Les Condos de la Croix .

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Hers one thats been sticking in my craw for a while . Roughly translated the title reads . " The Condos of the Cross . "

Yep you guessed it . Montreal is in the tail end of a constructiom/housing boom where anything and I mean anything goes . Buying up old Churches . Massive , rambling stone structures . They de-sanctify them or whatever the process is , then they gut the interiors and make them into unholy white
two level swiffer wet jet condos . The above mentioned church had so many dank and dismal hidey holes in it you would swear it came out of a movie set . Of course I had to string wire through it for fire alarms , cable and assorted other what-nots people can,t live without in our modern age . The outside structure was left pristine including three crosses on the roof . Hence the name . I,m not a particularly devout anything . My soul motto (bad pun and play on words all rolled into one .) is "Do unto others as they do unto me ."
Seeing those crosses on the top of the church and realising what had been done to the insides made me think "where would it end ?" . Did they keep the massive marble fonts used to disperse holy water to the masses of church-goers . Were the oaken confessionals dis-assembled and rebuilt as some naughty boys dream bedroom . Just cause the Church was de-sanctified is it all right to leave the crosses up and make them a focal point and an atrtraction to whoever would get off living inside an abandoned church ?
 
Kevin, my friend, buildings fall.
I never got over the burning of the library at Constantinopal, (sic)

Prisons ought to make great yuppie town houses.
It's hard, sometimes when much that is good around us is being sneered at, but people count, not things, Kevin.

munk
 
I just thought.....being a member of the human species means you are going to witness them putting a McDonald's on the Moon and you are going to have to just get over it.

I'm sorry; but a lot of what 'we' are, is the ability to offer interesting comic books for sale at newstands. IF you're not OK with that you can go straight INSANE.

For every sacred moment, there's ten Brittany Spears, Madonna's, and That Talent search show on Fox.


You gotta laugh to survive.


munk
 
Great heaving oily black flesh rendering Birds of the Cross splaying talons of tortured dead zombie meat on the pavement below. A heated Pool and 134 channels of TV.

I'm not sure if splay is a word but I threw it in to the Maelstrom anyway.

munk
 
munk said:
Kevin, my friend, buildings fall.
I never got over the burning of the library at Constantinopal, (sic)

Prisons ought to make great yuppie town houses.
It's hard, sometimes when much that is good around us is being sneered at, but people count, not things, Kevin.

munk
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I agree Munk . Holding onto things is something I have to guard against . I purposely purge my home of books every year to keep my library trimmed down to a minimum of 75 to 100 books . I am slowly giving up my Louis L,amour collection as my tastes have begun to differ slightly . Giving them up isn,t that hard to do as I read the pocketbook section in the bath . High humidity and cheap paper don,t mix !

Mostly what I keep now are a few of the classics and what I personally consider classics . That and technically oriented literature .

Ah but I digress . I am more respectful of religions than a practicioner . (sp)
Let me first say that I am respectful of the people where I live and play . They are a fine , fun loving , profound thinking people for the most part . It is also a place where anything goes . It is very clannish here almost medevally so . People stick to their own interests and as long as you don,t rock their boat overmuch then the water is just fine . Can we say they are a people more used to "license than liberty " . There is a beer store on nearly every third street corner and a delivery bicycle at half of them to deliver it right to your door . "Don,t leave home without it ?" Man you don,t ever have to leave home . I personnaly have at least five beer stores within two hundred and fifty yards of my dwelling !

What ,prithee tell does beer have to do with liberty ? It cetainly does make the liberties taken against you easier to swallow if you have some truly good beer in the 5 to 11 percent alcohol range inside you . We have one beer called "Fin du Monde" (end of the world ) that will do just what it says .(No its not my brand! ) L:O:L I am a fan of "Trois pistoles" (three pistols) which is only nine percent .
Two quarts of that and the dishes aint getting done ! L:O:L

If the developers wanted to tear down the church and start from scratch I would have few qualms .Except that it was beautiful in its own right .
If I did not live in a place where anything goes . If There was not "creative individuals" who could actually make use of
and love to live in an abandoned church I would have no qualms at all .I do not wish to emphasize (sp) the last sentence or two and in truth there shouldn,t be that much stock taken in it . I just believe if you believe in something you should believe in it cradle to grave and beyond . If your philosophy changes then you can,t just sweep the detrius under the rug . You will just trip over it one day .
 
