# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1032 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1033 --- ## [New Year's Eve Fireworks at Burj Kalifa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-eve-fireworks-at-burj-kalifa/645861)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-eve-fireworks-at-burj-kalifa/645861 "2013-01-02T20:54:58Z")
Did anyone else go? Yeah, me neither. Too bad, cause it was FREAKING AWESOME! skip to 1:10 for the goods. --- ## [I think I almost got mugged this morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-almost-got-mugged-this-morning/645642)
**Author:** [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-almost-got-mugged-this-morning/645642 "2013-01-02T20:41:00Z")
…or, if not that, something funny, and not in a good way, was going on anyway. The nearest cash machine to my place is at my local branch bank, in a small shopping center. There is a supermarket a few doors down, but on… --- ## [Has anyone ever been obsessed with you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-been-obsessed-with-you/645570)
**Author:** [@illuminatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/illuminatz)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-been-obsessed-with-you/645570 "2013-01-02T18:23:26Z")
It’s nice to have your crush like you back, but when you have no feelings for this person who has a crush on you when you fell nothing back, it gets tiring. I know a boy who has a massive crush on me, and doesn’t hide i… --- ## [Planning on losing weight? This might be an option.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planning-on-losing-weight-this-might-be-an-option/645853)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planning-on-losing-weight-this-might-be-an-option/645853 "2013-01-02T18:13:41Z")
Here’s an option that might help keep you motivated. HealthyWage offers several weight loss challenges which pay you to lose weight, one of which costs nothing. The site seems to be legit, has been around for a couple ye… --- ## [Detroit/Ann Arbor Dopers, let's have a holiday fest (Dec. 29th?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-dopers-lets-have-a-holiday-fest-dec-29th/641942)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-dopers-lets-have-a-holiday-fest-dec-29th/641942 "2013-01-02T16:54:33Z")
Sr. olives and I are coming home for break this year, and as usual, I have a list of demands from my Doper friends. DEMANDS: One (1) highly entertaining Dopefest to be held in the vicinity of delicious food over the W… --- ## [I like you guys.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-you-guys/645029)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-you-guys/645029 "2013-01-02T15:46:31Z")
For what its worth, I like all youse guys. Even the 'dopers I disagree with, although in saying that I must admit I don’t like you all equally (feel free to quote Bilbo Baggins here if you like). But in general, I think… --- ## [Happy Jewish New Year !!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-jewish-new-year/645755)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-jewish-new-year/645755 "2013-01-02T14:13:07Z")
It must be the Jewish New Year. How else could I be watching the Tournament of Charoses Parade? :D:D:D Thank you, thank you so very much. You’ve very kind. We’ll be here all week. --- ## [15-year-old son of deputy shoots burglary suspect](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-year-old-son-of-deputy-shoots-burglary-suspect/645716)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2013, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-year-old-son-of-deputy-shoots-burglary-suspect/645716 "2013-01-02T13:24:38Z")
WITH A FUCKING “ASSAULT WEAPON”! http://www.khou.com/news/crime/Burglary-suspect-shot-by-15-year-old-son-of-deputy-97430719.html Home alone, he defended himself and his sister. You can roll your eyes at me while I “cl… --- ## [Anyone else rotate calendars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-rotate-calendars/645721)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2013, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-rotate-calendars/645721 "2013-01-02T09:52:15Z")
I have three wall calendars in my house. But they are all rotated every year, so the three 2013 calendars are the same ones I used in 2006. If there’s a leap year, I just go one day without one, then switch to the next y… --- ## [61 people dead after stampede in Ivory Coast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/61-people-dead-after-stampede-in-ivory-coast/645790)
**Author:** [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2013, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/61-people-dead-after-stampede-in-ivory-coast/645790 "2013-01-02T08:37:30Z")
Anyone see this news story? Spectators leaving a stadium after a fireworks show began to stampede, killing 61 and injuring 49. According to the linked article, “Most of those killed were between 8 and 15 years old.” … --- ## [No, they don't make them that way anymore.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-they-dont-make-them-that-way-anymore/645110)
**Author:** [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2013, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-they-dont-make-them-that-way-anymore/645110 "2013-01-02T02:28:05Z")
In a recent thread, I lamented that most people are awful at identifying things by their sound. I think I’m qualified to say this because I used to know a man who decidedly wasn’t awful at it. He was my wife’s grandfathe… --- ## [Maybe I just shouldn't try to remove my own hair...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-i-just-shouldnt-try-to-remove-my-own-hair/216737)
**Author:** [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-i-just-shouldnt-try-to-remove-my-own-hair/216737 "2013-01-01T22:49:48Z")
The first thing you should know is that hair removal is not my friend. The particular talent of removing unwanted hair has eluded me and – dare I say – become both my identifying trademark and downfall (“Hey, you know th… --- ## [have you ever wiki searched your name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wiki-searched-your-name/645494)
**Author:** [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wiki-searched-your-name/645494 "2013-01-01T22:21:56Z")
My namesakes 1 (Australian politician) (born 1947), Leader of the Opposition of New South Wales, 1995–1998 2 (organ builder), English pipe organ builder 3 (racing driver) (1931–1958), English racing driver 4 (record … --- ## [Warm 'n fuzzy dog tale from Connecticut.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warm-n-fuzzy-dog-tale-from-connecticut/645762)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warm-n-fuzzy-dog-tale-from-connecticut/645762 "2013-01-01T19:20:52Z")
In the aftermath of the school shooting in Connecticut, a group of nine specially trained golden retrievers were brought in to help survivors deal with their trauma from that horrible day. What a wonderful story! I kno… --- ## [Best New Year's Eve Party You Have Attended?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-new-years-eve-party-you-have-attended/645698)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-new-years-eve-party-you-have-attended/645698 "2013-01-01T19:17:31Z")
