# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1099 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1100 --- ## [Taking the Lord's name in vain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-the-lords-name-in-vain/629474)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-the-lords-name-in-vain/629474 "2012-07-27T20:12:34Z")
Growing up, I remember kids at school using the exclamation “Jesus Christ!” when frustrated by a task or other problems with life in general. I used this catchy new phrase on my grandmother when she asked me to take out… --- ## [Companies without an email address?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companies-without-an-email-address/629511)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companies-without-an-email-address/629511 "2012-07-27T19:42:13Z")
I just wanted to contact a company about, of all things, my parents’ toaster. My folks just celebrated their 60th anniversary and had on display a wedding present, a toaster they still use. I found the company online. … --- ## [Share your weird dreams!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-weird-dreams/629393)
**Author:** [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-weird-dreams/629393 "2012-07-27T18:49:01Z")
I dreamed I was friends with Mario from the Nintendo video games. However I hadn’t been keeping up the friendship. When I went to visit him I discovered that his house had been abandoned for years. There was an old le… --- ## [Cats is Weird.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-is-weird/629522)
**Author:** [@tadtooornamental](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tadtooornamental)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-is-weird/629522 "2012-07-27T16:11:04Z")
So, everyday, as I return home from work, my kitteh and I have a routine. She follows me into the bathroom, where I proceed to “freshen up” and other ladylike things. She beelines for the shower curtain, and starts to li… --- ## [Tronna Dopers: Any chance at a thrown-together-quickly Dopefest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tronna-dopers-any-chance-at-a-thrown-together-quickly-dopefest/628470)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tronna-dopers-any-chance-at-a-thrown-together-quickly-dopefest/628470 "2012-07-27T15:35:10Z")
Hello, Toronto Dopers! Looks like I’ll be in your city for a few days. Sorry for not letting you know sooner, but my schedule was a bit up in the air for various reasons, and I wasn’t sure where I’d be, and when. Anyw… --- ## [My husband's ball scratching is driving me nuts.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husbands-ball-scratching-is-driving-me-nuts/326571)
**Author:** [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husbands-ball-scratching-is-driving-me-nuts/326571 "2012-07-27T14:58:50Z")
Of course he only does it while he’s home. But as soon as he gets home, he puts on his “comfy pants”, which have a stretch waist band and lots of room, so he can shove both arms down there. It annoys me the most when we’… --- ## [Street Grid system in cities around the country](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-grid-system-in-cities-around-the-country/507171)
**Author:** [@trynity7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trynity7)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2012, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-grid-system-in-cities-around-the-country/507171 "2012-07-27T14:03:21Z")
In response to the article about the Chicago street system: http://chicago.straightdope.com/sdc20090820.php Miami. It actually has a very good street grid system. I haven’t lived there since 2005 so I may get this wr… --- ## [Food Thieves At Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-thieves-at-work/629199)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2012, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-thieves-at-work/629199 "2012-07-27T07:55:44Z")
Finally, a solution! No, we’re not going to poison them or fry their tongues with hot sauce, although I like both ideas. No, Anthony Sullivan has finally come to office workers’ rescue! Announcing the Amazing Fridge L… --- ## [Losing Steam with Husband Situation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/losing-steam-with-husband-situation/604975)
**Author:** [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/losing-steam-with-husband-situation/604975 "2012-07-27T05:22:05Z")
I just don’t think I can take it anymore. :frowning: I don’t know who all has seen my thread about what my husband is going through physically, but lets just say it’s long and complicated, with no clear-cut answers in … --- ## [Protests in Anaheim After Gang Members Shot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protests-in-anaheim-after-gang-members-shot/629347)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protests-in-anaheim-after-gang-members-shot/629347 "2012-07-27T01:54:25Z")
