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iRock Wanderer Offline Posts: 54 Pacific NW Washington State Gender:	Re: "Les Catacombes Rouges" delayed..... Reply #10 - 29.01.2009 at 11:39:02 Cool! Looking forward to try your great mansion.
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josephine Adventurer Offline Posts: 332 California Gender:	Re: "Les Catacombes Rouges" delayed..... Reply #11 - 29.01.2009 at 12:59:49 Semi-Native wrote on 27.01.2009 at 19:24:47: josephine wrote on 27.01.2009 at 15:02:41: Another aquaMansion! (Hey Semi-Native, is that Janet Leigh in the shower?) Sure is! It's how I feel sometimes when Jack is dying a thousand deaths. Believe me, I feel your pain! Wow! Can't wait for LCR.
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Reply #12 - 25.02.2009 at 20:01:39

Hi everybody....

this is to inform you that beta-testing of "Les Catacombes Rouges", my latest mansion, is nearly terminated. Thanks to the incredible effort - and time - of Rose and Semi-Native, who are such a great help !

I guess I will be putting in the last "finishing touches" during the next week and then I'm sending it to the admins.

BTW, until very reecently I had completely forgotten that we have this shared mansion which is called "Catacombs" too......while writing the BBBs for LCR I had asked Semi-Native if there was an equivalent word for "les catacombes" in English, can you believe it ???

She reminded me of our "Catacombs" mansion....so I thought maybe I should rename my mansion ??!

What do you think???

Is "Les Catacombes Rouges" unique and different enough (from "Catacombs") ?
Or should I better rename it ? Undecided

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Reply #13 - 25.02.2009 at 21:34:35

Well, 'Les Catacombes' is a very well-established Parisian attraction. Seeing that you use the French term instead of the English one I immediately thought of them and not of our glorious collaborative mansion.

That being said, it probably helps that I am French Wink

If you like, you can replace it by the more official: L'Ossuaire Rouge.

(According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catacombs_of_Paris the official name for the catacombs is l'Ossuaire Municipal. I didn't know that!)

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Rohful Lost One Offline Posts: 19 Australia Gender:	Re: "Les Catacombes Rouges" delayed..... Reply #14 - 26.02.2009 at 04:15:06 Looks like the beautiful yet unique style of aquaMat's! Keep on going!
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Catwoman Explorer Offline Posts: 217 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Re: "Les Catacombes Rouges" delayed..... Reply #15 - 26.02.2009 at 05:25:41 "Les Catacombes Rouges" is unique on it's own. I don't think you need to rename your mansion.
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Reply #16 - 27.02.2009 at 19:33:58

Thanks, that is reassuring.
Guess I can keep the name..... !

@ Toybox:

I was indeed thinking about the Paris catacombs when I designed + named it. I used the French name to make that connection clear.
I had once visited them, when I was about 16 years old, and I'll never forget that.
I always found it a rather intriguing thought.... that there is a huge city which has a whole system, almost like a maze, of underground catacombs..... I was always a fan of secret passageways, labyrynths and all that..... that's why they feature so prominently in my mansions.

And even if my catacombs-system is going much deeper down than the real Catacombes, and you only have one small house instead of a whole city above it, I thought it was an appropriate name.

And yes....maybe it was because of the French spelling that I, too, never made the connection with our Catacombs-mansion. Cool

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Semi-Native YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 1426 Orlando, FL USA Gender:	Re: "Les Catacombes Rouges" delayed..... Reply #17 - 27.02.2009 at 19:53:22 aquaMat, you'd love working at Disney World, then. There is a huge system of tunnels underneath the parks that employees use for getting around, storage, moving equipment, etc. Most visitors are totally unaware that they exist.
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Reply #18 - 01.03.2009 at 00:01:03

Ooh, that's very interesting.....and a bit strange... !! Shocked

Do you work at Disneyland, or why do you know that ??
(I bet not many people do know....)

I remember in the town I grew up in, which had a big university, there was an area for the "university hospital", actually several medical facilities and hospitals almost like a little district in itself.... and there it was the same, but it actually has a whole system of underground streets !!

They are for the maintenance people but also for medical transports to drive as fast as possible between the different hospitals.
Fascinated me as a kid.....

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Semi-Native YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 1426 Orlando, FL USA Gender:	Re: "Les Catacombes Rouges" delayed..... Reply #19 - 01.03.2009 at 04:35:14 I worked at Disney World for a year when I first moved to Orlando in the late 70's, that's how I know. I didn't work in the park, though, I had an office job. Regular office hours and days, which was nice.
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