Hope the power comes back soon

[Delphinus]

Yeah, Detroit's a wild place. It's actually pretty neat place though. They have the oldest public aquarium in the U.S. (which I thought was pretty neat). And Tropicorium (Dick Perrin's coral prop facility.) Right now though I'm in Port Huron actually (about an hour north). Right at the mouth of Lake Huron. The river is not that wide around here, although it must be really deep and swift given that the volume of the great lakes is passing through it. It's really amazing to see, these HUGE ocean going tankers and freighters (and I mean ... HUGE) travelling a river that is not a whole lot wider than the Bow River. I swear there are places those boats could be turned into a bridge by steering them sideways. I don't think they could even be made to go perfectly perpendicular .. they look longer than the river is wide [although I'm sure it's not really]) Anyways I forget what my point was. Oh right, I'm in Port Huron. I think there's maybe about 1000 people here. It's a pretty small town actually. One of the guys I'm working with, is a part time state trooper in his spare time. That just boggles my mind. I mean, I've heard of people having two jobs, maybe moonlighting a bit at Rona or something for some wee extra spending cash or something ... but a part time police officer????? I thought that was one of the more unsual things I had heard ... until I learned that there are in fact two guys working here who are also police officers (but in different forces). So, get this, you've got like State troopers, U.S. Marshalls, Highway Patrol, Sheriff's Department, and of course municipal police forces as well. Although mostly they have different jurisdictions, there is some overlap. And, this to me is the strangest thing, if one cop sees another cop speeding, for example, he can actually pull that guy over and give him a ticket. I mean ... gahhhhh?? This is so amazingly different than what I'm used to seeing that's for sure.