# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1081 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1082 --- ## [Any doper in Thailand who could help me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-doper-in-thailand-who-could-help-me/633828)
**Author:** [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-doper-in-thailand-who-could-help-me/633828 "2012-09-07T03:43:30Z")
There is a CD that came out years ago, and I’m kicking myself for not getting it. When I went later to ethaicd.com to try and buy it, it was out of stock. I put my email address in the “email me when in stock” box and … --- ## [Ruptured my Achilles Tendon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruptured-my-achilles-tendon/633582)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruptured-my-achilles-tendon/633582 "2012-09-07T03:32:30Z")
I don’t share many personal things here, but if there’s any group whose advice, experiences and tidbits I’d love to hear, it’s the SDMB members. I had to play one last game of pickup basketball yesterday, and what a mis… --- ## [G-rated insults](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-rated-insults/633508)
**Author:** [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-rated-insults/633508 "2012-09-07T02:26:57Z")
I guess this is a little wierd, but my daughter loves insults. Creative ones, that is. Go stick your head in a bucket, hit twice with the ugly stick, back of the line when the brains were handed out, your mother wears ar… --- ## [Mini-tnars (the reverse of rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-tnars-the-reverse-of-rants/632053)
**Author:** [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2012, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-tnars-the-reverse-of-rants/632053 "2012-09-07T01:22:06Z")
I have new glasses and they’re working wonderfully well. Usually there’s not much change between prescriptions, but this time I was starting to have to crane my neck up to read the computer screen through the right area… --- ## [Car woes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-woes/633706)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-woes/633706 "2012-09-07T00:52:10Z")
Not good car news. The car (1997 Merc Sable stationwagon with 213K miles) died Saturday, 45 miles from home. The engine turns on but the big belt that drives everything isn’t going around. On the good side - first new ep… --- ## [Amelia Earhart award.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amelia-earhart-award/633909)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amelia-earhart-award/633909 "2012-09-06T23:59:18Z")
The Maryland CAP gives an Amelia Earhart award. No offense, but that’s sort of like naming Will Rogers Airport after a guy killed in a plane wreck. --- ## [Drew Peterson - So They've Charged Him at Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drew-peterson-so-theyve-charged-him-at-last/495724)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drew-peterson-so-theyve-charged-him-at-last/495724 "2012-09-06T21:08:56Z")
What an asshole. No further comments. Beats me why I should care, but sociopaths like this intrigue me for for some reason. I know there’s a lot of them out there, but this guy is a whacko. --- ## ["No, YOU'RE weird" Fluevog shoe ad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-youre-weird-fluevog-shoe-ad/633842)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-youre-weird-fluevog-shoe-ad/633842 "2012-09-06T21:05:44Z")
I have to admit, I am hopelessly unhip, especially regarding clothes. I’d never heard of John Fluevog shoes before. Apparently they were a big deal back in the hippie days of the 1960s, with a store practically at the co… --- ## [Ben and Cherry's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-and-cherrys/633847)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-and-cherrys/633847 "2012-09-06T18:58:34Z")
I post this not ony because it’s an interesting and odd news piece, but also because I’m certain that Dopers can come up with MUCh more interesting “flavors” of Ben and Cherry’s movies. I’d love to see their flavor g… --- ## [A toilet for dogs (to drink out of)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-toilet-for-dogs-to-drink-out-of/633865)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-toilet-for-dogs-to-drink-out-of/633865 "2012-09-06T18:57:32Z")
My dog, after 10 years of complete obedience, has started drinking out of the toilet. In a way, I get it - the toilet water is consistently cool, and it’s always fresh, unlike his water bowl which I need to empty and re… --- ## [Unreliable Amazon Sellers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unreliable-amazon-sellers/633785)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unreliable-amazon-sellers/633785 "2012-09-06T15:28:54Z")
I usually have good results ordering music CDs from third-party Amazon sellers, but I’ve been getting a lot of over-graded condition CDs lately. One seller listed the CD as brand new, but it arrived with no shrinkwrap or… --- ## [Ideas Needed for a Library Themed Wedding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-needed-for-a-library-themed-wedding/633739)
**Author:** [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-needed-for-a-library-themed-wedding/633739 "2012-09-06T14:27:43Z")
I’m getting married in March and my hubby-to-be and I both used to work at our college library. He’s got an MLS and currently works at a university as a reference librarian. We’re both raging bibliophiles and we’d like t… --- ## [I think my apartment is causing nosebleeds, what do I do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-apartment-is-causing-nosebleeds-what-do-i-do/633465)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-apartment-is-causing-nosebleeds-what-do-i-do/633465 "2012-09-06T13:41:57Z")
I moved to a new apartment and started a new job not too long ago. One thing I have noticed is that my nose is usually on the brink of a nosebleed since then. My snot tends to have blood in it. Another thing I notice is… --- ## [President Obama is staying next door to my office during the DNC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-is-staying-next-door-to-my-office-during-the-dnc/632606)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2012, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-is-staying-next-door-to-my-office-during-the-dnc/632606 "2012-09-06T12:29:32Z")
That’s the rumor anyway. My office building is right next to the hotel he may be staying at during the convention. The road closures mentioned in the article directly impact my commute. We have 800+ people in my office. … --- ## [Ask the guy using Dragon speech recognition to write his posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-using-dragon-speech-recognition-to-write-his-posts/633556)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2012, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-using-dragon-speech-recognition-to-write-his-posts/633556 "2012-09-06T04:32:26Z")
