The Bench
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 5:45 pm
Rather than put this post with the other thread on the bench I felt my post should not be in there.
I may be alone and I don't post this with anything more than what I feel. When I first saw the "bench" I honestly thought someone was having a joke. A layer of stone on the floor and stone built up around the sides, with a wooden back rest Then somewhere previously I read that there was an architect involved.This surely did not require an architect, well unless it was something like jobs for the boys and get plenty of people involved and spread the money around by saying well it is a Greek island, as if that sets it apart, perhaps it does for all I know but makes me wonder why if that is the case and especially as Athens was mentioned at times.
I am sure that our own Geoffrey could have designed something far more in keeping and worthy of being Leonard's bench?
My thoughts by being in the building trade for many years, is that it should have taken at most a few days, possibly four of actual labour, depending on logistics of course and the number of people on site. Dare I ask how much this cost overall?
I am a fan of Leonard's since Noah was a boy and this is in no way meant to dishonour him by my thoughts and certainly I would not wish to embarrass Jarkko who not only oversaw the collections but also offering the forum members how it was going to be spent.
Maybe I just expected more than what was.
I may be alone and I don't post this with anything more than what I feel. When I first saw the "bench" I honestly thought someone was having a joke. A layer of stone on the floor and stone built up around the sides, with a wooden back rest Then somewhere previously I read that there was an architect involved.This surely did not require an architect, well unless it was something like jobs for the boys and get plenty of people involved and spread the money around by saying well it is a Greek island, as if that sets it apart, perhaps it does for all I know but makes me wonder why if that is the case and especially as Athens was mentioned at times.
I am sure that our own Geoffrey could have designed something far more in keeping and worthy of being Leonard's bench?
My thoughts by being in the building trade for many years, is that it should have taken at most a few days, possibly four of actual labour, depending on logistics of course and the number of people on site. Dare I ask how much this cost overall?
I am a fan of Leonard's since Noah was a boy and this is in no way meant to dishonour him by my thoughts and certainly I would not wish to embarrass Jarkko who not only oversaw the collections but also offering the forum members how it was going to be spent.
Maybe I just expected more than what was.