tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587126871623824329.post8294864930691867201..comments2023-09-04T13:29:22.056+01:00Comments on Kathz's Blog: Taking the tramKathzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13008903556114337963noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587126871623824329.post-1696703897112856272008-09-06T07:39:00.000+01:002008-09-06T07:39:00.000+01:00Thanks, Yvonne. I'll have to nominate now ... as ...Thanks, Yvonne. I'll have to nominate now ... as soon as I have time.kathzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03622187181803412547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587126871623824329.post-58303588834179537232008-09-01T11:09:00.000+01:002008-09-01T11:09:00.000+01:00I love stationery too!I have nominated your blog f...I love stationery too!<BR/><BR/>I have nominated your blog for the <A HREF="http://nemeton.blogspot.com/2008/09/i-love-your-blog.html" REL="nofollow">I love your blog</A> award.Yewtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587126871623824329.post-39901768735887801002008-08-26T15:13:00.000+01:002008-08-26T15:13:00.000+01:00Random tram journeys are fun, aren't they?And inte...Random tram journeys <I>are</I> fun, aren't they?<BR/>And interesting remark about the patience of commuters -- a comment by Bernard Chazelle I read a while ago came to mind: <I>Ever pondered why the French commiserate with striking transit workers who leave them stranded in the rain all day? Ever puzzled over their indifference toward five-time Tour de France winner, Bernard Hinault, and adulation of zero-time winner, Raymond Poulidor? Wonder no more: that the French don't need inferiors explains the commiseration; that they can't stand superiors accounts for the indifference. </I> I don't know enough about France to agree or disagree, but the <A HREF="http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~chazelle/politics/france.html" REL="nofollow">whole essay</A> is quite memorable.<BR/>cide-hameteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587126871623824329.post-21865365272313626782008-08-26T15:06:00.000+01:002008-08-26T15:06:00.000+01:00Do real Parisiennes have to be patient? I'd better...Do real Parisiennes have to be patient? I'd better start practising.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com