# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1071 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1072 --- ## [What meals represent stereotypical indulgence/luxury at higher incomes or in non-US nations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-meals-represent-stereotypical-indulgence-luxury-at-higher-incomes-or-in-non-us-nations/635643)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-meals-represent-stereotypical-indulgence-luxury-at-higher-incomes-or-in-non-us-nations/635643 "2012-10-03T06:32:52Z")
So I was thinking that for most people, at least in the US, surf and turf is considered to be the go to food to represent a luxury meal for people who aren’t wealthy. In the US that meal consists of a high quality steak … --- ## [Might Be Employed - Send Good Thoughts Please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-be-employed-send-good-thoughts-please/636116)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-be-employed-send-good-thoughts-please/636116 "2012-10-03T02:55:59Z")
I’ve been out of work for 6 weeks - luckily I got 6 mos. severance and I’ve applied for unemployment so the family is not in dire straights, but frankly all I want to do is get back to work. Had a very good follow up ph… --- ## [Freemen on the land](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freemen-on-the-land/624164)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freemen-on-the-land/624164 "2012-10-03T02:50:38Z")
They are a very peculiar bunch. Have a read of this article: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Freeman\_on\_the\_land There are some great movies of their lunacy too. Here’s an example (three parts). The patience of the cop is … --- ## [My goodness it's been a while....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-goodness-its-been-a-while/636436)
**Author:** [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-goodness-its-been-a-while/636436 "2012-10-03T02:10:10Z")
Last login was over a year ago. Last post? Even longer! Just a mindless post to say, “Hello all of you old timers I knew!” and “Hello you knew suckers who have let this site lovingly taking away years of your life!” M… --- ## [Any famous urban legends of WWII?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-famous-urban-legends-of-wwii/634640)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-famous-urban-legends-of-wwii/634640 "2012-10-03T01:52:21Z")
I know plenty of the WWI ones, the Angel Of Mons, the Russian soldiers in Scotland, the crucified Canadian etc. but I don’t recall ever hearing any from the second world war. Anyone got any? --- ## [Presidential Debate Drinking Game! (Oct 3 Edition)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-debate-drinking-game-oct-3-edition/636529)
**Author:** [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-debate-drinking-game-oct-3-edition/636529 "2012-10-03T01:08:05Z")
(If this is in the wrong forum please move it) The first of presidential debates are almost here, and that means it’s time for another drinking game. Because I’m the sort of person who would make a drinking game out of… --- ## [Poignant interview with Terry Pratchett re Alzheimer's & assisted dying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poignant-interview-with-terry-pratchett-re-alzheimers-assisted-dying/636320)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poignant-interview-with-terry-pratchett-re-alzheimers-assisted-dying/636320 "2012-10-03T00:58:35Z")
Interview here --- ## [Human Skin Lampshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-skin-lampshade/621732)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-skin-lampshade/621732 "2012-10-03T00:21:32Z")
So I came across this old Cracked article called ''The 6 Creepiest Gifts Ever Given." That led to this article, which sounds like something out of a Stephen King novel. A lampshade of human skin that haunts anyone who … --- ## [Should I open this letter?(politically related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-open-this-letter-politically-related/636499)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-open-this-letter-politically-related/636499 "2012-10-02T23:54:27Z")
I’m putting this OP in Elections because is concerns, marginally, how I vote. If it’s better suited to another forum, I have no problem with it being moved. I’ve received a letter from my aunt, who lives in another st… --- ## [Letter to a Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-a-hero/636480)
**Author:** [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-a-hero/636480 "2012-10-02T21:25:07Z")
I didn’t write this, one of my fellow OR nurses and stellar wingmen here in Afghanistan did. “Dear Fallen Soldier, We were never officially introduced, but I met you in my OR. We did our best to try to help you make it… --- ## [How to not drive to work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-not-drive-to-work/636512)
**Author:** [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-not-drive-to-work/636512 "2012-10-02T20:58:54Z")
If you work at a costume shop, you might very well be asked to wear a costume at work. Perhaps you might have a costume at home that you’d prefer to wear. Wearing that costume to work might attract attention. If part … --- ## [Well, it's Autumn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-autumn/636487)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-autumn/636487 "2012-10-02T20:01:50Z")
Summer in the Pacific Northwest was typically glorious. How much better than my oven-like apartment in L.A. was! And then a couple of weeks ago, the weather began to waver. It started to cool down. Instead of days in… --- ## [Show me the funny!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-the-funny/635899)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-the-funny/635899 "2012-10-02T16:11:03Z")
Be it cartoon, photo, joke, skit or song, what is the funniest thing you have ever seen or heard? One per customer-no lists please. Mine would have to be Tim Conway’s elephant story from The Carol Burnett Show. --- ## [Remberance of things past - computer division](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remberance-of-things-past-computer-division/635689)
**Author:** [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2012, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remberance-of-things-past-computer-division/635689 "2012-10-02T11:57:51Z")
It has been fun reading in other threads about the early days of computers. The Commodore VIC-20, 64 and then the 28, the Sinclair-Timex et al. Now I would like to muse about some other things down memory lane. The firs… --- ## [Well, looks like I'm welcoming a new feline overlord...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-im-welcoming-a-new-feline-overlord/634868)
**Author:** [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2012, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-im-welcoming-a-new-feline-overlord/634868 "2012-10-02T09:10:59Z")
yes, there is a pic, but first the story. violins playing softly Late last night I was catching up on Supernatural episodes, when I was done I started locking up for the night, when I could hear “meeeewwww”, I immediat… --- ## [What the hell mom, throw the shoes out!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-mom-throw-the-shoes-out/636420)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2012, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-mom-throw-the-shoes-out/636420 "2012-10-02T05:03:12Z")
