[quote user="Beology"] Another recent discovery is Adele's song - Rolling in the Deep - great song [/quote] Even better is Adele singing " Someone like You "! She sung it live at the Brit awards and as a result (as well as many folk breaking down in tears) it shot straight to the top of the UK charts, along with "Rolling

[quote user="Doctor"] Of course the Gateshead one actually tips up to let boats through as well! Wonderful device! [/quote] Didn't want to ruin French Tony's day completely by telling him ours actually moves too!

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[quote user="stotty1111"] I now realise, the Tyne bridge is Terenez but just as an infant, several years ago! [/quote] It may be bigger and it may be a road bridge but curved bridges are pretty old hat now!

[quote user="stotty1111"]novel in that its a suspension bridge on a curve, a world first![/quote] Are you sure

[quote user="linder"] [quote user="Puncher"] I realise that this is non-B&O related but, as many here have one and many others are Apple users I thought it would be of interest in terms of the estimated material and manufacturing costs of this and similar tech. http://eandt.theiet.org/magazine/2011/02/the-teardown.cfm [/quote

[quote user="burantek"] Without looking at the article, let me take a guess... $7.89? P.S. An Apple post from Pounch? [/quote] Purely educational!

[quote user="tournedos"] Without looking at the article, let me take a guess... $40? [/quote] No!

I realise that this is non-B&O related but, as many here have one and many others are Apple users I thought it would be of interest in terms of the estimated material and manufacturing costs of this and similar tech. http://eandt.theiet.org/magazine/2011/02/the-teardown.cfm

[quote user="burantek"] The British are coming! The British are coming! [/quote] You're right to be frightened! We'd probably sell all the best bits and close everything else down - who wants the bother of actually making things these days