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Rach Site Administrator
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area51newmexico Goddess
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Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 11:43 am Post subject: |
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Hahaha:) Gotta love The Onions view on the world
How are you Rach anyway? Still doing your conservation masters? How's it going? _________________ Helen, the Administratrix of www.area51newmexico.com
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Lamiaceae Site Administrator
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Rach Site Administrator
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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@ Helen - I am still studying conservation, got another year to go. I have two work placements lined up over the summer: at a museum in London and another in Reykjavik, Iceland. I am really looking forward to both. I am in for a hectic summer
Yeah - we need to organise our next meet up! Unfortunately due to the aforementioned work placements I will not be in your neck of the woods until mid-September _________________ ~~~I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minuite of it!~~~
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area51newmexico Goddess
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:55 am Post subject: |
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@ Rach *Jealous* _________________ Helen, the Administratrix of www.area51newmexico.com
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Rach Site Administrator
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Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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My first week went well Although commuting in London is horrible! Especially as I am using the Northern line which is supposed to be the worst one...But the museum work makes up for the commute. I am relly enjoying the work (although when you try to explain it to other people it sounds really boring! For example I spent this week cleaning iron C17th candlesticks after they had been on display before putting them back in the store, I made a transport package for a Viking spearhead [which had to be custom made to fit the spearhead perfectly - this took nearly a whole day!] and have started cleaning some iron objects that have been dug up from a wet area so are really filthy...it may sound lame to everyone else but I am enjoying it).
Hmm...perhaps whilst I am in London some form of area51 London branch get together is necessary?! _________________ ~~~I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minuite of it!~~~
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aalpha Nicest Guy In The Universe/Site Admin
Joined: 17 Oct 2005 Posts: 8399 Location: Where ever you need me I'll be there. Whatever you need done I'll do it. Made in the USA.
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I personally find archeology fascinating. You never know what little bit of engraving or carving is going to dispel centuries of conclusions about a culture.
I'm thinking now about a find that listed which people had paid taxes once upon a time. Included on the list were a group mentioned in the Bible - the Hittites, whom scholars believed either did not actually exist or were too small to count. I'm fuzzy on the details.
My point is somebody brushed off a piece of clay or papyrus and turned scholarship upsidedown. That's COOL!!! _________________
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