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#21001
right now there's an aching pit in my stomach.  i learned a few hours ago that my sister's post-mastectomy biopsy shows a need for chemo.  we talked on the phone; she asked me to make some research on the laboratory results that she was holding.  i refused.  i said to leave it to the doctor who she'll be seeing this afternoon. 

i'm prepared, she said.  i'm going to work again very soon.  if i have to lose all my hair, then i'll wear the most fashionable headdresses around, she added.

way to go, i answered.  i'll help you by making the best that i could, complete with flowers and butterflies.  but i cried soon after i put off my phone.
#21002
that's a good enough news kun low dose chemo lang, raqz.  kana kun kinahanglanon man ugaling ang chemo.  dako pag puruhan nga pills ra na, di intravenous.  am i right, lorenz? 
#21003
hahay.  kadaghan ba anig angay mahayan hitaboa.  for a few dollars more, unforgiven, sudden impact, true crime... maayo untag clint eastwood ang starring kay movie only.  this is real life, and real life is lost while the other could be wasted in jail.  paita.
#21005
Philippine Business News / Re: balong goes to china
July 08, 2013, 11:58:54 AM
Quote from: diablo on July 08, 2013, 11:51:09 AM


napa ka obvious, di ba 8)


dugangan nato.
#21006
Philippine Business News / Re: balong goes to china
July 08, 2013, 11:55:12 AM
so?
#21007
you have my prayers, raqz.  keep on smiling!
#21008
Quote from: Lollapalooza on July 08, 2013, 10:49:49 AM
kantahi dayon ani...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcMrSJbmmr4#

hahaha!  atot!  lingawa nako uy.  hanggaw man ka, loll. ;D

kada uli, hilot, kada uli hilot... uli, uli, uli, uli...
#21009
ang pangontra sa barang diamond.

ang pangontra sa luag nga tornilyo tubagbohol. ;D
#21010
Quote from: hubag bohol on July 08, 2013, 10:44:30 AM
Sa text nga nadawat sa dySS sa Super Radyo gikan sa usa ka “Tonyo’ nibutyag nga ang biktima anting-antingan og “gawas sa panipas ug kublan” apan, wala kini mosalir sa pagpusil kaniya.

naturalmente.  pangonta sa anting-anting man ning lead ug copper.
#21011
Quote from: Lorenzo on July 08, 2013, 10:37:24 AM
kani, i risirb para ni Tita Isles. :D


thanks, lorenz.  looking forward to getting there.  btw, is that hammock good for my bad back?  i have scoliosis. :(
#21012
Quote from: hubag bohol on July 08, 2013, 10:30:39 AM
Lisod lang kay klarong naay mamoso lusot sa lipak nga sawog... ;D

sayon ra pagleksyon ug mamomoso.  ihian dayon, mokaratil na na ug dagan. ;D
#21013
Philippine Business News / Re: balong is in cebu
July 08, 2013, 10:30:19 AM
Quote from: diablo on July 06, 2013, 02:35:46 PMwhen i posted my musicians, you were very critical of them. unja imo na pong gi bawi. you flattered them. you have to make an enemy of me, when we could have been friends.

nalibog gyod ko ani... but for the sake of clarity, for the rest who may bother to read this anyway, if sir balong meant the musicians to be his children, whose pictures playing musical instruments he had posted, klarohon nako, sans paranoia sa hintungdan...

i asked if her daughter is using the classical method or the suzuki method in her violin study.  ambot why it was taken as nakamenos, purya.  i studied violin too.  my most precious possession is my violin, which was a christmas gift from my late brother many years ago.  i went for the suzuki method. 

ang suzuki apelyido ni ug usa ka japanese musician who "invented" this method of learning, which became very popular.  it allows the learner to learn fast, even to the extent of being able to play bach pieces in less than a year, compared to the classical method (meaning, the usual way of learning) where it may take years.

iklaro nako nga ang suzuki ani is not in the league of toyota or mitsubishi nga naay ligid.  mr suzuki is a revered japanese musician.  mao nang ikaw balong ayaw ug pataka ug conclude ha?  i am not about to believe that insanity is contagious. >:(
#21014
Philippine Business News / Re: balong goes to china
July 08, 2013, 10:12:01 AM
Quote from: diablo on July 08, 2013, 09:52:25 AM
mao ni breaking news. kay tiaw bay mo adto ug china. balong waves his magic wand, sakay sa silhig,
presto, abot dajon sa china. .

