valleycliffe April 5, 2019 Share April 5, 2019 5 minutes ago, Cupid Stunt said: While ‘Old Town Road’ incorporates references to country and cowboy imagery, it does not embrace enough elements of today’s country music to chart in its current version.” Through a representative, Lil Nas X declined a request to comment on Billboard‘s decision. LOL not enuff allusions to fornicating, drinking and gambling? 5 1 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt April 5, 2019 Share April 5, 2019 1 hour ago, valleycliffe said: LOL not enuff allusions to fornicating, drinking and gambling? Hard to believe. 3 2 Link to comment
Capricasix April 5, 2019 Share April 5, 2019 It’s a great song. I confess I’d never heard of the artist until this remix was all over Twitter this morning - I thought it was connected somehow to Red Dead Redemption 😄 1 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt April 6, 2019 Share April 6, 2019 (edited) 17 hours ago, Capricasix said: It’s a great song. I confess I’d never heard of the artist until this remix was all over Twitter this morning - I thought it was connected somehow to Red Dead Redemption That's a fantastic idea! The only reason this has become a thing in the media is that Lil Nas X turned the grey area reasoning of Billboard's chart reassignment into a marketing opportunity by remixing Old Town Road with Country outlier Billy Ray Cyrus, added a new verse, with fattened up engineering. The timing of the remix popularity, the PR blackeye, and media steamroller all comes on the cusp of the 54th Academy of Country Music Awards show this Sunday. Oops. Many remixes are shadows of the original, but Lil Nas X used Billy Ray's very practiced country torch and twang vocal inflection to excellent effect, which makes it thoroughly palatable for Country radio and the Billboard Country charts. The best part is that it still crosses several music genres, making the TPTB very nervous on one hand, while itching for those cross chart dollars with the other -- Oh, the paroxysms of MBAs running in tight Ivy League circles on how to take advantage of this gift of free PR and self-production that just dropped in their lap. My real question is to Lil Nas X's representation at Columbia, his record label. They dropped the ball spectacularly, because Lil Nas X produced the original Old Town Road on his own, and it was picked up and spread by his fans across the Internet and request radio The remix was produced and distributed the same way by Lil Nas X, and a whole new group of fans picked it up and ran with it. Columbia is choking on their dust. Not many artists have had successful designations on multiple charts (Shania Twain, Steve Earle, Dusty Springfield, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, to name a few). It troubles the waters of rigid cultural thinking for consumers/music producers/music media, and forces marketing departments to think past genre bracketing (Ouch!) in the music divisions of media monopolies. Edited April 6, 2019 by Cupid Stunt 1 4 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt April 7, 2019 Share April 7, 2019 It's National No Housework Day! -- No problem. Nancy Pelosi named recipient of Profile in Courage Award How humanity’s idea of who deserves moral concern has grown — and will keep growing. -- Should animals, plants, and robots have the same rights as you? Polish priest apologises for Harry Potter book burning -- Priest says the public destruction of ‘evil’ items, including JK Rowling’s books and Buddhist figurines, was not intended to condemn specific authors or religions 2 5 Link to comment
jpagan05 April 8, 2019 Share April 8, 2019 On 4/1/2019 at 4:47 AM, peacheslatour said: When I was in sixth grade we had a sit in in the principal's office so we could wear pants to school. That was in 1969. WTF? I worked as a banquet server in the 90s. Our uniform was a (polyester) tuxedo. The women had to wear the skirt version. With opaque tights. Our shifts were super physical and sometimes 15 hours long. I loathed that uniform. @Cupid Stunt I love that school lunch redo story! @peacheslatour Happy belated birthday! 9 Link to comment
peacheslatour April 8, 2019 Share April 8, 2019 Thanks, jpagan! Hmmm Primetimer. Can we still call ourselves Preverts? 1 8 Link to comment
