I can't claim shutting down any train traffic but me and my several
buddies did sort of shut down the foot traffic at Le Mans. We had
brought along the makings of spaghetti and a pot. But we had nothing to
build a fire with other than a bottle of rubbing alcohol. So we poured
the alcohol into a little puddle in a hole in the ground and cooked our
spaghetti lunch over the fire. But the alcohol flame was basically
invisible in the sun and all the people wandering by stopped and stared
briefly, absolutely mystified about how we could be cooking spaghetti
over a little hole in the ground. :-)
The other funny story from Le Mans (funny now anyhow) was that at about
4 in the morning I was sleeping on the ground. Dead tired from having
traveled from Germany to get to the race but having difficulty falling
asleep due to the cars running by about 30 meters away. I couldn't have
been asleep but a very short time when I was awakened by something sharp
jabbing me in the ribs. It was a dapper old, mustachioed English gent
in a tweed coat poking me in the ribs with his umbrella. When I opened
my eyes he said: "I say, old chap, aren't you aware there's a motor race
going on?" :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 10/10/2010 4:49 PM, Johan Malmström wrote:
> Thanks Chuck!
> I never been to the race but I (may) have shut down the train traffic
> from Le Mans once.
>
> / Johan
> 10 okt 2010 kl. 01.13 skrev Chuck Norcutt:
>
>> You have some lovely shots there of the kids. I was also struck by
>> the
>> last one, the pano between Paris and Le Mans. I love the way the road
>> is blended into the landscape.
>>
>> ps: I don't remember it looking like that when I went to the race in
>> 1963. :-)
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 10/9/2010 6:36 PM, Johan Malmström wrote:
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> I have added some more photos to my 2009 album here:
>>>
>>> http://www.facebook.com/album.php?
>>> aid=102646&id=526817644&l=7c0e864d74
>>>
>>> All new ones are OM-4Ti and Kodak Ektar 100.
>>>
>>> /Johan
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