Did anybody else see the story on the Skywalk they are building at the Grand Canyon? It's a horseshoe-shaped walkway with a glass floor so you can look straight down at the Canyon floor from the top.

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There was a thing in the Travel section of our local paper this past weekend. The thing looks pretty hairy, jutting right out over the cliffs. They also had a pic of a member of the tribe that's building it during the construction. The guy was just walking along the edge of the thing like it was 2' off the ground. Wasn't it going to be like $25 to walk out on it?

Link to the walk:
http://www.destinationgrandcanyon.com/skywalk.html

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reminds me of being in Toronto and taking the $8 elevator ride up in the tourist trap UFO they have by the lake.

There is a section of glass or acrylic floor in the walk way that will stop you in your tracks.

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Glass, won't be clean for long...what a rush!

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No doubt it will. I remember the first time I went on the tour of Hoover Dam. I think it cost a quarter. Those days are looooong gone!

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Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Of course they'd never let it happen, but wouldn't that be a great place to drop off your drunk, passed out buddy to sleep it off? Oh, the look on their face when they eventually woke up...

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Yeah, that would be something. As Mistress said, it wouldn't be clean for long!

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

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1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

If you haven't seen it, here's a link. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17468085/
I find this thing fascinating. It just seems wrong, though.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

There is a great of controversy about the skywalk.


Apparently the area where it is going to be built is not adequately supported by the current infrastructure, no running water, no roads wide enough to accomodate the anticipated tourist influx, inadequate services, etc.

The tribe in charge of the project, however, is adamant about going forward wiht the project.

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1989 300TE "Alice"
1990 300CE "Sam Spade"
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1998 E320 "Orson"
2002 C320 Wagon "Molly Fox"

Res non semper sunt quae esse videntur

My Gallery

Not in this weather!

...and it was only part way finished then too.

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Hey! Hey! I'm old, but not THAT old. That was only back in the early 90's.

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OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

That would be priceless.

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2007 E550 4Matic - 61,000 Km - Iridium Silver, black leather, Sport package, Premium 2 package
2007 GL450 4Matic - 62,000 Km - Obsidian Black Metallic, black leather, all options
1998 E430 - sold
1989 300E - 333,000 Km - sold
1977 280E - sold
1971 250 - retired

"And a frign hat. They gave me a hat at the annual benefits meeting. I said. how does this benefit me. I dont have anything from the company.. So they gave me a hat." - TheDon

Oh your evil, I like the way you think!

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My heart would stop! You couldnt get me drunk enough top walk out there.

Oh, I bet i could. That's what a HS buddy said when he bet me I couldn't get him drunk on two beers. I got the keys to his 68 GTO after i won the bet.

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