# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1054 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1055 --- ## [Yo Vancouver Dopers. Tell me about CKNW](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-vancouver-dopers-tell-me-about-cknw/640888)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-vancouver-dopers-tell-me-about-cknw/640888 "2012-11-13T14:55:41Z")
What type of radio station are they and so forth. I’m being asked to give an interview. --- ## [For those who remember my last threads in this board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-remember-my-last-threads-in-this-board/640296)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-remember-my-last-threads-in-this-board/640296 "2012-11-13T09:32:08Z")
Hi, I just thought I’d let you all know that I’ve started a relationship with a normal (if somewhat shy) girl who is just about my age (we’re 16 and 18), whose family likes me, and who gets along with me well. We’re taki… --- ## [Orca: How to kill your own killer app](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orca-how-to-kill-your-own-killer-app/640570)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orca-how-to-kill-your-own-killer-app/640570 "2012-11-13T04:53:13Z")
I was amazed at the technological incompetence shown in this story: Politics aside, this was just a terrible way to implement a program, let alone one as critical as Orca. There are dozens of stupid decisions, like l… --- ## [This is interesting = "Rent Your Car Through OnStar, GM And RelayRides"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-interesting-rent-your-car-through-onstar-gm-and-relayrides/640860)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-interesting-rent-your-car-through-onstar-gm-and-relayrides/640860 "2012-11-13T04:28:53Z")
This was interesting - Rent Your Car Through OnStar, GM And RelayRides redOrbit (http://s.tt/1ievS) --- ## [Exes who never go away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exes-who-never-go-away/640766)
**Author:** [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exes-who-never-go-away/640766 "2012-11-12T23:16:11Z")
Who has exes/currents who they’ve been dealing with for a long, long time and feel like they’ll never shake no matter what they do? If so, this is the thread for you, even though probably tomorrow when I feel less self-… --- ## [The Britishisms are coming!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-britishisms-are-coming/635984)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-britishisms-are-coming/635984 "2012-11-12T16:31:38Z")
Apparently British English is making just as many inroads into American speech as Americanisms are making in British speech: --- ## [My wife taught our niece to say "Suck It!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-taught-our-niece-to-say-suck-it/640653)
**Author:** [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-taught-our-niece-to-say-suck-it/640653 "2012-11-12T16:01:13Z")
It was an accident. We were playing Yahtzee, and she got five 5’s, a Yahtzee. So my wife yells, “Yahtzee! Suck it, Uncle Joe!” So now the 6-year-old is saying, “We’ll suck you good, Uncle Joe!” No, I’m not even joki… --- ## [Why did you fail your driver's test?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-fail-your-drivers-test/94939)
**Author:** [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-fail-your-drivers-test/94939 "2012-11-12T15:46:58Z")
Admit it. Nothing to be ashamed of. Lots of people screw up the first time around. Including me. In the California driver’s test, you start with 100 points, and every time you make an error, they take off a point. To pa… --- ## [New MasterCard Has LCD Screen and Keyboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mastercard-has-lcd-screen-and-keyboard/640585)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mastercard-has-lcd-screen-and-keyboard/640585 "2012-11-12T15:35:36Z")
Story here. Launched in Singapore and will be available there from January before going global. Pretty neat. Excerpt: \*\*"The card has touch-sensitive buttons and the ability to create a ‘one-time password’ – doing away … --- ## [An observation on Gay marriage and Pot in Washington State](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-observation-on-gay-marriage-and-pot-in-washington-state/640700)
**Author:** [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2012, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-observation-on-gay-marriage-and-pot-in-washington-state/640700 "2012-11-12T12:15:28Z")
I thought it was fantastic that Washington state passed both the pot and the gay marriage issues, even though I never have smoked pot, nor am I gay. I just think it is time to move past these issues. A friend of my wife… --- ## [When "i" is replaced by "we"...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-is-replaced-by-we/640657)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2012, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-is-replaced-by-we/640657 "2012-11-12T07:08:43Z")
…“even illness becomes wellness.” This was posted by my Mom on facebook and I immediately burst out laughing out insipid and silly it is. But then I got to thinking… if we replaced any instance of i with we, what would… --- ## [How's This For A MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-this-for-a-mmp/639944)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 436\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-this-for-a-mmp/639944 "2012-11-12T05:40:44Z")
Since we do not have one up as of yet and apparently no volunteers I shall start. It’s in my nature to be so generous. :smiley: ‘Tis 51 Amurrkin out and somewhat breezy. The high is predicted to be 73 and allegedly rain… --- ## [Do People Spay/Neuter Hamsters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-spay-neuter-hamsters/524434)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2012, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-spay-neuter-hamsters/524434 "2012-11-12T05:09:14Z")
I was just wondering, yeah I know it’d be easier to get two same sex hamsters, but I was wondering if vets perform the operation. I guess they do, if you paid them. You think it’d be hard for a vet to do, seeing their s… --- ## [Adoption, Sex Ed, and Abortion in Swedent - that's how to do it!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adoption-sex-ed-and-abortion-in-swedent-thats-how-to-do-it/640709)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adoption-sex-ed-and-abortion-in-swedent-thats-how-to-do-it/640709 "2012-11-12T03:59:39Z")
Interesting statistic I just found on Wikipedia. I have done a bit of googling to see if my assumptions are correct but cannot find out for sure, but I’m almost certainly right. The statistic is that in 2002, there were… --- ## ["Hi! This is why you don't buy an iPad from Walmart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-this-is-why-you-dont-buy-an-ipad-from-walmart/640622)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-this-is-why-you-dont-buy-an-ipad-from-walmart/640622 "2012-11-12T00:27:26Z")
