# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=101 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 102 --- ## [Mass shooting at Mad Butcher grocery store, 2024-06-21](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-at-mad-butcher-grocery-store-2024-06-21/1003182)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-at-mad-butcher-grocery-store-2024-06-21/1003182 "2024-06-25T13:01:11Z")
No not in my little village. But very very close. Mass shooting. 11 shot, 3 dead. That’s all I know from the local news. Other outfits have it covered about the same. I never knew Mad Butcher grocery stores were still … --- ## [Turn out your pockets. Say what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-out-your-pockets-say-what/1003190)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2024, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-out-your-pockets-say-what/1003190 "2024-06-25T06:18:45Z")
The dialysis center has you turn out your pockets upon entering. This evening at going in, same routine. Put your name on the white board(which I think is not cool) Go to the desk, turn out your pockets. They glance or… --- ## [(Old) Of Humid Bondage- A Heatwave MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-of-humid-bondage-a-heatwave-mmp/1002970)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 402\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-of-humid-bondage-a-heatwave-mmp/1002970 "2024-06-24T18:24:10Z")
Looks like we’re getting an East Coast heatwave. This is gonna make work suck. Everybody else stay cool, stay hydrated, and hijack away! --- ## [Sometimes data mining gets things completely wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-data-mining-gets-things-completely-wrong/1002534)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-data-mining-gets-things-completely-wrong/1002534 "2024-06-24T15:29:06Z")
This is sort of the opposite of the Creepiest examples of internet tracking thread. I keep getting fliers and coupons in the mail for a pet supply store in Illinois. They even include a handy map showing where their st… --- ## [How many different ways can you put value on human life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-ways-can-you-put-value-on-human-life/1003216)
**Author:** [@Texikid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Texikid)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-ways-can-you-put-value-on-human-life/1003216 "2024-06-23T21:34:53Z")
What are all the different ways you can value a human life?Lets use 137 pounds as an average. Examples: (World population) / (Money in the world) (Worth in meat) (Net worth of a single person) (Price of each element i… --- ## [Samsung Accounts need to fuck off and die!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samsung-accounts-need-to-fuck-off-and-die/1002739)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samsung-accounts-need-to-fuck-off-and-die/1002739 "2024-06-23T16:50:31Z")
Never mind this isn’t the pit. Samsung almost bricked my phone after a hard reset because I couldn’t get their verification code. Its part of their phone software. It’s totally separate from the Google Account verifica… --- ## [Chocolate chip cookie dough, Chocolate chip cookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-chip-cookie-dough-chocolate-chip-cookies/1003218)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2024, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-chip-cookie-dough-chocolate-chip-cookies/1003218 "2024-06-23T00:49:43Z")
D’oh. Wait wut!?? "Mama, life has just begun, But now I’ve gone and thrown it all away. Mama, ooh, didn’t mean to make you cry If I’m not back this time tomorrow, Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters anyw… --- ## [Mystery monolith in Nevada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-monolith-in-nevada/1003014)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2024, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-monolith-in-nevada/1003014 "2024-06-22T12:19:47Z")
Is it a movie promotion? But it’s not anyplace you’d be likely to see it. Weird art thing seems much more plausible. Mysterious! --- ## [Do NOT "Just Drop In" on people without notice!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-just-drop-in-on-people-without-notice/1002740)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2024, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-just-drop-in-on-people-without-notice/1002740 "2024-06-22T11:02:13Z")
I don’t care what your relationship is to them. I don’t care if you are besties, close blood relatives, their spiritual advisor, whatever. JUST DON’T DO IT. Yesterday was a beautiful day, and I had a spurt of energy an… --- ## [Out-of-Place Rock on Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-place-rock-on-mars/1003152)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-place-rock-on-mars/1003152 "2024-06-22T01:43:30Z")
