Comments for What's In John's Freezer? http://whatsinjohnsfreezer.com Treasures that scientists keep on ice Sat, 18 May 2013 17:21:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Birds of an Unfeather Are So Clever: A Review by John Scanlon, FCD http://whatsinjohnsfreezer.com/2013/04/12/unfeathered_bird/#comment-2933 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:21:23 +0000 http://whatsinjohnsfreezer.com/?p=1781#comment-2933 What a wonderfully perverse idea for a bird book! – bird art being dominated by the affinity – practically a love affair – between the brush and the feather.

]]> Comment on A Chance Encounter with Darwin’s Chickens. And Cake. by Heinrich Mallison http://whatsinjohnsfreezer.com/2013/05/14/darwins-chickens/#comment-2889 Tue, 14 May 2013 16:20:11 +0000 http://whatsinjohnsfreezer.com/?p=1974#comment-2889 really? I have no trouble, but maybe that’s because I set universal settings.

]]> Comment on A Chance Encounter with Darwin’s Chickens. And Cake. by John of the Freezers http://whatsinjohnsfreezer.com/2013/05/14/darwins-chickens/#comment-2887 Tue, 14 May 2013 12:43:03 +0000 http://whatsinjohnsfreezer.com/?p=1974#comment-2887 Well, sad ending to my story. I didn’t find the same cake at lunch that I had before. They switched their dessert menu. I had a different apple cake and it was not as good. Sultanas were a red flag.

]]> Comment on A Chance Encounter with Darwin’s Chickens. And Cake. by John of the Freezers http://whatsinjohnsfreezer.com/2013/05/14/darwins-chickens/#comment-2885 Tue, 14 May 2013 09:27:31 +0000 http://whatsinjohnsfreezer.com/?p=1974#comment-2885 Ahh, the latest WordPress annoys me so much with how images are handled… but it’s sorted now.

]]> Comment on A Chance Encounter with Darwin’s Chickens. And Cake. by John of the Freezers http://whatsinjohnsfreezer.com/2013/05/14/darwins-chickens/#comment-2883 Tue, 14 May 2013 09:25:06 +0000 http://whatsinjohnsfreezer.com/?p=1974#comment-2883 It’s the best book I’ve found yet, but I’m a chicken breed noob.

]]> Comment on A Chance Encounter with Darwin’s Chickens. And Cake. by RH http://whatsinjohnsfreezer.com/2013/05/14/darwins-chickens/#comment-2881 Tue, 14 May 2013 08:59:09 +0000 http://whatsinjohnsfreezer.com/?p=1974#comment-2881 Ahh, Tring. Dragged my Grandparents there every year when I was younger. Nice to see some behind the scenes shots.
The moment the ‘staff only’ door clicks shut behind is a moment of bliss at South Ken.

]]> Comment on A Chance Encounter with Darwin’s Chickens. And Cake. by Darren Naish http://whatsinjohnsfreezer.com/2013/05/14/darwins-chickens/#comment-2879 Tue, 14 May 2013 07:56:22 +0000 http://whatsinjohnsfreezer.com/?p=1974#comment-2879 You’re reading Verhoef & Rijs (2007: 8th ed) too? That’s funny; I’m using it a lot at the moment. Never have seen Darwin’s chickens (despite lots of time spent at Tring). One day.

]]> Comment on A Chance Encounter with Darwin’s Chickens. And Cake. by Heinrich Mallison http://whatsinjohnsfreezer.com/2013/05/14/darwins-chickens/#comment-2878 Tue, 14 May 2013 07:48:23 +0000 http://whatsinjohnsfreezer.com/?p=1974#comment-2878 emchickination of top right on of of overview photos (darwins-chickens-6.jpg) has chickened out :(

]]> Comment on Mystery Dissection 12: POETRY ROUND- A Mystery is a Foot! by A Chance Encounter with Darwin’s Chickens. And Cake. | What's In John's Freezer? http://whatsinjohnsfreezer.com/2013/05/02/mystery12/#comment-2877 Tue, 14 May 2013 07:02:55 +0000 http://whatsinjohnsfreezer.com/?p=1954#comment-2877 […] recently with the Dorking Chicken (another of Darwin’s own specimens that I studied) in the “Mystery Museum Specimen” poetry round of late. Dorkings are HUGE chickens; easily twice the weight of even a broiler chicken, up to […]

]]> Comment on Six-toed Elephants? by A Chance Encounter with Darwin’s Chickens. And Cake. | What's In John's Freezer? http://whatsinjohnsfreezer.com/2012/03/11/six-toed-elephants-9/#comment-2876 Tue, 14 May 2013 07:02:50 +0000 http://whatsinjohnsfreezer.com/2012/03/11/six-toed-elephants-9/#comment-2876 […] and clucked chucked in the bin with its tendon when museum specimens of birds are prepared (much as elephant “sixth toe” sesamoids are). All of the specimens had their honking huge patellae on display, so that’s what a lot […]

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