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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Friday, October 30, 2015

An odd business plan

Borrow money, buy fireworks. Something seems wrong here.....

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Forgotten Brewery Caves - Prairie du Chien Wisconsin

For a town in Wisconsin, or for that matter, anywhere in America, Prairie du Chien is pretty darned old. The first French explorers arriv...

Monday, October 26, 2015

CCC News from the Northern Pine Whisper

CCC camps are an oddity. They are in a sense archaeological sites, places where the works of man are reverting quickly to nature. But they...

Friday, October 23, 2015

Combat Robotics 2015 - Third Report

The kids have conferences or some such so a week without our after school class. Here are a few machines from the Tuesday section that are ...

Thursday, October 22, 2015

A Boyhood in the CCC

It's been fun poking around at the documentary evidence and the physical remains of a couple of CCC camps up north. While doing so I ra...

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

CCC Camp Smith Lake

The story of Camp Smith Lake, east of Seeley Wisconsin, is available in fairly complete form. Company 647 was formed in May of 1933 at For...

Monday, October 19, 2015

CCC Camp Cable

In an antique store last year I ran across a foot locker that had once held the belongings of a man in a CCC camp. For those unfamiliar...

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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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