I saw this on Daily Kos. The image is startling. In the middle of a field of black basalt rocks atop the red Martian sand, there sits an anomalously white boulder. There are no other similar rocks or outcroppings anywhe… --- ## [Ancient ship wreck found](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-ship-wreck-found/1003153)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2024, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-ship-wreck-found/1003153 "2024-06-21T22:42:33Z")
Off the coast of Israel, a ship from approximately the time of king Tut was recently discovered during a survey by Energean, looking to develop natural gas fields. Ancient Shipwreck Preserves a Deep Bronze Age Time Caps… --- ## [New and "very ornate" dinosaur discovered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-very-ornate-dinosaur-discovered/1003118)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2024, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-very-ornate-dinosaur-discovered/1003118 "2024-06-21T11:51:57Z")
Very snazzy looking beastie indeed --- ## [Hurray! I have Diabetic Neuropathy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-i-have-diabetic-neuropathy/1003137)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-i-have-diabetic-neuropathy/1003137 "2024-06-21T03:00:36Z")
First, let me state that I am a diabetic, and I am under a doctor’s supervision for that. Due to some laxity in my own personal vigilance, my A1C has gone up by point two points according to my last testing in May. But… --- ## [The detritus of abandoned technologies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-detritus-of-abandoned-technologies/1002929)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-detritus-of-abandoned-technologies/1002929 "2024-06-20T19:29:12Z")
I’ve made several posts of my adventures in the crawl space of my new (old) house. Today I ran a new stove feeder, and pulled many hundreds of feet of old cable- phone, TV, Ethernet, and cable out from under the house: … --- ## [Weird pickle-ish smell; Google suggests clogged air conditioner filter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-pickle-ish-smell-google-suggests-clogged-air-conditioner-filter/1003084)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-pickle-ish-smell-google-suggests-clogged-air-conditioner-filter/1003084 "2024-06-20T16:37:27Z")
Earlier this evening, when I was sitting out on my porch reading, I detected a strange pickle-esque smell, which came and went, and at first assumed somebody had cooked something rather fragrant. However, in the meantim… --- ## [Help Me Resurrect a Keyboard Shortcut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-resurrect-a-keyboard-shortcut/1003035)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2024, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-resurrect-a-keyboard-shortcut/1003035 "2024-06-20T10:32:23Z")
All of a sudden this morning, my Dell laptop touchscreen decided to no longer recognize the ALT + D keyboard shortcut to jump the cursor to the address bar in the browsers. Any idea on how to fix that issue? Thanks in a… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad I'm mad at somebody on the Dope!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-im-mad-at-somebody-on-the-dope/1003004)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-im-mad-at-somebody-on-the-dope/1003004 "2024-06-19T20:38:42Z")
Could it be you? I purchased, on some ones suggestion, can’t remember who, a box of salt. Salt flakes to be exact. You know “the perfect thing” for sliced tomatoes. To add that perfect finishing touch to a dish. A grea… --- ## [Things that showed up in your house and you don't know how they got there](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-showed-up-in-your-house-and-you-dont-know-how-they-got-there/1002801)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-showed-up-in-your-house-and-you-dont-know-how-they-got-there/1002801 "2024-06-19T17:10:14Z")
Today I was about to get some laundry out of the dryer when I noticed there was some money laying on it. A twenty dollar bill and a five dollar bill just laying there together. None of the clothes have pockets. Where … --- ## [A 12 outta 10 on the scale of gulliblity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-12-outta-10-on-the-scale-of-gulliblity/1002983)
**Author:** [@2outta3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2outta3)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-12-outta-10-on-the-scale-of-gulliblity/1002983 "2024-06-19T16:23:01Z")
Woman reportedly scammed out of $750,000 by a fake Keanu Reeves. I just don’t get it: --- ## [I am fed up with my front lawn!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-fed-up-with-my-front-lawn/1002944)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-fed-up-with-my-front-lawn/1002944 "2024-06-19T09:35:11Z")
I had no front lawn to speak of for years because I was digging out bindweed since 2020. Actually let, me back up. Northern Colorado with heavy clay soil. No one around has a great lawn except a few with Kentucky blue… --- ## [Finding someone with only the first 4 digits of their license plate number- possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-someone-with-only-the-first-4-digits-of-their-license-plate-number-possible/1003019)
