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A frequently thoughtful and sometimes whimsical examination of the world around us as seen through the cataract-clouded eyes of two long-time friends and explorers. Sporadically funny, invariably insightful, sometimes we're not sure.
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Send us a Text Message.Del follows up on semiconductor chip equipment makers. AMSL in the Netherlands makes the best and the brightest. Note: we are not giving investment advice here. Or anywhere.Del looks for a Tesla in a used car lot and wonders how long the car will last before it gets thrown in the battery recycling bin. The answer: A LONG TIME.Del has a new favorite ice cream-Mayfield Farms- that is seriously impeding his waist reduction efforts. Time Mag named it the ...
Send us a Text Message.Latest updates from family and friends in Ukraine, Lithuania, Russia. Del provides an interesting solution that would allow NATO troops into Ukraine. Dave discusses the mini-series Years and Years that he saw a few years ago on HBO. In this study of a fictional Manchester family from 2019 to 2034, world events include a Russian invasion of Ukraine and US Pres. Trump nuking a Chinese island. Scary prescient.Dave discovers that Whole Foods now has four categor...
Send us a Text Message.Ukraine update ~3 million have left, thousands killed. Bucks would like to thank David Kotok for the link to New Yorker journalist Masha Gessen’s 2017 interview on Vladimir Putin. Scary how prescient this analysis was. ~2 hours long; can listen to ~20 minutes to get the drift. Video is the property of PBS Frontline.Mr Kotok is chairman of Cumberland Advisors. Full disclosure: Neither Dave nor Del has any money invested with Cumberland Advisors. Here’s the link to the vi...
Send us a Text Message. [note the recording date as March 7, 2022] We want to thank people for their donations to and kind words for the people of Ukraine. The response has been heartening and the personal stories some of you included were touching. Over 1.5 million people have left Ukraine so far,, ~5% of the population. A loyal listener from Canada pointed out that there are more Ukrainians in Canada than USA =1.4M v 1M in US. Canada has opened its borders for the ukrainia...
Send us a Text Message.In this special episode, we depart from our normal non-political stance to discuss the situation in Ukraine. As this tragedy plays out, we all feel powerless to do anything. But we can do little things that will help. If you want to help, consider supporting one or more of the following organizations listed in this Washington Post article. Organizations include, CARE, Doctors Without Borders, GlobalGiving, Project Hope, Save the Children and more.Learn...
Send us a Text Message.Del has a fish story and he's even correct as it turns out. What's in that can of tuna fish anyway?The Bucks go quasi-intellectual as Del reviews The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold. This is sci-fi fantasy series about Miles Vorkosigan, a very smart guy who sometimes does dumb things. A future buck, it seems.Dave reviews Transatlantic by Colum McCann, which weaves together three historical events with real and fictional characters. It covers the 1919 transa...
Send us a Text Message.The Bucks wonder about the Winter Olympics. Is anybody watching? What are the good sports? is figure skating a sport or a popularity contest? WHAT ABOUT THIS BUCK?There was also a Superbowl. Despite the Bucks rooting for Cincy, the Rams pulled it out near the end. Then there was the geriatric halftime show. Snoop Dog had the best outfit. Photo Credit: Kevin Mazur. Hip hop: You can love it or leave it but we couldn't hear it. Dave liked the commercial that w...
Send us a Text Message.Bucks finally launch their YouTube Channel. You can google "Two old bucks youtube" or use this link. Every journey starts with the first step so count on us to travel through time and space looking for we don't know what.Washington Football Team is now the Commanders. Del has some ideas on how this will spin out. Less than a month after we introduce WORDLE to our vast audience, the NewYork Times buys WORDLE for seven figures. Our 10% fee is looking sweet.Del, plan...
Send us a Text Message.Bucks read the dark comedy flash fiction story, The Solid Years of My Life by Holly Collingwood. This story appeared in the January 2018 edition of Flash Fiction Online. Check out the website for more stories. Here's something else Holly wrote.The author alerts the Bucks to the Frozen Dead Guy Festival, which was the inspiration for her story. See even more here..This reminds Dave of the annual Night of the Singing Dead musical in Pittsburgh, featuring...
Send us a Text Message.Bucks learn they don't know the difference between an obit and an epitaph. Is Rocky still alive, they wonder. A listener proposes Filibusters as the new name of the DC Football team.We never stop learning the hard way. Dave tells Part 2 of his mattress saga while Del complains of a sinusoidal waist size problem. Del is back with Bug of the Month, the Novius beetle which saved the California citrus crop from the Icerya Purchasi insect infestation. Learn more in the Smith...
