Le Reconstruction de Notre Dame !

[Marshal Davout]

Unless you are in France or the EU; you my not know that the Reconstruction of the Cathedral Notre Dame has been almost completed ! So I append one of the stories I found on that recently; as I did not know it was that far along !
They have been Monumentally successful ! But are still working on many of the major details inside !
At one point somebody said that they wouldn't be able to find the Oak Trees necessary to do the job; but they have ! and many people the world over have contributed monies for it's completion ! So I append the story for everybody !
http://www.cnn.com/style/notre-dame-...ion/index.html

It makes me immensely Happy !

It reminds me of one of my little stories; if you will, A Fairy is arrested by a Gendarme for messing around in a Pond ! And so she is interrogated by Inspector Rosseau of the Sirte. what is your Name ? Hermione. What is your last name ? I don't have one. Ridiculous ! How do you get Mail ? Fairies don't get Mail ! If you are a Fairy then where are your wings ? I don't choose to put them out now, as you might damage them ! All right; where were you born and what year ? I was born in the Fairy Queen's Castle north of Paris. They told me I was born the same year the Cathedral was started. What Cathedral ? Notre Dame. What year was Notre Dame started ? ; Rosseau asked the Corporal. Wiki says 1163 ! Girl, Are you trying to tell me that you are 700 to 800 Years old ? Well , when you say it like that, it sounds ugly ! Girl, I am going to have to spank some sense into you in the back ! I think that would be abuse to have a human spank a Fairy ! Fairies live longer than humans; for a Fairy I am quite young. Balderdash ! What is the address of the Fairy Castle ? I won't tell you as it is a secret ; and it doesn't have an address ! How do they get mail ? I told you Fairies don't get mail ! What is the name of the Fairy Queen ? I won't tell you; as she doesn't like her name bandied about ! You had better release me; as the Fairy Queen will be very mad on you !

[Scruffydog777]

Originally Posted by Marshal Davout

Unless you are in France or the EU; you my not know that the Reconstruction of the Cathedral Notre Dame has been almost completed ! So I append one of the stories I found on that recently; as I did not know it was that far along !
They have been Monumentally successful ! But are still working on many of the major details inside !
At one point somebody said that they wouldn't be able to find the Oak Trees necessary to do the job; but they have ! and many people the world over have contributed monies for it's completion ! So I append the story for everybody !
http://www.cnn.com/style/notre-dame-...ion/index.html

It makes me immensely Happy !

It reminds me of one of my little stories; if you will, A Fairy is arrested by a Gendarme for messing around in a Pond ! And so she is interrogated by Inspector Rosseau of the Sirte. what is your Name ? Hermione. What is your last name ? I don't have one. Ridiculous ! How do you get Mail ? Fairies don't get Mail ! If you are a Fairy then where are your wings ? I don't choose to put them out now, as you might damage them ! All right; where were you born and what year ? I was born in the Fairy Queen's Castle north of Paris. They told me I was born the same year the Cathedral was started. What Cathedral ? Notre Dame. What year was Notre Dame started ? ; Rosseau asked the Corporal. Wiki says 1163 ! Girl, Are you trying to tell me that you are 700 to 800 Years old ? Well , when you say it like that, it sounds ugly ! Girl, I am going to have to spank some sense into you in the back ! I think that would be abuse to have a human spank a Fairy ! Fairies live longer than humans; for a Fairy I am quite young. Balderdash ! What is the address of the Fairy Castle ? I won't tell you as it is a secret ; and it doesn't have an address ! How do they get mail ? I told you Fairies don't get mail ! What is the name of the Fairy Queen ? I won't tell you; as she doesn't like her name bandied about ! You had better release me; as the Fairy Queen will be very mad on you !

I watched a video on the reconstruction recently and I believe the section where they hold masses hopefully will be done by the end of the year but there's still a lot of work to be done in other sections. It's hard to believe they are this far along when you see the pains taking details they had to do to restore so many items that had intricate details to them.

I told the story in here before how I hadn't been to confession in over 40 years. Then I walked into Notre Dame as I had done on a few other occasions and saw a sign that said "confession dialogue". So I decided to wait and talk to one of the priests. I was worried that he might not speak English but when it finally came my turn, it turned out the priest had taught for a while in South Boston, an area I was born in.

[Marshal Davout]

Originally Posted by Scruffydog777

I watched a video on the reconstruction recently and I believe the section where they hold masses hopefully will be done by the end of the year but there's still a lot of work to be done in other sections. It's hard to believe they are this far along when you see the pains taking details they had to do to restore so many items that had intricate details to them.

I told the story in here before how I hadn't been to confession in over 40 years. Then I walked into Notre Dame as I had done on a few other occasions and saw a sign that said "confession dialogue". So I decided to wait and talk to one of the priests. I was worried that he might not speak English but when it finally came my turn, it turned out the priest had taught for a while in South Boston, an area I was born in.

A nice story ; Scruffy ! If I ever get to France I must see Notre Dame, and the Louvre, and the Eiffel ! And then I would look to see if I could find a French Girl like Alizee or perhaps I would have to go down to Corsica to find one ! Ha !

[Marshal Davout]

More of the reconstruction; if I can get it in here !

http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peopl...rK7?ocid=hpmsn

[Marshal Davout]

The reconstruction of Notre Dame brings to mind the old movie

The Hunchback of Notre Dame from 1939.

Charles Laughton is Quaimoto; the Bell-Ringer of Notre Dame.
He is whipped in the square for some offense and only Esmeralda; played by Maureen O'Hara gives him some water.

Later she is accused of killing a captain of the Guard and is sentenced to be hung in the square; but
supposedly Qquaimodo swings down from the church and saves her by carrying her back up into the Church and then he Claims "Sanctuary" for her !

The movie is not architecturally correct I don't think; but it makes for a good movie !

If Macron does nothing else; he accomplished a great deal by getting the reconstruction started and enabled ! And it has come to a grand success !

[Scruffydog777]

Originally Posted by Marshal Davout

More of the reconstruction; if I can get it in here !

http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peopl...rK7?ocid=hpmsn

It's great that they can hold mass there again, but I guess there's still work to be done on other parts of the building.
I'll have to make another trip there to see it, maybe next year, maybe around September, nudge, nudge, say no more! Of course in addition to repairing the damage, all the other parts that weren't fire damaged got a tremendous cleaning, getting rid of years of dirt and you can notice that in how bright the pictures are of it.

[Marshal Davout]

Originally Posted by Scruffydog777

It's great that they can hold mass there again, but I guess there's still work to be done on other parts of the building.
I'll have to make another trip there to see it, maybe next year, maybe around September, nudge, nudge, say no more! Of course in addition to repairing the damage, all the other parts that weren't fire damaged got a tremendous cleaning, getting rid of years of dirt and you can notice that in how bright the pictures are of it.

Ah, Scruffy. You are a nice guy ! I hope I am your friend ! I will send you my email later; as soon as I finish my Book and send you a free copy, as I will probably put it on amazon. But I am under the weather lately, so it slows me down. I will have to break down and go to the doctor's later, although I do not like them ! My poor younger sister is in the hospital with some kind of blood infection and is in a bad way, so I hope she doesn't "check out"

[Marshal Davout]

I Love the Notre Dame Cathedral and it's Reconstruction !

It is Magnificent and a Symbol of French Culture !

I love it as much as I love Alizee ! And I love her a Lot !

Even though I am not Catholic, I am religious and I like some of the Popes !