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On 4 Aug, 17:51, Adam Aglionby wrote:
Obviously roofing grade concrete http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diZU4bfxrKw Flour mill. They're always difficult to demolish, as they're so strongly constructed. Must be one of the few buildings where you could tip it on its side without it immediately self-dismantling under gravity. One does wonder though just WTF the demolition engineer thought he was doing with such asymmetry though? |
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Andy Dingley writes: On 4 Aug, 17:51, Adam Aglionby wrote: Obviously roofing grade concrete http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diZU4bfxrKw Flour mill. They're always difficult to demolish, as they're so strongly constructed. Must be one of the few buildings where you could tip it on its side without it immediately self-dismantling under gravity. One does wonder though just WTF the demolition engineer thought he was doing with such asymmetry though? I was searching for one I recall in London -- think it was this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsePUn5-88c Next morning, full page ads in many of the daily papers, with a super cool bloke standing in the foreground smoking a cigar, with the half demolished leaning building in the background, and the slogan "Happyness is a cigar called Hamlet". You had to admire the speed that Hamlet and their advertising agency got that into print. Hamlet produced some wonderful adverts in their day, such as: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlYMID5qCdE -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article , Andy Dingley writes: On 4 Aug, 17:51, Adam Aglionby wrote: Obviously roofing grade concrete http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diZU4bfxrKw Flour mill. They're always difficult to demolish, as they're so strongly constructed. Must be one of the few buildings where you could tip it on its side without it immediately self-dismantling under gravity. One does wonder though just WTF the demolition engineer thought he was doing with such asymmetry though? I was searching for one I recall in London -- think it was this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsePUn5-88c Next morning, full page ads in many of the daily papers, with a super cool bloke standing in the foreground smoking a cigar, with the half demolished leaning building in the background, and the slogan "Happyness is a cigar called Hamlet". You had to admire the speed that Hamlet and their advertising agency got that into print. Hamlet produced some wonderful adverts in their day, such as: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlYMID5qCdE Thank you. I'd forgotten about both of those. |
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writes Andrew Gabriel wrote: In article , Andy Dingley writes: On 4 Aug, 17:51, Adam Aglionby wrote: Obviously roofing grade concrete http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diZU4bfxrKw Flour mill. They're always difficult to demolish, as they're so strongly constructed. Must be one of the few buildings where you could tip it on its side without it immediately self-dismantling under gravity. One does wonder though just WTF the demolition engineer thought he was doing with such asymmetry though? I was searching for one I recall in London -- think it was this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsePUn5-88c Next morning, full page ads in many of the daily papers, with a super cool bloke standing in the foreground smoking a cigar, with the half demolished leaning building in the background, and the slogan "Happyness is a cigar called Hamlet". You had to admire the speed that Hamlet and their advertising agency got that into print. Hamlet produced some wonderful adverts in their day, such as: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlYMID5qCdE Thank you. I'd forgotten about both of those. Leonard rossiter and the cinzano ad anyone ? -- bumsnase |
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In message , Clot writes Andrew Gabriel wrote: In article , Andy Dingley writes: On 4 Aug, 17:51, Adam Aglionby wrote: Obviously roofing grade concrete http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diZU4bfxrKw Flour mill. They're always difficult to demolish, as they're so strongly constructed. Must be one of the few buildings where you could tip it on its side without it immediately self-dismantling under gravity. One does wonder though just WTF the demolition engineer thought he was doing with such asymmetry though? I was searching for one I recall in London -- think it was this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsePUn5-88c Next morning, full page ads in many of the daily papers, with a super cool bloke standing in the foreground smoking a cigar, with the half demolished leaning building in the background, and the slogan "Happyness is a cigar called Hamlet". You had to admire the speed that Hamlet and their advertising agency got that into print. Hamlet produced some wonderful adverts in their day, such as: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlYMID5qCdE Thank you. I'd forgotten about both of those. Leonard rossiter and the cinzano ad anyone ? You b%gg$r. I almost sprayed the monitor with a red alcoholic liquid from S.A.! |
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geoff writes: In message , Clot writes Andrew Gabriel wrote: I was searching for one I recall in London -- think it was this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsePUn5-88c Next morning, full page ads in many of the daily papers, with a super cool bloke standing in the foreground smoking a cigar, with the half demolished leaning building in the background, and the slogan "Happyness is a cigar called Hamlet". You had to admire the speed that Hamlet and their advertising agency got that into print. Hamlet produced some wonderful adverts in their day, such as: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlYMID5qCdE Thank you. I'd forgotten about both of those. If you've got 10 minutes to spare, someone's put them all together. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIckHmwZAeI&NR=1 Leonard rossiter and the cinzano ad anyone ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PirMZGL-0mQ&NR=1 They are fantastic. Same advertising agency. -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article , Andy Dingley writes: On 4 Aug, 17:51, Adam Aglionby wrote: Obviously roofing grade concrete http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diZU4bfxrKw Flour mill. They're always difficult to demolish, as they're so strongly constructed. Must be one of the few buildings where you could tip it on its side without it immediately self-dismantling under gravity. One does wonder though just WTF the demolition engineer thought he was doing with such asymmetry though? I was searching for one I recall in London -- think it was this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsePUn5-88c Next morning, full page ads in many of the daily papers, with a super cool bloke standing in the foreground smoking a cigar, with the half demolished leaning building in the background, and the slogan "Happyness is a cigar called Hamlet". You had to admire the speed that Hamlet and their advertising agency got that into print. Hamlet produced some wonderful adverts in their day, such as: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlYMID5qCdE Until Nanny decided she knew best & banned the advertising. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
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"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message .. . In article , Andy Dingley writes: On 4 Aug, 17:51, Adam Aglionby wrote: Obviously roofing grade concrete http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diZU4bfxrKw Flour mill. They're always difficult to demolish, as they're so strongly constructed. Must be one of the few buildings where you could tip it on its side without it immediately self-dismantling under gravity. One does wonder though just WTF the demolition engineer thought he was doing with such asymmetry though? I was searching for one I recall in London -- think it was this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsePUn5-88c Next morning, full page ads in many of the daily papers, with a super cool bloke standing in the foreground smoking a cigar, with the half demolished leaning building in the background, and the slogan "Happyness is a cigar called Hamlet". You had to admire the speed that Hamlet and their advertising agency got that into print. I have only been to one demolition. That also did not go as planned. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7582637.stm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQQoTGaBFV8 It was well worth going to see. Adam |
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"Andy Dingley" wrote in message ... On 4 Aug, 17:51, Adam Aglionby wrote: Obviously roofing grade concrete http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diZU4bfxrKw Flour mill. They're always difficult to demolish, as they're so strongly constructed. Must be one of the few buildings where you could tip it on its side without it immediately self-dismantling under gravity. Just out of interest, why are flour mills so strongly constructed? Presumably all that strength costs money and isn't done without good reason. Tim |
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