+ The tower is very, very tall, and you can see a long, long way from the top of it (including down)
This alone makes it worthwhile except I am afraid of heights :( Robert Gray Clearview Communications, Auckland New Zealand bobg(a)clearview.co.nz http://www.clearview.co.nz/ Phone DDI +64 9 529 5704, Fax +64 9 529 5702, Mob +64 25 971 860 --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog
On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 03:10:36PM +1200, Robert Gray wrote:
+ The tower is very, very tall, and you can see a long, long way from the top of it (including down)
This alone makes it worthwhile except I am afraid of heights :(
The part of the tour at the end when we put on hard hats and started climbing ladders had me thinking twice about the wisdom of the whole exercise :) Joe --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog
On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 03:14:58PM +1200, Joe Abley wrote:
The part of the tour at the end when we put on hard hats and started climbing ladders had me thinking twice about the wisdom of the whole exercise :)
Actually, I thought it was damned good... much better than Rainbows End anyhow. Even jumping on the glass floor and watching the tourists (who were standing on the edges of the glass floor) freak and step back quickly was quite good... many thanks to Warren Harding for time and making the effort to show us about. -cw --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog
On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 03:14:58PM +1200, Joe Abley wrote:
The part of the tour at the end when we put on hard hats and started climbing ladders had me thinking twice about the wisdom of the whole exercise :)
I've been thinking about this all afternoon and I just don't get it - how is a hardhat going to help you if you are on top of the highest thing for hundreds of miles? The only thing that is going to fall on you is a marauding Air New Zealand 747 on final approach. It does make an interesting picture though - A man fell from the comms deck of the sky tower today - Luckily he was unhurt as me managed to maneuver himself in mid air so as to land on his hardhat. Dean -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dean Pemberton Ph: +61-3-9656-7000 Regional Technical Specialist Asia-Pacific Fx: +61-3-9656-7006 Ascend Communications, Inc Mb: +61-419-117-321 Lvl 38, ANZ Tower, 55 Collins St Melbourne,Australia mailto:deanp(a)ascend.com.au -----------------------------------------------------------------------
On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 08:52:58PM +1000, Dean Pemberton wrote:
On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 03:14:58PM +1200, Joe Abley wrote:
The part of the tour at the end when we put on hard hats and started climbing ladders had me thinking twice about the wisdom of the whole exercise :)
I've been thinking about this all afternoon and I just don't get it - how is a hardhat going to help you if you are on top of the highest thing for hundreds of miles?
The ladders were within the mast enclosure at the top of the tower. The ladders are punctuated at intervals by steel mesh floors. People were working up above. They might drop things. Small things that might make it through the mesh floors. All afternoon? :)
The only thing that is going to fall on you is a marauding Air New Zealand 747 on final approach.
Hmm :) --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog
On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 08:52:58PM +1000, Dean Pemberton wrote:
On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 03:14:58PM +1200, Joe Abley wrote:
The part of the tour at the end when we put on hard hats and started climbing ladders had me thinking twice about the wisdom of the whole exercise :)
I've been thinking about this all afternoon and I just don't get it - how is a hardhat going to help you if you are on top of the highest thing for hundreds of miles?
The ladders were within the mast enclosure at the top of the tower. The ladders are punctuated at intervals by steel mesh floors. People were working up above. They might drop things. Small things that might make it through the mesh floors.
hmm, I was just worried about Joe falling on us :-)
All afternoon? :)
The only thing that is going to fall on you is a marauding Air New
Zealand 747
on final approach.
Hmm :) --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog
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On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 11:35:33PM +1200, Joe Abley wrote:
The part of the tour at the end when we put on hard hats and started climbing ladders had me thinking twice about the wisdom of the whole exercise :)
The ladders were within the mast enclosure at the top of the tower. The ladders are punctuated at intervals by steel mesh floors. People were working up above. They might drop things. Small things that might make it through the mesh floors.
Oh so you were inside. That makes sense, I had assumed that you were wondering around the outside at the top of the tower. Did anyone think to take a digital camera on the trip? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dean Pemberton Ph: +61-3-9656-7000 Regional Technical Specialist Asia-Pacific Fx: +61-3-9656-7006 Ascend Communications, Inc Mb: +61-419-117-321 Lvl 38, ANZ Tower, 55 Collins St Melbourne,Australia mailto:deanp(a)ascend.com.au -----------------------------------------------------------------------
On Fri, Apr 02, 1999 at 09:29:28AM +1000, Dean Pemberton wrote:
Did anyone think to take a digital camera on the trip?
I did. But only once I was there. --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog
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