Comments on: The Ghost of the McGregor Museum: A True Story https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/10/27/how-i-captured-the-ghost-of-the-mcgregor-museum-a-true-story/ Tue, 28 Jun 2016 05:39:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Get over it https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/10/27/how-i-captured-the-ghost-of-the-mcgregor-museum-a-true-story/#comment-484213 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 05:39:58 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20575#comment-484213 With all the anti white sentiment raging in this are you sure it’s about a ghost and not just a political piece?

]]> By: Astrostevo https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/10/27/how-i-captured-the-ghost-of-the-mcgregor-museum-a-true-story/#comment-484212 Fri, 31 Oct 2014 22:56:58 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20575#comment-484212 Cheers for that. Hadn’t heard the song before & thanks for the other info on thalweg and the Gariep river. 🙂

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/10/27/how-i-captured-the-ghost-of-the-mcgregor-museum-a-true-story/#comment-484211 Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:54:17 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20575#comment-484211 Thalweg is the bottom of a river or channel, where the gravel lag would accumulate. The low spot in a river.

It was called the Gariep River for a couple thousand years until these missionaries came along and change the name without asking. Many continued to call it Gariep because that was the name in the local languages.

Since a river needs one official name these days, it was decided to call it the original name officially. That is the general pattern in South Africa. Everything is renamed.

The name “orange river” is benign, lots of people use the name, no problem. The less benign names, people don’t use. I’d love to have the proof reading comments! Maybe my “d” key is broken..

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/10/27/how-i-captured-the-ghost-of-the-mcgregor-museum-a-true-story/#comment-484210 Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:51:01 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20575#comment-484210 The cat.. came in through the bathroom window. Here’s the Joe Cocker version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8IvCyw_aTQ

]]> By: Astrostevo https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/10/27/how-i-captured-the-ghost-of-the-mcgregor-museum-a-true-story/#comment-484209 Fri, 31 Oct 2014 05:47:20 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20575#comment-484209 Good read with a lot of diversions. Interesting thanks.

One thing I don’t understand – what is the song at the end that you couldn’t get out of your mind?

Oh and one other which I spose I should look up – what’ a thalweg? (Plus what’s wrong with calling it the Orange river – still – has it been renamed to decolonialise or something now?)

Found a few typos there too if you’d like to have any proofreading comments – a few missing ‘d’s’ if that helps.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/10/27/how-i-captured-the-ghost-of-the-mcgregor-museum-a-true-story/#comment-484208 Thu, 30 Oct 2014 19:07:16 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20575#comment-484208 Thanks! Edited somewhat and combined into one post. I had to draw back on claims that the building housed dozens of people who died. People there told me that but I no longer think that is what happened. More likely the ghost was that nun.

Oh, no, wait, it was a … READ THE STORY TO FIND OUT.

]]> By: Doug Alder https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/10/27/how-i-captured-the-ghost-of-the-mcgregor-museum-a-true-story/#comment-484207 Thu, 30 Oct 2014 16:28:00 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20575#comment-484207 Still one of my fave stories of yours Greg 🙂

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/10/27/how-i-captured-the-ghost-of-the-mcgregor-museum-a-true-story/#comment-484206 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:53:42 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20575#comment-484206 Yes, De Beers!

]]> By: zackoz https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/10/27/how-i-captured-the-ghost-of-the-mcgregor-museum-a-true-story/#comment-484205 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 08:44:30 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20575#comment-484205 Thank you Greg, that was simultaneously grim, fascinating and weird!

I thought you would finally name the gigantic diamond corporation – it was De Beers, I assume?

]]> By: Tim https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/10/27/how-i-captured-the-ghost-of-the-mcgregor-museum-a-true-story/#comment-484204 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 19:54:18 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20575#comment-484204 “”It did its volcano thing

Yea. If it does that too much then it might go deaf (ask Limbaugh). Hey, I didn’t even eat the viagra.

Say, sciency dudes… any suggestions on SWIMs case of on-off sudden defness in both ears equally (even tinnitus is attenuated)?? I don’t *think* it is serumin (toejam in the ears)…

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