[NYer]

[NYer]

Workers stand among debris in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010. Officials say that a house in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii once used by gladiators to train before combat has collapsed. The site was closed at the time and nobody was injured. The office of Pompeii's archaeological superintendent said the collapse occurred Saturday at around 6 a.m. (0500 GMT). Attendants opening the site saw the collapse about an hour later. The 430-square-foot (40-square-meter) space was used by gladiators to train before going to fight in a nearby amphitheater. Pompeii was destroyed in A.D. 79 by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius that killed thousands of people and buried the city in 20 feet (six meters) of volcanic ash

[agere_contra]

I stand by the work that has been done here.

Bet he's glad he wasn't standing next to it.

[ClearCase_guy]

“I remember when people used to build things to last. Nowadays, houses fall over because a little rainwater gets in.” [/grumpy old man]

[1_Rain_Drop]

did global warming cause this?

[my job]

WOW, too many thoughts:
1. already an excuse “rain water”
2. if they are to restore it, why are they walking on it - further grinding off the fragments of the surface frescoes
3. I sure am glad that UNESCO has this under control
3a. doesn’t UNxxx have some jurisdiction over the Grand Canyon?
4. entropy happens
5. who cares

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

Minister Bondi: "I stand by the work that has been done here."

then, a melon-sized rock from a crumbling wall bounced off his head, and knocked him cold. ;')