# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=10 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 11 --- ## [GoFundMe request from RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gofundme-request-from-rivkahchaya/1031461)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2026, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gofundme-request-from-rivkahchaya/1031461 "2026-07-11T13:04:03Z")
(Posting this on @RivkahChaya 's behalf at her request, since she’s away from her computer today) --- ## [Fireworks Mayhem 2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2026/1031283)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2026/1031283 "2026-07-11T12:29:28Z")
What with America 250, the 4th on a Saturday, and widespread drought areas, this year’s annual crop of lost limbs, lost homes and lost lives looks to be primed for chaos. Indeed it has already begun: I am no fan… --- ## [How often do you change your monthly service providers? Includes Cable TV, Cellular, Internet, Streaming etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-change-your-monthly-service-providers-includes-cable-tv-cellular-internet-streaming-etc/1031555)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2026, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-change-your-monthly-service-providers-includes-cable-tv-cellular-internet-streaming-etc/1031555 "2026-07-11T00:40:36Z")
As several of you know, I worked for T-Mobile as an employee for several years, now over a decade ago. I stayed with them as my cell provider even after I lost my employee options, because I was there during their aggre… --- ## [When was the last time you had to give someone directions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-had-to-give-someone-directions/1029758)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2026, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-had-to-give-someone-directions/1029758 "2026-07-11T00:20:58Z")
After a bit of a decluttering binge, I’ve been selling miscellaneous stuff on Marketplace. I have no issue with people coming to my house to pick up, and once I’m sure they’re serious, I’ll give them my address. I used t… --- ## [Research question: Early 1900s Baseball Owner who fathered a child with an actress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/research-question-early-1900s-baseball-owner-who-fathered-a-child-with-an-actress/1031549)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/research-question-early-1900s-baseball-owner-who-fathered-a-child-with-an-actress/1031549 "2026-07-10T17:15:28Z")
This was something I ran across accidentally a few months ago, and I happened to think about it again, but have forgotten the details. What I seem to recall is a baseball owner fathered a child with an actress (1900-192… --- ## [Computer Sex Games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-sex-games/38895)
**Author:** [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2000, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-sex-games/38895 "2000-10-30T05:52:45Z")
I’ve played a few computer sex games, but the one I liked was Sex Jack, where you played against a partner in blackjack, and depending on who won or lost, one partner had one thing to do to another. I lost my copy and wa… --- ## [Wally Funk, oldest women to go into space, dies at 87](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wally-funk-oldest-women-to-go-into-space-dies-at-87/1031551)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wally-funk-oldest-women-to-go-into-space-dies-at-87/1031551 "2026-07-09T22:58:40Z")
She was one of the Mercury 13, a group of women who underwent privately funded astronaut training in the early 1960s. Several of them, including her, were re-evaluated in the late 1990s after John Glenn rode on the spac… --- ## [Walmart dethroned as richest company after 13 years at the top](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-dethroned-as-richest-company-after-13-years-at-the-top/1031544)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-dethroned-as-richest-company-after-13-years-at-the-top/1031544 "2026-07-09T22:21:58Z")
Amazon is the new king of the hill. No surprise, I guess. This article is from last month but I just noticed it. In the 72 years of tracking only four companies have made the number one spot. https://www.nwahomepage.com… --- ## [A closer shave about shaved ice (not about razors, facial or other hairs, or Harry for that matter🙄)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-closer-shave-about-shaved-ice-not-about-razors-facial-or-other-hairs-or-harry-for-that-matter/1031496)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-closer-shave-about-shaved-ice-not-about-razors-facial-or-other-hairs-or-harry-for-that-matter/1031496 "2026-07-09T01:04:33Z")
I upgraded my Snoopy handle turned sno-cone maker to a fancy schmancy electric one. It’s heavy and metal-ish. So, yeah. I’m convinced it’s perfect. Y’all know I am allowed only 20oz water a day. All liquid combined is … --- ## [More month than money? (monthly expenses; budgeting; easy expenses tracking?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-month-than-money-monthly-expenses-budgeting-easy-expenses-tracking/1028468)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-month-than-money-monthly-expenses-budgeting-easy-expenses-tracking/1028468 "2026-07-08T18:43:48Z")