valleycliffe April 8, 2019 Share April 8, 2019 15 minutes ago, peacheslatour said: Thanks, jpagan! Hmmm Primetimer. Can we still call ourselves Preverts? wonder if we will have to set up a new profile, password etc. 1 4 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt April 8, 2019 Share April 8, 2019 10 hours ago, jpagan05 said: I worked as a banquet server in the 90s. Our uniform was a (polyester) tuxedo. The women had to wear the skirt version. With opaque tights. Our shifts were super physical and sometimes 15 hours long. I loathed that uniform. @Cupid Stunt I love that school lunch redo story! @peacheslatour Happy belated birthday! As a former parochial school student, uniforms make me automatically want to hitch up my skirt and tie the blouse like a belly shirt. There are many school districts in the US that are working on alternatives to the "ketchup as a vegetable" mentality from federal and state education departments. Who better deserves real food than our children? 27 minutes ago, peacheslatour said: Thanks, jpagan! Hmmm Primetimer. Can we still call ourselves Preverts? We'll always be Preverts. ; ) 6 6 Link to comment
valleycliffe April 8, 2019 Share April 8, 2019 when i went to catholic school we had to wear a jumper w. long sleeve white shirt and blue tie...i could never do up the top button on my shirt (still can't) cause i have a terrible gag reflex and can't stand anything tight around my throat. i did roll the waist up on my skirts when in high school tho.. 2 7 Link to comment
peacheslatour April 8, 2019 Share April 8, 2019 10 minutes ago, valleycliffe said: when i went to catholic school we had to wear a jumper w. long sleeve white shirt and blue tie...i could never do up the top button on my shirt (still can't) cause i have a terrible gag reflex and can't stand anything tight around my throat. i did roll the waist up on my skirts when in high school tho.. I can't wear turtlenecks for the same reason. To quote the immortal Mitch Hedberg: "I wear V-neck shirts. I can't wear a regular neck shirt, it hurts. And I especially hate turtlenecks. Wearing a turtleneck is like being strangled by a really weak guy. All day! If you wear a backpack and a turtleneck, it's like a weak m***** trying to bring you down. " 5 7 Link to comment
valleycliffe April 8, 2019 Share April 8, 2019 LOL when i was in grade 8 the movie taras bulba came out...tony curtis starred in it and he was a cossack. cossack boots became the rage, at least where i lived. i got a pair and loved them..black patent mid calf high with just a regular shoe sole. i was hauled into the principals office because school policy banned boots being worn to class. you had to change into shoes once you were inside...i explained to the principal that these weren't really "boots" like snow boots or rain boots but were more like shoes..i was reminded "boots" were banned....i wore them anyway. LOL i also had a "ben casey" shirt that i wore just like the actor did in the show...🤣 7 4 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt April 8, 2019 Share April 8, 2019 (edited) Avicii's last album to be released posthumously in June A pair of oldies -- Avicii's "Levels" remix with Flo Rida "Good Feeling" Karma's a bitch -- Suspected rhino poacher is killed by an elephant and then eaten by lions in South Africa Rwandan rape survivors and their children, 25 years later Edited April 8, 2019 by Cupid Stunt 4 Link to comment
valleycliffe April 8, 2019 Share April 8, 2019 3 hours ago, Cupid Stunt said: You're a fashion renegade, Valley. well. i was 13 2 5 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt April 9, 2019 Share April 9, 2019 As worries about Baby Powder's safety mounted, J&J focused its pitches on minority, overweight women The Department of Justice announced the plea deals in a bribery and fraud case that captured national attention -- 14 people, including actress Felicity Huffman, plead guilty in college admissions scam 25 years later, TCM still abides (so movie lovers pray) New exhibit reconsiders the Weimar Republic, 100 years later 5 Link to comment
