SiC Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 at the risk of making myself sound like a total idiot, this has actually been a quite an interesting experience for me because pretty much until today I had not really heard of this buildings existence! just never came up in my life until now somehow... so its been quite interesting to whiteness as an outsider so to speakDid you never watched this while growing up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Did you never watched this while growing up? nope, heard of it for sure, but never watched it, my brother was the the movie buff of the house and he focused on more grown up films rather then Disney cartoons (theres a reason Ali G is a film I fondly remember from my childhood LOL) also surely the Routemaster Invacar Lightbulb computer stuff should be clear signals that i dont do normal? edit: dont get me wrong im not trying to say its less horrible than it is, just wanted to clear that up before i accidentally upset anyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 On a related point, the National Trust have a policy of No hot working on site. Lord Sterling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 The National Trust can GTF. GrumpiusMaximus, Saabnut, DeeJay and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 but never watched it I had a hunch he might not have done. LightBulbFun and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Badum-tish. purplebargeken and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Neighbour just phoned to say my door mirror's hanging off....So it is. Bastard..... This sort of thing happens nearly every school holiday - silly old git up the road has his grand-kids camping in the garden and then ignores what they do once he has gone to bed. Apparently they were scooting round and round last night on their crappy little scooters. Time for a broom handle through an alloy wheel slot, I reckon. NB - not really but I will be having a word or two....One of which will be "off" paulplom and Dick Longbridge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Catholic church IS an insurance company. They are so rich they self insure. There is no organisation with more wealth. this did get me thinking, why do they need state funding/donations to fix it? (looks like im not the only one to think that https://twitter.com/IanCutress/status/1118085681404882944 ) Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Fucking steam irons; things don't last 5 minutes! Will by a posh one next time instead of Chinese shit. Don't, they're not any better. We spent a small fortune on a top-of-the-line Morphy Richards jobber a few years back, recommended by Good Housekeeping etc etc, and it was still crap. We went back to using a mid-70s non-steaming Sunbeam electric iron, along with a greenhouse spritzer bottle, which does the job perfectly well. I put a new cord on and it's been great for several years now. LightBulbFun and Jerzy Woking 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Really sad to see the mess of Notre Dame. While my personal beliefs don't really chime with organised faiths, I've a lot of good memories of visiting the building over the years; and I think the last time I was there (2004) I was pleased to snap a spectacularly scruffy Peugeot 304 parked outside. I'm drawing a little comfort from the concept that cathedrals are always a work in progress, that they're a repository for many centuries of craftsmanship, artistry and tradition. A huge amount has gone; but not all. There will be justified mourning for what has been lost - yet when that time passes, there will also be the opportunity for today's artisans to ply their skills in rebuilding, restoring and safeguarding the building for future generations. The spectacle of this disaster has at least made people sit up and take notice; with hundreds of millions of Euros already pledged to the repairs, its future ironically appears more secure now than when concerns were being raised about the creeping cracks wending their way through the venerable structure. As others have said, one day the Great Fire of 2019 will be just one of many imperilments the building has survived through the ages. Not for a long time, granted, but one day. Since the citizens of Belfast still can't shut up about the bloody Primark fire last year (also presumed caused by careless hot work in the roof), I can't begin to imagine how Parisians, people of faith, and those with strong links to Paris are feeling this morning. Solidarité. puddlethumper, mercedade, HMC and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 got given a bike rack for the car ... its got more straps than a bra !! Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theorganist Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 this did get me thinking, why do they need state funding/donations to fix it? (looks like im not the only one to think that https://twitter.com/IanCutress/status/1118085681404882944 )I think the Cathedral is owned by the French state not the Catholic church. It was heartbreaking watching it yesterday, hopefully it was not a badly damaged as feared. The Cathedral has the largest pipe organ in France a 8,000 pipe Cavaille-Coll a very celebrated instrument which it looks like may not have been damaged by the fire as it is at the west end, although the intense heat would not do the lead pipes very much good. For me the Crucifix at the east end still intact and shining through the devastation is quite symbolic. I think we should look at fitting sprinklers to our historic buildings, not just churches. It reminds me of the medieval church at Ropley in Hampshire which was raised to the ground in 2014 by a fire. History not just in the form of the structure but in art and artefacts which are irreplaceable are lost forever. danthecapriman, wuvvum, jumpingjehovahs and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Canterbury Cathedral will be having a review into their renovations now, I would imagine. They’ve had works going on there for ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theorganist Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Canterbury Cathedral will be having a review into their renovations now, I would imagine. They’ve had works going on there for ages.I would hope so. It only takes a moments lapse of concentration and disaster can strike. Canterbury Cathedral would be a huge loss if the same thing happened there. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Sprinklers (and most emergencey equipment like lighting) aren't usually designed to save the building. They're more intended to assist anyone trying to escape. It's als unlikely the fabric of the building would allow it, unless you want pipes and cables running up the side of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theorganist Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Sprinklers (and most emergencey equipment like lighting) aren't usually designed to save the building. They're more intended to assist anyone trying to escape. It's als unlikely the fabric of the building would allow it, unless you want pipes and cables running up the side of it.Fair enough I guess, I just thought it might at least slow the fire down. I think you could disguise cables etc quite well in a Cathedral to be honest, I don't think visually they would necessarily have much of an impact. We have quite a lot of cables for lighting etc in our church and it isn't too intrusive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Nyphur, give the sniping a rest already. HCB isn't the first person whose throat you've jumped down over nothing lately. Probably won't be the last either. twosmoke300, loserone, GrumpiusMaximus and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefag Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 HCB was being a prick. Jazoli, garbaldy, mercrocker and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Can we please keep personal spats to private messaging? Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Went to watch the Watford Rovers play the Arsenal Gunners last night. A414 unexpectedly shut, detour via old M10 and M1. Matrix signs suddenly reduce speed from 70 to 20. Then words that will fill even the bravest of souls with horror appear before me. ”Hazard - Oncoming Vehicle”. Having none of that, I performed an admirable 5 lane sweep to exit at 10. Got home at Midnight. Heading back from work today, I was met with the sort of sight that helps explain last night. It took 5 vehicles and 3 separate people for the driver to finally accept defeat. I was careful not to be threatening, or frightening - expecting the elderly lady to feel embarrassment and possibly humiliation. It was more flippant disregard to be honest. I have alerted BCH road police, suggesting they go and check on her and have a chat about things. I doubt they have the resources or inclination. Jerzy Woking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 That's broke then, slight flaw in the casting, or old crack.Only lasted 10 years, they don't make them like they used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 I have to say from the few pictures I've seen of the interior, the damage is not as bad as I'd feared. I'm over the moon that the organ has survived - it was rebuilt by Cavaillé-Coll but parts of it are over 600 years old - if that had been lost it would have been an utter tragedy. I was listening to Classic FM in the car on the way in to work this morning (before it was known what had or hadn't survived) and they played a recording of the Widor Toccata played on the Grand Orgue of Notre-Dame - it really does sound magnificent. theorganist, somewhatfoolish, Coprolalia and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 The National Trust can GTF.I have a similar view to you, although I have a joint lifetime membership which my mother bought me for her 40th wedding anniversary. What I needed at the time was not membership of the National Trust. Uncle Jimmy and GrumpiusMaximus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 It took 5 vehicles and 3 separate people for the driver to finally accept defeat. I was careful not to be threatening, or frightening - expecting the elderly lady to feel embarrassment and possibly humiliation. It was more flippant disregard to be honest. This seems to be an increasingly common attitude among the older generation sadly. Not entirely