Well I guess you get the employees you pay for - --- ## [..", said no one ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/said-no-one-ever/639435)
**Author:** [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/said-no-one-ever/639435 "2012-11-12T00:19:54Z")
“Wow, that was a really successful ad campaign. I’m glad we decided to advertise our business by spam.” What other things have never been said? --- ## [D is for Dopefest--or the Detroit Breakdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-is-for-dopefest-or-the-detroit-breakdown/631787)
**Author:** [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-is-for-dopefest-or-the-detroit-breakdown/631787 "2012-11-12T00:00:37Z")
A year ago I moved to downtown Detroit. Now I’m ready for a fest. Who is with me? My place is smaller than the one I had last time I hosted a dopefest, but the scenery is probably more interesting (M is for Milan; and M… --- ## [Moriah - are you still awake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moriah-are-you-still-awake/12049)
**Author:** [@Jois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jois)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2012, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moriah-are-you-still-awake/12049 "2012-11-11T21:03:21Z")
Are you still awake? --- ## [Veteran's Day.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterans-day/640711)
**Author:** [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterans-day/640711 "2012-11-11T20:31:19Z")
Forget all the carping. Whether retired or active: Thank you for your service! --- ## [Bush messes up ballot, "accidentally" votes for Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-messes-up-ballot-accidentally-votes-for-obama/640705)
**Author:** [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-messes-up-ballot-accidentally-votes-for-obama/640705 "2012-11-11T20:20:30Z")
http://dailycurrant.com/2012/11/06/george-bush-accidently-votes-obama/ --- ## [Today is Remembrance Sunday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-remembrance-sunday/640670)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-remembrance-sunday/640670 "2012-11-11T18:27:03Z")
by John McCrae, May 1915 In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the D… --- ## [Remembering The Fitz - 10 November 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-the-fitz-10-november-2012/640596)
**Author:** [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-the-fitz-10-november-2012/640596 "2012-11-11T18:11:54Z")
The S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald and all hands lost on 10 November 1975. \*The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down of the big lake they called “Gitche Gumee.” The lake, it is said, never gives up her de… --- ## [Tonight is a martini kind of night.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-is-a-martini-kind-of-night/640633)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-is-a-martini-kind-of-night/640633 "2012-11-11T15:53:41Z")
Dry, Tanq-10, dirty martinis over here. Anyone care to (virtually) join me? :slight\_smile: --- ## [Pharmacist miscounts medication: honest mistake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacist-miscounts-medication-honest-mistake/626635)
**Author:** [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacist-miscounts-medication-honest-mistake/626635 "2012-11-11T15:39:42Z")
I went and got a prescription for Ativan today because I’ll be doing some helicopter flying soon for work and I’m terrified. The doc wrote me a prescription for 20 pills, and I filled it at the pharmacy this afternoon. I… --- ## [Cop in uniform gets shot by another cop. Say what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-in-uniform-gets-shot-by-another-cop-say-what/640628)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-in-uniform-gets-shot-by-another-cop-say-what/640628 "2012-11-11T03:34:25Z")
This is beyond incredible. Cops had been at this house for quite awhile and even took suspects into custody. Then this cop gets shot? Didn’t the other cop notice the blue uniform? It makes me seriously wonder about tra… --- ## [I never properly introduced myself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-properly-introduced-myself/639759)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-properly-introduced-myself/639759 "2012-11-11T03:26:36Z")
I joined the SDMB about a month ago because another board I used to frequent has fizzled down to nothing and I wanted to move on. I just dived in head first around here posting a few threads and then found the MMP It’s… --- ## [Anyone near Memphis need a cat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-near-memphis-need-a-cat/640496)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-near-memphis-need-a-cat/640496 "2012-11-11T03:18:16Z")
We found this little guy, black and white domestic short hair male. We think he is about 8 weeks old. He is super sweet but we can’t keep him since I am pregnant and we rent. I have called around to 15 plus shelters and … --- ## [My sister FINALLY comes to her senses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-finally-comes-to-her-senses/640510)
**Author:** [@smaje1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaje1)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-finally-comes-to-her-senses/640510 "2012-11-11T02:14:44Z")
Whoa. I just got a crazy phone call and I was all, like, I have got to share this with SDMB. This harkens back to this thread from last year: My sister thinks I have post-partum depression...and I totally don't! Right? … --- ## [Happy Birthday, Marines!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-marines/640626)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-marines/640626 "2012-11-11T00:53:49Z")
Thank you so much for your service. If you go to the ball, please take and post pics. Marines in dress blues, yummy :smiley: --- ## [What is it like to be able to fall asleep easily?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-like-to-be-able-to-fall-asleep-easily/640356)
**Author:** [@Molesworth\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molesworth_2)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-like-to-be-able-to-fall-asleep-easily/640356 "2012-11-10T23:32:24Z")
I’ve always been quite envious of my sister, who can fall asleep at a moments notice. Nine-hour airport layoff with only an uncomfortable airport departure lounge chair to sleep in? She’s out like a light. Fourteen hour… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1053) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1055)