# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1015 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1016 --- ## [Any other dopers waiting on a baby?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-dopers-waiting-on-a-baby/650169)
**Author:** [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-dopers-waiting-on-a-baby/650169 "2013-02-13T22:40:23Z")
We’re four days overdue and no signs of arrival yet… Mobile phone is charged and with me at all times, and the office has been warned I may disappear at any time, but wish I knew when we can expect some action! --- ## [Are you watching the Westminster Dog Show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-watching-the-westminster-dog-show/650141)
**Author:** [@gerund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gerund)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-watching-the-westminster-dog-show/650141 "2013-02-13T20:59:49Z")
How on earth does one objectively judge these dogs? --- ## [If you encounter Buddha in the middle of the road, fondle him (Zen Priest Accused of Groping, more)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-encounter-buddha-in-the-middle-of-the-road-fondle-him-zen-priest-accused-of-groping-more/650186)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-encounter-buddha-in-the-middle-of-the-road-fondle-him-zen-priest-accused-of-groping-more/650186 "2013-02-13T19:50:02Z")
NYTimes, behind paywall: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/world/asia/zen-buddhists-roiled-by-accusations-against-teacher.html Intro: Sexual Impropriety within a religious organization - I’m shocked, shocked I tell yo… --- ## [TWOP board - Google warning - possible malware](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twop-board-google-warning-possible-malware/649750)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twop-board-google-warning-possible-malware/649750 "2013-02-13T19:47:13Z")
Mods, since Google is a social media site, I’m guessing Cafe Society is ok? This is new. I didn’t know Google was doing this type of check. Google Dancing With The Stars you’ll see a warning just below the TWOP link… --- ## [Heart Attack Grill spokesman dies of apparent heart attack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-attack-grill-spokesman-dies-of-apparent-heart-attack/650099)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-attack-grill-spokesman-dies-of-apparent-heart-attack/650099 "2013-02-13T18:59:17Z")
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/heart-attack-grill-spokesman-dies-apparent-heart-attack-162858075.html It’s very sad, and not really a subject for levity, but if you have two spokesmen die of heart attacks, you mig… --- ## [What do you buy at the dollar store?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-buy-at-the-dollar-store/649842)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-buy-at-the-dollar-store/649842 "2013-02-13T18:45:24Z")
Assuming you go at all. Safety matches, the big ones for lighting my cantankerous stove, 3 big boxes for a buck. Cheap gift bags. Hair catchers for the drains-so I don’t clean them when they get bad, I just toss them ou… --- ## [A twist on the 419 scam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twist-on-the-419-scam/650190)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twist-on-the-419-scam/650190 "2013-02-13T17:48:49Z")
This might have been around for a while, but it’s the first time I’ve gotten this variant. Came from an e-mail that appears to be a student account at National Pingtung University of Science and Technology in Taiwan, ass… --- ## [Mysterious Certified Mail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-certified-mail/631620)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-certified-mail/631620 "2013-02-13T10:13:38Z")
Got notice that I have certifiled mail from a local building supply company. To my recollection I have never done business with them (so I hope it isn’t a bill). Seems an expensive way to do marketing. My best guess is … --- ## [Horse meat scandal in Europe.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-meat-scandal-in-europe/649625)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-meat-scandal-in-europe/649625 "2013-02-13T08:29:22Z")
I’ve been following this story for a few weeks. Some meat providers added horse meat to their beef hamburger. It’s showed up in several major hamburger chains like Burger King. Now its been found in frozen lasagne. Appa… --- ## [Why do you hate me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-hate-me/649827)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-hate-me/649827 "2013-02-13T08:23:28Z")
Is it because I skinny dip in mall fountains on Friday afternoons? Is it because I wear designer sunglasses while showering? Is it because my clip-on tie collection sold for $3,000 on eBay last year? Is it because I h… --- ## [Name Pluto's new Moons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-plutos-new-moons/650002)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-plutos-new-moons/650002 "2013-02-13T07:53:15Z")
