# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1072 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1073 --- ## [Google Earth And The Update Of The Picture Of My House](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-and-the-update-of-the-picture-of-my-house/635940)
**Author:** [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-and-the-update-of-the-picture-of-my-house/635940 "2012-09-30T02:35:09Z")
I realize that Google Earth covers pretty much every square mile of this planet, and each specific image can not be updated too frequently…but c’mon. The image of my house is over 4 years old, and there have been many ch… --- ## [The Pope's Butler Did It (maybe)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-popes-butler-did-it-maybe/636254)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-popes-butler-did-it-maybe/636254 "2012-09-29T21:15:26Z")
Yes, the Pope’s butler is on trial for theft – for allegedy stealing documents from the pope which would expose church corruption. The story mentions that he is likely the source of a bunch of stories leaked to the Ital… --- ## [Stupid life situation.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-life-situation/635971)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-life-situation/635971 "2012-09-29T13:28:07Z")
Here’s some more post breakup venting. My life is chaos. I now live with my parents, with all my items in boxes. I’ve been trying to handle the logistics and emotions from this breakup, moving out, commuting over an hou… --- ## [Black Guy Attends Romney Rally](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-guy-attends-romney-rally/636203)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2012, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-guy-attends-romney-rally/636203 "2012-09-29T10:52:17Z")
http://www.rossrants.com/Black-Guy-Attends-Romney-Rally.html http://www.rossrants.com/Black-Guy-Attends-Romney-Rally.html --- ## [When bears attack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-bears-attack/636171)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2012, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-bears-attack/636171 "2012-09-29T06:44:31Z")
You hear people talking about how bad getting attacked by a bear is. Wimps. This video shows that it’s not so bad. --- ## [Buddhist ‘Iron Man’ found by Nazis is from Space](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddhist-iron-man-found-by-nazis-is-from-space/635928)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2012, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddhist-iron-man-found-by-nazis-is-from-space/635928 "2012-09-29T06:02:28Z")
And the Nobel Prize in Headline Writing goes to Nature! Oh, the story’s pretty cool, too: This unique for another reason as well: But, really, this is mainly about the headline. --- ## [If I knew, I would have never went with that person.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-knew-i-would-have-never-went-with-that-person/636013)
**Author:** [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2012, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-knew-i-would-have-never-went-with-that-person/636013 "2012-09-29T04:31:42Z")
What things did you find out about someone you went somewhere with, which would have stopped you from ever going with them if known sooner? --- ## [Wanderlust? Check out the Google World Wonders Project](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanderlust-check-out-the-google-world-wonders-project/636156)
**Author:** [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanderlust-check-out-the-google-world-wonders-project/636156 "2012-09-28T19:13:44Z")
I’m sure there have been threads about this, but I couldn’t find one, so… I was Googling something yesterday, and just out of curiosity, I moused over the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button, and it rolled over to “I’m Feeling W… --- ## [OK, dammit. I'll buy a new stove.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-dammit-ill-buy-a-new-stove/635596)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-dammit-ill-buy-a-new-stove/635596 "2012-09-28T17:16:29Z")
How mundane and pointless can you get? But I’ve just gotten out of bed, and I’m still groggy. I clean the stove from time to time, cleaning spills immediately and doing a thorough cleaning periodically. Yesterday I de… --- ## [If you don’t want the job, please don’t agree to an interview](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-don-t-want-the-job-please-don-t-agree-to-an-interview/635941)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-don-t-want-the-job-please-don-t-agree-to-an-interview/635941 "2012-09-28T16:31:41Z")
I’ve just had one of the more bizarre interviewing experiences of my career. I’ve been trying for the last few weeks to fill two actuarial roles. Having exhausted all of the candidates who applied to us directly, I’m now… --- ## [Some toddlers thought Easyrider was The Avengers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-toddlers-thought-easyrider-was-the-avengers/636067)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-toddlers-thought-easyrider-was-the-avengers/636067 "2012-09-28T15:17:13Z")
No joke they watched like 30 minutes of the movie thinking it was The Avengers, after going in my bedroom and unpausing my laptop. --- ## [Things that "should" offend you but don't really.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-should-offend-you-but-dont-really/635819)
**Author:** [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-should-offend-you-but-dont-really/635819 "2012-09-28T15:15:58Z")
I’ve been reading through some old threads if “worst gifts” “horrible in-laws” and “bad holidays”, and a common theme seems to be newlywed women getting pissed about receiving mops, dust-buster or other cleaning or house… --- ## [Back in my day, we didn't turn ourselves into Klingons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-in-my-day-we-didnt-turn-ourselves-into-klingons/636080)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-in-my-day-we-didnt-turn-ourselves-into-klingons/636080 "2012-09-28T14:34:20Z")
Okay, I’m well into middle age and I’m not expected to understand all the latest trends. But getting donut-shaped saline implants in your forehead? Seriously? --- ## [DWB ticket overturned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwb-ticket-overturned/636133)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2012, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwb-ticket-overturned/636133 "2012-09-28T13:46:11Z")
The fourth time in one week a local black man driving a BMW was pulled over he refused to show his licence. He did eventually but only when a sergeant arrived. He got a ticket for over $500 and decided to fight it. Th… --- ## [Cayman Islands investment conference -- GW Bush delivers keynote address.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cayman-islands-investment-conference-gw-bush-delivers-keynote-address/636112)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2012, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cayman-islands-investment-conference-gw-bush-delivers-keynote-address/636112 "2012-09-28T13:10:43Z")