I lived in NYC and never once went to see the ball drop in Time’s Square - the idea of standing in the cold for hours to see that? No thanks. Lived in Berlin and although hundreds of thousands go to Brandenburg Gate, on… --- ## [NASA world view at night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-world-view-at-night/645569)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-world-view-at-night/645569 "2013-01-01T18:07:55Z")
NASA has released a new global night view of our planet as a rotating animation: http://www.nasa.gov/mission\_pages/NPP/news/earth-at-night.html Amazing by itself, but there is also a hi-res version. Supposedly, the or… --- ## [Happy New Year 2013](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-2013/645696)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-2013/645696 "2013-01-01T17:53:24Z")
Here’s to the New Year! Already three hours old, here in Taiwan staying with the in-laws. --- ## [Damn! Torn retina.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-torn-retina/645611)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-torn-retina/645611 "2013-01-01T17:47:19Z")
I have been having trouble with my right eye for a couple months. Like a veil descended over half the eye (including the macula). On Friday, the opthalmologist diagnosed a torn retina. He will operate on Jan. 4 and pu… --- ## [Holiday Traditions in Your Home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-traditions-in-your-home/645536)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-traditions-in-your-home/645536 "2013-01-01T17:47:07Z")
Be it Christmas, Hanukkah, Festivus, or Other, tell us about your holiday tradition that you learned as a kid, started on your own, or married into. Whatever has lasted - or will last - for generations. I’ll start. Ch… --- ## [The CanaDoper Café (2012 edition of The great, ongoing Canadian current events and politics thread.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 2433\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2013, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014 "2013-01-01T10:09:11Z")
Hello and welcome! It is now officially New Year’s Day 2012 in Canada - Happy New Year, everyone. This thread is partly a continuation/reboot of The great, ongoing Canadian current events and politics thread. However,… --- ## [Angels are real and they walk among us, too](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angels-are-real-and-they-walk-among-us-too/645421)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2013, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angels-are-real-and-they-walk-among-us-too/645421 "2013-01-01T06:40:02Z")
In New Orleans we were walking on Bourbon Street one chilly night last week. A homeless-looking guy was passed out on the sidewalk. We walked by him to the next block, and the SO went into the first store. She bought … --- ## [Mundane little things you do on Jan. 1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-little-things-you-do-on-jan-1/645331)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2013, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-little-things-you-do-on-jan-1/645331 "2013-01-01T04:54:48Z")
In my ongoing attempt to add some order to my life, there are things that I routinely do when the new year begins: Put up new calendars. Change the batteries in my smoke alarms. Change the cartridge in my razor (also … --- ## [I'm Moving to Costa Rica and I've Never Even Been There!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-moving-to-costa-rica-and-ive-never-even-been-there/645529)
**Author:** [@Novalyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novalyne)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-moving-to-costa-rica-and-ive-never-even-been-there/645529 "2013-01-01T01:42:55Z")
I’ve always had the bug to live internationally. (I consider myself medium-well-traveled; I’ve visited a handful of different countries and probably a quarter of the US states). Then one day I looked around…40 years old… --- ## [Where's the little girl?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-little-girl/645335)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-little-girl/645335 "2013-01-01T00:19:24Z")
submitted without comment. --- ## [Come try out my Android app!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-try-out-my-android-app/645714)
**Author:** [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-try-out-my-android-app/645714 "2012-12-31T23:35:32Z")
I’ve mentioned before a program I’ve made called AlDraw. It’s used for making geometrical designs. Here are some examples of what I’ve done with it. I’ve also made a wiki about it. Well, now I’ve made an Android app ver… --- ## [The gratuitous glottal stop and dangers thereof](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gratuitous-glottal-stop-and-dangers-thereof/645509)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gratuitous-glottal-stop-and-dangers-thereof/645509 "2012-12-31T22:16:15Z")
Some people affect the use of a glottal stop when it’s not really part of the standard language. You’ve probably heard this in Cockney English, but you also hear it among certain young people in the U.S. We were doing a… --- ## [Frightening questions and realizations about The Hokey Pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frightening-questions-and-realizations-about-the-hokey-pokey/645374)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frightening-questions-and-realizations-about-the-hokey-pokey/645374 "2012-12-31T21:46:37Z")
The Hokey Pokey lyrics are as follows: You put your \[right hand\] in, You put your \[right hand\] out, You put your \[right hand\] in, And you shake it all about, You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around Tha… --- ## [Goodbye dear Karlovy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-dear-karlovy/645311)
**Author:** [@Labor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labor)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-dear-karlovy/645311 "2012-12-31T20:39:50Z")
Sorry to be a buzz-kill at the end of the year but yesterday we had to put our beloved cat to sleep. Surely there is now a place in the kitty hall of fame for our great tortoise-shell houscat. We will miss her: bring… --- ## [Do you get this joke? Is it "gettable?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-this-joke-is-it-gettable/645383)
**Author:** [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-this-joke-is-it-gettable/645383 "2012-12-31T20:35:44Z")
This is my wife’s favorite joke: . . . . . . . . . . . She says it’s a joke about jokes. I sort-of understand the idea of what she’s trying to do, but it’s not funny, no matter how hard I analyze it. Litt… --- ## [Fort Wayne, IN Dopers -- Photographic Help Needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fort-wayne-in-dopers-photographic-help-needed/645395)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fort-wayne-in-dopers-photographic-help-needed/645395 "2012-12-31T18:31:29Z")
Anyone in the Fort Wayne area care to lend a hand? My fiancé and I are getting married out there in March, but (since we live 700 miles away) we still haven’t seen the place we’re supposed to be having the reception. The… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1031) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1033)