The heck with the new Pope! Pluto’s had three new cmoons discovered. Hrere’s a chance to actually help determine the new names: My suggestions: 1.) Yuggoth, Cthulhu, and Nyarlathotep 2.) K.B., Fifi, anfd Junior\* \*… --- ## [Amazing bullshit true facts that are in fact true.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-bullshit-true-facts-that-are-in-fact-true/648514)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-bullshit-true-facts-that-are-in-fact-true/648514 "2013-02-13T05:22:10Z")
While reading about something totally unrelated I came across a brief history of Walter Jackson Freeman II and the lobotomy. I was telling people at work all the fascinating facts; the guy who invented this form of brain… --- ## [How the hell do I get my mom to use the internet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-i-get-my-mom-to-use-the-internet/649951)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-i-get-my-mom-to-use-the-internet/649951 "2013-02-13T05:05:45Z")
First off I love my mom and want her to be part of my life, I also want her to see her grandson because at the moment she can’t see him in person and being almost 75 she could die before ever seeing him in person. I lef… --- ## [Extreme SDMB Trivia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-sdmb-trivia/650011)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-sdmb-trivia/650011 "2013-02-13T04:36:51Z")
Lately I have been making a point of logging out whenever my message count in “New Posts” goes over 100, since that’s how I have my “messages per page” set. I have observed that the 100 posts per page point is happening… --- ## [Mustang GT Ongoing Saga](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mustang-gt-ongoing-saga/650035)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mustang-gt-ongoing-saga/650035 "2013-02-13T02:55:11Z")
:frowning: So I had a thread a bit ago detailing some of the symptoms of the problems my car was having…extremely rough idle, car shaking, check engine light on, runs and drives like crap, exhaust note horrible sounding… --- ## [Courtroom 101: things defendants shouldn't do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/courtroom-101-things-defendants-shouldnt-do/649453)
**Author:** [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/courtroom-101-things-defendants-shouldnt-do/649453 "2013-02-13T02:49:09Z")
Had to share this, I thought the judge was being rather nice until the last few seconds when his incredulity took over and he sent numbnuts with the Rick Ross bling to County for a month. Stupid, high, or both? Article f… --- ## [Ask the Wedding Professional](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-wedding-professional/650042)
**Author:** [@apollonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apollonia)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-wedding-professional/650042 "2013-02-13T01:46:20Z")
I work in the wedding industry. Ask me anything. Well, not anything. I figured this might be of some interest, since wedding-related stuff pops up here occasionally. Currently I work as a wedding coordinator. I work “fo… --- ## [OK \[email received\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-email-received/650136)
**Author:** [@TheCrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCrow)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-email-received/650136 "2013-02-13T00:49:50Z")
OK. Insert my real name here. --- ## [Coming to town for the NBA All-Star Game--Need tips](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-town-for-the-nba-all-star-game-need-tips/650131)
**Author:** [@bluetoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluetoof)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-town-for-the-nba-all-star-game-need-tips/650131 "2013-02-12T23:29:13Z")
My girlfriend scored some tickets through a friend to the game. I’ve never been to Houston. Can someone give me some ideas of what to do and where to go? --- ## [More-than-cosmic Topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-cosmic-topic/650041)
**Author:** [@Jr.DNA\_test](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jr.DNA_test)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-cosmic-topic/650041 "2013-02-12T20:41:14Z")
Well, now I’m getting delivery failed to recipient at the feedback email address for the Meaning of Life thing. F\*\*\* it. Spent too much time not to be able to share “My Supplication”: Dear Meaning of Life Guardians, Pon… --- ## [I'm freakin out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-freakin-out/649903)