George W. Bush To Keynote Cayman Islands Investment Conference Timing. It’s what comedy is all about! :smiley: --- ## [One week until I start new job!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-week-until-i-start-new-job/635367)
**Author:** [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2012, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-week-until-i-start-new-job/635367 "2012-09-28T08:39:17Z")
I’ve been at my current place for 11 years, but we’ve been taken over and all the upheaval had me try the job market. I was lucky enough to get offered the first one I went for and I start on October 1st. Getting excite… --- ## [medical abbreviation WM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-abbreviation-wm/636001)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-abbreviation-wm/636001 "2012-09-28T03:34:37Z")
In the context of medical imaging- x-rays, etc. does anyone here know what WM would be? I have XR for x-ray, CT for cat scan, US for ultrasound, MR for magnetic resonance and NM for nuclear medicine. But I’m drawing a bl… --- ## [Dark & Stormys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-stormys/636096)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2012, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-stormys/636096 "2012-09-28T03:14:33Z")
Drinking a few Dark & Stormys. Muttered that I needed the head. I’ll tell my gf tomorrow that I meant the bathroom. Life = good. --- ## [Woo Hoo I just got laid off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-just-got-laid-off/636016)
**Author:** [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-just-got-laid-off/636016 "2012-09-28T01:49:01Z")
About an hour ago. I am bouncing around happy. Those people suck and I am so happy to be out of there and moving on to the next part of my life. Somebody may want to bookmark this thread when two months from now I pos… --- ## [Does anyone else have a recognizable dream landscape?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-a-recognizable-dream-landscape/635787)
**Author:** [@goddessodd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goddessodd)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-a-recognizable-dream-landscape/635787 "2012-09-28T00:34:18Z")
I have discovered that most folks of my acquaintance don’t have a special place where most of their dreams take place. I don’t think I always did, but as I have gotten older, I have come to understand that I dream in a … --- ## [Adorable Picture of My Nephew and Family Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adorable-picture-of-my-nephew-and-family-dog/636026)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adorable-picture-of-my-nephew-and-family-dog/636026 "2012-09-27T23:32:58Z")
Too cute not to share! This is my nephew\*, Peanut\*\*, and the family’s dog, Sadie. Sadie’s mom was a Hurricane Katrina refugee, and my BFF adopted Sadie as a pup. \*The lad is not my … --- ## [Floods eat block of flats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floods-eat-block-of-flats/635939)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floods-eat-block-of-flats/635939 "2012-09-27T22:59:21Z")
It’s been pretty wet the past few days in England. Not a shock, admittedly, but this is pretty scary. The entire ground under a block of flats just disappeared into a big crater after a culverted stream collapsed. I’m a… --- ## [Ancient Statue of Extra-Terrestrial Material ... Stolen by Nazis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-statue-of-extra-terrestrial-material-stolen-by-nazis/636063)
**Author:** [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-statue-of-extra-terrestrial-material-stolen-by-nazis/636063 "2012-09-27T22:30:59Z")
You couldn’t make this shit up. :smiley: Indiana Jones, eat your heart out - reality is wierder! --- ## [What can you not find on the internet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-not-find-on-the-internet/635121)
**Author:** [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-not-find-on-the-internet/635121 "2012-09-27T21:18:26Z")
It seems to me everything is out here. Anything you can not find enough info about? --- ## [Suggestion: DopeFest in the Netherlands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-dopefest-in-the-netherlands/632366)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2012, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-dopefest-in-the-netherlands/632366 "2012-09-27T13:10:33Z")
Hallo everybody! I was wondering – from time to time I see that dopers arrange get-togethers to spend a nice day having fun and all that sort of things. I was wondering… How many of us live in the Netherlands (and perh… --- ## [So, I did not die](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-did-not-die/635774)
**Author:** [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2012, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-did-not-die/635774 "2012-09-27T11:21:06Z")
Most of you likely have not noticed me here at the SMDB, but I was here in the AOL days, and I am a '99er. I read here every day but I do not post much. Sunday morning about 7.00 I woke up with crushing chest pain. I w… --- ## [his penis “may have come in contact with the donkey’s vagina by accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/his-penis-may-have-come-in-contact-with-the-donkey-s-vagina-by-accident/635103)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2012, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/his-penis-may-have-come-in-contact-with-the-donkey-s-vagina-by-accident/635103 "2012-09-27T06:29:34Z")
:eek: --- ## [Secret entrances/exits part II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-entrances-exits-part-ii/635931)
**Author:** [@Tio\_Gringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tio_Gringo)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2012, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-entrances-exits-part-ii/635931 "2012-09-27T04:13:04Z")
I had typed this response to Diamonds02 rapidly locked thread. I’m not sure what that was about, but I thought my story was sufficiently mundane and pointless to share: My company has locations around the U.S. One of … --- ## [I got a George V nickel int change today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-george-v-nickel-int-change-today/633931)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-george-v-nickel-int-change-today/633931 "2012-09-27T03:18:35Z")
From 1929, in fact. The tails is a pair of maple leaves, framing “Five 5 Cents” - not bilingual. --- ## [Is there a scientific term for this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-scientific-term-for-this/635954)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-scientific-term-for-this/635954 "2012-09-27T03:15:54Z")
I, in my cramped part of the world, always manage to meet at least two of each distinct person. Lemme explain. People always leave an impression with me even as a kid: pals, bullies, class whizzes, crushes. As early in m… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1071) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1073)