# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1104 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1105 --- ## [Rolls-Royce turbofan -- made of Lego](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolls-royce-turbofan-made-of-lego/628006)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolls-royce-turbofan-made-of-lego/628006 "2012-07-14T19:03:26Z")
RR Lego jet No word on how many blocks per litre it gets. --- ## [Best poetry in years was part of a sarcastic blog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poetry-in-years-was-part-of-a-sarcastic-blog/628148)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poetry-in-years-was-part-of-a-sarcastic-blog/628148 "2012-07-14T18:33:05Z")
Against constellations: Why are we stuck with Bronze-age graffiti? - Slate Magazine --- ## [Adopted again (kitties)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adopted-again-kitties/623119)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adopted-again-kitties/623119 "2012-07-14T18:01:33Z")
How odd. We lost our cat of 20 years about ten months ago, as related in a thread at that time. We were devastated. As months have gone by and we get past it, we’ve talked about getting a new kitty, possibly two, so t… --- ## [The Science Channel says I should "Question Everything"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-science-channel-says-i-should-question-everything/628017)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-science-channel-says-i-should-question-everything/628017 "2012-07-14T15:30:21Z")
However, why should I do this? --- ## [Your community's 4th of July](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-communitys-4th-of-july/627210)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2012, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-communitys-4th-of-july/627210 "2012-07-14T14:38:51Z")
Just curious on what others experience on this day. Despite being grumpy that I can’t set off my own fireworks this year (ok, really I don’t want to burn down the neighborhood in this drought) I think my town does a pret… --- ## [Some stories just lend themselves to good headlines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-stories-just-lend-themselves-to-good-headlines/628193)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2012, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-stories-just-lend-themselves-to-good-headlines/628193 "2012-07-14T11:36:51Z")
In a bit of juvinile humor…Hot shit! Yours? --- ## [Smart enough to know you're dumb.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-enough-to-know-youre-dumb/627897)
**Author:** [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-enough-to-know-youre-dumb/627897 "2012-07-14T05:35:14Z")
On some days, in some ways, I feel as though I am just intelligent enough to realize how intelligent I truly am not. I look at what I have and can accomplish and compare it to, say, developing number theory, composing a… --- ## [An EBSe Update. Or "What Made Me Laugh Today"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ebse-update-or-what-made-me-laugh-today/628082)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ebse-update-or-what-made-me-laugh-today/628082 "2012-07-14T03:38:14Z")
I came home today to another certified letter. It was from the new court appointed attorney working on my parents estate. Evidently he is taking out an Order of Protection out against EBSe for aggressive and persistent… --- ## [New CPAC Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cpac-machine/626573)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cpac-machine/626573 "2012-07-14T01:35:34Z")
So I went through the sleep study at Sa’ad Hospital (red sheets, Saudi nurse with full head covering getting me hooked up for bed). Now I have spent two nights on my new CPAC machine. The first night I slept for eight h… --- ## [Ever not believe the story you're telling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-not-believe-the-story-youre-telling/628122)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-not-believe-the-story-youre-telling/628122 "2012-07-14T00:00:43Z")
Have you ever been explaining something to somebody and find yourself not believing your own story? This happened to me the other day in a phone conversation. I recently discovered the location of my grandmother’s ashe… --- ## [Finding out that you have cancer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-out-that-you-have-cancer/619253)
**Author:** [@Rahne\_McCloud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rahne_McCloud)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-out-that-you-have-cancer/619253 "2012-07-13T23:48:26Z")
I found out today that I have breast cancer. I will be seeing a specialist on Friday to see what my options are. I was not that surprised with the findings, my sister is a 28 year survivor of breast cancer. My father and… --- ## [Does staying up too late on working week nights qualify as an addiction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-staying-up-too-late-on-working-week-nights-qualify-as-an-addiction/628092)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-staying-up-too-late-on-working-week-nights-qualify-as-an-addiction/628092 "2012-07-13T20:55:25Z")
We all know it: if you’ve got to get to work in the morning, you’ve got to go to bed on time. If you don’t, well, being sleepdeprived feels much like I suppose a hangover feels. And you still got to go to work feeling li… --- ## [Catcopter (not for the faint of heart)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catcopter-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/624046)
**Author:** [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catcopter-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/624046 "2012-07-13T20:32:35Z")
Taxidermied cat with propellers. Really. --- ## [Meep](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meep/627843)
**Author:** [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meep/627843 "2012-07-13T20:17:54Z")
Meep! --- ## [Midway May 1965](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midway-may-1965/628083)
**Author:** [@GmaBee66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GmaBee66)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midway-may-1965/628083 "2012-07-13T19:26:14Z")
I am looking for Navy persons stationed at Midway during the month of May 1965 when Joan Merriam Smith flew in to refuel before heading to Honolulu… --- ## [Tomorrow I have to fire someone...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-i-have-to-fire-someone/628055)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-i-have-to-fire-someone/628055 "2012-07-13T18:57:46Z")
Not for cause, but because the job is being eliminated. I’ve done it many times before, but it doesn’t suck any less. The whole process has gone on for almost 2 months. I’ve fought for alternatives, but lost. I hate thi… --- ## [Boo Hoo. I'm so sad I'll show you a picture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boo-hoo-im-so-sad-ill-show-you-a-picture/627846)