pa ujoni lang ko mga amigos ug ants [amigas]. kay lagi medyo hagip-ot ang pangisip. usa ka tigulang nga milyonaryo nga mag sul-ob ug panty ug bra. napaka sakit kuya eddie, ang nangyari sa aking buhay. sigi lang gud, padajon ang pag tamay ug pag biay biay, kay lagi, super mayaman man ni si islander. tiaw mo bay usa ka floor sa ijang condominium, iring ray nag puyo. mao nga dili jud sija maka too nga maka adto ko sa china. pa adto-on ko nija sa afghanistan. naka menos jud pagajo niining ubos ninyong maglilingaw.

wa tay mahimo. dawaton nato sa dakong pag pa hiubos ang ilang gihimo naho. kay bisan mag hilom na ko. ila gihapon kong hilabtan.

to mr. & mrs. hubagbohol and islander, nawala na ang akong kaligotgot, kay naka pa hungaw na man ko sa ahong gibati. wala ko mag threaten ninjo. guilty conscience lang mo.

pwes, ayaw na pataka ug estorya ha? 
#21015
Introduce Yourself / Re: I am THE PUNISHER
July 08, 2013, 10:05:56 AM
mas gwapo si smeagol.  labaw pa si gollum. ;D
#21016
Philippine Business News / Re: balong is in cebu
July 07, 2013, 05:35:17 AM
Quote from: diablo on July 06, 2013, 02:35:46 PM
i now graciously make my exit in deference to islander. dont get scared if i am gone islander. maybe ill go to china. hihihi.

have you considered afghanistan?
#21017
Philippine Business News / Re: balong is in cebu
July 07, 2013, 05:31:20 AM
Quote from: diablo on July 06, 2013, 02:35:46 PMi can mount another operation just as easily. by remote control. mo tawag lang ko ni general who you said is non existent.

a gentle reminder: general cleaning exists.
#21018
Philippine Business News / Re: balong is in cebu
July 07, 2013, 05:28:36 AM
Quote from: diablo on July 06, 2013, 02:35:46 PMi respect people who remain anonymous. but the anonymity of the internet should not be made as a shield to degrade people.

you showed no respect to tb readers with your rants and threats, in my humble opinion.  and you never answered my old question---in what particular post did hubag call you an idiot, a word that you keep on repeating to describe yourself but which you credit him/her for?  and how sure are you that that particular post, if it does exist, refers to you?
#21019
Philippine Business News / Re: balong is in cebu
July 07, 2013, 05:24:49 AM
Quote from: diablo on July 06, 2013, 02:35:46 PMyou can give up hubagbohol madame. naa bitaw gihapon ka. ikaw na poy no.1 columnist kay pol-an na ko tan-aw ni hubag. kong mo pa kita gihapon ug usab si hubag.....ikaw na lay sumpay madame. because there is a big eye in the sky watching. lisod katuho-an ahong mga estorya sa. because they are only make believe.so i thought of making them real. by mounting a little operation. nga dili na ma dajon. i am not making any threats. just give up hubagbohol. it is not worth it.

advice well taken.  i've thrown it into the trash bin.
#21020
Philippine Business News / Re: balong is in cebu
July 07, 2013, 05:21:17 AM
Quote from: diablo on July 06, 2013, 02:35:46 PMi am terminating OPERATION TULION. di man ma toli ang baje. and i dont want to scare you. ipang hatag na lang naho ang $50,000 to my buddies. without them working for it. hope our little quarrel will make you a better person, tolerant of other people below your station.idiots like me.

nuts.  walnuts, pili nuts, peanuts, all nuts.
#21021
Philippine Business News / Re: balong is in cebu
July 07, 2013, 05:17:09 AM
Quote from: diablo on July 06, 2013, 02:35:46 PMwhen i posted my musicians, you were very critical of them. unja imo na pong gi bawi. you flattered them. you have to make an enemy of me, when we could have been friends. if you have a distaste for hunter and prey, sorry na lang. but dont worry. i dont make war against women.

it looks like your best enemy is yourself.
#21022
Philippine Business News / Re: balong is in cebu
July 07, 2013, 05:13:27 AM
as for analysis of words, try syntax, so you will know that I write differently from hubag.  also, my cebuano-visayan is quite inferior to his.  i could see though that my tagalog is better.  lorenz is more daring than hubag in the use of this language.  meawhile, balong, diablo, lakandula, stevenran, and ayesha write the same way and have the same interests and focus.

