Which leads onto the question - how many archivist couples are there out
their? Can we get a special discount 'couples' subscription for archive/RM
publications? It always seems a waste when two Arcs (as opposed to two Orcs)
come through the letter box because one of them automatically gets put in
the newspaper recycling bag. Oh hang on I shouldn't be saying things like
that (at least it doesn't go straight into the bin).........
Gary Collins
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boardman, Carl - Cultural Services
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> Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 4:39 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: FW: archivists in fiction
>
> Oh yes - archivists married to archivists are completely mad. The drive
> home
> in the evening goes, "We had this absolute imbecile in the searchroom
> today...."; "You think that's bad? One of mine ate the documents. And the
> Bursar threw my Freedom of Information report in the bin."; "Only in the
> bin? The Treasurer recycled mine as a paper plane, and our budget's been
> cut
> to £4.23 a year."; "A whole £4.23? I've been asked to pay for the
> privilege
> of working there...." On a good day you can both be suicidal by the time
> you
> reach home.
>
> Carl Boardman
> Oxfordshire Record Office
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: jenny moran [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 1:03 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: archivists in fiction
>
>
> > 'The Archivist' is by Martha Cooley-- and if I remember correctly,
> > the wife was mad. Oh, dear.
> >
> > Mandy
>
> Would any of those married to archivists care to comment?
> Jenny Moran - archivist married to juggler and computer nerd.
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