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0725-anaheim-shooting-20120725,0,170227,full.story Where I live of all places… I hope the police are able to keep a lid on this riot. If police accounts are correct though both Ac… --- ## [Department of Agriculture offer Aid to Farmers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/department-of-agriculture-offer-aid-to-farmers/629433)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/department-of-agriculture-offer-aid-to-farmers/629433 "2012-07-27T00:54:54Z")
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that the Department of Agriculture will cut the interest on emergency loans given to farmers who have lost crops during the drought. Vilsak also asked that insurance give … --- ## [Weird retail or service industry policies...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-retail-or-service-industry-policies/627796)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2012, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-retail-or-service-industry-policies/627796 "2012-07-26T23:43:17Z")
Didn’t want to hijack the “Weird Restaurant Policies” thread - what are some strange retail store or service policies that you’ve encountered? The strangest one I’ve seen was a woman who opened a hairdressing salon on t… --- ## [My new flat's going to have a swimming pool!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-flats-going-to-have-a-swimming-pool/629286)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-flats-going-to-have-a-swimming-pool/629286 "2012-07-26T23:03:52Z")
Well, not quite. The flat itself isn’t going to have a swimming pool, that would be a bit silly. But there’s one in the building I can use. And a jacuzzi! I actually have the keys now, but I still have this place till … --- ## [The Rotolactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rotolactor/629442)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rotolactor/629442 "2012-07-26T22:41:49Z")
I remember visiting the Rotolactor in action when I was a kid in the 1960s. There was a glassed-in booth where you could look down on the merry-go-round of milked cows, and there was a machine there where you could get c… --- ## [Items you bought that just totally sucked.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-you-bought-that-just-totally-sucked/629086)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-you-bought-that-just-totally-sucked/629086 "2012-07-26T21:17:54Z")
I got stuck with a total piece of crap. One so bad that I swear it makes you wonder why these people aren’t prosecuted for fraud. What stuff have you bought that really, really disappointed you? Either because the qua… --- ## [Tracking Someone Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracking-someone-down/629496)
**Author:** [@gottabekd88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gottabekd88)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracking-someone-down/629496 "2012-07-26T21:00:16Z")
So this is super creepy but, I was going through my email the other day and found some old emails from someone I used to talk to online aaaaalll the time and have decided that while I still can I want to try and track hi… --- ## [I've been off my meds!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-off-my-meds/629395)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-off-my-meds/629395 "2012-07-26T19:45:50Z")
For the last few days… So, I’m sorry if I’ve been behaving a little erratically! --- ## [So WTF is the market for flavored condoms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wtf-is-the-market-for-flavored-condoms/629426)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wtf-is-the-market-for-flavored-condoms/629426 "2012-07-26T17:25:40Z")
While in line at my local pharmacy I noticed several different varieties of flavored condoms, which made me wonder WTF the market is? Since the only act that would matter is oral, unless there are people with taste buds… --- ## [William Staub, developer of home treadmill, dies at 96](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-staub-developer-of-home-treadmill-dies-at-96/629366)
**Author:** [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-staub-developer-of-home-treadmill-dies-at-96/629366 "2012-07-26T17:16:34Z")
Mechanical engineer William Staub, who brought the treadmill into homes and gyms across the country starting in the late 1960s, has passed away at 96. Airports with treadmills for runways have temporarily stopped runnin… --- ## [Greenlands ice sheet has pretty much entirely melted this year.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenlands-ice-sheet-has-pretty-much-entirely-melted-this-year/629336)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenlands-ice-sheet-has-pretty-much-entirely-melted-this-year/629336 "2012-07-26T16:48:36Z")
97% of it is gone, with almost half of it melting in a single 4 day period earlier this month. Apparently this isn’t extremely unusual, happening every 150 years or so. Scientists don’t know, or maybe the story just do… --- ## [Best hiking within 1/2 day drive from Chicago.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hiking-within-1-2-day-drive-from-chicago/623813)
