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, July 29, 2022

Write your own story......

July 15th, 2022. A small town in Wisconsin. By the side of a residential street I find this: So what is a 20 Rand bill doing 8,700 miles a...

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Spending Canadian Tire Money

One of the last stops on our North o' the Border trip was at Canadian Tire . This is a Big Box retailer that sells auto parts and just...

Monday, July 25, 2022

Hops 'n Homeless in BC

Although we spent most of our Canadian time down in Okenagon Falls there was a day or so on either end spent in the larger city of Kelowna. ...

Friday, July 22, 2022

The Blasted Church

It's the small details you have to look for. On one of my walks around Okanagan Falls I cruised by this tidy wood frame church. Nothi...

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Who's Got the Ball Now?

This is the most ball obsessed dog I've ever met. Over several days of interaction at our Canadian family reunion I had a running conte...

Monday, July 18, 2022

Family Reunion Up North

I've been North of the Border of late. One branch of our extended family lives in British Columbia and with the slightly reduced diffic...

Friday, July 15, 2022

PITA

( Precisely Identifying Tasty Animals) Consider this another clue to where I've been. To tell Mule Deer from White Tails, in areas w...

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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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