tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post3208183713731877451..comments2023-09-15T02:40:58.916-07:00Comments on Move Along. Nothing To See Here.: Afternoon In The MuseumFlintharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17456024642528783549noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-52182441614856387022009-05-21T22:02:59.817-07:002009-05-21T22:02:59.817-07:00Welcome to my world mr FH. I went to a workshop at...Welcome to my world mr FH. I went to a workshop at the 'Big Object Store' of the Melbourne Museum recently and they have some truly amazing stuff there. Flying trams, anti-aircraft guns and some very weird vehicles. <br /><br />Sad to hear Ms Hughes' response to Queensland Museum - they have such an enormous array of material all out in storage, where no-one can access it.Guru Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11278263694181625188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-58813306265034229172009-05-18T23:46:00.000-07:002009-05-18T23:46:00.000-07:00So Very jealous.
I would have sent the little bugg...So Very jealous.<br />I would have sent the little buggers to the car to get my hands on the real live (hopefully not) meteorite.<br />Aged about 5 The Bobettes defined a Museum as "Where they keep dead interesting animals" & a zoo as "Where they keep the live ones."NowhereBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02519025059441170438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-58825431154824762192009-05-16T03:44:00.000-07:002009-05-16T03:44:00.000-07:00Oh man, remember the old QLD museum? Drawers full ...Oh man, remember the old QLD museum? Drawers full of rocks you could actually slide out yourself, and the glass topped tables that you peeled the leather cover back on to reveal a gazillion butterflies and beetles and moths - a bucket of jewels it was - and the plane hanging between the mezzanines!<br /><br />My personal fave was a series of nine plaster casts of a fetus in utero. I used to go there on my way to ante natal appts at the RBH and burst into tears at the thought of what was going on inside me.<br /><br />And it was dark and dusty and echoey and BIG (or was it that I was just little?) and I used to get my parents to drop me there and leave me instead of going to the Ekka with the family. And it looked like a fucken christmas cake with all that post-colonial mad decoration. God I loved that museum.<br /><br />I hate the new one with equal passion. I hate that everything is over explained in the most banal and bland way, I hate the interactive touch screen shite and that there is no way you can get up close to anything in all its teeming variety any more.<br /><br />Brilliant! I haven't thought about that place for years. Thanks for digging that memory up for me. Cheers, FH.<br /><br />You realise you are practically immortal now - your boys will be telling that story to their grandchildren.hughesyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09952271152178706348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-7078677095662118802009-05-15T18:59:00.000-07:002009-05-15T18:59:00.000-07:00Still -- a nature club at school is pretty good. I...Still -- a nature club at school is pretty good. It's not like we've got one here. Thus the DIY approach!<br /><br />And Jane? Disagreement taken in the best possible spirit!Flintharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456024642528783549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-37240884999097745662009-05-15T12:41:00.000-07:002009-05-15T12:41:00.000-07:00Sounds like a Blast! I'm green with jealousy...Ana...Sounds like a Blast! I'm green with jealousy...Anabelle has been greatly enjoying her nature clubs at school. They've grown their own butterflies, frogs, preying mantis' and fish. The month of February was all about space and she couldn't get enough. This would have topped all of that...Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16937848490023537617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-33272335582740829182009-05-15T06:28:00.000-07:002009-05-15T06:28:00.000-07:00Just got back from trek too, pretty disappointed, ...Just got back from trek too, pretty disappointed, not a patch on serenitybeesohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11876219112305527188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-24932026180827978942009-05-15T05:21:00.000-07:002009-05-15T05:21:00.000-07:00OH BEESO, can you imagine him as a GRANDAD!, Blood...OH BEESO, can you imagine him as a GRANDAD!, Bloody hell. OH and do not be surprised at the Boys affliction for Raccoons..I LOVE THE BASTARDS, as him WHY. I'll bet its the face and tail, the mask and the mischievous nature and look. its so god dam alluring its not funny. We need, however, to migrate him towards explosives somehow, that fits the SCIENCE side of thing, Directed at Living organisms, that shall drag Doc in, and you my man, can for posterity, scribe his various machinations and expanding object exploits.