peacheslatour April 9, 2019 Share April 9, 2019 Since the threads are kind of quiet today, I think I'll tell a funny story on myself. Last week we had Taco Time taco's. I had a cold so I only ate half of mine. The next day I wanted to reheat it but I didn't want the lettuce and tomato part to get all gross so I came up with genius idea. I would steam it with the meat/cheese side down. I put a small pot of water on the stove and placed my PLASTIC colander in it. I then, in my mania, plopped the taco, paper wrapper still on into the colander. As the flames reached for the ceiling and the colander melted all over the stove, I reacted to it "Aha, grease fire!" I threw a bag of flour on it and guess what? That's right, it made it WORSE. I then tried frantically to smash it out using pot lids. This did not work. I finally threw water on it. It was out. Just then, my DH, who had forgotten his lunch walked through the front door, took in the scene before him. His insane wife grinned crookedly and said "Um, we had a small fire." He nodded briefly, grabbed his lunch and backed out the way he had come. Needless to say, I needed a new colander, so I ordered a stainless steel one from Amazon. It came the next day. 15 1 Link to comment
boes April 9, 2019 Share April 9, 2019 57 minutes ago, peacheslatour said: Since the threads are kind of quiet today, I think I'll tell a funny story on myself. Last week we had Taco Time taco's. I had a cold so I only ate half of mine. The next day I wanted to reheat it but I didn't want the lettuce and tomato part to get all gross so I came up with genius idea. I would steam it with the meat/cheese side down. I put a small pot of water on the stove and placed my PLASTIC colander in it. I then, in my mania, plopped the taco, paper wrapper still on into the colander. As the flames reached for the ceiling and the colander melted all over the stove, I reacted to it "Aha, grease fire!" I threw a bag of flour on it and guess what? That's right, it made it WORSE. I then tried frantically to smash it out using pot lids. This did not work. I finally threw water on it. It was out. Just then, my DH, who had forgotten his lunch walked through the front door, took in the scene before him. His insane wife grinned crookedly and said "Um, we had a small fire." He nodded briefly, grabbed his lunch and backed out the way he had come. Needless to say, I needed a new colander, so I ordered a stainless steel one from Amazon. It came the next day. I feel bad with how loudly I've been laughing at what happened to you but but but but I can't help it! The visuals are perfect from the pot to colander to wrapped taco to flames to the flour to husband backing out the way he came in. But at least he left with his lunch and you're there with a HUGE mess and tacoless. Isn't it amazing how this shit happens, our brain tells us what to do next and our brains are worthless?? Oh peacheslatour, you done killed me ####Dead#### 6 7 Link to comment
peacheslatour April 9, 2019 Share April 9, 2019 (edited) 12 minutes ago, boes said: I feel bad with how loudly I've been laughing at what happened to you but but but but I can't help it! The visuals are perfect from the pot to colander to wrapped taco to flames to the flour to husband backing out the way he came in. But at least he left with his lunch and you're there with a HUGE mess and tacoless. Isn't it amazing how this shit happens, our brain tells us what to do next and our brains are worthless?? Oh peacheslatour, you done killed me ####Dead#### For my next act I'll tell you how I broke my nose last Friday night. 🤕 The best part is now I have glamorous bee stung lips that celebs pay big buck s for.😎 Edited April 9, 2019 by peacheslatour 5 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt April 10, 2019 Share April 10, 2019 15 hours ago, peacheslatour said: For my next act I'll tell you how I broke my nose last Friday night. 🤕 The best part is now I have glamorous bee stung lips that celebs pay big buck s for.😎 Do you have blackeyes to go along with that broken nose? ; ) You're fortunate the fire wasn't worse, Peaches. As you've already found out, flour is very flammable. 2 5 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt April 10, 2019 Share April 10, 2019 A 3-year-old boy repeatedly entered the wrong password, locked up his dad's iPad until 2067 -- I get it ... I just picked up a new laptop and I wish someone would lock it up until 2067 “We’re being steamrolled by our devices” -- How digital technology is destroying our freedom Big game hunter who has killed more than 5,000 elephants says he is 'totally unrepentant' after being named in investigation into plummeting numbers – and admits killing 60 lions, 50 hippos, and 40 leopards Ingredient in whitening strips is harmful to deep layer of teeth, research says Selling with the enemy: Why rival retailers embrace Amazon.com 5 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt April 11, 2019 Share April 11, 2019 (edited) Julian Assange arrested and indicted on conspiracy