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Old 03-09-2013, 01:04 PM #1
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Default London : Walkie-Talkie Skyscraper Beam 'Melts Cars'










My eyes! City workers out for a cigarette pull amusing expressions as they see the light

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someone Fried a Egg from a step that
gets the power sunlight beam

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200million pounds
building is not even Finished
And the same curved design
went up in Las Vagas
with the same problem
the reflection burned through newspapers near a pool.

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I saw this! Mental! Somebodies carpet was scorched because of this; some more pics



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Oh dear, melting the rich people's things. What a blight on their lives this must be.
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Oh dear, melting the rich people's things. What a blight on their lives this must be.
It could easily melt something belonging to a poor envious individual like you too, you know! Lol!
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hahaha, that's bad!
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Can't they put an antireflective tint on the windows the sun hits?
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"a screen measuring about four metres high and 15 metres long will now be set up to shield the public and nearby businesses, said Colette O'Shea, head of Land Securities, the building's co-developer."
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Someone said they should build a solar panel on the spot the sun is hitting.
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"a screen measuring about four metres high and 15 metres long will now be set up to shield the public and nearby businesses, said Colette O'Shea, head of Land Securities, the building's co-developer."

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Black webbing has gone up above those shops
on Scaffolding



Even on a relatively cloudy day it was possible to fry
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