>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8441422872/in/photostream
>>
>> This bicycle was new when I was in high school and de Gaulle was
>> president, just before he was escorted to the next flight back to Paris
>> after his infamous "Vive Quebec Libre!" speech.
>
>G'Mornin' Chris!
>
>Ah, my friend, you are a year or two younger than me. For de Gaulle's "Vive
>Quebec Libre!" speech was 1966, while they turned me loose from high school,
>in
>'64. I. too, had a Peugeot, very similar, but red, in (I think) 68 through 71.
>
>You've made me remember the '64 Bastille Day Parade & fireworks, in Paris,
>under de Gaulle, his speech in '66 and, of course, the bike.
>
I was temporally displaced by a few years about that speech. Still, it
was quite an event.
>
>Thanks for the memories. Oh, and, uh... nice bike!
>
When I was in high school I wanted nothing more than a French road bike.
Finally bought a Motobecane in 1975, which I still have. All a part of having
lived in France for three years in the early 60's.
Chris
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