# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1126 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1127 --- ## [Road maps, filling stations, and the good old days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-maps-filling-stations-and-the-good-old-days/622763)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-maps-filling-stations-and-the-good-old-days/622763 "2012-05-24T01:45:05Z")
The ongoing thread started Today, 09:33 AM by Colophon How long have main roads been paved? is very tempting to hijack, so here’s a place to branch out with related topics in the same general area. I have thrown away bo… --- ## [Not A Good Day For D](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-good-day-for-d/622864)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-good-day-for-d/622864 "2012-05-24T00:52:17Z")
So please keep her in your thoughts/prayers, please? Her sister has had a series of mini-strokes (TIA’s) and she’s been taken to the ER. She’s aphasic in that she can begin sentences but can’t finish them. Since she’s … --- ## [Stolen Iphone Adventures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-iphone-adventures/622866)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-iphone-adventures/622866 "2012-05-24T00:42:08Z")
Kudos to this girl. Her Iphone was lost/stolen on a Disney cruise. The dude who took it began taking pictures with it and she was able to see them through the Apple cloud service. So, she threw them on Facebook and made… --- ## [NC social studies teacher - who lets idiots like her teach?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nc-social-studies-teacher-who-lets-idiots-like-her-teach/622577)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nc-social-studies-teacher-who-lets-idiots-like-her-teach/622577 "2012-05-24T00:25:50Z")
Teacher presents “fact of the day” about Romney allegedly being a bully back in high school. Student: “Didn’t Obama bully somebody, though?” Teacher: “Not to my knowledge.” Students tell her about Obama,… --- ## [Missing Fugitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-fugitive/622883)
**Author:** [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-fugitive/622883 "2012-05-23T23:52:45Z")
My local news keeps reporting that the police have been searching for a “missing fugitive”. If he is a fugitive he is obviously missing, right? Or is that not right? --- ## [Dad Puts Kid In Pay Washer....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-puts-kid-in-pay-washer/622656)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-puts-kid-in-pay-washer/622656 "2012-05-23T22:28:44Z")
… Worst Parent of the Week: Dad Puts Toddler in Washing Machine and Turns it On. A gene pool exit?:mad: Q --- ## [Faking suspicious behavior on a flight...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faking-suspicious-behavior-on-a-flight/622769)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faking-suspicious-behavior-on-a-flight/622769 "2012-05-23T17:25:50Z")
What would happen if some attention whore decided to fake suspicious behavior on a flight? Like, just acting shifty on purpose, saying some Muslim prayers, making frequent trips to the bathroom, asking the flight attend… --- ## [Birder Most Foul, Now with audio! \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birder-most-foul-now-with-audio-edited-title/622206)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birder-most-foul-now-with-audio-edited-title/622206 "2012-05-23T16:59:57Z")
This is actually at the root of it a General Question; but I am going to have to do a lot of bitching first, so it’s here instead. Bear with me. Never in my life have I fervently wished for the death of another creatur… --- ## [Is this for real? Too Busty for job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-for-real-too-busty-for-job/622712)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-for-real-too-busty-for-job/622712 "2012-05-23T15:28:09Z")
I’ve seen this on three venues already this morning: http://gma.yahoo.com/jersey-woman-she-fired-being-too-busty-015114881--abc-news-topstories.html You know that the news services are going to pick this up – it’s too… --- ## [Your First Job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-job/622707)
**Author:** [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-job/622707 "2012-05-23T14:42:20Z")
TheKid finally found a job! She starts at a local Mom and Pop Italian restaurant next week. A friend of hers recommended her to the owner, planned on just dropping off the application, ended up being interviewed and hire… --- ## [garage sale treasures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garage-sale-treasures/622526)
**Author:** [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garage-sale-treasures/622526 "2012-05-23T14:35:37Z")
So many sales and estate auctions right now, it’s a hoarder/junker/reseller’s wet dream. How much would you ask (selling or buying) for this 10" globe (don’t look at their price…) Just stumbled across it in a garage sa… --- ## [Quick Dementia Update](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-dementia-update/622438)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-dementia-update/622438 "2012-05-23T05:28:30Z")
Looks like it’s back to my neurologist next week. I’m noticing changes in my gait and have come close to falling a couple of times. (No. I can’t even blame that on drinking. Other than a German beer every now and then, t… --- ## [Phone Books in Recaptcha?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-books-in-recaptcha/622558)
**Author:** [@The\_Evil\_Prince\_Zorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Evil_Prince_Zorte)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-books-in-recaptcha/622558 "2012-05-23T04:30:44Z")
I just got a Captcha with a phone number in it. When I googled the number, it was for Bloomfield-Montclair Ford in New Jersey. When I entered it, I got bounced for a “possible hacker attempt” I wonder if directories a… --- ## [My Hard Work With the Horse Rescue Paid Off!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hard-work-with-the-horse-rescue-paid-off/622691)
**Author:** [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hard-work-with-the-horse-rescue-paid-off/622691 "2012-05-23T02:43:04Z")
Since the first of the year, I have been volunteering at a horse rescue called A Hoof & a Prayer. The love of my life has become a silly filly named Jewel, a chestnut blanket Appaloosa yearling. I have never trained a co… --- ## [I'm not impressed with home LED lighting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-impressed-with-home-led-lighting/611224)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-impressed-with-home-led-lighting/611224 "2012-05-23T01:26:10Z")
