Proof:
The end of an era very nearly became an error when the western tower tried to make a bid for freedom across Jan Smuts Drive. Fortunately, it was too broken up about the loss of its sibling to manage it. I’m glad I don’t have to wash the demolition crew chief’s trousers.
There are some more shots of the demolition of the Athlone power station cooling towers on my Flickr photostream.
the other side of the mountain 
tis odd that the tower chose to do an impersonation of the Leaning Tower of Pisa only seconds before death. Whatever could it mean? Hopefully, not another Dan Brown book..
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– or worse: another Stephenie Meyer book.
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maybe it was pisa-ing it’s broek! 😉
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Ja, I’m inclined to think so, too.
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I like the way it hops up and down. That’s how I want to die – while hopping.
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You can borrow my car if you like. The shocks are completely shot.
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You should set that to music . .
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Something by Oasis, perhaps?
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Damn I love how powerful Chuck Norris is. I need him to hold me. Maybe braid my hair.
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… and paint your toenails?
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…and apply henna tattoos?
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No more giant beer mugs. I’m strangely bereft.
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I saved you some of the rubble.
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You could market it as bits of the Berlin Wall. No-one would know.
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As long as the pieces are small enough. Local graffiti has a unique flavour.
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40 years of history in 8 seconds. Blowing stuff up is fun, yet strangely moreish!
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my teeny tiny timelapse version http://www.flickr.com/photos/trashd/4919097239/
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What’s next? What’s next? The stadium, perhaps?
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Sheesh, also strangely saddened by loss of the towers. Not sure why. They were bloody ugly but then even ugly landmarks are landmarks.
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So you’re saying we can’t blow up the stadium? 😦
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The giant space ship can go! It’s hardly a landmark of any substance. Now all we just have to find a muslim extremest group and convince them that it offends their delicate sensitivities.
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Wrap it in bacon, perhaps?
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And that was just his warm-up routine.
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And he didn’t even break a sweat.
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sad indeed..Oddly enough..I feel a great lose every time they destroy a wooded area I remember as a kid only to find out they put up a bunch of new homes people can no longer afford.
I liked the “Batman” photo..It made me crack up.
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Same thing happened to the tower. I should play Vegas.
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Perhaps they can use some bits of the towers to finish the Flyover to Nowhere? Or was that finally finished before the vuvuzelas trumpeted the new dawn? 😀
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Don’t believe that “unfinished” horseshit for a moment. That’s just the story to cover for the fact that they’re landing strips for UFOs.
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All in the name of………..???!!!!
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What? You too?
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Fawlty Towers.
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Just don’t mention the war.
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There’s something a little freakish about watch it reconstruct itself!
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Some assembly required.
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Wait, please educate me quickly – exactly why did SA’s twin towers get kablooyed, anyway?
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I think someone forgot to submit the plans to council.
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Bugger. Clicks comment follow upper thingum.
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Does that mean you have a ClubCard?
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