# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1093 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1094 --- ## [Cold Fusion a little colder -- Martin Fleischmann dead at 85](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-fusion-a-little-colder-martin-fleischmann-dead-at-85/630977)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-fusion-a-little-colder-martin-fleischmann-dead-at-85/630977 "2012-08-09T23:15:10Z")
I always seem to miss the good stuff. I’d only left Utah a couple of years before Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons at my old University of Utah announced they had achieved Cold Fusion. Now he’s died, after suffering … --- ## [How many members have to die before the SDMB admins ask you to be a mod?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-have-to-die-before-the-sdmb-admins-ask-you-to-be-a-mod/630812)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-have-to-die-before-the-sdmb-admins-ask-you-to-be-a-mod/630812 "2012-08-09T23:12:14Z")
:smiley: Let’s see. Currently, about 136,00 members, around 6,000 active (Not sure what that means.) Assuming active members means members with a recent posting history, I’m going to venture a guess around 5,500 member… --- ## [Women and Children Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-children-last/630844)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-children-last/630844 "2012-08-09T22:48:55Z")
It seems those universally-condemned captains who abandonened their sinking ships (and their passengers) in recent years were really acting in the long-standing tradition of the sea. A new report says that , historically… --- ## [3 D Printing - This is mind blowing technology! - Must watch video!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-d-printing-this-is-mind-blowing-technology-must-watch-video/630815)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-d-printing-this-is-mind-blowing-technology-must-watch-video/630815 "2012-08-09T21:40:05Z")
I had no idea this technology was out there! --- ## [I've gotten spoiled at how good Firefox spell checker is.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-gotten-spoiled-at-how-good-firefox-spell-checker-is/630868)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-gotten-spoiled-at-how-good-firefox-spell-checker-is/630868 "2012-08-09T21:33:40Z")
I hadn’t written a letter in MS Word for awhile. I was shocked at how worthless Words spell checker suggestions are. They almost never had the word I was trying to use. Google is better at suggesting the correct spell… --- ## [I'm going back home!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-back-home/630888)
**Author:** [@LotusPotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LotusPotus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-back-home/630888 "2012-08-09T21:31:53Z")
16 months ago my husband, daughter and I had to leave the UK to move to Sweden due to his work…I hated having to leave my home and my dearest family and friends :frowning: I suffered hugely from missing my mum, 17 yr old… --- ## [Great Newspaper Headlines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-newspaper-headlines/630825)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-newspaper-headlines/630825 "2012-08-09T20:17:43Z")
Here’s a great recent one from the The Australian: Man held in gigolo vampire murder. Naturally, an associate of the murderer is believed to be hiding out here in Thailand. We get 'em all here. And of course, there’s th… --- ## [Part of wing missing -- "We Know About This"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-wing-missing-we-know-about-this/630950)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-wing-missing-we-know-about-this/630950 "2012-08-09T20:00:24Z")
This would fill ME with confidence Well, that’s a relief – someone knows about part of the wing being missing. One would hope it was the ground crew and the flight crew. But at least somebody knows! --- ## [Suggestions on how to handle this telemarketer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-on-how-to-handle-this-telemarketer/630785)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-on-how-to-handle-this-telemarketer/630785 "2012-08-09T19:43:33Z")
I’m apparently on a list for a telemarketing company. I guess they’re trying to sell me a debt consolidation service or something. But the point is I don’t want to buy their product and I want them to stop calling me. He… --- ## [My Indomitable Cowlick.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-indomitable-cowlick/630837)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-indomitable-cowlick/630837 "2012-08-09T19:38:59Z")
First a little description. I have a cowlick in the right-hand side of my head, in the back. Looking in the mirror, I can’t even notice it. I only found out about it by looking at pictures of myself. It is always stickin… --- ## [Oh my, that WAS a dead body...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-that-was-a-dead-body/630794)
