Friday, May 30, 2014

Look at the sky!

This is a typical Paris zebra crossing - that is a recent one, for when I was young we had Passage Cloutés - literally "nailed pathways" that is pedestrian crossings bordered by big nails hammered into the cobblestones. Anyway... I thought this was funny because someone used one of the stripes to write a pretty poetic sentence:  "look at the sky!"

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  1. Looking to the sky whilst crossing the street could lead to accidents!

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    1. LOL. This is very well seen !... Again, this is a great sense of the observation.
      Love it ! Looking at the sky is something I need to do each day but it doesn't last long enough... And it does matter ! ...

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  2. Could the Passage Cloutés have been there in 1971? I seem to remember them.

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    1. Yes definitely in 73 Petrea. You still can find a few in Paris I'm sure. I'm gonna hunt for one!

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    2. You may be right Eric !
      I still haven't but I think it is possible to find a few ! That's interesting, I'll have to look for them like a kind of challenge-game ! I'd send you a picture if I saw one quite quickly ! Not obvious that said !

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    3. Please do, I'm curious to know if there are any left.

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