# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1022 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1023 --- ## [It's f\*\*\*\*\*\* stupid cold out there! (Location Maryland)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-f-stupid-cold-out-there-location-maryland/648075)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-f-stupid-cold-out-there-location-maryland/648075 "2013-01-26T16:48:55Z")
Here on the Eastern Shore of Maryland the winters are mostly fairly temperate, but man … not tonight! It’s 19 degrees fahrenheit out there. I would die if I tried to stay outside overnight without shelter. Nature is not… --- ## [My name is now on the top five of six posts on GQ.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-now-on-the-top-five-of-six-posts-on-gq/648313)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-now-on-the-top-five-of-six-posts-on-gq/648313 "2013-01-26T16:06:13Z")
Something’s wrong with me, I think. Now this post… --- ## [Computer lab experiment: student orders first pizza in 1974.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-lab-experiment-student-orders-first-pizza-in-1974/648119)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-lab-experiment-student-orders-first-pizza-in-1974/648119 "2013-01-26T14:50:07Z")
This warms my tech heart. I can’t imagine a university computer lab doing this in 1974. A couple of System Analyst that I worked with between 1987-1995 got their start as operators in the Univ Arkansas data processing ce… --- ## [I got a Tdap shot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-tdap-shot/648310)
**Author:** [@Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fool_in_the_Rain)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-tdap-shot/648310 "2013-01-26T14:26:22Z")
I got the Tdap shot Wedsnesday, and was still fine when l I went to bed, no soreness, no side effects, all was well. Thursday morning I woke up and started to stretched, and immediately jerked my arm down in pain, “What… --- ## [Happy Straya Day all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-straya-day-all/648382)
**Author:** [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2013, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-straya-day-all/648382 "2013-01-26T09:12:35Z")
To all the Aussie Dopers, and to everyone else. Happy Oz Straya day to everyone, regardless of where ya from, how long ya been here, who ya pray to, we’re all Aussies. Fire up the Barby, wave the flag around, sink some … --- ## [Dumb rule I hate on Amazon!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-rule-i-hate-on-amazon/648371)
**Author:** [@Steener122](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steener122)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2013, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-rule-i-hate-on-amazon/648371 "2013-01-26T02:15:04Z")
I have yet to buy anything for cash on Amazon. I have “bought” tons of free ones. I do plan on buying stuff for real money soon but I need a job first! I just HATE that I am not allowed to review ANYTHING even though the… --- ## [Money and the pursuit of dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-and-the-pursuit-of-dreams/648101)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-and-the-pursuit-of-dreams/648101 "2013-01-26T00:51:37Z")
So, we have all heard all the quotes from great people saying that the people who are rich aren’t the really happy people, but those who follow their dreams and stuff are the TRULY happy people. But…one the other hand, … --- ## [So... \[just joined the board\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018)
**Author:** [@danii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danii)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018 "2013-01-25T23:53:30Z")
no idea where the introduction thread is and i apologize in advance if i’m posting in the wrong place, but after lurking for a few days i’m just gonna wing it and say hi everybody, my name is danielle, 20 years old, coll… --- ## [I lost my fire arm collection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-fire-arm-collection/646738)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-fire-arm-collection/646738 "2013-01-25T22:55:50Z")
I regret to relate this story: I lost my entire outfit of firearms and ammunition out on the frozen lake. I thought it would make a nice set of pictures. I drug my entire collection (which wasn’t much) of long guns, h… --- ## [Amazon Prime Instant Video... GTFO! (You had me at refund)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-prime-instant-video-gtfo-you-had-me-at-refund/648238)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-prime-instant-video-gtfo-you-had-me-at-refund/648238 "2013-01-25T20:49:57Z")
Recuperating from the flu, I decided to rent a movie from Amazon Prime (just becoming a new customer) to view through the Wii U; which due to the tablet-esque controller, I must say, is a fantastic way to stream and cont… --- ## [Have you ever ID'd another Doper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-idd-another-doper/648107)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-idd-another-doper/648107 "2013-01-25T20:37:53Z")
As someone you actually knew, somebody you had “met” before on another board or as a public figure? --- ## [Ramble ramble \[Boss's demand that an employee smile\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramble-ramble-bosss-demand-that-an-employee-smile/647899)
**Author:** [@onetwothreego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/onetwothreego)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramble-ramble-bosss-demand-that-an-employee-smile/647899 "2013-01-25T20:16:09Z")
An old colleague recently told me that she had been called aside by her boss who expressed his concern that she hadn’t ‘looked very happy’ during a meeting. She explained that she was not in fact very happy because she w… --- ## [I want to build a rifle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-build-a-rifle/647652)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-build-a-rifle/647652 "2013-01-25T19:00:04Z")
Say, you think that title will pop up in Sequential Threads? :smiley: I have an early-style M-16 flash hider; the three-prong kind, as opposed to the newer birdcage type. I also have an old surplus butt stock with the… --- ## [Former prosecuter of mobsters and terrorists to head SEC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-prosecuter-of-mobsters-and-terrorists-to-head-sec/648276)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-prosecuter-of-mobsters-and-terrorists-to-head-sec/648276 "2013-01-25T18:52:03Z")
How appropriate. A little late, but hey, let’s get some CSI techs in here to photograph the dismembered portfolios and see if we can’t track down the killers. :rolleyes: Story --- ## [Is it possible to damage your fluency in your native language by using a foreign language...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-damage-your-fluency-in-your-native-language-by-using-a-foreign-language/648069)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-damage-your-fluency-in-your-native-language-by-using-a-foreign-language/648069 "2013-01-25T17:43:10Z")
