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Post by Bigman80 on Aug 22, 2019 19:14:24 GMT
Ah but Corsica was a French territory by the time he was born. Of course I knew all that and never once looked at Wikipedia after reading your post  We'll let him in on a technicality then  He was apparently of Italian descent and saw himself as Italian. Again, these things I know, without any need to look them up on Wiki! The only thing I did know about the dude was that he wasn’t apparently a shorthouse. I forget how that misunderstanding took hold though. Maybe Wiki will know |
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Post by Bigman80 on Aug 22, 2019 19:16:24 GMT
I googled it and it’s not good news for Cagey. Apparently anything measured in French inches will be shorter!
“At his autopsy, Napoleon measured 5’2”, but that was in French inches, which were larger than British and American inches.”
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Post by macca on Aug 22, 2019 19:22:43 GMT
'Time Bandits' I think 'Alexander the Great... five feet exactly! Isn't that incredible ? Alexander the Great, whose empire stretched from lndia to Hungary - One inch shorter than me!
Oliver Cromwell... the only man with any guts in British history - Not a big man at all.
Louis IV, five feet two and half. Charlemagne... a dumpy little five-footer! - Squatty little chap.
Attila the Hun, five feet one and a half ! Cyrano de Bergerac! Five foot three!
Tamburlaine the Great - four-foot-nine... and three quarters.' |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2019 19:35:40 GMT
Marie Curie.
Then we can move on to artists and even musicians.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2019 20:28:02 GMT
Marie Curie. Then we can move on to artists and even musicians. I already did. Then there's Jean Renoir, Jean Cocteau, Jean-Luc Godard, Edith Piaf, Django Reinhardt .... |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2019 20:33:35 GMT
I was referring to those born local to the area. A few years ago I read a newspaper item about Whistling Jack Smith who was responsible for an iconic 60s tune: I Was Keiser Bill's Batman. I found it a tad hard to believe that he actually hailed from Stanley, Co.Durham, pretty close to where I live. Anyway, it seems he was only paid a set fee for the performance and never got any royalties from it. And the bloke you see on YouTube isn't him. He was just there to mime it.
French:
Francoise Hardy
Maurice Chevalier
Charles Aznavour
Edith Piaf
Yve Montond
Jean Paul Belmondo
Alain Delon
Louis Bleriot (English Channel Crossing)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2019 22:01:48 GMT
I used to live up the road from where Steve Rothery [Marillion Guitarist] was born.. His dad did teach me Electronics on a course i was on back in the 90's.
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