BIG News Flash
Peru 15 Aug 2005
In an impromptu ceremony this
weekend the Berkshire Insulator Gallery (BIG) held a christening of the main
display. The event came about as the
construction crew was working on some yard art for the main display area. They were in the Berkshire Insulator Gallery
Maintenance And Manufacturing Area (BIGMAMA) and the
temperature was going up so an idea to turn the bird bath into a wine bucket
was tested. The staff wasn’t really sure
if galleries should be christened or if it was only galley type sailing ships
that should be done to, but just to be safe they decided to do it anyway. However, due to the low budget for stocking
the Berkshire Insulator Gallery Annex Soda Shop (BIGASS), and since it is
really a soda shop and not a bar (though that has been proposed as the Berkshire
Insulator Gallery Bar And Grill (BIGBAG), but I digress), there was no bubbly in the wine
cellar, only a bottle of Toad Hollow Chardonnay vintage 2003 (which was a very
good year in Toad Hollow I understand, but I digress again). And since the crew didn’t want to clean up
broken glass or waste the good wine the bottle wasn’t smashed on the display,
it was carefully opened and only a little bit splashed on the display accidentally.
Following the ceremony the finance
director thought of another use for the bird bath which could help refill the
BIGASS wine cellar and came up with this sign.
He still thinks that a couple large donations can be obtained to finance
an extended summer vacation for the staff, but hopes are waning.
There were some moments of elation last
week when an international publication ran a story about the gallery (The ARRL
Contest Rate Sheet for
To keep current on BIG events visit:
http://www.berkshireinsulatorgallery.org/.