# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1079 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1080 --- ## [Having memories pre-9/11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-memories-pre-9-11/634418)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-memories-pre-9-11/634418 "2012-09-12T13:27:48Z")
I realized today that, assuming conscious memory begins around age 7, today’s college freshman have no memory of life pre-9/11. --- ## [Great Question (Overheards)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-question-overheards/634500)
**Author:** [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2012, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-question-overheards/634500 "2012-09-12T12:55:51Z")
I just overheard from the next cubicle: \[Hanging up the phone\] “How do you tell someone they need to have a colonoscopy and then tell them to have a great day?” :eek: Finally a job for all those super happy people. --- ## [Tell me the ways your college kinda sucked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-the-ways-your-college-kinda-sucked/633281)
**Author:** [@BTEzra04](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BTEzra04)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2012, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-the-ways-your-college-kinda-sucked/633281 "2012-09-12T06:07:52Z")
I’m a little irked at my university right now. Kind of a laundry list of things. Parking is currently number one on that list…I’ve spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to sort bs about it out; I don’t want this to be… --- ## [First giant house spider of the season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-giant-house-spider-of-the-season/633978)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2012, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-giant-house-spider-of-the-season/633978 "2012-09-12T05:36:48Z")
Great googley images! I’m on the couch last night, and the SO went to the toilet. Suddenly I heard a scream. The scream was followed by ‘Spider! Big spider! Bathroom! Sink!’ Yep, there was a GHS under the lip of th… --- ## [Has anyone heard of Sensa?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-of-sensa/634162)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-of-sensa/634162 "2012-09-12T05:07:40Z")
So I’ve been seeing these commercials for this product that you sprinkle on your food and it mysteriously makes you lose weight. No need to alter anything, just shake this stuff on your food and let the magic happen…… --- ## [Is there a proper way of saying vagina other than vagina?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-proper-way-of-saying-vagina-other-than-vagina/55539)
**Author:** [@The\_Bastard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bastard)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2012, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-proper-way-of-saying-vagina-other-than-vagina/55539 "2012-09-12T05:03:30Z")
Without offending any women. It seems all the slang words are offensive, and I need to think of a cute way of calling my girlfriend’s vagina. Any suggestions will be much appreciated, I might get her to stop calling me … --- ## [Gimme Some Tesla Lovin!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-some-tesla-lovin/634459)
**Author:** [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-some-tesla-lovin/634459 "2012-09-12T03:37:08Z")
My friends over at The Oatmeal have raised over $1 million to save Tesla’s lab in NY to ultimately make it a museum. Suhweet! The original comic: http://theoatmeal.com/blog/tesla\_museum And yesterday’s article in the… --- ## [Countdown to heart surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-to-heart-surgery/631963)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-to-heart-surgery/631963 "2012-09-12T00:38:04Z")
Tomorrow morning at 5:15, I’ll be checking in at the Cleveland Clinic for heart surgery. I’ll be getting a new aortic valve, plus quadruple bypass. I’ll be in the OR about six hours, then in the hospital a week, then con… --- ## [There is a picture of me in this month's National Geographic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-picture-of-me-in-this-months-national-geographic/633834)
**Author:** [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-picture-of-me-in-this-months-national-geographic/633834 "2012-09-11T21:45:24Z")
Truthfully, I haven’t even seen the photo yet. The photo accompanies a short blurb about a bubble screen sound mitigation project that we are researching at our lab. Truely mundane and pointless I know but I thought I’d … --- ## [Kentucky Fried Klan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-fried-klan/634398)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-fried-klan/634398 "2012-09-11T21:02:39Z")
I ran across this post on another message board and it amuses me no end: I am imagining chickens in white sheets. mmm --- ## [Imperial Roman Wall Decorations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imperial-roman-wall-decorations/633509)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imperial-roman-wall-decorations/633509 "2012-09-11T19:54:16Z")
I was just browsing some photo collections on Pompeii and Herculaneum, and it just struck me. \[For the buildings we have excavated\] No matter how rich someone was, the walls were painted plaster, with a very rare tile mo… --- ## [Anybody ever hiked El Caminito del Rey?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-hiked-el-caminito-del-rey/634406)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-hiked-el-caminito-del-rey/634406 "2012-09-11T16:45:45Z")
El Caminito del Rey (“The King’s Little Pathway”) is a hiking trail in Spain. Apparently, it was originally built so workers could access a remote hydroelectric dam, and was completed in 1905. See here for more detail,… --- ## [How many of you own a working typewriter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-own-a-working-typewriter/633357)
**Author:** [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2012, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-own-a-working-typewriter/633357 "2012-09-11T13:29:25Z")
There was a day not so long ago when your parents would buy you a new typewriter to go off to college with. Mine was a black Brothers model, with an auto-correct feature, though I don’t believe it had a memory. So there … --- ## [Ask The Amputee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-amputee/615703)
**Author:** [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-amputee/615703 "2012-09-11T13:02:30Z")
Haven’t done an “Ask The” since my infamous one following Senator Craig’s ill-timed foray into restroom quickies, and I’ve recently embarked upon an interesting new phase of my life, so I figured it was time. A little m… --- ## [Mars does not endorse deep frying its chocolate bars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-does-not-endorse-deep-frying-its-chocolate-bars/633770)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2012, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-does-not-endorse-deep-frying-its-chocolate-bars/633770 "2012-09-11T12:50:58Z")