sure why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Fair enough I guess, I just thought it might at least slow the fire down. I think you could disguise cables etc quite well in a Cathedral to be honest, I don't think visually they would necessarily have much of an impact. We have quite a lot of cables for lighting etc in our church and it isn't too intrusive. That's a fair point - I would imagine Notre-Dame has a loudspeaker system installed, same as most large churches. Not sure a sprinkler system would have been much help in this particular instance, given the scale of the fire and the fact that it started above where the sprinklers would have been, but it can't be a bad idea to have them in case of an incident in the cathedral itself. theorganist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Went to watch the Watford Rovers play the Arsenal Gunners last night. A414 unexpectedly shut, detour via old M10 and M1. Matrix signs suddenly reduce speed from 70 to 20. Then words that will fill even the bravest of souls with horror appear before me. ”Hazard - Oncoming Vehicle”. Having none of that, I performed an admirable 5 lane sweep to exit at 10. Got home at Midnight. Heading back from work today, I was met with the sort of sight that helps explain last night. 4C879B3F-0A2E-4D22-AAB0-343D61B457A3.jpeg It took 5 vehicles and 3 separate people for the driver to finally accept defeat. I was careful not to be threatening, or frightening - expecting the elderly lady to feel embarrassment and possibly humiliation. It was more flippant disregard to be honest. I have alerted BCH road police, suggesting they go and check on her and have a chat about things. I doubt they have the resources or inclination. Can you explain what's going on in that picture?To me it looks like some people have decided to have a picnic around a Juke. I'm assuming the driver in question is in the Juke, but what were they trying to do that prompted people to surround them? Were they trying to turn right into the oncoming traffic that you're sat in? Jerzy Woking and DeeJay 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Can you explain what's going on in that picture?To me it looks like some people have decided to have a picnic around a Juke. I'm assuming the driver in question is in the Juke, but what were they trying to do that prompted people to surround them? Were they trying to turn right into the oncoming traffic that you're sat in? Sorry. It’s chaos.We are on a roundabout. The green Astra is trying to turn left into oncoming traffic on a dual carriageway. The fact the road is curved to prevent this from happening is of no concern or consequence; the driver just thinks it’s a bad road layout and must hairpin left to continue her journey. Jerzy Woking and somewhatfoolish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Oooooh! Right. Yeah, it's obvious now you mention it's the Astra at fault. Holy shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Received a slightly worried-sounding text to say the Yaris' Engine Warning Light has come on, and won't go off again. There is sufficient oil, I'm told, and there is sufficient coolant. No abnormal noises bar the top end of the VVC 1.0 unit, which is a bit tappetty - but then it's been like that for the past 20k miles. Temp normal, no smoke (though a slight blow at the centre silencer which has developed over the last couple of days). Ah great. I've advised that it's unlikely to explode imminently, and while I'm hoping it's the lambda sensor being over-dramatic, it's quite possibly something else. And there I was wondering what I was going to do tonight, having finally got the bathroom sorted... Plus, the Forester has taken to popping headlight bulbs as a pastime. Two nearside H4s in as many days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Since the citizens of Belfast still can't shut up about the bloody Primark fire last year (also presumed caused by careless hot work in the roof), I can't begin to imagine how Parisians, people of faith, and those with strong links to Paris are feeling this morning. Solidarité.Probably more to do with it being a nice old building rather than Primark being inside it. Sprinklers (and most emergencey equipment like lighting) aren't usually designed to save the building. They're more intended to assist anyone trying to escape. It's als unlikely the fabric of the building would allow it, unless you want pipes and cables running up the side of it.Hi-fog/Water misting is less intrusive(smaller nozzles and smaller bore pipework) and retrofitting is probably easier if not cheaper; it effectively prevents any firespread and causes little damage to anything unless left running for days. It's commonplace on ships(although not mandatory which I think it should be, it would save pretty much every life lost to engine room fires) and the cost is now nugatory compared to the cost even of a few years maintenance never mind a total rebuild like the GSA or a partial rebuild like Notre Dame, insurance companies need to think very hard about encouraging owners to fit this stuff even if governments won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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