<br /><br />OH, and we just got back ( thats me and the two boys )from Star trek), hmmm, starts well, plateaus, then finishes fairly well. Must say, I was kinda, just every so slightly disappointed, I did expect more explodie goodness, space age style, I will take their laser packs and whatever the fuck those missiles were, but, shit, I'm not sure, its STILL FUCKING MISSING Something.Havock21https://www.blogger.com/profile/01216753703248229892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-17311372177504054132009-05-15T00:53:00.000-07:002009-05-15T00:53:00.000-07:00You're gonna be a demon when you have grandkids an...You're gonna be a demon when you have grandkids and have even more of an excuse to regress to childhood!beesohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11876219112305527188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-22345433704111029652009-05-14T21:13:00.000-07:002009-05-14T21:13:00.000-07:00"It's not even written up yet, but if and when it ..."It's not even written up yet, but if and when it is, the thing is going to significantly alter our picture of early life on the planet."<br /><br />I've a minor in Anthropology and a minor in History. When this "secret" hits the journals, let me know. Have you ever thought about being a university instructor? You've a feel for it.<br /><br />J.songs_for_janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07093647986251653825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-81012727175753049432009-05-14T21:04:00.000-07:002009-05-14T21:04:00.000-07:00Flint, I tend to always agree with you. For that ...Flint, I tend to always agree with you. For that reason, I must say this:<br /><br />You were SO FUCKING WRONG about "Star Trek!" Now, I know why fans screamed for Elvis, the Beatles, and/or Tom Jones. The same feeling was bottled inside me - watching "Star Trek." Yes!<br /><br />It's probably the only chance I'll have to disagree with you.<br /><br />J.songs_for_janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07093647986251653825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-44401835001983303892009-05-14T20:24:00.000-07:002009-05-14T20:24:00.000-07:00Dr Yobbo: I'm not certain it's possible for anybod...Dr Yobbo: I'm not certain it's possible for anybody who calls themselves "Dr Yobbo" to be truly pretentious - aside from the fact that you don't sound pretentious at all.<br /><br />Thanks for the kind words, folks. I feel ever so slightly less embarrassed about being such an overgrown kid. I'll check in with Lisa, and see if I can say anything about that one particular fossil. I mean, I didn't get sworn to secrecy or anything. But I know they haven't written it up yet, and honestly... I'd hate to make it difficult for them to get proper credibility by saying something stoopid.Flintharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456024642528783549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-76906589474509870442009-05-14T20:18:00.000-07:002009-05-14T20:18:00.000-07:00That is great. Engaging young enthusiasm and curi...That is great. Engaging young enthusiasm and curiousity with the basics of scientific enquiry. There's so much potential with this sort of activity it becomes mindboggling where it could lead, if all kids who were interested were given such opportunities.<br />Aside from that, its fun!Therbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152748667559020695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-15440627257342559382009-05-14T19:44:00.000-07:002009-05-14T19:44:00.000-07:00So jealous!
In a vaguely similar vein, we've arra...So jealous!<br /><br />In a vaguely similar vein, we've arranged for a reptile bloke to come to my little bloke's birthday next month - he shows off and lets the kids handle lizards, snakes, and other assorted critters. Heck I'm even looking forward to it!<br /><br />And my folks have added to their menagerie with a Water Dragon my sister found...yes the little bloke loves visiting Nan and Pop's even more now!Bondiboy66https://www.blogger.com/profile/03526870939619033169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-60576092823528557062009-05-14T18:53:00.000-07:002009-05-14T18:53:00.000-07:00Easy, why on earth wold you expect easy?
Mate thi...Easy, why on earth wold you expect easy?<br /><br />Mate this sounds like a great day for the kids, how cool it would be for them?<br /><br />Only thing I got that comes close to this was searching for fossils in the al-Rub al Kali when I was 9. I just hope your kids appreciate this trip, also it may well open up avenues for them in future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-40412494369754394422009-05-14T18:47:00.000-07:002009-05-14T18:47:00.000-07:00Apols for sounding pretentious - but as a biologis...Apols for sounding pretentious - but as a biologist, and a dad, I can't begin to describe how awesome this is. Not sure how we go about availing this on a larger scale, or even if it's possible, but if we could, imagine the difference it'd make to have a genuinely science-literate generation coming through.Dr Yobbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032085614743539793noreply@blogger.com