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"But what I personally love about the building is that it isn't modern and sleek and clean." Are you serious, it had a £22m refurbishment... If it is anything but modern, sleek and clean someone needs to dig out some receipts! ;) Wynn -----Original Message----- From: psci-com: on public engagement with science [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Newson, Lesley Sent: 26 January 2013 16:18 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] Royal Institution: 'Nobody cares about your stupid history!' | Martin Robbins Continuing Phillip's metaphor... He will eventually get old and frail and have to live on a fixed income. He will not be able to cope with his huge old house and be forced to move to a more convenient place. The RI may be old and frail or it may just be sick and therefore curable. If it is merely sick, it will benefit from public support and regain its old vigour. But if the patient doesn't recover, it will become a batty old relict living off the public purse. I would rather the RI find a new lease of life and thrive on Albemarle Street. Let's hope people will find the medicine that will make the RI well again. But what I personally love about the building is that it isn't modern and sleek and clean. Something about it makes you feel like you are breathing Humphry Davy's air. Lesley ________________________________________ From: psci-com: on public engagement with science [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Terry Harvey-Chadwick [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 26 January 2013 14:41 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] Royal Institution: 'Nobody cares about your stupid history!' | Martin Robbins I have to say, personally this is the best argument for saving the RI I have heard. And, to be honest, sixty million pounds is small fry to the government, especially as they were quite willing to waste billions on saving banks that should have gone down. Yes, it's emotional, but without emotion science wouldn't be where it is today. Terry -----Original Message----- From: Philip Hunt Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 1:22 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] Royal Institution: 'Nobody cares about your stupid history!' | Martin Robbins -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I live in a draughty, cold, old house just outside Brussels. It's far too big for me, is expensive to heat, difficult to get to, and totally impractical. What I should do is move into a modern, comfortable apartment in the city. It would be cheaper to run, have better communications, be closer to the cinemas, theatres and bars (and anything else I might want to do), and generally be far more practical. I would save money on heating fuel, could get rid of the car, go out at night and fall into a taxi to get home when necessary. The night shops would be available, and I'd have a vastly superior social life. I wouldn't have to worry about field-mice nesting in the basement, or the ever-encroaching masses of nettles, brambles and other neer-do-well flora and fauna. I wouldn't even have to try and keep squirrels out of the roof-space. I could even leave my neighbours behind! I cannot argue with the logic. It all makes perfect sense. I should do it tomorrow! But somehow, after 20 years, I'm reluctant to tear myself away. I can't think why. 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