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Mt. Everest: the highway.

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:23 pm
by anticlmber
so china is going to build a road up the big E for the olympic games. check it.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070619/ap_ ... erest_road

i can't wait til McDonalds builds the first high altitude drive thru off the first exit. McOxygen anyone??

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:31 pm
by Zspider
It's improvement of an existing road.

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:34 pm
by anticlmber
improvement huh?? thank goodness for "improvements"

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:49 pm
by Yasmeen
JR, this is good news! It bodes well for the possibility of paving the Motherlode hill. And compared to $20 million, the Motherlode hill's price tag would look tiny. Thanks, China!

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:52 pm
by anticlmber
yas why are you such a minority lover. it's not like you are....oh yeah, you are. way to side with the slants yas.

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:20 pm
by Pru
did you just call Yas a camel jockey??

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:21 pm
by OZ
"Xinhua said construction, which would start next week, would take about four months."

Jeeze - I wish road construction went that quickly in this country.

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:34 pm
by ReachHigh
Total Fucking Muggle wrote:It's improvement of an existing road.
like chipping holds is route improvement.

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:51 pm
by anticlmber
Pru wrote:did you just call Yas a camel jockey??
of course not. i would never call a turbantop a camel jockey. i have standards you know.

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:34 pm
by Zspider
ReachHigh wrote:

like chipping holds is route improvement.

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And then you whine about potholes in the roads. Libbies have it both ways. Gotta love it.

ZSpiddy