[cigalechanta]

expatSteve,

http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf763070.tip.html
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[ExpatSteve]

25 - 30. The first one I bought in France in the 1970s and I collected them over the years until I stopped working in downtown San Francisco in the 1990s.

[cigalechanta]

expat, where is Lemé? I couldn't find it on the map
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[chochotte]

Sorry to pitch in late with this, but I find etymology etc. very interesting:
I thought Paris owed its name Ville lumière to the introduction of street-lighting there by Gabriel Nicolas de La Reynie, so that lumière really does refer to light?

Lyon is the Ville DES Lumière - the town of the intellectual lights.

[gingerpale]

cigalechanta....look a little closer at your monitor--ExpatSteve is in LERNE, not leme--the "r" and "n" are simply too close together.

[gingerpale]

chocotte....another fascinating and plausible explanation, thank you! I found this on the 'net:

"La Reynie is generally held responsible for turning Paris from a squalid medieval city into the bright modern metropolis that came to be known as "the City of Lights". His most famous case was the "Affair of the Poisons" a scandal of witchcraft and poisoning that spread all the way to the King's mistress."

[cigalechanta]

Thanks Gingerpale! I found it in the Loire near Chinon.
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[Andrew le Gourmand]

[David]

ExpatSteve---a friend of mine has taken all my late husband's ties and is producing a star pattern in a quilt out of them!
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[Andrew le Gourmand]

Why not just save the ties for suitable occasions? I almost never wear ties these days, whoever came up with the idea of "business casual" should be flogged publicly, but I do like to when the occasion demands or when I feel like.

Failing that, give them to some deserving reli who still works in an environment where people still dress appropriately.
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[georgia]

David, how fortunate you are to have such a friend who will turn the ties into a "memory quilt". I've seen a number of these and have helped quilt a couple of them. They are a beautiful, longlasting comfort. May it bring a smile to your face whenever you look at it -- and surely when you wrap yourself in its memories.

[cigalechanta]

David, you will have a unique treasure of love!
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[Andrew le Gourmand]

A memory Quilt?

What a great idea. I never heard of that before

The image of wrapping oneself in memories, literally, is so appropriate. I gave my wife my grandmother's engagement ring and it is so comforting to feel her close to us at times when we are... Not at our best.

This seems so much more, immediate, personal.
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[minty]

back to Ville lumière...actually, I live in Paris, and we don't usually talk of Paris in those words...in France, Lyon is usually Ville des lumières...

[Judy]

David, what a wonderful idea - please, please share photos of the quilt when it's finished, or even when it's still a 'work in progress'. It will be fabulous!

I've also seen some wonderful handbags made out of silk ties, but a memory quilt is the very best way to use these treasures.
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