# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1009 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1010 --- ## [Good gifts for parents of babies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-gifts-for-parents-of-babies/651684)
**Author:** [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-gifts-for-parents-of-babies/651684 "2013-03-01T22:48:13Z")
Our new neighbors have invited my husband and I over for a snarkfest viewing of Duck Dynasty this weekend. Last weekend we loaned them a cat carrier for a tragic feline event, and they gave us their old couch they had j… --- ## [Yayyy! My dog's skinny again!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yayyy-my-dogs-skinny-again/651765)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yayyy-my-dogs-skinny-again/651765 "2013-03-01T22:16:49Z")
I took my dog Brewster to the vet today for his booster shots. Per normal procedure, I weighed him on the scale in the lobby before check in. He’s nearly eight and has put on the pounds as he’s grown older. Last year at… --- ## [Rabbit!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit/454923)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit/454923 "2013-03-01T21:57:30Z")
Today is the first of the month, and for some reason I remembered to say “rabbit” first thing. Good luck is guaranteed – nice, since I’m in talks for a job I really want. --- ## [Pig rescues goat.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-rescues-goat/635381)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2013, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-rescues-goat/635381 "2013-03-01T21:34:02Z")
I had no idea that pigs could swim. So cool. --- ## [Girls Gone Wild? Now they're just gone.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-gone-wild-now-theyre-just-gone/651762)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-gone-wild-now-theyre-just-gone/651762 "2013-03-01T21:28:21Z")
If you care, here’s here’s the USAToday story. More at link. I think that they eventually went pretty hardcore, but I remember them from the early titty tease days and that was only because in the 90’s their late nigh… --- ## [The Pope has resigned. The Vatican has deleted his Twitter history.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pope-has-resigned-the-vatican-has-deleted-his-twitter-history/651677)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pope-has-resigned-the-vatican-has-deleted-his-twitter-history/651677 "2013-03-01T20:11:36Z")
I mean, seriously? What reality are these guys living in? I don’t have the energy to write a really good pitting, but this is so strange to me. I mean, one thing you can say for Mormons, they revere record-keeping. The… --- ## [Reading your local police reports](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-your-local-police-reports/651757)
**Author:** [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-your-local-police-reports/651757 "2013-03-01T20:05:04Z")
After reading the recently dezombified thread in IMHO about what to do if you see a strange car parked on your street at night, in which there was a lot of talk about wasting the police’s time by calling them to do a qui… --- ## [Drupal developers - where to find an experienced one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drupal-developers-where-to-find-an-experienced-one/651689)
**Author:** [@mikews99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikews99)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drupal-developers-where-to-find-an-experienced-one/651689 "2013-03-01T17:19:46Z")
I have a customer who is in dire need of a Drupal developer to redo their website. My usual suggestions of Odesk and Freelancer haven’t been helpful because the customer gets flooded with spam resumes of unqualified peop… --- ## [2nd Amendment demonstration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2nd-amendment-demonstration/651225)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2nd-amendment-demonstration/651225 "2013-03-01T17:01:58Z")
Driving on a Costco run today in Kirkland WA (it’s an Eastside suburb of Seattle) with my family, I saw a group of maybe 20 boisterous middle aged folks waving signs. What the hey are they protesting until I saw a sign “… --- ## [A tale for the helicopter parents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tale-for-the-helicopter-parents/651609)
**Author:** [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tale-for-the-helicopter-parents/651609 "2013-03-01T17:00:42Z")
In 1905, Jack Abernathy’s life took an unexpected turn when President Theodore Roosevelt requested that Jack demonstrate his unique hunting skill. It seems Jack had learned to capture prairie wolves with only his hands. … --- ## [Oh good lord, dad. Welcome to 2013. Show some sense.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-good-lord-dad-welcome-to-2013-show-some-sense/651602)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-good-lord-dad-welcome-to-2013-show-some-sense/651602 "2013-03-01T16:49:23Z")