There is a beer store on nearly every third street corner and a delivery bicycle at half of them to deliver it right to your door . >>>>


Where do you live? Shangri la?



munk
 
munk said:
Where do you live? Shangri la?
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Close. He's in Quebec.:D

In general, the food (poutine excepted), beer, cheese, and ... err, uhmmm ... wildlife are amazing.

t.
 
Are you telling me he can just sit there, watch tv, listen to the street noises of the city outside: and beer, bread and cheese will arrive at his door if he makes a phone call?



munk
 
That's nothing compared to what we're going to put on Mars: Texas Barbecue.





munk
 
Munk, I can call a taxi here, and have the driver pick up and deliver booze for me. Here they've got to go to a liquor store; in Quebec beer and wine are sold in most grocery and corner stores.

So yeah, probably he could get cheese, bread, and wine/beer delivered all by the same guy.
 
TomFetter said:
Munk, I can call a taxi here, and have the driver pick up and deliver booze for me. Here they've got to go to a liquor store; in Quebec beer and wine are sold in most grocery and corner stores.

So yeah, probably he could get cheese, bread, and wine/beer delivered all by the same guy.
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please don't say that I am on a diet......I 'll go chew on my khuk....:foot:

We have all those in here in 24 hr 7-11 stores.
 
munk said:
Are you telling me he can just sit there, watch tv, listen to the street noises of the city outside: and beer, bread and cheese will arrive at his door if he makes a phone call?



munk
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Seriously I have opened my door at three in the morning to let wee doggie relieve himself and had a taxi pull up . Reasonably good looking blond lady approaches and says $150 bucks and $50 for the taxi . All this as she tries to step into my house .
Sigh says I, unfortunately you have the wrong domain . She is self posessed enough to glance at the street address , realise her error and scamper up the stairs to the lucky recipent of her wares . Backs to bed I go only to have my unlocked door open ! (stupid me ! ) I leap out of bed and reach the door without touching the floor . Here is mister skinny butt coming right in like he owns the place . Whoa , whoa, says I . I,m with the lady says he . Its dawning on my sleep dulled mind just who he is and politely inform him that he is in error . He seems to think he is not in error and proceeds to enter while reaching into jacket pocket like he is reaching for a gun . Well since he is not impressed by 230 pounds of man maybe he will listen to 80 pounds of wee doggie . So I stepped aside and let him see Mr. Malamute who looks quite wolf-like to the unintiated at 3 in the morning . Reason or at least caution is born within him . Says I, yet again , you have the wrong place, she went upstairs . With a few more manly hems and a few hollow haws the Scarlet Pimp-ernel is finally on his way . Sigh says I, to myself and mutt as I scratch behind his ears and tell him he is a good boy as I slowly meander back to bed . Isn,t Quebec wonderful ? Anything delivered to your door 24 hours a day . Beer , supper and live entertainment . If that don,t make ya ponder nothing much will .
 
Astrodada said:
Pics of your 80 pounds 'wee' doggie please....

If I dun say it Andy will..... :D
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He is going to be twelve this summer and is the best darn devil dog anybody ever had . He eats cats and skunks and has taught me a thing or two on how to move fingers quickly as well ! Anyways he is shedding/molting right now and definitely not at his best . The first year I got him he shed four times . Pillow cases and pillow cases of it . I feed him salmon and special oils to slow it to no avail . He abhors the brush and I literally have to hold him down with one hand and endure his snarls and snaps all the while telling him what a big tough wussie he is . He has had his head laid open and his eyes scratched chasing cats and sprayed to high heaven by unfortunate skunks . All with great joy .
I bring out a 4 inch brush and he heads for the hills .
I considered using horse tranquilisers from the vet to instill a calming effect but then I can,t hold onto the brush ! L:O:L
 
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