i hope i've been helpful in your analysis.
#21023
Philippine Business News / Re: balong is in cebu
July 07, 2013, 05:11:02 AM
Quote from: diablo on July 06, 2013, 02:35:46 PMyou are exactly right. you have a brilliant mind. but i am a very good analyst. i analyze numbers every day. its my job.so i can analyze words . and so i analyzed everything you said. long ago, i already had a suspicion of the identity of hubagbohol.

indeed, you are a very good analyst of numbers and words.  it impresses that your favorite number is million and some of your favorite words are money, idiot, hubag, i, and me, if i have to roughly judge from the number of times these words appear in your posts.

but help me crunch some numbers first...

as of today, hubag has a total of 68800 posts, islander has 25839 (give or take a few, like these new posts of mine on this thread).  total of both:  94639

hubag joined on  may 25, 2009, or a total of  1505 days until today (4 years , 1 month, 13 days).  islander joined on  February 20, 2010, or a total of 1234 days until today (3 years, 4 months, 18 days).

hubag's average per day is 45.775 posts, islander's is 20.973 per day.  add, and we have a total average of 66.784.

let us grant that each post would take an average of 5 minutes (a rough estimate; in my case, posting sometimes takes 15 minutes, considering my sporadic and unreliable internet connection).  never mind reading and research, which can actually take way, way longer than posting.

5 minutes x 66.784 posts gives us 333.92 minutes, or almost 6 hours of tubagboholing per day.   whew!  based on this unscientific formula alone, doesn't hubag/islander ever work for a living, or wash the dishes, or go to the rest room, or even eat?

maybe stocks analysts live in a different world.
#21024
Philippine Business News / Re: balong is in cebu
July 07, 2013, 04:26:28 AM
Quote from: diablo on July 06, 2013, 02:35:46 PMyou yourself gave me the clue to who hubagbohol is. what if he is a she. thats where i made a mistake. i assumed hubag was a he. hibaw ko nga daghan ka ug kwarta samtang ako usa lang intawon ka pretend millionaire. posing in front of renee terrace. thats what you said.

ugh.  now you think this has something to do with how much money one has?
#21025
Philippine Business News / Re: balong is in cebu
July 07, 2013, 04:20:58 AM
Quote from: diablo on July 06, 2013, 02:35:46 PMnag kalat ko all over the website. it is the first time i did that because i had to set my boboy traps. the traps are sprung. now im getting a clear read of who hubagbohol really is. i dont even have to confirm it by the ip address. you understand what i mean. kong mag kalat si hubagbohol, tanang topics ijang akoparon, i think he has all the topics covered, okey lang para nimo . because you are he? hihihihi.

i'm flattered.
#21026
Philippine Business News / Re: balong is in cebu
July 07, 2013, 04:16:51 AM
Quote from: diablo on July 06, 2013, 02:35:46 PMdi pareha ni hubag nga mo gama tanang topics.i am not allowed to reply. is that it.

no that's not it.  please note that it's the kind of replies (rants, threats) you make and its repetition ad nauseam that i've taken an issue with.
#21027
Philippine Business News / Re: balong is in cebu
July 07, 2013, 04:08:01 AM
Quote from: diablo on July 06, 2013, 02:35:46 PM
nag reply lang ko sa mga topics madame islander.

and the best way to reply is with rants and threats, which are all out of topic, sir balong?
#21028
Tira-Pasagad | Saksak-Sinagol / Re: Kodakers of old
July 07, 2013, 02:39:03 AM
farting is such sweet sorrow...
#21029
goodness me.  does this mean they didn't stand a chance?
#21030
Philippine Business News / Re: balong is in cebu
July 06, 2013, 03:29:36 AM
to sir balong, diablo, lakandula, stevenran, ayesha and what else are you: 

remember in another thread some weeks back, when lolla and anna already expressed their distaste for your game of hunter and prey?  back then i even had the gall to try to soften the impression, much to my regret.  it's not funny.  it never was funny.  you must know that you were simply tolerated, and tolerance levels vary for each person. 

