# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1073 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1074 --- ## [I see it's Google's 14th birthday today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-its-googles-14th-birthday-today/635943)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-its-googles-14th-birthday-today/635943 "2012-09-27T00:43:37Z")
It’s growing up quickly. --- ## [The view from your (work) window.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-view-from-your-work-window/635721)
**Author:** [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-view-from-your-work-window/635721 "2012-09-27T00:35:41Z")
Put this one down to idle curiosity, but when I get to my desk for the work day I have this as my view: (http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd313/Ash51a/4280A3FE-A32E-4930-AB6D-1A7CBBF4047A-675-000000A6EA6EA6FA\_zps1f5c3… --- ## [What every old coot of a scientist should wear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-every-old-coot-of-a-scientist-should-wear/635854)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-every-old-coot-of-a-scientist-should-wear/635854 "2012-09-26T21:35:04Z")
http://www.thewirelesscatalog.com/cgi-bin/hazel.cgi?action=DETAIL&ITEM=VM2051S --- ## [I'm pretty sure this is a video of my cat's dream](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-this-is-a-video-of-my-cats-dream/635906)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-this-is-a-video-of-my-cats-dream/635906 "2012-09-26T20:40:37Z")
Ballet Zoom Cat, aka what my cat’s dreams are probably like. As an aside, I could easily spend money on a DVD box set of crazy Spanish TV from the 70’s. --- ## [Why are there so many stop signs on American roads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-stop-signs-on-american-roads/635700)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-stop-signs-on-american-roads/635700 "2012-09-26T20:37:34Z")
It seems to me a) from when I have been there and b) what I pick up from osmosis that American road junctions have loads and loads of stop signs which just aren’t necessary - they could be what I think you call yield sig… --- ## [Ask The Real Live Guy In A Real Wheelchair.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-real-live-guy-in-a-real-wheelchair/630307)
**Author:** [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-real-live-guy-in-a-real-wheelchair/630307 "2012-09-26T19:01:51Z")
Unlike some people I could mention, I exist. I have been to several Dopefests, hosted a couple, and count Dopers, Moderators and even member of the SDSAB as my dear friends. I just got my wheelchair! I am so happy I c… --- ## [You sorta have to say it out loud to get it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-sorta-have-to-say-it-out-loud-to-get-it/635848)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-sorta-have-to-say-it-out-loud-to-get-it/635848 "2012-09-26T18:51:30Z")
“You’re lookin at me like I shouldn’t oughtn’t ‘a’ gone there,” I said to my lamp, Lucia. She looked at me with an expression that is nearly impossible to describe, a sort of prim and sly “if the shoe fits” kind of thin… --- ## [Tell me about your strange "friend" requests on Facebook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-strange-friend-requests-on-facebook/635675)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-strange-friend-requests-on-facebook/635675 "2012-09-26T18:12:26Z")
Over in this thread RickJay laments about a friend who wants him to install a tracking application on his cell phone. This reminded me of people I barely know who have wanted to “friend” me on Facebook. As I mentioned … --- ## [Dog food taste-guarantee. Huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-food-taste-guarantee-huh/635551)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-food-taste-guarantee-huh/635551 "2012-09-26T18:07:34Z")
The brand of dog food I buy my dog has a guarantee on the bag that says it “guarantees great taste” or money back. How is that determined? If my dog doesn’t eat it, does that mean that it doesn’t taste good? My dog ea… --- ## [So I will soon rejoin the work force...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-will-soon-rejoin-the-work-force/635905)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-will-soon-rejoin-the-work-force/635905 "2012-09-26T17:59:45Z")
My last contract ended on August 24. I just found out a new one will start on October 8th. It will not be too challenging, but maybe that isn’t a bad thing - keeps the stress levels down. I will drive about the same a… --- ## [I don't know what the frack is up with my family & last-minute invitations.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-the-frack-is-up-with-my-family-last-minute-invitations/635900)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-the-frack-is-up-with-my-family-last-minute-invitations/635900 "2012-09-26T17:46:35Z")