**Author:** [@I\_Know\_Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Know_Nothing)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hiking-within-1-2-day-drive-from-chicago/623813 "2012-07-26T16:39:17Z")
I scheduled a week off to get away from dealing with an alcoholic brother and crazy job situation and want to hike away some stress. I’m still relatively new to the Chicago area, and this part of the country in general. … --- ## [Hmmm...Just found out what the white bike chained to the street sign is about.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmm-just-found-out-what-the-white-bike-chained-to-the-street-sign-is-about/629052)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmm-just-found-out-what-the-white-bike-chained-to-the-street-sign-is-about/629052 "2012-07-26T14:35:27Z")
It’s been there for quite a while. An old bicycle spray painted entirely white (tires, pedals and all) and chained to a post. I googled “white bicycle” and found this. Ghost Bikes --- ## [Math formulas you figured out with no help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-formulas-you-figured-out-with-no-help/628242)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-formulas-you-figured-out-with-no-help/628242 "2012-07-26T12:56:10Z")
Visiting Europe these past two weeks, I figured out how to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit by trying different formulas in my head. And backwards, too! :stuck\_out\_tongue: I also remember in the fourth grade when I figured… --- ## [Atheists & Agnostics group biggest lender on Kiva.org: 7 million+ dollars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-agnostics-group-biggest-lender-on-kiva-org-7-million-dollars/628768)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-agnostics-group-biggest-lender-on-kiva-org-7-million-dollars/628768 "2012-07-26T12:45:43Z")
Kiva.org is a website that enables people to make micro-loans (usually in the amount of 25 dollars) to others in countries such as Kenya, Colombia, and Armenia, to name a few, so that the borrowers may finance such thing… --- ## [Edmund Burke for the Summer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edmund-burke-for-the-summer/629432)
**Author:** [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2012, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edmund-burke-for-the-summer/629432 "2012-07-26T08:12:04Z")
I’ve decided for the summer to read the three books which surrounded the pamphlet war of Edmund Burke’s concerns about the French revolution: Richard Price’s ‘Discourse on the Love of our Country’; Edmund Burke’s ‘Refl… --- ## [We saw the President speak yesterday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-saw-the-president-speak-yesterday/629361)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2012, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-saw-the-president-speak-yesterday/629361 "2012-07-26T06:19:23Z")
As donors, we were invited to hear Obama speak here in Portland. The man really is a mediocre public speaker, especially when he’s off-script, but he’s sincere and forthcoming about his plans and programs. It was a lon… --- ## [I will never feel unadulterated love ever again...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-never-feel-unadulterated-love-ever-again/629027)
**Author:** [@LaPanache](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LaPanache)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2012, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-never-feel-unadulterated-love-ever-again/629027 "2012-07-26T05:50:44Z")
“You’re becoming an adult now. In general, adults fall in love with people they’ve been dating for a while. They don’t fall in love and then try to date the person they’re in love with. When you’re an adult, love is some… --- ## [I am not a gangsta. Or am I?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-a-gangsta-or-am-i/629416)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2012, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-a-gangsta-or-am-i/629416 "2012-07-26T05:26:34Z")
My forehead sweats in this weather so when my Mickey Mouse Christmas bandanna/headband got sopped I tossed it in the wash and put on a traditional red bandanna. While putting gas in my car a guy kept looking at me oddly… --- ## [North Korean first lady in public for first time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-first-lady-in-public-for-first-time/629341)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-first-lady-in-public-for-first-time/629341 "2012-07-26T04:23:32Z")
Link. North Korea’s state-run news media announced on Wednesday that its young leader Kim Jong-un had married, and identified his wife as Ri Sol-ju. --- ## [North Korean Women's Soccer Screw-up - Olympics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-womens-soccer-screw-up-olympics/629381)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-womens-soccer-screw-up-olympics/629381 "2012-07-26T03:00:55Z")
Yikes! Apparently when the players were introduced the South Korean flag was shown next to their names: I can imagine they’d be a little touchy about that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1098) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1100)