Detritus of Empire

Wandering unsupervised in various real and imaginary places. Detritus reflects my interests in robotics, travel, history and the odder aspects of the world around me.

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Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Indian Guides

A major house clean up/clean out has different categories of difficulty. The hideous decades old pickles....very carefully dispose of them....

Monday, September 15, 2025

One to One Thousand Ratio Confirmed

You'll have to tolerate a series of observations spinning off of the great clean up/clean out of my parent's house. There's ...

Friday, September 12, 2025

Jump Scare

Well, a couple of days of hard work on the house clean up project. It's what my Scottish friends would refer to as "a fair bit o...

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Army Medicine on the Eve of D-Day

In the Great House Clean Up the ratio of Trash to Treasure runs strongly to the former. By about 1000:1. But a few family treasures are be...

Monday, September 8, 2025

Things not to do in a Scary House/Sci Fi Movie

We've got a bit of a project going on these days. It's going to take a fair chunk of my time, energy and sense of humor. My dad pa...

Friday, September 5, 2025

The Long Portage Moves. A Little.

A while back I had a look at an unusual and neglected monument . It marked one end of a long portage that was part of the connection betwee...

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Mystery in the Woods

Deer hunting approaches. And while the main focus this year will be on our land a ways to the south, the area around our cabin is still pub...

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Tacitus: Having over the many years of my medical career seen too many hard working folks post pone retirement and tip over shortly after their farewell party I have adopted a Carpe Diem policy. Retire at 60. And don't let 'em throw you a party. Its working so far.

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