# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1111 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1112 --- ## [Legacy Admission @ Stanford question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legacy-admission-stanford-question/626368)
**Author:** [@supery00n](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supery00n)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legacy-admission-stanford-question/626368 "2012-06-26T22:25:07Z")
Hey, I was wondering if I’d fall under the category of legacy admission if my older sister went to Stanford for graduate school, and I were to apply to one of the graduate programs, even if it’s in a different field (her… --- ## [In which Winston says "Hello!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-winston-says-hello/626367)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-winston-says-hello/626367 "2012-06-26T21:41:29Z")
I’ve been reading through some old threads and was astonished to see that it’s been over two years since I started a thread here at the good ol’ SDMB. Anyways, I just wanted to say hello. So. Er. Hello. --- ## [Irritated: Time-Warner updted my DVR software. . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irritated-time-warner-updted-my-dvr-software/626351)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irritated-time-warner-updted-my-dvr-software/626351 "2012-06-26T20:15:47Z")
And the “upgrade” a) lost some features, and b) It wiped out 10 hours of programming. I had plenty of space available, but I wake up to find the 10 oldest hours missing. Now, the part where they change it from a color … --- ## [Has anybody here run up the Rocky Steps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-here-run-up-the-rocky-steps/626211)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-here-run-up-the-rocky-steps/626211 "2012-06-26T20:02:48Z")
This YouTube video shows people running up the “Rocky Steps” of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Wikipedia link: Rocky Steps), like boxer Rocky Balboa did in the original movie. Apparently, it is a popular thing to do f… --- ## [There's a balrog in my office](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-balrog-in-my-office/626339)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-balrog-in-my-office/626339 "2012-06-26T19:26:25Z")
Boom! Boom! The earth is shaking. My water bottle looks like that cup from Jurassic Park. Orcs and other dark creatures are coming out from behind my filing cabinet and fleeing into the darkness. Or possibly the company… --- ## [USAF--Support him, or STFU](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usaf-support-him-or-stfu/626155)
**Author:** [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usaf-support-him-or-stfu/626155 "2012-06-26T16:29:12Z")
This is more disappointing to me than it is maddening, which is why I didn’t post in the Pit. Hallboy, who turned 18 in May and graduated high school a few weeks ago, is seriously considering joining the United States A… --- ## [Sealings. Talk to me of sealings...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sealings-talk-to-me-of-sealings/626301)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sealings-talk-to-me-of-sealings/626301 "2012-06-26T15:05:32Z")
So my black hose solar heating proof-of-concept model works, putting out 115 degree water. I’ll scale it up later. But for now, let’s talk sealing. No, not the thing you look at and think of England. I’ve got a pool … --- ## [Dang! the skeeters and flies are horrible this summer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dang-the-skeeters-and-flies-are-horrible-this-summer/626289)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dang-the-skeeters-and-flies-are-horrible-this-summer/626289 "2012-06-26T14:16:33Z")
I had three skeeters coming after me in bed last night. :mad: Squashed two of the bastards dining on my arm. They’d come in while my door was open to let the dogs out. They jump me all the time when I’m outside waterin… --- ## [Ever Dreamed About the Dope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-dreamed-about-the-dope/625057)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2012, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-dreamed-about-the-dope/625057 "2012-06-26T11:50:59Z")
Two nights ago I dreamed about the Straight Dope. In the dream, I stumbled across an old thread that I had written years ago, entitled, “I just murdered my brother.” And people were at first amused and then, when they … --- ## [Mayor Cory Booker saves Ryan Gosling and box of kittens from burning building!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-cory-booker-saves-ryan-gosling-and-box-of-kittens-from-burning-building/618669)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2012, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-cory-booker-saves-ryan-gosling-and-box-of-kittens-from-burning-building/618669 "2012-06-26T10:00:32Z")
While Chuck Norris stands there on the sidewalk and cries like a \*little girl. \* --- ## [If something is too good to be true..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-something-is-too-good-to-be-true/626265)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2012, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-something-is-too-good-to-be-true/626265 "2012-06-26T08:46:12Z")
… it probably is. --- ## [Good news- mostly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-mostly/626273)
**Author:** [@Imago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imago)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-mostly/626273 "2012-06-26T04:00:42Z")
So I’m not sure who, if anyone, remembers me, and I understand that as someone who pops onto the Dope periodically every few months I’ve missed some crazy shite in the last few days. Anyway, I had a couple of threads a w… --- ## [Time to rehabilitate the swastika, loons proclaim](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-rehabilitate-the-swastika-loons-proclaim/626248)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-rehabilitate-the-swastika-loons-proclaim/626248 "2012-06-26T01:00:28Z")
Lotsa weirdos out there. --- ## [Mundane and pointless brought to you by Microsoft Surface!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-and-pointless-brought-to-you-by-microsoft-surface/625595)
**Author:** [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-and-pointless-brought-to-you-by-microsoft-surface/625595 "2012-06-25T21:40:25Z")
So they’ve done it. The big announcement Microsoft was hyping over the weekend turns out to be a Microsoft tablet, which has been named after another MS product it has little relation to\*. The Microsoft Surface is an… --- ## [What the Hell? Middleborough MA proposes $20 fine for swearing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-middleborough-ma-proposes-20-fine-for-swearing/624805)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-middleborough-ma-proposes-20-fine-for-swearing/624805 "2012-06-25T20:40:49Z")
Saw this in today’s Wall St. Journal, but it’s elsewhere, too: http://wallstreeit.blogspot.com/2012/05/middleborough-swearing-problem-leads-to.html --- ## [So last night I found out my wife had an affair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-last-night-i-found-out-my-wife-had-an-affair/625856)
