Higher than both the London Eye and the Singapore Flyer, which opens in March, the Beijing Great Wheel will tower 208 metres (682 ft) when finished in 2009. The giant ferris wheel will have 48 air conditioned observation capsules, each of which can carry up to 40 passengers, and on a good day even the Great Wall is expected to be visible in the mountains to Beijing's north. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago tags great wheel beijing ferris wheel |
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Where should you go for lunch today? Just enter your zip code and spin the wheel. Great for the indecisive, I think. picked by imnotyoo 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Great - go on it and sick up your Pepsi! picked by topofall 6 months ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Logitech's latest racing wheel was meticulously designed by Logitech and Polyphony Digital, Inc., the developer of the Gran Turismo series. picked by punthe 6 months ago 3 comments edit related share entertainment |
Does this officially mean there are no more terrorists in Baghdad? picked by tigertony 14 hours ago 4 comments edit related share world |
An irate driver shot dead a Moscow road worker and injured a second after a wheel on his Mercedes car was damaged on a city street early Sunday. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
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It is with great sadness that I post this on Plime. For those that don't know him Jordan authored the Wheel of Time fantasy series that is considered to be among the top fantasy stories. His passing is the end of a long fight against a terrible sickness. picked by coldbladed 11 months ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden, recognized as the world's oldest person, died Monday in a nursing home, the home's administrator said. She was 116. 0 comments edit related share worldBolden had 40 grandchildren, 75 great-grandchildren, 150 great-great-grandchildren, 220 great-great-great grandchildren and 75 great-great-great-great grandchildren. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago |
Chinese archaeologists have discovered a section of the Great Wall straddling the Mongolian border that is the northernmost remnant of the landmark yet found. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share world |
British and Iranian archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a 200 kilometre-long wall, the second longest wall in Asia after the Great Wall of China, in northern Iran. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Contestants on the television game show Wheel Of Fortune have been hit especially hard at the podiums in recent months due to skyrocketing vowel prices, which reached a record $600 last week. picked by JoshSF49 3 months ago 4 comments edit related share entertainment |
The 16-day long biggest Olympic Extravaganza finally came to an end amid much fanfare. Thousands of spectators bid adieu to Beijing Olympics 2008 and vowed to meet against at London in 2012. The 2012 Olympics Games will be held at London. Fireworks, live performances by the artists and a grand congregation of world leaders marked the closing ceremony of Beijing Olympics 2008. picked by sagar13d 5 days ago 2 comments edit related share sports |
Said to rival the great wall itself - the 13 mile long dragon will be covered in 5.6 million scales of jade or gold-coated bronze. picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share world |
Some people were just not meant for live TV. I know you're under pressure, but how do you not solve a puzzle when there is 1 letter left? picked by misswinkle 12 months ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
Through... yes I said through picked by teaya21 2 years ago 5 comments edit related share world |
He registered a patent for a "circular transportation facilitation device". Didn't work. picked by jaxomlotus 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share weird |
After 4 years the Beijing Airport -currently the biggest one in the world- is finished, just in time for the 2008 Olympics. picked by karenben 3 months ago 0 comments edit related share world |
A patrol officer stopped a car for suspicious driving and found to his surprise that a drunk mother had let her one-year-old son take the wheel. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Brandon Sanderson has been selected to write the twelfth and final Wheel of Time book. 0 comments edit related share plime.com(I will say his Mistborn books have been excellent) picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago |
Very unique engineering solution to move ships between elevated canals. The world's only rotating mechanical boatlift. More info here. picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share technology |