[SI] New mandate: At the Museum

Peter N wrote:
Paul Furmanwrote:
Bowser wrote:
OK, time for a new mandate. Due May 8th, it's titled "At the
Museum."

Dang it, I've been to almost every museum in town taking photos for
the last couple months. That was my 'M' submission; a Museum.
...
Academy of Sciences [Steinhart Aquarium]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edgehill/5443789343/

Are zoos and aquariums museums?

That's a science museum but the museum part sucks and the aquarium part
is the real feature... the rainforest canopy thing is more like a Disney
environment but it was cool too. Agreed it's not very museum-like.

On 4/7/2011 5:36 PM, PeterN wrote:
On 4/7/2011 6:04 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2011-04-07 14:49:51 -0700, PeterN said:

On 4/7/2011 2:11 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2011-04-07 10:59:27 -0700, Peter N photo.maven @fakeverizon.net
said:

Le Courtesy Snip


Are zoos and aquariums museums?

Not really, they are zoos and wet zoos.

Now, I see Old Rhinebeck is open for the season, and that is a museum.
So there is a drive up the valley for you to plan.
http://www.oldrhinebeck.org/


Not driving very far until May. I'm having a pacemaker installed on
the 25th. I may just have to submit in old images.

Good luck with all that.

Thanks.

I saw my cardiologist today and he told me to lose about 20 pounds. Even
though he is not doing the surgery, I decided not to ask why he doesn't
follow his own advice.


Given the circumstances, I am sure "B-Man" will permit you a special old
image waiver.




Back in the 1940s our old family doctor (a very good one) retired and
was replaced a another good doctor, whose advice to everyone was "lose
weight and stop smoking"; as he was at least 50 pounds overweight and
smoked constantly, no one was surprised when, at age 55, he fell over
dead. "Physician, heal thyself", as someone said many years ago.
Allen

"Paul Furman" wrote in message
...
Peter N wrote:
Paul Furmanwrote:
Bowser wrote:
OK, time for a new mandate. Due May 8th, it's titled "At the
Museum."

Dang it, I've been to almost every museum in town taking photos for
the last couple months. That was my 'M' submission; a Museum.
...
Academy of Sciences [Steinhart Aquarium]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edgehill/5443789343/

Are zoos and aquariums museums?

That's a science museum but the museum part sucks and the aquarium part is
the real feature... the rainforest canopy thing is more like a Disney
environment but it was cool too. Agreed it's not very museum-like.

Is BioSphere2 museum-like enough?
http://www.b2science.org/

We went to BS1 in about 1990. They wouldn't let us on the grounds with our
little dog.

--
Frank ess

Frank ess wrote:
Paul Furman wrote
Peter N wrote:
Paul Furman wrote:
Bowser wrote:
OK, time for a new mandate. Due May 8th, it's titled "At the
Museum."

Dang it, I've been to almost every museum in town taking photos for
the last couple months. That was my 'M' submission; a Museum.
...
Academy of Sciences [Steinhart Aquarium]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edgehill/5443789343/

Are zoos and aquariums museums?

That's a science museum but the museum part sucks and the aquarium
part is the real feature... the rainforest canopy thing is more like a
Disney environment but it was cool too. Agreed it's not very museum-like.

Is BioSphere2 museum-like enough?
http://www.b2science.org/

We went to BS1 in about 1990. They wouldn't let us on the grounds with
our little dog.

Not that elaborate! It's a (60-foot?) sphere with big house plants. You
spiral up several loops and take an elevator down to the aquarium in the
basement. There's a guy shushing butterflies away from the elevator g.
There are some lizards and spiders in cages half way up, etc. Not a
whole lot of butterflies, really. There's a pond at the bottom and you
walk through a glass tunnel under the pond at the bottom, so from the
top, you see people walking through the water below the fish. Lots of
gorgeous stuff in the aquarium! The big tank is partly open to the
ground level around the rainforest sphere thing. There is a groovy green
roof above it all with native plants.

On 4/7/2011 6:04 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2011-04-07 14:49:51 -0700, PeterN said:

On 4/7/2011 2:11 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2011-04-07 10:59:27 -0700, Peter N photo.maven @fakeverizon.net
said:

Le Courtesy Snip


Are zoos and aquariums museums?

Not really, they are zoos and wet zoos.

Now, I see Old Rhinebeck is open for the season, and that is a museum.
So there is a drive up the valley for you to plan.
http://www.oldrhinebeck.org/


Not driving very far until May. I'm having a pacemaker installed on
the 25th. I may just have to submit in old images.

Good luck with all that.

Given the circumstances, I am sure "B-Man" will permit you a special old
image waiver.


Well, I'll need to add a pacemaker exception waiver process to the rulz
page, but I'm pretty sure I can get that by the board prior to the next
round of submissions.

for a price...

"PeterN" wrote in message
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On 4/7/2011 6:04 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2011-04-07 14:49:51 -0700, PeterN said:



Not driving very far until May. I'm having a pacemaker installed on
the 25th. I may just have to submit in old images.

Good luck with all that.

Thanks.

I saw my cardiologist today and he told me to lose about 20 pounds. Even

I've got to do that too. BP has been running a little high, systolic
sometimes well into the hypertension range. Really, really hard to get the
weight off.

though he is not doing the surgery, I decided not to ask why he doesn't
follow his own advice.

