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I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 05:53:22 AM EST
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Where is this?

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 06:03:09 AM EST
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Oh, come now, you must have a harder one than that. ;-)

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 06:18:27 AM EST
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Shush :-)

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 06:50:24 AM EST
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Well, not everyone is from around here. Although at times it seems everyone has at least been here.

won't wonders never cease? _ Snuffy Smith

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 12:45:34 PM EST
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Hell, I live here, and I wasn't sure. Not counting my daily trek from L'Enfant to Suitland, I've only been into the District four or five times since moving here, and I haven't been to Chinatown since I was thirteen years old.

Where's your motherf*%&ing flag pin?

by Drew J Jones (blahblahblah@blahblahblah.com) on Sun Mar 2nd, 2008 at 10:13:11 AM EST
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Well, it's a Chinatown Gate, and given the two people who find it easy, it's perhaps a question of what town they both know?

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 01:20:21 PM EST
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Sorry, three people. Where's Drew?

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 01:23:24 PM EST
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DC.

Where's your motherf*%&ing flag pin?

by Drew J Jones (blahblahblah@blahblahblah.com) on Sun Mar 2nd, 2008 at 10:01:45 AM EST
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That's what I was hinting at. I thought it was probably DC, and I knew you were thereabouts.

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Mar 2nd, 2008 at 02:39:40 PM EST
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It's not crowded enough to be New York, so I was going to go with either San Francisco or Washington. Too many blacks and not filthy enough to be San Francisco (ducks), and Stormy and Gringo are kind of a giveaway, so I'll go with DC -- home of the half-assed, rapidly-contracting Chinatown.

Where's your motherf*%&ing flag pin?

by Drew J Jones (blahblahblah@blahblahblah.com) on Sun Mar 2nd, 2008 at 10:10:08 AM EST
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Re: WHAT/WHERE IS IT? (4.00 / 8)

Anser cygnoides--Swan-goose also known as Chinese or African goose.

The struggle of man against tyranny is the struggle of memory against forgetting.(Kundera)

by Elco B (elcob at scarlet dot be) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 12:48:31 PM EST
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Easy really - how was the photo taken?

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 02:26:02 AM EST
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Mirrors on the restaurant wall?

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 04:12:26 AM EST
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Far too easy!

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 04:16:12 AM EST
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Re: WHAT/WHERE IS IT? (4.00 / 7)

Yes. What is it...where is it?

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 05:09:34 AM EST
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I know but I'm leaving it for others :-)

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 08:49:15 AM EST
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Is the head of household a German?

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Sat Mar 1st, 2008 at 04:06:32 AM EST
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Nope, was French.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat Mar 1st, 2008 at 04:50:18 AM EST
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Fontainebleau, le chateau :D

by estHer on Sat Mar 1st, 2008 at 01:56:37 PM EST
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Grrrr-e-a-t, estHer!!!!

But which part of the Château of Fontainebloop?

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sat Mar 1st, 2008 at 03:14:28 PM EST
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estHer is toying with her dad. She's in Grenoble with a friend, skiing.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat Mar 1st, 2008 at 04:12:31 PM EST
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Re: WHAT/WHERE IS IT? (4.00 / 6)

Where are these from?

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 05:25:47 AM EST
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The first two from Jamaica, then I see a Sikh guy, no clue about the rest.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 05:29:12 AM EST
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Sorry :-(

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 05:34:08 AM EST
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Then the inspirator: Ethiopia.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 05:51:00 AM EST
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Sorry :-(

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 05:55:02 AM EST
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Somewhere in South Africa?

by The3rdColumn on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 08:17:23 AM EST
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Sorry :-(

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 08:31:42 AM EST
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No way! (none / 1)

This market is way too orderly!!!

The core of evil is a lack of empathy

by Nomad on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 09:09:33 AM EST
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Is the question the place of the market (in which case I'd guess somewhere in Paris), or the origin of the ethnic ware?

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 10:04:17 AM EST
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afew had guessed it; see just below.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 10:29:15 AM EST
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Anyway. Now, were the sellers on the first two pictures from Ethiopia?

By the way, when is the next film blog, who hosts it and what should I watch for it?

