# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1114 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1115 --- ## [No I do not want to buy any "Bone Twater"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-do-not-want-to-buy-any-bone-twater/625581)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-do-not-want-to-buy-any-bone-twater/625581 "2012-06-19T16:26:13Z")
I saw rather taken aback by this package of Bone Twater I saw at the Shop Rite this weekend, though not as gob-smacked as I would have been by a package of Twat Boner, I suppose. Was… --- ## [Heard the Rumor that Obama Is Putting Pot Legalization on the Table?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heard-the-rumor-that-obama-is-putting-pot-legalization-on-the-table/625519)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heard-the-rumor-that-obama-is-putting-pot-legalization-on-the-table/625519 "2012-06-19T16:16:34Z")
On Jimmy Fallon some night last week, he opened a joke with “There’s talk that \[Obama plans to put pot legalization on the table closer to the election\].” He actually used the words “There’s talk.” Has anyone else heard… --- ## [I was told this man on this money is the King of Canada, but I don't know....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-told-this-man-on-this-money-is-the-king-of-canada-but-i-dont-know/625470)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-told-this-man-on-this-money-is-the-king-of-canada-but-i-dont-know/625470 "2012-06-19T13:46:13Z")
Canadian folkways are so odd, bacon’s not really bacon and so forth, so it’s hard to tell… --- ## [Walking across Niagara on a tightrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-across-niagara-on-a-tightrope/625287)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-across-niagara-on-a-tightrope/625287 "2012-06-19T11:49:00Z")
Story here I thought the space above the Falls resembled Grand Central Station these days, crowds jostling back and forth on tightropes constantly, but apparently the walk on high wire directly above the Falls has never… --- ## [Verizon unlimited data plans will no longer be available after June 28th 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verizon-unlimited-data-plans-will-no-longer-be-available-after-june-28th-2012/625604)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verizon-unlimited-data-plans-will-no-longer-be-available-after-june-28th-2012/625604 "2012-06-19T06:42:54Z")
Verizon is switching to tiered data plans which do not (by my reckoning) appear to be particularly good deals. If you upgrade and renew your contract BEFORE June 28th your unlimited plan will stay in place until your nex… --- ## [What is your natural sleep pattern?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-natural-sleep-pattern/625375)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-natural-sleep-pattern/625375 "2012-06-19T05:19:46Z")
If left to your own devices without such annoying necessities such as work and socialising with others what natural sleep pattern do you fall into? I’ve found that if I have a period of time off it feels most comfortabl… --- ## [Nerdy Confessions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-confessions/625162)
**Author:** [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-confessions/625162 "2012-06-19T03:15:41Z")
Since mine isn’t about Buffy or Star Trek or Wars or a video game or something else on TV or in the movies or what have you, I’ll put this here. Mods, feel free to move this to Cafe Society if you think that’s best. My… --- ## [Online Deals for mundane stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-deals-for-mundane-stuff/625585)
**Author:** [@The\_Evil\_Prince\_Zorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Evil_Prince_Zorte)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-deals-for-mundane-stuff/625585 "2012-06-19T02:44:33Z")
I recently found out about a company called Dorco which sells razors online. They are equivalent in quality and features to the Gillette blades that cost 4 per cartridge at the grocery store, but theirs are more like .7… --- ## [DMV Experiences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dmv-experiences/625274)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dmv-experiences/625274 "2012-06-19T02:44:13Z")
I was over at the DMV and there was a…shall we say buxom lady, wearing a tank top dress. She had very large breasts uncontained by a bra, and evidently uncontained by anything, for as she shifted around, her whole breast… --- ## [When is a button not a button? In MS Word](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-a-button-not-a-button-in-ms-word/625554)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-a-button-not-a-button-in-ms-word/625554 "2012-06-18T23:38:58Z")
A couple of days ago I bought MS Office 2010. Since then I have downloaded and opened several employment-related documents from the state of Wisconsin – an unlikley source of corrupted files. Anyway, when I opened them… --- ## [Moscow Units: Be on the lookout: Audi Ku-7](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moscow-units-be-on-the-lookout-audi-ku-7/625569)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moscow-units-be-on-the-lookout-audi-ku-7/625569 "2012-06-18T21:41:54Z")
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=\_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vesti-moscow.ru%2Frnews.html%3Fid%3D173188%26cid%3D8&act=url This guy saw an accident, that had one car … --- ## [The King is dead. (Rodney King dead at 47)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-king-is-dead-rodney-king-dead-at-47/625434)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-king-is-dead-rodney-king-dead-at-47/625434 "2012-06-18T20:43:35Z")
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/17/rodney-king-dead-dies-age-47\_n\_1603604.html --- ## [I oughta be in textbooks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-oughta-be-in-textbooks/625548)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-oughta-be-in-textbooks/625548 "2012-06-18T20:10:17Z")
\[RIGHT\]“With veins like that, Kid, I’d have myself a time!” – The Sailor, Naked Lunch, by William S. Burroughs (not the Tarzan guy)\[/RIGHT\] Apparently, I’m just a wonderful example of the things a nurse or phlebotomist … --- ## [My Rotary-Dial Phone Is Working!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-rotary-dial-phone-is-working/625440)
**Author:** [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-rotary-dial-phone-is-working/625440 "2012-06-18T18:39:30Z")
I needed to get landline anyway, for my Aler1® emergency button (I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!). So I asked AT&T if they still accomodated rotary phones. “sure, we’ll put in 2 phone-jacks”. I haven’t had a landline s… --- ## [EEWWWW-make sure your squid is well cooked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eewwww-make-sure-your-squid-is-well-cooked/625220)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eewwww-make-sure-your-squid-is-well-cooked/625220 "2012-06-18T15:40:21Z")
