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  1. Tiki Tom

    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Illya Kuryakin has passed on to the great U.N.C.L.E. Control Room in the sky. Rest in peace. https://www.npr.org/2023/09/25/1201658391/david-mccallum-star-of-tv-series-the-man-from-u-n-c-l-e-and-ncis-dies-at-90
  2. Tiki Tom

    Under-Reported Good News

    Endangered Rhino population is going up! There was a time when I feared we’d be the last generation to see rhinos in the wild. The good news: I may have been wrong. (“Surprise, surprise” says my wife.)...
  3. Tiki Tom

    "But I'm content with my life."

    Great thread. My mother-in-law, age 89, has just been informed that her cancer is back and that it is aggressive and inoperable. She is completely 100% mentally sharp and knows what is going on. I am impressed by how calm and contented she is. She is content with her life and seems ready for...
  4. Tiki Tom

    Anyone else interested in the ancient world?

    Heads up! If antiquity is your cup of tea, please also read the September 22nd post on the mystery of the Herculaneum Papyri that can be found in the “Agents of F.L.A.S.K.” Thread. Thanks.
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    The Agents of F.L.A.S.K.

    Whoa! Here is a mystery and an adventure and a treasure that I think (I hope) is close to being cracked. I should also mention that there is a $1 million reward for the person who deciphers the ancient riddle. Interested yet? Background: The Herculaneum Papyri are a treasure trove of 1,800...
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    The Agents of F.L.A.S.K.

    Are any FLASKers into meditation? supposedly it comes with all sorts of benefits. If I really give it a try, I can sustain meditation for, maybe, two minutes. Then my brain’s endless monkey-chatter takes over again. Here is an interesting and weird scientific claim that, under controlled...
  8. Tiki Tom

    Autumnal Thoughts........

    Is it that time of year already again? Was in upstate New York last week and tasted my daughter’s pumpkin spice beer. I did enjoy the crisp mornings. unfortunately, here in Hawaii, autumn and winter barely register. I miss having all four seasons.
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I once went out of my way to visit the relics (skull) of Mary Magdalene at St-Maximin-something-something, a small town in Southern France. More recently our minister based a whole sermon on the fact that Magdalene means “the tower” and that that nickname is all that survives of her standing as...
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    Clean Jokes

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

    This was one of the more interesting topics of debate here at F.L.A.S.K, with a lot of lively debate, pro and con. Now it seems that we have an answer. As to whether this will end the debate, that is another discussion...
  13. Tiki Tom

    Anyone else interested in the ancient world?

    yikes. Forget Musk. Read about Mark Zuckerberg’s obsession with Ancient Rome. His haircut is Roman and he has allegedly trained with Roman weapons… https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/men-obsessed-roman-empire-explained-tiktok-1234826340/
  14. Tiki Tom

    Anyone else interested in the ancient world?

    Well, if you are going to be a Classics MAJOR (I.e., if your parents are wealthy and you need not worry about employment) then you should certainly have a working mid-level knowledge of Latin and/or Ancient Greek. I mean if you are going to teach Western Civ or do PhD level research, it would...
  15. Tiki Tom

    Anyone else interested in the ancient world?

    And? So what? Apparently many men think about the Roman Empire frequently. And women don’t. The Roman Empire probably flashes across my mind several times a week. Frankly my experience is that most people have no (or very little) knowledge of history. So, if true, I view this as positive...
  16. Tiki Tom

    Oumuamua

    When definitive proof of life is found, this is likely how it will happen. This is super tantalizing and might even be step number one. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66786611#:~:text=Nasa%27s%20James%20Webb%20Space%20Telescope,is%20only%20produced%20by%20life.
  17. Tiki Tom

    Oumuamua

    ^^^^. Interesting. I’ll have to watch that later …as in: when I’m not surrounded by people who think all this stuff is CRAZY. Off the bat —without having seen the video— the picture looks a little too good to be true. Looking forward to hearing the source!
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Stripper stories? I’ve got a few. Best were the Kindergarten Teachers in Baltimore who, every summer, went out of state to work as strippers. Earned much more during the summers than they earned during the school year. Their only rule was “don’t date the clientele “. They were actually very...
  20. Tiki Tom

    What is your favorite aircraft of all time?

    Had the good fortune to stumble across this in a field in upstate New York. A Curtiss C-46 Commando. About 3,500 were built during WWII, but it could never keep up with the DC-3/ C-47 Dakota because the Commando was “a maintenance nightmare.” Still, it was a little bit haunting to see this...
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    Clean Jokes

    ugh.
  22. Tiki Tom

    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    And they had a parade in his honor on Duval Street in Key West… https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/watch-live-jimmy-buffett-to-be-honored-with-second-line-march-in-key-west-sunday/
  23. Tiki Tom

    To beard or not to beard?

    I agree with this article’s conclusion that women tend to find beards attractive. I particularly noted that many women think men with beards would make good fathers because growing beards shows patience and commitment. That said, I was not able to grow a good beard until later in life (maybe I...

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