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 10:55:07 AM EST
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I have no idea where all these vendors came from.
The next film blog is on March 14th hosted by Sven. The films are The Seven Samurai and The Magnificant Seven.
I have the two films with me and hope to watch at least one this wekend. I have my doubts about the film blog in its current form; it requires time which many ET'ers do not have. If there's not more participation this time then we have to think of a different format.
There is also no way on ET to keep reminding people aside from the open thread. I think we need a bulletin board or calendar for special events which can be continually updated.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 11:18:52 AM EST
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I must admit that all these years, though I saw a number of Kurosawa's films, I only managed to get five minutes of The Seven Samurai. A good opportunity to download it.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 12:17:57 PM EST
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Les Puces? (Flea Market north of Paris)?

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 08:14:35 AM EST
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You are hot today baby!

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 08:39:50 AM EST
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WHAT IS IT? (4.00 / 3)

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by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 06:55:34 AM EST
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Re: WHAT IS IT? (none / 1)

It's sideways, for one thing.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 06:57:54 AM EST
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corect

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by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 07:02:46 AM EST
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I'm going to refrain from saying what it is so other people will have a chance to guess...

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 07:09:26 AM EST
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Stormy. you must be very good at puzzles. You love the "what is it" days.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 07:11:50 AM EST
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True. Although I don't know if I'm any better at puzzles than average, I just really enjoy them.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 07:14:51 AM EST
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My crazy guess - artificial eyelashes.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 07:46:37 AM EST
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Mine too.

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice. Blog - Nice Experience

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 07:48:33 AM EST
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Re: WHAT IS IT? (none / 1)

I wonder if we now must guess whether a woman or a man is wearing them?

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 08:18:41 AM EST
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Re: WHAT IS IT? (none / 1)

With glitter? My guess would be a man.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 08:25:18 AM EST
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Re: WHAT IS IT? (4.00 / 3)

It's a woman, on her way to a 70's disco

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by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 08:36:47 AM EST
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Re: WHAT IS IT? (4.00 / 2)

Now I'm having nighmares all weekend...

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 10:06:11 AM EST
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Re: WHAT IS IT? (4.00 / 2)

I'll tell her you said that. ;-)

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by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 10:07:51 AM EST
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I looked at the street from the balcony this morning - and two policemen looked at me:

Like the onlookers, I wondered what was going on.

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice. Blog - Nice Experience

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 07:47:46 AM EST
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Re: WHAT/WHERE IS IT? (4.00 / 6)

My first guess was that they were looking for illegal immigrants.

It became clear after some time that it was the re-enactment of a crime, with witnesses directing two young policemen who were playing the roles of those involved in the case.

"It happened down here" - (prisoner in white trousers with police body-armour):

It seemed one guy had gone down in a fight:

Later another witness adds a new dimension - the other guy is now down :

It was only when I looked at the photos on the computer that I realised that this was more than just an ordinary fight. It was like Antonioni's "Blow-up" or that scene in "Blade Runner" when Dekard examines a photo in detail on his computer. Note the the right hand of the policeman in white body-armour :

Again it was only on the computer that I saw the telling detail and realised that it wasn't just a punch-up - did somebody get killed across the road from us one night ?

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice. Blog - Nice Experience

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 08:49:04 AM EST
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Bravo Ted. These are great.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 08:55:33 AM EST
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Thanks LEP. They're a bit rough technically - but they are just part of images taken at tele end of Lumix's limited zoom. But my excuse is that it just enhances the gritty realism :-)

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice. Blog - Nice Experience

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 09:05:07 AM EST
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I've spent a chunk of my free-time this week worrying about technical issues like noise, noise reduction and so on. As as result the first thing I saw in those were the artefacts in the image: I may need to get a life.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 09:10:34 AM EST
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It could be that the prisoner is about to lose a big chunk of his life.

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice. Blog - Nice Experience

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 11:14:28 AM EST
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Did they see you taking these?

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 09:34:29 AM EST
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Who needs cctv when you have Ted with his Lumix?

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 09:59:16 AM EST
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If there had been cctv there might have been no need for this expensive re-enactment - there were lawyers and about a dozen policemen there for more than two hours. Who knows, if the police had been alerted when the fight started, maybe a life might have been saved.

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice. Blog - Nice Experience

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 11:31:44 AM EST
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Don't you think the body armour indicates a risk of reprisals (of the shooter kind)?

I mean, this might not have been a casual fight but a gang thing?

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 11:40:02 AM EST
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Yes, I thought about the possible reprisals aspect. Unfortunately we've come to realise this isn't a very nice area (pardon the pun). A cafe opened across the road after we moved in and tends to attract young guys who drink till late and I've witnessed a few drunken scuffles.

