I'd hestitate to imagine the actual cost, but I reckon that they'll need
about 50-100 more billionaires pledging that kind of cash.
It's interesting to think though that nowadays, bar replacing something like Notre Dame, no one would ever consider building such a massively ornate structure ever again - with human labour. We might be able to get robots to do it for a relative pittance one day of course
Posted By: Worzel Scrimmage on April 16th 2019 at 17:35:20
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- Interesting tweet about Notre Dame fire fighting protocol (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Apr 16, 16:20:45
- yebbut imagine how cool water-bombing the shit out of it would've looked (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Apr 16, 16:41:55
- I'll be honest - when I saw that shot from above and it looked like a volcano (General Chat) - norway, Apr 16, 16:27:31
- Yep, anything built can be rebuilt. Glad they saved the genuine Crown of Thorns though. (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Apr 16, 17:32:37
- I wasn't worried (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Apr 16, 17:44:25
- oh, you don't think it's genuine then? They paid a lot for it back in 1238 (n/m) (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Apr 16, 20:47:01
- lol (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Apr 16, 17:46:55
- I wasn't worried (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Apr 16, 17:44:25
- I think fire seriously damages mortar though, so it might look better than it is (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Apr 16, 17:28:14
- But there are French billionaires pledging €100m a pop (General Chat) - norway, Apr 16, 17:30:44
- I'd hestitate to imagine the actual cost, but I reckon that they'll need (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Apr 16, 17:35:20
- Not sure tbh (General Chat) - norway, Apr 16, 17:46:34
- at least in England, we're now training artisans who can do the actual stone/woodwork etc (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Apr 16, 17:57:46
- I went to Sanssouci in Potsdam last summer and reading about how it was built (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Apr 16, 17:38:31
- Not sure tbh (General Chat) - norway, Apr 16, 17:46:34
- I'd hestitate to imagine the actual cost, but I reckon that they'll need (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Apr 16, 17:35:20
- But there are French billionaires pledging €100m a pop (General Chat) - norway, Apr 16, 17:30:44
- Yep, anything built can be rebuilt. Glad they saved the genuine Crown of Thorns though. (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Apr 16, 17:32:37
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