# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=103 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 104 --- ## [The People You Meet On Vacation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-people-you-meet-on-vacation/1002602)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-people-you-meet-on-vacation/1002602 "2024-06-08T14:05:13Z")
A moderately amusing encyclopedia classifying the people you meet on vacation. Which are you? What are they missing? --- ## [Ever have something work out unexpectedly and well?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-something-work-out-unexpectedly-and-well/1001895)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-something-work-out-unexpectedly-and-well/1001895 "2024-06-08T12:50:29Z")
Ok, that was maybe a bit too brief a title. Have you ever done something that ended up working out really well, maybe even better than you hoped or thought it would, but in a way that you didn’t expect? Maybe you didn’… --- ## [Have you ever refused to accept "free money"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-refused-to-accept-free-money/1001752)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2024, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-refused-to-accept-free-money/1001752 "2024-06-08T12:22:23Z")
About ten years ago I met my father at a diner. He felt guilty about not supporting me during college and gave me a check for $10,000. I took it home. Thought about it for a while. And sent it back to him, and told him … --- ## [Dogs & death (anti-trigger warning: NO dead or injurred dogs!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-death-anti-trigger-warning-no-dead-or-injurred-dogs/1002578)
**Author:** [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2024, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-death-anti-trigger-warning-no-dead-or-injurred-dogs/1002578 "2024-06-08T06:59:03Z")
TL; DR: talk to me about dogs and estate planning and resolution. (Just skip what I wrote below and tell me dog stories if you want. Really.) So I got a dog. It was my mother’s dog, but she can’t take care of her anymor… --- ## [Serial killer Robert Pickton has died in prison](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer-robert-pickton-has-died-in-prison/1002548)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2024, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer-robert-pickton-has-died-in-prison/1002548 "2024-06-08T04:30:07Z")
I wish people weren’t attacked in prison, but if it had to happen to someone…. --- ## [Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore... Tornadoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toto-were-not-in-kansas-anymore-tornadoes/1002085)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2024, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toto-were-not-in-kansas-anymore-tornadoes/1002085 "2024-06-08T04:19:40Z")
Been rough a few days this past week here in Arkansas. It has been a tough tornado season, allover. Late Friday night it started raining again. Rained and rained. I thought once it might’ve been hailing. It has hailed … --- ## [D-Day -- Was your father there? Grandfather?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-day-was-your-father-there-grandfather/1002530)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-day-was-your-father-there-grandfather/1002530 "2024-06-07T23:40:36Z")
The 80th anniversary of D-Day is upon us, and it puts me in mind of my own father’s service during World War II. He was a fire control man on the destroyer USS Carmick, which was in the thick of things that day: On 6 … --- ## [My Dogs are so much smarter than I thought they were](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dogs-are-so-much-smarter-than-i-thought-they-were/982438)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dogs-are-so-much-smarter-than-i-thought-they-were/982438 "2024-06-07T17:15:47Z")
Short story: They cover their own shame. They live in the back room, sleep in boxes, do dog stuff back there. Mostly shit and piss outside, because they are good dogs. Every now and then one makes a movement on the floo… --- ## [Willow Springs Raceway is for sale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/willow-springs-raceway-is-for-sale/1002591)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/willow-springs-raceway-is-for-sale/1002591 "2024-06-07T15:01:11Z")
The price is undisclosed, though we’ve called to ask and will update if the broker gets back to us. Now before we start really panicking, I think it’s highly unlikely that someone’s going to buy Willow Springs to raze… --- ## [Blind / curtain for a really awkward window](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blind-curtain-for-a-really-awkward-window/1002552)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2024, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blind-curtain-for-a-really-awkward-window/1002552 "2024-06-07T09:13:50Z")
Hey everyone, I’ve moved house and am currently decorating the guest bedroom. One of the windows is really awkward - it’s got a pointed top (gable), is only 130 cm wide x 170cm deep, and the left sloping side follows the… --- ## [Said farewell to a much loved pet, then... what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/said-farewell-to-a-much-loved-pet-then-what/1002524)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/said-farewell-to-a-much-loved-pet-then-what/1002524 "2024-06-06T23:12:35Z")
On Friday I had to send my wee Sally over the bridge, at age 20. Had her from a kitten; spent the last few months watching her decline; took her to the vet for a peaceful, gentle goodbye when she still had a bit of hers… --- ## [How much would tickets to an execution go for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-tickets-to-an-execution-go-for/568890)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-tickets-to-an-execution-go-for/568890 "2024-06-06T15:16:20Z")
Anyone else ever wondered this? Here in the USA we haven’t had a public execution since 1936. States have very strict rules about who’s allowed to witness an execution (lawyers, family of the victim, family of the co… --- ## [Badly misfiled memories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badly-misfiled-memories/995572)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2024, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badly-misfiled-memories/995572 "2024-06-06T12:42:55Z")
So I’m watching one of the Roku channels late last night and “Jacob’s Ladder” pops on. Now, I have been meaning to watch this since I read about it in Newsweek back in my senior year of high school. I notice how the ci… --- ## [Toxin-eliminating candles, are they a hoax?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toxin-eliminating-candles-are-they-a-hoax/1002428)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2024, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toxin-eliminating-candles-are-they-a-hoax/1002428 "2024-06-06T10:18:55Z")
Spent nearly $200 on mycotoxin-eliminating candles (EC3 air-purifier candles) that purportedly reduce the mycotoxins in a room if you light them for a few hours and purify the air. Now I’m wondering, was I totally gullib… --- ## [Stranded at the Dr](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranded-at-the-dr/1002448)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranded-at-the-dr/1002448 "2024-06-06T01:59:26Z")
