Bold Seagull
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In the last 50 years when has Brighton not been a terrorist target of one kind or another?
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In the last 50 years when has Brighton not been a terrorist target of one kind or another?
The Fifth Column
Retired ex-cop
Went on it yesterday as part of a test event, the building below and the open spaces above are still largely a building site, christ knows how its going to be ready in time. The pod itself still had a few bits needing doing to it but we went all the way up and the views are amazing although I have to admit I felt a little uneasy being in this flaming great glass and metal pod with no escape routes and suspended on a thin metal stick! I won't be going on it again freeby or otherwise.
No parachutes or umbrellas!
studio150
Well-known member
I just hope that like the film that the cat is saved/
If the worst happens it' probably last minute phone calls to loved ones before they have to break out the giant shute for a wet landing
clippedgull
Hotdogs, extra onions
It's all done by smoke and mirrors!
Not Andy Naylor
Well-known member
Really looking forward to the inaugural flight full of self-important local dignitaries having to be rescued when the thing breaks down at the top of the pole, as it surely must. Them's the rules
As someone who has been invited to the above event - I don't qualify as a dignitary, but I'm certainly local and self-important - that's definitely what I'm expecting. It's actually happening after lunch (which will be liquid in some cases, I've no doubt) and I'm very much hoping that people realise that there are no toilets in the pod. So that even a temporary breakdown could rapidly become uncomfortable.
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Deleted User X18H
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I am also hoping no-one will piss in my pocket. And that I don't get lumbered near Fanshawe.
Just for once Timmy, do us all a favour, and throw Fanshawe out at the top!
Taybha
Whalewhine
Stop worrying about the lack of escape routes and safety concerns , it will be fitted with DOO .
yxee
Well-known member
I have no specific knowledge on this but surely it'll be worth cables powered from the ground?
Theatre of Trees
Well-known member
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Quite an interesting little feature on The One Show tonight, which explains how it works. 22 minutes in.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b07m6zsq/the-one-show-01082016
Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews
Remainer
Could the same not be said about the London Eye?
There were "exclusive" pictures from the top of the damned thing on the tin-pot southeast news on the BBC tonight. And very boring it looks too. The fact is there's nothing whatsoever worth looking at. Brighton and Hove do not have interesting skylines. The Channel is just more sea.
- Apr 5, 2014
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You won't. I think he'll be with the journalists.