The body-armour has made me less likely to repeat what I did the other week, when a group were talking loudly round a car with door open and loud music. I was so annoyed I went onto the balcony and yelled - very loudly (in French) "Hey - there are children asleep - think of other people." Had it been the UK I'd probably have got jeers and more noise for a long time. To my surprise, they look startled, said nothing, and very soon went away.

Now I understand why I've almost never seen a neighbour look out of a window, let alone shout at them :-) Maybe I was lucky to get away with it - and the guys were just so surprised at the unusual intervention.

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice. Blog - Nice Experience

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 12:19:58 PM EST
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They just didn't want to fuck with an obviously English "tough."

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 12:42:37 PM EST
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More likely an obviously English idiot :-) - who seemed angry enough to possibly phone the police if the noise continued.

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice. Blog - Nice Experience

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 02:22:12 PM EST
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When I lived on one of the rougher estates in Corby, I heard the sounds of a fight behind my house. on opening the window I found a gang of about six skinheads kicking lumps out of a bloke lieing in a ball on the floor. so I yelled that if they didn't leave now I was going to call the police. to which one replied "We Are the police" producing a warrant card. At which point a retreat was the prudent response.

Interviewer: What do you believe is behind this recent increase in terrorist bombings? Helpmann: Bad sportsmanship

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 03:47:16 PM EST
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The ones who looked up in the first photo did - but there was no knock at the door.

I was in a pub in Kilburn (an area of London with a lot of Irish) some years ago, standing at the door on a warm evening. Three guys came out of the pub and suddenly vans erupted police with guns and pushed one of the guys against the wall - several guns pointed at his back. I had my camera with me, but thought it wiser not to point anything at police with guns in their hands. It would have made a great photo, especially as there was a poster just above the guy against the wall - for an Irish bank ! :-)

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice. Blog - Nice Experience

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 11:11:37 AM EST
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They were being fairly cool (the Nice ones). That crime-scene replay is an official event, with magistrates, police, barristers, witnesses, and at least one suspect present, and they could have more or less politely told you not to take photos.

Kilburn pubs I remember from years back, and they didn't have a safe sort of feel... You were no doubt very wise not to take pictures, you might have found yourself up against (the wall and) some mean and possibly Special Branch coppers.

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 11:35:34 AM EST
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As I remember it, the cops were very psyched up - now one thinks of the case of the young Brazilian shot on suspicion in the tube in London. This was the time of the conflict in Northern Ireland - and with any sudden movement one of them might have shot first and asked what I had in my hands afterwards - especially as it was a SLR - not the friendly little Lumix :-)

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice. Blog - Nice Experience

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 12:07:01 PM EST
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There were no guns around on this occasion, but I didn't feel it was time to make a speech about my rights...

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 12:35:31 PM EST
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Pretty easy, I suspect.

""

"I said, 'Wait a minute, Chester, You know I'm a peaceful man...'" Robbie Robertson

by NearlyNormal on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 09:18:08 AM EST
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is that the cliff village at Mesa Verde?

Interviewer: What do you believe is behind this recent increase in terrorist bombings? Helpmann: Bad sportsmanship

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 09:50:19 AM EST
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Yes it is, from a perch just above the "restored" portion.

"I said, 'Wait a minute, Chester, You know I'm a peaceful man...'" Robbie Robertson

by NearlyNormal on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 06:34:24 PM EST
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Interviewer: What do you believe is behind this recent increase in terrorist bombings? Helpmann: Bad sportsmanship

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 10:31:52 AM EST
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South of England coast...? Can't remember the exact location as I thought about Jersey and got it mixed up !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Sun Mar 2nd, 2008 at 05:23:28 AM EST
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German Coastal observation bunker in Jersey (MP3)! It was used in a james bond movie ?

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Sun Mar 2nd, 2008 at 12:18:37 PM EST
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WWHAT/WHERE IS IT? (4.00 / 3)

I might have posted this before, but I don't know as I got an answer.

Interviewer: What do you believe is behind this recent increase in terrorist bombings? Helpmann: Bad sportsmanship

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 11:12:29 AM EST
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Re: WWHAT/WHERE IS IT? (none / 1)

You did post it before but I can't remember where it is! It reminds me of the gates to the law courts near Notre Dame in Paris.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 11:27:40 AM EST
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South!

