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Why vintage?
What!? A $19,000 pair of jeans? https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/18/style/how-much-is-too-much-to-spend-on-jeans/index.html Our Culture has jumped the shark.- Tiki Tom
- Post #69
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Tramp Steamers
When I was a young man, I had no idea that this was even an option.- Tiki Tom
- Post #124
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Why vintage?
^^^^. True. A classic example being the ripped-up and “distressed” looking jeans that cost $150 a pair.- Tiki Tom
- Post #66
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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The Agents of F.L.A.S.K.
Now, this is a true head scratcher. On-the-air and a day before it happened, a popular psychic in Brazil predicted that plane crash in Sao Paulo that killed 62 people. She essentially told everyone in San Paulo to start praying because a plane was going to fall out of the sky with people on...- Tiki Tom
- Post #1,012
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Oumuamua
Luis Elizondo book reviewed. Contains some new revelations. https://dnyuz.com/2024/08/16/a-memoir-offers-an-insiders-perspective-into-the-pentagons-u-f-o-hunt/ On the face of it, he certainly does not appear to be a crackpot, but you decide.- Tiki Tom
- Post #508
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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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...- Tiki Tom
- Post #1,908
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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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.”...- Tiki Tom
- Post #507
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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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...- Tiki Tom
- Post #56
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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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...- Tiki Tom
- Post #1,011
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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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...- Tiki Tom
- Post #50
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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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...- Tiki Tom
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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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...- Tiki Tom
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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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...- Tiki Tom
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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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...- Tiki Tom
- Post #506
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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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...- Tiki Tom
- Post #124
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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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. -
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...- Tiki Tom
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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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...- Tiki Tom
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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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...- Tiki Tom
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
