# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=105 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 106 --- ## [Using Google Translate on Ktichen Knife - I'm impressed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-google-translate-on-ktichen-knife-im-impressed/1002073)
**Author:** [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-google-translate-on-ktichen-knife-im-impressed/1002073 "2024-05-25T22:25:41Z")
Not wanting to wake the zombie Japanese Tantō Blade - Translate Writing thread, I decided to start a new one. I have a Japanese kitchen knife my youngest brother gave me years ago. The only identifying images on the bl… --- ## [Coffee grind for dolce gusto or Nespresso (refillable) capsules?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-grind-for-dolce-gusto-or-nespresso-refillable-capsules/1002060)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-grind-for-dolce-gusto-or-nespresso-refillable-capsules/1002060 "2024-05-25T20:40:39Z")
I have a Dolce Gusto capsule bearing coffee maker … this model: and while I do use the “commercial” capsules (both D-G and 3rd party), every now and then I use my permane… --- ## [Ghostbusters!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters/1002050)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters/1002050 "2024-05-25T19:55:27Z")
Random thing. So tonight Siri (my phone was on the coffee table) caught part of my conversation which prompted her to randomly ask, “Who would you like me to call?” Jokingly I said, “Ghostbusters”. She called NYFS No 7… --- ## [George Floyd biopic in the works](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-floyd-biopic-in-the-works/1001995)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-floyd-biopic-in-the-works/1001995 "2024-05-25T19:15:47Z")
I wasn’t sure where else to put this, so here it is. It just didn’t feel right for Cafe Society. In short, his daughter Gianna and her mother are planning to executive-produce a biopic about him, and the feedback I’ve … --- ## [Bad bad bad Ivy and that awful aroma you're sportin'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-ivy-and-that-awful-aroma-youre-sportin/1001990)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-ivy-and-that-awful-aroma-youre-sportin/1001990 "2024-05-25T18:41:45Z")
After she made me actually hobble around stripping my bed and hunting errant dainties and socks for the laundry, she decided she needed to be away from me and ran upstairs. Moi? Sez I? What I do? Ok. I griped and huffe… --- ## [Parlance for "Yes"... Does a Bear... in the Woods (Mild Profanity)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parlance-for-yes-does-a-bear-in-the-woods-mild-profanity/1002046)
**Author:** [@Drummond\_Bays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drummond_Bays)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parlance-for-yes-does-a-bear-in-the-woods-mild-profanity/1002046 "2024-05-25T18:34:25Z")
Hello all! I may have the wrong terminology, but I am imploring upon The Teeming Millions to help expand my personal vernacular. I work in construction, so the naughty ones are more than welcome! I am actually seeking … --- ## [Former U.S. Marine accused of training Chinese fighter pilots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-u-s-marine-accused-of-training-chinese-fighter-pilots/1002063)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-u-s-marine-accused-of-training-chinese-fighter-pilots/1002063 "2024-05-25T17:30:06Z")
He’s an Australian citizen and can be handed over to them for charges. --- ## [Are you done shoveling/blowing snow for the winter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981 "2024-05-25T15:55:54Z")
Obviously aimed at those in colder climates. Here near Chicago, we’ve had a recent spate of mid-Feb temps in the 50s-low 60s. Long range forecast has it above 50 most days into early March. I’m betting that I will not… --- ## [Did you ever have a cat get skunked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-have-a-cat-get-skunked/1002005)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-have-a-cat-get-skunked/1002005 "2024-05-25T00:14:52Z")
No, Discourse. This is not similar to “have you ever had a hitch in your get-along”, let alone to the thread about the Catholic cathedral, which discourse apparently thought better of because that suggestion disappeared … --- ## [Putin Has Called for a ceasefire. With--certain provisos. NEWSLINK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putin-has-called-for-a-ceasefire-with-certain-provisos-newslink/1002029)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putin-has-called-for-a-ceasefire-with-certain-provisos-newslink/1002029 "2024-05-24T22:08:25Z")
Not a truce. And he gets to keep the land he stole. He wants to catch a breath, then start again. NEWSLINK ONE NEWSLINK TWO --- ## [Some of the genes that cause Alzheimer's or multiple sclerosis may have protected our ancestors from sheep or cattle diseases](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-the-genes-that-cause-alzheimers-or-multiple-sclerosis-may-have-protected-our-ancestors-from-sheep-or-cattle-diseases/1002043)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-the-genes-that-cause-alzheimers-or-multiple-sclerosis-may-have-protected-our-ancestors-from-sheep-or-cattle-diseases/1002043 "2024-05-24T22:03:45Z")
This is per a story in Nature, which is about as reliable as it gets. People who are studying the genomes of Northern European ancestors have discovered this link. It’s long been known that the sickle cell trait protec… --- ## [New Zealand to completely outlaw smoking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-to-completely-outlaw-smoking/955804)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-to-completely-outlaw-smoking/955804 "2024-05-24T18:11:06Z")
From 2027, the minimum age legal age to buy tobacco in New Zealand will be increased annually by one year from the present age of 18. So if you’re a 13 year old now, it will never be legal for you to buy tobacco in New Z… --- ## [Effective "Student Driver" stickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effective-student-driver-stickers/1002022)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effective-student-driver-stickers/1002022 "2024-05-24T16:05:46Z")
I saw one of these yesterday: --- ## [What is the deal with street names in Miami?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-street-names-in-miami/1001163)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-street-names-in-miami/1001163 "2024-05-24T13:56:19Z")
I am from Austin, which has a habit of changing street names every few blocks. However, that has done nothing to prepare me for Miami. I am a motorcoach operator (fancy title for “bus driver”) in Miami providing a shut… --- ## [The Adult ADHD Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-adult-adhd-thread/1001708)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-adult-adhd-thread/1001708 "2024-05-24T02:24:01Z")
