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"QUANTUM SHOT" #210


Up on the Roof

Start with the closest available roof of a skyscraper... Many wonderful things can be tried (some with success) on top of skyscraper roofs, likely to cure your fear of heights once and for all:

1. Set up a romantic date in the skies!



2. Plan to hang out there with your buddies:







3. Try golfing in unlikely places:




(image credit: Vintage Photo)

4. Seek out prime spot for a best picture:





5. Get inspired for painting:



6. Learn to adjust the time "at the source":



7. Sign up for a job in construction:






(image credit: American Memory Project)



Modern construction worker perches on steel girder during construction of Toronto's CN tower:


(image credit: Time magazine, Dec. 30, 1974)


8. Choose your dining options wisely:


(image credit: Vintage Photo)

Your dining choices just got better:



"Dinner in the sky" takes place at a table suspended at a height of 50 meters by a team of professionals.


(images courtesy: dinnerinthesky)


9. Join "steampunks" and meet a very special robot:



More on this Victorian wonder steam-man - here

10. Receive the saint's blessing on the same roof:


(image credit: Brian McMorrow)

PS:
Once your fear of height is taken care of, you can transfer your activities to an airplane wing (note: this picture was taken before the advent of Photoshop)



Sources: American Memory Project, Vintage Photo

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7 Comments:

Blogger VikramAdith said...

Wow! Absolutely gorgeous!

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Blogger Unknown said...

Ok, that second golf picture is freaky :-)

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

I dunno about the people in them, but looking at the pictures did nothing to cure my fear of heights. :)

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Blogger webDonuts said...

Here is a cartoon about the fear of heights http://www.webdonuts.com/2009/07/fear-of-heights/

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Blogger Avi Abrams said...

Haha!... thank you, webdonuts

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Blogger ScooterNZ said...

y fear of heights worse, much worse.

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Anonymous Vino said...

Imagine that the people bulding the empire state building would have no saftey equipment what so ever. They must have nerves of steel!

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