Le Olympics and Cleaning up the Seine River

[Marshal Davout]

I think I've heard that the river might need some cleaning up before the Olympics;
so I remembered some people were doing this in the oceans !

I don't know whether these would help; but these are some of the Ocean cleaning up initiatives and some of their "ships" might be useful ?

http://theoceancleanup.com/

and another one



( Not that I'm being critical of France; because surely the US has gotten places polluted too much in our own country ( which I should be able to say, because I am an american ! )

These boats or something like them might be able to help the river in time for the Olympics start !

[Marshal Davout]

More Olympics Excitement !

The Olympic Flame movement !

I got this from my Elysee email;
but your French is undoubtedly better than Moi; Ha !

http://france3-regions.francetvinfo....amme-olympique

[Scruffydog777]

Well I guess they have experience with cleaning the Seine river. Here is a video from 8 years ago where they were cleaning up the Canal Saint-Martin.



This was the area where the music video Amelie was filmed.



Cleaning the river will be a hard task but what might be even harder is getting rid of the graffiti and keeping it from coming back.

[Marshal Davout]

Originally Posted by Scruffydog777

Well I guess they have experience with cleaning the Seine river. Here is a video from 8 years ago where they were cleaning up the Canal Saint-Martin.



This was the area where the music video Amelie was filmed.



Cleaning the river will be a hard task but what might be even harder is getting rid of the graffiti and keeping it from coming back.

They had a video on right after yours which shows some of the palns for Cleaning up the Seine !

[Scruffydog777]

Originally Posted by Marshal Davout

They had a video on right after yours which shows some of the palns for Cleaning up the Seine !

The Charles river in my home city of Boston used to be so filthy about 50 years ago, that they said you needed to get a tetanus shot if you happened to fall in. Maybe you heard this song about it? Boston Harbor was much the same. They've done a tremendous amount of work over the decades and it's much improved but I imagine it and what is going on in Paris are projects with no end

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[Marshal Davout]

I've never quite made it to Boston; Funny the places you never get to in your own country ! I imagine the French must have made it to every place in their country ! And the British also ?
At one time as a kid, we went to Canada, but I don't remember where that was and we did go down and see the Niagara Falls ( slowly I turned....step by step... ! Ha !)
I had to go on a short service excursion to New York, but we didn't see anything of the city; and I've dropped guys off at the Philly airport to catch planes, but I've never really seen the City of Philadelphia, either ! Being a little older now; I 'm kind of a stick in the mud, and I don't like to travel much; although I would if I had to for a good reason !

At one time the late night hosts used to make fun; because they would say the Hudson River around New York was on Fire again ! Now you really have had to pollute a River for it to catch Fire ! Ha ! But I think they have managed to clean it up some since those days !

[Scruffydog777]

Originally Posted by Marshal Davout

I've never quite made it to Boston; Funny the places you never get to in your own country ! I imagine the French must have made it to every place in their country ! And the British also ?
At one time as a kid, we went to Canada, but I don't remember where that was and we did go down and see the Niagara Falls ( slowly I turned....step by step... ! Ha !)
I had to go on a short service excursion to New York, but we didn't see anything of the city; and I've dropped guys off at the Philly airport to catch planes, but I've never really seen the City of Philadelphia, either ! Being a little older now; I 'm kind of a stick in the mud, and I don't like to travel much; although I would if I had to for a good reason !

At one time the late night hosts used to make fun; because they would say the Hudson River around New York was on Fire again ! Now you really have had to pollute a River for it to catch Fire ! Ha ! But I think they have managed to clean it up some since those days !

That's kind of funny. I just recently got back from a trip to Europe which included Slovakia and Hungary which completes a list of countries in Europe I wanted to visit . I've had the benefit of working for a major airline which gives me great travel benefits. It seems a lot of the people I had worked with were afraid of going to Europe because of the differences in language and other things, but me learning about Alizée, made me want to visit Europe and I found out the differences were tough, but far from inconquerable and it opened up a whole new world for me.

[Marshal Davout]

Originally Posted by Scruffydog777

That's kind of funny. I just recently got back from a trip to Europe which included Slovakia and Hungary which completes a list of countries in Europe I wanted to visit . I've had the benefit of working for a major airline which gives me great travel benefits. It seems a lot of the people I had worked with were afraid of going to Europe because of the differences in language and other things, but me learning about Alizée, made me want to visit Europe and I found out the differences were tough, but far from inconquerable and it opened up a whole new world for me.

Darn It I was just replying to you; when we lost power around here for some reason ?
I hate to lose power when my computer is up !

You certainly are well-traveled, Scruffy ! I was always in jobs where I was chained to my desk in IT ! Ha ! Now my finances are kinda constrained and I have a lot of things impacting me so I will have to wait a while to travel ! Plus I might have to hit the lottery ! Ha! If I do I will visit France and Corsica and see If I kind find an "Alizee" type girl for myself ! Ha! Plus I would like to see the Eifel, and the Louvre, as well as the Notre Dame ! I am kinda well-read on many locations; however have not traveled much out of the states ! I would definitely like to see France and all the EU and other countries around there ! Reading up on Alizee, Nena, Mylene, and other singers have given me a lot of information !

[Marshal Davout]

I would have been posting some connections to pictures of the Olympics starting;
but my computer is acting up and so I hesitate to do it.
Somebody else will have to fill in the gap for pictures this time around, I guess !

Olympic Rumor I saw was that somebody on the Woman's Basketball team might be dropping out for some reason ( I don't know who ) and so they might
call upon Caitlin to fill in the gap; and so she might make the Olympic Team after all !
So she should add some excitement to the games !

One wonders Can you substitute on an Olympic Team any time you want ? Or are there Deadlines ?
I have heard of substitutions being made on other teams; such as our gymnastics team some year; but I dont know how common that is or the conditions for it ?

[Marshal Davout]

US Girls are Scary any more !
You see; back in the distant past, they were mostly Cheerleaders ! And it was considered Unfeminine for girls to participate in sports.
but then in an enlightened period our congress managed to pass one of the few bills which worked out and so they passed what is known as "Title IX" of some law. It basically said that schools have to provide the same monies for Girl's sports as they do for the Boy's sports.
So; all of a sudden girl's were into Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, etc.
So this is why our girl's soccer teams are no slouch ! They have been coming up for, say, 50 years or more; and this is why they are pretty good now !

It might be scary for me; as I am mainly an unathletic type of guy. I played some Basketball in Middle school; and in another lifetime I Fenced in High school ! But I think I was only high average in Basketball and only low average in Fencing. we had a State Champion in our fencing team and I once challenged him to Sabre; just for a lark, as I knew I wouldn't win ! And so he slashed the heck out of me. In case you don't know; getting slashed by a Sabre is like some guy whipping you with a steel rod ! Not so much fun ! Ha ! Of course I lost; as he was the State Champion !