# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1091 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1092 --- ## [New Orleans dopers assistance please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-orleans-dopers-assistance-please/631463)
**Author:** [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-orleans-dopers-assistance-please/631463 "2012-08-15T03:53:01Z")
I bought some gifts in the French Market to bring back to work. I miscounted and am sorry twelve magnets. Would anyone be so kind as to let me send you money through Pay Pal for them and buy me some more. I can send a pi… --- ## [I gave up fast food two months ago..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-up-fast-food-two-months-ago/630542)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-up-fast-food-two-months-ago/630542 "2012-08-15T02:24:09Z")
I gave up fast food two months ago. I know this may sound dark, but I didn’t do it for health reasons. I don’t mind eating food that is bad for you, as long as it tastes good. I finally got to the point where I could no… --- ## [stupid moments of brain shut off.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moments-of-brain-shut-off/631414)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moments-of-brain-shut-off/631414 "2012-08-14T17:24:14Z")
What the Hell, brain? As part of my morning routine, after I shower and brush my teeth, Iuse mouthwash, and then usually wander around doing something, like putting on clothes, or putting the dishes away, while I swish.… --- ## [Let's just call them all civil unions. If you want to get married, go to a church.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-just-call-them-all-civil-unions-if-you-want-to-get-married-go-to-a-church/630326)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-just-call-them-all-civil-unions-if-you-want-to-get-married-go-to-a-church/630326 "2012-08-14T16:50:27Z")
Maybe, it’s an over simplification, but I can’t see how anybody on either side could make a rational debate against it. So, preclude ‘married’ from the government’s vernacular. From now on let’s call them all CUs. CUs w… --- ## [four sisters recreate their childhood photos, 20 yrs later.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-sisters-recreate-their-childhood-photos-20-yrs-later/631398)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-sisters-recreate-their-childhood-photos-20-yrs-later/631398 "2012-08-14T15:32:25Z")
I like this idea. They tracked down some of the same locations and similar clothes. Interesting how young blonde kids get darker hair as adults. I’d love to do this too. --- ## [Welcome Lil' Neville!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-lil-neville/631394)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-lil-neville/631394 "2012-08-14T13:53:06Z")
Our baby girl was born August 5, weighing 5 lbs 13 oz or 2637 grams (by some strange coincidence, exactly the same as I weighed when I was born). My water broke around 1:30am, as I was getting ready for bed, and she was… --- ## [Anyone been here longer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-here-longer/630048)
**Author:** [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2012, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-here-longer/630048 "2012-08-14T13:29:38Z")
Well, I’m sure you have, but at another message board I belong to, a few of us noticed that we were coming up on our 10th anniversary as members. That caused me to check here and I noticed that it will be my 12th annive… --- ## [The color blind crayola maker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-color-blind-crayola-maker/631380)
**Author:** [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2012, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-color-blind-crayola-maker/631380 "2012-08-14T07:49:12Z")
So I just read top crayon maker for the past 37 years is color blind. The first thing that popped into my head was this imaginary conversation occurring for 37 years: Crayon minion: How do you like this new color Emerso… --- ## [Vitamin C Class Action lawsuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitamin-c-class-action-lawsuit/631354)
**Author:** [@CraterLayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CraterLayer)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitamin-c-class-action-lawsuit/631354 "2012-08-14T03:41:16Z")
If you take vitamin C, or not, and also read Time Mag., check out the legal notice on page 58 of the Aug. 6 issue of Time Magazine. My own reaction is such that I can’t post here. --- ## [A request for help, monetary or otherwise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-request-for-help-monetary-or-otherwise/631271)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-request-for-help-monetary-or-otherwise/631271 "2012-08-14T03:06:32Z")
(This thread is posted with permission of the Mods–thanks!) TL;DR Summary I am requesting donations for $1200 to help me go back to school: $200 for a fee to maintain my place in the program until my student loans come… --- ## [Dog saving her puppies. Moms are great.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-saving-her-puppies-moms-are-great/631221)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-saving-her-puppies-moms-are-great/631221 "2012-08-14T03:05:34Z")
These photos bring a smile to my face and a lump in my throat. The bravery of a mom helping her offspring. Going back into a burning building and getting those pups one by one. Then she picks a sheltered spot to cover a… --- ## [SoCal Summer Dopefest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-summer-dopefest/625563)
**Author:** [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-summer-dopefest/625563 "2012-08-13T22:52:23Z")
Trying to gauge interest. Anyone interested? --- ## [Gay Pride Comes to Vietnam!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-pride-comes-to-vietnam/630443)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-pride-comes-to-vietnam/630443 "2012-08-13T21:31:35Z")
I almost fell out of my chair: Pride Comes to Vietnam. If the dates in the article are right, this should be going on right now. I would love to see the leadership of other countries send praises Vietnam for doing the… --- ## [Primary doctor died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/primary-doctor-died/631166)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/primary-doctor-died/631166 "2012-08-13T16:25:44Z")
I went into my doctor’s office last week to get a prescription renewed, there were flowers all around. I looked at a card, it was an "in sympathy " so I asked, thinking it was the doc’s or some one in the office reletiv… --- ## [What has NASA ever done for me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-nasa-ever-done-for-me/631339)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-nasa-ever-done-for-me/631339 "2012-08-13T15:40:37Z")
A page that lists off things NASA has developed that have had a direct impact on life on Earth: And so on. It’s a fairly long list of things. --- ## [Explain your weird, industry-specific humor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-weird-industry-specific-humor/631109)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-weird-industry-specific-humor/631109 "2012-08-13T15:16:01Z")
