Single In Single in October (SiO) 2021 - day 14

Getting ready for movie time...
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Today is a long travel day for me, one which begins in a small airport in Oregon. But as a sign of changing times, both the sale and recreational use of cannabis, a.k.a. marijuana, is legal in Oregon - as it now is in many American states (though ironically it is still ‘illegal’ in the view of the federal government).

Hence, this ad inside the airport—

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I would like to introduce you to Colonel John Pennycuick (born in Pune in 1841, died in Camberley in 1911). He built the Mullaperiyar Dam and as a result is a hero to the people of Tamilnadu and Kerala. The dam was a "...phenomenal masonry marvel of it's time..." diverting the Periyar River and irrigating 223,000 acres of land for crop use to this day.

This statue stands in a local churchyard. Once a year the Indian High Commissioner visits to lay a wreath in gratitude to this "Son of Empire".

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