And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
My Dad was a Merchant Marine Academy WWII grad. After the war he spent his time on merchant ships in the Mediterranean. His favorite cars were French. He brought back a Peugeot diesel. It lasted 30 years.
I have a slightly scary but funny story about one of those cars that happened to me in Saudi Arabia that I don't know how to tell but every time I see one I feel that gut level tension that you can only get in the Mid-East when you're not sure what is about to happen. I thought for a minute there I was going to get involuntarily shoved into a Citroen.
My Dad was a Merchant Marine Academy WWII grad. After the war he spent his time on merchant ships in the Mediterranean. His favorite cars were French. He brought back a Peugeot diesel. It lasted 30 years.
ReplyDeleteI have a slightly scary but funny story about one of those cars that happened to me in Saudi Arabia that I don't know how to tell but every time I see one I feel that gut level tension that you can only get in the Mid-East when you're not sure what is about to happen. I thought for a minute there I was going to get involuntarily shoved into a Citroen.
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful, a 1972 Citroen DS 21 Pallas. Still on the road in the UK according to the government database.
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ReplyDeleteA matter of opinion but drive one and see how good they are - especially compared to other cars of that era. Wish I could afford a XM.
DeleteLike floating on air, not at like the barge-like ride of American cars of the same era.
DeleteI'll bite my tongue one more time!
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Iconic cars -- the Citroen DS, Renault R10? (my uncle taught me how to slip the clutch on hills in his), Peugot 504 wagon (huge inside!)
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