Tuesday, February 05, 2013

A very popular man!


Not a big Paris scene today, just something to make you smile ;-) A few facts an figures though: In France wearing a helmet on a motorbike (on any two-wheel vehicle with an engine actually) has been compulsory since 1973. Not wearing one costs 135 €...

21 comments:

  1. I guess if you could call a motorcycle helmet "cute" that would be the one!

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  2. Like children would say : "c'est CHOU ....... !!!".
    Funny to think that 40 years before now, no helmet was needed. Seems just incredible in the current context. Now that a helmet is compulsory, I wish many kisses from many colored lipsticks would go to your helmet or even to a little smile on your face...!
    BTW, you could add a 'l' in the word popuar ;)

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  3. Love that! I'm your newest follower and rss subscriber...

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  4. It got a big smile from me! But aren't you tempted to go get one just like it?

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  5. This brings a big smile to me, too :-)

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  6. Eric, you don't have to buy one of these. Buy a white one. I will cheerfully decorate it for you the next time I'm in Paris, although it might be a while. oops. Did I say that out loud?

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  7. Bonjour Eric!
    I have often wanted to ask you about scooters/motorcycles in Paris, and this post seems like a good time. As a former motorcyclist (I was on my 3rd motorcycle before buying my first car), I know how harsh riding in the cold weather can be. I have seen many scooters in Paris with "aprons" that keep riders warm up to their waists. I saw only a few covered scooters - mostly the larger BMW scooters with windshields and roofs but open sides. I would think that more scooter owners would want more coverage in the cold months.
    Have you tried a covered scooter? How do you stay warm?

    Just curious,
    -Jeff

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  8. SMILES from me in Stavanger/Norway too:)

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  9. A helmet with kisses
    I wonder if this is,
    each and every day
    to send him on his way,
    his devoted missus
    administering gros bisous
    and whispering "bonne journee"

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  10. Wow many kisses and many smiles :)
    -> Drummond, your "whispering" bonne journée is so "poo-poo-pee-doo" ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~!!
    -> Sasho : you made me smile too !!What about whispering kisses then ? Quite nice
    This may be the most WANTED man in the city ... Did you also check his shoes, pants, jackets ? Is he one of your relatives, Eric ;) ??

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  11. haha popular indeed! interesting that the helmet law has been in use for so long there. here it's only been in like the last 10-15 years? and i don't even think it's national. so many people complain about it too.

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  12. The kisses reminds me of Oscar Wilde's tomb festooned with bright red smacks all over it.

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  13. Streets can be humpy,
    Cobblestones bumpy,
    And stop-and-go traffic is work.
    She's tall, and quite grumpy.
    Her lips are all lumpy.
    "Please drive us more smoothly, you jerk!"

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  14. Great idea for a cool scooter ride on Valentine's Day. Love it!

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  15. @Lucie "Like children would say : "c'est CHOU ....... !!!". " C'est très Chou et cute @Lydia!
    (BTW, you could add a 'l' in the word popuar ;) - I did, thank you!!

    @Madge "Love that! I'm your newest follower and rss subscriber..." Well, welcome here Madge ;-)

    @Alexa "But aren't you tempted to go get one just like it?" I am especially since they stole man about a month ago...

    @Sasho "Eric, you don't have to buy one of these. Buy a white one." Awwwwwwww, that is so cute to say!

    @Jeff (Mings) - Hey Jeff! "Have you tried a covered scooter? How do you stay warm?" Well, no I have never tried. the BMWs are only 125 cc and they're quite expensive (and don't exist anymore! - I mean they don't make them anymore). Besides it's never VERY cold in Paris, and a trip within Paris never lasts more than 20-30 minutes so it's bearable. Mostly, only my fingers suffer; I have tried everything but no gloves are warm enough to protect your hands when it's really cold outside.

    @Gunn Talking about cold, are there many scooter drivers in Stavanger ?!

    @Drummond. you're such a poet. It'd been a long time ;-)

    @Cn " Did you also check his shoes, pants, jackets ? Is he one of your relatives, Eric ;) ??"' Nope. Just a random guy...

    "and i don't even think it's national. so many people complain about it too." No, in Florida for instance it's not compulsory. It always freaks me out when I see a biker without a helmet down there.

    @PHX "The kisses reminds me of Oscar Wilde's tomb festooned with bright red smacks all over it" True! But not anymore, it's protected now.

    @Jeff. And another poet today ;-)




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  16. I understand you need gloves Eric and I am not surprised at all (my hands are often colder than anything else)!
    Have you already tried silk gloves under any kind of warm gloves? It worked well while I was skiing so I think it couold work too while scooting.

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