Richard Branson planning a glass-bottomed plane for Virgin.
AhahahahahahaNO.
I'm so evil and... skanky. And I think I'm kinda gay.
Willow ,'Storyteller'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Atropa - Dec 18, 2013 10:14:41 am PST #14925 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Hil R. - Dec 18, 2013 10:19:51 am PST #14926 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
A few years ago, my family went on a cruise, and in the casino, which we had to walk through a lot, the floor had a few of these deep pits filled with various gambling-related stuff, with glass over the top. If you looked down, you saw a few feet of empty space before the stuff began. Every single time I walked over one of these things, I'd stumble a bit. I have no fear of heights at all, but the lack of floor where there had been floor a second ago just confused my brain.
Kat - Dec 18, 2013 10:29:41 am PST #14927 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Kate, I'm glad you had a goodish ER visit. Also, I'm definitely glad that Rose is responding to the medications.
Okay. Going to make PJs now.
Calli - Dec 18, 2013 10:39:23 am PST #14928 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
In the Acropolis Museum in Athens, there's an ongoing archeology work site below the ground floor. Some parts of the floor are clear so you can see the work going on below. It's pretty nifty, and a great way to show the way the museum contents are tied into a living study. [link]
That said, I walked on the solid parts of the floor when I visited.
billytea - Dec 18, 2013 11:06:48 am PST #14929 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
They have glass sections on the floor of the top observation deck of the CN tower in Toronto.
They have something like this in the Sky Tower in Auckland too. (I didn't mind walking on the glass; Biyi felt differently.) Being New Zealand, you can also bungee jump off the thing.
tommyrot - Dec 18, 2013 11:11:45 am PST #14930 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The next time you apply for a job, don't feel bad if they don't respond right away.
Companies that Respond to Resumes Fastest Have the Highest Turnover
NoiseDesign - Dec 18, 2013 11:28:35 am PST #14931 of 30000
Our wings are not tired
I'd be inside that glass box in a flash! I love stuff like that!
lisah - Dec 18, 2013 11:45:37 am PST #14932 of 30000
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Richard Branson planning a glass-bottomed plane for Virgin.
I think I would love this but my brain might revolt. I'd try it though!!
meara - Dec 18, 2013 11:49:29 am PST #14933 of 30000
I have always though I would not do the Grand Canyon thing for anything. I think I'd have less issue with a plane though--for most of it, stuff is SO far away that my brain doesn't go "eek, height".
There's something like that in the CN Tower in Toronto. I had to physically make myself do it. You try to move, and the body's like, "Hell, no, are you stupid?"
Heh. When I dated a Torontonian she took me there and laughed at me when I was like "hell no" to standing on that.
Fred Pete - Dec 18, 2013 11:58:31 am PST #14934 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
I'll stand back, leaving room on the glass floors for those that like such things.