to commit computer intrusion in 2010 Julian Assange: Campaigner or attention-seeker? A suspect is in custody in connection with fires at three black churches in Louisiana, sources say Walmart News -- Walmart is doubling down on robot janitors. Here's why Walmart’s $25 insulin can’t fix the diabetes drug price crisis Google Assistant Can Now Order Your Walmart Groceries How do you take a photo of a black hole? It’s simple: Just make a virtual telescope the size of the Earth. -- The first-ever black hole image, explained in 500 words Meet Katie Bouman, the MIT grad who helped capture the black-hole image Barcelona Series -- The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain Barcelona’s remarkable history of rebirth and transformation Cars dominate cities today. Barcelona has set out to change that. Edited April 11, 2019 by Cupid Stunt 6 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt April 11, 2019 Share April 11, 2019 (edited) 38 minutes ago, Cupid Stunt said: Edited April 11, 2019 by Cupid Stunt I hate my laptop 7 Link to comment
valleycliffe April 11, 2019 Share April 11, 2019 my daughter called me this morning while on her way to work...she has bluetooth so she's not holding her cell. anyway, she told me that dawnica's (my grand) math teacher asked her to be in the math competition coming up.. when dawnica told her about it, teri's comment was "but you don't like math", to which her reply was "just because i don't like math doesn't mean that i'm not good at it". she is looking foreward to next year when she is in grade 10 because then she will get letter grades instead of what they do now...apparently she is supposed to self assess or something..the comment with her course is something like "above expectations" or something like that.. 12 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt April 11, 2019 Share April 11, 2019 1 hour ago, valleycliffe said: my daughter called me this morning while on her way to work...she has bluetooth so she's not holding her cell. anyway, she told me that dawnica's (my grand) math teacher asked her to be in the math competition coming up.. when dawnica told her about it, teri's comment was "but you don't like math", to which her reply was "just because i don't like math doesn't mean that i'm not good at it". she is looking foreward to next year when she is in grade 10 because then she will get letter grades instead of what they do now...apparently she is supposed to self assess or something..the comment with her course is something like "above expectations" or something like that.. Do encourage your granddaughter to pursue the math competition, Valley. Whatever the theory is for self-assessment in her present math class, her teacher recognizes her aptitude and problem-solving skills, and is directing her toward more challenging work in mathematics. Many people that like math find it difficult and frustrating, too. Gently remind your daughter that Dawnica listens to every word she says, and closely measures the tone of statements like "but you don't like math", and may hear Teri discouraging her to go out for the competition because her mother doesn't believe Dawnica is interested enough in math to participate in a math competition … I'm not saying Teri isn't supportive, but teenagers often hear their unspoken insecurities echoed back at them from off-the-cuff conversations, and the walls go up. 14 to 16 is a tricky age; I was disciplined and studious one minute, then a prickly hellion the next. In a similar situation with Thing2, my mother laughed and laughed, then told me to wear a helmet. 10 Link to comment
valleycliffe April 11, 2019 Share April 11, 2019 3 hours ago, Cupid Stunt said: Whatever the theory is for self-assessment in her present math class, her teacher recognizes her aptitude and problem-solving skills, it's not just her math class/teacher cupid...this is a ruling in bc made in 2017. apparently many teachers and parents thought that letter grades put too much pressure on the students and that many students were only interested in what grade they got..letter grades come back in grade 10 because the universities and colleges want to know what grades you got. i am not sure if every school district has to implement it. 3 4 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt April 11, 2019 Share April 11, 2019 11 minutes ago, valleycliffe said: it's not just her math class/teacher cupid...this is a ruling in bc made in 2017. apparently many teachers and parents thought that letter grades put too much pressure on the students and that many students were only interested in what grade they got..letter grades come back in grade 10 because the universities and colleges want to know what grades you got. i am not sure if every school district has to implement it. Because specific expectations and deadlines are not required in the real world? And only three years to catch up … just in case self-assessment isn't a strict enough guideline to keep children, and teachers, within graduation requirements. The less you expect of a child, the more likely they'll live down to that expectation. 3 Link to comment
