# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1003 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1004 --- ## [Daylight Savings Time: a Solomon-like solution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-time-a-solomon-like-solution/652782)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2013, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-time-a-solomon-like-solution/652782 "2013-03-18T05:58:00Z")
We might have a solution to the semi-annual PITA that is Daylight Savings Time. And it comes from Florida. A state senator has proposed a measure that would keep Florida on DSL permanently. If the law passes, Florida … --- ## [So I've decided to run for pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-decided-to-run-for-pope/652736)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-decided-to-run-for-pope/652736 "2013-03-18T03:05:01Z")
I know it’s a bit last minute, and I don’t speak Latin, and I’m not a Cardinal, and I’m married, and I’m not Catholic, and not one voting Cardinal even knows my name, and there’s just no way I could sell my house and mov… --- ## [Why to people insist on cooking popcorn in the office?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-to-people-insist-on-cooking-popcorn-in-the-office/652382)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-to-people-insist-on-cooking-popcorn-in-the-office/652382 "2013-03-18T02:17:25Z")
Too mundane and pointless for IMHO. This is part gripe, part serious question. Last week, we started smelling a burning smell in my office. Turns out that someone scorched a bag of popcorn and the stench was circulated … --- ## [I can't tell this on Facebook...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-tell-this-on-facebook/653079)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-tell-this-on-facebook/653079 "2013-03-17T23:47:29Z")
so I’m going to say it here. (Too many people would know who, what and why.) My son’s a sound tech for a couple bars on the beach. Here’s how the start of St. Paddy’s Day weekend went: owner: Can you make the band so… --- ## [A brief word of praise for Netflix Streaming support](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brief-word-of-praise-for-netflix-streaming-support/652762)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brief-word-of-praise-for-netflix-streaming-support/652762 "2013-03-17T05:14:46Z")
One of their program descriptions was wrong. The header said that 3 seasons were available, when in fact only one season is (season 2 for some reason). I reported it as a problem this morning, and the description has a… --- ## [Strange Restroom Behavior](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-restroom-behavior/653140)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-restroom-behavior/653140 "2013-03-17T01:52:15Z")
Inspired by this thread - I’d like to share a story from work. It’s mostly a coworker’s story. So, my buddy/coworker, who happens to be the VP of Energy Trading, goes into the restroom right outside of our trading floo… --- ## [Share your current Facebook status](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-current-facebook-status/652835)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-current-facebook-status/652835 "2013-03-17T01:45:53Z")
Should be clear enough. I’ll start in the next post. --- ## [Our Opal...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-opal/652974)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-opal/652974 "2013-03-17T01:07:51Z")
I didn’t interact with Opal much, but she certainly had an impact on me as a poster here. She is an extremely memorable and unique poster, and I adore that. She also gave me much fodder for laughter…sometimes laughing … --- ## [Cats have been walking on your paper since at least the 15th century](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-have-been-walking-on-your-paper-since-at-least-the-15th-century/650842)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-have-been-walking-on-your-paper-since-at-least-the-15th-century/650842 "2013-03-16T23:08:34Z")
I feel certain that there must be a papyrus somewher with catprints on it. Or a Babylonian tablet. Or something. --- ## [So, a long weekend in London](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-long-weekend-in-london/652992)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2013, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-long-weekend-in-london/652992 "2013-03-16T21:48:52Z")
I’m currently having a cup of tea across from St. Paul’s Cathedral looking forward to a great and relaxing weekend. --- ## [Laptop resurrection - that was easy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-resurrection-that-was-easy/653092)
**Author:** [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-resurrection-that-was-easy/653092 "2013-03-16T17:39:39Z")
My mother-in-law (is so fat…I kid,she isn’t, and she’s a nice lady) was getting rather fed up with her other half’s desktop absolutely crawling. I mean it was unusable, so bloated that it took 5 or 6 minutes just to loa… --- ## [Did Benjamin Franklin Say This?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-benjamin-franklin-say-this/653091)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-benjamin-franklin-say-this/653091 "2013-03-16T15:50:14Z")
I saw this in an old ad (insurance company) in an old National Geographic. “I never saw anyone die from lack of food…but of eating, thousands”. This sorta implies that obesity was a problem, even in Franklin’s time. I… --- ## [Stop staring at me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-staring-at-me/652928)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-staring-at-me/652928 "2013-03-16T14:56:02Z")
Tonka (the cat) has been sitting and staring at me for at least 10 minutes. It’s freakin’ me out, man. --- ## [National (Medical) Residency Match Day 2013](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-medical-residency-match-day-2013/652608)
**Author:** [@Shmendrik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shmendrik)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-medical-residency-match-day-2013/652608 "2013-03-16T14:00:05Z")
This week, thousands of graduating medical students will find out where they are going to spend the next 3 - 7 years. Unlike normal job seekers and employers, applicants to residencies and residency programs submit ranke… --- ## [How to deal with out of proportion reactions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-out-of-proportion-reactions/652929)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-out-of-proportion-reactions/652929 "2013-03-16T13:59:15Z")
