# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1016 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1017 --- ## [I work in a military prison. Ask me anything.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-work-in-a-military-prison-ask-me-anything/602578)
**Author:** [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-work-in-a-military-prison-ask-me-anything/602578 "2013-02-11T15:43:53Z")
As requested by this thread. I work in the military’s only maximum security prison. My responsibilities include conducting an initial mental heath assessment and a risk assessment for new inmates sentenced to the USDB. A… --- ## [This is what it's like...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-its-like/649706)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-its-like/649706 "2013-02-11T12:15:16Z")
…to try to red and writ with an Occcular Migran. It likke half the woords are washed out by smudges and blanks and anything with repe ting letters is simply impossible to try to read… like, Misiissippis. --- ## [Huh. So Amazon just turned me into a music pirate.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-so-amazon-just-turned-me-into-a-music-pirate/646753)
**Author:** [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-so-amazon-just-turned-me-into-a-music-pirate/646753 "2013-02-11T06:50:25Z")
I’m not sure Amazon has thought this out completely. They’re now automatically putting “auto-ripped” images of any CD you’ve ever bought into your Amazon cloud. Which is thoughtful of them, I guess. Except that s… --- ## [Hey PapSett - look at this baby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-papsett-look-at-this-baby/649771)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-papsett-look-at-this-baby/649771 "2013-02-11T05:59:14Z")
I was browsing the Nurse mare foals pages and saw this flashy boy who looked right up your alley.2 weeks old and taken from his momma so a TB baby could have her milk. It must be about time to start watching MareStare a… --- ## [Intimidation: the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intimidation-the-mmp/649296)
**Author:** [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Replies:** 377\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intimidation-the-mmp/649296 "2013-02-11T05:56:10Z")
As part of a weight loss challenge at my local Y I received a new plan for working out. Today I start weight training in the circuit room. I find this intimidating because I don’t know where the circuit room is! Anyth… --- ## [Granddaughter of Westboro Baptist Church's founder escapes \[and others\].](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/granddaughter-of-westboro-baptist-churchs-founder-escapes-and-others/648634)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/granddaughter-of-westboro-baptist-churchs-founder-escapes-and-others/648634 "2013-02-11T05:07:10Z")
Cracks are beginning to develop within Westboro Baptist Church. The founder’s 29 year old granddaughter fled. Her brother left a couple years ago. She’s given interviews detailing life within the hate organization. I fo… --- ## [Valentines and cooties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valentines-and-cooties/649852)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valentines-and-cooties/649852 "2013-02-11T04:35:46Z")
It takes a second grade girl in the house to appreciate the oddness that are valentine’s day cards. Grandma buys a package of cards for you and she doesn’t even read English. Ya know, you have to give one to every other … --- ## [So my wife cheated on me...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-wife-cheated-on-me/649626)
**Author:** [@Dave.B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave.B)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-wife-cheated-on-me/649626 "2013-02-11T04:08:22Z")
This isn’t a post designed to solicit sympathy or anything like that. I was told years ago that doing something like this would be cathartic, and now seems like a good time. I’ve been lurking here long enough to know th… --- ## [CanDopers are you going to save any pennies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candopers-are-you-going-to-save-any-pennies/649857)
**Author:** [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candopers-are-you-going-to-save-any-pennies/649857 "2013-02-11T02:36:11Z")
What the title said. Are you going to hang onto any pennies? Perhaps a set of 'em by year? --- ## [How's the weather out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-the-weather-out-there/649700)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-the-weather-out-there/649700 "2013-02-11T02:07:15Z")
Where are you and what’s it like out your door today? I’m at my office in Bethesda, Maryland and it’s gray and drizzly. Supposed to get cold later as the blizzard passes by north of here, but no snow on the horizon for… --- ## [Live worms in my fish! Ewww!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-worms-in-my-fish-ewww/649796)
**Author:** [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.Pu-du-he-pa-as)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-worms-in-my-fish-ewww/649796 "2013-02-11T02:05:15Z")
So, I got some fish at the grocery store yesterday, only to discover when I brought it home that it had at least three still-living inch-long worms in it. Eeeew. I threw it all away. Ewwww. Have any of you had a simi… --- ## [Ottawa plans to kill the penny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ottawa-plans-to-kill-the-penny/617212)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ottawa-plans-to-kill-the-penny/617212 "2013-02-11T00:12:55Z")
In other coin-related news, the Federal government has announced that it will end production of the Canadian one-cent coin starting in fall 2012. Prices will be rounded up or down to the nearest 5 cents. Link from the CB… --- ## [Snow storm? Pah!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-storm-pah/649809)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-storm-pah/649809 "2013-02-10T21:05:40Z")
In Brazil it rains spiders. Seriously creepy shit. --- ## [RIP Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 357\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014 "2013-02-10T19:39:16Z")
I just got word that Autolycus passed away unexpectedly this morning. I don’t have any details. Here’s to you, John. :frowning: --- ## [Happy New Year!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year/649846)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year/649846 "2013-02-10T17:51:25Z")
Or Sin Jia Yu Ee, as it’s said in the wife’s ancestral dialect. (She’s Chiew Chao ethnicity. Various spellings including Teochew.) The Year of the Snake. It’s not an official holiday in Thailand, but ethnic Chinese domi… --- ## [Ask the post-acute rehab patient (physical rehabilitation)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-post-acute-rehab-patient-physical-rehabilitation/649525)
**Author:** [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-post-acute-rehab-patient-physical-rehabilitation/649525 "2013-02-10T17:36:46Z")
So for the last month, I’ve been in a rehab facility following a 10-day hospital stay. I have a couple of autoimmune disorders (scleroderma and polymyositis) that left me basically unable to function completely due to s… --- ## [My reflexes prove insufficiently cat-like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-reflexes-prove-insufficiently-cat-like/649830)