:rolleyes: I just hopped on Facebook to see what was going on. I see my dad has “friended” a new woman. Now, my dad doesn’t have many “friends” on FB - nearly all are family. So this is news. Out of curiosity I clic… --- ## [No prices on beer in airport restaurants/bars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-prices-on-beer-in-airport-restaurants-bars/651591)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-prices-on-beer-in-airport-restaurants-bars/651591 "2013-03-01T16:33:08Z")
Not a frequent flyer but every restaurant/bar menu in USA airports (I have been in) lacks a price on beer. Maybe they don’t have prices on mixed drinks, too. I am a beer drinker. Then there are two sizes, regular and … --- ## [Too many laws!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-laws/651707)
**Author:** [@Hardy\_Parkerson\_J.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hardy_Parkerson_J.D)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2013, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-laws/651707 "2013-03-01T12:08:26Z")
:slight\_smile: ;);):):dubious::slight\_smile: Too Many Laws! -by hardy parkerson The phone’s been a-ringin’ Off the wall. People with problems Continue to call. “Too many lawyers,” I’ve heard ‘em say. But I say,… --- ## [Dog shoots man.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/651638)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2013, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/651638 "2013-03-01T11:39:01Z")
Man shoots dog, not news. Dog shoots man, news. Or something like that. Link Near the bottom of the article it says the dog was not arrested. --- ## [Your estate-planning software recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-estate-planning-software-recommendations/619162)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2013, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-estate-planning-software-recommendations/619162 "2013-03-01T10:52:23Z")
We need to do some estate planning. I work at a law firm, and the firm gives its staff one hour free estate planning work, then charges standard fees after that. I was told it’d probably come to about $1,500 to $2,000 … --- ## [Is there an activity that'll allow me to see another universe instead of my own surroundings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-activity-thatll-allow-me-to-see-another-universe-instead-of-my-own-surroundings/651322)
**Author:** [@ac05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ac05)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2013, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-activity-thatll-allow-me-to-see-another-universe-instead-of-my-own-surroundings/651322 "2013-03-01T07:21:45Z")
Is there an activity where I won’t be seeing my own surroundings, but rather another universe/world/reality instead? --- ## [Papal Ceremonies and my comments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papal-ceremonies-and-my-comments/651625)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2013, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papal-ceremonies-and-my-comments/651625 "2013-03-01T06:53:44Z")
Reading about the ceremonies associated with the departure of the present pope and the election of his successor seem so weird that it’s fascinating, and bring out my inner 13 year old to comment, MST3K-like, at the goin… --- ## [My friend and I are pretty sure his Dad thinks LOL means lots of love](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-and-i-are-pretty-sure-his-dad-thinks-lol-means-lots-of-love/651598)
**Author:** [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-and-i-are-pretty-sure-his-dad-thinks-lol-means-lots-of-love/651598 "2013-03-01T03:57:33Z")
He’ll get texts like these from his dad: Grandma is in the hospital with pneumonia LOL We had to put the dog to sleep LOL Mom was in a car accident LOL Aunt Lila’s cancer came back LOL And each time these NEVER … --- ## [What to do with old keyboards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-old-keyboards/651425)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-old-keyboards/651425 "2013-03-01T02:12:54Z")
If you’re anything like me, you’ve got several old keyboards taking up space. Here are some things you can do with them. --- ## [Ever feel like selling the farm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-feel-like-selling-the-farm/651493)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-feel-like-selling-the-farm/651493 "2013-02-28T23:58:46Z")
Not literally the farm…but just all your worldly possessions save for the most basic things (food, a bed, maybe a couch, tv, laptop, basic clothes). I kinda feel like that right now. I still have too much crap with no p… --- ## [So, I'm moving to Malta next week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-moving-to-malta-next-week/651478)
