# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1124 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1125 --- ## [Have you ever taken a punch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-taken-a-punch/623009)
**Author:** [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2012, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-taken-a-punch/623009 "2012-05-27T05:26:56Z")
I’ve never been in a fight- not the kind where two guys square off across from each other, put up their dukes, and punch it out. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a real-life punchout either. Not an organized bout with … --- ## [Weird things heard on VHF radio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-things-heard-on-vhf-radio/623222)
**Author:** [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2012, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-things-heard-on-vhf-radio/623222 "2012-05-27T04:54:59Z")
My brother in law and I were sailing today on the San Diego Bay near the Midway aircraft carrier that has been made into a museum. All afternoon there was a plane towing a banner advertising Memorial Day celebrations abo… --- ## [Good-Bye to a Friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-to-a-friend/623190)
**Author:** [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-to-a-friend/623190 "2012-05-27T03:53:00Z")
I am just going back and forth right now between numb and heartache immeasurable. My friend’s horse Jinx died unexpectedly today. I wrote it all up as an on-line journal entry, so am just cutting and pasting. Just wanted… --- ## [It's not easy being green](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/622439)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2012, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/622439 "2012-05-27T02:27:35Z")
As an adolescent and young adult I lived in the Antelope Valley part of the Mojave Desert. Mostly brown. Dad put in a couple of nice lawns, and a huge (60’ x 4’) strawberry patch with some peach trees in it to boot. H… --- ## [Had it been on a treadmill . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-it-been-on-a-treadmill/623201)
**Author:** [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-it-been-on-a-treadmill/623201 "2012-05-27T02:18:13Z")
Strong winds lift cannibalized Boeing 747. I’m shocked . . . shocked that some 747s are old enough to be scrapped, though after 41 years (as of 2011) they’re still being built. Is the 747 the heir to the DC-3 longevity … --- ## [I don't want to go to NYC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-go-to-nyc/622789)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-go-to-nyc/622789 "2012-05-27T02:04:33Z")
I’m going to be flying into Laguardia… and spending a few days in NJ just a short hop from NYC. Everyone seems to think I should be excited to go into “the city.” I have absolutely no interest. I’ve been to Chicago, LA, … --- ## [What if lying to pollsters became trendy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-lying-to-pollsters-became-trendy/623210)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-lying-to-pollsters-became-trendy/623210 "2012-05-27T01:53:04Z")
What kind of effect would it have on the fall elections if it suddenly became the trend to lie to pollsters? --- ## [Google Moog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-moog/622778)
**Author:** [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2012, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-moog/622778 "2012-05-26T22:50:01Z")
Today’s Google Doodle is a Moog synthesizer, but it will not work in Firefox (12). Instead I gt message to “upgrade to a modern browser” and a link to download Chrome. Looks like Google’s “do be evil” aggressive marketin… --- ## [Happy Birthday, Golden Gate Bridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-golden-gate-bridge/622915)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-golden-gate-bridge/622915 "2012-05-26T21:05:57Z")
Full disclosure: I’m a long time SF Bay area resident. But, day-um if that ain’t one bee-yu-ti-ful bridge. Beautiful engineering and esthetics. Let’s sing the praises of the GGB on it’s 75th birthday! Fog draped, sp… --- ## [Tell me about life in Alberta!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-life-in-alberta/623005)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-life-in-alberta/623005 "2012-05-26T18:29:41Z")
Well, after looking for a full-time job since last July, and finding nothing, I am slowly coming to the conclusion that Ontario doesn’t need me. Yesterday I was at a presentation by Manpower, which I seem to remember wa… --- ## [Here's to you Mr. Special Olympics annoucer person.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-to-you-mr-special-olympics-annoucer-person/623134)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-to-you-mr-special-olympics-annoucer-person/623134 "2012-05-26T17:28:31Z")
I recently attended a statewide Special Olympics meet where I volunteer. It’s an annual event that provides joy and inspiration to thousands of special athletes, their families and all of us volunteers. It can be truly… --- ## [Ask the (former) Tanker.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-former-tanker/620812)
**Author:** [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-former-tanker/620812 "2012-05-26T16:57:46Z")
In response to my contribution in this thread, I’ve been encouraged to start an “Ask the Tanker” thread. I was a 19K M1 Abrams Armored Vehicle Crewman for just under 6 years (on a 4-year enlistment! :smack:) in the U.S.… --- ## [Some friends of ours are anti-vaccination people.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-friends-of-ours-are-anti-vaccination-people/619988)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-friends-of-ours-are-anti-vaccination-people/619988 "2012-05-26T16:45:44Z")
And you think you know someone. Nice couple, very friendly, seemingly intelligent. My wife and I had noticed that their children are never in the nursery at church, but we didn’t think much of it. Honestly, they just see… --- ## [The Vatican went back to theory seldom used today: Butler did it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vatican-went-back-to-theory-seldom-used-today-butler-did-it/623180)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vatican-went-back-to-theory-seldom-used-today-butler-did-it/623180 "2012-05-26T16:12:32Z")
While other scandals haunt the church, the banking scandal was showing lots of intrigue and back stabbing, so who was leaking letters to the media regarding the scandal? An arrest was made and what is the “fresh twist” i… --- ## [Dry shaving legs and pits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-shaving-legs-and-pits/405344)
**Author:** [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-shaving-legs-and-pits/405344 "2012-05-26T16:11:57Z")
Yesterday, not wanting to shower after just getting my hair colored, I dry-shaved my legs and armpits, just dipping the razor in water every now and then. I had always heard that this is just WRONG, perhaps painful and … --- ## [I'm killing my dog tomorrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-killing-my-dog-tomorrow/622989)
