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Comment on John King’s mistake: Know why you’re asking the question by jerrylanson

jerrylanson — Fri, 10 May 2013 17:41:47 +0000

Thanks for the kind words. I actually abandoned this blog about a year ago. My work now appears at Huffingtonpost.com.

Comment on John King’s mistake: Know why you’re asking the question by Ubben

Ubben — Fri, 10 May 2013 17:24:13 +0000

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Comment on About by jerrylanson

jerrylanson — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 05:55:46 +0000

Many thanks.

Comment on About by HAN, Jok Kwang

HAN, Jok Kwang — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 04:18:45 +0000

Dear Jerry,
I chance upon your latest book Writing for others, writing for ourselves in our public library. I live on a little red dot on the map (about 272 sq miles, 5 over mil inhabitants) called Singapore and we have 13 copies of your book in our public libraries! I am going through your book front and back 3 times now.
I enjoyed every bit including the many exploits of your travel in Provence, France. Family featured stories resonate as well. While not a writer, I do blog and learn a lot from your book. Good stuff, thank you.

Comment on Driving in France in July? Stick to the Back Roads by phildange

phildange — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 07:21:51 +0000

Funny I’m 1,63 m too ! That’s why I called my car Colosseus .
You must know this, but in case use the yellow or orange local Michelin maps . They show every tiny road, the terrain and even the woods . They also show beautiful roads and many little things . I did a lot of wild camping across France, and once you know how they work they are wonderful .
I missed them a lot when I had to drive in countries which they don’t cover, in Asia of Latin America . In every country things are different, but I can tell you the combination of maps and road signs we have in France is one of the easiest and most complete I saw from my travels . You just have to know how .
Enjoy your time .

PS And Pierre is outdated too . Only in America you think French are called Pierre .

Comment on Driving in France in July? Stick to the Back Roads by jerrylanson

jerrylanson — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 06:45:22 +0000

I’ll take your advice on the maps, but I choose to keep my car’s name. First off, we had a Pierre graduate exchange student when I was
in my teens. Secondly, I’m 63 so I don’t care if I’m using an old-fashioned name. And just because ma voiture is feminine doesn’t mean its name must be. (Remember, Johnny Cash wrote about a boy named Sue!) Our map, by the way, is a 2008 but it is a big national French map.
We have Michelins for the regions in which we’ll be spending more time. I’ll draw the line on the road signs though. They are hysterical.
Yesterday we were 1 kilometer from our destination at a turnout and the road sign named a town some 25 kilometers away. Nor do the signs
consistently name big towns. They vary from intersection to intersection. This is not a serious complaint, however. We love the French countryside and love picking our way through it. And your careful read is much appreciated.

Comment on Driving in France in July? Stick to the Back Roads by phildange

phildange — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:32:34 +0000

A car is feminine in French, so you should give her a girl’s name . Besides, Pierre is utterly outdated on France . The youngest Pierres I know are at least 55 .
What you say about road numbers is a nonsense for me . I drove thousands and thousands
miles in france, on the smallest roads and with a map . I can count on one hand the number of times when the number was wrong . At least, have you a Michelin map, the best of the world ? ( I drove in the world too ) . Is your map 20 years old ?
About road signs, do consider that there are more people going to the next big town and further than to the next village . So it makes perfect sense to show the big one . Once you know that you know how to use your map .
It’s funny to read this because I crossed the USA by car in 79 ( 17000 miles), then again in 2004 and I was amazed by the few direction indications compared to the profusion there is in France . And showing only “80 East” instead of a city is rather disturbing in the begining when you come from civilisation .
But you get used to everything, it’s just good to move in several places to see how the world is doing .

Comment on Cities move to shut down Occupy encampments nationwide by Jerry Lanson: Will Occupy Make a Comeback in 2012? | americanpeacenik.com

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Will Occupy Make a Comeback in 2012? » Eye On Occupy — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:45:56 +0000

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