why I won't buy a k3 (Warning: Satire Thread)

**microlight** · 01-07-2020, 12:49 PM - **2 Likes**

Robert; nice paddle! In French: “pas d’elle yeux Rhône que nous”.

**savoche** · 01-07-2020, 12:53 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by bertwert

Structurally the frame goes up on the sides, and overhead, so it would look bizarre without a roof. Also snow.

Yep, snow on wooden floors can be rather slippery.

bertwert · 01-07-2020, 12:56 PM

Originally posted by microlight

Robert; nice paddle! In French: “pas d’elle yeux Rhône que nous”.

Hahaha.

I spent way to long trying to work that out.

"Not her Rhone eyes, but us"...? What on earth are you saying...?

bertwert · 01-07-2020, 01:59 PM - **3 Likes**

Forgot another claim to fame, we're also home to this guy with the world's largest grizzly bear refuge.

MarkJerling · 01-07-2020, 02:15 PM - **5 Likes**

Originally posted by gaweidert

I could never understand why keeping an old decrepit building was important for cultural heritage.

Time to pull down the Colosseum and build something new? How about The Tower of London? And those pyramids in Egypt are just taking up space. Same thing with Machu Picchu.

MarkJerling · 01-07-2020, 02:21 PM

Originally posted by gaweidert

In the US, lawyers make up 75% of the population. If you have an old building and a kid explores it and get hurt, then you will be sued no matter how many precautions you take to make the area safe. If the kid got hurt then you did not do something right..

So a "Private Property - Keep Out - Trespassers will be Prosecuted" sign does not work?

robtcorl · 01-07-2020, 02:30 PM - **3 Likes**

Originally posted by MarkJerling

Time to pull down the Colosseum and build something new? How about The Tower of London? And those pyramids in Egypt are just taking up space. Same thing with Machu Picchu.

Sarcastically spoken like a true architect.

MarkJerling · 01-07-2020, 02:40 PM - **3 Likes**

Originally posted by robtcorl

Sarcastically spoken like a true architect.

Sorry Bob. I get grouchy when people don't appreciate old buildings.

bertwert · 01-07-2020, 02:45 PM

Originally posted by MarkJerling

Time to pull down the Colosseum and build something new? How about The Tower of London? And those pyramids in Egypt are just taking up space. Same thing with Machu Picchu.

Yeah, why not? Change the scenery up a bit...

**microlight** · 01-07-2020, 02:58 PM - **1 Like**

Yuk yuk yuk! Paddle your own canoe, dude!

robtcorl · 01-07-2020, 03:30 PM - **5 Likes**

Originally posted by MarkJerling

Sorry Bob. I get grouchy when people don't appreciate old buildings.

I love old structures too.
Daniel Boone's home is about an hour drive from here, and the property has several old buildings that have been saved and moved there.
Houses, a church, and various outbuildings. My shot is of the back of Boone's home.

Liney · 01-07-2020, 03:49 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by MarkJerling

Sorry Bob. I get grouchy when people don't appreciate old buildings.

The one thing I've found in my travels is that "old" takes on a relative meaning depending on where you are. I grew up in a city with history that went back to.... well let's just say the year part of the date only had three digits. Every day I would get the bus to school past buildings that went back hundreds of years, and to me it was just the scenery.

I once talked to an American who was very proud of the fact that his town centre had buildings that went back to the revolution, whilst sitting in the shadow of a castle that had been old before the revolution. I have talked to Australians who proclaimed that they're state governors house went back to the 1850's, and yet the first house I owned was built some forty years later.

You learn of these ancient cities and when they were built and it's all just numbers, but to actually walk up to one and put your hand on the stone and realise that when that was laid there was no electricity, or cars, or aircraft, people who were to become national heroes, even nations themselves, were yet to be born.

It kind of puts it all into perspective. You still get those who don't get it, like the tourists who asked why Windsor Castle, home of the British Monarch, had been built so close to the airport...

P.S. Nice bear Bert, not the sort of animal you want to take a selfie with.... although theres are those who may try.

Racer X 69 · 01-07-2020, 03:49 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by MarkJerling

Time to pull down the Colosseum and build something new? How about The Tower of London? And those pyramids in Egypt are just taking up space. Same thing with Machu Picchu.

Or the Mayan and Inca pyramids.

dbs · 01-07-2020, 04:23 PM - **4 Likes**

Hi All

Well.............
The smoke is everywhere now 100s of klm away from the source, the changing winds are keeping it around
The temps are rising again.....we need more rain not just a sprinkle..
If you are able please come for a visit....the communitys need a bit of support.
Sav is an archeologist now......humbly ofcourse

Bob has cooked all the bacon
Racer and a few are meeting the aliens..
Bertie lives too close to the land of everything is bigger here...or maybe the border got moved

BACON

Dave

bertwert · 01-07-2020, 06:39 PM

Originally posted by microlight

Yuk yuk yuk! Paddle your own canoe, dude!

I got it eventually...

Being Canadian, I immediately read the french as french.

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01-07-2020, 12:49 PM - 2 Likes	#74731
microlight Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 2,129	Robert; nice paddle! In French: “pas d’elle yeux Rhône que nous”.

