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#755603 - 20/07/06 10:13 PM Bonsai Mountains?
simian 110% MONKEY EVERY TIME ALL THE TIME JUST CANT STOP THE MONKEY Registered: 11/10/02 Loc: London	Check out this craziness Satellite pics of a 900x700m model of a mountainous region on the disputed Indo-Chinese border. What the hell is it for? The site i found it on reckons its for training helicopter pilots, but I don't quite see how... _________________________ "Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
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#755604 - 20/07/06 11:05 PM Re: Bonsai Mountains? [Re: simian]
Pen Draven Unofficial Lord Of Confusion And Pirate Extrodinaire Registered: 01/09/05 Loc: Nuneaton	Gotta love El Reg for amusing yet strange Stories _________________________ Some men see things and say why.... I Dream of things that never were and say Why Not....? Oh No I'm going to get Shot Alive if he finds out - DA
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#755605 - 24/07/06 10:46 AM Re: Bonsai Mountains? [Re: Pen Draven]
wonderloey enthusiast Registered: 21/02/06 Loc: Melbourne - home of pirates	And now we find out its actually boring ... _________________________ "You've gone from Loey the Wonder Lesbian to everyone wondering if you are a lesbian." - Shadowman Yesterday is yesterday. If we try to recapture it, we will only lose tomorrow.
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#755606 - 25/07/06 12:51 AM Re: Bonsai Mountains? [Re: wonderloey]
simian 110% MONKEY EVERY TIME ALL THE TIME JUST CANT STOP THE MONKEY Registered: 11/10/02 Loc: London	Boring? i disagree... The Chinese authorities say its a facility for putting tanks and tank drivers through their paces. How does that work on a 1:500 scale model? And why is it a representation of a particular area of the Indo-Chinese border? (which Chinese authorities have not commented on, despite the fact it blatantly is - check pics in my first link) Maybe it's to help drivers familiarise themselves with the landscape, but it seems an awful lot of expense to go to for a glorified map.
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#755607 - 25/07/06 11:57 PM Re: Bonsai Mountains? [Re: simian]
Sym Geek-enviro-hippy priest Registered: 28/09/04 Loc: Diss, Norfolk	I don't think I could remember all that, and then apply my memory to something 500 times bigger. Wouldn't a map help them out a bit more? Or GPS? Also, I wouldn't like to drive a tank over that lot. I think It'd get stuck, or fall off someting. Maybe they are exapnding on the foot binding idea and making mini people? _________________________ There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
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