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  1. Tiki Tom

    Roman Holiday

    Noteworthy anniversary: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events060827/ Roman Holiday is one of my all-time favorite movies. And, I'm proud to say, it is now also on the favorites list of my daughters. Of course, Audrey Hepburn shines in the role of the wayward Princess and Gregory Peck is the...
  2. Tiki Tom

    Happy Liberation of Paris Anniversary

    What a party it must have been! If time travel were possible, I wouldn’t mind going back to Paris on August 25th 1944. My wife and I will certainly mark this anniversary with a nice bottle of French wine. Viva la Liberation...
  3. Tiki Tom

    The Mandela Effect

    The Fedora Lounge seems like the perfect place to discuss the Mandela Effect. Generally speaking, the Mandela Effect is about collective false memories. Now, I don’t want to get into the wilder Doctor Who type explanations of the ME. I am just curious if any of my esteemed Lounge friends have...
  4. Tiki Tom

    Disappearing Quonset Huts

    An iconic symbol of WWII in the Pacific continues its ride into the sunset. It is sort of sad, even if it is inevitable. I’m certain that I entered a Quonset hut or two in my day; I’m equally certain that I took the experience for granted at the time. No doubt, due to their extremely cheap...
  5. Tiki Tom

    Shorts

    Don’t get me wrong. I have nothing against shorts. I wear them in my backyard, at barbecues, while mowing the lawn, or on hikes through the woods all the time. However, I have what my wife thinks is a weird quirk: I cannot bring myself to wear shorts when going downtown, shopping, or during...
  7. Tiki Tom

    Bob Dole's final mission

    God bless him. Still honoring his WWII brothers. I hope I am half as "together" as him at that age (should I be so fortunate to make it that long.) https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Bob-Dole-s-final-mission-13005359.php
  8. Tiki Tom

    Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau

    Was anyone else out there a big fan of the TV show “The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau” that ran three or four times a year from 1968 to 1975? (Sunday night specials, if I’m not mistaken.) Of course, Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997) was legendary. He was a French naval officer and co-invented...
  9. Tiki Tom

    Magnum P.I. reboot

    Maybe this should be posted under “you know you are getting old when…” Are you ready for the Magnum P.I. remake? Looks like they have set up shop in Hawaii and will start filming soon. First and foremost, it was the chemistry between Selleck and the other characters that made the original...
  10. Tiki Tom

    Oumuamua

    Loungers: dawn your tinfoil fedoras! Have to say one of my favorite books is “Rendezvous with Rama” by Arthur C. Clarke and that immediately came to mind when this was first reported. How cool would it be to discover that Oumuamua (Hawaiian for “first messenger”) is in fact a deep space...
  11. Tiki Tom

    Captain America origins story.

    Wait a minute. Isn’t this from the Captain America origins story? Leave No Man Behind: Expert team prepares to retrieve remains of fallen WWII servicemen from up to 350 feet below ice. That plane went down on November 5, 1942 . It was an Air Force C-53 BuNo 42-15569 SkyTrooper transport plane...
  13. Tiki Tom

    Explain the 3-Sphere to me.

    Right now I am reading “Reality is not what it seems” by the physicist Carlo Rovelli. Although physics is usually above my head, this book is written (mostly) in understandable layman’s terms. I especially like how he starts with the ancient Greeks and adds, layer by layer, how humanity...
  14. Tiki Tom

    Dan Brown

    It looks like Dan Brown has a new one about to be released. Either you love him or you hate him. https://www.amazon.com/Origin-Novel-Dan-Brown/dp/0385514239 My first DB book was Angels and Demons, which I enjoyed very much. I devoured it in a couple of days. I refused to read The Da Vinci...
  15. Tiki Tom

    "New" D-Day footage re-emerges

    Fascinating film footage of the actual D-Day landing. What strikes me is that, over all these years, my mental image was that the disembarking was much faster; i.e.- done at a sprint. I guess considering the amount of weight each soldier was carrying, I shouldn't be surprised that the pace was...
  16. Tiki Tom

    Back-to-School disasters

    Psychedelic! In the early 1970s I was on the very cusp of turning into a teenager when my mom bought me a pair of boy's bell bottoms for back-to-school. For one brief shining moment ---probably the first and last time in my life--- I thought I was "in style," "hip", and "cool". I even had the...
  17. Tiki Tom

    Returning a Japanese Flag

    This story is fascinating on so many levels. Not least of which is the fact that the US Marine Corps veteran, Marvin Strombo, who returned the flag, fought at the battles of Saipan, Tarawa and Tinian. It is hard to imagine what he must have gone through. Now, he looks pretty good for a guy who...
  19. Tiki Tom

    100th anniversary of Ypres

    I will try to find time today to take a moment to remember this anniversary. The loss of life was truly incredible. Almost inconceivable to us in the modern world. As of today: 72 years of peace in Europe. I understand that that is a record. "The Third Battle of Ypres, fought in western...
  20. Tiki Tom

    Of quantum physics, Angels and Demons, and WWII intrigue.

    I love this stuff. It is amazing how much of modern quantum physics has its roots back in the 1930s. Now physicists believe they have discovered a particle that is both matter and anti-matter, an idea that was first theorised in 1937 by an Italian theoretical physicist, Ettore Majorana. The...
  21. Tiki Tom

    Spam turns 80!

    Well, this is big news in Hawaii, where spam enjoys great popularity. It is a common fast food item in the form of spam musubi. Spam and eggs for breakfast is an island favorite. My wife has converted me and I have personally declared spam fried rice as one of my comfort foods. For me, of...
  22. Tiki Tom

    Amelia Earhart May Have Survived Crash-Landing

    Now wait a minute. A few years back, I thought we had compelling evidence that she and Mr Noonan died as castaways on a tiny atoll. It was claimed that just one more dive season was needed to confirm that a mysterious deep water image just off the atoll was the wreck of their plane. Has all...
  23. Tiki Tom

    RIP Roger Moore

    Nobody does it better. http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40018422 I'm sure there is another thread, somewhere in the FL treasure chest, about who played the best James Bond. No matter who your preference may be, I will always have a soft spot for Roger Moore. He was James Bond during...

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