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  • MJ
    Here since 2002
    • Jun 2004
    • 6560

    Scared of heights?

    Imagine being this guy!



    819 Meters is 2687 feet or slightly over one half mile in the air....(0.5089 miles)

    Babu Sassi, a fearless young man from southern India is the cult hero of Dubai 's army of construction workers.
    Known as the "Indian on the top of the world", Babi is the crane operator at the world's tallest building ˜ the 819-metre Burj Dubai. His office, the cramped crane cab perched on top of the Burj, is also his home ˜ apparently it takes too long to come down to the ground each day to make it worthwhile. When the building is completed, its elevators will be the world's fastest.

    Stories about his daily dalliance with death are discussed in revered terms by Dubai 's workers. Some say he has been up there for more than a year, others whisper that he's paid 30,000 dirhams ($8,16 a month compared with the average wage of 800 dirhams a month. All agree he's worth it.
    I'd say.
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  • Shpira
    Angry Boy Child
    • Oct 2006
    • 4969

    #2
    Re: Scared of heights?

    i was about to ask does he clock in at the top or bottom
    The Idiots ARE Winning.


    "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect."
    Mark Twain

    SOBRIETY MIX

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    • DancingQueen
      AVB FanClub | President
      • Oct 2005
      • 4061

      #3
      Re: Scared of heights?

      OMG there is no way I could do that!
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      • bobjuice
        Banned
        • May 2008
        • 4894

        #4
        Re: Scared of heights?

        Originally posted by Shpira
        i was about to ask does he clock in at the top or bottom

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        • Life on Other Planets AKA Johns
          Are you Kidding me??
          • Oct 2005
          • 3087

          #5
          Re: Scared of heights?

          i am very scared of heights , i would be scared to be on top of a crane on the ground yet alone be on that .. but he is Indian and we are the best so what do you expect

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          • maddlingo
            Platinum Poster
            • Jun 2004
            • 1035

            #6
            Re: Scared of heights?

            That's incredible. I'm scared of heights and just looking at that picture makes me sick a little.
            "Dream as if you''ll live forever, Live as if you''ll die today." -- James Dean --

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            • floridaorange
              I'm merely a humble butler
              • Dec 2005
              • 29116

              #7
              Re: Scared of heights?

              really sic photo, i'm using this one for my desktop:



              & yes I am not a big fan of heights. Ironically going to look at condos in the sky today. my roomate from college works near the very top of the empire state building...they keep their windows about a foot open too I noticed when I was up there while they work. Even that was uncomfortably too high for me

              It was fun while it lasted...

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              • AntonyM
                DUDERZ get a life!!!
                • Oct 2004
                • 6415

                #8
                Re: Scared of heights?

                Great views at night no doubt.
                Originally posted by Shpira
                So came back last night...
                Sven Vath was amazing...he played a god damn killer set...ended up going to that and came to at like 10 am in some whore house in south Amsterdam...no idea how I ended up there...friday was a bit of a blur got really drunk and visited several parties can't remember a whole lot to be honest hehe...saturday was probably the best day that I recall...started up in the nearest coffee shop and going from party to party...beautiful woman, beer and weed...finished the night by taking some shrooms and listening to an amazing elke kleijn set...sunday...i met a nice girl who worked at one of the coffee shops and ended up talking to her for like 6 hours...was supposed to meet her at some DnB party...but instead went for a steak and walked around red light district bars drinking and smoking...monday took it easy went to a coffee shop and took a taxi to airport....

                All in all...I think I will be going back there some time soon
                Originally posted by Illuminate
                Let me get this straight.

                So white-middle class Americans have been told by their Television sets to be fearful of:

                1. Mexicans/Latinos from the South bringing drugs and killings n' shit.
                2. African Americans cause mos def they are raging a race war and want to occupy America like how the plebs occupied Wall St.
                3. Iranians/Afghans/Any one of middle eastern origin to be quite frank, cause you know Islam...
                4. North Koreans/Chinese cause you know everything...

                Am I close here?

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                • GregWhelan
                  Are you Kidding me??
                  • Jun 2004
                  • 2991

                  #9
                  Re: Scared of heights?

                  How can it seriously take so long to come down each day? Surely 30 mins tops? Why the hell would you wanna stay up there for a year? What's happening to his waste?

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                  • MJ
                    Here since 2002
                    • Jun 2004
                    • 6560

                    #10
                    Re: Scared of heights?

                    What the hell does he do when he needs a pee?
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                    • runningman
                      Playa I'm a Sooth Saya
                      • Jun 2004
                      • 5995

                      #11
                      Re: Scared of heights?

                      what makes me even more sick is that building is being made with American dollars. Why doesn't the US have the worlds tallest building?

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                      • Mariner1
                        Banned
                        • Feb 2009
                        • 500

                        #12
                        Re: Scared of heights?

                        Originally posted by MJ
                        What the hell does he do when he needs a pee?

                        my initial thought was that it's so damn hot in dubai, that if he just pee'd off the side, it would evaporate on the way down.





                        hopefully

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                        • Miroslav
                          WHOA I can change this!1!
                          • Apr 2006
                          • 4122

                          #13
                          Re: Scared of heights?

                          Interesting story... I'd bet a good part of that is made up, though. He lives up there for a year because it takes him too long to get down?... come on, people.
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                          • Shpira
                            Angry Boy Child
                            • Oct 2006
                            • 4969

                            #14
                            Re: Scared of heights?

                            and hangs out with santa and bob marley
                            The Idiots ARE Winning.


                            "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect."
                            Mark Twain

                            SOBRIETY MIX

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                            • rainman
                              Platinum Poster
                              • Dec 2005
                              • 1869

                              #15
                              Re: Scared of heights?

                              he prefers bucket of sick rather face full of shit too.

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