The grumpy thread

[Cavcraft]

Hmm, looks increasingly like I'm off to the 'dance at work.

[wuvvum]

Early retirement?

[Cavcraft]

Early retirement?

 

Sort of.

[Wack]

Well that's bad news , my tame but scruffy mechanic of 16 years has decided he's had enough and got a job, I'm a bit gutted tbh, he's served me well over the years and he's become a friend , plus I was definitely on mates rates.

 

There's no going back either, his landlord has been quite happy with him as a tenant but he's had offers on the building before, Steve gave him 2 months notice at 9am , by 9:30 he'd sold it

[Timewaster]

Hmm, looks increasingly like I'm off to the 'dance at work.

Thought you worked for yourself. All those work nights out?

[iainrcz]

Just watching an old Aussie geezer repairing a steam loco in the sun whilst smoking a roll up.

 

And I work in a dusty, smelly plastics factory. In Lincolnshire.

 

Fuck my life.

 

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[Fumbler]

 

Ouch.

[richardmorris]

Yep, I’m glad I’ve seen it in person a few times. Won’t be a chance now for about 30years if at all. 200 years to build and gone in two hours.

[Christine]

The flames were licking  around him ...Jump Quasi , jump !  shouted the crowd below .

 

"N N N PP "  called Quasi , pointing at his hump

 

Jump Quasi , jump !    they call

 

"N N N PP "  called back Quasi , again , pointing at his hump.

" Esmarelda  , what's he sayin ? " 

 

" I think he's saying"  " what do you think this lump is ..A parachute  ?"

[Fumbler]

Also grumpy because CBS newsroom were conversing about the significance of the cathedral for "not only Catholics but Christians as well"

 

 

Oh dear.

[wuvvum]

Drama queen here.  I've been watching the footage and not far off tears tbh.

[SiC]

An historic building falling apart is sad, but it can rise again as shows it has put on has shown over the years it has been built has shown, building as well as people rise from the ashes, time for the Damne to do the same.

This isn't some old pub or country house, this is a building that has a shit load of meaning and feeling attached to a great many people. A symbol of a national identity that can not be replaced. A building that took hundreds of years to make by many, many skilled craftsman. A lot of which have died with their trade. It can be rebuilt but it will never be exactly the same. In-fact it will be near damn impossible to get it anywhere near like it was.

 

Hundreds of years to build, 800+ years of history and survived many major and world wars. All wiped out in a couple of hours.

 

Have some fucking respect man.

[New POD]

Fucking steam irons; things don't last 5 minutes! Will by a posh one next time instead of Chinese shit.

We've had our since 1987.

 

Still works. Softwater area.

[Cavcraft]

Thought you worked for yourself. All those work nights out?

 

My boss asked me to be more professional, so I put a leather jacket on and slid across the bonnet of his car. 

[richardmorris]

Also grumpy because CBS newsroom were conversing about the significance of the cathedral for "not only Catholics but Christians as well"

 

 

Oh dear.

I did that ( inadvertently ) in a French lesson in school. Are you catholic? No I’m a Christian.

[richardmorris]

A bell tower is on fire now. May be nothing left soon.

[captain_70s]

A bell tower is on fire now. May be nothing left soon.

Even if the walls stay standing the sheer heat of the blaze will have left it structurally unsound. It'll be coming down either way.

[trigger]

850 years of history gone in hours, how you can make jokes about it is beyond me. It must be heartbreaking for the French. I'm amazed that scaffolding hasn't collapsed yet mind.

[wuvvum]

I'd be very, very surprised if the main structure doesn't survive.  Dozens of medieval cathedrals / churches have had major fires over the centuries, and whilst the roof structures and anything made of wood is lost, the masonry is so massive as to be almost invulnerable.

[richardmorris]

Now a pic on bbc of flames in both towers.

[Cavcraft]

It's a huge loss, all that history gone like that. Must be absolutely heartbreaking.

[SiC]

It's a huge loss, all that history gone like that. Must be absolutely heartbreaking.

It's not just the building, it's all the irreplaceable artifacts inside too.

[richardmorris]

So far, at least, no one has been killed or injured.

[Saabnut]

French TV is reporting a lot of the relics and other stuff that can be carried has been saved. The building looks done for though.

[Fumbler]

The spire fell 2 hours in. At that moment I think everyone knew that was enough to tell them, it was gone. Lucky it was a roof fire to begin with, or everything would have been decimated.

[mercrocker]

I'm an atheist.   I am also a case-hardened Englishman.   Watching Notre Dame burn has made my eyes water, these buildings transcend religion and nationality.   Very very sad day.

[155V6]

Religion can do one,but that's still very sad.

[captain_70s]

I'd be very, very surprised if the main structure doesn't survive.  Dozens of medieval cathedrals/ churches have had major fires over the centuries, and whilst the roof structures and anything made of wood is lost, the masonry is so massive as to be almost invulnerable.

While historically that's been the case I reckon than in this day and age the site will be surveyed, with the effects of heat on the mortar etc and it'll be condemned as being to risky to work on.

 

Having said that, it's France, so it may be rebuilt. If it was a UK building the proposals for a block of student flats and a Costa drive-thu would already have been submitted...

[I_am_Diesel]

I'm an atheist.   I am also a case-hardened Englishman.   Watching Notre Dame burn has made my eyes water, these buildings transcend religion and nationality.   Very very sad day.

Totally agree.

[New POD]

It's French.

 

Like Wales with (more) attitude.