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posted July 14, 2020 08:08 PM
I did a search and no one had posted since JALLEN did sometime in the past.
 
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posted July 14, 2020 08:38 PMHide Post
Yes, to all our French friends.




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posted July 14, 2020 08:42 PMHide Post
Vive la France!

The wife is celebrating with champagne. I'm celebrating with bourbon. Smile Cheers.


~Alan

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posted July 14, 2020 09:03 PMHide Post
One of the better versions I've come across

 
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posted July 14, 2020 09:06 PMHide Post
Yes, Indeed. Stay away from the Guillotines.

I also sent a greeting to one of my dear friends, whose birthday is today.




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posted July 15, 2020 08:50 AMHide Post
It was also the 150th anniversary of the “Ems Dispatch” incident. Things kinda went downhill for the French after that date.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ems_Dispatch


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posted July 15, 2020 08:55 AMHide Post
One great rendering of La Marseillaise is in Casablanca. Well worth rewatching.
 
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posted July 15, 2020 09:46 AMHide Post
quote:
Originally posted by MagnumU:
One great rendering of La Marseillaise is in Casablanca. Well worth rewatching.


"Casablanca" is my Bastille Day movie. Almost time to run to a small shop and get a pack of Kronenbourg 1664 beer so I can watch the movie this evening.

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Woke up today..
Great day!
posted July 15, 2020 09:52 AMHide Post
Took the wife and two daughters on a trip to Italy and France a few years ago. In Paris we stayed at a hotel right near the Arc de Triomphe. We knew it was Bastille Day but didn't realize the extent of the holiday. Walked out of our hotel to see a huge parade with military vehicles including lots of flyovers and tens of thousands of people. We spend the day and evening walking through the masses ending with a fantastic fireworks show over the Eiffel Tower. One of the best family days of our lives. They put on a really great party!
 
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posted July 15, 2020 11:01 AMHide Post
Liberté, égalité, fraternité, décapité!
 
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posted July 15, 2020 01:38 PMHide Post
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—the People’s Tribunal refusing Lavoisier’s appeal prior to his execution


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posted July 15, 2020 08:54 PMHide Post
Rush did a nice song about Bastille day.


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posted July 15, 2020 09:45 PMHide Post
I was conceived after an “over exuberant” Bastille Day celebration in Paris according to my dad.
 
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