Do you use an expense tracking app? Or, how do you keep track of your expenses? Do you even keep track? My wife and I are retired and we’re doing okay financially. But we like to track our expenses. We’ve tried differen… --- ## [American cities named after foreign cities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-cities-named-after-foreign-cities/66873)
**Author:** [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-cities-named-after-foreign-cities/66873 "2026-07-08T15:09:39Z")
Originally posted by Greg Charles in this thread: Well, there’s an Odessa, Texas, a Versailles (pronounced “Ver-sales”), Indiana, and a London, Ohio. What others can you think of? --- ## [I learned a new word today - kyphoplasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-learned-a-new-word-today-kyphoplasty/1030433)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-learned-a-new-word-today-kyphoplasty/1030433 "2026-07-08T14:14:39Z")
I have a small rolling stepstool I use to reach high places. Probably most houses have one. Used it for decades. This model has a small sidestep between the top and floor. I was standing on the top and trying to go back … --- ## [What skill can you perform better than 99 random people? Please read OP for specifics before answering](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-skill-can-you-perform-better-than-99-random-people-please-read-op-for-specifics-before-answering/1030387)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 285\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-skill-can-you-perform-better-than-99-random-people-please-read-op-for-specifics-before-answering/1030387 "2026-07-08T12:44:27Z")
PLEASE RESPOND WITH JUST ONE SKILL You are given the opportunity to enter a skill contest with 99 other randomly-selected people. It costs you $100 to enter, and if you beat the other 99 you win $1000. Here is the deal… --- ## [The Future Cities Project - mantownhuman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-future-cities-project-mantownhuman/1031279)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2026, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-future-cities-project-mantownhuman/1031279 "2026-07-08T12:31:37Z")
Another thread had a side reference to The Future Cities Project, led by Austin Williams, with a manifesto under the name mantownhuman. The manifesto rails against current trends in architecture, especially bureaucratic… --- ## [Discussion thread for the Hamas Attacks Israel thread, October 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-hamas-attacks-israel-thread-october-2023/991317)
**Author:** [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Replies:** 6048\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2026, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-hamas-attacks-israel-thread-october-2023/991317 "2026-07-07T22:00:21Z")
This is a dedicated discussion thread for the following Breaking News thread: If you have a news item to post, please post it in the other thread. If you have something that you wish to discuss in more detail, please … --- ## [The little boys with the mouths](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-little-boys-with-the-mouths/1031457)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2026, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-little-boys-with-the-mouths/1031457 "2026-07-07T00:42:52Z")
Still laughing! :grinning\_face\_with\_smiling\_eyes: Y’all know the youngest grandwrex are twin boys. I see them first most mornings. My son brings his kids here nearly, everyday. I hear all the kid gossip and tattletale… --- ## [1976 - The Nation's Bicentennial Remembrance Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1976-the-nations-bicentennial-remembrance-thread/1030960)
**Author:** [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1976-the-nations-bicentennial-remembrance-thread/1030960 "2026-07-06T19:36:41Z")
The fiftieth anniversary of the Bicentennial celebration of 1976 approaches. Based on the board demographics, I suspect many posters were around for the festivities. I remember that the country turned red, white and blu… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad day at beck's big rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-day-at-becks-big-rock/1031419)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-day-at-becks-big-rock/1031419 "2026-07-06T18:06:49Z")
Oh. But I’m gonna happy it up. Here’s the rundown: Guests: oh, somewhere around 30… 2 couples with kids. Son and DILs friends. A guy with a boxer dog named Delilah. (Bayliss has fell for her, hard. It’s true … --- ## [(Old) The Gift of Life in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-gift-of-life-in-the-mmp/1031267)
**Author:** [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Replies:** 336\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2026, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-gift-of-life-in-the-mmp/1031267 "2026-07-06T13:05:01Z")
Hubs received many gifts of life over the past 4 years. We are very thankful for the people who donated blood and platelets and especially grateful for the 25 year old woman who donated the stem cells that he received. … --- ## [Happy 4th! Damn, we look good for 250 years old, don’t we?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-4th-damn-we-look-good-for-250-years-old-don-t-we/1031415)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2026, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-4th-damn-we-look-good-for-250-years-old-don-t-we/1031415 "2026-07-06T01:29:20Z")
