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On 14 Dec 2003 15:44:09 GMT, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:

In article ,
Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
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Marula. The fruit of which ferments on the tree. It is loved by many
animals in and near the Kalahari. Baboons and elephants, in
particular, get
inebriated in the appropriate season.
See the video "Beautiful People"

Ta.

Video? How? I haven't a vijo or a haunted fishtank innit.

However, this newsgroup does have an inebriated baboon, who cross
posts nonsense to many groups.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Is that the same one that had you put in your place when you used to
brag about being untouchable when bringing C.AC into disrepute? LOL

Don't hold a grudge I'm sure he has forgotten what a prat you were
already, if you're lucky.

Snotty, congratulations. I did not think you had the intelligence to
recognise yourself.

Franz

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Kew v. urg: score = 4 - 1 to urg

urg seems to be more on-track than the (mostly) US garden group, but I
have found it's usually unproductive to ask a number of questions in
one post. If you query about A, B, C, and D, a few will respond about
B, and many know something about C, and the thread quickly becomes
all-C discussion. I've found it more productive to post direct
questions on a single topic. And if it isn't answered, ask again.

Which is precisely what I did, and one of the reasons why urg won 4 -1.

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Rusty Hinge http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm

Dark thoughts about the Wumpus concerto played with piano,
iron bar and two sledge hammers. (Wumpus, 15/11/03)

The message
from Victoria Clare contains these words:

Most museums have specific resources devoted to ID-ing weird stuff that is
brought in off the street by the general public. It's part of the public
service remit, (or it used to be when I did my museum studies postgrad
course in 1995).

Often there's a day when whatever curator pulled the short straw sits in a
booth and tells endless Aunty Marys that her granny's flatiron is certainly
interesting, but probably not valuable, and unfortunately the museum
already has one in the collection...

Kew as a botanical gardens probably has a different tradition.

maybe a different tradition, but as they've been awarded the Department
of Mycology and I think, a lot of Botany from the British Museum,
tradition is no longer relevant - though it may be applied.

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Rusty Hinge http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm

Dark thoughts about the Wumpus concerto played with piano,
iron bar and two sledge hammers. (Wumpus, 15/11/03)

In article , Jaques d'Alltrades
writes
The message
from Victoria Clare contains these words:

Most museums have specific resources devoted to ID-ing weird stuff that is
brought in off the street by the general public. It's part of the public
service remit, (or it used to be when I did my museum studies postgrad
course in 1995).

Often there's a day when whatever curator pulled the short straw sits in a
booth and tells endless Aunty Marys that her granny's flatiron is certainly
interesting, but probably not valuable, and unfortunately the museum
already has one in the collection...

Kew as a botanical gardens probably has a different tradition.

maybe a different tradition, but as they've been awarded the Department
of Mycology and I think, a lot of Botany from the British Museum,
tradition is no longer relevant - though it may be applied.

Have the staff moved too, or have they been made redundant?

--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm

The message
from Kay Easton contains these words:

maybe a different tradition, but as they've been awarded the Department
of Mycology and I think, a lot of Botany from the British Museum,
tradition is no longer relevant - though it may be applied.

Have the staff moved too, or have they been made redundant?

I don't know, the info came back in a letter after I'd sent some
odd-looking mushrooms for ID.

--
Rusty Hinge http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm

Dark thoughts about the Wumpus concerto played with piano,
iron bar and two sledge hammers. (Wumpus, 15/11/03)

On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 10:31:25 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote:

The message
from Kay Easton contains these words:

maybe a different tradition, but as they've been awarded the Department
of Mycology and I think, a lot of Botany from the British Museum,
tradition is no longer relevant - though it may be applied.

Have the staff moved too, or have they been made redundant?

I don't know, the info came back in a letter after I'd sent some
odd-looking mushrooms for ID.

did they perhaps eat them?
--
Martin

The message
from martin contains these words:
On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 10:31:25 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote:
The message
from Kay Easton contains these words:

maybe a different tradition, but as they've been awarded the Department
of Mycology and I think, a lot of Botany from the British Museum,
tradition is no longer relevant - though it may be applied.

Have the staff moved too, or have they been made redundant?

I don't know, the info came back in a letter after I'd sent some
odd-looking mushrooms for ID.

did they perhaps eat them?

I was given to understand that as the packet was addressed to the dept
of Mycology, by the time someone got round to opening them they had
already vacated the box they were in.

--
Rusty Hinge http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm

Dark thoughts about the Wumpus concerto played with piano,
iron bar and two sledge hammers. (Wumpus, 15/11/03)

On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 13:45:36 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote:

The message
from martin contains these words:
On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 10:31:25 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote:
The message
from Kay Easton contains these words:

maybe a different tradition, but as they've been awarded the Department
of Mycology and I think, a lot of Botany from the British Museum,
tradition is no longer relevant - though it may be applied.

Have the staff moved too, or have they been made redundant?

I don't know, the info came back in a letter after I'd sent some
odd-looking mushrooms for ID.

did they perhaps eat them?

I was given to understand that as the packet was addressed to the dept
of Mycology, by the time someone got round to opening them they had
already vacated the box they were in.

They should have locked the door of the mail room.
--
Martin

On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 16:15:20 +0100, martin wrote:

On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 13:45:36 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote:

I was given to understand that as the packet was addressed to the dept
of Mycology, by the time someone got round to opening them they had
already vacated the box they were in.

They should have locked the door of the mail room.

In a time when everything is computerized, e-mailed, and
voice-activated, it's not unwelcome to find that simple human
action/inaction *still* results in WWII postcards being delivered to
former addresses. Or even that simple humans are still involved in
everyday life. Maybe the last person going out the door said, "oops,
we should take the mail," and was bustled into the street.