http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=3988 Tue, 20 May 2025 03:13:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=3988&cpage=1#comment-280649 Kona Tue, 07 Apr 2015 17:36:09 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=3988#comment-280649 I was a docent at a historic mansion once. It was kind of fun, and the people weren't "herded", although there was a kind of natural progression that most people followed through the building. Most of the furnishings and artifacts were "period", not the owner's original things. I don't think they charged a fee, although there was a rather pointed "donation" box at the door. Even with all volunteers, some things cost money to keep those places open to the public. Haven't been to Winchester, though I get what people mean about the commercialism. Kind of spoils the mood, I'm sure. I was a docent at a historic mansion once. It was kind of fun, and the people weren’t “herded”, although there was a kind of natural progression that most people followed through the building. Most of the furnishings and artifacts were “period”, not the owner’s original things. I don’t think they charged a fee, although there was a rather pointed “donation” box at the door. Even with all volunteers, some things cost money to keep those places open to the public. Haven’t been to Winchester, though I get what people mean about the commercialism. Kind of spoils the mood, I’m sure.

]]> http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=3988&cpage=1#comment-7018 David Wed, 26 Mar 2014 08:36:48 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=3988#comment-7018 Was it really that bad, Chris? I've wanted to go there forever, ever since I saw Rose Red and Diary of Ellen Rimbauer. (So for about 10 years, then, but that feels like forever.) Was it really that bad, Chris? I’ve wanted to go there forever, ever since I saw Rose Red and Diary of Ellen Rimbauer. (So for about 10 years, then, but that feels like forever.)

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