

cantilevered building in the word >>> world


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the_jon_m - bluesman of the parish

fixed


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Post 10

aka Bel - A87832164

Interesting, jon, but it leaves several questions:

>>As the face of banking changed, after the 'Big Bang', the limited floor space that the Natwest Tower provided was hindering the company's performance<<

You don't explain what the Big Bang was. It doesn't sound as if it was a bomb, like the second bang you mention.
You say the view from the top reaches for about 50 km. You don't mention whether there is a visitors platform, do you have to pay to go up there, where abouts are the two restaurants located, is it worth visiting them, are they pricey, etc.


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Post 11

Rudest Elf


Hi Jon!

"1 millionth of a Wales" Brilliant! smiley - laugh Speaking of links, are you considering linking to A18884857 (42)? Tower 42 is listed there - they link to the official site.

Typos & stuff:

Intro 3rd line: [Now remember that; it may help you]

Intro 5th line: [be known as]

From the Drawing Board 2nd para: (about the building)?

From the Drawing Board 3rd para: [Construction took only 9 years,]

From the Drawing Board 3rd para: [in June]

Where to Find it 2nd sentence: (It's a short walk)?

Where to Find it 2nd sentence: (and is not too hard to find.)? smiley - biggrin

Of Playwrights and Plotters 1st sentence: (has supported a number)? {To replace one 'played'}

Of Playwrights and Plotters 1st dot 1st line: [businessman]

Of Playwrights and Plotters 1st dot 4th line: [and Rhetoric', as directed by]

Of Playwrights and Plotters 1st dot 6th line: [have included]

Of Playwrights and Plotters 2nd dot: Full stop missing at end para.

Crosby Place: Isn't it worth a dot? You don't say much about it, so I can't tell.

All your Quiz Question Answers.: One full stop too many smiley - smiley

All your Quiz Question Answers.: [When it was sold in 1998,]
I can see why it's there, but the comparison with increased soccer transfer fees, during a similar period, seems a touch incongruous to me...

smiley - reindeer






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Post 12

Natalie

How are we doing with this one? Changes made? smiley - smiley


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Post 13

the_jon_m - bluesman of the parish

apologies, my computer has gone BSoD on me

however thionk I have got those changes done.


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Post 14

Rudest Elf


smiley - ok (Although I'm not sure if you've deliberately left Crosby Place without a bullet point.)


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the_jon_m - bluesman of the parish

left it, it was kind of tied to the other Crosby


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aka Bel - A87832164

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the_jon_m - bluesman of the parish

Does the 'look I'm a big building' version of the Happy Dance


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Rudest Elf



smiley - applause Well done, Jon! smiley - bubbly

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Fizzymouse- no place like home



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