# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1118 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1119 --- ## [What was your dream job when growing up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-dream-job-when-growing-up/623391)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2012, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-dream-job-when-growing-up/623391 "2012-06-09T05:05:11Z")
Well, what was it? Mine was to be a military pilot, namely fast jets, but unfortunately a few factors put paid to that one, mainly the fact that I was very short sighted! (at a later date having lasers fired at my eyes … --- ## [Personal Memories Of The 1972 Olympics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-memories-of-the-1972-olympics/457595)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2012, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-memories-of-the-1972-olympics/457595 "2012-06-09T04:56:46Z")
Getting near that time again, and it has become a tradition of mine to post my experiences as a young American who landed a job in Munich during the 1972 Olympics. I just figure it might be an interesting footnote in th… --- ## [Unexpected Treasures: Letters From The Past](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-treasures-letters-from-the-past/624550)
**Author:** [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-treasures-letters-from-the-past/624550 "2012-06-09T04:04:26Z")
Back inthe mid/late 70’s, after the success of the TV series Roots, my Mom got interested in the family history. She didn’t get far with any of the research before losing interest, but she did get a letter from my great-… --- ## [Random thought for the day:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-thought-for-the-day/624561)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-thought-for-the-day/624561 "2012-06-08T22:43:01Z")
I wanna hear the Beastie Boys recite “The Owl and the Pussycat!” “The owl and the \*\*\*pussycat \*\*\* went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat They took some honey and plenty of money wrapped up in a five-pound note!” … --- ## [You know I bet Patton Oswalt doesn't remember me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-i-bet-patton-oswalt-doesnt-remember-me/624518)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-i-bet-patton-oswalt-doesnt-remember-me/624518 "2012-06-08T22:06:21Z")
I was watching Young Adult. Patton Oswalt plays a guy meeting a girl in a bar he went to high school with. She was the prom queen and she doesn’t remember him. I went to college with Patton Oswalt (well we were at the… --- ## [Need to vent, but don't want to cuss in the Pit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-vent-but-dont-want-to-cuss-in-the-pit/624548)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-vent-but-dont-want-to-cuss-in-the-pit/624548 "2012-06-08T21:43:04Z")
Two days ago the car I was driving was hit by another car that blew through a stop sign without slowing down. I’m not hurt, but the passenger side car door was crunched in, and my car remains driveable. I stopped, the … --- ## [The Sorrows Of Old Reinhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sorrows-of-old-reinhart/624554)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sorrows-of-old-reinhart/624554 "2012-06-08T21:27:35Z")
Sorrows Indeed! --- ## [I got a job!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-job/624255)
**Author:** [@Bpelta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bpelta)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-job/624255 "2012-06-08T21:04:50Z")
So recently I had a post in GQ asking if anybody had advice for finding a job. I’m happy to say that I just got one: I’m going to be a sales associate at an area retail store. I’m on a 90 day probationary period, and the… --- ## [What will be the next SDMB Milestone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-the-next-sdmb-milestone/624162)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-the-next-sdmb-milestone/624162 "2012-06-08T19:54:41Z")
Taken a few minutes ago from the Main Page: Forum Last Post Threads Posts About This Message Board by John Mace Today 10:31 AM 11,694 166,565 C… --- ## [Dawn Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawn-loggins/624443)
**Author:** [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawn-loggins/624443 "2012-06-08T19:51:15Z")
Awesome story… (you made a need a tissue). --- ## [Police incorrectly inform woman of her husband's "death"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-incorrectly-inform-woman-of-her-husbands-death/624428)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-incorrectly-inform-woman-of-her-husbands-death/624428 "2012-06-08T18:19:25Z")
A story with a twist…of the throttle! I suppose that whether or not this story has a happy ending depends on your perspective. Link. --- ## [Going For My Eyelid Surgery In A Week And A Half](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-for-my-eyelid-surgery-in-a-week-and-a-half/624524)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-for-my-eyelid-surgery-in-a-week-and-a-half/624524 "2012-06-08T17:52:15Z")
But first, on Monday I have to go for what is called a “Goldman Field Of Vision” exam which is how serious my drooping eyelids are so Medicare will cover it. They’re also going to try to get the bags under my eyes (in wh… --- ## [Ask the man who knows nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-knows-nothing/624323)
**Author:** [@Alonzo\_John\_Blitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alonzo_John_Blitz)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-knows-nothing/624323 "2012-06-08T13:00:04Z")
Is this the right forum? Ask the man who knows nothing. Might not get back to you right away, 'cause I probably won’t know how to find this thread. But, carry on. Should be one or two of you with the same credentials… --- ## [Too much fat in the Crematorium sets it on fire.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-much-fat-in-the-crematorium-sets-it-on-fire/624227)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2012, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-much-fat-in-the-crematorium-sets-it-on-fire/624227 "2012-06-08T05:13:52Z")
Ever fry pork chops and get a flash fire? Same thing happened in a Crematorium with a rather obese lady. Interesting that the article mentions some countries have special crematoriums for the extremely morbidly obese. O… --- ## [Huang Qiaoling and his trophies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huang-qiaoling-and-his-trophies/624412)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huang-qiaoling-and-his-trophies/624412 "2012-06-08T03:46:14Z")
I’m sure plenty of other posters here are regular readers of Cracked.com. So probably many of you read this week’s article about how this Chinese multi-millionaire named Huang Qiaoling built a life-sized replica of the W… --- ## [Mecca, now with hot showers...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mecca-now-with-hot-showers/624454)