Interviewer: What do you believe is behind this recent increase in terrorist bombings? Helpmann: Bad sportsmanship

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 11:28:45 AM EST
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I remember it was Egypt.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 12:20:55 PM EST
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Yep, it's the gates of Aswan Cathedral

Interviewer: What do you believe is behind this recent increase in terrorist bombings? Helpmann: Bad sportsmanship

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 01:24:44 PM EST
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Ah-hah! That's why it's not familiar, I haven't been to Aswan. But I did peg the Coptic part. (Not hard with the crosses and all....)

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 01:29:58 PM EST
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And I was betting on you getting it.

Interviewer: What do you believe is behind this recent increase in terrorist bombings? Helpmann: Bad sportsmanship

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 01:37:40 PM EST
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It can't be what I initially thought it was because (a) you wouldn't have been allowed to take a picture of it, and (b) there wouldn't be women casually sitting on the steps. On closer inspection, it looks like it could be the Coptic Museum?

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 01:29:11 PM EST
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Two of my favorite pastry shops in Cardiff. Oh wait; it can't be Cardiff; they don't use the euro there!

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 11:54:03 AM EST
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Ha ha! We don't get lovely cakes like that as a matter of course in shop windows round 'ere. And when you say pastry shops I think of pies and pasties not cakes.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 12:06:03 PM EST
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Which also reminds me of a lad in my year who went to write the name of his favourite actress on a wall and ended up writing 'Pasty Kensit'.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 12:10:29 PM EST
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I was just trying to lure you to the "big city" with sweets so that you'd give me some photography lessons.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat Mar 1st, 2008 at 09:29:27 AM EST
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No point trying to lure me with things I can't eat!

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sun Mar 2nd, 2008 at 12:12:55 PM EST
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Why is that? If it's too personal don't answer.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sun Mar 2nd, 2008 at 12:24:14 PM EST
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I'm totally lactose intolerant and not great with wheat either!

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sun Mar 2nd, 2008 at 12:41:08 PM EST
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Well, that's a downer. I'll have to lure you with this. then:

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sun Mar 2nd, 2008 at 12:52:28 PM EST
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This will not be easy.

A Community Affair or Old Style Recreation

won't wonders never cease? _ Snuffy Smith

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 12:56:39 PM EST
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It looks a little like the gardens near the Louvre in Paris.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 01:13:09 PM EST
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Not close, really, but a good guess.

won't wonders never cease? _ Snuffy Smith

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 03:32:50 PM EST
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Enigmatic. It doesn't look recent. It might even go several decades back. The band looks like one of those all-wind (+ percussion?) set-ups the French call the harmonie.

The group is made up mostly of retired people and children. Ladies are dancing together, possibly for lack of male partners. Perhaps because it's daytime on a workday. Not enough people are dancing, anyway, for it to be a formal occasion. It looks improvised.

There's a fountain to the left, drops are falling. The place looks public, a park or garden, perhaps of a palace or "stately home". It looks French to me, but there's no clincher.

So. An afternoon concert somewhere in a French public garden attracts older folk for the dancing and mothers with their kids?

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sat Mar 1st, 2008 at 03:50:19 PM EST
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Fantastic analysis! Very observant. I will give a few hints because no one will guess otherwise. It is a Sunday afternoon in 1995. The park scene is in a city that is the capital of a very small country the nominal language of which is a descendent of Latin. Wine produced there is very good but traditionally not appreciated outside certain areas.

won't wonders never cease? _ Snuffy Smith

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Sat Mar 1st, 2008 at 08:43:40 PM EST
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Aha. So this could be in Bucarest?

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Mar 2nd, 2008 at 01:23:32 AM EST
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Or Lisbon. In fact, I wouldn't call Romania "very small".

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Mar 2nd, 2008 at 03:22:10 AM EST
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Agreed, but what about the wine?

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Mar 2nd, 2008 at 02:44:34 PM EST
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What about the wine? I wouldn't put Port (or Sherry) in the wine category really. While an exchange student in the UK, my sister was asked whether in Spain we prefer French or Italian wine. Which means even Spanish wine is little known outside conoisseur circles.

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Mar 3rd, 2008 at 06:01:23 AM EST
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Port wine is among the best-known wines in the world, and has been over a longer period than many. Whereas Romania (and the same is true of Moldova, which I didn't think of) has excellent wines (apparently) that are little-known. But no, I didn't think it was a "small country" either.

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Mar 3rd, 2008 at 04:06:56 PM EST
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I suspect there are such parks all across Europe, from Lisbon to Moscow. Personally, I first thought of a park in Vienna when I saw the photo.