valleycliffe April 11, 2019 Share April 11, 2019 dawnica doesn't like "self assessment" she wants letter grades. also, dawnica is very smart, quite witty and puts alot of pressure on herself. i think she decided in grade 4 that she wants to be a marine biologist. she also hates to spend money on herself cause she says its for her education and she wants to save it. she also hopes to get some bursaries and/or scholarships too. 9 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt April 11, 2019 Share April 11, 2019 I imagine there are a lot of bright and motivated students that are disappointed with self-assessment outcomes. Encourage your granddaughter to ask for more instruction from her math and science teachers, maybe summer school. Very cool that D is inspired to become a marine biologist. She is to be admired for that goal. It's a very long row to hoe. 5 Link to comment
valleycliffe April 11, 2019 Share April 11, 2019 when teri and troy were filling out dawnica's birth certificate / registration, teri wanted to spell her name danica. troy pointed out that then it would be pronounced DANica so they added the "w" to make it sound like dawn. 5 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt April 12, 2019 Share April 12, 2019 Each night, Walmart’s parking lots turn into America’s largest campground. Walmart is an example of a commercial third place…a place people go to socialize that isn’t home or the workplace. But like Starbucks and McDonald’s, Walmart also functions as a replacement home for some people. Across America, Walmart parking lots fill up with the vans, RVs, and cars of nomads, vacationers, and the homeless. El Monte RV provides a short guide to Walmart camping and Allstays has a list of Walmarts that allow overnight parking. Walmart says its new robots will make human employees happier Barcelona Series -- Barcelona’s radical plan to take back streets from cars -- Introducing “superblocks.” Barcelona’s superblocks are a new model for “post-car” urban living ** Cute Alert ** New at the Smithsonian National Zoo: North American River Otter Pups Nipsey Hussle's Fiancee, Snoop Dogg Honor Him at Public Memorial How Leonardo da Vinci made a “satellite” map in 1502 10 Link to comment
Petunia13 April 12, 2019 Share April 12, 2019 Why when I hear @peacheslatour stories I picture them so vividly and want to know more? You should have your own show like a mashup of A Christmas Story or Wonder Years growing up stuff and present day sitcom stuff. When the site name changed I immediately thought of y’all and our nickname 😊 5 Link to comment
peacheslatour April 12, 2019 Share April 12, 2019 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Petunia13 said: Why when I hear @peacheslatour stories I picture them so vividly and want to know more? You should have your own show like a mashup of A Christmas Story or Wonder Years growing up stuff and present day sitcom stuff. When the site name changed I immediately thought of y’all and our nickname 😊 Thank you! I do have a lot of stories, shit just seems to happen to me. My mom used to just shake her head. Edited April 12, 2019 by peacheslatour 2 5 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt April 13, 2019 Share April 13, 2019 More Black Hole News: How to make sense of the black hole image, according to 2 astrophysicists -- Think on this: The light at the center of the black hole picture has been forever removed from the observable universe. To undermine Katherine Bouman's role in the black hole photo, trolls held up a white man as the real hero -- until he fought back Dobrila, a female griffon vulture is seen inside a cage after arriving at the Nikola Tesla Airport in Belgrade, Serbia, April 12, 2019. REUTERS/Marko Djurica Serbian vulture flies home from Turkey - by plane Ever wondered whether yawns are contagious? Scientists added human brain genes to monkeys. Yes, it’s as scary as it sounds. -- Some are calling the Chinese experiment “an ethical nightmare.” **Product Recall** Fisher Price Rock-n-Play Sleeper Recall We cheer on women in the sciences, but recruiting and retaining them is still a different story A Muslim woman lifts her veil to identity herself to a polling agent before casting her vote in village Shahpur near Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, Atul Loke / Getty Images 23 Of The Most Powerful Photos Of This Week 5 Link to comment
