A Sad Day

4 years 11 months ago #640557 by Chris Briggs

garyrhook wrote:

Chris Briggs wrote: Pick up a few Pedro's from in front of Home Depot...


Wow. Did you really just type that?

We don't use apostrophes in plurals.



Yeah, it was a joke.  








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4 years 11 months ago #640570 by Scotty
Keep it clean people. :)

When the last candle has been blown out
and the last glass of champagne has been drunk
All that you are left with are the memories and the images-David Cooke.

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4 years 11 months ago #640572 by Fran Welch
They have raised nearly $1 billion already! 


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4 years 11 months ago #640577 by garyrhook

Chris Briggs wrote: Yeah, it was a joke.


Clarification: I don't subscribe to the notion that some racial epithets are okay and others are not. No matter who or where they come from.


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4 years 11 months ago #640579 by Chris Briggs

garyrhook wrote:

Chris Briggs wrote: Yeah, it was a joke.


Clarification: I don't subscribe to the notion that some racial epithets are okay and others are not. No matter who or where they come from.


Let me clarify again, it wasn't meant to be racial in anyway.  In terms of racial bs that is often used for certain ethnic groups, saying "Pedro" is not considered one.  I have a low tolerance for racial bs myself, and I wouldn't say something with that intent (my family were immigrants to this country back in the day and plenty of names you can call me). 

So if you perceived it that way, my apologies.  I was trying to be funny and I didn't mean to offend or hurt anyones feelings.  


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4 years 11 months ago #640737 by James F
Tragic, I hope it wasn't terrorist related.  I've been keeping an eye on the news.  What is amazing is how the country pulled together and raised the $$ so fast.  


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4 years 11 months ago #640745 by icepics
I saw much of it that afternoon while it was happening; I remember noticing light in the spire and then realized what it was. Awful to watch it happening and they couldn't easily get up there to it. Since then their fire brigade (that I think is part of the military) released video of the firefighting they were doing inside the cathedral, and they seem to have been able to remove all the relics, paintings, etc.

Apparently the fire was up where restoration was going on and I wonder if that kept it from damaging any more than it did of the interior. They were talking to employees and doing an investigation so there will probably be more information released when the invesigation is complete.

I was surprised the next day that it wasn't worse than it was; I'd expected it to be gutted, not to still have pews etc. intact, although I'm sure there's a lot of fire and water damage, etc. It's surely going to be a long process of restoration but the fundraising seems to be coming in from all over the world.

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