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Offline Mustaine

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« on: May 09, 2006, 01:21:56 PM »
http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=London&ll=51.503413,0.003734&spn=0.006171,0.021458&t=k&om=1

just cruising google maps on lunch, looking for the "london eye" because there was some news story and i'd never heard of it...

anyway WTF is that monstrosity? that thing is HUGE i mean it looks a bit bigger then the pentagon.
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« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2006, 01:36:56 PM »
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« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2006, 01:37:47 PM »
It's the Millennium Dome... I didn't think it was was still up.
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« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2006, 01:42:01 PM »
another one of London's more unusual buildings

http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=London&t=k&om=1&ll=51.506532,-0.081646&spn=0.000563,0.001969 ?>

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« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2006, 02:02:38 PM »
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another one of London's more unusual buildings

http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=London&t=k&om=1&ll=51.506532,-0.081646&spn=0.000563,0.001969 ?>

 


http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=London&t=k&om=1&ll=51.514371,-0.08022&spn=0.001516,0.005316

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yeah saw the battleship, what is it? also right SE of it there's another odd looking building
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« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2006, 02:23:30 PM »
its the cruiser HMS Belfast, played a big part in the sinking of the Scharnhorst.

http://hmsbelfast.iwm.org.uk/

North East of the Belfast, the castle looking thing, is the Tower of London, the bridge east is Tower Bridge.

i dont think the building immediately SE is anything of note, i found this image of them: -

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« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2006, 02:49:01 PM »
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Heres my divisions ship. THe U.S.S. Sullivans. Its a destroyer. (The smaller ship NE of the larger one) The ship thats North of the U.S.S. Little Rock (Cruiser) is the U.S.S. Croaker (A Submarine)

Anyone know what this is?
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« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2006, 02:51:37 PM »
yeah thats the building i was wondering about, looks bigger on here:

http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=London&t=k&om=1&ll=51.504696,-0.078597&spn=0.000771,0.002682

at first i thought it might be the thing in the picture you posted before.
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« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2006, 03:13:06 PM »
thats north greenwich station.

bigger mystery look across the river to the left. check out the upper docks and follow that channel up and to the left. see the big ships now look where that connects to the river how do those big ships get in and out of there?
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« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2006, 03:26:01 PM »
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thats north greenwich station.

bigger mystery look across the river to the left. check out the upper docks and follow that channel up and to the left. see the big ships now look where that connects to the river how do those big ships get in and out of there?
i was talking about the huge white thing that is the milennuim done...

but yeah that is fugged about those ships....?! :O :huh no way out.

DUH got it:
http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=London&t=k&om=1&ll=51.501276,-0.009205&spn=0.000771,0.002682

those are locks like in any canal.
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« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2006, 03:29:20 PM »
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« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2006, 04:02:05 PM »
Thats the Isle of Dogs.  The thing above that looks like the pyramid is the top of Canary Wharf, London's highest building.




Did you notice City Airport NE of the dome?  slightly to the left, over that dock, is a raised bridge (Royal Victoria Dock Bridge).  it is fantastic to stand at the top and see the planes come over your head on finals, the whole area around there is fantastic.

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« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2006, 04:15:04 PM »
i will say some day i would like to see london. lots of history and heritage even if it is full of limey snobby smelly toothless brits :p :aok :rofl
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« Reply #13 on: May 09, 2006, 04:16:45 PM »
London and Berlin are on the top of my list of places Id like to see. Always wanted to try real fish and chips.
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« Reply #14 on: May 09, 2006, 04:55:06 PM »
BlueJ, As a guess the unidentifed sunken ship looks to me like an old battleship.. Pennsylvania or Texas class maybe.. the big gun-tub amidships was a fairly standard feature on Heavy Cruisers and BB's built prior to WWII.



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