peacheslatour April 14, 2019 Share April 14, 2019 Wow, this site is messed up on mobile now. 2 Link to comment
rcc April 14, 2019 Share April 14, 2019 6 hours ago, peacheslatour said: Wow, this site is messed up on mobile now. Yes it is. I gave up and now it's fine on my tablet now. 3 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt April 14, 2019 Share April 14, 2019 A man crafts palm fronds to be blessed for Palm Sunday at the Baguio cathedral, Baguio, Philippines. Pope Francis blesses palm branches as he ushers in Holy Week Palm Sunday Wiki Barcelona Series: Barcelona is pushing out cars and putting in superblocks. Here are the 2 biggest challenges ahead. Barcelona’s superblocks are a new model for “post-car” urban living Could Barcelona’s plan to push out cars and build superblocks work in the US? Earth Day -- Monday, April 22 Earthrise from Kaguya spacecraft on the Moon -- JAXA/HDK/Nicolaus Wegner/2007 Earth Day.Org Plant a Billion Trees with the Nature Conservancy Pace of Bering Sea changes startles scientists David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse” North Atlantic right whale with calf Endangered Whale Experiencing 'Mini-baby Boom' Off New England Alaa Salah, a 22-year-old Sudanese woman, has become an icon of the country’s uprising -- The women who helped bring down Sudan’s president 9 hours ago, peacheslatour said: Wow, this site is messed up on mobile now. 2 hours ago, rcc said: Yes it is. I gave up and now it's fine on my tablet now. It is frustrating. 7 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt April 15, 2019 Share April 15, 2019 (edited) 31 Tax Day Freebies and Deals to Look For This Year Holy Monday of Holy Week -- The Gospel narrative tells of some of the events that happened on the day of the Biblical Holy Monday. Some of the most notable and recognizable of these were the cursing of the fig tree (Matthew 21:18-22, Mark 11:20-26), the questioning of Jesus' authority (Matthew 21:23-27), the Cleansing of the Temple and parables. For his series of documentary short films, States of America, Brad Barber is profiling one person from each of the 50 US states : "In the United States, you might be born one place, go to school or work in another, then pack it up and move somewhere else for a thousand different reasons of choice or circumstance. You might have been born in another country. What is it that ties us to these places and makes us adopt them as our home? How does our state affect who we are and how we identify ourselves? What makes us from there?" Removal of fuel in pool at Fukushima’s melted reactor begins Endangered and Exotic Species News: Kenyans march against global trade in endangered species Exotic Serval Cat spotted in Virginia Beach has been missing from Outer Banks since October Large, flightless bird attacks and kills its fallen owner Edited April 15, 2019 by Cupid Stunt 4 Link to comment
peacheslatour April 15, 2019 Share April 15, 2019 5 minutes ago, Cupid Stunt said: 31 Tax Day Freebies and Deals to Look For This Year Holy Monday of Holy Week -- The Gospel narrative tells of some of the events that happened on the day of the Biblical Holy Monday. Some of the most notable and recognizable of these were the cursing of the fig tree (Matthew 21:18-22, Mark 11:20-26), the questioning of Jesus' authority (Matthew 21:23-27), the Cleansing of the Temple and parables. For his series of documentary short films, States of America, Brad Barber is profiling one person from each of the 50 US states : "In the United States, you might be born one place, go to school or work in another, then pack it up and move somewhere else for a thousand different reasons of choice or circumstance. You might have been born in another country. What is it that ties us to these places and makes us adopt them as our home? How does our state affect who we are and how we identify ourselves? What makes us from there?" Removal of fuel in pool at Fukushima’s melted reactor begins Endangered and Exotic Species News: Kenyans march against global trade in endangered species Exotic Serval Cat spotted in Virginia Beach has been missing from Outer Banks since October Large, flightless bird attacks and kills its fallen owner Liberty Mutual might want to rethink their ads. 1 1 Link to comment
