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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Sunday, May 12, 2013

Not a Mother's Day story

The sellers of patent medicines in the 19th and very early 20th century did not seem to be overly troubled with ethical concerns. They were...

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Farewell to Northumberland - May 2013

Leaving northern England now, so posting is going to be a bit uncertain. Probably back to the usual Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule with t...

Vindolanda 2013 - Tenth and Final Day

A two week session where no digging time was lost to weather....unprecedented. My Dark Age/Late Roman floor ended up looking nice when cle...

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Vindolanda 2013 - Day Nine

We spent the day working through the late/post Roman debris to something that is trying to be a proper floor surface. We think it looks ra...

Vindolanda 2013 - Day Eight

Not that much to report today. We finished the floor level of the last few days and backed up to take off another section of grass. This p...

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Vindolanda 2013 - Day Seven

We like to think of the Romans as being incredibly organized and efficient. And indeed, they did do many things quite competently. But as ...

Monday, May 6, 2013

Vindolanda 2013 - Day Six

A nice day of digging on site, balmy winds instead of the usual Northumberland rain and mud. The area I am working on is in the corner of ...

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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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