Comments on: Is there a remote for the drawbridge?

Is there a remote for the drawbridge?

moonbird — Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:36:33 -0800

Good gentles, ever wanted to have someone build you a castle?

By: nyxxxx

nyxxxx — Mon, 26 Jul 2004 18:31:51 -0800

I thought that said, "good gentiles" and wondered why Jews were building castles.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Mon, 26 Jul 2004 18:37:54 -0800

eh, pyramids, castles...whatever you want, we can build. : > maybe a little castle-ette on top of a building here would be nice, but you have to have tapestries to go on the walls, otherwise you've got nothing.

By: tomplus2

tomplus2 — Mon, 26 Jul 2004 18:50:50 -0800

We have a castle near us. It was built by a man for his new bride, but she divorced him before it was finished. Recently it had an run in with a fire breathing dragon.

By: kfury

kfury — Mon, 26 Jul 2004 19:27:38 -0800

How ironic is it that a castle with a huge perimeter wall and four guard towers was leveled by an arsonist because one of the two entry gates was unlocked? It's like a parable for internet security...

By: IshmaelGraves

IshmaelGraves — Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:27:26 -0800

Looking through that site I noticed that this ruined castle on the Hudson River, which I used to see from the train window riding from Manhattan to Poughkeepsie, opened to the public, finally, a month and a half ago.

By: nkyad

nkyad — Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:37:33 -0800

One would think people selling such expensive luxuries would hire someone other than their niece's boyfriend to design their websites. But then again, maybe they are not selling anything but just trying to.

By: superfem

superfem — Mon, 26 Jul 2004 22:00:03 -0800

tomplus2: Recently it had an run in with a fire breathing dragon. I, too, live near the Versailles "castle" and I always loved driving by and wondering what on earth possessed those people to build it. I am sad that it is now burnt to pieces... But I'm certainly not sad for the new owners who will probably be charged with insurance fraud... Hehehe.

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 01:26:51 -0800

It is amusing the romance and what passes for a "castle" these days, how little people know of the actual history of castles. Certain design choices automatically qualify as castle: stone and turrets seem to be enough in most cases. Real castles, which went out of style in the 14th Century have stone walls 15 to 20 feet thick. The living conditions were horrendously uncomfortable the nobles were more than happy to leave their isolated and cold prisons for more hospitable surroundings when given the opportunity. They would certainly look on in amusement at future generations romantic notions of the castle as we might be surprised at a future generations romantic appeal with the big-box Wallmart.