sure, you can always say that we're not forced to read your posts.  but you're all over, albeit sickeningly repeating yourself till one can puke, in this website that exists because it's supposed to be read.  what are you trying to do?  reduce tubagbohol with your nauseous rants to a website like yours that no one reads, a fact that you yourself revealed?
#21031
Philippine Business News / Re: balong is in cebu
July 06, 2013, 03:07:36 AM
come to think of it, balong in cebu is breaking news?
#21032


CN Tower, Toronto, Canada
The CN Tower was built to withstand an earthquake of 8.5 on the Richter scale.
It was the world's tallest building when it was completed in 1976 and designed to withstand winds of up to 418 kph (260 mph). But strong winds and earthquakes are not the only factors the building has to contend with -- on average, lightning strikes the tower 75 times every year. Long copper strips, which run down the side of the building and are attached to grounding rods buried below ground, protect the structure from damage. Completion date: October 1, 1976.

http://edition.cnn.com/
#21033


Colosseum, Rome
The Colosseum could accommodate 50,000 spectators.

It's the largest amphitheater built by the Roman empire. It's estimated that the outer wall, which is 189 meters long and 156 meters wide, was originally built using 100,000 cubic meters of travertine stone. Some of this stone was later used in the construction of St Peter's Basilica and other nearby monuments. Completion date: 80 AD.
#21034


Confederation Bridge, Prince Edward Island, Canada
The bridge's curve is designed to help drivers stay alert.

Before construction of Confederation Bridge, the only way to reach Prince Edward Island from Canada's mainland was by ferry or airplane.

The wind, waves and snow that batter the bridge, which links Canada's smallest province with New Brunswick, forced engineers to come up with a concrete mix that was 60% stronger than most. A purpose-built floating crane, the Svanen, was used to maneuver the individual sections (which included 65 reinforced concrete piers) into place. Completion date: May 31, 1997.
#21035


Eiffel Tower, Paris
Temperature alters the height of the Eiffel Tower by up to 6 inches (15 centimeters) over the year.

The Eiffel Tower weighs 13,200 tons and was the first building to surpass the height of the Great Pyramid of Giza. It remained the world's tallest building until 1929, when New York's Chrysler Building took the top spot. Gustave Eiffel's initial building plans and calculations were so precise that no revisions had to be made during the construction process. Completion date: March 31, 1889.
#21036


Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
Each of the bridge's two main cables is made of 27,572 strands of wire.
Often referred to as "the bridge that couldn't be built," the Golden Gate Bridge crosses the stretch of water nicknamed "the Golden Gate" by gold prospectors heading to the Californian hills. Prior to 1937, San Francisco was America's largest city but its growth rate was slow compared to others, due to the lack of a link with other communities around the bay. The size of the strait (2,042 meters wide) combined with strong winds and regular earthquakes led many construction experts to say a bridge couldn't be built. The solution? Huge amounts of concrete, 128,747 kilometers (80,000 miles) of wire housed inside two cables, 600,000 rivets and a whole lot of hard work. Completion date: May 27, 1937.
#21037


Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt
The Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made structure in the world for more than 3,800 years. The builders responsible for the Great Pyramid of Giza would have needed more than a few tea breaks to keep them motivated. The pyramid consists of 2.3 million stone blocks. The largest ones, found in the King's chamber, weigh between 25 and 80 tons and were transported to the site from Aswan, 800 kilometers away. In total, 5.5 million tons of limestone, 8,000 tons of granite and 500,000 tons of mortar were used. Experts have never worked out how the individual blocks were moved into place. Completion date: 2504 BC.
#21038


Hoover Dam, Arizona/Nevada, United States
Dam workers wore "hard hats" made by coating cloth hats with coal tar. These proved to be such an effective way to protect the workers' heads that the contractor, Six Companies, ordered commercially made hard hats of the same design.

The Hoover dam rises 221 meters above the Colorado River and resulted in the creation of Lake Mead, which is the largest man-made lake in the Western Hemisphere and feeds Las Vegas and neighboring towns. The dam is 210 meters thick at its base and 13 meters thick at its highest point. It's a gravity dam, which means that its foundations rely on gravity to keep the structure from collapsing. Completion date: March 1, 1936.
#21039


Kansai Airport, Osaka, Japan
Kansai International Airport was the first airport to be built on an artificial island.

