oof, yikes. Good luck.

We're in the middle of a kitchen reno and NOTHING will be done until tuesday. I could beat a four day weekend with a hammer right now if it meant I could use my stove again.

Can't beat 4 day weekends either.

I prefer later shifts myself, but my 3 day weekend shift isn't bad. Nice to work without those administration busy bodies poking around.

Yeah, traffic is a plus as well. Rarely got any trouble getting to work on late shift (even with the neverending construction site on the highway), and when my shift is over, there's hardly any traffic at all anymore.

while I don't have weekends consistently off, working 2nd shift isn't so bad. I'm more likely to do stuff before work than after (when I'm already tired). Plus no rush hour traffic

Switching shifts constantly is never good for one's health. There was a time when I worked overnights steady for about 2 years; did wonders for my health, as well

Don't miss early shift (and especially switching back and forth every two weeks) a bit.

Man, permanent late shift really has done wonders for my overal well-being. Never having to get up early for work, staying up late, weekends off... a ot of my coworkers think I'm crazy, but late shift is really my preferred shift.

(My total lack of sleep on that day might have contributed, though.)

At noon, it was warm.

On Monday, we went on strike early in the morning, I was also wearing to jackets and gloves and my toes and fingers were freezing.

Nope, right now my days are doing that. Frigid at night (Well, just below zero, but still.) and warm enough to be always be ill prepared during the day.

Today it's so warm I had to take a shower to wash off the sweat after a lengthy bike trip.

This past Friday I was wearing two jackets and winter gloves outside and took a hot bath when I returned home.

Is "April weather" an issue in other countries as well, or is that specifically a German phenomenon?

Well, when you understand the history of the area it make sense. It's basically a series of countries buying the place, moving in, saying "we rule you people now", and the locals shrugging and responding, "okay, you have fun with that".

When did we all turn into Henry Higgins?

To be fair, most Americans can't get the hang of English, so I can understand why.

(And yeah, Calliope is a Greek muse, not French, but the street was named BY the French when they took over.)

In New Orleans there's a bunch of streets with French names that are pronounced by locals with a more English emphasis, for example "Calliope Street" is pronounced "CAL-lee-ope".

I figured as much for Canadians.

hm; whenever I've heard people talk about the school they said it the same way as the cathedral...but I guess that's in Canada, so they're probably more familiar with the cathedral than the school

There's plenty of place names in the US like that. Around here we have an "el doh-RAY-doh," and up north there's a Cairo that's pronounced "kay-roh"

Yeah, the common pronunciation of the University is probably the reason most Americans don't pronounce the Cathedral name correctly.

That's my understanding of how the two are supposed to be pronounced as well.

When I'm talking about the cathedral, I say "noh-treh dahme". When I talk about the university, I say "noh-ter dayme". I don't see a problem with that.

guessing "Hunchback" just got bumped WAY down the list for Disney's live-action remakes...

We all pronounce it wrong, so no one knows enough to care.

It'd be odd for most Americans not to know how to pronounce Notre Dame, considering they have a University with the same name that's the subject of a relatively popular film based around a sport most Americans love

Three or four more hours will be needed to contain the fire.

Update from France 24: the Paris Fire Brigade says two towers and the main structure of the cathedral have been saved from complete destruction.

One does not have to speak French to know that rhyming with "voter name" is off the mark.

Really? It's an international tragedy and you're zeroing in on the people who maybe don't speak French?

@Tm_Silverclaw I just read on BBC News that the cause is not yet clear, but officials suspect the fire could be linked to renovation work.

Oh boy, here we go with the U.S.-American newscasters who can't pronounce "Notre Dame" correctly.

Too soon to say.

Do we know if it was an attack? Arson? Or just bad wiring?

Religion is dead?

major cathedral burning down on Holy Week is some kind of metaphor.

Hard to believe a wonder of the world could just be wiped out so easily. Hopefully they can still save it

Well, Notre Dame is burning down

yikes I thought the site was going to be down for a while

So, time for another strike. No sleep for me tonight. Oh well.

Think Game of Thrones "light" meets Cabaret and you get the idea.

Kinda sorta, just with more intrigue, conspiracy, depravity, crime and violence.

So it's like a prequel to Cabaret?

And man, characters are smoking literally EVERYWHERE.

Also, full frontal male nudity. (There's been quite a bit of female nudity since episode 1.)

Episode 6, and Hitler is randomly name-checked.