Send us a Text Message.Del warns Dave-too late- about the hazards of handling a heavy mattress in a box.JB from DC asks the Bucks if he should be worried about his wife asking what he wants his obituary to say. As usual, our advice is probably useless.Rocky, an astute listener allegedly from Frostbite Falls, MN uses augury in a sentence. Buckworthy for sure. Rocky also recommends Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. Most importantly, he notes that Del constantly interru...
Send us a Text Message.This is the second interview with Dave's grandsons, Gabriel and Grayson. Since the initial interviews nine months ago, they've grown both physically and intellectually. They're both enthusiastic adventurers, avid readers, watchers of youtube videos with dad, and budding chess grandmasters. Comments welcomed at BUCKSTWOOLD@GMAIL.COMGive us your thoughts: BUCKSTWOOLD@GMAIL.COM Find us on FacebookLeave a Voice message - click HEREWHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THE RES...
Send us a Text Message.Oops, Dave's recount confirms this is the final episode for 2021. Just kidding last week.Dave talks about his son's recent interview on NPR as part of their coverage on the recent tornadoes in Kentucky. Here's a link to the radio story; his interview begins at 12 minutes in.Del describes BC, a favorite comic of his and how the turtle and bird are like the two bucks. It's a stretch.A teacher tried to give away $50 but his students didn't read far enough to discover this....
Send us a Text Message.Del wonders why the people who invited him to dinner used the cheap plastic instead of the good china. Or something like that. Del rants on about how the halftime report replays all the highlights you just saw rather than give other scores. Worse, 66% of the time is filled with commercials. Dave feels TV news shows should have less news and more commercials because the unending stream of "breaking news" that isn't just cranks people up and causes polarization. Dav...
Send us a Text Message.Dave reads an essay from the book, DAILY LIFE IN THE 1960S COUNTERCULTURE by Jim Willis. From the jacket: Daily Life in the 1960s Counterculture looks at the 1960s from the perspective of Americans who, despite their best efforts to live normal lives, could not escape the tension, conflict, and controversy that surrounded them. The war and the violence associated with protests of it came at great personal cost to many American families. This book looks those socia...
Send us a Text Message.Del gives a detailed update on his wooden watch as Dave envisions all the Vixen signing off one by one. If that's not painful enough, Del discovers that Pee Wee Herman is doing just fine and has no intention of being interviewed by the Bucks-for free, anyway.Speaking of pain, Dave talks about the Xiaflex commercial with the crooked carrots and how the treatment for Peyronie's disease and Dupuytrens contracture are the same. Double ouch!Dave turns a rant into...
Send us a Text Message.Ranger Rick informs us that the Gunther story is fake news. Should've known. Well, they fooled AP and CBS, too. Del is crushed that the wedding is off. Del has a flashback about Pee Wee Herman, a comic genius in his day. Dave remembers where Pee wee's red bicycle is today-Bicycle Heaven in Pittsburgh.Dave finds a story in a cycling magazine that says BMW drivers have the most psychopathic tendencies. You know who you are. If you're not sur...
Send us a Text Message.The TOBs celebrate their one-year anniversary and spare their listeners any sappy retrospectives, mainly because they can't remember much of what they talked about. But their loyal, hardworking staff reminded them that they've dropped 56 episodes for listeners in 24 countries. Meanwhile, the makers of Ambien are suing TOB LLC for a 42% drop in business since we launched our podcast. Del provides a followup on his Weber grill disaster and what he learned. Pay atten...
Send us a Text Message.Del agonizes over a broken $9.98 watch and then commits to fixing it, as Dave is befuddled by Del's clear efforts to avoid reality by jumping down the rabbit hole. Wait, that's what guys do.In the news of the world, Dave discuses the hunt for the sterile neutrino while Del insists his neutrinos are still fertile. Richard Branson crashes his bike, claiming "no brakes" while Del wonders why Sir Richard can't afford a better bicycle. Boston Dynamics has d...
Send us a Text Message.Del gets a new backup camera and has a happy ending.The Bucks review the US News list of Best Places to Retire in the US . Why are most of the top choices in Florida or Pennsylvania, two states that couldn't be more different? We sure don't know. Maybe you have an idea. Tell us at buckstwoold@gmail.com.Dave stumbles across a story on the best places to relocate under the Witness Protection Program [WPP]. This is a global list, not US-limited. Some of the winners m...
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