**Author:** [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mecca-now-with-hot-showers/624454 "2012-06-08T02:01:19Z")
Bait and switch, I always say… Link --- ## [What kind of casual hat for a conehead.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-casual-hat-for-a-conehead/624334)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-casual-hat-for-a-conehead/624334 "2012-06-08T01:45:38Z")
So, as my hair thins a bit I am needing a hat more and more often for watching sports, fishing etc. anything more than 20 minutes or so in the sun. I am the least style or appearance knowledgeable person on earth, but e… --- ## [\*sigh\* Rampant Stupidity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-rampant-stupidity/624407)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-rampant-stupidity/624407 "2012-06-08T01:33:25Z")
Stupidity, just total stupidity. If the dude had done his duty, stayed with the supply column, he would probably survived and gone home after the war and his family wouldn’t have had to look out the windows to see his c… --- ## [Huh. For the first time, my dad told me (out loud!) that he loved me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-for-the-first-time-my-dad-told-me-out-loud-that-he-loved-me/624234)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-for-the-first-time-my-dad-told-me-out-loud-that-he-loved-me/624234 "2012-06-07T21:23:34Z")
…not that I ever doubted it. He’s been a great father my whole life, but he’s just always been really uncomfortable and awkward with “feelings” and such. It never bothered me - I’m a guy (hell, a man, by now), and I ge… --- ## [I'm moving to DC (or I'm going to law school)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-moving-to-dc-or-im-going-to-law-school/623886)
**Author:** [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-moving-to-dc-or-im-going-to-law-school/623886 "2012-06-07T18:32:35Z")
…And yes, I already know law school is a risky investment these days. I have been offered admission to George Washington Law (which I’ve accepted), and I am mostly content, considering my abysmal undergraduate GPA. Clas… --- ## [Meet The New Kitteh!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-new-kitteh/624314)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-new-kitteh/624314 "2012-06-07T14:58:04Z")
So my sons wanted a pet. We used to have a couple dogs but the ex took them when we divorced, and although I tend to like dogs a smidge better than cats, a cat made more sense for me and the boys because of how much I w… --- ## [Has anyone see Stoid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-see-stoid/624359)
**Author:** [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-see-stoid/624359 "2012-06-07T14:54:11Z")
Stoid was very active in this thread until she disappeared suddenly. The last post she made on the boards was this one on May 10. Does anyone know what happened to her? Is she all right? ETA: Didn’t the user profiles us… --- ## [Totalled my car!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totalled-my-car/624190)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2012, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totalled-my-car/624190 "2012-06-07T10:15:34Z")
Saturday, I was driving north on the Taconic and my steering just vanished. I swerved a few times and plowed right into the center dividing rail , probably around 50 MPH at this point, I was trying to slow down w/o skidd… --- ## [\ The Birds Are Plotting Against Us! Against Us ALLL\ Newslink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paranoid-the-birds-are-plotting-against-us-against-us-alll-paranoid-newslink/622258)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2012, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paranoid-the-birds-are-plotting-against-us-against-us-alll-paranoid-newslink/622258 "2012-06-07T05:42:22Z")
Yes, those cute little tweetie-pies are out to get us! The Turks think they are! And now, they’ve been assigned code numbers! And been trained in Escape & Evasion! Like the ones in Tokyo! 337, International Bird O… --- ## [Neil Armstrong interview](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-armstrong-interview/624308)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2012, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-armstrong-interview/624308 "2012-06-07T05:33:40Z")
The first man on the Moon doesn’t give interviews very often, but he did to an Australian accountant, of all people. You can find all four installments here: http://thebottomline.cpaaustralia.com.au/ The last installme… --- ## [fighting mental illness stereotypes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-mental-illness-stereotypes/624079)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-mental-illness-stereotypes/624079 "2012-06-07T03:48:45Z")
Some folks here are concerned about mental illness stereotypes. The other night, Glenn Close was on The Tonight Show, talking to Jay. She brought up this non-profit she’s helped create. --- ## [My Continuing Education: Male Escort](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-continuing-education-male-escort/624292)
**Author:** [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-continuing-education-male-escort/624292 "2012-06-07T02:29:07Z")
As noted in this thread, my bookie career has been cut short by ever increasing demands that are beyond my capabilities. Also as stated in that thread, my next career move would be male escort, so here we are. Now, let… --- ## [The official SDMB Annular Eclipse AND Transit of Venus Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-sdmb-annular-eclipse-and-transit-of-venus-thread/617728)
**Author:** [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-sdmb-annular-eclipse-and-transit-of-venus-thread/617728 "2012-06-06T22:55:02Z")
A couple of notable astronomical events only separated by 16 days! The Annular Eclipse of May 20, 2012 (Southwestern U.S.) and May 21st (South Coast of China and South Coast of Japan) NASA.gov website with interactive … --- ## [Holy shit--Wildest Bill turns 40!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-wildest-bill-turns-40/624315)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-wildest-bill-turns-40/624315 "2012-06-06T22:22:26Z")
Clearly him! --- ## [Dumb questions you have about other nations/cultures.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-questions-you-have-about-other-nations-cultures/621427)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-questions-you-have-about-other-nations-cultures/621427 "2012-06-06T20:53:55Z")
I know this has been done before, but I don’t see it on a search of recent threads. What questions did you have for people of other countries and cultures, but were afraid to ask? For purposes of this thread, please don… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1117) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1119)