Osaka is one of Japan's most crowded cities, so when a new airport was called for, engineers came up with a novel solution -- a man-made island. Construction of the island, which measures four kilometers (2.5 miles) by 2.5 kilometers (1.6 miles) took three years. Some 10,000 workers and 80 ships were used to excavate 21 million cubic meters of landfill and the island's construction became the world's most expensive civil engineering project, with a total cost of $20 billion. Completion date: 1994.
#21040


London Underground, London
Aldgate Station, on the Circle, Hammersmith and City and Metropolitan Lines, is built on a huge plague pit, where more than 1,000 bodies were buried.

The London Underground celebrated its 150th birthday this year. The entire network has a length of 402 kilometers (249 miles) and more than 1 billion journeys are made every year. When it opened in 1863, it was the world's first underground railway and the trains, which traveled between Paddington and Farringdon, were gas-lit wooden carriages pulled by steam locomotives. Completion date: January 10, 1863.
#21041


Millau Viaduct, Millau, France
The Millau Viaduct has the highest road bridge deck in Europe -- it sits 270 meters (890 feet) above the Tarn river at its highest point.

The Millau Viaduct is the world's tallest bridge, with a total height of 343 meters (886 ft), making it taller than the Eiffel Tower. The viaduct, which crosses the valley of the river Tarn, was created to ease traffic on the route between Paris and Spain. It cost â,¬320 million ($412 million dollars) but offers good value for money, with a lifespan of 120 years. Completion date: December 16, 2004.
#21042


Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai
The trapezoid-shaped opening near the top of the Shanghai World Financial Center reduces wind pressure on this 101-story-building.

When it was completed in 2008, the Shanghai World Financial Center became the second-tallest building in the world and the tallest building in mainland China, with a total height of 492 meters. Its most distinctive feature is its trapezoid, which is designed to reduce wind pressure and has earned the building the nickname "bottle opener." Visitors to the observation deck can purchase bottle openers in the shape of the building. Completion date: July 17, 2008.
#21043


Grand Canyon Skywalk, Arizona, United States
The Skywalk's foundation is strong enough to support 71 million pounds -- the equivalent of 71 fully loaded 747 airplanes.

Located 1,219 meters above the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon's Sky Walk consists of one million pounds of steel and 83,000 pounds of glass. It was the creation of Las Vegas businessman David Jin, who approached the Hualapai Tribe with the idea of a glass walkway over the Grand Canyon in 1996. The Skywalk was assembled on site, with the drilling alone taking over a year to complete. Completion date: March 28, 2007.
#21044


Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan
Fast fact: Taipei 101 was the first building in the world to break through 500 meters.

Upon its completion, the tower claimed several records: it had the world's fastest elevator, was the world's tallest building and was the world's tallest structure, thanks to its spire. Eight "mega-columns" make the building especially earthquake resistant. Completion date: December 31, 2004.
#21045


Panama Canal, Panama
More than 4.5 million cubic yards of concrete were used in the construction of this canal's locks and dams.

The Panama Canal is a 77-kilometer (47-mile) long waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The earth and rubble excavated to make way for it was enough to bury Manhattan to a depth of four meters. A series of locks controls the flow of water; each of the moveable lock doors weighs 750 tons and each of the locks fills with 52 million gallons of water to accommodate the 15,000 ships that use the canal every year. Completion date: January 7, 1914.
#21046


Teotihuacan, Mexico
Teotihuacan is an Aztec name meaning "the place where men become Gods."
It was the largest city in the pre-Columbian Americas. The most famous structure is the Pyramid of the Sun, which was built in two phases. The second phase took its height to 224 meters, making it the third-tallest pyramid in the world. The entire city originally covered around 20 square kilometers (eight square miles) and was home to 2,200 structures, built with stone and lime plaster. Completion date: 100 BC.
#21047


International Space Station
The International Space Station cost $100 billion to build and involved 100,000 people in 15 nations. It also ranks as one of the more unusual construction sites, located 354 kilometers (220 miles) above Earth. The hazards faced by those carrying out maintenance go far beyond a falling hammer or nail gun injury -- one tiny rip in a protective spacesuit means instant death. Completion date: Ongoing.
#21048


Tokyo Sky Tree, Tokyo
The Sky Tree's reinforced concrete center column is separate from the surrounding steel framing and incorporates an earthquake-resistant design similar to that used in pagoda temples.

