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01-07-2007, 10:51 PM

Michael Press wrote:
> In article
> <1167905030.233531.170130@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups .com>
> ,
> "marian.rosenberg@gmail.com"
> <marian.rosenberg@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Ivar Hesselager wrote:
> > > Den 24.12.2006 kl. 15:26 skrev marian.rosenberg@gmail.com
> > > <marian.rosenberg@gmail.com>:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Anyone have a ballpark figure idea of how much it costs to build a
> > > > simple velodrome?
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > A new velodrome was built in Copenhagen Danmark in 2003 at the cost of 208
> > > million Danish kroner, equaling 35 mill dollars.
> > > For that much money you could buy 3,500,000 McDonald hamburgers in this
> > > country, or - if you are not that hungy - pay 565 bricklayers to work for
> > > one year.
> >
> > Only 565 of them? Bricklayers in Denmark must cost a lot more than
> > bricklayers in China.

> > I might be guessing a bit high on how much a bricklayer makes but I
> > figure if you have 35 million US you could easily employ 63,600 Chinese
> > bricklayers for one year.

> > When next I see him I'll pass on the links I've already gotten and see
> > where things go from there. If you'd told me this time last year that
> > Hainan was going to have a stage race I wouldn't have believed you, and
> > I definitely wouldn't have believed that I'd not merely get to see it
> > but get to work at it so I'm willing to stretch the limits of
> > reasonable thought when someone with authority says they're thinking
> > Haikou really needs a velodrome.
>
> You have been there a while. I worked a contract in
> Hong Kong for a couple months. The locals were EE's, I
> was software. I would ask the engineers for something
> and it happened. Somehow I feel that that velodrome
> will happen.

It was only _supposed_ to be ten months.

I'm well into the fifth year and I've learned two important things:
1. I can't count
2. I don't want to go to graduate school in museum studies -or- library
science
3. I'm surprisingly good at Chinese
4. The prediction I made when I was 16 that I'd do something fun for a
while and then end up working as a computer programmer is currently
coming true (I'm coding the website for a travel company)

-M

01-07-2007, 10:51 PM	#42 (permalink)
marian.rosenberg@gmail.com Posts: n/a	Re: Velodrome Michael Press wrote: > In article > <1167905030.233531.170130@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups .com> > , > "marian.rosenberg@gmail.com" > <marian.rosenberg@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Ivar Hesselager wrote: > > > Den 24.12.2006 kl. 15:26 skrev marian.rosenberg@gmail.com > > > <marian.rosenberg@gmail.com>: > > > > > > > > > > > Anyone have a ballpark figure idea of how much it costs to build a > > > > simple velodrome? > > > > > > > > > > > > > A new velodrome was built in Copenhagen Danmark in 2003 at the cost of 208 > > > million Danish kroner, equaling 35 mill dollars. > > > For that much money you could buy 3,500,000 McDonald hamburgers in this > > > country, or - if you are not that hungy - pay 565 bricklayers to work for > > > one year. > > > > Only 565 of them? Bricklayers in Denmark must cost a lot more than > > bricklayers in China. > > I might be guessing a bit high on how much a bricklayer makes but I > > figure if you have 35 million US you could easily employ 63,600 Chinese > > bricklayers for one year. > > When next I see him I'll pass on the links I've already gotten and see > > where things go from there. If you'd told me this time last year that > > Hainan was going to have a stage race I wouldn't have believed you, and > > I definitely wouldn't have believed that I'd not merely get to see it > > but get to work at it so I'm willing to stretch the limits of > > reasonable thought when someone with authority says they're thinking > > Haikou really needs a velodrome. > > You have been there a while. I worked a contract in > Hong Kong for a couple months. The locals were EE's, I > was software. I would ask the engineers for something > and it happened. Somehow I feel that that velodrome > will happen. It was only _supposed_ to be ten months. I'm well into the fifth year and I've learned two important things: 1. I can't count 2. I don't want to go to graduate school in museum studies -or- library science 3. I'm surprisingly good at Chinese 4. The prediction I made when I was 16 that I'd do something fun for a while and then end up working as a computer programmer is currently coming true (I'm coding the website for a travel company) -M