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  1. Woodchat

    sheepwash urban park

    Ok - fair play - back to the birds. I didn't mean to hijack the thread but when I saw A+W and Rhodia mentioned it brought back great memories from the days when working for a living seemed to be much more of a pleasure for me than it is now. Or maybe it's just rose-tinted nostalgia kicking in...
  2. Woodchat

    sheepwash urban park

    Sorry about not mentioning any birds - oops!! After 15+ years as a research chemist, I am now working in a distantly-related field - electronic displays (bistable LC and Electrophoretic). One of the common threads through this have been liquid crystals / mesogenic phases. Surfactants /...
  3. Woodchat

    sheepwash urban park

    Laurie, I started my career as an industrial research chemist at Albright and Wilson's 'International Technical Centre' a long time ago. I was still working for them back in 1999 when they were bought out by Rhodia Performance Products (formerly Rhone Poulenc) and worked for them for a while...
  4. Woodchat

    sheepwash urban park

    A few years back (probably 10 years ago now) we did have a first summer Med Gull with an almost full black hood - I first found it in fields near Grafton Flyford and it then ended up at Upton Warren in the roost. The hood was near complete but with just a few white feathers. I remember SMW...
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