Comments on: West Country http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/30/west-country/ Where science collides with life, slams into culture, crashes with politics, and gets totaled. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:28:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: MadScientist http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/30/west-country/#comment-16432 MadScientist Sun, 03 May 2009 04:06:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/30/west-country/#comment-16432 Out west? That's funny, I've just returned from down south knee deep in cow poo. At least the weather was good and I was able to finish installing instruments and get out of the paddocks before I smelled too much like the cows. No vineyards along my route though or I might have taken an entire week to return to the city. Out west? That’s funny, I’ve just returned from down south knee deep in cow poo. At least the weather was good and I was able to finish installing instruments and get out of the paddocks before I smelled too much like the cows. No vineyards along my route though or I might have taken an entire week to return to the city.

]]> By: Sheril Kirshenbaum http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/30/west-country/#comment-16382 Sheril Kirshenbaum Fri, 01 May 2009 16:14:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/30/west-country/#comment-16382 <blockquote>Is that your representation of West country?</blockquote> Most def not :) It was however, the only part of the trip when I brought out <i>The Flip</i>. I prefer the scenes along Rt 1 and those great big mountains and conifers too...

Is that your representation of West country?

Most def not :) It was however, the only part of the trip when I brought out The Flip. I prefer the scenes along Rt 1 and those great big mountains and conifers too…

]]> By: Erasmussimo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/30/west-country/#comment-16374 Erasmussimo Fri, 01 May 2009 14:24:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/30/west-country/#comment-16374 Vineyards?!?!! Is that your representation of West country? How about a few of our volcanoes, a rocky shore or two, a vast desert, a forest of redwoods, or maybe just some mountain terrain? I realize that you weren't preparing a travelogue, but I regard vineyards as pretty dull vistas. Next time you're in the Bay Area, drive to the top of Mt. Hamilton (Lick Observatory), Mt. Diablo, or Mt Tamalpais. Flatlanders... harrumph! ;-) Vineyards?!?!! Is that your representation of West country? How about a few of our volcanoes, a rocky shore or two, a vast desert, a forest of redwoods, or maybe just some mountain terrain? I realize that you weren’t preparing a travelogue, but I regard vineyards as pretty dull vistas. Next time you’re in the Bay Area, drive to the top of Mt. Hamilton (Lick Observatory), Mt. Diablo, or Mt Tamalpais.

Flatlanders… harrumph! ;-)

]]> By: Curious Wavefunction http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/30/west-country/#comment-16345 Curious Wavefunction Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:33:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/04/30/west-country/#comment-16345 Love the "250 nm" quip! Love the “250 nm” quip!

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