Sunday, June 29, 2008

Happy Birthday, Thomas Lambert!!

Thomas: Happy Birthday, and to celebrate that special day I have a present for you: The tallest building in the world!

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When it's finished, it will be over 700 meters tall. In western world talk, that is 2296.59 feet. Please note that a mile is 5280 feet, meaning that this building is over 1/3 of a mile tall. Note: The height of that building is the same distance above sea level as the bottom of the Virgin River Gorge. It will have 160 stories. The technical height of a building includes the usual boom or antenna on top, which can sometimes be 200 feet or more. That is being kept a secret, because when it comes to building buildings, pride and arrogance reign supreme as each builder tries to out-build the next guy.

It is being built in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, and is scheduled for completion this year.

Have a swell day.

Uncle Lew

4 comments:

Stefley said...

Happy Birthday Thomas!! We hope you have a great day. Is this number 16???

Tracy said...

Yeah it is. I know because he was born almost 6 months after Caitlin and she just turned sweet 16.

Congrats Thomas. I sure hope you had a great day!!

silleeg said...

Happy Birthday!

Mom and Dad said...

We hope you enjoyed your day, Thomas. Did you get our birthday song we sang on the answering machine? Tell us about your day - did you get your driver's license?