Happy 4th, fellow Dopers! Whatcha doin’ today? We have a family BBQ lunch. Also our twin nephew and niece turn 21 today! I’m making my usual 21st birthday food gift for them — Jell-O shots. Whatcha got going today? --- ## [Recent-ish 3D printing experiences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-ish-3d-printing-experiences/1031130)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-ish-3d-printing-experiences/1031130 "2026-07-05T17:20:19Z")
Apparently we haven’t had any threads about this since 2011 or so… anyone interested in it at all these days? Friend of mine recently sold me his used $300 3D printer (a Bambu A1), and I was blown away by how far the te… --- ## [Default Colors in Google Calendar: previously 11, now 24 (eff. Jun 2026)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/default-colors-in-google-calendar-previously-11-now-24-eff-jun-2026/1031433)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/default-colors-in-google-calendar-previously-11-now-24-eff-jun-2026/1031433 "2026-07-05T13:58:46Z")
There are now 24 default colors (effective Jun 2026) (11 yellow arrows = previous 11 default colors) (11x (←) = previous 1… --- ## [If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-wasnt-for-bad-luck-i-wouldnt-have-no-luck-at-all/1031390)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-wasnt-for-bad-luck-i-wouldnt-have-no-luck-at-all/1031390 "2026-07-05T01:46:56Z")
My old house was sold and is scheduled to have its closing today. Yesterday a storm moved through that area of the city - hardly touching where we live now. It blew in a window. We still owned the house yesterday, so w… --- ## [Curses to the melon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curses-to-the-melon/1031232)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curses-to-the-melon/1031232 "2026-07-04T13:45:37Z")
I love me some watermelon. My son found a guy with a load of yellow meated watermelon. Cheap. Chilled it. After lunch we put it on the picnic table. Bring out the salt box and paper plates. Son-of-a-wrek pulled out h… --- ## [My answer. Once and only once and hopefully last word on it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-answer-once-and-only-once-and-hopefully-last-word-on-it/1031393)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-answer-once-and-only-once-and-hopefully-last-word-on-it/1031393 "2026-07-04T02:56:03Z")
I know what I did in that pit thread. (I will explain further about that)You can call it “mild” til doomsday. But it’s not. It hurt me deeply that folks who have no knowledge of me, who have never asked me a question or … --- ## [Selling my car: Craigslist, FB Marketplace experiences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-my-car-craigslist-fb-marketplace-experiences/1031004)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-my-car-craigslist-fb-marketplace-experiences/1031004 "2026-07-03T02:24:15Z")
Have you sold your car? What sites / methods worked well for you? This car is my wife’s POS 2012 Nissan Leaf, 52,500 miles and only 45-50 miles on a full charge, so it’s really nothing. Not fancy. I say POS because I’ve… --- ## [How striking would our moon be to a seasoned space traveler?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-striking-would-our-moon-be-to-a-seasoned-space-traveler/1031297)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-striking-would-our-moon-be-to-a-seasoned-space-traveler/1031297 "2026-07-03T01:34:42Z")
Moons are apparently No Big Deal, going by just our solar system. Jupiter and Saturn alone have more than eighty each according to the last mention of it I saw. But those are BIG planets and the moons are relatively in… --- ## [Flying cars ... finally here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-cars-finally-here/973853)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-cars-finally-here/973853 "2026-07-03T00:10:35Z")
OK, everyone who’s been waiting for flying cars, your wait is over: Well, almost over. That just a prototype, so it may take a while to get it into production. But it flies, and looks like a car, well, one that’s a ma… --- ## [AI off-handedly referenced me in a response](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-off-handedly-referenced-me-in-a-response/1031363)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-off-handedly-referenced-me-in-a-response/1031363 "2026-07-02T19:27:47Z")
I was asking about lyrics to the song “Ventura Highway” and ai gave me this: I’m sure it’s not that unique, but strange (to me) it kind of personalized that answer. --- ## [When you are stuck in a room that won't move](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-are-stuck-in-a-room-that-wont-move/1031173)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-are-stuck-in-a-room-that-wont-move/1031173 "2026-07-02T18:32:02Z")
I just spent an hour and a half in an elevator near the third floor of a building after almost everyone had gone home. My personal phone was down two floors charging up, there was nobody to hear the alarm bell and the re… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=11)