tonyh29 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 If disliking the French makes you a suspect then the French police will be interviewing suspects until 2609 it was quite sad watching a national icon burn like that , even a religious one , hopefully they can restore it to its former glory 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Interview on the radio this morning with the organist of the cathedral, kicked off with something like "Where were you when the fire started?". Maybe it's just me, but it seems a little early to point the finger of blame. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welnik Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 7 hours ago, peterms said: Interview on the radio this morning with the organist of the cathedral, kicked off with something like "Where were you when the fire started?". Maybe it's just me, but it seems a little early to point the finger of blame. Good job this didn't happen in Wisconson, Steven Avery would have been found guilty! Cheers Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 18 hours ago, VILLAMARV said: Was a bit like this in my house. "Oh, no look the Notre Dame is burning down to the ground" "Oh no" "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" "?!?!?" "Oh sorry, yeah, bad taste. 2 unhappy Russians though!" "What have the Russians done?" "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" "What now?" "HOT CROSS NUNS!" Sad I know but I can't believe I only got two reaction emoji things for that nun joke I blame the page break 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 16, 2019 Moderator Share Posted April 16, 2019 How much is the Catholic Church putting up for the rebuilding? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sharkyvilla Posted April 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 16, 2019 20 minutes ago, bickster said: How much is the Catholic Church putting up for the rebuilding? Apparently they've received over €700m to rebuild it already. I'm not normally one to go on a moral crusade but surely that kind of money could make a huge difference to a lot of people rather than on a building. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 16, 2019 Moderator Share Posted April 16, 2019 Just now, sharkyvilla said: Apparently they've received over €700m to rebuild it already. I'm not normally one to go on a moral crusade but surely that kind of money could make a huge difference to a lot of people rather than on a building. £300m was a single donation from some people who make fancy clothes. The crowd-funder is being organised by the French Government. Yet it's the richest religious organisation in the world's building, so I was wondering if they'd offered a single bean of their billions to repair it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 5 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: Apparently they've received over €700m to rebuild it already. I'm not normally one to go on a moral crusade but surely that kind of money could make a huge difference to a lot of people rather than on a building. Isn't that about the estimated cost of recladding all of the tower blocks inspected after Grenfell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stevo985 Posted April 16, 2019 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted April 16, 2019 40 minutes ago, snowychap said: Isn't that about the estimated cost of recladding all of the tower blocks inspected after Grenfell? If only Grenfell had been full of art instead of, you know, human beings. 10 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 It's a shame and everything, but an English girl at work, who admitted she'd never been there, was in tears due to this news. Wtf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 54 minutes ago, bickster said: £300m was a single donation from some people who make fancy clothes. The crowd-funder is being organised by the French Government. Yet it's the richest religious organisation in the world's building, so I was wondering if they'd offered a single bean of their billions to repair it If they gave any of their money to the pore and needy, how would the pope impersonate Scrooge McDuck in the vatican vaults? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 1 hour ago, bickster said: How much is the Catholic Church putting up for the rebuilding? The state took it from the catholic church long long ago, it's not a catholic owned property. The Landlord should pay. It's likely the poor record of refurbishment by the Landlord has contributed to / caused this. Personally, I'd give it a fairly decent modern rebuild and give a few hundred million to good causes as a celebration of French state loving its people more than it's property. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post snowychap Posted April 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 16, 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Davkaus said: If they gave any of their money to the pore and needy... If they did that, would it make them holey? Edited April 16, 2019 by snowychap 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 5 minutes ago, snowychap said: If they did that, would it make them holey? ...I have no explanation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 29 minutes ago, Davkaus said: It's a shame and everything, but an English girl at work, who admitted she'd never been there, was in tears due to this news. Wtf. Attention whoring no doubt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisp65 Posted April 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 16, 2019 Any excuse for a barely relevant fantastic anecdote: A couple of years ago I was working on a listed building and needed to make some alterations to the roof. I asked the Planners and Dartmoor Park people if I could do the work at the same time as the planning and listed applications were going through as the work was quite urgent. I pointed out that the area I'd be working in was all relatively new and not listed anyway, so it would be a formality. They sent me back quite a snooty essay on the history of the building. They told me it was not 'relatively new', it was Napoleonic. It had been made from the reclaimed timbers of prison ships and had held prisoners from the American War of Independence. I sent them a bunch of photos of all the timber with the name of the timber supplier stencilled on the side. With a very brief note that just said 'please find attached photos from HMS Jewson'. They went utter **** nuts. Worth it though. 5 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Davkaus said: It's a shame and everything, but an English girl at work, who admitted she'd never been there, was in tears due to this news. Wtf. Time of the nunth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 1 hour ago, chrisp65 said: Any excuse for a barely relevant fantastic anecdote: A couple of years ago I was working on a listed building and needed to make some alterations to the roof. I asked the Planners and Dartmoor Park people if I could do the work at the same time as the planning and listed applications were going through as the work was quite urgent. I pointed out that the area I'd be working in was all relatively new and not listed anyway, so it would be a formality. They sent me back quite a snooty essay on the history of the building. They told me it was not 'relatively new', it was Napoleonic. It had been made from the reclaimed timbers of prison ships and had held prisoners from the American War of Independence. I sent them a bunch of photos of all the timber with the name of the timber supplier stencilled on the side. With a very brief note that just said 'please find attached photos from HMS Jewson'. They went utter **** nuts. Worth it though. I’m curious what they went **** nuts about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 16, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 16, 2019 It's OK, they saved Jebus's ACTUAL CROWN OF THORNS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 9 minutes ago, brommy said: I’m curious what they went **** nuts about? on a superficial level, that they had their hubris handed back to them on a platter on a much more significant level, that somebody at some point had indeed removed 200 year old timber and stone from Napoleonic ships and replaced it with a job lot of blockwork and timber from Jewson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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