# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=104 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 105 --- ## [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… --- ## [Perils of computer translation - train splitting vs. exploding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perils-of-computer-translation-train-splitting-vs-exploding/1002109)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perils-of-computer-translation-train-splitting-vs-exploding/1002109 "2024-06-02T16:55:18Z")
This is the only non-paywalled Englis-language source I found; the facts tally with the wider reporting in German-language news. The event reported took place on 13 May. Background: In German regional train services the… --- ## [Let's go Dutch, cookbook that is!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-dutch-cookbook-that-is/1002407)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-dutch-cookbook-that-is/1002407 "2024-06-02T15:28:23Z")
One family who’s departing Beijing for good brought in a stack of books to chuch this morning. My wife grabbed a cookbook, the title of which is 15 minuten vegan comfort food. The recipes are all in Dutch, so I seem to a… --- ## [Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell and the missing kids: zombies, a cult and more!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-vallow-chad-daybell-and-the-missing-kids-zombies-a-cult-and-more/850231)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-vallow-chad-daybell-and-the-missing-kids-zombies-a-cult-and-more/850231 "2024-06-02T03:00:43Z")
Is anyone else following this story? I searched and didn’t see a prior thread even tho this has been going on for months and months now. Here’s the nutshell synopsis that’s missing LOTS of crazy details: Lori Vallow w… --- ## [Knee pain? What works for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knee-pain-what-works-for-you/1001887)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knee-pain-what-works-for-you/1001887 "2024-06-01T22:27:32Z")
Let’s say it isn’t any kind of arthritis, just normal wear and tear and (presumably) aging. Once you have marked the poll, please give specifics, such as brand names, in a comment. I would also be interested to find out … --- ## [Fox fucks find faux UFO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-fucks-find-faux-ufo/1002319)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-fucks-find-faux-ufo/1002319 "2024-06-01T12:51:18Z")
Right below their coverage of the Trump verdict they have a completely serious newspiece about cloaked aliens stopping to repair their ship in Las Vegas. This earth-shaking news will no doubt reshape the course of human … --- ## [Buck Knives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-knives/542141)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-knives/542141 "2024-05-31T17:07:57Z")
In the late-'70s I got a Buck 110 Folding Hunter. Sometime in the early-'80s I was walking along a desert road and found another one – in its leather case, yet! YOINK! Somewhere along the line I bought a Folding Hunte… --- ## [Any British Dopers Work In Social Services (Behavioral Health, Drug Addiction, Advocacy For The Disabled, etc.)? Can You Answer Some Questions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-british-dopers-work-in-social-services-behavioral-health-drug-addiction-advocacy-for-the-disabled-etc-can-you-answer-some-questions/1002059)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2024, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-british-dopers-work-in-social-services-behavioral-health-drug-addiction-advocacy-for-the-disabled-etc-can-you-answer-some-questions/1002059 "2024-05-30T23:02:50Z")
My field, in the US, is called “Social Services,” depending on the region and the context. It’s a broad field that includes such “industries” (for lack of a better choice of words) such as drug rehab, behavioral health (… --- ## [The cicadas are coming, the cicadas are coming!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cicadas-are-coming-the-cicadas-are-coming/997249)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cicadas-are-coming-the-cicadas-are-coming/997249 "2024-05-30T22:23:50Z")
A trillion cicadas will descend on the US this spring in rare event that could leave unforgettable stench! I find these staggered cicada cycles fascinating! --- ## [The Lil'wrekker climbing the Andes! What?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lilwrekker-climbing-the-andes-what/1002244)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lilwrekker-climbing-the-andes-what/1002244 "2024-05-30T16:43:50Z")
Try to guess. I’ll give you a minute. Tick tock Tick tock Tick tock, No. She’s not going to South America. She has virtually no athletic ability. Surgery for a broken hip last year, gotten from dancing a minor step… --- ## [Anybody here know about canes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-know-about-canes/1002161)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-know-about-canes/1002161 "2024-05-30T14:36:51Z")
(Of course someone does. Someone here knows everything) A dear friend has developed a hip condition that has her using a cane to walk, and she’s depressed about the whole thing. It may not be a permanent thing, but ma… --- ## [ICJ Ruling on Rafah offensive in Gaza](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icj-ruling-on-rafah-offensive-in-gaza/1002240)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icj-ruling-on-rafah-offensive-in-gaza/1002240 "2024-05-30T13:57:43Z")
This thread is for discussion of the recent ICJ ruling directing Israel to cease its Rafah operation, and also the earlier January ruling that one references. BBC article: Gaza war: ICJ orders Israel to stop Rafah offen… --- ## [Do we really not understand clouds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-really-not-understand-clouds/1002245)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2024, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-really-not-understand-clouds/1002245 "2024-05-30T13:37:27Z")
This article (excerpt, gift link) says we don’t know very much about cloud dynamics. Is our understanding really so nebulous? Over the years we must have accumulated some knowledge deeper than what colour sky delights … --- ## [Love at first sight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-at-first-sight/1002167)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-at-first-sight/1002167 "2024-05-30T13:21:37Z")
Really? No, I think we can all agree this phenomenon doesn’t really happen. Right? You meet a person. You like them. Their looks. That certain something. A few dates, maybe a couple of overnights. Okay. Something is … --- ## [If you're a member of the SDMB, then you're probably an outcast in RL. Discuss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-a-member-of-the-sdmb-then-youre-probably-an-outcast-in-rl-discuss/992257)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2024, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-a-member-of-the-sdmb-then-youre-probably-an-outcast-in-rl-discuss/992257 "2024-05-30T05:30:21Z")