valleycliffe April 15, 2019 Share April 15, 2019 thank you admin for helping me and resetting my password. so happy to finally be back. 6 Link to comment
peacheslatour April 15, 2019 Share April 15, 2019 1 hour ago, valleycliffe said: thank you admin for helping me and resetting my password. so happy to finally be back. I was wondering where you were. 😢 5 Link to comment
valleycliffe April 15, 2019 Share April 15, 2019 5 minutes ago, peacheslatour said: I was wondering where you were. 😢 when i tried to get into forum on friday evening after we got back from trip to mainland to see my doctor it had changed to primetimer. i clicked on sign in and then was told i didn't exist...so, then i tried to sign up with my regular email address and was then told i was a security risk..so i tried a different user name and was told i was a security risk..so then for the rest of sat. and sun. i could only read the threads. i eventually decided to see if they were on facebook. they were so i sent a dm telling them what happened, how it happened and if they could please help me...and they did.... oh no, notre dame in paris is on fire..😥 3 Link to comment
peacheslatour April 15, 2019 Share April 15, 2019 17 minutes ago, valleycliffe said: when i tried to get into forum on friday evening after we got back from trip to mainland to see my doctor it had changed to primetimer. i clicked on sign in and then was told i didn't exist...so, then i tried to sign up with my regular email address and was then told i was a security risk..so i tried a different user name and was told i was a security risk..so then for the rest of sat. and sun. i could only read the threads. i eventually decided to see if they were on facebook. they were so i sent a dm telling them what happened, how it happened and if they could please help me...and they did.... oh no, notre dame in paris is on fire..😥 I know. My heart is breaking. Not only is it breathtakingly beautiful but it's the finest example of French Gothic architecture in the world. We stayed about a block from it when we were in Paris and walked by it every day for a week. My DH took some great pictures. 😭 5 Link to comment
peacheslatour April 15, 2019 Share April 15, 2019 The central spire just collapsed. They're fucked. 1 Link to comment
Gam2 April 15, 2019 Share April 15, 2019 Notre Dame was begun in 1163 and built for the next 200 years or so. It is stone and wood- so much old, old wood. I don’t see how in the world they can save it. We saw ND in 1982. It was astonishing to know how it was constructed and how enormous it was. 3 Link to comment
valleycliffe April 15, 2019 Share April 15, 2019 on the news, the reporter said that the church had been undergoing some construction and repairs but they still didn't know how the fire started and wouldn't be able to figure it out until it's out... i am just hoping it wasn't arson. 3 Link to comment
peacheslatour April 15, 2019 Share April 15, 2019 9 minutes ago, valleycliffe said: on the news, the reporter said that the church had been undergoing some construction and repairs but they still didn't know how the fire started and wouldn't be able to figure it out until it's out... i am just hoping it wasn't arson. I think it started on the construction area, possibly electrical. You know, for once I'm glad my dad has Alzheimer's. This would kill him. He went back there every other year even though his family was from Brittany. 2 Link to comment
jpagan05 April 15, 2019 Share April 15, 2019 My grandmother and I waited in line to go to Easter mass in 1999. The first time I saw the building, it literally took my breathe away. It was raining and it looked so beautiful and dramatic. I'm crying. This is so sad. 2 Link to comment
valleycliffe April 15, 2019 Share April 15, 2019 the reason why victor hugo wrote the hunchback of notre dame. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/04/23/victor-hugo-wrote-the-hunchback-of-notre-dame-in-part-to-raise-awareness-of-undervalued-gothic-architecture-in-paris/ 6 Link to comment
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