**Author:** [@PigArcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigArcher)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-moving-to-malta-next-week/651478 "2013-02-28T23:56:08Z")
It hasn’t quite sunk in yet. But I have a one-way plane ticket and my apartment is empty except for a couple of mostly packed suitcases. Yup. :eek: --- ## [Anyone else likely to get furloughed (for those who work in the US)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-likely-to-get-furloughed-for-those-who-work-in-the-us/650911)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-likely-to-get-furloughed-for-those-who-work-in-the-us/650911 "2013-02-28T23:46:41Z")
I’m a DoD contractor in DC, and it seems pretty likely that everyone in my office is going to be furloughed- specifically, we’ll probably be working 4 day weeks soon, and losing 20% of our pay. Anyone else in the same b… --- ## [Weird fast food drive-thru policy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-fast-food-drive-thru-policy/651554)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-fast-food-drive-thru-policy/651554 "2013-02-28T23:23:50Z")
This real life humor site has a situation that I’d like to ask about: Anyone ever heard of a chain with that policy? Or, as I suspect given subsequent events, was the worker lying so they wouldn’t have to serve this g… --- ## [How can I delete a contact from my iPhone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-delete-a-contact-from-my-iphone/651636)
**Author:** [@MizQuirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizQuirk)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-delete-a-contact-from-my-iphone/651636 "2013-02-28T16:38:32Z")
It’s an older phone – I think there’s a 3 after it. I’ve got a friend’s name in there twice, one with last name & one without. Please, how do I get rid of one? --- ## [Police officer disciplined for not reporting racial slurs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-officer-disciplined-for-not-reporting-racial-slurs/651641)
**Author:** [@Altivu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Altivu)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-officer-disciplined-for-not-reporting-racial-slurs/651641 "2013-02-28T16:38:15Z")
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/Canadian-Officer–193558541.html http://www.citynews.ca/2013/02/27/cop-charged-for-not-investigating-racist-slurs-against-himself/ Now I rarely delve into this area, but this story j… --- ## [Pope Forced Into Retirement By Secret Vatican Gay Sex Club, Paper Says](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-forced-into-retirement-by-secret-vatican-gay-sex-club-paper-says/651108)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-forced-into-retirement-by-secret-vatican-gay-sex-club-paper-says/651108 "2013-02-28T16:11:14Z")
Story here. Not sure what to make of this. It sounds far too outlandish and Alexander VI-ish to be true, and yet given the various other dealings that the Church and secret societies in Italy have gotten up to in decad… --- ## [My own little bit of hypocrisy.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-own-little-bit-of-hypocrisy/651564)
**Author:** [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2013, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-own-little-bit-of-hypocrisy/651564 "2013-02-28T07:36:26Z")
I hate whistling. Like, it’s an icepick in my ear every time I hear it (which I suppose makes me Leon Trotsky every time someone whistles in my presence). My boss is a whistler of the completely and utterly tuneless va… --- ## [Share stories about when you were completely culturally clueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-stories-about-when-you-were-completely-culturally-clueless/650008)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2013, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-stories-about-when-you-were-completely-culturally-clueless/650008 "2013-02-28T06:22:05Z")
I’m sure I have a bunch of these, but two spring to mind. Maybe 10 years ago I was talking to my GF about her job. She mentioned that they were having some sort of contest in which the winner would get a Blackberry. I… --- ## [I've put gasoline in my diesel vehicle. How fucked am I?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-put-gasoline-in-my-diesel-vehicle-how-fucked-am-i/628235)
**Author:** [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-put-gasoline-in-my-diesel-vehicle-how-fucked-am-i/628235 "2013-02-28T05:14:18Z")
I now have a mixture of (at most) 20% gasoline and 80% diesel in my tank. I was stupid enough to drive the car (A Skoda Fabia) home. So… recommendations? --- ## [Ask the guy whose son had a vitrectomy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whose-son-had-a-vitrectomy/651492)
**Author:** [@tonyfop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonyfop)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whose-son-had-a-vitrectomy/651492 "2013-02-28T00:27:24Z")
I was inspired by this thread in GQ http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=683587 about floaters and vitrectomies to tell the story of my son, who had a vitrectomy. Four years ago, my son who was 7 at th… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1008) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1010)