Seen in Print

[webenda]

I agree. The hair is just too close, to figure that's a different photo shoot.

Donatella's before and after was for making a joke about the similarity in appearance between Michelangelo and Donatello. I did not intend for Donatella's before and after to become the subject but it has. ...

Well, you can only control the conversation so much; soon enough, as often happens, we are going to exercise our prerogatives to speak freely and to take an interest in the myriad possible areas that may interest us in any given topic. Huh. (Is rolling-of-the-eyes really appropriate there?)

Of course, rolling eyes is appropriate if that is the way I feel about it. I used my prerogative to speak freely.

What does not show is my attitude while responding to your question on rolling eyes appropriateness. It is this: and not this:

[MurphOnMillerAve]

You're a good man. And funny, too.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[rogruth]

I would like to see the chicken or rabbit that laid that egg.

[Roy]

Looks like she got half-swallowed by a shark.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I would like to see the chicken or rabbit that laid that egg.

Maybe she came from the same planet as Mork, from Ork….."nahnoo-nahnoo"!!! The appearance of the young lady in the egg would certainly be worth sending a message about back to Orson, huh.

[rogruth]

I would like to see the chicken or rabbit that laid that egg.

Maybe she came from the same planet as Mork, from Ork….."nahnoo-nahnoo"!!! The appearance of the young lady in the egg would certainly be worth sending a message about back to Orson, huh.

Yeah. But what if Orson sent it to us?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I would like to see the chicken or rabbit that laid that egg.

Maybe she came from the same planet as Mork, from Ork….."nahnoo-nahnoo"!!! The appearance of the young lady in the egg would certainly be worth sending a message about back to Orson, huh.

Yeah. But what if Orson sent it to us?

Well, the style of her egg is clearly different
from the one of Mork's arrival, so there is a curiosity there that must be noted and scritinized. She could have been from a rival cult or civilization.
(I think I've had too many Easter Eggs!!!)

[rogruth]

Maybe she came from the same planet as Mork, from Ork….."nahnoo-nahnoo"!!! The appearance of the young lady in the egg would certainly be worth sending a message about back to Orson, huh.

Yeah. But what if Orson sent it to us?

Well, the style of her egg is clearly different
from the one of Mork's arrival, so there is a curiosity there that must be noted and scritinized. She could have been from a rival cult or civilization.
(I think I've had too many Easter Eggs!!!)

Or Easter wine.

[webenda]

Notre Dame spokesperson, "Everything is
Burning."

Quasimodo, too?

Probably nothing there to stop it, too. Last renovation was in 19th century so all of the wood and infrastructure is not up to any fire codes nor are there probably any internal fire fighting systems.

And my SiL texted what she thought was the University burning............

Firefighters stopped it.



Firefighters declared success Tuesday morning in an over 12-hour battle to extinguish an inferno engulfing Paris' iconic Notre Dame cathedral that claimed its spire and roof but spared its bell towers.



Firefighters believe the fire started in the cathedral's spire, which collapsed as the flames burned.

An unnamed expert says France no longer has trees big enough to replace ancient wooden beams that burned in the fire.*

The cathedral's wooden frame, which primarily consisted of oak, contains beams that date as far back as the first frame built for the cathedral. That frame featured trees cut down between 1160 and 1170, forming one of the oldest parts of the structure.

Most of the current frame dates from the year 1220, according to the church's website. The modern frame is the second frame and reflects adjustments made early in the cathedral's construction process.


*Oh my, oh panic, an expert speaks. There are Oaks older than Notre Dame still in existence. The Jurupa Oak (the tree’s name; it is a Palmer’s Oak) in California is dated as over 13,000 years old.** If France wants to restore Notre Dame, they will find a way.

**The Jurupa Oak is protected (not available to make beams out of) but not in suitable shape to make large beams anyway.

[rogruth]

I doubt if many "Americans" (western hemisphere) realize how significant an 850 year old building is. There are some older buildings in the world ( I can't name them) but not here. The older places in the Americas don't compare. Some of the Indian ( I don't know what to call them anymore ) structures may even be older but they are not in use other than for tourists or scientists.
I am bothered when a building from even the early 20th century is destroyed. I have never been out of the U.S. ( except on a Caribbean cruise to please my wife) but this was devastating. Another structure may be built there but it will not be the same. Very sad.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

There are Oaks older than Notre Dame still in existence. The Jurupa Oak (the tree’s name; it is a Palmer’s Oak) in California is dated as over 13,000 years old.** If France wants to restore Notre Dame, they will find a way.

**The Jurupa Oak is protected (not available to make beams out of) but not in suitable shape to make large beams anyway.

It's not the age but the size and length of the beams that can be cut from the tree that matters anyway.

[rogruth]

There are Oaks older than Notre Dame still in existence. The Jurupa Oak (the tree’s name; it is a Palmer’s Oak) in California is dated as over 13,000 years old.** If France wants to restore Notre Dame, they will find a way.

**The Jurupa Oak is protected (not available to make beams out of) but not in suitable shape to make large beams anyway.

It's not the age but the size and length of the beams that can be cut from the tree that matters anyway.

There is a small church in this area that beams in the ceiling that are 18 inches square and 75 feet long, all one piece. No replacements
in this area today.

[Roy]

I was watching the fire on MSNBC. Brian Williams recognized right away, from the presence of the scaffolding, the likely cause of the fire was the restoration workers. Why were they caught unprepared to deal with such a contingency? Certainly, the workers were properly prepared, so as not to risk falling to their deaths. But they weren't working on some damned parking structure; it was an irreplaceable heirloom. If they needed some mondo water pumps to deal with the possibility of fire, why didn't they have them?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I was watching the fire on MSNBC. Brian Williams recognized right away, from the presence of the scaffolding, the likely cause of the fire was the restoration workers. Why were they caught unprepared to deal with such a contingency? Certainly, the workers were properly prepared, so as not to risk falling to their deaths. But they weren't working on some damned parking structure; it was an irreplaceable heirloom. If they needed some mondo water pumps to deal with the possibility of fire, why didn't they have them?

Hindsight is a wonderful thing........but maybe, just maybe this will spur some real consideration on the many other buildings that could be at risk.