**Author:** [@ryobserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryobserver)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-that-was-a-dead-body/630794 "2012-08-09T19:10:54Z")
I saw being dragged from the Schuylkill River yesterday. http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2012/08/06/philadelphia-police-searching-for-man-in-schuylkill-river/ Time (a bit after 6:30 PM) and place (Walnut Street bridge… --- ## [Sdmb irc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-irc/630926)
**Author:** [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-irc/630926 "2012-08-09T18:39:19Z")
I am coming out of years of inactivity to make this important announcement. It is pure unadulterated horse doody that the #straightdope IRC channel is dead and gone. That is all. --- ## [The fact that it's called an S-Signature does not mean we have to accept "S" as your signature.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fact-that-its-called-an-s-signature-does-not-mean-we-have-to-accept-s-as-your-signature/630791)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fact-that-its-called-an-s-signature-does-not-mean-we-have-to-accept-s-as-your-signature/630791 "2012-08-09T17:53:20Z")
And an “S” hardly meets the “resonably specific” requirement. Here’s an idea: just put your name there instead of filing a petition! --- ## [Has anyone ever heard of Unimed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-heard-of-unimed/630662)
**Author:** [@shellofmyformerself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shellofmyformerself)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-heard-of-unimed/630662 "2012-08-09T14:31:34Z")
I got what appears to be a bill in the mail today from a company called Unimed. It appears to be German but since I don’t speak German I can’t be sure. It looks like they are saying I owe them $964.81 EUR. It was addr… --- ## [Bright and Shiny!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bright-and-shiny/630715)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bright-and-shiny/630715 "2012-08-09T06:34:18Z")
Am I the only one who just loves Bright and Shiny! --- ## [I'm going to Spain! What should I do there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-spain-what-should-i-do-there/630713)
**Author:** [@runcible\_spoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runcible_spoon)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-spain-what-should-i-do-there/630713 "2012-08-09T04:39:16Z")
For my first grown up vacation at my new grown up job, I’ve decided to go to Spain. I’m taking the first two weeks of Ocober off, spending a few days in NYC, and then flying to Madrid. I fly out of Barcelona a week and a… --- ## [Diveheart in Atlanta this weekend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diveheart-in-atlanta-this-weekend/630680)
**Author:** [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diveheart-in-atlanta-this-weekend/630680 "2012-08-09T00:33:53Z")
Clears throat tap tap tap is this thing on? This post was cleared by the Mod Squad and I hope that someone(s) in the Doper community can benefit from this event. To summarize, Diveheart is a group that teaches disabled… --- ## [Pet sitting can be a shitty job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-sitting-can-be-a-shitty-job/630536)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-sitting-can-be-a-shitty-job/630536 "2012-08-08T23:17:42Z")
Literally. One cat with intestinal issues. He usually keeps it in the basement. Not this time, plop plop plop up the carpeted stairs and all over hard wood floor. How can one small cat shit so much? One nervous elde… --- ## [Cancer: Does Anybody Study "Spontaneous" Remissions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancer-does-anybody-study-spontaneous-remissions/630886)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancer-does-anybody-study-spontaneous-remissions/630886 "2012-08-08T23:03:14Z")
I wonder if anything has been learned about cancer and the body’s response to it. Some people have terminal cancer, they prepare for death…and then, the body marshals some final defense…and the cancer shrinks and disappe… --- ## [Jared Loughner expected to plead guilty to Tucson shootings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-loughner-expected-to-plead-guilty-to-tucson-shootings/630554)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-loughner-expected-to-plead-guilty-to-tucson-shootings/630554 "2012-08-08T22:02:48Z")
Jared Loughner, who went on a shooting spree in Tucson in January 2011 that killed six people and injured 13, including Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, is expected to plead guilty at a hearing in Tucson on Tues… --- ## [Feeding a stray cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeding-a-stray-cat/630533)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeding-a-stray-cat/630533 "2012-08-08T19:32:35Z")
