NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[livius drusus]

I don't care if they have good reasons for it. I don't care I don't care I don't care. :sobbing:

Rome Ending Cobblestone Era (http://www.salon.com/wire/ap/archive.html?wire=D8BIG8H80.html)

[godfry n. glad]

Hrmph!

Right after they publish evidence that walking on cobblestones is good for your health. Rome is determined to be less healthy, I guess.

[livius drusus]

Well, they said they'll be keeping the sanpietrini in pedestrian areas, just not on the big motor traffic roads. It's still appalling for me to think of Botteghe Oscure or Viale Trastevere and all the other cobblestones drowned under a sea of asphalt, mind you, and I really, really hate that this ancient craft is dying.

I just told my father about it and he reminded me that there's a big step between idea and implementation in Roman civitas; that brought me some relief at least.

[MonCapitan2002]

That's a shame. I wonder how the city will like when its roads are paved over with asphalt.

[BracesForImpact]

They can't do that, I haven't been there to visit yet! :fuming: :fuming: :fuming:

[mountain_hare]

When I saw the title of this thread, Darth Vader instantly came to mind. *sighs*

[MooseIBe]

Um when I tried to read the rest of that article - not being a member - I got three ads for 'hot sex' and then I gave up..

[livius drusus]

Weird. Salon's ads aren't like that. Anyway, here's (http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5165385,00.html) the exact same story from The Guardian. :)

[MooseIBe]

Ah we have cobbles here in some places and they're a pain in the ass to negotiate I must say :)

[MonCapitan2002]

Um when I tried to read the rest of that article - not being a member - I got three ads for 'hot sex' and then I gave up..
I think you should check your computer for spyware. That should not have happened most likely.

[livius drusus]

Good point. He speaks true, Moosie.

[MooseIBe]

i have an automatic spyware detector and it didn't detect anything when i logged on, but i will run search and destroy tomorrow.

I will try the link again now and see if it happens again, hang on.

[MooseIBe]

Um I get the sex ads again. And if you look closely at that link, it says that if you get a 'salon pass' it's sponsered by 'hot sex handbooks' :)

[livius drusus]

I logged out and tested it and you're totally right, Moosie. That's pretty hilarious. At least the Hot Sex Handbook was written by Tracey Cox so you know it's gotta be good. :giggle:

[fragment]

One of them adverts says "Sex toys tried and approved"!!!! :jawdrop2:

Hope they're well-washed...

[MooseIBe]

Tracey Cox? ROFL!

Someone told me the other day that Amazon is selling vibrators now. Can you imagine it?

Prices start from ***** new and used

[fragment]

I guess I've been living in a cave. Who is Tracey Cox?

[MooseIBe]

well nobody special but you don't think 'Cox' is a splendid name for the author of a sex guide?

Evidently, our minds are much more in the gutter than yours ;)

[livius drusus]

Yeah, sorry about that fragment. Moose and I were just doing our Beavis and Butthead imitation. :blush2:

[MooseIBe]

it was all her leading, ya know.

[fragment]

That I didn't get it just proves I have been living in a cave...

[Sauron]

I got three ads for 'hot sex' and then I gave up..

Typical British. "Sex? Oh, my, no thank you. We're British."
:giggle:

[MooseIBe]

Hey I went three times! :D

[BronxBriar]

I'll probably have to go to Italy next year....wife has a wedding in the family...want me to see if a realtive can save me a cobble or two? I'm German-Ruthenian-Irish by the way...I married Italian because I like pasta.

[livius drusus]

You clearly have good taste in women and food. Shit yeah see if you can score a cobble. That would so rule. :bow:

[beyelzu]

iis it just me or does the whole tiny cracks in frescos reek of an ad hoc rationalization?

[livius drusus]

It could well be true -- Rome is constantly running the gauntlet between modern convenience and historical preservation. I doubt it's anything like the number one reason, though. That's money for sure.

(You're so sweet to post here and on topic, no less, bey. :thankee: )