Cygnia Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 Howdy neighborinos! 'Simpsons’-themed heavy metal band Okilly Dokilly performs at Chameleon Club pinecone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 7 minutes ago, Cygnia said: Howdy neighborinos! 'Simpsons’-themed heavy metal band Okilly Dokilly performs at Chameleon Club Thanks, I nedded that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 A piece about one of the people behind the Sydney Opera House who died on April 7th https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-47880938 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 Comedian Ian Cognito dies onstage during performance, audience thinks he's joking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 That was on the BBC but as he was not that well known even here I did not think of posting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted April 14, 2019 Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 Floridia Man meets Velociraptor. pinecone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted April 14, 2019 Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 Oh funny. It is listed as flightless bird on the BBC Meanwhile Lewis Hamilton wins the 1,000th Grand Prix which was held in China. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/47924974 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted April 14, 2019 Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 21 hours ago, Cygnia said: Comedian Ian Cognito dies onstage during performance, audience thinks he's joking "Dying is easy; comedy is hard." -Edmund Kean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted April 14, 2019 Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 Tiger Woods has won the Masters https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/47927647 He is still behind Jack Nicklaus but after over a decae since his last major win, this is an achievement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 Hungry And Horny Alligators Are Invading Streets, Homes And Pools In Florida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 I'm curious how Alligators handle the chlorine in pools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 20 minutes ago, Starlord said: I'm curious how Alligators handle the chlorine in pools. It depends on how much they drink while chowing down on small pets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 Doesn't seem to bother them much. They will hang out in a pool for days if they take a notion. Salt water pools don't seem to deter the, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 Oh no! Notre Dame fire: Paris fire department says cathedral blaze is quickly spreading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 That middle tower is gonna go soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 25 minutes ago, Cygnia said: Oh no! Notre Dame fire: Paris fire department says cathedral blaze is quickly spreading Oh geez, it's like watching history itself go up in smoke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 Heaven help us all if this turns out to be arson. I just watched the end of the Special Report from ABC, which ended with shots of the interior of the cathedral while it was still standing. It was so beautiful and so serene, and now it is gone. Heartbreaking. Simply heartbreaking. There is no other way to describe it. Toxxus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 There's not going to be enough left to determine whether it's arson or not. I read some commentary from a firefighter wherein he detailed how the open wooden-beam construction with no roof access means there's effectively no way to save the building. Best case scenario is that the fire started in the roof and doesn't quite burn all the way to the ground. But you can't even send firefighters into the building if flaming timbers a foot across are falling from ten stories up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 News photos of the fire show scaffolding all over the roof. From this I infer there was restoration/construction work going on. My guess would then be that the fire started from construction accident. EDIT: Ah yes. From Vox: Quote The cause of the fire is not yet clear, though police told the Guardian that it appeared to be an accident and linked to restoration work. The approximately 800-year-old church, which is one of Paris’s most cherished attractions, has been in desperate need of repairs and restoration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 The latest. They say the structure is safe https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-47941794 I have actually been to the cathedral and up the middle bit between the North and South tower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted April 16, 2019 Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 President Macron has come as close as a secular politician can to swearing a blood oath on the flag of his ancestors that Notre Dame will rise again. That the best architectural minds in the world, the best construction technicians and workers, and the will of a nation -- if not a continent -- will come together to restore the cathedral to its beauty, glory, and raw emotional power. It will be an epic labor. I doubt it will be completed in my lifetime. But it is a far better use of the world's time than making more bombs, more battles, and more orphans. God bless Paris. God bless Notre Dame. Ternaugh, wcw43921 and Pariah 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted April 16, 2019 Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 Man suing parents for $86K for throwing out his porn collection https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/439034-man-suing-parents-for-86k-for-throwing-out-his-porn-collection I'm not sympathetic to the subject matter of what the parents threw away. But this story brought up some very bitter memories of my own and I'm too furious at the moment to write about my own experiences. (Note the plural.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted April 16, 2019 Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 If the man's collection included nothing illegal, he has a legitimate basis for a lawsuit IMO. Personal judgement over the moral quality of someone's property doesn't grant anyone the right to destroy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted April 16, 2019 Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault (Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent) says he will donate 100 million euros to rebuild Notre-Dame Cathedral. A brave chaplain and a human chain saved holy relics from Notre Dame Cathedral fire Hermit and Ternaugh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted April 16, 2019 Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 Oil rig workers rescue dog 137 miles off coast of Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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