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TAR12 speculation on spoilers & teams etc ..
Chateau d If:
After Amsterdam and before the flight out of Paris, I hope (speculate?, no, just hope) that the Race goes to Nimes, France.
And this would be the view from the mat:
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georgiapeach:
TPTB need us in their leg planning department! I like that view!
And the best part? Nimes has a great brocante (antique market) by the arena!
Task: you must purchase and carry to the pitstop 2 French side chairs....
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Chateau d If:
Quick quiz Peach,
Do you know the connection between Nimes and this:
georgiapeach:
--- Quote ---There is great debate over where the heart and soul of Levis jeans, the denim material, came from. General theory says that it was named for a material first made in France around the end of the 1700s, and known as serge de Nimes. But the problem was that the serge, was made of silk and wool, whereas denim has always been made of cotton. The name however, made sense,
since de Nimes, of Nimes, was simply pronounced denim.
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Chateau d If:
You got it!!! :jumpy:
Here is my prepared answer:
It comes from Levi Strauss needing a sturdy fabric for his jeans. He went to Nimes found the fabric called serge. It was called serge de Nimes. And that eventually got shortened to just denim.
Cool huh?
The locals are very proud of this and they even have a little museum at the Pont du Gard visitor center devoted to the Levis connection.
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