Where did they go?
The other day I posted about the new bollards (poles) that were being installed in the area around my office in Kuwait City. They really didn’t fit in with their environment and it looked like a lot of money was wasted on them. Well one of my blog readers just made me realize that they’re not there anymore. I saw some guys working on them this morning when I was coming in to work and figured they were just properly fixing them but it seems they were removing them. Strange, just like that they’re gone, not a single one left behind. Hmmmm…
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Sep 13, 2009
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1. Anonymous | September 13th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
They were probably being sampled on location.
2. Mark | September 13th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
You sample one side walk not the whole area.
http://almanakh.org/?p=845
http://rekuwait.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/bollards-in-kuwait/
check those links for more pictures to see how much of it they had installed. not only that but i noticed behind the block adjacent to mine they also had them installed.
3. boba | September 13th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
fascinating!
4. Ramez | September 13th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Yah I was at Muthana Complex last night and I saw them,
But this morning ,,,, THEY ARE GONE
5. Safi | September 13th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
There went the Grinch.
6. Elegant Chic | September 13th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
I saw these bollards too… not near Muthanna… uff I cant recollect the exact location… it was somewhere between the old souks and the banking complex
7. Anonymous | September 13th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Contract issues maybe then? Or the person who makes the calls had a change of heart… either way, they were ugly and had to go.
8. Richie | September 13th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
I saw them on Friday at muthana.
9. Rewop Golb | September 13th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Qnet must have alerted the municipality that you had a blog post about how ugly they are :)
10. 3ali | September 13th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
didn’t you know its the new business they look fancier than manhole covers so they stole them ….
11. Ghostface | September 13th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
My cousin said Public Works suing the vendor because they were made in Israel so they had to go.
12. Q80BOY | September 13th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
ooh mark .. ur blog has a huge influence on the baladiya :p ;)
13. klk | September 13th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
crap
14. laila | September 13th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
wait, they removed them and left the pavement looking like that???
15. Mathai | September 13th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
Now that will really prevent people from parking on the curb :)
16. osama | September 13th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
اعتقد عيب ننتقد قبل ما بنتهي الشغل بشكل كامل
17. faisal | September 13th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
looool
i guess they changed their minds
18. saeef | September 13th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
I live in muthanna. Just looked out my window and…yeah. they left the pavement looking like that.
19. pinkdress | September 13th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
maybe they’ll be back later with something else since they left the pavement looking like that
20. mentabolism | September 13th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
AYBABTU – all your bollards are belong to us
21. Akbar | September 13th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Look out for them this weekend at Friday market for a bargain price…
22. vampire | September 14th, 2009 at 12:00 am
a lucky mother fucker made big money
23. ynoon | September 14th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
guys..hellooo
we`re in kuwait and things has to be done in this way
Ghostface said they were made in israel !!! who found out and how ?!
is the 1st of april ?
24. Abood | September 14th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Well as per the Ministry of PW ( Baladiya), it is illegal. They even removed from Residential areas. It was really bad as they broke the tiles and do not want to repair….
25. Aggz | September 14th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
er…have we forgotten those artificial Palm Trees with Christmas lights on them a few years back? Do you see any these days?
26. Ugly Kid | September 15th, 2009 at 9:23 am
I would prefer keeping them instead of the craters they left behind
27. ariston | September 16th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Did I hear somebody suggesting to bring back the artificial palm trees… btw, they looks awesome at night… lol
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