I find I’m a bit of an outcast in RL. When I am with acquaintances, I only want to talk about intellectual things. Things that are a bit “deeper” than regular people want to discuss. I find, however, that most people don… --- ## [Can you swim?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-swim/1001999)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-swim/1001999 "2024-05-29T20:19:39Z")
I can. I think. At least I could the last time I was in a pool or lake. Not sure I ever could in an ocean. I taught my kids to swim. They swam in the pond here. Grandkids went to swim classes at the pool. No swimmi… --- ## [Odd endorsement pairings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-endorsement-pairings/1002231)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-endorsement-pairings/1002231 "2024-05-29T18:53:35Z")
I’ve been seeing ads for Igloo products with special edition Slayer graphics on them. If you’re not familiar with Slayer, they are a legendary thrash metal band from the 80s. What they have to do with Igloo coolers I hav… --- ## [International Criminal Court seeking arrest warrants for Isreal and Hamas leaders \[5-20-24\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-criminal-court-seeking-arrest-warrants-for-isreal-and-hamas-leaders-5-20-24/1001810)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-criminal-court-seeking-arrest-warrants-for-isreal-and-hamas-leaders-5-20-24/1001810 "2024-05-29T14:58:51Z")
Sounds more like a global politcal statement, as the ICC has no standing in Isreal as they are not members. And good luck finding Hamas, as Isreal’s been trying. --- ## [California Psychics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-psychics/1002163)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2024, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-psychics/1002163 "2024-05-29T11:30:05Z")
I don’t believe in psychics. At best, they are skilled observers. More often, they seem to play the odds and talk in generalities. You could probably be a pet psychic. “I am seeing your dog… now I see a favourite bow… --- ## [Euclid Telescope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euclid-telescope/1002198)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euclid-telescope/1002198 "2024-05-29T01:01:32Z")
These beautiful space pictures from the Euclid telescope are worth your time. My understanding is the telescope is on a craft launched into space and capable of taking detailed wide-angle pictures showing galaxies separ… --- ## [What happens if you connect Windows XP to the Internet in 2024?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-connect-windows-xp-to-the-internet-in-2024/1002158)
**Author:** [@Jackson99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackson99)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-connect-windows-xp-to-the-internet-in-2024/1002158 "2024-05-28T18:07:07Z")
What happens if you connect Windows XP to the Internet in 2024? Wow I did not know you can get malware like viruses, spyware and adware and such not even opening up your browser and surfing the internet. --- ## [The Cold War Was Really Strange 2--A Railroad Run By Children. LINK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cold-war-was-really-strange-2-a-railroad-run-by-children-link/1002179)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cold-war-was-really-strange-2-a-railroad-run-by-children-link/1002179 "2024-05-28T13:35:45Z")
During the Cold War, Hungary had children run a railroad. A REAL railroad. Not the Xmas Tree type. {LINK} A link to my previous Cold War Nonsense post. Widdle Biddy Panzers. (LINK) --- ## [EF-2 tornado](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ef-2-tornado/1000255)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ef-2-tornado/1000255 "2024-05-27T20:33:34Z")
A EF-2 tornado passed about ¼ by my house Wednesday. It was very exciting. Tornados have always been something that happened to other people. I was standing in my kitchen looking out the window and suddenly everything we… --- ## [Hands Across America - May 25, 1986](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-across-america-may-25-1986/1002068)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-across-america-may-25-1986/1002068 "2024-05-27T20:10:03Z")
Hands Across America - Wikipedia Did anyone else here participate? I was a volunteer and remember going to at least one planning meeting. I took posters to businesses on part of the route. I can’t remember now how pl… --- ## [Memorial Day: we remember all who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-day-we-remember-all-who-made-the-ultimate-sacrifice-for-our-freedoms/1002142)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-day-we-remember-all-who-made-the-ultimate-sacrifice-for-our-freedoms/1002142 "2024-05-27T15:57:58Z")
{Hymn to The Fallen, from Saving Private Ryan (1998), by John Williams } --- ## [Helping to clean my moms 95 year old garage from afar in the UK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-to-clean-my-moms-95-year-old-garage-from-afar-in-the-uk/1002071)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-to-clean-my-moms-95-year-old-garage-from-afar-in-the-uk/1002071 "2024-05-27T15:22:41Z")
Born in Limerick, I hope she reaches 100 and doesn’t get a letter from the Queen (unlikely) or King (it’s a thing they have a secretary to for centenarians but not those born in Free Ireland). So I recently wrote to my … --- ## [Posts where the OP comes back (much) later to update](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-where-the-op-comes-back-much-later-to-update/1001987)
**Author:** [@AshleyWilliams78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AshleyWilliams78)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-where-the-op-comes-back-much-later-to-update/1001987 "2024-05-27T14:03:16Z")
One subreddit that I enjoy reading is “Best of Redditor Updates.” People share posts from other subreddits where the OP wrote about a problem or asked for advice, and then later came back with an update about how things … --- ## [(Old) Thank God It's Frood Day - A Hoopy MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thank-god-its-frood-day-a-hoopy-mmp/1001795)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 270\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thank-god-its-frood-day-a-hoopy-mmp/1001795 "2024-05-27T12:08:12Z")
Saturday is Towel Day, so make sure you have yours, and maybe pop down to the pub for a couple of pints, or a cup of a liquid almost, but not entirely unlike tea. Unless that one Facebook Nutter is right, and Judgement … --- ## [Does anyone else here deal with muscle twitches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-here-deal-with-muscle-twitches/1001884)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-here-deal-with-muscle-twitches/1001884 "2024-05-26T19:51:49Z")
I’ve had them off and on for 25 years. Sometimes, it drives me nuts. My twitches don’t hurt, but they’re random. They come and go. They hit different muscle groups. I’m in my late 50’s now, and starting to wonder if… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=103) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=105)