**Author:** [@fatmac98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fatmac98)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-last-night-i-found-out-my-wife-had-an-affair/625856 "2012-06-25T18:30:19Z")
I’ve been on the SDMB for years. I don’t post much, mostly lurk. Last night my wife left her email open. Things have been so good between us for the past month, it’s like we’ve reconnected after a couple months of some … --- ## [the FUCK?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fuck/626024)
**Author:** [@umkay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umkay)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fuck/626024 "2012-06-25T16:27:05Z")
I DIED?! Count me in as one of the people who’d be real fuckin’ interested in those wake details, since a corpse-less funeral should be pretty fuckin’ strange. Ditto that fuckin’ obituary. NotOkay–You sick fuck. What y… --- ## [Al fresco Boston Dopefest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-fresco-boston-dopefest/626171)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2012, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-fresco-boston-dopefest/626171 "2012-06-25T13:40:28Z")
I originally suggested a Dopefest when my computer was going to hell. Since it fell aprart, and we now have nice weather, I hereby open the floor to venue suggestions. Reminders: 1)Wheelchair accessible 2)In greater-Bo… --- ## [What is this make of women's shoes and accessories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-make-of-womens-shoes-and-accessories/626236)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-make-of-womens-shoes-and-accessories/626236 "2012-06-25T13:14:05Z")
Several months ago I saw a woman wearing some really cool shoes. Odd, interesting, and attractive. They were black flats with a brass thing on top. Since then, I’ve noticed more women wearing them. Lots of women. It’s a… --- ## [Taaa daa! Here's yer spankin' new MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taaa-daa-heres-yer-spankin-new-mmp/625497)
**Author:** [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2012, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taaa-daa-heres-yer-spankin-new-mmp/625497 "2012-06-25T05:03:12Z")
What started out as a threat of severe thunderstorms last night morphed in a lovely soaking shower. Just in time! The front yard was turning brown. Won’t have to dig out the soaker hose today. --- ## [New computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-computer/626153)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-computer/626153 "2012-06-25T03:26:52Z")
I posted a thread a few months ago, asking when it’s time to get a new computer. My 2005 PowerBook G4 is fine, but I kept running into programs that wouldn’t run on a non-Intel chip. It was starting to become annoying.… --- ## [What Political Correspondant Gets You Going?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-political-correspondant-gets-you-going/625946)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-political-correspondant-gets-you-going/625946 "2012-06-25T02:58:34Z")
Am I the only one who’s hot for Karen Finney? She certainly not the stereotypical tiny little thing we usually see on TV, but DAMN she wears it well. --- ## [The Washington Post, and Editorial Standards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-washington-post-and-editorial-standards/626104)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-washington-post-and-editorial-standards/626104 "2012-06-25T00:10:10Z")
The next time Kathleen Parker chooses to write a column such as this, she could really save herself a lot of time. For instance, she simply could have written, “Lawrence O’Donnell says the Romneys treat their Olympic hor… --- ## [I embody the history of the Automat!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-embody-the-history-of-the-automat/625547)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2012, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-embody-the-history-of-the-automat/625547 "2012-06-24T22:15:10Z")
Interesting article today in the Times about Automats: Revisiting the Era of Automatic Dining - The New York Times When I was a kid, my grandmother took me to the US’s very first Automat, on Chestnut Street in Phila. Sh… --- ## [I do not understand how evil walks in the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-not-understand-how-evil-walks-in-the-day/626174)
**Author:** [@gvozd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gvozd)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-not-understand-how-evil-walks-in-the-day/626174 "2012-06-24T21:30:42Z")
Should it not fear the light? --- ## [Orange County (Fullerton) Dopers: A little help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-county-fullerton-dopers-a-little-help/625758)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-county-fullerton-dopers-a-little-help/625758 "2012-06-24T20:41:01Z")
Anyone in Orange County feel like doing me a favour? My dad once owned a Cessna 172 Skyhawk, N-number 84573. AFAIK it’s parked down at Fullerton Airport. I’d love to have photographs of it, if you’re in the area. I l… --- ## [Breaking eggs and spoons of sugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-eggs-and-spoons-of-sugar/625809)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-eggs-and-spoons-of-sugar/625809 "2012-06-24T20:17:49Z")
Tiny tapping. Tap. Tap. Tap. Unless you watched, you’d never know that the tiny cook is breaking an egg. How does a toddler learn to bake? By helping Daddy whip up the pancakes. First the flour, then the milk. The sugar … --- ## [Are those Nigerian email scams ridiculous for a reason?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-those-nigerian-email-scams-ridiculous-for-a-reason/625992)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-those-nigerian-email-scams-ridiculous-for-a-reason/625992 "2012-06-24T16:55:53Z")
I’ve sometimes wondered why those Nigerian emails are so ludicrously unbelievable. There’s an interesting article about this on npr.org. Those Nigerian Email Scams Are Ridiculous For A Reason It goes on to talk about … --- ## [Carrots!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrots/625432)
**Author:** [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrots/625432 "2012-06-24T15:31:01Z")
I kinda dislike carrots. That is all. --- ## [My Dad, who I haven't spoken to in four years, just had a stroke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-who-i-havent-spoken-to-in-four-years-just-had-a-stroke/626089)
**Author:** [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-who-i-havent-spoken-to-in-four-years-just-had-a-stroke/626089 "2012-06-24T14:39:17Z")
I’ve long had a complicated relationship with my father. While I was growing up, he was abusive and absent by turns, preferring shouting to talking, and work to parenting. He heaped emotional abuse on my mother, on my s… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1110) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1112)