**Author:** [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-reflexes-prove-insufficiently-cat-like/649830 "2013-02-10T16:11:05Z")
This situation, briefly, was this: earlier this evening, I went to enter the bathroom, the door of which (for sound architectural reasons I won’t bother you with now) opens outwards. I was also barefoot. By mischance, I… --- ## [Schools kids in Australia cannot blow out birthday candles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schools-kids-in-australia-cannot-blow-out-birthday-candles/649583)
**Author:** [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schools-kids-in-australia-cannot-blow-out-birthday-candles/649583 "2013-02-10T15:44:55Z")
According to this story, schools in Australia that hold birthday parties cannot let the birthday boy or girl blow out candles, as this would likely spread viruses. While I suppose there is a germ ( heh, heh ) of truth to… --- ## [Walked out of a restaurant tonight for the first time in my life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walked-out-of-a-restaurant-tonight-for-the-first-time-in-my-life/649103)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2013, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walked-out-of-a-restaurant-tonight-for-the-first-time-in-my-life/649103 "2013-02-10T11:26:48Z")
Boyfriend and I went out tonight to celebrate Valentine’s day (I’ll be out on the boat starting next Tuesday so that’s why it was early). The place was really packed, very busy and loud, so I didn’t expect the most stel… --- ## [SDMB Username Search: How many characters until you're the only option in the dropdown?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-username-search-how-many-characters-until-youre-the-only-option-in-the-dropdown/649383)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-username-search-how-many-characters-until-youre-the-only-option-in-the-dropdown/649383 "2013-02-10T00:36:49Z")
Using the search function, start typing your name in the “Search by User Name” box (if you want to). Upon typing 3 characters a dropdown menu will offer results. How many characters do you have to type before your name … --- ## [Question about a certain dress brand...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-certain-dress-brand/649833)
**Author:** [@BTEzra04](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BTEzra04)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-certain-dress-brand/649833 "2013-02-10T00:16:30Z")
Has anyone else heard of Enfocus Studio dresses? I’ve found them at Ross (aka, Ross Dress for Less) stores. I’ve never run into a single one of those dresses that I disliked, and frequently find myself buying them. I lov… --- ## [Good-bye to an Equine Friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-to-an-equine-friend/649646)
**Author:** [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2013, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-to-an-equine-friend/649646 "2013-02-09T23:01:34Z")
Bella was not my horse. She was at the horse rescue I volunteer at, came in as a rescue and was adopted last spring by another volunteer there, a woman who had no previous horse experience. Bella was the perfect first h… --- ## [In Northeast U.S., Nemo finds YOU!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-northeast-u-s-nemo-finds-you/649627)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-northeast-u-s-nemo-finds-you/649627 "2013-02-09T22:47:29Z")
Time to stock up on your milk, bread, and TP, if you live in NJ, NY, or New England - Winter Storm Nemo is coming! --- ## [Greatest workout video ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-workout-video-ever/649775)
**Author:** [@gerund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gerund)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-workout-video-ever/649775 "2013-02-09T22:13:11Z")
I seriously hope you all enjoy this as much as I did. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgxvza2yhFw --- ## [Is it me or them...am I a Guru?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-them-am-i-a-guru/649552)
**Author:** [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-them-am-i-a-guru/649552 "2013-02-09T19:28:47Z")
I just built a computer system from scratch, about $600 of crap stuck together that will last several more years longer than the one I built years ago…or the one I built years before that…and before that. I didn’t reall… --- ## [Iran’s former central bank chief and . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-s-former-central-bank-chief-and/649754)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-s-former-central-bank-chief-and/649754 "2013-02-09T15:13:49Z")
should have given to someone on the internet instead of carrying it himself See, there are people who have SEVENTY MILLIONS DOLLARS AND DON’T KNOW HOW TO TAKE IT OUT OF THE COUNTRY. Dammit, I knew that some of these s… --- ## [Who smoked in my car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-smoked-in-my-car/649726)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-smoked-in-my-car/649726 "2013-02-09T14:13:30Z")
This is the epitome of MPSIMS: I have no idea why anyone would care about this, or would say in reply, but I’ve told my wife and a friend, and it’s so odd I just have to tell someone else. The other day, I drove over to… --- ## [Need encouragement/courage \[ref: neighbor's horses\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-encouragement-courage-ref-neighbors-horses/649287)
**Author:** [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2013, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-encouragement-courage-ref-neighbors-horses/649287 "2013-02-09T13:11:12Z")
Sorry that this is so long winded… TLDR: I feel compelled to ask my neighbor if she needs help with her horses, but am afraid of her. Need ways to screw up my courage. Long Version: I am extremely introverted. I lea… --- ## [I Am a Facebook Cliche](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-facebook-cliche/649394)
**Author:** [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2013, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-facebook-cliche/649394 "2013-02-09T05:02:15Z")
Heaven help me; I’m an idiot. I (a woman) got a friend request yesterday from a guy I knew and dated briefly - for a month or two - some 15 years ago. Already, you know where this is going, don’t you? Of course you do. … --- ## [Donald Trump releases birth certificate - I think it's fake.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-releases-birth-certificate-i-think-its-fake/646644)
**Author:** [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2013, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-releases-birth-certificate-i-think-its-fake/646644 "2013-02-09T04:45:51Z")
Responding to a challenge from media icon and leading opinionmaker Bill Mahr, the Donald has released his birth certificate and demanded that Mahr pony up the promised $5 million. The only problem is: I’m pretty sure th… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1015) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1017)