tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post4309478620416831646..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Ampleforth Tales (I): Clearing out the Desk Paul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-91292926283612239252021-06-20T20:18:38.719-07:002021-06-20T20:18:38.719-07:00We could all be Paul Barford.. My first April Fool...We could all be Paul Barford.. My first April Fool prank here was to pretend that "Paul Barford" was a fictional character created by the PAS... some indeed fell for it. <br /><br />To be honest I am quite taken aback by the response to this, (because I think it's too long). Normally I write my heritagy stuff and then do a Twitter plug for it... and it gets a few retweets. I do this and it just goes crazy... <br /><br /><br />The question is, does it make the important archaeological point in a fresh way... or are random people reading it as an amateur version of "the Dig"? <br /><br />Interesting. I'd like the buyer of the "Ampleforth Hoard" to see it. <br />Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-16772635350496611692021-06-20T17:30:39.845-07:002021-06-20T17:30:39.845-07:00Any spoilers for next weeks installment?Baz Thugwi...Any spoilers for next weeks installment?Baz Thugwit turns out to be John Howland's bastard son? Rob is sacked for piching finds bags, Permatrace and other consumables having 'supported' a small local society's Easter dig? No one notices the muddy carrier bag Thugwit conceals as he leaves-Dale looking out of the window sees Thugwit meet 3 other men in cammo-he shows them the contents of the carrier bag- Thugwit and 2 of the men leave 'It's my wife's' he exclaims when he offers them a lift in a yellow Ka rather than the taxi emblazoned with 'England' flags and brexit stickers-the other man mounts his JCB and follows them.........<br /><br />I'm only really commenting to show someone i'm a real person and not aka Paul Barford.Hougenaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13572432580825010946noreply@blogger.com