Early this morning, I sent a calm, formatted normally e-mail to my parents upset that my Dad had rearranged my furniture while I wasn’t there (he had originally told me he’d be there while I was still home, delays meant … --- ## [So annoyed and nowhere to turn~~~](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-annoyed-and-nowhere-to-turn/653080)
**Author:** [@sandiemas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandiemas)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2013, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-annoyed-and-nowhere-to-turn/653080 "2013-03-16T08:42:26Z")
So, My mother is elderly and has early dementia, dialysis, and congestive heart failure. She has been isolated for years by her newly married husband (two days before our conservatorship hearing, NO LIE). She owned a pr… --- ## [Interning at JPL -- Need a room for 10 weeks in Pasadena](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interning-at-jpl-need-a-room-for-10-weeks-in-pasadena/649747)
**Author:** [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interning-at-jpl-need-a-room-for-10-weeks-in-pasadena/649747 "2013-03-16T03:31:05Z")
So it’s exciting times! I’m partway through my PhD, and I’ve been invited to do a 10-week internship related to my thesis at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. But short-term accommodations like … --- ## [So, I made this pact with the devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-made-this-pact-with-the-devil/653047)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2013, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-made-this-pact-with-the-devil/653047 "2013-03-16T02:21:43Z")
or it might have been god. I had this terrible pain where the liver lives. And I said to someone (devil or god-I dunno), “If ya make this pain go away, I’ll quit drinkin’.” Well, three days (no booze) have gone by, a… --- ## [Your accomplishments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-accomplishments/652588)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-accomplishments/652588 "2013-03-16T00:39:42Z")
I’m not a very brave person, by my own standards, but I have surprised myself in situations where I’ve had to contemplate my own death by thinking “You know what? I’ve had a pretty good run” and I have. I’ve done what I… --- ## [The Cutest Pirate You'll Ever See](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cutest-pirate-youll-ever-see/652883)
**Author:** [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cutest-pirate-youll-ever-see/652883 "2013-03-15T23:58:38Z")
The Cutest Pirate You’ll Ever See I have been feeling so sad - this was my first laugh in days --- ## [This Turing Machine can be built, correct?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-turing-machine-can-be-built-correct/653035)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-turing-machine-can-be-built-correct/653035 "2013-03-15T23:50:13Z")
A Turing machine that, starting anywhere on the tape, halts if and only if there is a stroke somewhere on the tape. There is such a machine, correct? I think I’ve designed one that accomplishes the above, but I want to … --- ## [Welcome To My Post #666](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-my-post-666/653057)
**Author:** [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-my-post-666/653057 "2013-03-15T23:16:48Z")
Welcome, Dopers, to my 666th post. :smiley: :eek: --- ## [The Dreck on the Carnival Legend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dreck-on-the-carnival-legend/653010)
**Author:** [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dreck-on-the-carnival-legend/653010 "2013-03-15T21:22:22Z")
This appeared today on Fark. I think it’s the best satirical verse the internet has produced in, oh, at least the past month. The Legend lives on from the East Coast on down of the cruise line they call “Glitchy Pooey.… --- ## [Hey Everybody - Happy Pi Day !!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-happy-pi-day/652896)
**Author:** [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-happy-pi-day/652896 "2013-03-15T20:56:43Z")
Wow that year just flew by and here we are celebrating another Pi Day. (It is also Albert Einstein’s birthday.) So, come on and share your favorite\*\* π \*\* Day stories. Or maybe you’d like to talk about years ago when… --- ## [Does anybody else think \[smartcar lookalikes\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-else-think-smartcar-lookalikes/652962)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-else-think-smartcar-lookalikes/652962 "2013-03-15T20:33:24Z")
That Smart cars look like scrubbing bubbles? --- ## [How many SE Dopers do we have? SC, NC, GA, FL and so forth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-se-dopers-do-we-have-sc-nc-ga-fl-and-so-forth/652761)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-se-dopers-do-we-have-sc-nc-ga-fl-and-so-forth/652761 "2013-03-15T20:08:44Z")
And were I to throw a Dopefest/Party how many would show up? --- ## [You can't tell me who I can share my account info with](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-tell-me-who-i-can-share-my-account-info-with/652890)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-tell-me-who-i-can-share-my-account-info-with/652890 "2013-03-15T18:44:59Z")
Hi this Bank of Anus would you like to go through a long and pointless confirmation process? Ok just a few more questions, what is the amount of the last debit or deposit? Hon, what was the last charge? WE CAN’T ACCEP… --- ## [Useless Machines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-machines/652808)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-machines/652808 "2013-03-15T18:21:52Z")
Another great Wall Street Journal fluff piece. Machines whose only purpose is to turn themselves off: Video: http://live.wsj.com/video/better-than-cat-videos-useless-machines/0B262BFC-85DE-46B3-AF69-80FA06573942.html… --- ## [getting old sucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-old-sucks/652704)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-old-sucks/652704 "2013-03-15T14:40:08Z")
Yet another reason to hate getting old This is a thread I just started about water coming into my basement. I just realized what doubly sucks about getting old is that I’ve run out of parental figures who can help give… --- ## [Keyboard confusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-confusion/652998)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2013, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-confusion/652998 "2013-03-15T11:05:54Z")
For decades-- ever since my IBM Selectric days-- I have been quite a fast typist, and this carried easily over to the computer keyboard when I started using one around 1983. But now, even though I spend the majority of … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1002) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1004)