# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1128 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1129 --- ## [New cow-orker prints out emails, etc. Never thought I'd see this!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cow-orker-prints-out-emails-etc-never-thought-id-see-this/622024)
**Author:** [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cow-orker-prints-out-emails-etc-never-thought-id-see-this/622024 "2012-05-19T01:36:20Z")
I’ve heard stories of people printing out and filing emails but never thought I’d actually see it. This new cow-orker is in her mid-50s, and she is a supervisor (not my supervisor though). She just started, and I have ha… --- ## [Would/Have you donate money to another Doper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-have-you-donate-money-to-another-doper/622128)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-have-you-donate-money-to-another-doper/622128 "2012-05-19T00:59:46Z")
After the recent Lute Skywatcher meltdown, I was sitting here, shaking my head, thinking how its such a shame these things keep happening – someone hits up the Dope for money, questions are asked, OP gets defensive, a Pi… --- ## [Family Lore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-lore/622005)
**Author:** [@dngnb8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dngnb8)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-lore/622005 "2012-05-18T22:34:35Z")
What is your family lore. You know, the thing you thought was unique about your family, and then found out everyone does it? Something like, oh I dont know… Pull My Finger --- ## [Justice Breyer: crime victim AGAIN!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-breyer-crime-victim-again/622343)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-breyer-crime-victim-again/622343 "2012-05-18T19:45:31Z")
Per the WaPost: Police put out an APB for one “Jean Valjean.” --- ## [Should I use my powers for good or evil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-use-my-powers-for-good-or-evil/621937)
**Author:** [@Mikeisskeptical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikeisskeptical)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-use-my-powers-for-good-or-evil/621937 "2012-05-18T18:21:13Z")
Today I solved a Rubik’s cube in 2 mins 26 seconds. I calculated (in my head!) that I would only have to speed up this action by 30 times in order to demolish all previous records. Additionally, I once beat this kid at c… --- ## [Well, crap...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-crap/621287)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-crap/621287 "2012-05-18T17:59:29Z")
I wonder how long I’ve been walking around this morning with my pants zipper fully open. --- ## [Weird lost hiker story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-lost-hiker-story/560856)
**Author:** [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-lost-hiker-story/560856 "2012-05-18T16:07:35Z")
Story here. The strange part is the daughter rendered a very detailed drawing of a structure she said was near where she left her father. I hike a lot. I don’t think a thing like that could escape notice in any of the … --- ## [So we've been watching classic Doctor Who with the kids ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-weve-been-watching-classic-doctor-who-with-the-kids/622152)
**Author:** [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-weve-been-watching-classic-doctor-who-with-the-kids/622152 "2012-05-18T15:53:49Z")
… and in last night’s episode, the 4th Doctor repaired a computer terminal for some primitive villagers. My fourteen-year-old son: "There you go! Now you can play Zork!" --- ## [How do you get over failing in public?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-over-failing-in-public/622299)
**Author:** [@Acorns.but\_not\_Bacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acorns.but_not_Bacon)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-over-failing-in-public/622299 "2012-05-18T15:33:52Z")
I sang in front of an audience for the very first time yesterday…and I fluffed it! I didn’t hit the high notes, nerves took over and I giggled and made an arse of myself and there were about thirty people watching and I … --- ## [Skechers Shape Ups don't do s\*\*t. Really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skechers-shape-ups-dont-do-s-t-really/622164)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2012, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skechers-shape-ups-dont-do-s-t-really/622164 "2012-05-18T13:21:53Z")
I never understood how people were fooled into thinking those hideous shoes would somehow melt away fat and shrink their ass. The things always looked dangerous to me anyway, like they would f up your gait or somethin… --- ## [Becoming a vet tech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becoming-a-vet-tech/622283)
**Author:** [@MyMack\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyMack_1)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2012, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becoming-a-vet-tech/622283 "2012-05-18T13:10:57Z")
Hey I’ve been a semi-longterm lurker, but I had to ask a few questions if that’s ok? I’m about to finish my 2 yr Bus degree and I’m about to start looking into college/uni’s that offer a vet tech program and I’m a bit c… --- ## [Tell me about Alaska](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-alaska/595107)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-alaska/595107 "2011-09-09T14:44:05Z")
People who’ve visited, lived, or live there, please tell me stories, facts, etc. about the great state of Alaska. Its size boggles my tiny little mind. I reckon I want to visit at some stage in the medium term future but… --- ## [I really should keep my yap shut, but that ain't gonna happen.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-should-keep-my-yap-shut-but-that-aint-gonna-happen/621449)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-should-keep-my-yap-shut-but-that-aint-gonna-happen/621449 "2012-05-18T02:28:53Z")
Before an AA meeting today some blowhard who isn’t really a member was talking loudly in a two-person conversation about his time in Iraq, including his time with Blackwater. Then he got into complaints about how people… --- ## [Anybody else for Rat Race Drop Out or Off the Grid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-for-rat-race-drop-out-or-off-the-grid/622043)