Heh. Ever watch "House Call," Sunday mornings on Fox News? Dr. Isadore
Rosenfeld is constantly warning viewers to keep their weight down, and he's
easily the fattest guy I ever saw practicing medicine.

Really good program, though.

Good luck with your pacemaker installation.

"Savageduck" wrote in message
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On 2011-04-07 11:35:08 -0700, "Neil Harrington" said:

Savageduck wrote:
On 2011-04-07 10:59:27 -0700, Peter N photo.maven @fakeverizon.net
said:
Le Courtesy Snip


Are zoos and aquariums museums?

Not really, they are zoos and wet zoos.

Now, I see Old Rhinebeck is open for the season, and that is a museum.

Well, it's a museum if you call a lot of dusty old aircraft and engines
in
unlighted sheds a museum.

It's been a few years since I've been there and it may have changed some,
of
course. Their weekend air shows are pretty good, and you get closer to
the
planes than you do at most other air shows. But those only start in June,
unless they've changed that.

Yup! That is June.

Better and much more museum-like is the New England Air Museum at Windsor
Locks, Conn., very close to Bradley International Airport. Tripod and
flash
are both allowed in NEAM.

Any other good ones in this area, does anyone know? I'd love to see more
aviation museums.

I believe for Conn. NEAM at Windsor Locks is your only good option.
Mass. gives you a little more variety as far as facilities go, but none
have the quantity of aircraft you will find at NEAM.
http://neam.org/

You might consider a trip to Fall River, Mass. to "Battleship Cove
Heritage Park"
http://www.battleshipcove.com/

Thanks, I will check that out. Several times a year I visit my sister in
Portsmouth, RI, which is not far from Fall River.

or the Museum of Science in Boston.
http://www.mos.org/exhibits_shows/current_exhibits

For Maine, there is the "Owls Head Transportation Museum".
http://ohtm.org/index.html

Out on Long Island, there is the "American Airpower Museum" at
Farmingdale.
http://www.americanairpowermuseum.co...ite/Index.aspx

Very interesting. I'd love to see that, but I hate the Long Island
Expressway system (aka The World's Longest Parking Lot).

On Sat, 9 Apr 2011 20:50:12 -0400, "Neil Harrington" wrote:


"PeterN" wrote in message
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On 4/7/2011 6:04 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2011-04-07 14:49:51 -0700, PeterN said:



Not driving very far until May. I'm having a pacemaker installed on
the 25th. I may just have to submit in old images.

Good luck with all that.

Thanks.

I saw my cardiologist today and he told me to lose about 20 pounds. Even

I've got to do that too. BP has been running a little high, systolic
sometimes well into the hypertension range. Really, really hard to get the
weight off.

though he is not doing the surgery, I decided not to ask why he doesn't
follow his own advice.

Heh. Ever watch "House Call," Sunday mornings on Fox News? Dr. Isadore
Rosenfeld is constantly warning viewers to keep their weight down, and he's
easily the fattest guy I ever saw practicing medicine.

Really good program, though.

Good luck with your pacemaker installation.



And this has what to do with digital photography? You off-topic MAGGOT
TROLLS.

On 4/7/2011 7:04 PM, Paul Furman wrote:
Peter N wrote:
Paul Furmanwrote:
Bowser wrote:
OK, time for a new mandate. Due May 8th, it's titled "At the
Museum."

Dang it, I've been to almost every museum in town taking photos for
the last couple months. That was my 'M' submission; a Museum.
...
Academy of Sciences [Steinhart Aquarium]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edgehill/5443789343/

Are zoos and aquariums museums?

That's a science museum but the museum part sucks and the aquarium part
is the real feature... the rainforest canopy thing is more like a Disney
environment but it was cool too. Agreed it's not very museum-like.

I was being serious. Zoos and aquariums, inter alia, serve to provide
exhibit space. I think if a science qualifies, why not a wildlife museum.
What is it they say about a rose? ;-)



--
Peter

On 4/7/2011 7:16 PM, Allen wrote:
On 4/7/2011 5:36 PM, PeterN wrote:
On 4/7/2011 6:04 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2011-04-07 14:49:51 -0700, PeterN
said:

On 4/7/2011 2:11 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2011-04-07 10:59:27 -0700, Peter N photo.maven @fakeverizon.net
said:

Le Courtesy Snip


Are zoos and aquariums museums?

Not really, they are zoos and wet zoos.

Now, I see Old Rhinebeck is open for the season, and that is a museum.
So there is a drive up the valley for you to plan.
http://www.oldrhinebeck.org/


Not driving very far until May. I'm having a pacemaker installed on
the 25th. I may just have to submit in old images.

Good luck with all that.

Thanks.

I saw my cardiologist today and he told me to lose about 20 pounds. Even
though he is not doing the surgery, I decided not to ask why he doesn't
follow his own advice.


Given the circumstances, I am sure "B-Man" will permit you a special old
image waiver.




Back in the 1940s our old family doctor (a very good one) retired and
was replaced a another good doctor, whose advice to everyone was "lose
weight and stop smoking"; as he was at least 50 pounds overweight and
smoked constantly, no one was surprised when, at age 55, he fell over
dead. "Physician, heal thyself", as someone said many years ago.
Allen


I went to a golf outing fundraiser for a local heart and lung hospital.
the vast majority of people were smoking and the main course was, you
guessed it, fatty prime ribs.

--
Peter