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FRANCE'S SUICIDE VALLEY - Canyon Clean-up Reveals Auto Graveyard
DER SPIEGEL ^
| November 10, 2006
| amb/AFP/The Times
Posted on 11/10/2006 9:27:43 PM PST by Atlantic Bridge
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No comment but some pics:
A old Renault
Another old Renault Juva 4 from the 30ties
A Fiat from the 80ties
To: Atlantic Bridge
So there are decomposing bodies along with the classic autos?
TT
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:32:18 PM PST
by
TexasTransplant
(NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSET)
To: TexasTransplant
I wouldn't be surprised, just like I'm not surprised by the high suicide rate. When France isn't in a state of surrender it's in a state of nihilism.
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:35:35 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: Atlantic Bridge
Only in France would a junkyard be allowed to accumulate in this fashion. (shaking head)
To: Atlantic Bridge
What's the size limit on autos?
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:39:56 PM PST
by
JAWs
(Ytringsfrihed er ytringsfrihed er ytringsfrihed. Der er intet men.)
To: Atlantic Bridge
France has rejected the church of christianity, and replaced it with the church of secular socialism.
Its no wonder soo many are driving their cars off cliffs.
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:41:37 PM PST
by
Proud_USA_Republican
(We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
To: Atlantic Bridge
Yes, France always did brag about its "natural steel resources" --- here ya go... :-)
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:41:41 PM PST
by
EagleUSA
To: Atlantic Bridge; NautiNurse; Amerigomag; andrew2527; AnAmericanMother; A Jovial Cad; Awgie; ...
Always liked that 'metallic' in a lot of French wines especially the white Burgundies, and all this time I thought it was the soil. ;-)
Click to be +/- on this low volume wine ping list.
Non-oenology, French wine fun Friday night break from politics non-news ping.
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:46:24 PM PST
by
quantim
(Only one thing is universally incurable: Senators that think they should be President.)
To: Atlantic Bridge
Haven't they heard of les guardes de raille?
To: SouthTexas; NYTexan; glock rocks; Pete-R-Bilt
I wonder if there is a place like this in the US of A. I mean beside Indian Reservations...
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:54:15 PM PST
by
tubebender
(Growing old is mandatory...Growing up is optional)
To: quantim
Looks like a rural US canyon road from the 1950s.
Had any good wines lately?
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:55:56 PM PST
by
GVnana
(Former Alias: GVgirl)
To: opinionator
I'm still going to be laughing at that one tomorrow. :)
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:58:41 PM PST
by
ellery
(The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts. - Edmund Burke)
To: Atlantic Bridge
For a small, densely populated region, there sure is a lot of junk laying around in Europe. There are some interesting sites about the WW2 stuff still being salvaged, much of it being restored for museums and private collectors. I'm not surprised that rusty rifles, helmets, etc., are still turning up, but there are tanks, airplanes, bunkers, and so on. I saw an interesting photo series of a gigantic German halftrack that was dragged out of a Polish river. There were only a few made, and none were known to still exist, so it's being rebuilt for a museum.
To: Atlantic Bridge
Not really suprising - suicide is the ultimate form of surrender.
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posted on
11/10/2006 10:14:39 PM PST
by
Clintons Are White Trash
(Lynn Stewart, Helen Thomas , Molly Ivins, Maureen Dowd - The Axis of Ugly)
To: tubebender
There is a highway north of Seattle, lovingly labeled "The highway of death".
You basically have a four lane highway, with nothing seperating the oncoming traffic from one another besides those little white reflectors on the ground and some painted lines. The speed limit it 55. The roadway constatnly ices over during wintertime and collects water like a bathtup everytime it rains. Both sies of the road quickly falloff into large ditches with no guard rails.
Its a total deathtrap. I've driven through it on many occasions. If they didn't pull the cars out of those ditches, it would put that valley in France to shame.
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posted on
11/10/2006 10:20:26 PM PST
by
Proud_USA_Republican
(We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
To: opinionator
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posted on
11/10/2006 10:45:33 PM PST
by
GVnana
(Former Alias: GVgirl)
To: GVnana
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posted on
11/10/2006 11:35:09 PM PST
by
neb52
To: ozzymandus
I saw an interesting photo series of a gigantic German halftrack that was dragged out of a Polish river. To me, SS-Haupsturmfuhrer Michael Wittmann's PzKpfw VI Tiger I is the most intriguing find. But if that halftrack photo series is online, please point me to it!
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posted on
11/10/2006 11:38:08 PM PST
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: Atlantic Bridge
If they dig deep enough they might find Frédéric Flintstone's old car.
To: Atlantic Bridge
Selected Suicide Rates (per 100,000 people; year, male, female)....
FRANCE 99 26.1 9.4
HUNGARY 01 47.1 13.0
JAPAN 99 36.5 14.1
LITHUANIA 00 75.6 16.1
RUSSIAN 00 70.6 11.9
SPAIN 99 12.4 4.0
USA 99 17.6 4.1
BAHAMAS 95 2.2 0.0
JAMAICA 85 0.5 0.2
GUATEMALA 84 0.9 0.1
Source:
http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/suiciderates/en/
Warm weather???
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posted on
11/11/2006 12:50:09 AM PST
by
kipita
(Conservatives: Freedom and Responsibility???Liberals: Freedom from Responsibility)
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