Engineers really did reach for the sky when they built the 278-meter Tokyo Sky Tree in earthquake-prone Japan, although given that the company responsible for the design is the same company behind plans for a space elevator, we think the structure will be around for a good few years. It was built on notoriously unstable reclaimed ground, but engineers used a traditional Japanese building technique known as shinbashira, which relies on one central column to counterbalance seismic waves, greatly reducing the sway. Completion date: May 22, 2012.
#21049


White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad, Canada
Built during the Klondike Gold Rush and financed largely by British investors, the "railroad built on gold" was constructed in just 26 months, using 450 tons of explosives to blast through Canada's coastal mountains. Passengers should hold on tight -- the railroad climbs almost 278 meters in just 32 kilometers and has numerous other steep gradients of up to 4%.

The railway still uses vintage cars, the oldest dating back to 1881. Completion date: July 29, 1900.
#21050


Akashi Kaikyō Bridge, Akashi Strait, Japan
It took 2 million workers 10 years to construct the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge.
It connects the city of Kobe, on Japan's mainland, with Iwaya on Awaji Island. Before it opened, the only way to get between the two cities was by ferry. However, the waterway was prone to severe storms and when two ferries capsized in 1955, killing 168 people, public outrage convinced the government of the need for a bridge. It's the longest suspension bridge in the world, with a length of 1,991 meters. Completion date: April 5, 1998.
#21051


Burj Khalifa, Dubai, UAE
The Burj Khalifa has a height of 828 meters and is both the tallest building in the world and the tallest free-standing structure in the world. Engineers faced multiple challenges, including the strong winds that batter the tower. Because of this, over 40 wind tunnel tests were conducted, not just to determine how the wind would affect the building but also to test the cranes used to construct it. Completion date: January 4, 2010.
#21052


Trans-Siberian Railroad, Russia
The Trans-Siberian Railroad connects Moscow and Eastern Russia with Japan, China and Mongolia.

Northern Siberia isn't the easiest landscape to cross, which is what makes the 8,851-kilometer (5,500 mile) Trans-Siberian railway so impressive. Engineers had to design a railway that was capable of operating in temperatures of minus 20 degrees Celsius. The railway travels through eight time zones, 87 towns and cities and crosses 16 major rivers, including the Volga, Ob, Yenisey, Oka and Amur. Some 90,000 people helped construct the railway, which took 10 years to build -- pretty impressive considering the tools at workers' disposal were shovels, picks and wheelbarrows. Completion date: 1904.
#21053


Taj Mahal, Agra, India
As many as 28 different varieties of semi-precious and precious stones were used to adorn the exterior of the Taj Mahal.

Construction of the Taj Mahal took around 20 years, beginning in around 1632 and finishing around 1653. Exact dates are unknown. The building, which was made from white marble from the quarries of Rajasthan, appears pink in the morning, white in the day and golden in the moonlight. The building is symmetrical in every way, and was built as a memorial to the wife of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. Completion date: 1653.
#21054


Great Wall of China, China
The Great Wall of China is 8,850 kilometers long (5,500 miles) and was constructed over a period of 2,000 years. Construction began in 475 BC, to protect China from the invading Huns. During the Ming dynasty, between 1368 and 1644 A.D, it was given a makeover, with the addition of watchtowers, battlements and cannons -- some of which stand 980 meters above sea level. The mortar used to bind the stones of the wall is made from rice flour. Completion date: 204 BC.
#21055


Aqueduct of Segovia, Spain
The Aqueduct, one of the Iberian Peninsula's best preserved ancient monuments, features 44 double arches (or 88 when counted individually) and 79 single arches -- a total of 167.

It was built during the reign of Roman Emperor Trajan and is still in use today, carrying water from the Frío river to the town of Segovia. The bridge, which consists of 24,000 granite blocks, was constructed without the use of mortar and each of its 167 arches is more than nine meters high. Completion date: AD 50.
#21056


The Palm, Dubai
The Palm islands comprise approximately 100 million cubic meters of rock and sand.
In total, 210 million cubic meters of rock, sand and limestone were reclaimed (through dredging) to create the islands, with 10 million cubic meters of rock used in the outer ring alone. The rocks used for both islands were transported from 16 quarries throughout the UAE and the materials used are enough to build a wall that could circle the world three times. Completion date: September 24, 2008.
#21057
Many of these were inspired by the human impulse to travel, and those that weren't can now be enjoyed by travelers today.

