The Stella Artois airship Star
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What a coincidence! Guess what I'm drinking right now? :beer: I'm working on my third Stella of the day. :glugglug:
Given that I've never been to London, I was wondering about 2 buildings that I saw in the pictures. 1. What's that building in the middle picture that's above and to the right of London Bridge? It looks like a huge dildo. 2. Just across the Thames from the ferris wheel (I can't remember the name of the structure), is that Buckingham Palace? Please excuse my ignorance on the matter. :hatsoff:
Given that I've never been to London, I was wondering about 2 buildings that I saw in the pictures. 1. What's that building in the middle picture that's above and to the right of London Bridge? It looks like a huge dildo. 2. Just across the Thames from the ferris wheel (I can't remember the name of the structure), is that Buckingham Palace? Please excuse my ignorance on the matter. :hatsoff:
Violator79
Take a Hit, Spunker!
I wonder who filled it with Hydrogen?
The Gherkin I believe .. great pix .. I miss London
Thats the name, not the cucumber, the "Gherkin"
Officially the Swiss Re Tower at 30 St Mary Axe .. designed by Sir Norman Foster
1) 30 St. Mary Axe is it's official title, also known as the Swiss Re Tower after its previous owner and principal occupier. However it's commonly reffered to as "The Gherkin"
By the way, the bridge is Tower Bridge and not London Bridge. Famously another American once made the same mistake and paid a lot of money for the old London Bridge, thinking it was Tower Bridge, it now resides somewhere in Arizona.
2) The building to the left of the London Eye (ferris Wheel) on the other side of the river is Whitehall Court.
Lake Havasu from memory
So it's the London Bridge that was moved to Arizona? I'd heard of that before, but I thought it was another bridge that was moved.
Yep .. some bonkers Millionaire with more money than sense thought he was buying Tower Bridge ..
http://www.desertusa.com/mag98/aug/stories/lkhav.html
That's actually not true. The guy new what he was buying.
from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge_(Lake_Havasu_City)
and he's going to admit he stuffed up?
BTW yr original link leads to "Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name"
BTW yr original link leads to "Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge_(Lake_Havasu_City)
IDK why the link screwd up. So here it is again.
The guy who sold it even said the purchaser knew what he was buying.
Who gives a shit either way? We're getting off topic.
IDK why the link screwd up. So here it is again.
The guy who sold it even said the purchaser knew what he was buying.
Who gives a shit either way? We're getting off topic.
