Send us 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 , which weaves together three historical events with real and fictional characters. It covers the 1919 transatlantic ...
Feb 25, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Send us 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 love it or leave it but we couldn't hear it. Dave liked the commercial that was anti-metaverse, and...
Feb 18, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Send us 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 audience, the NewYork Times buys WORDLE for seven figures. Our 10% fee is looking sweet. Del, planning for futur...
Feb 10, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Send us 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 reminds Dave of the annual Night of the Singing Dead musical in Pittsburgh, featuring songs and skits by cele...
Feb 03, 2022•28 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Send us 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 California citrus crop from the Icerya Purchasi insect infestation. Learn more in the Smithsonian mag...
Jan 27, 2022•34 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Send us 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 Ken Follett. Most importantly, he notes that Del constantly interrupts Dave, causing Del to interru...
Jan 20, 2022•33 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Send us 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't like our answers, make up your own. Neutrinos rule. Bucks recognize four prominent figures we lost the last week of Decem...
Jan 13, 2022•31 min
Send us 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 [email protected] Give us your thoughts: [email protected] Find Two Old Bucks on Facebook and YouTube Leave a Voice message - click HERE WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WIT...
Jan 06, 2022•27 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Send us 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. It's a stretch. A teacher tried to give away $50 but his students didn't read far enough to discover this. Dave c...
Dec 30, 2021•34 min•Season 2Ep. 51
Send us 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 of "breaking news" that isn't just cranks people up and causes polarization. Dave gives more deta...
Dec 24, 2021•27 min•Season 2Ep. 50
Send us 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 came at great personal cost to many American families. This book looks those social and cultural ch...
Dec 17, 2021•22 min•Season 2Ep. 48
Send us 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's disease and Dupuytrens contracture are the same. Double ouch! Dave turns a rant into a success story-for ...
Dec 09, 2021•25 min•Season 2Ep. 48
Send us 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 the most psychopathic tendencies. You know who you are. If you're not sure about yourself, you can find the test...
Dec 02, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 47
Send us 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 podcast. Del provides a followup on his Weber grill disaster and what he learned. Pay attention here-no joke...
Nov 26, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 46
Send us a text 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 developed a robot dog that c...
Nov 19, 2021•29 min•Season 2Ep. 45
Send us a text Del is awed by today's power hitters in baseball. He then relates his days as a pitcher and how he prayed the batters would not hit the ball to Dave's side of the infield. Watch a monster homer here. Del relates his wife's recent air travel nightmare and predicts that cancelled flights due to weather will be the spark that finally forces us to deal with climate change. You heard it here first. Dave runs cold with a broken ice maker and then very hot after another fire ant attack. ...
Nov 12, 2021•29 min
Send us a text 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 [email protected]. 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 may surprise you...
Nov 05, 2021•26 min•Season 2Ep. 44
Send us a text What does safekeeping mean? Del announces the Copenhagen Radical Artist Program. Listeners are invited to submit candidates. Del wants to create a cryptocoin and agonizes over what to name it. Dave has some ideas on how to avoid high-energy crypto-mining. It just might work. After taking a course in traffic engineering, Del proposes a new highway traffic pattern. Dave is confused. Hollywood, Bollywood, Buckywood. Find out who Henry Kloss is. Give us your thoughts: BUCKSTWOOLD@GMAI...
Oct 29, 2021•33 min•Season 2Ep. 43
Send us a text Not NASA but close. Del queries indigestion in space and gets an actual reply from the National Air and Space Museum. An astronaut chimes in, too. This leads to discussion on dark matter, allowing Dave to geek out a bit while Del offers a simple solution for collection dark matter. Don't try this at home. Continuing the theme of dark matter and invisibility, Dave recounts a car accident he had one dark and stormy night in Reno which ultimately caused him to become invisible in the...
Oct 22, 2021•29 min•Season 2Ep. 42
Send us a text Dave interviews longtime biking buddy and good friend Terry D. Terry talks about his Italian heritage, his family, career as a machinist building monster machines, and his many hobbies. Listen and find out why we call this talented guy Superman. As always, send your comments to [email protected]. Give us your thoughts: [email protected] Find Two Old Bucks on Facebook and YouTube Leave a Voice message - click HERE WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THE REST OF YOUR LIFE?...
Oct 15, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 41
Send us a text Explicit Warning-Contains coarse language and graphic scenes. Dave reads the short story, Bullet in the Brain by Tobias Wolff, which first appeared in The New Yorker in 1995. Wolff is a prolific writer and his coming-of-age memoir This Boy's Life was made into a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Barkin. Do you want more or fewer short stories? What did you think of this one? Send your comments to [email protected] Give us your thoughts: [email protected] Find Two ...