If you’re not familiar with contemporary Scottish cuisine, at least as eaten by real Scottish people, then it is probably exemplified by the deep fried mars bar (I think it’s called a milky way in the US). Mars have rem… --- ## [With a name like that, it had to be destiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-a-name-like-that-it-had-to-be-destiny/634388)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2012, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-a-name-like-that-it-had-to-be-destiny/634388 "2012-09-11T12:30:57Z")
There’s a burgeoning scandal at Texas Tech involving basketball coach Billy Gillispie. He is alleged to have committed various malfeasances which resulted in about 30 players and others leaving the program - including a … --- ## [Help me waste the time of these cold-call computer scammers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-waste-the-time-of-these-cold-call-computer-scammers/634192)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2012, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-waste-the-time-of-these-cold-call-computer-scammers/634192 "2012-09-11T10:17:10Z")
So, about every third day I get a phone call from a gentleman with a south Asian accent claiming to be from a computer company. He informs me that, shock horror, they’ve received a number of complaints about malware and … --- ## [Adopting older children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adopting-older-children/634253)
**Author:** [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2012, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adopting-older-children/634253 "2012-09-11T07:07:45Z")
As some of you might remember, hubby and I are on the TTC roller coaster and have been trying to have our first for about five and a half years now. We’ve done medicated cycles, IUI’s, and an IVF. I have been pregnant si… --- ## [ANZANG Nature Photography Competition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anzang-nature-photography-competition/634352)
**Author:** [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2012, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anzang-nature-photography-competition/634352 "2012-09-11T03:14:01Z")
The Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and New Guinea (ANZANG) competion is displaying some of the finalists for this year. There is a gallery up at the ABC News website. Some amazing stuff (if you hover your cursor ov… --- ## [Wonderful pic of Biden and bikers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonderful-pic-of-biden-and-bikers/634341)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonderful-pic-of-biden-and-bikers/634341 "2012-09-11T02:33:14Z")
The looks on the male bikers faces are priceless. --- ## [6.32 Million Americans Live Abroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-32-million-americans-live-abroad/634021)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-32-million-americans-live-abroad/634021 "2012-09-11T02:19:48Z")
Although this is a best-guess number, this cite claims that 6.32 million Americans currently live abroad (not including US military). Putting them all together, they would make up a population that would be the 17th mos… --- ## [Choose your bodyguard/mentor to defend the Dope!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-your-bodyguard-mentor-to-defend-the-dope/634153)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-your-bodyguard-mentor-to-defend-the-dope/634153 "2012-09-10T23:42:38Z")
I have it on good authority that a (more) villainous version of Skald the Rhymer from another reality is preparing to attack, mainly because he needs a hobby on slow Sunday afternoons. This other Skald (or Skaldternate, … --- ## [Stay safe, DC-area Dopers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-safe-dc-area-dopers/634119)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-safe-dc-area-dopers/634119 "2012-09-10T20:40:19Z")
Tornado warnings all over the place with this bunch of storms. Take the usual precautions and stay off the roads, get indoors away from windows, and get your flashlights ready! Stay safe and pray the lights stay on! --- ## [Note to self: do not post when you have insomnia.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-do-not-post-when-you-have-insomnia/634207)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-do-not-post-when-you-have-insomnia/634207 "2012-09-10T17:03:40Z")
I do weird shit when I haven’t been getting enough sleep and apologize for all the weird shit that ended up on here. This is no excuse for my behavior but is something to keep in mind if I seem out of sorts. --- ## [Vinyl baseboard always looks like shit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinyl-baseboard-always-looks-like-shit/634010)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinyl-baseboard-always-looks-like-shit/634010 "2012-09-10T17:00:13Z")
It really does…almost every single installation I come across looks like crap. Especially in the corners. Gappy corners, bad cuts, ugly joints. Is it because it seems easy, so people with no fucking clue how to do any… --- ## [Chicago mini Dopefest September 15 or 16?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-mini-dopefest-september-15-or-16/634089)
**Author:** [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-mini-dopefest-september-15-or-16/634089 "2012-09-10T14:05:08Z")
I will be visiting Chicago next weekend, and would love to meet other dopers for lunch or dinner. I plan on staying somewhere in the Loop, but am willing to travel anywhere the metro (cta? ) goes. I’m always interested … --- ## [Chocolate Penis May Save Death Row Inmate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-penis-may-save-death-row-inmate/634109)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-penis-may-save-death-row-inmate/634109 "2012-09-10T14:02:38Z")
Admit it, it’s a headline you can’t ignore. You just have to read the story. Okay, it was just the “teaser” headline. The main article had the somewhat more sedate headline of “Marcus Wellons, Convicted Murderer, Grante… --- ## [The expiration date is not important!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expiration-date-is-not-important/633609)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2012, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expiration-date-is-not-important/633609 "2012-09-10T10:57:50Z")
Grocery store… woman:Oh is that a special? grude:Yep, you get two salad dressings for the price of one. woman:Oh but I bet that is going to expire in a month or two! grude:I don’t care, as long as it is cheap. woman… --- ## [Nice video on tardigrades (water bears)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-video-on-tardigrades-water-bears/634273)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2012, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-video-on-tardigrades-water-bears/634273 "2012-09-10T05:14:27Z")
--- ## [Amazing photos from this kids high altitude balloon photo rig](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-from-this-kids-high-altitude-balloon-photo-rig/634271)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-from-this-kids-high-altitude-balloon-photo-rig/634271 "2012-09-10T04:43:52Z")
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