I’m starting my car left handed 'cause of my broken wrist. I think I pulled the key out before the ignition was in the right spot. Now the key won’t go back in. I’ve tried wriggling the wheel breal pedal gear shift, no… --- ## [What kind of weaponry is Ukraine going to get with its new $13 billion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-weaponry-is-ukraine-going-to-get-with-its-new-13-billion/1000595)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2024, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-weaponry-is-ukraine-going-to-get-with-its-new-13-billion/1000595 "2024-06-06T01:18:27Z")
AIUI, only a small fraction of the $61 billion is actually going to Ukraine in the form of arms support. Is it just going to be another repeat of the usual “155mm, Javelin, Stinger, de-mining vehicles, small arms” packa… --- ## [Any Doper Eagle Scouts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-doper-eagle-scouts/373456)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-doper-eagle-scouts/373456 "2024-06-05T23:53:08Z")
…or other Cub or Boy Scouts. Girl Scouts, too. I’ve noticed occasional references to Scouting on the boards, and wonder how common it is among Dopers as either a youth or adult experience. I’ve been involved in Scouti… --- ## [Doctor head mirrors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-head-mirrors/1001704)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-head-mirrors/1001704 "2024-06-05T19:46:23Z")
I had to google it to even learn what they’re called, but you know those round reflective metallic discs on a headband you see doctors being portrayed wearing? Thing is, h… --- ## [Lost horses and stopped clocks in London](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-horses-and-stopped-clocks-in-london/1000694)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-horses-and-stopped-clocks-in-london/1000694 "2024-06-05T18:12:14Z")
Ok, so just one stopped clock. I just liked the sound of the phrase. --- ## [Giant (fossilized) Australian goose found!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-fossilized-australian-goose-found/1002479)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-fossilized-australian-goose-found/1002479 "2024-06-05T15:15:01Z")
And you thought the Canadian geese were bad! --- ## [Hanging Flags Upside Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanging-flags-upside-down/1002432)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2024, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanging-flags-upside-down/1002432 "2024-06-05T09:44:27Z")
With all this about Alito’s wife hanging a US flag upside down, and Trump supporters hanging flags the wrong way to protest his being found guilty, I wondered if hanging the flags of other nations upside down is also a d… --- ## [Toyota headquarters raided over incorrect safety data](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-headquarters-raided-over-incorrect-safety-data/1002476)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2024, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-headquarters-raided-over-incorrect-safety-data/1002476 "2024-06-05T00:16:37Z")
Honda, Mazda and Suzuki also admitted to providing faulty data. It doesn’t make me feel any safer driving on the streets. --- ## [Do Satanists have a branding issue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-satanists-have-a-branding-issue/1000031)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-satanists-have-a-branding-issue/1000031 "2024-06-04T20:03:37Z")
Agnostic Atheist, here. I Love some of what The Satanic Temple does. From what I understand, it’s it’s name is their to provoke. What do you think of this strategy? I’ve recently heard them refer to call other Theistic S… --- ## [Any recent changes in colonoscopy prep?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recent-changes-in-colonoscopy-prep/1001811)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2024, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recent-changes-in-colonoscopy-prep/1001811 "2024-06-04T00:49:19Z")
I’m going in for another colonoscopy, and wondering if the prep has changed since my last one. In 2018 or so, I had to swallow a lot of vile-tasting goop the night before, and I’m curious if they’ve found a way to reduc… --- ## [Toronto: Shooting near a school 2024-06-02](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto-shooting-near-a-school-2024-06-02/1002437)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto-shooting-near-a-school-2024-06-02/1002437 "2024-06-03T23:42:00Z")
The shooting happened outside of North Albion Collegiate Institute and the Toronto District School Board said in a post on X that the school and on-site daycare would be closed Monday, with students moving to remote l… --- ## [Weird stuff you lost](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-stuff-you-lost/1002310)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-stuff-you-lost/1002310 "2024-06-03T19:42:16Z")
well, some 25 years ago a migrated to this country with 2 blue big Samsonite suitcases (i literally had my whole life packed into 2 suitcases). One of those suitcases I still use for longer trips, etc… the other … I hav… --- ## [Keyboard advice for my computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-advice-for-my-computer/1002417)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-advice-for-my-computer/1002417 "2024-06-03T18:26:28Z")
I received a keyboard for my last birthday, and somehow I didn’t notice that it didn’t have any arrow keys until after they had left. It works perfectly well, but the lack of arrow keys comes up sometimes as an annoyance… --- ## [(Old) Happy Memorial Day or Just Happy Moanday in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-memorial-day-or-just-happy-moanday-in-the-mmp/1002133)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 345\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2024, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-memorial-day-or-just-happy-moanday-in-the-mmp/1002133 "2024-06-03T06:11:51Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN 'Tis 74 Amurrkin out and cloudy with a predicted high of 88 and either rain/tstorms/apocalypse or just rain predicted for the day. TWPTB are kinda willy-nilly on that. At any… --- ## [New! Improved!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-improved/1002175)
**Author:** [@dgy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dgy)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2024, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-improved/1002175 "2024-06-03T05:57:54Z")
Who are they kidding? Do people actually pick up products labeled as “New/Improved” and think the vendor has “done them a favor”? Or, do you groan, inwardly, and wonder “NOW what have they f\*cked up? And, what’s it go… --- ## [There's something rotten in...well, everywhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-rotten-in-well-everywhere/1001712)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-rotten-in-well-everywhere/1001712 "2024-06-02T21:43:22Z")
Something ain’t right. Everyone is mad, screaming throwing tantrums. Tattle Telling. Cursing, cutting off, calling names, using foul language. Hitting and beating each other. Sometimes killing others. Incensed by sligh… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=102) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=104)