Thursday, July 03, 2008
"Cost of Driving May Work Where Politics Failed and Keep Cars Off City Streets" - NYTimes.com
I look forward to making a comparison between gas prices in the US and their impact on congestion as this article reports and in France.
Monday, June 30, 2008
"Collobrières Journal - A French Village Revives the Franc" - NYTimes.com
France lost a great deal more than the franc as its money when it switched to the euro.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Conseil Régional Languedoc Roussillon
The TV commercial is quite something.....at least the one that they are featuring as I post this.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Other things not changed so much
After having noted much change in France, I must also note that so far this week we have had truck drivers essentially on strike, slowing down considerably if not blocking acccess to the Nice Airport, a near total shutdown of bus and local train services here yesterday because of a strike and today the public television stations were to be on strike to some extent. Not sure what is schedule for tomorrow!
France changing
France surely has changed a lot in the decades since I started coming here.
Now, for example, laws are pretty strict to prevent drinking and driving (and highway deaths are way down), new laws prohibit smoking in most public places (and some of those places are shuttering because of loss of customers; and the non-smoking customers get a better chance at life as a result) and now soon the law will require that people pick up after their dogs (quel horreur!). No doubt the latter will remove a certain je ne sais quoi from French sidewalk life, but I look forward to being able to look straight ahead, not smell any tobacco smoke and not read about lives ended prematurely as a result of drunken driving.
Now, for example, laws are pretty strict to prevent drinking and driving (and highway deaths are way down), new laws prohibit smoking in most public places (and some of those places are shuttering because of loss of customers; and the non-smoking customers get a better chance at life as a result) and now soon the law will require that people pick up after their dogs (quel horreur!). No doubt the latter will remove a certain je ne sais quoi from French sidewalk life, but I look forward to being able to look straight ahead, not smell any tobacco smoke and not read about lives ended prematurely as a result of drunken driving.
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Friday, March 28, 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Nice.maville.com Les brocanteurs azuréens déclarent la guerre à eBay
I would not invest much in brocanteur "futures"!
Monday, March 24, 2008
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
"New stamps would lock in postage rate … 'forever'" - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
If the "forever" stamps appear in May, they are a very good idea. The USPS has our money and we ought to have the certainty of being able to mail at the rate for as long as we choose.
In France, we have come to rely on this and there is never a need to wonder if we have the current correct postage. The stamps we purchased for the same price as those bearing a denomination are always correct.
It is nice to see the US continuing to learn from good ideas in France.
In France, we have come to rely on this and there is never a need to wonder if we have the current correct postage. The stamps we purchased for the same price as those bearing a denomination are always correct.
It is nice to see the US continuing to learn from good ideas in France.
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