Yesterday was my aunt Lily’s birthday. I don’t love Lily, but I’m reasonably fond of her. My wife, having a bigger heart than I, is even more fond of Lily; she often took her to dialysis before having a baby this year. S… --- ## [Tooth archive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tooth-archive/635589)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tooth-archive/635589 "2012-09-26T17:15:13Z")
My daughter lost two of her baby teeth last night at my in-law’s. My MIL started to tell me how I should find a place to store them where I wouldn’t get them mixed up with my other kids’ teeth. :dubious: See, she kept… --- ## [Comcast tech coming on Sunday. Apocalypse nears.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-tech-coming-on-sunday-apocalypse-nears/635513)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-tech-coming-on-sunday-apocalypse-nears/635513 "2012-09-26T16:59:04Z")
My DVR is losing its mind, switching on and off randomly and losing the guide menu in the process. I called Comcast on Friday and got an actual person in fairly quick order. I explained the problem and she said “Yeah, … --- ## [Personal morality and loving crass death metal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-morality-and-loving-crass-death-metal/635585)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-morality-and-loving-crass-death-metal/635585 "2012-09-26T13:01:01Z")
This is a list of a guy’s favorite bands: Maybe he mispelled “cephalotripsy” which means “crushing the head of a fetus in the womb in order to effect delivery”. The guy was charming and stayed at my flat for a few wee… --- ## [Quadriplegic woman with a blog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quadriplegic-woman-with-a-blog/635851)
**Author:** [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quadriplegic-woman-with-a-blog/635851 "2012-09-26T12:51:35Z")
Since so many people here seemed curious about what life is like for someone with quadriplegia, I figured I’d mention that I found out about a blog of a woman who became quadriplegic during her first semester of college:… --- ## [My finger is not an avocado.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-finger-is-not-an-avocado/635595)
**Author:** [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-finger-is-not-an-avocado/635595 "2012-09-26T01:39:22Z")
But the really sharp knife I was using doesn’t know that. I sliced to the bone of my left middle finger last night. I don’t know what I was thinking, holding the avocado in my hand like that. Five stitches later and I’m… --- ## [I fall down and go boom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fall-down-and-go-boom/635636)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fall-down-and-go-boom/635636 "2012-09-26T01:03:24Z")
Well, it was more of two thuds and a crack. I was doing some home repairs at the behest of the village (drunks tend to let things fall apart) and this is my message to the guy from the village. FTR, I was already doing… --- ## [Here are some public transit rules, douchebags.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-are-some-public-transit-rules-douchebags/623029)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-are-some-public-transit-rules-douchebags/623029 "2012-09-25T21:40:43Z")
Write this down. Rule 1) Don’t sit next to anyone –ever– if there are completely empty rows available. Most people seem to abide by this rule, so theoretically it should not be atop my list, but there’s something about … --- ## [Thank goodness!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-goodness/635824)
**Author:** [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-goodness/635824 "2012-09-25T21:07:09Z")
The partisan politicking on Facebook-particularly from the right after Romney’s gaffes of late-has quieted down. :slight\_smile: But it has been replaced by a newsfeed full of “Who deys!!!” and “Go —!!!” Yes, football se… --- ## [How do they figure out the odds for McDonald's Monopoly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-figure-out-the-odds-for-mcdonalds-monopoly/635814)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-figure-out-the-odds-for-mcdonalds-monopoly/635814 "2012-09-25T19:50:31Z")
I have the rules for the current version of McDonald’s Monopoly, and am aware of how “collect-and-win” prizes work (there is one “rare” piece in each group - they tend to be the same from year to year, presumably so nobo… --- ## [Non-Americans - name a thing you know about the US you got from the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-name-a-thing-you-know-about-the-us-you-got-from-the-sdmb/633930)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 252\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-name-a-thing-you-know-about-the-us-you-got-from-the-sdmb/633930 "2012-09-25T19:24:00Z")