**Author:** [@codgerone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codgerone)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-killing-my-dog-tomorrow/622989 "2012-05-26T15:38:45Z")
She’s a 14 year old Labrador, has bad arthritis and is pretty much at the end of her time. I’ve had her from a pup and she’s been my constant companion all those years. I know I have to do this, I owe it to her to ease h… --- ## [What's up with Wikipedia and Roy Lichtenstein???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-wikipedia-and-roy-lichtenstein/623162)
**Author:** [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-wikipedia-and-roy-lichtenstein/623162 "2012-05-26T12:42:46Z")
MPSIMS or General Questions? Is it just me or anyone else has noticed that artist Roy Lichtenstein ghost seems to have hacked into Wikipedia’s “Did you know…” panel? I thought I saw the name a few times over the previo… --- ## ["The only meaningful choice is between fear and love."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-only-meaningful-choice-is-between-fear-and-love/623021)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2012, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-only-meaningful-choice-is-between-fear-and-love/623021 "2012-05-26T07:07:51Z")
A Facebook friend just posted this: Having seen Donnie Darko a few years ago, I grinned and promptly Googled up the appropriate response: Only, she was totally unironically quoting some actual self-help dude. I don’… --- ## [Whoo-hoo! I'm getting solar panels!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-im-getting-solar-panels/622884)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-im-getting-solar-panels/622884 "2012-05-26T03:01:50Z")
I am leasing solar panels and I am super excited, 5.28 kw system (dc, a little less than 5 after it goes through the inverter). No money down, I am just paying for the power directly at a rate that is slightly cheaper t… --- ## [4 Secret Service Agents decide to fight their terminations.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-secret-service-agents-decide-to-fight-their-terminations/622829)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-secret-service-agents-decide-to-fight-their-terminations/622829 "2012-05-26T01:31:08Z")
4 disgraced agents have withdrawn their resignations. I’m glad they decided to fight instead of resigning. The handling of this mess was clumsy. The White House and Obama got some bad press and they used a tank to roll… --- ## [Oh, just run and lose](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-just-run-and-lose/622907)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-just-run-and-lose/622907 "2012-05-26T00:32:27Z")
Well. I did not register as a Democratic candidate in my own state legislative district. I don’t think anyone else did either. I just dropped politics and did other things. But now I’m thinking, yeah, I should run. I ma… --- ## [A wild pervert appears!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wild-pervert-appears/623101)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wild-pervert-appears/623101 "2012-05-25T23:40:19Z")
My wife got an email earlier today warning us of pervert loose in our neighborhood. It seems some babysitter saw a man in the bushes staring into the window. He walked off and nobody’s seen him since. Now neighborhood… --- ## [Holy Iceberg, Batman, the Penguin has escaped!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-iceberg-batman-the-penguin-has-escaped/615035)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-iceberg-batman-the-penguin-has-escaped/615035 "2012-05-25T21:01:50Z")
http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/\_news/2012/03/07/10598856-penguin-scales-wall-to-escape-from-tokyo-aquarium I am not a number! I am a Free-Range Penguin! Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha! --- ## [Sentences with repeated words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sentences-with-repeated-words/623097)
**Author:** [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sentences-with-repeated-words/623097 "2012-05-25T20:43:02Z")
What do you call a sentence that uses the same word repeatedly, in succession? Eg: '‘I think that that ‘that’ that that man used in that sentence was wrong’. What’s the craziest one you know? --- ## [We've been adopted.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-been-adopted/622955)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-been-adopted/622955 "2012-05-25T19:35:08Z")
The family next door to us has quite a menagerie of people and pets living there, as I’ve noted before. Last year one of the owner’s daughters moved back home with her own four-year-old in tow and assorted pets. Over t… --- ## [Tanning Mom is such a scamp. How can you not love her?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324 "2012-05-25T19:24:57Z")
Tanning Mom struts her stuff until… --- ## [well, we got the plants covered against the snow tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-we-got-the-plants-covered-against-the-snow-tonight/623056)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-we-got-the-plants-covered-against-the-snow-tonight/623056 "2012-05-25T17:39:09Z")
yes, snow. the weather forecast calls for snow overnight. so Mrs piper and I went out and covered up her plants to protect them from the frost. I love Saskatchewan, but every so often the odd weather throws me for a l… --- ## [Possibly the most WTF-worthy news headline I've ever read.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-most-wtf-worthy-news-headline-ive-ever-read/622874)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-most-wtf-worthy-news-headline-ive-ever-read/622874 "2012-05-25T16:58:49Z")
Incredibly wealthy Silicon Valley exec arrested for complicated high-tech Lego theft at Target Words defy me. Now please speculate on why a multi-millionaire would hatch this ridiculous scheme of planting fake barcodes… --- ## [Enigmatic cat is enigmatic (now with pics)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enigmatic-cat-is-enigmatic-now-with-pics/617764)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enigmatic-cat-is-enigmatic-now-with-pics/617764 "2012-05-25T16:45:30Z")
A few months ago I wrote about this weird little black cat that was hanging around, learning the difference between a meow and a hiss, and totally crushing on one of our cats. Well, Enigma is still around, still hitting … --- ## [So, I got a tattoo today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-a-tattoo-today/623024)
**Author:** [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-a-tattoo-today/623024 "2012-05-25T16:31:16Z")
I decided that this year–my 45th year–would be my year of change. Part of that was to do something I said I’d NEVER do, and that was to get a tattoo. And today I did just that. Here it is. I’d decided several months … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1123) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1125)