Engineering can of course also include electronics and other micro feats -- arguably computers and smartphones are among the most successful, popular and influential pieces of engineering ever created -- but we're interested here in big, bold and brave.
#21058
25 of mankind's greatest engineering achievements

By Tamara Hinson, for CNN
July 5, 2013


(CNN) -- The last few months have seen a fair number of impressive construction plans announced, from Norway's intention to create the world's first shipping tunnel, to Maldives' plans for a space-age underwater hotel, to Dubai's plans for the world's biggest shopping mall.

How do these announcements stack up against what's already out there?

We've compiled 25 of what we think are some of the most impressive engineering/construction achievements to date, taking into consideration the era in which they were built and the knowledge and materials that were available to the designers.
#21059
Photos Unlimited / Re: I love my Kitty, and you?
July 05, 2013, 05:34:57 PM
hoy, kamong mga bad hot dogs, ayaw ninyo panamastamasi ning nindot kaayo nga thread! 8)
#21060
Photos Unlimited / Re: I love my Kitty, and you?
July 05, 2013, 05:33:56 PM
Quote from: hubag bohol on July 05, 2013, 04:48:58 PM

cute.  they smile the same way... :)
#21061
may he rest in peace.  naunsa na man ning mga so-called unidentified assailants uy.  bisag asa na man ni sila.  maayo baya tuod pod ning big brother cameras like cctv...
#21062
Inspiration & Hope / Re: True Friends
July 05, 2013, 04:25:26 PM
touching.  go, tortoise, go!
#21063
Photos Unlimited / Re: faded photographs
July 05, 2013, 04:06:58 PM
faded photograph...



In 1946, this spirit photo was taken in Queensland, Australia by Mrs. Andrews who was taking a picture of her 17 year old daughter's grave. Mrs. Andrews was shocked to see this ghostly image of a baby, when the picture was developed.

Mrs. Andrews maintains that no children were in the area, so a double exposure was impossible, and that she did not recognize the baby at all.

http://www.exploringtheunexplained.com/
#21064
Photos Unlimited / Re: faded photographs
July 05, 2013, 04:01:57 PM
bitaw, sir balong.  pangoyab lang.  ayaw lang apila ang ginoo aning imong mission.  manlimbawot man sad tag motawag ka niya aning pride nga gatukmod nimo. :(
#21065
Philippine Business News / Re: balong is in cebu
July 05, 2013, 03:52:38 PM
sa amo sa caingget kay dunay kugita nga nagpa-facelift. ;D
#21066
Philippine Business News / Re: balong is in cebu
July 05, 2013, 01:03:54 PM
pwede pod siya mohuwam ug tanque de guerra sa amigo niyang general sa camp lapulapu, vots, aron makasuroy mo in style. ;D
#21067
Philippine Business News / Re: balong is in cebu
July 05, 2013, 12:13:36 PM
hehe, luoy diay tang tanan gawas ni sir balong, vots.  hinaot mag-eb mo dinha sa cebu. :)
#21072

4 Dogs of July celebrating
#21073
Philippine Business News / Re: balong is in cebu
July 05, 2013, 10:10:37 AM
so?
#21074
Photos Unlimited / Pediboat
July 05, 2013, 10:09:27 AM
#21075

Chris Jackson/Getty
#21076
Pierce Brosnan’s Daughter Dies

Jul 2, 2013

Charlotte Smith, 41, suffered from ovarian cancer.

The daughter of actor Pierce Brosnan has died, the actor confirmed to People. Charlotte Smith, 41, suffered from ovarian cancer, Brosnan said in a statement. “On June 28 at 2 p.m., my darling daughter Charlotte Emily passed on to eternal life, having succumbed to ovarian cancer,” Brosnan said. Brosnan said Charlotte’s husband, Alex Smith, and her two children, Isabella, 14, and Lucas, 8, and her brothers, Christopher and Sean, were with her when she died. Charlotte’s mother, Cassandra Harris, died of ovarian cancer in 1991 while married to Brosnan. Her mother died of ovarian cancer as well.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/
#21077
Photos Unlimited / Re: I love my Kitty, and you?
July 04, 2013, 05:36:49 PM
pussycat, pussycat
pikat mong duha!

;D
#21078
Introduce Yourself / Re: messages from balong
July 04, 2013, 03:12:48 PM
be man enough and leave him alone.  for all you know, his posts are not really about you.
#21079
with a neighbor, it's called hilot-hilot.  when i tried it in the hospital, it was called body rehabilitation for my bad back.  i surmise it's called a body spa when it's expensive and there are lighted candles and some flowers floating in some decorative vessel.
#21080
Introduce Yourself / Re: messages from balong
July 04, 2013, 03:07:08 PM
hello, ayesha.  this message may not come from sir balong...

