tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011647259561000207.post573743395418985583..comments2023-11-22T15:04:13.888+01:00Comments on Just Another American in Paris: LimogerAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09601542052605334407noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011647259561000207.post-14098128747523314052011-02-24T22:03:59.216+01:002011-02-24T22:03:59.216+01:00Actually an assignment to Limoges was not a bed of...Actually an assignment to Limoges was not a bed of roses for military officers during this era. Limoges, the town where I was born, was known at the time as La Ville Rouge (The Red Town). It was a rebellious town, birthplace of one of the first and most powerful extreme left labor union (Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT) General Confederation of Labor established in 1895), friendly to Socialism and prone at confronting the authority in the street as the smallest provocation. The Army was expected to then go in the street and reestablish order. Because most of the Army was involved in battle in the Northeast the garrison was comprise of reserve old men from the working class and not in the mood of craking down on their fellow workers. That situation was very close of suicidal for any officer trying to reestablish order against an hostile mob. Beside the social scene of the upper class was very subdued depriving Officers of all the nice parties, balls and reception they were used to.Popcornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00193873075555521019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011647259561000207.post-60118041529882791762011-01-19T19:17:25.250+01:002011-01-19T19:17:25.250+01:00Alaska'dAlaska'dAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011647259561000207.post-21944934681821917942010-07-09T17:07:12.334+02:002010-07-09T17:07:12.334+02:00My husband and I have a joke that the term "l...My husband and I have a joke that the term "limogé" came from Limoges, used for the poor factory workers who broke one too many pieces of porcelain.Annhttp://www.annmah.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011647259561000207.post-84215871618428602892010-07-02T22:24:04.755+02:002010-07-02T22:24:04.755+02:00Kokomo-ed perhaps?Kokomo-ed perhaps?Dannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011647259561000207.post-61890651844783520372010-07-02T20:24:41.757+02:002010-07-02T20:24:41.757+02:00I think in the US we would normally say, "sen...I think in the US we would normally say, "sent to Timbuktu".Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386841450183061541noreply@blogger.com