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Jul 17, 2007 6:32:05 GMT -5
Post by Happygoin on Jul 17, 2007 6:32:05 GMT -5
Yeah...good one, Sarastro Becky, I had to go see Love Story. It was required if you lived in Boston. It's an unwritten law that all Bostonians have to go to any movie filmed in Boston so we can all laugh at the terrible Boston accents.
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Jul 17, 2007 7:10:57 GMT -5
Post by geordy on Jul 17, 2007 7:10:57 GMT -5
I saw it the night of the Senior Prom in High school. A bunch of kids were boycotting the Prom because it was hokey, uncool, etc. I could go with that but....I also didn't have a date. So two of my sibs took me to the movies...not sure how appropriate it was but a good cry was had!
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Jul 18, 2007 3:10:50 GMT -5
Post by kasthor on Jul 18, 2007 3:10:50 GMT -5
A little update on the roundabouts...
Paris has this specificity, on major intersections cars driving into the roundabout or crossroad for that matter have priority to those inside, you can observe this phenomenon very easily from the top of the triumph arch, it is the same on the highway (périphérique) around Paris, those who get in have priority. It makes the traffic more fluid and prevents people being stuck forever at an intersection.
In the rest of France people in the roundabout have absolute priority.
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Jul 18, 2007 10:13:51 GMT -5
Post by jpcat on Jul 18, 2007 10:13:51 GMT -5
Hi Kasthor. Thanks for the lesson on roundabouts. The Paris exception governing major intersections explains why our driver didn't even pause before entering traffic around the Arc. What a ride!
I swear most drivers are not clear on rotary/roundabout - but who can blame them with rules varying from place to place. I drive through two on my way to work, and keep my eye peeled for out-of-state license plates. Maybe I could blast the sound track from that video to scare them off!
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Jul 18, 2007 10:59:39 GMT -5
Post by Happygoin on Jul 18, 2007 10:59:39 GMT -5
Funny rotary story: When I worked for the federal gov't, a lot of people from down south came to MA to work. One of their first weekends off, they decided to go up to the coast of NH for a day of sightseeing. They got lost so they stopped to ask someone for directions. Part of the directions were to "go to the rotary and stay to the right...". They drove for an hour looking for the Rotary Club building. Apparently rotaries are a northern phenomenon.
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Jul 18, 2007 14:32:41 GMT -5
Post by geordy on Jul 18, 2007 14:32:41 GMT -5
Another funny "rotary " story. A couple of years ago while in Soissons(yup viisting the Cathedral!) we stopped for lunch in a lovely upscale restaurant. We had asked for a recomendation at the Tourist office. They explained that most places were closed for lunch on Mondays. Suggested a Pizza place..not what we were looking for..it was January and cold and we wanted to settle in to a proper dejeuner! The other place they suggested was closed so we just happened on this one with a tempting chalk board prix fixe menu.
During our meal the chef came out and was greeting customers, mostly local business folks. When he came upon us, and I explained I did not speak much French he was interested in where we were from and why we were in Soissons in the middle of January!! We got a lesson on the bean of Soissons(a large beige lima bean type, I had the soup very good!) They apparently hold a bean festival every year!
Okay to the rotary. The chef, who had worked for Air France and designed there !st class menus,said he wanted to practice his English because he was headed to Chicago the next week to cook and give a demonstation at a convention there. He said the name of it several times with both S/O(fluent in French) and I shaking our heads and not understanding. He was sure we wound have heard of it as it was an American organization! Imagine a heavy French Accent(originally from North Africa) saying Rotary!! Those r's coming out as W's! We finally got it!
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