Liverpool Duck Tours

[raven]

Somehow or other I have managed to find the only computer in the newsroom with internet access. At least people are always typing here - I shouldn't be doing this, I should be looking up information for a three-hundred-word feature about family things to do at the Albert Dock, but what can I say, I'm addicted to livejournal. As are we all.

And what do you know, I've found exactly what I'm looking for - a site all about Liverpool's Duck Tours. I have no idea why this is worth putting in the newspaper, but they're letting me write it, which can only be a good thing. Apparently the Powers That Be liked my Beatles article enough to let me write this. For some reason, I seem to be writing a lot more articles than Sarah. She's moaning that all she gets to do is type up letters, and I haven't done any of those for a while. There's someone new in this morning - her name's Jenny, and she's spent the last few hours battling with a four-thousand-word letter some Protestant supremacist has written whilst pissed and sent into the paper. She's had to trim it down to three hundred words, and has been reading out the more choice bits for the edification of all.

As always, everyone knows everyone in a small town. I rang up a woman to interview her about a performance of Die Fledermaus in Southport, and she turned out to know both Pedar and lilka. It was quite worrying. In fact, it's worrying how many people know Pedar around here. The amount of times someone's eyes have fallen on my name and they've exclaimed, "Oh, you're his daughter!"

It'll be lunch soon, and I'll be thinking of gamesiplay whilst I buy my sandwich.

Comments

[tygermoonfoxx.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...I wonder if the Duck Tours are affiliated with the same Duck Tours that run in Boston and Gloucester in Massachusetts? When my family visited there, we took one. Actually, they are rather newsworthy. The vehicles they use, if it's the same company, are old WWII surplus and there aren't many of them left. The machine can go on land or in the water. IT was a lot of fun.

[cucharita.livejournal.com]

but are they painted yellow to look like a duck?
I wouldn't know if these ducks are WWII surplus because they don't look very armyish.

[gamesiplay.livejournal.com]

*grins* Well, I'm flattered, then.

I envy you your job, you know -- at some point in my life, I'd like to find a job that I actually enjoy, too. How much longer do you get to do this?

[tygermoonfoxx.livejournal.com]

Yup, I think that's the same company. I should have been more clear: the original Duck Tours machines are army surplus, the new ones are painted to look like a duck. The company started out in the Boston area, I believe. It would be an odd coincidence, at any rate. I'll have to ask someone living in New England who would know more.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Yes! That's exactly it! I doubt it's the same company, as ours is the Yellow Duckmarine Company (it's affiliated with the Beatles Story, this being Liverpool and all), but yeah, they're WW2 surplus. Here's the site I was using:
http://www.albertdock.com/attractions/duck.shtml

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

I have no idea if they were painted yellow, or if they were yellow to begin with. The pic attached to the article was black and white, anyway!

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

One more day. I'm really rather disappointed - it's gone so quickly! And I had no idea I would enjoy myself quite so much...

[cucharita.livejournal.com]

Oh well. Who really cares anyway? I still want to go on one though.

[lilka.livejournal.com]

A woman who knows me? How intriguing. Der Fledermaus... Hmmm.... Was it Lesley Smith?

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Nope, her name was Una... something. Una McAulay, that's it. She's part of a group called Una Voce Opera, that I had to ask her questions about. I've forgotten how it came into the conversation, but she did claim your acquaintance.

[lilka.livejournal.com]

Oh gods yes, Una. I was /in/ Una Voce for about two years. The woman is totally crazy, but the company's actually rather good....

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you said that. I thought I was the crazy one.