I just found out my mom fell a second time and hurt her nose and eye in these damn knockoff Crocs she likes, she already fell once before and hurt her hip in them! This time she had to go to the hospital. She sent my w… --- ## [Just voted!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-voted/635894)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-voted/635894 "2012-10-02T01:59:20Z")
My wife and I just mailed off our absentee ballots to the state of Illinois (last US residence). I know that 2 votes won’t decide the election, but it makes me feel good. --- ## [Dick will make you slap somebody. (NSFW)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-will-make-you-slap-somebody-nsfw/636432)
**Author:** [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-will-make-you-slap-somebody-nsfw/636432 "2012-10-02T01:20:52Z")
I don’t know whether I’m more amused by the woman talking or the reaction of the woman listening. But for some reason this cracked me up. --- ## [Don't sit so close to the color TV!! Did your mama warn you about that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-sit-so-close-to-the-color-tv-did-your-mama-warn-you-about-that/633915)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-sit-so-close-to-the-color-tv-did-your-mama-warn-you-about-that/633915 "2012-10-02T00:05:06Z")
(thread for geezers only, I suppose) I hadn’t thought about this in years, but I remember when we got our first color TV. There was widespread worry that sitting too close to the set will permanently damage your eyes. M… --- ## [Unemployment or Seasonal Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unemployment-or-seasonal-work/636389)
**Author:** [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unemployment-or-seasonal-work/636389 "2012-10-01T17:49:11Z")
It’s been a long time since I’ve been unemployed. I just got laid off last week. I want to keep busy but I know that jobs are hard to find. I have no doubt that I would be able to find seasonal (retail) work for the n… --- ## [Is that a Bagel in your Forehead, or are you just happy to see me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-bagel-in-your-forehead-or-are-you-just-happy-to-see-me/635997)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-bagel-in-your-forehead-or-are-you-just-happy-to-see-me/635997 "2012-10-01T16:38:52Z")
I’ve been seeing this for the past couple of days, but now it’s apparently everywhere: http://jezebel.com/5945856/the-latest-beauty-trend-bagel-head --- ## [schizophrenia has entered into my inner circle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schizophrenia-has-entered-into-my-inner-circle/635748)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2012, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schizophrenia-has-entered-into-my-inner-circle/635748 "2012-10-01T13:21:12Z")
Well not confirmed yet, but the delusion and paranoia is there. Reality has hit when my youngest daughter at 21 informed us that the job she loved for a year she no longer likes. Then we find out that she’s on stress lea… --- ## [Ask the gal who has started the process to enter a residential treatment facility](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-gal-who-has-started-the-process-to-enter-a-residential-treatment-facility/633824)
**Author:** [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-gal-who-has-started-the-process-to-enter-a-residential-treatment-facility/633824 "2012-10-01T12:08:59Z")
I have only started the process and will not be going (if I go) until early next year. The facility is run by Christians which is fine by me seeing as I’m one too. It really isnt a drug/alcohol rehab although it focuses… --- ## [Why I WON'T start this MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-wont-start-this-mmp/635666)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 271\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2012, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-wont-start-this-mmp/635666 "2012-10-01T11:01:24Z")
Oh… yeah… … never mind. :stuck\_out\_tongue: Happy Monday. Wish I was still sleeping. --- ## [Fun Stuff to do With a Laser Pointer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-stuff-to-do-with-a-laser-pointer/547877)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2012, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-stuff-to-do-with-a-laser-pointer/547877 "2012-10-01T09:52:28Z")
I just got my first ever laser-pointer (I know, I know…) and have used it mostly too… point at things. But then I decided to make my young cousin a laser scope for his toy gun and that was way more fun then pointing at s… --- ## [Greensboro NC car repair recommendation: Need answer Fast!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greensboro-nc-car-repair-recommendation-need-answer-fast/636334)
**Author:** [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greensboro-nc-car-repair-recommendation-need-answer-fast/636334 "2012-10-01T03:53:27Z")
My daughter has my car in Greensboro, NC and she appears to have a dead battery. Their other vehicle is at her husband’s office and they will have to call a cab to got get it. They have no idea who to call for servicing … --- ## [What kind of animal is this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357)
**Author:** [@Deadhead\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deadhead_Dave)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357 "2012-09-30T23:28:01Z")
Does anybody know? --- ## [the dream thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dream-thread/636291)
**Author:** [@Stainles\_Stan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stainles_Stan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dream-thread/636291 "2012-09-30T21:20:44Z")
I was going to make a stories out of some of my dreams, but I changed my mind because dreams make crappy stories. Instead I decided to make a dream thread, so post your dreams too. Two nights ago I had a dream I went m… --- ## [Horrifying Fact of the Day...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrifying-fact-of-the-day/636256)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrifying-fact-of-the-day/636256 "2012-09-30T18:41:37Z")
Straight from George Will… If that ain’t a horrifying fact it’ll do until one comes along. --- ## [NOLA - just returned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nola-just-returned/635815)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nola-just-returned/635815 "2012-09-30T04:16:23Z")
We spent a M-F in the Big Easy and hit some of the places recommended by Dopers in recent threads. Here are some impressions: Old Coffee Pot - I had the Calla cakes and they were great. I would not have considered them … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1070) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1072)