tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post8371959558997379164..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: In the Name of Research.... Lynne BentonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-20275330272741891032016-03-14T22:56:42.779+00:002016-03-14T22:56:42.779+00:00Thanks for your comments, everyone. Glad you all ...Thanks for your comments, everyone. Glad you all enjoy doing the research as much as I do. I hadn't thought of it being like a perpetual five-year-old, Susan - but you're quite right. (And no, Julie, unfortunately my balloon research doesn't involve actually flying! At least, I don't think I can wangle it...)Lynne Bentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14412874594191347503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-2640458404888482162016-03-14T16:44:53.068+00:002016-03-14T16:44:53.068+00:00We must compare notes on ley lines, Lynne ; )
D...We must compare notes on ley lines, Lynne ; )<br /><br />Does the hot air balloon research involve actual flying?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846839494891623600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-84378232625018660812016-03-14T11:21:41.283+00:002016-03-14T11:21:41.283+00:00And the nice thing is, that knowledge stays with y...And the nice thing is, that knowledge stays with you forever! I love my research. And I love my Internet - Dr Google is a wonderful place to start for the fiddly details. The physical stuff isn't always possible, but I joined the SCA to learn what you could and couldn't do in armour, with a sword. A friend of mine put on his armour - he was in the SCA - to walk through the desert so he could see how it felt and what was possible. (He had his wife driving beside him). <br /><br />When I needed to know where you could get a ship to Jamaica in the 1860s, coming from London - and which train you'd take to get to the port - I sought advice from History Girls Louise Berridge and Gillian Polack(Thanks, Louise and Gillian!) - Gillian added that my hero would have to supply his own food, something I hadn't known. Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-63550738333106982022016-03-14T10:30:02.536+00:002016-03-14T10:30:02.536+00:00I'm with you, Lynne - it's one of the thin...I'm with you, Lynne - it's one of the things I've always loved about writing too - never knowing what you going to have to find out next:-<br /><br />If candles were expensive, what did the poor use for lighting in the past? - Reed dips. And the origin of the phrase 'burning the candle (or reed dip) at both ends' is enlightening (sic) too.<br />How did people live in a pele tower?<br />What might an underwater or floating house of the future be like. (And I was amazed to discover that a spherical, floating and partially underwater hotel has already been designed.)<br />How do pyschopaths think? - Oh, but I could go on listing questions for pages.<br /><br />It's a bit like being a five year old forever, isn't it? Why? How? Where? When? What?Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-54154215852663792882016-03-14T08:33:40.104+00:002016-03-14T08:33:40.104+00:00And of course sometimes you get it wrong - and the...And of course sometimes you get it wrong - and there's always an expert to tell you so!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.com