The French have the right idea about slowing down.
Free bicycles every 900 feet or so in Paris: what a concept! Well, they are free for the first half hour, and then you can rent them. So far there are more than 10,000 bikes available and the program is expected to double in January.
Initially the program was conducted in Lyon in 2005, but now the “Vélib” program is taking off in Paris.
Although Paris has a long way to go to catch up with such hyper-civilized cities as Amsterdam, it is a wonderful start.
Mayor Bertrand Delanoë, you are a slow guy. Of course, slow is now under threat from the new government push to speed things up.
I’d like Paris to resist too much speed. Even if we, in America, can’t have two-hour lunches with a half bottle of something red, then I like to know that there are those that do. After all, slow is an aspiration.
What I like about the French is just how French they are. Did you know that French is the official language spoken in heaven?
I have completely forgotten that they invaded Britain in 1066. It’s all water under the bridge and I think nothing of it. Forgive and forget.
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I could see myself on one of those :-p
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