Post by J Esaj PRA on Jun 19, 2006 21:01:33 GMT
... Pigeons today, You know, the ones he studied and wrote the entire first section of "The Origin of Species" about? They were dead. And stuffed. The little tags tied to their feet and the notes in each box were hand written by Darwin himself. I saw the stuffed skins and the skeletons - some of 'em were real freaks. Of course, Darwin's Finches are possibly more famous, but did you know there were Darwin's Chickens and Ducks too? Obviously a man who liked his birds! 
Of course, none of this stuff is on public display... I got a fortunate butchers on a reccie to set up video and photo shoots at the museum. A very odd place. I stood next to a polar bear - it is feckin' HUGE! You just don't appreciate the size of these things from on the telly, or even at a zoo. When you're right next to it and you look small (including pizza belly)... then you get the scale. Elephant seals? BIGGER! At the other end of the scale, they had some fleas dressed in costumes from a Victorian flea circus - hilarious!
That's not good enough though - I also scored a winner pub and two winner beers! The King's Arms in Tring served Broughton Reiver (an excellent, full flavour, hoppy IPA at just 3.8%) and Springhead Charlie's Angel (4.5% but couldn't compete with the IPA). Even better, my line manager paid! A classic moment - all the others getting soft drinks... Me? "I'll have a half of the Broughton. And a half of the Springhead!" ;D Working pub lunches - class. My beer notes take more space than my meeting notes!
I've had a relaxing evening too, listening to Sigur Rós and messing with apparatus, chemicals, electronics and software. Rock 'n' roll.
Sometimes my job is ace. Makes suffering Legoland worthwhile.
P.S. I agree with MiB - security check sucks. Makes me not want to bother... is that a '1' or an 'I'??
Of course, none of this stuff is on public display... I got a fortunate butchers on a reccie to set up video and photo shoots at the museum. A very odd place. I stood next to a polar bear - it is feckin' HUGE! You just don't appreciate the size of these things from on the telly, or even at a zoo. When you're right next to it and you look small (including pizza belly)... then you get the scale. Elephant seals? BIGGER! At the other end of the scale, they had some fleas dressed in costumes from a Victorian flea circus - hilarious!
That's not good enough though - I also scored a winner pub and two winner beers! The King's Arms in Tring served Broughton Reiver (an excellent, full flavour, hoppy IPA at just 3.8%) and Springhead Charlie's Angel (4.5% but couldn't compete with the IPA). Even better, my line manager paid! A classic moment - all the others getting soft drinks... Me? "I'll have a half of the Broughton. And a half of the Springhead!" ;D Working pub lunches - class. My beer notes take more space than my meeting notes!
I've had a relaxing evening too, listening to Sigur Rós and messing with apparatus, chemicals, electronics and software. Rock 'n' roll.
Sometimes my job is ace. Makes suffering Legoland worthwhile.
P.S. I agree with MiB - security check sucks. Makes me not want to bother... is that a '1' or an 'I'??