Mine: I was a Junior Officer (JO) on a Navy Submarine. One watchstation JOs commonly stand is Engineer Officer of the Watch (EOOW), which is the man in charge of the dozen-or-so sailors in the Engine Room (ER). The EOO… --- ## [Music scene in Key West?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-scene-in-key-west/631359)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-scene-in-key-west/631359 "2012-08-13T14:48:14Z")
So Mrs. Devil and I are geting on a plane in a few hours for Key West. So far, we know we’re staying at the Marriott Beachside, and … and … and, well, that’s it. We haven’t even been to a tourist site or Googled a single… --- ## [Yesterday I Restrung My Ukulele](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-i-restrung-my-ukulele/630748)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2012, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-i-restrung-my-ukulele/630748 "2012-08-13T11:06:55Z")
Yesterday, using only instructional YouTube videos and my vast intellect, I spent a harrowing thirty minutes restringing Strumsley P. Chordsworth, my ukulele. It was my first time doing something like this (I only bought… --- ## [Value of google street view](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/value-of-google-street-view/631240)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2012, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/value-of-google-street-view/631240 "2012-08-13T10:29:58Z")
While we were traveling in New Mexico, the less interesting part, I wanted to get an idea what US 84 would look like, between I-40 and I-25, to see if it would be a very tediuos drive. So I took a look at street view (iP… --- ## [Lazy wet MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lazy-wet-mmp/630603)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 261\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2012, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lazy-wet-mmp/630603 "2012-08-13T10:18:37Z")
About 6pm last night, the front rolled thru; the sky was so dark, it looked like winter. Another line of showers around midnight & forecasts for more during the night would mean a wet ride this morning (& subsequent req… --- ## [So, whose signature can you copy perfectly. Can anyone do yours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whose-signature-can-you-copy-perfectly-can-anyone-do-yours/631222)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whose-signature-can-you-copy-perfectly-can-anyone-do-yours/631222 "2012-08-13T03:00:14Z")
Well, I can copy my parents signatures rather well. Came in useful in school when bad test results needed signing. Life skill all kids need to know.:smiley: And I think I can copy my late grandmothers as well. Anyone els… --- ## [If I didn't start this thread, there wouldn't be one yet. What is your inane phrase of the Day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-start-this-thread-there-wouldnt-be-one-yet-what-is-your-inane-phrase-of-the-day/630673)
**Author:** [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-start-this-thread-there-wouldnt-be-one-yet-what-is-your-inane-phrase-of-the-day/630673 "2012-08-13T01:49:18Z")
This morning I arrived at work about 25 minutes before my start time. Such things are unheard of where I work, and the night shift RN commented on this. Because it is a holiday, I had to adapt to the bus schedule and l… --- ## [A hypothetical. Includes zombies.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-includes-zombies/631022)
**Author:** [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-includes-zombies/631022 "2012-08-13T01:28:14Z")
Riffed from this one-panel thingy. You have to make your way across the USA, which is filled with rage virus zombies. On your left is your primary weapon. On your right is your secondary weapon. The main character in t… --- ## [Cheap host keeps badgering me about security](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-host-keeps-badgering-me-about-security/631306)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-host-keeps-badgering-me-about-security/631306 "2012-08-13T01:20:47Z")
I use a really cheap web host, my accounts and those of others using them continually get hacked and used to send out millions of spam emails. They then send mean emails out to users blaming us for insecure passwords, wh… --- ## [Creative ways to deal with this phone scammer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creative-ways-to-deal-with-this-phone-scammer/631124)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creative-ways-to-deal-with-this-phone-scammer/631124 "2012-08-12T22:58:49Z")
No, it’s not Rachel from cardholder services. I’ve got a call from a live person (caller ID says 011-000-0000000) twice this week and it’s a guy with a thick accent telling me he got a memo saying my computer is infecte… --- ## [Well... I guess she's gone.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-guess-shes-gone/631286)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-guess-shes-gone/631286 "2012-08-12T21:26:40Z")
The SO and I had an argument Friday night. I tried to avoid it, but couldn’t. Yesterday morning she took her phone, wall charger, laptop and cord, and drove off. I’ve not heard from her in more than 24 hours. I suspe… --- ## [I'm no longer a Guest! This is my first post as a Member!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-no-longer-a-guest-this-is-my-first-post-as-a-member/631220)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-no-longer-a-guest-this-is-my-first-post-as-a-member/631220 "2012-08-12T20:21:32Z")
See subject. --- ## [A very lazy day on the river](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-lazy-day-on-the-river/631287)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-lazy-day-on-the-river/631287 "2012-08-12T19:54:12Z")
If this guys timing had been different I think he might have given a coroner, police officer, or EMT a heart attack. Link safe for work and family (unless zombies scare the shit out of you) http://now.msn.com/man-presu… --- ## [Embryogenesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embryogenesis/631004)
**Author:** [@Ovis\_Arie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ovis_Arie)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embryogenesis/631004 "2012-08-12T16:45:37Z")
Through transparency of façade all points of light shall resurrect the virgin. Children unite the books of many, torn to deceive of ancient squalor. Build thy temple, protect ary seed, from they who false profit Pandora.… --- ## [Bad News Writing: The Tautology Version](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-writing-the-tautology-version/631148)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-writing-the-tautology-version/631148 "2012-08-12T14:21:17Z")
SEriously, who writes and edits the shit they have in newspapers on on major news websites? Right now, on CNN.com, in a story about troubled singer Randy Travis: \[QUOTE=CNN\] In a genre largely led by artists who can a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1090) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1092)