A stray gray tabby has been hanging out in my back patio for the past few months, presumably dining on the birds that were nesting in the rafters. Now the birds are gone, and the cat is visibly starving. :frowning: For… --- ## [Your favorite times during your vacation.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-times-during-your-vacation/630743)
**Author:** [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-times-during-your-vacation/630743 "2012-08-08T16:12:19Z")
As I’m getting ready for another vacation, I’m thinking back to the highlights I’ve had so far. \*\*Beijing, China. Location: The Oriental Pearl Market. \*\* This place is well known for jewelry and also black market/over … --- ## [Would you pay $76,000 to buy a license to buy a car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-pay-76-000-to-buy-a-license-to-buy-a-car/630838)
**Author:** [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-pay-76-000-to-buy-a-license-to-buy-a-car/630838 "2012-08-08T13:56:22Z")
In Singapore, there is a system called “Certificate of Entitlement” (COE) This allows you to buy and own a car for 10 years (it is pegged to the car, not the person) Today the price for the COE hit $76,000 USD. On top… --- ## [Straight Male Cricket Searching For Attractive Mate!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-male-cricket-searching-for-attractive-mate/630744)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-male-cricket-searching-for-attractive-mate/630744 "2012-08-08T06:27:48Z")
Good looking, straight male cricket is searching for the ideal female to share in adventures at DMark’s house. I will be chirping loudly all night in the large living room, hidden from those two large human figures frant… --- ## [Winky Blinky early 60s toy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winky-blinky-early-60s-toy/215847)
**Author:** [@BooksWoods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooksWoods)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winky-blinky-early-60s-toy/215847 "2012-08-08T05:54:11Z")
I remember many things from my early childhood that nobody else I know remembers. One is the Winky Blinky “doll” (I’m not sure you’d call it a doll, but I don’t know what to call it). It was available as a plastic blow… --- ## [What to do in and around Northern California?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-and-around-northern-california/630610)
**Author:** [@XaMcQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XaMcQ)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-and-around-northern-california/630610 "2012-08-08T02:59:51Z")
My husband and I want to fly out for a few days at the end of September and see the Pacific ocean, and the redwood trees, but that’s all we’ve decided so far. We will probably only be there 4-5 days, or else I’d be temp… --- ## [What's on your Fucket List?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-fucket-list/630286)
**Author:** [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-fucket-list/630286 "2012-08-08T02:51:57Z")
I’m sure most everyone is familiar with the term “Bucket List:” a list of things you’d like to do before you die. See the Wonders of the World, visit Venice, see the Eiffel Tower, ride in a fighter jet, go skydiving… I… --- ## [My Firefox froze up with a message purporting to be from the FBI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-firefox-froze-up-with-a-message-purporting-to-be-from-the-fbi/630792)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-firefox-froze-up-with-a-message-purporting-to-be-from-the-fbi/630792 "2012-08-08T00:49:52Z")
I’ve not started to diagnose this yet. I hit “Esc” key and got a message from the FBI informing me that I had to got to K-Mart, Walgreens or 7-11 and pay a $200 fine within the next 72 hours. The message is full screen … --- ## [Houston Dopers and Merchant Mariners - Need Help Getting MMD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-dopers-and-merchant-mariners-need-help-getting-mmd/629917)
**Author:** [@Snite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snite)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-dopers-and-merchant-mariners-need-help-getting-mmd/629917 "2012-08-07T23:34:48Z")
Trying to get my Initial Issue Merchant Mariner Document and need to schedule the physicals. My STCW Basic Safety Training instructor told me if I want to be sure my physical is done properl,y then I need a physician wh… --- ## [House of Lords Reform Bill 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-lords-reform-bill-2012/626437)
**Author:** [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-lords-reform-bill-2012/626437 "2012-08-07T22:54:26Z")
The British Government is expected to lay its new House of Lords Reform Bill in Parliament today, to elect 80% of the Upper House. It seems most people aren’t giving it much hope. The Bill was slammed in a joint Committ… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1092) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1094)