**Author:** [@TJEckleburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJEckleburg)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-someone-with-only-the-first-4-digits-of-their-license-plate-number-possible/1003019 "2024-06-18T18:23:47Z")
8KCV (followed by 3 digits I don’t know). It was a dark-colored 2004 BMW. The guy went by “Mike”, a 60-ish skinny white man with glasses who was totally ex-hippie type material, what with his ponytail (if I remember co… --- ## [Water storage (I swear I'm not a prepper)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-storage-i-swear-im-not-a-prepper/1002892)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-storage-i-swear-im-not-a-prepper/1002892 "2024-06-18T13:08:49Z")
A couple years back my water line broke at the city’s valve and due to some confusion on their end I was without water for almost 2 weeks. We got into a routine where we were shuttling water 20 gallons at a time from our… --- ## [PITA. No really. My butt hurts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pita-no-really-my-butt-hurts/1002960)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pita-no-really-my-butt-hurts/1002960 "2024-06-18T02:46:37Z")
Specifically the left outside cheek muscle(nah, ain’t looking up the scientific name) I’ve been humping around on a broken foot for, let’s see, 6 weeks or so. I’ve been admonished several times to walk as normally as I… --- ## [My computer glitches when I get out of my chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-computer-glitches-when-i-get-out-of-my-chair/1002936)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2024, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-computer-glitches-when-i-get-out-of-my-chair/1002936 "2024-06-18T00:28:41Z")
Too odd a thing to not share. But don’t worry, the mystery will be revealed. I recently upgraded my video card and monitor, with the monitor running at a pretty high pixel rate: 3440x1440 @ 165 Hz. It’s been pretty re… --- ## [What's the straight dope on this sketchy-as-hell website Peoplepedia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-this-sketchy-as-hell-website-peoplepedia/1002923)
**Author:** [@TJEckleburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJEckleburg)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-this-sketchy-as-hell-website-peoplepedia/1002923 "2024-06-17T16:50:17Z")
https://www.peoplepedia.org/home This is a website that purports to allow average people like you or me to create a Wikipedia-type article about their life stories. That’s great, except I think the whole website is a sc… --- ## [Sonic Drive-in. You've gone a step too far](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800 "2024-06-17T12:17:36Z")
Ok. Went to Sonic. Got me an unsweetened Tea. As usual. They have a new ad on the order sign thingy. The Sonic Dirty drink. Ivy had to try it. Dr.Pepper, coconut cream, lime wedge. The picture looked disgusting. Ivy… --- ## [(Old) Getting Organised in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-organised-in-the-mmp/1002696)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 355\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2024, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-organised-in-the-mmp/1002696 "2024-06-17T05:25:11Z")
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 11c/53f with a predicted high of 14c/58f, and mostly cloudy. Weather app must have heard about nellie’s new neighbours as it says “Cloudy with a slight chance for a fucking stampede of … --- ## [Pope Meets With 100 Comics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-meets-with-100-comics/1002898)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-meets-with-100-comics/1002898 "2024-06-16T13:54:20Z")
including Steven Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Chris Rock, Whoopi Goldberg, Julia Louise-Dreyfus… Pope Francis meets more than 100 comedians at the Vatican: ‘You also make God smile’ I keep wondering if the Pope has seen Chr… --- ## [English author Charles Dickenson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-author-charles-dickenson/1002932)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2024, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-author-charles-dickenson/1002932 "2024-06-16T09:14:20Z")
I occasionally watch vids from a channel called “It’s History”, and the topics are usually pretty interesting. The history of old buildings and architectural artifacts and such. But when Ryan, the host, was describing a … --- ## [So I broke my wrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-broke-my-wrist/1002114)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-broke-my-wrist/1002114 "2024-06-16T02:52:42Z")
It’s my right wrist and I can barely use my left for anything. I did a bang up jobas I broke both the ulna and the radius. I can peck out this post with my right hand, but it is uncomfortable. This sucks; I’ve got shit … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=100) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=102)