Even without leaving your home country? Apparently it is. What with all the German I’ve been listening to and reading I’ve been doing, and even a little bit of posting on message boards, this now seems to be happening … --- ## [If your vibrating phone sounds like a truck horn...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-vibrating-phone-sounds-like-a-truck-horn/648336)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-vibrating-phone-sounds-like-a-truck-horn/648336 "2013-01-25T17:37:32Z")
…Why even bother having the thing on vibrate? Just sayin’. (I’ve been hearing it from a couple desks over all morning. A ringtone would be less annoying.) --- ## [Paging Mr. (or Ms.) \_\_\_\_\_\_\_](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paging-mr-or-ms-_______/342085)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paging-mr-or-ms-_______/342085 "2013-01-25T17:26:24Z")
A guy I used to work with and I were always coming up with amusing things to pass time beyond the typical work we were faced with. One of them was to come up with neat names to be paged in the airport or wherever. Exam… --- ## [Dung Beetles in the news](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dung-beetles-in-the-news/648334)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dung-beetles-in-the-news/648334 "2013-01-25T17:17:46Z")
BBC article: Dung beetles guided by Milky Way Dancing on top of a ball of muck by the light of the Milky Way–sounds like fun! --- ## [Alone again. What's wrong with me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-again-whats-wrong-with-me/638527)
**Author:** [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-again-whats-wrong-with-me/638527 "2013-01-25T13:55:26Z")
Right now, my heart is broken. I don’t even know how to describe how I feel. In February my boyfriend asked me to marry him and I was surprised and happy and said yes. In March, we moved out of the house we were sharing… --- ## [Cleaning drains is even better than popping zits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-drains-is-even-better-than-popping-zits/648111)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-drains-is-even-better-than-popping-zits/648111 "2013-01-25T13:13:20Z")
We’ve lived in our house for three years. Because I have long hair, I had to learn to take the top parts off of my bathtub drain a long time ago. I hadn’t ever taken the top parts off of my bathroom sink, though. Until t… --- ## [Sudden radiation burst 1239 years ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-radiation-burst-1239-years-ago/648025)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-radiation-burst-1239-years-ago/648025 "2013-01-25T02:40:14Z")
I just chanced upon an interesting item. Perhaps others missed it also. From here: --- ## [There's no rule that says I can't hand wash a cup.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-rule-that-says-i-cant-hand-wash-a-cup/647894)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-rule-that-says-i-cant-hand-wash-a-cup/647894 "2013-01-24T23:59:22Z")
The tiny pinhole of our consciousness was never intended to accommodate the volume of data that we normally need to process every day. But some of us don’t really have a choice in the matter and long ago learned to not … --- ## [Another public display of weapons for no reason whatsoever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-public-display-of-weapons-for-no-reason-whatsoever/647715)
**Author:** [@Uber\_the\_Goober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uber_the_Goober)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-public-display-of-weapons-for-no-reason-whatsoever/647715 "2013-01-24T22:34:17Z")
Really? The story says he’s 22. No surprise there. A \*former \*member of the military - gave up at 22 did you? Also, he frequently carries weapons like these into department stores. He does it to protect children fro… --- ## [Cat dropped dead last night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-dropped-dead-last-night/647827)
**Author:** [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-dropped-dead-last-night/647827 "2013-01-24T18:29:42Z")
And no, not the cat in this thread, who after medcation and new diet is doing fine. One of my other cats, a beautiful 6 year old calico. My two year old daughter came to me last night and said “Ruthie is sleeping”. I w… --- ## [Safe For Work Internet Timewasters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-for-work-internet-timewasters/648144)
**Author:** [@Delta-9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delta-9)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-for-work-internet-timewasters/648144 "2013-01-24T18:25:34Z")
I have about two and a half hours to kill at work, and no work to do. Please suggest some light reading or other good “time-killer” sites. BUT: No flash games or puzzles No heavy graphics No video Shhhhhhh…If the b… --- ## [57th Presidential Inaugural Preparations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/57th-presidential-inaugural-preparations/647515)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/57th-presidential-inaugural-preparations/647515 "2013-01-24T18:12:28Z")
Downtown DC is battening its hatches. Not for the expected snow, although we are rumored to be facing 3-5 inches tonight, but for something much worse – the Inauguration. Inaugurations are always a big deal, shutting d… --- ## [Are you \*sure\* you don't like him? Grrrrrrr!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-sure-you-dont-like-him-grrrrrrr/648096)
**Author:** [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-sure-you-dont-like-him-grrrrrrr/648096 "2013-01-24T18:04:15Z")
This is a beef I have with even some of my best friends. It’s too mild for the Pit, but it is annoying! I’m single, not particularly unhappy with this state of affairs, even if I do enjoy male attention. Now every time … --- ## [27 science fictions that became science facts in 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-science-fictions-that-became-science-facts-in-2012/648235)
**Author:** [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-science-fictions-that-became-science-facts-in-2012/648235 "2013-01-24T17:45:01Z")
http://myscienceacademy.org/2013/01/03/27-science-fictions-that-became-science-facts-in-2012/ some really fascinating stuff. My favorites: INVISIBILITY CLOAK TECHNOLOGY: British Columbia company HyperStealth Biotechn… --- ## [We just had a small earthquake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-had-a-small-earthquake/648191)
**Author:** [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-had-a-small-earthquake/648191 "2013-01-24T16:52:54Z")
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/uu60011237#summary 4.4 southeast of Moab, UT. I’m in Grand Junction, CO. The house acted like it was going over a bump, the windows rattled, and the cat startled. It was… --- ## [Inappropriate things you find funny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-things-you-find-funny/647919)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-things-you-find-funny/647919 "2013-01-24T14:55:00Z")
Inappropriate things make some people angry. Others, embarrassed. Well, I find most inapproriate things funny! Here are a list of my favorites… Ice cream trucks driving at dangerous speeds. That’s one of the last kind … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1021) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1023)