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#1 User is online   Boris 

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Posted Monday, March 31, 2008 at 8:23 PM

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Posted Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 10:29 AM

Do they even use miles in Saudi Arabia? Instead of the metric system?

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Posted Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 12:04 PM

It's actually 30 feet short of a mile.

Article from UK Daily Mail
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Posted Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 1:03 PM

That's not in Houston. :P
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Posted Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 1:15 PM

Note merged duplicate topics.




There is obviously way too much oil money with not enough reasonable investment opportunities. I doubt though this will be built. I can't quite believe that the world cries out for a mile-high skyscraper in Saudi Arabia.
"Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb
like the sun; it shines everywhere"
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Posted Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 8:45 PM

Seems like an April Fool's joke to me...
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