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Italy: Colosseum to be restored this year
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| March 5, 2010
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Posted on 06/02/2010 5:07:18 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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06/02/2010 5:07:18 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
To: JoeProBono; AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
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posted on
06/02/2010 5:09:17 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 240B; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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06/02/2010 5:10:30 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
My apologies for my use of the wrong ping list.
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06/02/2010 5:11:31 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: Cincinna
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posted on
06/02/2010 5:13:03 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: SunkenCiv
Cher at the Colosseum
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posted on
06/02/2010 5:13:40 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: SunkenCiv
One of Italy's most popular landmarks, the Colosseum will undergo restoration this year as part of a 40-million euro revamp of historic sites in the capital Rome. It doesn't seem like 40 million Euros would do much to restore marble buildings that are two thousand years old.
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posted on
06/02/2010 5:14:16 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
06/02/2010 5:17:34 PM PDT
by
bamahead
(Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
To: SunkenCiv
Build another one of these!
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posted on
06/02/2010 5:18:27 PM PDT
by
jaz.357
(NO MSG)
To: SunkenCiv
“There is no wrong ping list.”
- Jim Thompson
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posted on
06/02/2010 5:21:13 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: SunkenCiv
I have been to Rome 5 or 6 times since 1968 or 1969. They have been restoring the Colosseum every time I have seen it.!?
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posted on
06/02/2010 5:22:01 PM PDT
by
HoustonCurmudgeon
("I'll try to be NICER, if you will try to be SMARTER!" ~ MNJohnnie, FReeper)
To: SunkenCiv
BTW - I had a Greek salad and a beer just outside the Colleseum back in '69. Thanks for reminding me.
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posted on
06/02/2010 5:34:08 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
06/02/2010 5:53:33 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: wagglebee
This wouldn’t have happened if it hadn’t been so well made. The Circus Maximus was rebuilt of more durable materials after the wood predecessor burned to the ground, but the Colosseum is made of stacked barrel vaults which converge, thus leaning on each other. This also makes the movement in and out of the crowd easy to handle. If memory serves, one of the great columns used to mark the end of the straightaways survives at the site of the Circus Maximus, and not a lot else, considering its sheer size.
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posted on
06/02/2010 5:56:52 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: JoeProBono; jaz.357; HoustonCurmudgeon
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posted on
06/02/2010 5:57:39 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: bamahead
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posted on
06/02/2010 5:57:44 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: wagglebee
40 million Euros.....
Probably for 2 bathrooms and an information booth.
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posted on
06/02/2010 6:03:04 PM PDT
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mowowie
To: mowowie
40 million Euros..... Probably for 2 bathrooms and an information booth.
Name 2 uses for worthless paper.
Hey Civ! I was ready to dial 911.
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posted on
06/02/2010 6:15:36 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
(If I've said it once, I've said it a million times...)
To: SunkenCiv
I hope they don’t get rid of the cats.
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posted on
06/02/2010 6:16:48 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Still voteless in NY-29.)
To: JoeProBono; SunkenCiv
What's a Colliseum without gladiators?
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posted on
06/02/2010 6:25:12 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
(If I've said it once, I've said it a million times...)
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