Gridlock.

This is a pic of the gridlock at London Bridge. It really doesn't speak well of the traffic control situation.
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As is usually the case, good ole American ingenuity has saved the day again. We bought London Bridge and moved it into the middle of the desert on the Colorado River.

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Gridlock solved. Any other problems you Limeys are having that you need solved? :D
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The gent who bought London Bridge thought he was buying Tower Bridge. H must've had a downtime day on his Yankee ingenuity.

It can happen.
 
Now it just so happens that I know someone who can put you in touch with a player who has a major share in the Booklyn Bridge. A sale could be arranged. What do you say?
 
Now it just so happens that I know someone who can put you in touch with a player who has a major share in the Booklyn Bridge. A sale could be arranged. What do you say?
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No thanks. I am a "West-Coaster". We are a bit too astute to be taken by the scams of those "East-Coaster" loudmouths. We know that bridge isn't real ("Booklyn" Bridge)... and that is why we built our own:
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I missed out the 'r' in Brooklyn. Big fat deal. The original Brooklyn is in New Zealand anyway. That ole bridge of yours is well rusty. Dump it in the bay. You need the Brooklyn Bridge on an urgent basis. If you're prepared to pay a premium, you can get it by DHL to you in bits. You pay half now and the other half when your first check doesn't bounce. Then you get the diagram. Now that's a good deal okie.
 
If you take a closer look at the initial photograph I posted, you will find it's not in 'real time'.
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Yes, I saw that. It is a good thing you sold it to US when you did... as we were able to also solve that whole "falling down" thing you lot were always going on about.


As for Brooklyn, New Zealand: Well, I think you might wish to brush-up on your historical timelines. With Brooklyn, New Zealand only being established in the 1840s, and not being named until 1888, I'd have to say Brooklyn, New York was doing quite well by that time.

Brooklyn, New Zealand

<font color="red"> European settlement began in the area during the 1840s. In January 1842 the ship The London commanded by Captain Attwood set sail for its second voyage to Wellington from Gravesend in Kent. It carried 700 tons of cargo, 137 adults and 39 children. On 1 May 1842 the ship arrived in Wellington, with John and Louise Fitchett and their seven children amongst the passengers.

The young colony established a district of Ohiro (Owhiro) in the early 1840s from the land surrounding Port Nicholson (officially renamed Wellington Harbour in 1980). Settlers could access the new district only via the steep Ohiro Road from present-day Aro Street. The land became subdivided into many blocks. In 1852 John Fitchett purchased a number of these blocks and established a dairy farm called Ohiro Farm, known also as Fitchett’s Farm. A township named Fitchett Town formed in the 1860s; it gained its new name "Brooklyn" in 1888 when the then land-owners, Aston B. Fitchett (son of John Fitchett d.1875) and R.B. Todman, offered the main subdivision for sale.[/COLOR]

But I won't hold the re-use of that name against the Kiwis. I love the Kiwis... I have a lot of fine friends in Wellington, as I lived and worked there for awhile in 1997. You ever been? I used to live in one half of a duplex over the hill from downtown Wellington in the valley of Kelburn (on Ngaio Rd. to be precise). I used to work in the BNZ building and enjoy strolls through the Botanical Garden on my way home from work on Friday evenings. Ahhhh, how I love that city!

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