But with your hint, I quickly guessed Moldovan capital Chişinău, and indeed it seems to be a fountain in Pushkin Park:

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by DoDo on Sun Mar 2nd, 2008 at 04:07:20 AM EST
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DoDo gets the prize! Good sleuthing. I honestly didn't think anyone would guess. We drove from Bucharest to Chisinau and back in 1995. Moldova was kind of grim back then, but I returned years later and things had improved somewhat. Beautiful country and the wine is wonderful and inexpensive. I think at one time Moldova was the principal supplier of wine within the Soviet Union, maybe still. The quality is very good and I think it could export to the whole world if permitted. I haven't seen Moldovan wine in the US though.

won't wonders never cease? _ Snuffy Smith

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Sun Mar 2nd, 2008 at 10:32:38 AM EST
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I recall something about a wine copyright issue? Will try to look it up.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Sun Mar 2nd, 2008 at 12:16:54 PM EST
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I found no copyright issue, only tariffs, and a March 2006-October 2007 ban by Russia on Moldovan wine for not meeting health standards (behind which Moldovans suspected a political motive).

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Sun Mar 2nd, 2008 at 12:50:26 PM EST
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Interesting articles. I really have a lot of sympathy for all of those former Soviet republics that are trying to maintain/improve their economies and maintain independence. Visiting most of them during the mid 90s, I saw a lot of people living in poor conditions and it did not appear as if improvements would come rapidly.

won't wonders never cease? _ Snuffy Smith

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Sun Mar 2nd, 2008 at 04:14:14 PM EST
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What?

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Sat Mar 1st, 2008 at 05:15:10 AM EST
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The first: looking down a well? The second: the antennae of some bug? The third: lightning catcher atop a church?

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Sat Mar 1st, 2008 at 05:54:45 AM EST
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I was thinking the second was a moth.

Interviewer: What do you believe is behind this recent increase in terrorist bombings? Helpmann: Bad sportsmanship

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Sat Mar 1st, 2008 at 06:01:27 AM EST
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Yes!

Very good...

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Sat Mar 1st, 2008 at 01:12:10 PM EST
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Genau!

Das ist richtig!

A well at a winery in Napa...

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Sat Mar 1st, 2008 at 01:11:39 PM EST
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The third is indeed a lightning rod (with replaceable tip), used at least once...

Though it's on a Turm (tower) in the Schwarzwald...

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Sat Mar 1st, 2008 at 01:17:36 PM EST
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The second one makes me think of 'Tausendfüssler', I think 'centipeds' in English.

The third I am undecided between a Minaret and a (electric) screwdriver against the sky. :-)

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Mar 1st, 2008 at 05:55:15 AM EST
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Hundertfüßer = centipede,

Tausendfüßer = millipede.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Sat Mar 1st, 2008 at 06:40:26 AM EST
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thanks DoDo - so I guess your antennas might be more correct. :-)

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Mar 1st, 2008 at 07:08:07 AM EST
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Ceebs has it above, a moth...

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Sat Mar 1st, 2008 at 01:13:22 PM EST
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What, where, and why is it significant?

If you know what, then you know where...

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Sat Mar 1st, 2008 at 05:18:30 AM EST
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The first is the old synagogue in Prague. But you got me with the second, though the stone color looks familiar...

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Sat Mar 1st, 2008 at 06:33:04 AM EST
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Once again, you are correct sir!

But why is it so significant? Or what about is so?

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Sat Mar 1st, 2008 at 01:20:03 PM EST
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I don't know, I can look it up on Wiki or Google, but answering that way is not fair.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Sat Mar 1st, 2008 at 02:37:24 PM EST
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The stone is fantastic, a wonderful color (sandstone, I think)...

It is next to the Neckar...

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Sat Mar 1st, 2008 at 02:01:30 PM EST
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If it is near the Neckar it could the castle in Heidelberg.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Mar 1st, 2008 at 02:08:01 PM EST
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Damn! Indeed it is! I thought of everything else in the region, even including Heidelberg University, but forgot about the intact part of the castle facade...

When I was here for the first time, we did the full tour in group behind a tour guide, who told a lot of anecdotes about the recent history of the castle. Then when the tour ended and he said farewell to everyone, he came to us -- and greeted us in Hungarian: an emigree...

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Sat Mar 1st, 2008 at 02:29:34 PM EST
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