TWO OLD BUCKS

Send a text Del weeps, wails, gnashes his teeth over medical issues or at least the shortage of medical professionals...again. Claims he's had more unfortunate events than Lemony Snicket . He's old, ignore him. Dave goes down a two old goats rabbit hole and finds there are some goats grazing in podcast land and even on the farm.  Found an interesting website called Old Goats with Jonatha...

Send a text Dave mentions a Scottish tribute to Ukraine . Please listen. Thanks, Rosie. Speaking of the economy, Del almost gets a job. Almost. Dave counters with bakeshop tales. Make that bikeshop. Old Buck Frank reports in with a broken arm. He fell. Don't fall. Dave is told he has great skin.  At 76, he takes this as a compliment. Dave went to a Vanderbilt baseball game and melted in the s...

Send a text Ukraine story follow up: Thousands of $ have been donatedto the family in cash, gift cards, gofundme donations. Great to see that, Will see them again next week and see how things are going.  More serious Ukraine commentary here . Thanks, Rick. Del reads a poem by Robin Coste Lewis. Seems fitting.   Del fails to mke human contact with H&R Block. No surprise. He needs to read more R...

Send a text THEY MADE IT! Our loyal listeners know we’ve been following the plight of a Ukrainian family trying  to get their daughter and her two children out of Ukraine and into the US. As indicated last week, the mission was a success but we had no details to share. Sunday, we visited the family and were able to conduct a short interview with them. To get you oriented, the parents, Genig and Ir...

Send a text The Ukrainians are here! The Ukrainian family we hve been talking about who went to Warsaw just arrived in the USA. More details next time. Pink Floyd re-formed to support Ukraine. Hats off to David Gilmour. Germany has now overtaken Russia as #2 in listeners. Welcome to the Kronberg, Hesse posse. Mushrooms communicate with each other using up to 50 ‘words’, scientist claims. Professor...

Send a text Del discovers that Mailman Gary grows his own coffee beans when he's not creating wooden artwork. Makes you feel like you've wasted your life, eh?  This is not Gary.   Send a note to BUCKSTWOOLD@GMAIL.COM if you opened this link. It's safe, honest. Dave discovers that Dyson has introduced a wearable air purifier with noise cancelling headphones.  Reminds one of Hannibal...

Send a text 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 - t...

Send a text 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...

Send a text 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...

Send a text   [ 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...

Send a text 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 Withou...

Send a text 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 , whi...

Send a text 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...

Send a text 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...

Send a text Bucks read the dark comedy  flash fiction story,  T he 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 remi...

Send a text 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...

Send a text 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...

Send a text Just a warning that the bucks will be launching a YouTube channel shortly.  We'll talk about some of our episodes and segments. Everybody wants to see Del's woodie [it's a watch] so the will probably be first. After that, who knows? We sure don't. Got an avalanche of LFAs so thanks much to all who took the time. We try to answer them as best we can. If you don'...

Send a text 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.COM Give us your thoughts: BUCKSTWOOLD@GMA...

Send a text 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. I...

Send a text 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...

Send a text 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 c...

Send a text 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&apo...

Send a text 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 th...

Send a text 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...