The even randomer thread

[spndnchz]

33 minutes ago, TrueBlueGED said:

Notre Dame cathedral currently burning, with no end in sight. This sucks. 

A friend of mine is there.  She took a picture before it started as a tourist. Then again after it started.  Truly devastating. 

[WildCard]

Wonder what started it

[spndnchz]

I’m crying.  This is awful. 

[Sabel79]

4 minutes ago, WildCard said:

Wonder what started it

Apparently, from what I’ve read, there was restoration work going on.  Somebody screwed up.  

Tragic.  

[TrueBlueGED]

17 minutes ago, spndnchz said:

A friend of mine is there.  She took a picture before it started as a tourist. Then again after it started.  Truly devastating. 

That's brutal. Ugh. This whole thing sucks.

[spndnchz]

21 minutes ago, TrueBlueGED said:

That's brutal. Ugh. This whole thing sucks.

Supposedly they saved some art and stuff. And the Deputy Mayor said plans already starting about the rebuild.  Prayers to the firefighters.

[TrueBlueGED]

15 minutes ago, spndnchz said:

Supposedly they saved some art and stuff. And the Deputy Mayor said plans already starting about the rebuild.  Prayers to the firefighters.

Well, that's something, I suppose. Last I heard there were no known casualties; certainly hope it stays that way.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

Paris is lovely this time of year.  We have been a few times and the city will never be the same.  Notre Dame has survived so much and it will be rebuilt, but it will never be the same.  It truly was at the heart of Paris and the centre of the city.

[Weave]

Historic building destroyed.  What a shame.

[shrader]

3 hours ago, Sabel79 said:

Apparently, from what I’ve read, there was restoration work going on.  Somebody screwed up.  

Tragic.  

Good luck to those guys ever finding work again. 

[Indabuff]

16 minutes ago, shrader said:

Good luck to those guys ever finding work again. 

Could you imagine if it was some grunt dude smoking a cigarette?  I couldn't fathom burning down a 12th century historical building.  Regardless what caused it, JFC it's sad.

[Weave]

1 hour ago, Indabuff said:

Could you imagine if it was some grunt dude smoking a cigarette?  I couldn't fathom burning down a 12th century historical building.  Regardless what caused it, JFC it's sad.

The guilt would have to be overwhelming.

I imagine there would be criminal charges coming.

[shrader]

My office is on the 4th floor.  Right now there's a grasshopper on the window (no ledges or anything, just a flat wall of glass).  I know it's nothing crazy, but I'm probably going to spend the whole day waiting to see where it goes next.  My money's on a bird swooping in.

[Eleven]

On 4/10/2019 at 10:21 AM, shrader said:

A building a few block just had a nice little explosion that so far sounds like it was a gas line.  That should make for a crazy day.  It felt like something was dropped on our building's room.

edit: https://www.wral.com/durham-explosion-1-person-dead-after-gas-explosion-in-downtown/18317583/

What's going on with everything near you exploding?

[shrader]

1 hour ago, Eleven said:

What's going on with everything near you exploding?

Wait, what else exploded?

[Eleven]

6 minutes ago, shrader said:

Wait, what else exploded?

Didn't you have someone drilling nearby who did in fact hit a gas line?  I seem to recall some discussion between you and Chz about it.

Edited April 18, 2019 by Eleven

[shrader]

34 minutes ago, Eleven said:

Didn't you have someone drilling nearby who did in fact hit a gas line?  I seem to recall some discussion between you and Chz about it.

This was the same story.

[Winston]

I might find myself in Montreal for the first time this August. I’d be accompanying my wife as she attends a science conference. So really a zero-agenda trip for me. My days would be free to explore solo.

Any recommendations for attractions, foods, beers, sights? 

[Indabuff]

Kodak Black didn't have a good day in this area yesterday.

[Eleven]

10 hours ago, Indabuff said:

Kodak Black didn't have a good day in this area yesterday.

Kodak anything hasn't had a good day in this area this century.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

11 hours ago, EichSnipe said:

I might find myself in Montreal for the first time this August. I’d be accompanying my wife as she attends a science conference. So really a zero-agenda trip for me. My days would be free to explore solo.

Any recommendations for attractions, foods, beers, sights? 

Old Montreal.  Sit at a sidewalk cafe and drink and watch the people and happenings.  I would not leave that spot at atol.

[Winston]

4 minutes ago, New Scotland (NS) said:

Old Montreal.  Sit at a sidewalk cafe and drink and watch the people and happenings.  I would not leave that spot at atol.

There's not much I like more than a good bagel and coffee... If I find a nice cobblestone patio, I imagine I could waste a lovely day away watching passerby and consuming carbs ? 

[Stoner]

Anyone else think the Sergio Garcia impression here sounds like a certain Sabre?

 

[Ogre]

My truck blew a brake line on the front left wheel a few miles from my house on my way home from the job tonight. I’m very rural and had five stops that could easily be coast through. One complete stop, smoke bellowing from the burning brake fluid. Thankfully I live on the top of the hill because there was no fluid left to slow for the driveway. I hope @MODO Hockey wasn’t so angry at my Olofsson comments that he’d fly from Sweden to sabotage my brakes. I’m sorry dude.?

[Eleven]

1 hour ago, Ogre said:

My truck blew a brake line on the front left wheel a few miles from my house on my way home from the job tonight. I’m very rural and had five stops that could easily be coast through. One complete stop, smoke bellowing from the burning brake fluid. Thankfully I live on the top of the hill because there was no fluid left to slow for the driveway. I hope @MODO Hockey wasn’t so angry at my Olofsson comments that he’d fly from Sweden to sabotage my brakes. I’m sorry dude.?

He's been known to do worse.  He's wanted in three countries (Iceland, Denmark, San Marino) for selling Girl Scout cookies without a license, lechery, and distributing ammunition (stones for people armed with slings, from what I've heard).

Edited April 21, 2019 by Eleven