Maggie's Farm

Well, here I come, the rain on the parade.

I don't know if the house thing is real or not, I correspond with a man in Mumbai--Ive asked him about it--no response yet.

But the rest of that page strengthens my view that that the Daily Mail is about the same as, and as worthy of our notice as the crude in the gauntlet at the supermarket.

Methinks we cut too low in looking for things to make fun of.

Here is the transcript (a couple of typos corrected) with a person that I said lived in Mumbai--I now not sure that is right but he is in India for sure.

[06/02/2007 11:46] Is this believable? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=459208&in_page_id=1770
[06/02/2007 11:47] devdas: that is supposedly in Mumbai--is it?
[06/02/2007 11:54] Larry: yes
[06/02/2007 11:55] except that the helipads and stuff is cancelled
[06/02/2007 11:55] (This guy is the elder son of the Indian equivalent of Rockfeller)
[06/02/2007 11:58] that lot has crossed legal boundaries several times, and bribed their way out of trouble
[06/02/2007 11:58] and they have never succeeded in a non-monopoly market
[06/02/2007 12:00] Larry: think palace
[06/02/2007 12:02] Thanks. Do you mind if I quote you in a comment at http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/5387-Worlds-largest-house.html
[06/02/2007 12:02] all yours
[06/02/2007 12:02] Thanks.

[06/02/2007 12:05] Let me find a link to the local paper
[06/02/2007 12:07] OK. And do you live in Mumbai--I have forgotten.
[06/02/2007 12:08] yes, I do
[06/02/2007 12:09] Thanks.
[06/02/2007 12:10] http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1100323
[06/02/2007 12:10] note the way they are going "green"
[06/02/2007 12:12] Yeah. Convincing. "eco friendly materials like rough limestone". I wonder how much carbon it takes to get the limestone out of the mountain and onto the building.
[06/02/2007 12:13] errr, think NYC
[06/02/2007 12:13] If you build this stuff in NYC, how well would it go over?
[06/02/2007 12:13] Or downtown Omaha
[06/02/2007 12:13] devdas doesn't know what Omaha looks like
[06/02/2007 12:14] Mumbai is slightly more densely populated than Manhattan
[06/02/2007 12:14] on average
[06/02/2007 12:14] as I said, think palace and not house
[06/02/2007 12:14] Or downtown ${any_town_with_airs}
[06/02/2007 12:15] devdas isn't saying $town_with_airs
[06/02/2007 12:15] * devdas is saying a city with 57% of people living in slums (That's over 10M people)
[06/02/2007 12:16] Well, if you want to get far enough away from the slums that you don't notice them, building a long way up is one option.
[06/02/2007 12:16] Metatron: true
[06/02/2007 12:16] I meant town that has two buildings has one made of limestone. (