01-07-2020, 12:53 PM - 1 Like	#74732
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,311	Originally posted by bertwert Structurally the frame goes up on the sides, and overhead, so it would look bizarre without a roof. Also snow. Yep, snow on wooden floors can be rather slippery.

01-07-2020, 12:56 PM	#74733
bertwert Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Golden, BC Posts: 15,172	Originally posted by microlight Robert; nice paddle! In French: “pas d’elle yeux Rhône que nous”. Hahaha. I spent way to long trying to work that out. "Not her Rhone eyes, but us"...? What on earth are you saying...?

01-07-2020, 01:59 PM - 3 Likes	#74734
bertwert Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Golden, BC Posts: 15,172	Forgot another claim to fame, we're also home to this guy with the world's largest grizzly bear refuge.

01-07-2020, 02:15 PM - 5 Likes	#74735
MarkJerling Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wairarapa, New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 20,408	Originally posted by gaweidert I could never understand why keeping an old decrepit building was important for cultural heritage. Time to pull down the Colosseum and build something new? How about The Tower of London? And those pyramids in Egypt are just taking up space. Same thing with Machu Picchu.

01-07-2020, 02:21 PM	#74736
MarkJerling Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wairarapa, New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 20,408	Originally posted by gaweidert In the US, lawyers make up 75% of the population. If you have an old building and a kid explores it and get hurt, then you will be sued no matter how many precautions you take to make the area safe. If the kid got hurt then you did not do something right.. So a "Private Property - Keep Out - Trespassers will be Prosecuted" sign does not work?

01-07-2020, 02:30 PM - 3 Likes	#74737
robtcorl Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: St Louis, MO Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,606	Originally posted by MarkJerling Time to pull down the Colosseum and build something new? How about The Tower of London? And those pyramids in Egypt are just taking up space. Same thing with Machu Picchu. Sarcastically spoken like a true architect.

01-07-2020, 02:40 PM - 3 Likes	#74738
MarkJerling Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wairarapa, New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 20,408	Originally posted by robtcorl Sarcastically spoken like a true architect. Sorry Bob. I get grouchy when people don't appreciate old buildings.

01-07-2020, 02:45 PM	#74739
bertwert Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Golden, BC Posts: 15,172	Originally posted by MarkJerling Time to pull down the Colosseum and build something new? How about The Tower of London? And those pyramids in Egypt are just taking up space. Same thing with Machu Picchu. Yeah, why not? Change the scenery up a bit...

01-07-2020, 02:58 PM - 1 Like	#74740
microlight Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 2,129	Yuk yuk yuk! Paddle your own canoe, dude!

01-07-2020, 03:30 PM - 5 Likes	#74741
robtcorl Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: St Louis, MO Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,606	Originally posted by MarkJerling Sorry Bob. I get grouchy when people don't appreciate old buildings. I love old structures too. Daniel Boone's home is about an hour drive from here, and the property has several old buildings that have been saved and moved there. Houses, a church, and various outbuildings. My shot is of the back of Boone's home.

01-07-2020, 03:49 PM - 2 Likes	#74742
Liney Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 1,237	Originally posted by MarkJerling Sorry Bob. I get grouchy when people don't appreciate old buildings. The one thing I've found in my travels is that "old" takes on a relative meaning depending on where you are. I grew up in a city with history that went back to.... well let's just say the year part of the date only had three digits. Every day I would get the bus to school past buildings that went back hundreds of years, and to me it was just the scenery. I once talked to an American who was very proud of the fact that his town centre had buildings that went back to the revolution, whilst sitting in the shadow of a castle that had been old before the revolution. I have talked to Australians who proclaimed that they're state governors house went back to the 1850's, and yet the first house I owned was built some forty years later. You learn of these ancient cities and when they were built and it's all just numbers, but to actually walk up to one and put your hand on the stone and realise that when that was laid there was no electricity, or cars, or aircraft, people who were to become national heroes, even nations themselves, were yet to be born. It kind of puts it all into perspective. You still get those who don't get it, like the tourists who asked why Windsor Castle, home of the British Monarch, had been built so close to the airport... P.S. Nice bear Bert, not the sort of animal you want to take a selfie with.... although theres are those who may try.

01-07-2020, 03:49 PM - 1 Like	#74743
Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,073	Originally posted by MarkJerling Time to pull down the Colosseum and build something new? How about The Tower of London? And those pyramids in Egypt are just taking up space. Same thing with Machu Picchu. Or the Mayan and Inca pyramids.

01-07-2020, 04:23 PM - 4 Likes	#74744
dbs Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Clare Valley S A Photos: Albums Posts: 7,565	Hi All Well............. The smoke is everywhere now 100s of klm away from the source, the changing winds are keeping it around The temps are rising again.....we need more rain not just a sprinkle.. If you are able please come for a visit....the communitys need a bit of support. Sav is an archeologist now......humbly ofcourse Bob has cooked all the bacon Racer and a few are meeting the aliens.. Bertie lives too close to the land of everything is bigger here...or maybe the border got moved BACON Dave

01-07-2020, 06:39 PM	#74745
bertwert Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Golden, BC Posts: 15,172	Originally posted by microlight Yuk yuk yuk! Paddle your own canoe, dude! I got it eventually... Being Canadian, I immediately read the french as french.