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Cougar377

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Funny how they give him a sledge hammer AND soft overshoes..! 8rfl@
 

Minkey

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Cool, but not sure I'd want to go across it. There's a glass floor up the Blackpool tower and my Bruv stated jumping up and down on it which put the wind up other people there, my Bruv is a big lad8rfl@
 

DLN1965

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My legs turned to jelly just watching it !!

Not sure I would be too keen !!


I did read somewhere that a tall building in USA had unbreakable glass in the windows and one mad American used to run and jump at the glass to scare his friends, as the glass wouldn't break
However one day the same thing happened but the frame broke ... The glass did break when it hit the ground several stories below, closely followed by the aforementioned American.

It may have been an urban myth tho :dunno:
 

Jaws

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Cool, but not sure I'd want to go across it. There's a glass floor up the Blackpool tower and my Bruv stated jumping up and down on it which put the wind up other people there, my Bruv is a big lad8rfl@

Did the same thing my self last year !
What was really odd, thinking back, was that jumping up and down on the panel did not phase me at all, but the ride up the tower in the lift was another matter.. I felt a large amount of fear when going both up and down.. Looking through the side windows of the lift you get an excellent view of what is basically a very rusty structure, and it got me thinking about how old the lift mechanism its self is..
Guess it is a case of being 'mechanically aware'
 

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Did the same thing my self last year !
What was really odd, thinking back, was that jumping up and down on the panel did not phase me at all, but the ride up the tower in the lift was another matter.. I felt a large amount of fear when going both up and down.. Looking through the side windows of the lift you get an excellent view of what is basically a very rusty structure, and it got me thinking about how old the lift mechanism its self is..
Guess it is a case of being 'mechanically aware'

You should try the lift in the Eiffel Tower - felt like riding on an old fairground ghost train - as someone who is not great with heights I was terrified. Strangely no problem at all on the viewing areas, well worth the pant filling journey up:-0)
 
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