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Timbuktu and Tuktoyaktuk
6 Oct 2024

Timbuktu and Tuktoyaktuk

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 0

We are considering a couple of winter holiday ideas.

Click on your preference, and we can chat about it.

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Timbuktu, Slavery, Tuktoyaltuk, Climate
Gin-Scented Tears
27 Sep 2024

Gin-Scented Tears

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History | 1

This is a working telephone. I keep it as a reminder of better days in the telecommunications industry.

Click on the dial for details…

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Telus, AGT, Telephone, 1984
Hate, or Hard Work
19 Sep 2024

Hate, or Hard Work

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 2

When you sleep with an elephant and that animal cocks its leg to fart, you have a right, indeed an obligation, to register an objection.

Click on the pachyderm for a long-winded warning.

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Austria, Vienna, Nazi, Hitler, Gerhard Bast
An Edible Dormouse
17 Sep 2024

An Edible Dormouse

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 6

Dormice aren’t really mice, technically they are squirrels, but I still wouldn’t eat one.

Click on the Slovenian delicacy for details.

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Slovenia, Dormouse
Tough, and Reliable
16 Sep 2024

Tough, and Reliable

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 2

Never take a rubber mallet to a fist fight, and other things we learned in Velden am Wörthersee.

Click on either pistol for a full run-down….

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Austria, Gaston Glock, Pyramidenkogel
Pork Chops
14 Sep 2024

Pork Chops

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Travel | 0

The biggest pig I have ever seen in my life came loping out of the ditch and crossed the road.

Click on the curly tail for details…

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Pig, Austria, Autobahn, Germany
Until László Returns
13 Sep 2024

Until László Returns

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 0

“The English Patient” might have the most tragic ending in all of cinema.

Click on László Almásy’s passport photo for details.

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Burg Bernstein, Castle, László Almásy
One For the Road
11 Sep 2024

One For the Road

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 6

It is good to have working feet today. My driving skills have been seriously impaired.

Click on our preferred mode of transport in Bratislava for details….

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Slovakia, Bratislava, Old Town
Live is Life
10 Sep 2024

Live is Life

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 0

Bear and I attended the Vienna State Opera House last night.

Click on either Romeo or Juliette to learn more.

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Vienna State Opera House, Romeo and Julliette
Burned at the Stake
8 Sep 2024

Burned at the Stake

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Science and Reason, Travel | 4

Join us as we experience things that go bump in the night.

Take the key from the raven to unlock the secrets of Vienna’s dark side.

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Witch, Vienna, St Stephen's Cathedral, Elizabeth Plainacher

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  1. Russ Paton on Win the War19 January 2026

    Thank you. The story has been repeated many times with proper noun substitutions.

  2. Autumn Downey on Win the War19 January 2026

    Thanks. Good lessons once again.

  3. Russ Paton on Win the War19 January 2026

    It shall, I don’t think the “Athenians” have the stomach for this much longer”….

  4. Judy Darvill on Win the War19 January 2026

    Sounds scarily familiar! Thanks for the history lesson and hope that this too shall pass.

  5. Russ Paton on Immortality18 January 2026

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