{"id":589,"date":"2012-06-30T21:16:25","date_gmt":"2012-06-30T21:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.astarmathsandphysics.com\/tutor_profiles\/paul_smith\/paul_smiths_blog\/?p=589"},"modified":"2012-06-30T21:16:25","modified_gmt":"2012-06-30T21:16:25","slug":"another-useless-mega-million-pound-monument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2012\/06\/another-useless-mega-million-pound-monument\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Useless Mega Million Pound Monument"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Right in time for the Olympics, a cable car has opened across the Thames. <\/p>\n<p>I cant help thinking this is just so that city bankers have a scenic route to work &#8211; a publicly funded perk for the millionaire gamblers who have gambled and lost all our money in the ether.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.astarmathsandphysics.com\/tutor_profiles\/paul_smith\/paul_smiths_blog\/2012\/06\/another-useless-mega-million-pound-monument\/cable-car-o2-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1109\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1109\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2012\/06\/another-useless-mega-million-pound-monument\/cable-car-o2-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/06\/cable-car-o21.jpg?fit=2000%2C1380&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1380\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-TZ7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1340879545&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cable-car-o2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/06\/cable-car-o21.jpg?fit=640%2C441&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/06\/cable-car-o21.jpg?resize=640%2C442\" alt=\"cable-car-o2\" width=\"640\" height=\"442\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/06\/cable-car-o21.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/06\/cable-car-o21.jpg?resize=300%2C207&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/06\/cable-car-o21.jpg?resize=1024%2C706&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/06\/cable-car-o21.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/06\/cable-car-o21.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Right in time for the Olympics, a cable car has opened across the Thames. 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