#21081
reading this is already like praying.  thanks, fr chic.
#21082
Quote from: hubag bohol on July 04, 2013, 07:33:30 AM
Naa, oi. Ang Russian gf kunohay diay... ;D

magtagalog ka diyan.  hindi kita maintindihan.  atot ba nimo, anginon man sad nimo si putin... ;D
#21083
Photos Unlimited / Re: I love my Kitty, and you?
July 04, 2013, 10:46:06 AM
#21084
Inspiration & Hope / Re: Please stand by me
July 04, 2013, 10:40:48 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7P5jWu9JLo#
Stand By Me
Timon and Pumbaa
with the Litoria Caerulea Trio
#21085
Inspiration & Hope / Re: Please stand by me
July 04, 2013, 10:30:20 AM
#21086
Inspiration & Hope / Re: Please stand by me
July 04, 2013, 10:27:57 AM
#21087
Quote from: hubag bohol on July 03, 2013, 05:34:12 PM
Gikagubtan usab pag-ayo nga daw adunay na-trapped nga tawo sa sulod apan gihimakak kini ni Teleron ug miingon nga sa ilang pagsusi sa area, wala silay nakita nga lawas sa tawo. Sa paspas nga pagresponde sa mga bomber, wala na mikaylap pa ang kalayo sa kasikbit nga mga establismento.

eh?  tsk, tsk, tsk, lisod usahay ning kuwangan ug importanteng letra kay ma-terrorize ta...
#21088
ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.

http://tinyurl.com/caawdt5
#21089
ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
WITNESS: Oral...
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ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 PM
ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
WITNESS: If not, he was by the time I finished.
_________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
WITNESS: Are you qualified to ask that question?
#21090
ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?
WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard.
ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?
WITNESS: Unless the Circus was in town I'm going with male.
_____________________________________

ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
______________________________________

ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?
WITNESS: All of them. The live ones put up too much of a fight.
#21091
ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?
WITNESS: Getting laid.
___________________________________________

ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: How many were boys?
WITNESS: None.
ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?
WITNESS: Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?
___________________________________________

ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?
WITNESS: By death..
ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?
WITNESS: Take a guess.
#21092
ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
____________________________________

ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the 20-year-old, how old is he?
WITNESS: He's 20, much like your IQ.
____________________________________

ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?
WITNESS: Are you shitting me?
#21093
ATTORNEY: What is your date of birth?
WITNESS: July 18th.
ATTORNEY: What year?
WITNESS: Every year.
_________________________________

ATTORNEY: How old is your son, the one living with you?
WITNESS: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.
ATTORNEY: How long has he lived with you?
WITNESS: Forty-five years.
_________________________________

ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
WITNESS: I forget..
ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?
#21094
These are from the book Disorder in the Courts and were actually said in court, taken down word for word, and published by court reporters who had the torment of staying calm while the exchanges were taking place.


ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?
WITNESS: He said, 'Where am I, Cathy?'
ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?
WITNESS: My name is Susan!
_______________________________

ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
_______________________________

ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active?
WITNESS: No, I just lie there.
#21095
Quote from: bugsay on July 03, 2013, 09:13:51 PM
black eye....;D;D;D

itim na mata?  bakit, may bughaw bang mata dito? ;D
#21096
Quote from: Lorenzo on July 03, 2013, 02:10:35 PM
kapag makipag-usap ka sa isang babae, mayroon kang maging sobrang sensitibo kung ano ang sinasabi mo. isang patak ng ulan ay maaaring maging sanhi ng isang baha....ehehehe!  ;D

hindi ko akalaing kayo pala ay makata, ginoong lorenz. ;D
#21097
lord, have mercy.  may she be in peace where she now rests. 
#21098
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: What Did You Do Today?
July 03, 2013, 02:26:53 PM
nanakit akong abaga ug right arm ug hinimo sa 54-day rosary novena by integrating all ways of praying it, including images of the 4 mysteries.  now on my third day at it.  hapit na gyod mahuman, after more than 50 pages.  ako ning i-distribute to all relations and very close friends for them to decide to pray this for my sister's healing. 
#21099
higantina! 8)
#21100
sugod nag liko ang manorya... ;D