**Author:** [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boo-hoo-im-so-sad-ill-show-you-a-picture/627846 "2012-07-13T18:24:15Z")
Does anyone else deal with stuff like this in their FB feeds? This dude showed up on my FB feed, as a re-post from a “friend.” I don’t know him, really. Met him once or twice, we have the same employer but different loc… --- ## [American Family Association to boycott Google over gay rights support. Vows to test their own meat!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-family-association-to-boycott-google-over-gay-rights-support-vows-to-test-their-own-meat/627859)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-family-association-to-boycott-google-over-gay-rights-support-vows-to-test-their-own-meat/627859 "2012-07-13T17:29:55Z")
A meaty test indeed! A veritable bar-be-que cook off of your convictions. Google is surely quaking at the prospect of losing this chunk of business. --- ## [Olympic Fancy Dress ideas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-fancy-dress-ideas/628025)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-fancy-dress-ideas/628025 "2012-07-13T14:15:27Z")
So, every summer I go to a very over-the-top fancy dress house party called ‘A Fete Worse Than Death’. Each year carries a ‘Best of British’ theme (as garden fetes are very ‘British’ in a ‘Bridget Jones’ parents’ kinda … --- ## [If you use Zipcar something to be aware of (perhaps only Chicago but maybe elsewhere too)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-use-zipcar-something-to-be-aware-of-perhaps-only-chicago-but-maybe-elsewhere-too/628078)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2012, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-use-zipcar-something-to-be-aware-of-perhaps-only-chicago-but-maybe-elsewhere-too/628078 "2012-07-13T11:22:50Z")
I am not sure this is the case everywhere but it is in Chicago where I live (and probably true other places too so worth checking on). I went to rent a Zipcar for a day (24 hours). The website told me the rate for 24 h… --- ## [I found out my ex cheated on me...and I don't know how I feel (sorry a bit long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-out-my-ex-cheated-on-me-and-i-dont-know-how-i-feel-sorry-a-bit-long/594532)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2012, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-out-my-ex-cheated-on-me-and-i-dont-know-how-i-feel-sorry-a-bit-long/594532 "2012-07-13T10:26:28Z")
I know that I’m probably gonna regret doing this, because I know how the reactions are to threads like these and part of me hates exposing myself like this…but damn the results I wanna talk. I guess to start off I shoul… --- ## [Crazy morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-morning/628073)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-morning/628073 "2012-07-13T03:21:39Z")
You know the day is going to be stressful when you get a call first thing in the morning from you credit card company about suspicious activity. This was my “Internet only” card, which I just use for Internet transactio… --- ## [25 Terrific Years Together!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25-terrific-years-together/627779)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25-terrific-years-together/627779 "2012-07-13T02:09:57Z")
Rahne McCloud and I have been married 25 years as of today! Happy Anniversary! --- ## [Things to do and see in Dublin (need answer fastish)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-and-see-in-dublin-need-answer-fastish/627900)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-and-see-in-dublin-need-answer-fastish/627900 "2012-07-12T23:55:00Z")
Hallo everybody! A bit of background regarding my request: My ex-wife lives in Moscow, I live in the Netherlands, our daughter stays with her mother in Moscow. As you can imagine, it is not exactly easy to see each othe… --- ## [My friend stabbed someone 7 times yesterday in Mexico.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-stabbed-someone-7-times-yesterday-in-mexico/627717)
**Author:** [@Mint\_Julep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mint_Julep)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-stabbed-someone-7-times-yesterday-in-mexico/627717 "2012-07-12T23:14:09Z")
I swear, I do have boring days…I just post the insane stuff. So my boyfriend’s neice and her hubby have a vacation house in Mexico. Near Telum I think, but they spend most of the summer there…at least for the past 2 yea… --- ## [People losing homes over $400 in taxes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-losing-homes-over-400-in-taxes/627930)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-losing-homes-over-400-in-taxes/627930 "2012-07-12T22:20:58Z")
It’s no surprise that taxes have to be paid. I’ve seen auctions of delinquent property. What did surprise me is the blood sucking investors getting rich off this. Targeting the elderly who can easily be confused by the … --- ## [Human Digestive System Vs Cat Brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-digestive-system-vs-cat-brain/627935)
**Author:** [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-digestive-system-vs-cat-brain/627935 "2012-07-12T21:35:49Z")
Bet you can’t work out what this is about from the thread title. But it involves cats obliquely, so someone is bound to click on it. According to this interesting article, there are about as many neurons in the human di… --- ## [Tiger cubs that think they are dogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-cubs-that-think-they-are-dogs/628000)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-cubs-that-think-they-are-dogs/628000 "2012-07-12T19:32:52Z")
Tiger cubs being nursed by a Shar-Pei. Warning: lots of squee-inducing pics. --- ## [Ever thought you were going to die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-thought-you-were-going-to-die/623484)
**Author:** [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-thought-you-were-going-to-die/623484 "2012-07-12T18:42:07Z")
I was thinking how in my 46 years I’ve never had a moment where I was convinced I was dead and truly thought it was over for me. Any moments where you thought you were about to buy the farm? --- ## [Does this forum base classify people as "regs" or "newfags?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-forum-base-classify-people-as-regs-or-newfags/627877)
**Author:** [@The\_Lizard\_of\_Oz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Lizard_of_Oz)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-forum-base-classify-people-as-regs-or-newfags/627877 "2012-07-12T18:16:56Z")
Every single forum base I’ve been to has, and I swear, if this site does, I… I don’t know what I’ll do. I’ll obliterate you all with a laser gun and lots of mirrors. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1103) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1105)