I just tried out some 5W ‘corn cob’ LED cluster bulbs for the home - I installed 3 of them in a ceiling fitting - each bulb has 108 SMT ‘Warm White’ LEDs arranged in rows around the side of a plastic cylinder. I ordered… --- ## [Blonde cheerleader kicks her self in the head.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blonde-cheerleader-kicks-her-self-in-the-head/622765)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blonde-cheerleader-kicks-her-self-in-the-head/622765 "2012-05-22T22:51:01Z")
Gotta love them blondes. :smiley: rah rah sis boom bah! video is only 15 seconds, but hilarious. Looks like her knee bumped her jaw. --- ## [Mundane changes to urban myths](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-changes-to-urban-myths/622041)
**Author:** [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2012, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-changes-to-urban-myths/622041 "2012-05-22T22:49:34Z")
A follow-up to this CS thread, which was about comic book origins. Wasn’t sure where to post this one. The morning after a one-night stand, a man walks into the bathroom and finds “YOU’RE A LOUSY LAY” written on the mir… --- ## [Lockerbie Bomber Dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lockerbie-bomber-dies/622529)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lockerbie-bomber-dies/622529 "2012-05-22T22:17:49Z")
Bye, youSOB. Burn in hell. Quasi --- ## [If the spa employees didn't treat me like something they'd just stepped in...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-spa-employees-didnt-treat-me-like-something-theyd-just-stepped-in/622481)
**Author:** [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2012, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-spa-employees-didnt-treat-me-like-something-theyd-just-stepped-in/622481 "2012-05-22T22:15:24Z")
…I might be interested in their services. I’m just a regular guy in his 40s. I’m not trendy in any way. But I also am reasonably kempt (certainly not unkempt). There’s a particular brand of shampoo I like, and it’s a… --- ## [Top Baby Names for 2011 released](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-baby-names-for-2011-released/622042)
**Author:** [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-baby-names-for-2011-released/622042 "2012-05-22T18:24:06Z")
The social security administration says Jacob was tops for boys and Sophia for girls. I like all the boys names but Mason and Jaden. The only girl’s name I don’t like is Madison. Our 2011 baby was a Charlotte. --- ## [A New Foster Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-foster-dog/621716)
**Author:** [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-foster-dog/621716 "2012-05-22T15:37:58Z")
As I posted last week, my old Papillon girl passed away a week ago tonight, and a friend that volunteers for our animal control emailed me last night about a tiny little Papillon mix that was brought in as a stray. Of c… --- ## [New Target for Godzilla Opens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-target-for-godzilla-opens/622710)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-target-for-godzilla-opens/622710 "2012-05-22T15:19:01Z")
--- ## [If Everyone's Home had a Helipad...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-everyones-home-had-a-helipad/622381)
**Author:** [@supery00n](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supery00n)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2012, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-everyones-home-had-a-helipad/622381 "2012-05-22T12:48:48Z")
and everyone’s workplace had helipads too (by having a stimulus program along the lines of what the Obama administration has spent - $800 billion), with free charging “at home” and and at the workplace (the helicopters a… --- ## [Where is the Monday Morning Post?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-monday-morning-post/622681)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-monday-morning-post/622681 "2012-05-22T02:19:37Z")
A busy day at work, sitting here cruising the 'Dope, waiting for the Tramadol and Tylenol to kick in. Haven’t seen the MMP… --- ## [Best Engrish item I've seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-engrish-item-ive-seen/622539)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-engrish-item-ive-seen/622539 "2012-05-22T02:01:04Z")
I went to London yesterday and in one of the gift shops in the Trocadero, found a notebook, with the following profound poem on it: --- ## [Does Anybody Smoke Pipes Anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-smoke-pipes-anymore/493242)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-smoke-pipes-anymore/493242 "2012-05-22T00:43:51Z")
I haven’t seen anyone smoking a pipe in years. They still sell pipe tobacco, and I see ads for pipes…but outside of an old guy I saw last October, heve never seen one. Has this practice died out? --- ## [Does anyone have a nice knitting pattern for...baby socks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-nice-knitting-pattern-for-baby-socks/622345)
**Author:** [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2012, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-nice-knitting-pattern-for-baby-socks/622345 "2012-05-21T23:43:27Z")
I can’t talk about it on Facebook because there’s a couple of family members who haven’t been told in person yet, but I found out last night my little sister is pregnant! Yknow, it’s been a crummy couple of weeks for me… --- ## [Things you could've been fired for. (Luckily, you weren't.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-couldve-been-fired-for-luckily-you-werent/622491)
**Author:** [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-couldve-been-fired-for-luckily-you-werent/622491 "2012-05-21T22:55:28Z")
So I thought this would be an interesting thread. Obviously, it’s not a good idea to post about your current job, but I’m sure we’ve all done something that could’ve gotten us fired, put on leave, or at least written up.… --- ## [Organic Foods Reduce Prosocial Behavior and Harshen Moral Judgments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organic-foods-reduce-prosocial-behavior-and-harshen-moral-judgments/622632)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organic-foods-reduce-prosocial-behavior-and-harshen-moral-judgments/622632 "2012-05-21T22:53:11Z")
http://spp.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/05/14/1948550612447114.abstract Abstract: Recent research has revealed that specific tastes can influence moral processing, with sweet tastes inducing prosocial behavior and di… --- ## [Secretly recording the gay roommate - an update - Guilty verdict](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secretly-recording-the-gay-roommate-an-update-guilty-verdict/615988)
**Author:** [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secretly-recording-the-gay-roommate-an-update-guilty-verdict/615988 "2012-05-21T20:37:35Z")
Earlier threads here: Secretly recording the gay roommate Secretly recording the gay roommate - an update - grand jury indictment From Reuters, today: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1125) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1127)