Continuing the discussion from Men Choosing to Disengage from Emotional Involvement with Women (… and Bears): Are you an adult? Do you have ADHD? Do you think you might? Share your experience here! At age 34 I was dia… --- ## [I quit smoking pot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit-smoking-pot/1001808)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit-smoking-pot/1001808 "2024-05-23T23:55:42Z")
On sort of a whim I bought one of these vaporizers. Then, after reading up, bought a Wand, an induction heater. The hype on these things is pretty correct- weed goes a lot further and is more flavorful. As long as you do… --- ## [Some Questions About the United States Space Force](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-about-the-united-states-space-force/999040)
**Author:** [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-about-the-united-states-space-force/999040 "2024-05-23T19:59:23Z")
Among some of the things I was wondering about the U.S. Space Force; Do they have local recruiters yet like the other branches of the service or must one go through the USAF Recruiters? Do the enlisted personnel have the… --- ## [Woman found living in grocery store sign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-found-living-in-grocery-store-sign/1001493)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-found-living-in-grocery-store-sign/1001493 "2024-05-23T15:21:14Z")
“…She had fashioned a desk, houseplant, computer printer, Keurig coffeemaker and food in the sign that looked over the store’s parking lot.” --- ## [ChatGPT made me LOL with this one. Nicely done!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chatgpt-made-me-lol-with-this-one-nicely-done/1001898)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chatgpt-made-me-lol-with-this-one-nicely-done/1001898 "2024-05-23T13:33:43Z")
Me: Do you know what a narrow salvo of photon torpedoes is? ChatGPT: A narrow salvo of photon torpedoes is a term from the “Star Trek” universe, referring to a specific type of attack pattern used by starships equipped … --- ## [Mayor in the Phillipines accused of being Chinese plant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-in-the-phillipines-accused-of-being-chinese-plant/1001963)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-in-the-phillipines-accused-of-being-chinese-plant/1001963 "2024-05-23T12:57:38Z")
It sounds like a movie plot. I’ve heard of long-term planning, but this is something else. --- ## [PT=Pain and Torture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pt-pain-and-torture/1001827)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pt-pain-and-torture/1001827 "2024-05-22T20:55:53Z")
No kidding. Personal Trauma Pissed and Threatening retribution Plaintive wails and Tears Pity and Terror Who are these people? Why would they think they’re helping folks? I saw one elderly lady. PTing from a hip t… --- ## [Miss a car payment? Your autonomous car will repossess itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-a-car-payment-your-autonomous-car-will-repossess-itself/980552)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-a-car-payment-your-autonomous-car-will-repossess-itself/980552 "2024-05-22T18:18:20Z")
In the future: I don’t understand why anyone would voluntarily purchase a car with this “feature.” Seems like the marketplace should be able to sort itself out on that. On the other hand, imagine the secondary market… --- ## [South Korea to ban pro-Kim Jong Un pop songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korea-to-ban-pro-kim-jong-un-pop-songs/1001862)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korea-to-ban-pro-kim-jong-un-pop-songs/1001862 "2024-05-22T01:49:56Z")
I haven’t listened to them, but does anyone think they’ll actually change opinions about Kim outside of North Korea? --- ## [First Cybertruck sighting in the wild](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-cybertruck-sighting-in-the-wild/1001801)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-cybertruck-sighting-in-the-wild/1001801 "2024-05-22T01:30:51Z")
Yesterday I saw my first Cybertruck in the wild (Atlanta area). It was parked overnight at a local tinting/painting/customization shop that often has unique vehicles parked in front of it, from vintage to donks to kale… --- ## [If you could metabolize uranium](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-metabolize-uranium/1001867)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-metabolize-uranium/1001867 "2024-05-22T00:47:21Z")
So I saw elsewhere a post about the number of calories in a gram of uranium (20,000,000,000), and somebody joked that it was a good reason not to eat it. Now obviously the body cannot absorb calories from uranium like we… --- ## [Garage doors and their openers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garage-doors-and-their-openers/1001618)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garage-doors-and-their-openers/1001618 "2024-05-21T19:21:55Z")
Today the rod broke, the one that holds the spring that helps our single garage door to open and close easily. The guy I called said he had never seen that before, but he was pretty young. Also, the cable on that side wa… --- ## [Blue Origin launching people into space in July](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-origin-launching-people-into-space-in-july/941485)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2024, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-origin-launching-people-into-space-in-july/941485 "2024-05-21T04:11:54Z")
This is a sub-orbital flight which will be offered to tourists, although this first one might have Bezos himself riding on it. --- ## [I'm a psychic. Ask me anything](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-psychic-ask-me-anything/990583)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-psychic-ask-me-anything/990583 "2024-05-21T03:00:24Z")
Feelin’ lucky? I’ll have answers. And predictions. And maybe a number or two. To use at your own discretion. (Disclaimer: I can’t affirm or guarantee any outcomes. But I don’t charge a per minute remittance. Ain’t you … --- ## [Taking a hiatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-hiatus/977837)
**Author:** [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2024, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-hiatus/977837 "2024-05-21T02:17:41Z")
Not sure if anyone will miss my contributions, but I’m gonna need some time away from posting on this board. It’s not really working out for me anymore. You may see my “last seen” status as being relatively current, as … --- ## [Oregon is south of Washington!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-is-south-of-washington/975617)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-is-south-of-washington/975617 "2024-05-20T22:47:38Z")
So, US geography is perhaps not my strong suit. I learnt in school about the US-British dispute over the Oregon territory. So that means that the boundary runs between British Columbia and Oregon, right? But no! There’… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=104) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=106)