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The following topics contains links to papers or
summaries of some of our activities.
- Travel - Donna & I have very much enjoyed our
travels. The following are links to the summaries of
our around-the-world trip in 2001 and various motorhome
trips.
- CERE (Conservation, Efficiency, Renewable Energy)
- These are to papers I have written or
articles that have been published about our renewable energy
systems or conservation and efficiency practices.
- Calculating
(e.g., slide rules, mechanical calculators) and
measuring
instruments and tools (e.g., for machinery, navigation,
surveying). Links are to inventory lists of items we
have. I still have a lot of work to do to inventory
drafting equipment and more measuring equipment. I have
started to help edit the
Oughtred Society Journal, even published (or about to) a
few articles about slide rules and charts. If you are at all
interested in the history or collection of calculating
instruments, you should
join the
society.
- Marklin Model Trains. I have had HO scale since
receiving my first set at Christmas in 1953 (when we lived
in Austria). Donna has had Z scale since the mid 80's.
We both have train tables (about the same size to scale) in
the train room of the train house, but there is still lots
of work to do to inventory the collection, not to mention
getting the trains operational.
- Motorcycling; although I
can no longer ride, most of my working years I commuted on a
motorcycle. In addition, Donna & I took many vacations
on a motorcycle, e.g., 4000 miles in 3 weeks. The
annual PJ-1000 was often the highlight of many years.
-
Genealogy; I have been able to trace a number of my
ancestors going back several hundred years in some cases.
- Books: I have not made an inventory yet of the 30,000 or
so books we have. The major categories are Science Fiction,
History, Military History, Science, Mathematics,
Engineering, Classic Fiction (e.g., collections of Mark
Twain, Bret Hart, Alexander Dumas, Walter Scott, Booth
Tarkington), Western History/Folklore, Fairy Tales. This
article shows how Science Fiction and History can mix.
Since most people know I have opinions about most things,
including solutions to most of the world's problems, this
paper is a rough
draft of some of these ideas.
Comments are
very welcome.
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