[Dave]

Look at the trees, see how big this thing is?

[Dave]

This is a snow ski rink in the middle of the desert in Dubai. Freaking crazy eh?

[bigboydan]

so much for the term "when hell freezes over" uh Dave

[jumper]

from someone who lived 4 years in vail,colorado-this is the craziest thing i,ve ever seen.these arabs have so much money they cant find enough ways to spend it.absolutely amazing,i would,t have believed unless i saw the pictures.why not just purchase switzerland

[moses millsap]

$50 a time to fill up my car here. Nice to know I'm contributing to polar bears having fun. LOL.

[Sean]

About 8 years ago, I stood on the very spot where these pictures were taken. To the best of my recollection, this was nothing more than an empty beach front area sandwiched between the Burj Al Arab Hotel (the sail-shaped building in background of first photo) and the walled, sprawling compound of some local royalty.

In recent years, there has been a tremendous amount of development in this area with billions of dollars spent to create an international tourist meca. One can only imagine that, given the current political climate, tourism in the area may be "off" a little.

[Sean]

BTW, if you'd like to stay at the Burj Al Arab Hotel, plan on anywhere from $1000 USD to $2000 USD per night and higher

[marc]

I hope they were at least nice enough to use an american manufacturer

[freebie]

Originally Posted by Sean

BTW, if you'd like to stay at the Burj Al Arab Hotel, plan on anywhere from $1000 USD to $2000 USD per night and higher

I think it's worth it. I saw it on the travel channel and the rooms are amazingly beautiful.

[pags11]

I get pissed everytime I pull out money to fill up...

[onlooker]

Well at least we paid for them to have winter fun in the middle of the desert.

Whats next?

[andrew748]

you must admire the engineering involved

and you must buy japanese cars the days of the 4 litre engine are limited.

if your not towing more than 1500kg, you don't need that extra capacity.

new low capacity diesels are coming out of the land of the rising sun that are giving 180bhp as standard.

always found it a bit strange that americans have the best maintained roads in the world and the biggest engines.

stop it,
stop it,
now i say

been a good 60 years since any hostilities, so have a rethink.

[Doug]

best maintained roads in the world in USA ? How about German autobahn ?

[himala]

when can they give up an oil price hike?

[LVHerbie]

hey dave can you post a link for your source on those pics? I want to share them with a friend who I prefer didn't know I bet on sports... ;-)

[tacomax]

Originally Posted by LVHerbie

hey dave can you post a link for your source on those pics? I want to share them with a friend who I prefer didn't know I bet on sports... ;-)

Go to http://www.imageshack.us/ and click the "url" button

Right click on the first picture on this page and select "Copy Image location"

Paste that link into where is says "page image url here" and click on "host it"

Then you get a URL to the picture you've hosted which you can send to your friends. Repeat as necessary.

And since I'm a nice guy, I've saved you the effort:

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1010/11zf.jpg

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6499/23vh.jpg

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/2052/31zm1.jpg

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6868/47os.jpg

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6118/59xb.jpg

[imgv94]

Hey this country relies on the money we get from gas. 36 cents a
gallon goes to taxes. And oil companies show 10bil quarter profit!!
Thats Right QUARTER PROFIT.. $CAM

[McBa1n]

What I hate is when 'uber neocons' decide that the 10 bil$ profit is only about a 10% profit on money put up... Like it's no big deal.

Not to mention that because of mega tax breaks/governmental 'help', annual financials will be through the roof. Sure the % of profits won't be big - but the dollar amount will be ridiculous.

I believe in capitalism and all - but we're a world built on oil... To benefit so few people at the expense of people with no money is low rent crap.

[Relentless]

What a pussy-whipped government we have. They easily push around both the oil companies, oil producing countries such as Saudia Arabia, and the car manufacturers. But they do practically nothing. And they allocate barely anything for hyrdogen fuel cell development. Both Democrats and Republicans alike are pathetic.

[biggs]

ah,

im glad you asked that question, let me show you.

http://www.geocities.com/emailb_com/Gas-Prices.pps

have a look at the SILVER Audi