**Author:** [@jools](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jools)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-freakin-out/649903 "2013-02-12T18:02:17Z")
My niece, goddaughter actually, just left her house in crisis in her car wanting to kill herself. Her mother has called the police but for now she’s not answering her cell and texts. I feel so useless, I want to go out t… --- ## [Streaker retires after 519 appearances.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streaker-retires-after-519-appearances/649934)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streaker-retires-after-519-appearances/649934 "2013-02-12T17:53:30Z")
Seems like a fun loving bloke. Fortunately for him Europe knows the difference between a laugh and a sex crime. But the article says his public streaking has still landed him in jail 30 times. I guess the security at s… --- ## [My (Canadian) parents are buying a house in the U.S. They chose Wells Fargo.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-canadian-parents-are-buying-a-house-in-the-u-s-they-chose-wells-fargo/649884)
**Author:** [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-canadian-parents-are-buying-a-house-in-the-u-s-they-chose-wells-fargo/649884 "2013-02-12T16:52:40Z")
Bad, bad decision Dad. When I heard who they had gone with, at the suggestion of their real estate agent, I told him it was a mistake. He was too far in by that point, however. Because of the inept fools at Wells Fargo,… --- ## [Insults given inconspicously](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insults-given-inconspicously/649843)
**Author:** [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insults-given-inconspicously/649843 "2013-02-12T11:08:53Z")
So, I learned this new word the other day - “Piker.” Basically it means a cheapskate. I’m going to start using it now if the situation arises. It’s cool because you can seriously insult someone without them even knowi… --- ## [Admitted Internet troll gets comeuppance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-internet-troll-gets-comeuppance/650050)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-internet-troll-gets-comeuppance/650050 "2013-02-12T01:47:37Z")
link: Bend man convicted of offering to buy blank ballots for $20 each - oregonlive.com Summary: A guy in Bend OR makes a Craigslist post offering $20 for blank ballots. TPTB take it seriously, despite his claims he was… --- ## [Boy, be off with you!: The Manual of Egyptian Arabic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-be-off-with-you-the-manual-of-egyptian-arabic/649764)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-be-off-with-you-the-manual-of-egyptian-arabic/649764 "2013-02-12T01:06:37Z")
An acquaintance clued me in to the existence of this book, The Manual of Egyptian Arabic, an English-Arabic phrasebook from 1926 meant for young men of the Empire who might be touring around Cairo. What you will find wit… --- ## [Things that can't be unheard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-cant-be-unheard/649359)
**Author:** [@stolatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolatt)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-cant-be-unheard/649359 "2013-02-12T00:26:01Z")
“Your brother is really good in bed.” From my female manager at work, “I found my stepson’s homemade porn on the computer. I wonder if he found mine”. Any ones you’ve been subjected to? --- ## [Moony-eyed romantic twaddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moony-eyed-romantic-twaddle/650007)
**Author:** [@Labor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labor)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moony-eyed-romantic-twaddle/650007 "2013-02-11T22:16:39Z")
I’m wondering about young women and romantic notions of wedding proposals. I was cruising about the internet and landed in the pinterest account of a young women from my church. I saw that she had a section devoted to we… --- ## [If they can send ONE Hello Kitty doll into space....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-they-can-send-one-hello-kitty-doll-into-space/649996)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-they-can-send-one-hello-kitty-doll-into-space/649996 "2013-02-11T19:03:06Z")
…why can’t they send them all? Easy answer: Because there’s already enough debris in LEO, and we don’t needc to exacerbate the Kessler Syndrome. http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/girl-blasts-hello-kitty-doll-space-1… --- ## [An interesting car proposition from my Dad...but I'm hesitant.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-car-proposition-from-my-dad-but-im-hesitant/649947)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-car-proposition-from-my-dad-but-im-hesitant/649947 "2013-02-11T15:51:25Z")
So long story short, Back in Fall 2006 I bought my first car. I’d had cars before, but these were all loaners from my parents, all used, and I paid them monthly for the lease. By 2006, I’d been in my first professiona… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1014) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1016)