Reddit is by far the board I spend most time on that would be applicable for this, but there are things you only get from here, and I thought ti woudl be interesting to start this little list. So I’ll start with Tim Teb… --- ## [Amphisbaena](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amphisbaena/635669)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amphisbaena/635669 "2012-09-25T18:50:44Z")
In this CNN video piece, a couple of Carolina kids claim to have a snake with a head at each end. I can’t get audio here, but it looks for real. It prompts all sorts of questions, including how it goes to the bathroom. … --- ## ["Everybody in life makes choices" says idiot who jumped from train into tiger cage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-in-life-makes-choices-says-idiot-who-jumped-from-train-into-tiger-cage/635510)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-in-life-makes-choices-says-idiot-who-jumped-from-train-into-tiger-cage/635510 "2012-09-25T16:32:01Z")
That’s what this moron answered when the police asked him why he chose to jump from a Bronx Zoo sightseeing train into a tiger compound. Just thought this was good for some chuckles. Maybe next time he’ll remember that… --- ## [Dropping a final consonent: regionalism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropping-a-final-consonent-regionalism/635530)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropping-a-final-consonent-regionalism/635530 "2012-09-25T16:30:22Z")
Lately I’ve been more and more aware of people dropping the final consonant of a word. Some African-Americans do it, and I’ve been hearing Charlie Rose doing it, in words like “Worl,” “Egyp” and “Switzerlan.” Rose is fro… --- ## [OK, I feel old now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-feel-old-now/633870)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-feel-old-now/633870 "2012-09-25T16:13:59Z")
I was listening to my favorite radio station here in Tucson, KLPX, which plays classic rock. Artists like Aerosmith, Van Halen, Ozzy, ZZ Top, Zeppelin. Same format since 1979, unchanged for the last 32 years. Anyway, th… --- ## [What is the largest amount of money you have ever found?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-amount-of-money-you-have-ever-found/635466)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-amount-of-money-you-have-ever-found/635466 "2012-09-25T15:31:07Z")
Just watched an episode of The Andy Griffith Show in which Opie found $50. Andy mentioned that he had never found that much, and Barney related how he had once found one dollar (and spent it all on a girl). This made me… --- ## [Twenty five freaking dollars to save text messages?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-five-freaking-dollars-to-save-text-messages/635640)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-five-freaking-dollars-to-save-text-messages/635640 "2012-09-25T14:57:08Z")
I was trying to figure out if there was a way to save messages in iOS’s Messages (I discovered that my iCloud backup has them, but cannot read them separately). I found two apps that could do so, PhoneView and Touch Cop… --- ## [Window trick of the day - Links in Word Pad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/window-trick-of-the-day-links-in-word-pad/635683)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/window-trick-of-the-day-links-in-word-pad/635683 "2012-09-25T14:18:58Z")
Wanted a list of links for Dancing Stars twitter. Word lets you paste links directly. But I don’t have it installed on my lap top Word Pad - doesn’t have this highly useful feature :frowning: Work Around Create a sh… --- ## [Pakistani minister calls Al Qaeda, Taliban, his 'brothers', places bounty on filmmaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pakistani-minister-calls-al-qaeda-taliban-his-brothers-places-bounty-on-filmmaker/635775)
**Author:** [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pakistani-minister-calls-al-qaeda-taliban-his-brothers-places-bounty-on-filmmaker/635775 "2012-09-25T14:17:21Z")
The story’s a little old, but none of the reporting carried the bit about how he referred to Al Qaeda as his brothers. Figured I’d spread the word. It’s slightly complicated to cite. This link makes a reference to it ‘… --- ## [Do you dance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dance/634920)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dance/634920 "2012-09-25T09:47:02Z")
Well, do you? :slight\_smile: I am 56 years old and I still dance a bit. It’s always by myself, but I still enjoy it. I dance when we have concerts at the deli and I dance at home when I’m doing housework. So, at lea… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1072) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1074)