Oct 08, 2021•19 min•Season 2Ep. 40
Send us a text Del reports remotely from Yulee, Florida , home of the Hornets. The other Hornets. The Bucks share fire stories as Del melts down a well-known grill and Dave forgets the laws of physics and chemistry. Dave rants about stupid street signs and private parking spaces on public streets. Del discusses Captain Kirk's upcoming flight into actual space at the actual age of 80. Thanks for the feedback on Dave's heart disease story. People are looking into the CAC-Coronary Artery Calcium-Te...
Sep 30, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 39
Send us a text Dave visits and highly recommends the Red River Gorge geological area in Kentucky . Plenty of outdoor activities for all. Dave helps his son's family move into their new house after a tornado destroyed their old house 18 months ago. Del educates us on bats-the flying kind- and how they may survive viruses. Dave then relates a bat infestation problem he had while trying to sell his house. Feedback on tomatoes and the Ig Nobel awards with a special Letter From Afar, possibly from Kr...
Sep 24, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 38
Send us a text Warning: The Ig Nobel Prize segment contains sexual references. Is Del's fantasy to sing like Freddie Mercury or does he want to BE Freddie Mercury? His favorite Freddie song is Barcelona. Watch it here . Try to pretend it's Del. Dave wonders why he can't buy real tomatoes in the store anymore and recalls his tomato contests with Sparky, his sister's father-in-law. You know who loses. Del paints under duress, perhaps dreaming he's Picasso painting Freddie Mercury. Dave learns how ...
Sep 17, 2021•33 min•Season 2Ep. 37
Send us a text While Del is working out his renewal in the Witness Protection Program, Dave looks back at some of our earlier segments. Del will be back next week...we hope. Send your feedback to [email protected] Give us your thoughts: [email protected] Find Two Old Bucks on Facebook and YouTube Leave a Voice message - click HERE WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THE REST OF YOUR LIFE?...
Sep 10, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 36
Send us a text The Bucks are inundated with letters from, for, and about Normalville. A resident admits talking to animals and she's the normal one. Laundry tips, snake charming, amorous animals, nd aliens. What more could a town ask for? Dave recalls trout fishing near Normalville with his balance-impaired high school principal. Can you say suck-up? Our first LFA from Latrobe questions the habits of Normalville dogs and give a tip of the hat to TOB. Ranger Rick returns with a book report on Get...
Sep 03, 2021•36 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Send us a text It's the first day of school for Grayson and he's not happy about it...or is he? Who doesn't like brain breaks? Dave gives a book report on Project Hail Mary by And Weir. Five stars for geeky science projects, fewer for a sloppy backstory and some character superficiality. Dave gives it 3.5 stars but Goodreads gives it 4.55. Who's right? Read it and decide. Dave reviews Trapped, a 2-season Icelandic miniseries on Prime that deals with murder, intrigue, and family secrets in a smal...
Aug 27, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 34
Send us a text Dave admits to Del that he got a job-a real job. A bike shop took a chance on Dave and he became their oldest and dumbest mechanic. His fellow mechanics are very talented , very young, and have great senses of humor. It's like the perfect job. The Bucks catch up on letters from afar. Many kudos to Judith, Vintage Vixen #1, for sharing her life's journey with all the V's and B's out there. Many strong reactions [perhaps too strong in some cases?] on the segment on aliens. A porta-p...
Aug 20, 2021•34 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Send us a text Welcoming new listeners from nice-sounding places. And Normalville, of course. A nod to LaScola's , another great coffee stop. Dave rants about Canadian geese leaving their treasures all over the bike paths along the river. Appeals to the Canadian government to let them fly home across the border closed by the pandemic. Del shares stories about his 90+ year old neighbor, Gus. Gus has had an incredible life, with many achievements, escaping death on numerous occasions. NOTE- contai...
Aug 13, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Send us a text Dave tries to get blood tests...again and again. Will he succeed? Del thinks he can integrate his TV remotes all by himself. We know better. Del gets a flat tire, causing the earth to stop spinning on its axis. Or something less menacing. Part Two of the interview with vintage vixen Judith. A retired librarian, she agrees to provide future book reviews. This takes all the pressure off Del. Give us your thoughts: [email protected] Find Two Old Bucks on Facebook and YouTube Leav...
Aug 06, 2021•33 min•Season 2Ep. 31
