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  1. Tiki Tom

    Trench Coat - the 'Ultimate' Thread!

    Ode to the trench coat. Made the mistake of opening this thread, which I used to routinely contribute to. Up until my retirement 3 years ago, I used to live in a place and a climate (Vienna) where I could wear my classic trench coat from October through April. And I did… over my business suit...
  2. Tiki Tom

    Oumuamua

    Holy smokes. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13739361/congress-investigates-alien-mummies-peru-independent-analysis-tennessee.html i confess that I have been actively avoiding the above-linked topic for the longest time. The Peruvian Mummies story was just too far “out there.”...
  3. Tiki Tom

    Why vintage?

    in Hawaii, you can smoke a cigar while walking down the street. However, smoking a cigar on the beach or in a public park is illegal. I was quite surprised when I got kicked out of a park for smoking. I was sitting quietly on a bench under a tree, far away from other people. A park employee...
  4. Tiki Tom

    The Agents of F.L.A.S.K.

    Bizarre news of the day. An expert on serial killers discusses the vampire subculture. Okay, admittedly she is talking about stuff she witnessed 20+ years ago. And it was probably more prevalent back then because of the popularity of the Anne Rice Vampire books. But it begs the question...
  5. Tiki Tom

    Why vintage?

    Is there anywhere where you can smoke a cigar these days? Other than your own backyard, I mean. Double whiskeys are a vice best not advertised. Do you have a drinking problem? Fedoras get funny looks from the baseball cap wearing class (virtually everybody). And cap wearers apparently think...
  7. Tiki Tom

    The Agents of F.L.A.S.K.

    Another interesting true case… U.S. warship attacked by a massive unknown sea creature. Experts believe it was likely a giant squid… but far larger than any specimen ever seen. The ocean is 80% unexplored. Strange things lurk in the uncharted depths. How cool is that? When I was about 12 years...
  8. Tiki Tom

    You know you are getting old when:

    Ha ha! Liquor laws. I remember living in Maryland where you could only buy booze at State Run liquor stores. Of course, right on the District of Columbia state line, there was a row of liquor stores where they had better selection and better prices. Those border line liquor stores did a lot...
  9. Tiki Tom

    You know you are getting old when:

    The other day, my wife and I were discussing that we had both noticed that, when we are traveling, single women in their 50s-60s will glom onto us and tell their life stories, etc, and just hang with us (uninvited) until our paths naturally diverge again. Anyway, it has happened often enough...
  10. Tiki Tom

    Oumuamua

    UAP topic remains quiet. BUT… This was just published in the mainstream press (NBC affiliate). Includes new evidence coming from an ex senior intelligence official. It is basically about an alleged ufo crash in Kingman, Arizona in 1952. Supposedly the craft was recovered intact and spirited...
  11. Tiki Tom

    Anyone else interested in the ancient world?

    Holy smokes. If true, this is amazing. In short: archaeologists think some Of the “writing” on a pillar at Goebekli Tepi (12,000 years old) represents a calendar that includes 365 days overlapping 12 lunar months, plus periodic additional days to keep the seasons in synch. Finally, the summer...
  13. Tiki Tom

    The Nazi Gold Train

    Another tale of lost Nazi Gold. This time it is supposedly off Corsica. Unfortunately (or predictably) the whole tale seems to be based on just one man’s say-so. https://greekreporter.com/2024/07/24/rommel-gold-nazi-treasure/ Nonetheless, it makes for a good story.
  14. Tiki Tom

    The Agents of F.L.A.S.K.

    This has gone viral. What the heck is it? I know FLASKers are a cynical group (so am I), but —seriously— what is this? My mantra has always been “there is no way that a breeding population of such a large creature could have escaped detection for so long.” So what is this? A bear? Doesn’t...
  15. Tiki Tom

    Happy Liberation of Paris Anniversary

  16. Tiki Tom

    You know you are getting old when:

    No, no, no. That cannot be. He was the very DEFINITION of cool. His level of cool was so high that it would give other people nosebleeds. I thought that one of the attributes of coolness is that it does not age. In these parts, I have to very consciously avoid using “college words”, lest I...
  17. Tiki Tom

    The Agents of F.L.A.S.K.

    Another sailing yacht sunk by killer whales near the straights of Gibraltar. Definitely a trend. Do they do it for fun? Or (crazy talk warning!) is this part of the earth‘s immune system kicking in to rid the planet of an infectious virus known as humans...
  19. Tiki Tom

    What Are You Reading

    Just finished “SPQR, a history of Ancient Rome” by Mary Beard. 536 pages. It covers roughly the first thousand years of Roman history, until roughly the early 300s CE. The book is well written and easy to read, with plenty of interesting illustrations. On the other hand, it is a history...
  20. Tiki Tom

    Anyone else interested in the ancient world?

    This is absolutely brilliant! :cool:
  21. Tiki Tom

    You know, you're in old Germany, when...

    The ending of Max and Moritz is a classic!
  22. Tiki Tom

    The Agents of F.L.A.S.K.

    To me, it is amazing that we live in a world where there are still uncontacted tribes. I’m also imagining that there are also likely to be undiscovered animal species living in the territory of these uncontacted tribes...
  23. Tiki Tom

    Today in History

    Happy Bastille Day!

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