First time I saw them was a kid, visiting somewhere in Michigan where a steep hill met the lake. From what I gather they aren't that uncommon. I was able to find several US providers pretty easily.

Some good ones there. Don't see why they needed comments from psychics.

The then Chief of Naval Research wrote about this case in 1972, at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1972/september/t-3-incident . It includes details about where the island was (300 miles from the north pole), the use of ham radio (reach New Zealand!) to try to get help, and the difficulties of getting to/from the island.

Huh. No mention of gravel/grit? That's what our city uses instead of salting the roads. Come spring, there's a day when they come around with the sweepers to take the deposits away.

I got the same story five times in a row. And it wasn't a story I particularly wanted to re-read.

Here in Sweden the days are once again lengthening. This week it's no longer dark bringing the kids home from after-school. Within a week or two I expect it will no longer be dark taking them to school. In about a month, it will be light again for breakfast. Break out the sólarpönnukökur!

My Dad picked up a used one at a garage sale. He and my grandfather got the motor working again, but weren't able to get it to fly again. Based on this article, seems that's not surprising.

When people quip "Madness is doing the same thing and expecting a different result", I point to this flight as a counter-example of how it was not madness for the pilots to try restarting the engines over and over again.

I loved the presentation style! My recipe isn't that far off from authentic Ragusea style.
My problem with the suggestion of adding a few loose dark chocolate chips is that once the bag is open, the rest of the chips seem to simply disappear within a day or so.

Two Egg, FL. Wikipedia says "Some believe poor families during the Great Depression would trade eggs for goods at the local store, while others say two eggs were dropped by accident, causing the name to be selected."

I couldn't figure out the start. Finally gave up and got the answers. A word was "NGI"? Huh? Never heard of it, and can't find a definition for it which isn't an acronym.

One of the Wikipedia citations says it's due to storm erosion, not rising sea levels. The effect is as if the island slowly migrates while the lighthouse stays in the same place. Also, in that part of the world the land is still uplifting after the glaciers, at a faster rate than sea level rise, so the sea level is effectively going down.

I'm guessing the restaurant isn't in New Mexico. When I was in South Africa I was going to visit the family of one of my Indian students. He was worried about me, so I explained "red or green." Then, as a test, I got the hottest chicken from Nando's, without breaking a sweat. Only once, in NM, have I reached a v on lalochezia's scale - Did Not Like!