ryoder 1,534 #1 January 1, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxf5KbV6GNk"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,452 #2 January 1, 2016 This popped up on FB. Apparently, if you try to search for this, you have to be "date specific". They seem to have a lot of fires in the skyscrapers there. Lax safety codes and slave labor. Not a good combo."There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,534 #3 January 1, 2016 Yes, I learned about this over at bikeforums, where some turkey posted a 3.5 year old video with the story. Lots of new Youtube comments under that old video. "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 38 #4 January 1, 2016 Oh, and Fuck Dubai!lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gowlerk 2,072 #5 January 1, 2016 oldwomanc6 Oh, and Fuck Dubai! Dubai is the modern equivalent of Sodom and Gomorrah.Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #6 January 1, 2016 oldwomanc6 Oh, and Fuck Dubai! I do hope innocent individuals aren't harmed in the fire, but as a whole, yeah, fuck Dubai.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,243 #7 January 1, 2016 Hi Robert, Re: Dubai skyscraper fire And my daughter and her family had to jump from the 2nd floor to get away from this one: http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2015/12/investigators_looking_for_caus.html I figure that my 10 yr old grandson will be the only one in his school who had to jump to save his life from a building fire while on Christmas break. He'll have quite story to tell his pals. Jerry Baumchen PS) They lost about $1500 in clothes, electronic goodies, jewelery, etc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 38 #8 January 1, 2016 lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TriGirl 298 #9 January 6, 2016 JerryBaumchen Hi Robert, Re: Dubai skyscraper fire And my daughter and her family had to jump from the 2nd floor to get away from this one: http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2015/12/investigators_looking_for_caus.html I figure that my 10 yr old grandson will be the only one in his school who had to jump to save his life from a building fire while on Christmas break. He'll have quite story to tell his pals. Jerry Baumchen PS) They lost about $1500 in clothes, electronic goodies, jewelery, etc. I presume then that everyone is okay? So sorry to hear about that experience, but yeah, the 10-yr-old will be a hero at school this week! See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,243 #10 January 6, 2016 Hi Tri, QuoteI presume then that everyone is okay? Just a few bruises and some on-going emotional trauma; which should go away with time. Jerry Baumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,534 #11 January 7, 2016 An article about Dubai's burning skyscraper problem: http://gizmodo.com/when-will-dubai-fix-its-burning-skyscraper-problem-1751398645"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,452 #12 January 7, 2016 From the comments: QuoteDubai is seriously exactly what would have happened if someone had given 13 year old me and my friends unlimited money and a big patch of empty land. “Let drive Ferraris everywhere and make super tall buildings and make our own islands and air conditioned beaches and give firefighters jetpacks!” As I said above, slave labor and lax building codes. Recipe for disaster. How long it will it take for a real one to happen?"There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GooniesKid 0 #13 January 11, 2016 quade ***Oh, and Fuck Dubai! I do hope innocent individuals aren't harmed in the fire, but as a whole, yeah, fuck Dubai. Just out of curiosity, why the hate on Dubai? I mean, there's a bunch of youtube vids out there of happy skydivers going to Dubai to jump out of buildings, planes, etc. Dubai seems like the mecha of skydiving, base jumping, and debauchery, no? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anachronist 2 #14 January 11, 2016 GooniesKid ******Oh, and Fuck Dubai! I do hope innocent individuals aren't harmed in the fire, but as a whole, yeah, fuck Dubai. Just out of curiosity, why the hate on Dubai? I mean, there's a bunch of youtube vids out there of happy skydivers going to Dubai to jump out of buildings, planes, etc. Dubai seems like the mecha of skydiving, base jumping, and debauchery, no? +1 for fuck Dubai Yeah, it is everything terrible and disturbing about mass consumption with conspicuous wealth the US is so famed for but many times worse, built on virtual slave labor with nothing but oil money by a complete monarchy with deplorable human rights policies to include women, foreigners, and anyone who wants to say something not nice about the government. They feed off the West's materialism to build nothing but a ultra fancy resort for the extremely wealthy and have nothing to contribute to society or humanity. What happens when you give a 16 year old playboy with no conscience, a fundamental religious doctrine, and an obsession with expensive luxury items an unlimited bank account and total legal authority...? Dubai. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Dubai Every country has these problems, including the US, but Dubai bathes in them. (generally speaking, youtube videos are a terrible way to understand a culture or society, particularly when they are basically just marketing promotions) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,320 #15 January 11, 2016 GooniesKid ******Oh, and Fuck Dubai! I do hope innocent individuals aren't harmed in the fire, but as a whole, yeah, fuck Dubai. Just out of curiosity, why the hate on Dubai? I mean, there's a bunch of youtube vids out there of happy skydivers going to Dubai to jump out of buildings, planes, etc. Dubai seems like the mecha of skydiving, base jumping, and debauchery, no? Sure, if the only thing you judge is the quality of the DZ and other tourist facilities then yeah, yay Dubai! If you judge it by a dictatorship that presides over an oppressive religious legal system and a ruling family that has grown obscenely wealthy through the outrageous exploitation of a virtually sub-human class of labourers then yeah, fuck Dubai!Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 38 #16 January 11, 2016 Well said!lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anachronist 2 #17 January 12, 2016 Aside from all the Sharia Law craziness for residents the treatment for visitors is also appalling; get raped, caught with trace amounts of any drug, or step outside the designated foreigner areas and you are also subject to those laws. Be warned... Some tidbits from the Wiki article (which have citations) include female tourists who report being raped being jailed for consuming alcohol and having pre-marital sex, to include one woman who had sex with her fiance (not the rapist), as well as one woman being jailed for cocaine possession because her blood tested positive due to receiving a codeine injection for back pain, and a man imprisoned because approximately 0.003 grams "smaller than a grain of sugar" of marijuana was found stuck to the bottom of his shoe in the airport. But that BASE zip-line and the RocketMen are pretty sweet... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #18 January 12, 2016 Anachronist jailed for consuming alcohol and having pre-marital sex, to include one woman who had sex with her fiance (not the rapist), as well as one woman being jailed for cocaine possession because her blood tested positive due to receiving a codeine injection for back pain, and a man imprisoned because approximately 0.003 grams "smaller than a grain of sugar" of marijuana was found stuck to the bottom of his shoe in the airport. "distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful" ~ Nietzsche Words to live by. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpwally 0 #19 January 12, 2016 ............and they have no respect for women,,,Double fuck Dubai !!smile, be nice, enjoy life FB # - 1083 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #20 January 13, 2016 jumpwally............and they have no respect for women,,,Double fuck Dubai !! Triple dog fuck Dubai!"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 212 #21 January 13, 2016 BillyVance***............and they have no respect for women,,,Double fuck Dubai !! Triple dog GOAT fuck Dubai!I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,534 #22 July 21, 2016 This is not a repeat: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/07/20/75-story-skyscraper-engulfed-in-flames-in-dubai.html "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpwally 0 #23 July 21, 2016 It will be interesting when an earthquake hits there,,,,, smile, be nice, enjoy life FB # - 1083 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
