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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Speaking of La Marseillaise #130406 07/14/04 11:34 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic OP Carpal Tunnel OP AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Happy Bastille Day! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Speaking of La Marseillaise #130407 07/14/04 03:04 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Ah, oui. Merci. Here are some shudder-causing portrayals of events: http://website.lineone.net/~ssiggeman/napoleon.html Google usually gives some interesting alternatives; here's one with some real-life photos (the second one is what made this site come up for me, no doubt) that caught my eye; I always enjoy insights into other lands: http://www.sharnoffphotos.com/France3.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Speaking of La Marseillaise #130408 07/14/04 07:54 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic OP Carpal Tunnel OP AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Nine Hawk jets of the British Red Arrows aerobatics team trail red, white and blue smoke as they fly over the Arc de Triomphe at the end of France's annual Bastille Day military parade, on the Champs Elysees in Paris, July 14, 2004. British military marched alongside French forces this year as part of the 100th anniversary of the 'entente cordiale' a pact Franco-British friendship. REUTERS/Mal Langsdon A beautiful photo: http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040714/i/r3631318336.jpg Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Speaking of La Marseillaise #130409 07/15/04 01:47 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Wow. Thanks for posting that. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Speaking of La Marseillaise #130410 07/16/04 07:39 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC And that high-pitched whine in the background was Napoleon spinning in his grave. Bastille my beating heart! TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Speaking of La Marseillaise #130411 07/22/04 11:04 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Great advert for air pollution! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Speaking of La Tour Eiffel #130412 07/22/04 01:46 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic OP Carpal Tunnel OP AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Yep. http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20040722/capt.sge.pga46.220704142606.photo00.default-254x384.jpg Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Speaking of La Tour Eiffel #130413 07/22/04 04:50 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Hardly an eyefull, huh? 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