Or at least dead dead dead. Not for the squimish. Link safe for work but ewwww again. http://now.msn.com/now/0614-squid-semen-mouth.aspx --- ## [Give me last minute travel advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-last-minute-travel-advice/625288)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-last-minute-travel-advice/625288 "2012-06-18T14:47:49Z")
You’re a Doper, you love to give advice, go for it. I’m leaving (USA) on Sunday for a week in London. The last time I traveled overseas it was a different millennium. My bag is packed, my itinerary is planned, the wea… --- ## [Life's a beach: A vacation MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-a-beach-a-vacation-mmp/624804)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2012, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-a-beach-a-vacation-mmp/624804 "2012-06-18T09:22:44Z")
It’s 0730 on a Monday, and I’m still on vacation. :stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [Google Street View updated me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-updated-me/625029)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-updated-me/625029 "2012-06-18T03:56:04Z")
I just noticed that the Google Street View of my house was updated! From what I can tell, they came by sometime last summer…judging from the state of the foliage, I’m guessing it was August or so. In the picture before… --- ## [If they had traffic reports 100 years ago....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-they-had-traffic-reports-100-years-ago/625447)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-they-had-traffic-reports-100-years-ago/625447 "2012-06-17T23:54:14Z")
There’s a big backup because the left lane is blocked by a disabled vehicle, but it looks like they’re about to shoot the horse so we should have you on your way shortly. --- ## [Where has Skald run off to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-skald-run-off-to/612458)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-skald-run-off-to/612458 "2012-06-17T23:05:26Z")
His last post was Jan 6th-one of his acquaintances hinted that there was a very good reason for Skald’s hiatus, so if the general population of Dopers isn’t on a need-to-know, that’s okay, but still I remain curious. --- ## [My parents cat is missing - (one of my best friends)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-cat-is-missing-one-of-my-best-friends/625052)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-cat-is-missing-one-of-my-best-friends/625052 "2012-06-17T22:18:17Z")
I go to my folk’s house almost daily to see their two cats. Some people think I use the cats as an excuse to see my parents, and as much as I love my parents, those people are wrong. I go to their house way before they… --- ## [Autopsy questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autopsy-questions/625272)
**Author:** [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autopsy-questions/625272 "2012-06-17T21:44:03Z")
Would an autopsy NORMALLY be performed for a 40yo woman who is thrown from a horse, hits head on tree, attended by an ambulance and died in the hospital? I’m wondering if the police are somehow doubting the circumstance… --- ## [Odd Will Clauses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-will-clauses/625218)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-will-clauses/625218 "2012-06-17T20:10:54Z")
A friend just returned from a visit to his family in New England. Deep, backwoods, Steven King New England that is. So one of his friends inherited a half million from his dad. But the will makes the amount payable when… --- ## [Odd things I learned researching genealogy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-i-learned-researching-genealogy/624729)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-i-learned-researching-genealogy/624729 "2012-06-17T19:37:19Z")
I have been spending some time recently researching my family’s genealogy, which is quite easy, as my father’s family were all Mormon pioneers, so all the research has been done by my more diligent Mormon relatives. Any… --- ## [Questions and Misconceptions about the 2011 attacks in Norway/the Breivik trial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-and-misconceptions-about-the-2011-attacks-in-norway-the-breivik-trial/625426)
**Author:** [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-and-misconceptions-about-the-2011-attacks-in-norway-the-breivik-trial/625426 "2012-06-17T18:05:43Z")
It is now nearly a year since the twin terror attacks in the Government Quarter and on Utøya, and the trial of Anders Behring Breivik should be wrapping up this coming week. I was wondering if any Dopers had any question… --- ## [Reimagining the concept of drones over US cities from the Founding Fathers' perspective](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reimagining-the-concept-of-drones-over-us-cities-from-the-founding-fathers-perspective/625428)
**Author:** [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reimagining-the-concept-of-drones-over-us-cities-from-the-founding-fathers-perspective/625428 "2012-06-17T17:12:40Z")
The Declaration of Independance consists a mostly of a long list of the ways in which the King is violating the rights of the colonists. For example: Now let us reimagine the issue of drones flying over US cities from… --- ## [Two interesting news stories this morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-interesting-news-stories-this-morning/625343)
**Author:** [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-interesting-news-stories-this-morning/625343 "2012-06-17T02:49:23Z")
Man In Oregon Gets Plague From Stray Cat Bite. The story reveals that the man was trying to take a dead rodent from a stray cat’s mouth. WTF? Why? China Puts First Woman in Orbit. I wonder if this is a new way to … --- ## [One of the Geekiest Songs Evah](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-geekiest-songs-evah/624309)
**Author:** [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-geekiest-songs-evah/624309 "2012-06-16T21:45:08Z")
This was a video my daughter produced for her Trig class. The Trig Song --- ## [Firefox and CPU: stop that!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-and-cpu-stop-that/624455)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-and-cpu-stop-that/624455 "2012-06-16T17:16:32Z")
Okay, so Firefox 12 is a lot better at memory and CPU usage a lot of the time. And okay, I probably have an excessive number of tabs open. But I’m sick and tired of its CPU usage commonly and suddenly flaring up to 170… --- ## [Yay ... damn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-damn/625148)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-damn/625148 "2012-06-16T14:10:00Z")
I have one of those battery tennis rackets for killing bugs, which I suck at using. The flies normally escape.:frowning: I managed to get lucky :smiley: but the dead fly dropped into my fresh cup of coffee :frowning: a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1113) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1115)