Pat Hayes

Pensacola, Florida United States

Researcher

I am an expatriate Brit. Born in Gloucestershire (pr. "Gloster"), grew up in Maesteg and later in Calne, both very old places (Maesteg is Bronze age, Calne is pre-Celtic). Later in London, Edinburgh, Colchester (another old place, still has its Roman wall), Geneva (another: pre-Roman), Rochester (NY), Palo Alto (CA), Champaign-Urbana (IL), then finally Pensacola, which is as old as one can get in the new USA. I've lived here longer than anywhere else. Married for 40+ years to Jackie, we have 2 sons and a granddaughter. Cancer survivor. I drink too much coffee and I need to lose some weight, but I like shrimp po'boys. I am regularly amazed at how incredible the world is, and I have