I think you missed a pun...
Cathedrals are ace, I always wondered how the architect must have felt knowing they would never see their design realised as they would be long dead by the time it was finished.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:13, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I deliberately glossed over it
it is quite weird. I can never get my head around how they actually built them. How much they planned out what shape the stonework would be, and how many bits and what shape they should be.

amazing things.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:15, Reply)

More so than the random by-products
of tectonic activity, for that very reason, if you ask me.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:28, Reply)

I'm torn
I like both things for different reasons
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:31, Reply)

The cathedral was designed by hanging weights on a lattice work of string
thuis creating an upside down skelton for the building. This apparently showed how the loads worked together.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:55, Reply)

I've seen the model
fucking awesome idea. the weights were scaled to represent the loads from the structure, and the strings described the perfect arch shape to support them.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 10:21, Reply)

I really love our Cathedrals
I prefer Liverpool's Anglican, but the wigwam is growing on me
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:33, Reply)