Yes, the thread title says pretty much all I have to say. I am writing this all using a headset and Dragon speech recognition of not yet had to make a correction. Though I should have, as in the last sentence should have… --- ## [\*magical sound effect\* You are now your username - how screwed are you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magical-sound-effect-you-are-now-your-username-how-screwed-are-you/631956)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 405\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magical-sound-effect-you-are-now-your-username-how-screwed-are-you/631956 "2012-09-06T02:35:01Z")
A somewhat bored minorly godlike posthuman entity has just skipped by and for his/her/its amusement has decided to turn every SDMP poster into a realistic anthropomorphic version of their username. So I guess I’m now re… --- ## [Is Diamonds02 male or female?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-diamonds02-male-or-female/356084)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-diamonds02-male-or-female/356084 "2012-09-05T23:55:20Z")
I’ve been called a “he” and “she”. Obviously, I’m only one. :slight\_smile: I kind of wonder why sometimes I am thought as the other. This happens on other message boards, not just here. --- ## [Anyone Understand Sign Language?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-understand-sign-language/633554)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-understand-sign-language/633554 "2012-09-05T22:46:44Z")
…and want to have a go at translating this video? FTR, I don’t think it’s ASL. --- ## [What Do Cats Do That Annoys You?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-cats-do-that-annoys-you/633315)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-cats-do-that-annoys-you/633315 "2012-09-05T22:39:21Z")
I know this is a pretty cat-centric board because its populated by liberal wankers (I keed! I keed!) but surely not everything little fuzzy-wuzzy feline overlord does is pleasing to its owners. What do your cats do that … --- ## [Sasha and Malia Obama make me feel ancient...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sasha-and-malia-obama-make-me-feel-ancient/633708)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sasha-and-malia-obama-make-me-feel-ancient/633708 "2012-09-05T22:33:14Z")
When I saw this photo released by the White House of the President and his daughters watching the First Lady’s speech tonight, my first reaction was shock. THOSE are the President’s daughters? What the hell happened to … --- ## [Sun Myung Moon has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sun-myung-moon-has-died/633499)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sun-myung-moon-has-died/633499 "2012-09-05T22:26:19Z")
Story. --- ## [Ugh. I'm having my anxiety dream again.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-im-having-my-anxiety-dream-again/633704)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-im-having-my-anxiety-dream-again/633704 "2012-09-05T22:15:21Z")
Ever since I graduated from school, I’ve had an intermittent but very consistently themed anxiety dream that only surfaces when I’m worried about my future. Prior to that my anxiety dreams had an entirely different tone… --- ## [God I can't stand talking to my mom about medical issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-i-cant-stand-talking-to-my-mom-about-medical-issues/628758)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-i-cant-stand-talking-to-my-mom-about-medical-issues/628758 "2012-09-05T21:26:48Z")
She just called me and told me she has colon cancer on the outside of her body, the specialist told her he can fix it by pulling it back up into her body in an hour, and that she got it because her old doctor kept giving… --- ## [Unintentional voice messages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentional-voice-messages/632684)
**Author:** [@Electrical\_Storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electrical_Storm)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentional-voice-messages/632684 "2012-09-05T21:14:26Z")
Recently a friend left a voice message for me while she was driving. She later explained that she put the phone down on the middle console after she was done, but hadn’t realized the line remained open. That explained t… --- ## [Crazy landlady cies rape while beating tenant - video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-landlady-cies-rape-while-beating-tenant-video/633650)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-landlady-cies-rape-while-beating-tenant-video/633650 "2012-09-05T19:58:57Z")
A master thespian she’s not. Some cazy stuff! --- ## [Church 200 years behind says Cardinal Carlo Martini](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/church-200-years-behind-says-cardinal-carlo-martini/633368)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/church-200-years-behind-says-cardinal-carlo-martini/633368 "2012-09-05T18:05:54Z")
\*Italian Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini has described the Roman Catholic Church as being “200 years behind” the times. \*\*The cardinal died on Friday, aged 85. \*\* Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera has published his l… --- ## [Woman Plagued by "Furious Masturbators"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-plagued-by-furious-masturbators/633155)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-plagued-by-furious-masturbators/633155 "2012-09-05T17:20:51Z")
From today’s Phuket Gazette (and no, “Phuket” is NOT pronunced like you think): ‘Furious masturbators’ flash Phuket expat motorist in midday moment of madness – Keep an eye out for the recently sighted ‘furious masturbat… --- ## [Can we get 20 "yes"s in a row?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-20-yes-s-in-a-row/633750)
**Author:** [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-20-yes-s-in-a-row/633750 "2012-09-05T15:00:03Z")
20 consecutive posts, each with only the word “yes”? Posters cannot post twice in a row. I was wondering how we can get many people to cooperate, and how some men just want to watch the world burn. --- ## [Misleading--false, really--passage from a math textbook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misleading-false-really-passage-from-a-math-textbook/633355)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misleading-false-really-passage-from-a-math-textbook/633355 "2012-09-05T13:01:27Z")
And we’re off… --- ## [My sister died yesterday, relatively unexpectedly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-died-yesterday-relatively-unexpectedly/633539)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-died-yesterday-relatively-unexpectedly/633539 "2012-09-05T12:49:38Z")
I’ve lost both parents, but never a sibling. It is different. She was a young 64, stricken by a pulmonary embolism. Just last week she was telling me where she wants to move to spend her golden years. mmm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1080) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1082)