**Author:** [@cynyc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cynyc)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-for-rat-race-drop-out-or-off-the-grid/622043 "2012-05-18T02:15:32Z")
I’ve been thinking about this for years. A small community, maybe with a shared garden and car or something. Maybe a few essentially normal people that want to hook up and not be all alone and maybe be more self-suffic… --- ## [Panicked Horse swims three miles out to sea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panicked-horse-swims-three-miles-out-to-sea/622179)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panicked-horse-swims-three-miles-out-to-sea/622179 "2012-05-18T01:33:38Z")
A photo shoot that nearly went horribly wrong. Arabian show horse freaks out and starts swimming out to sea. They found him three miles out. You can’t exactly pull a horse into the boat with you. :smiley: They had to… --- ## [Does the center of your hand "feel" differently?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-center-of-your-hand-feel-differently/355606)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-center-of-your-hand-feel-differently/355606 "2012-05-17T23:05:51Z")
I noticed that if I take something pointy (like a pen, for example) and poke a random spot on the inside (the palm side) of my hand, I can tell if it’s hitting the center. The center of the palm seems to have different … --- ## [Can You Call a 9-Year-Old a Psychopath?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-call-a-9-year-old-a-psychopath/621966)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-call-a-9-year-old-a-psychopath/621966 "2012-05-17T22:23:31Z")
… the article is long, and scary as hell. It’s about children who are tentatively diagnosed as “callous-unemotional” - psychopaths in training. My heart goes out to the parents. I have no idea how I could possibly han… --- ## [BANNED Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-friends/608364)
**Author:** [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-friends/608364 "2012-05-17T17:27:18Z")
I’m considering breaking friendships with everyone who doesn’t have the BANNED tag under their name. So if any of you experience a sudden, crushing depression it’s either the weight of the guilt of all the horrible thing… --- ## [Monkeys, typewriters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkeys-typewriters/621954)
**Author:** [@Mikeisskeptical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikeisskeptical)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkeys-typewriters/621954 "2012-05-17T14:32:13Z")
It’s no use debating about infinities. Given just a couple of million years, with just a handful of monkeys, one of them DID come up with the complete works of Shakespeare. Discuss. --- ## [Gaaaahh! Dreamweaver help, anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaaahh-dreamweaver-help-anyone/622065)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaaahh-dreamweaver-help-anyone/622065 "2012-05-17T13:53:26Z")
I’m using Dreamweaver. Starting from their standard 2 column with header and footer “template” (I removed the footer and its associated stuff from the CSS file), I put in two images, stacked atop each other. But there … --- ## [Recommend a VPN for me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-vpn-for-me/591440)
**Author:** [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-vpn-for-me/591440 "2011-09-10T21:41:45Z")
What it says on the can: I need a free, downloadable VPN because I find proxies largely unreliable. Anybody? --- ## [Today I begin a serious job search](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-a-serious-job-search/615553)
**Author:** [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2012, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-a-serious-job-search/615553 "2012-05-17T06:16:53Z")
I’ve been at my current employer (veterinarian) for just shy of a year. Last year, I desperately needed an internship site that was willing to hire me for a decent wage, and they fit the bill. Now, as a licensed techni… --- ## [Box Of Mystery Unearthed: Buried Treasure Or A Dead Cat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-mystery-unearthed-buried-treasure-or-a-dead-cat/621540)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2012, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-mystery-unearthed-buried-treasure-or-a-dead-cat/621540 "2012-05-17T04:53:58Z")
My girlfriend was just doing some digging in a corner of our yard, getting ready to do some planting. A foot or so down, she hit a small, cherrywood box, about 6"x4"x3", locked with a small padlock. There is no plaque or… --- ## [Initials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/initials/622151)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/initials/622151 "2012-05-17T04:16:15Z")
I got a Word document back from a review cycle with a bunch of comments in it from my new client. It was the first time we’d done a document review with him. Every single comment was marked “wtf”. I was kind of freaked… --- ## [Cutest thing EVER!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutest-thing-ever/622063)
**Author:** [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutest-thing-ever/622063 "2012-05-17T02:57:25Z")
I looked but I didn’t see that this had already been posted. If so mods, and mines a dup…please feel free to close this thread. At any rate…let the “awwwwwwwws” begin. http://www.viddler.com/v/18c49dd9 --- ## [So It's Apology Time Once Again For Quasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-apology-time-once-again-for-quasi/622144)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-apology-time-once-again-for-quasi/622144 "2012-05-17T02:01:43Z")
How many times have I apologized for my behavior and my words? I’ve lost count, so maybe someone can do a search and let us all know. My recent “blow-up” was a misguided attempt at protection, and once again I screwed u… --- ## [The Keystone Cops were never this bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-keystone-cops-were-never-this-bad/621128)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-keystone-cops-were-never-this-bad/621128 "2012-05-17T01:55:16Z")
If the ever tried to write this in a movie, no one would believe it! From the Philadelphia suburb of Colwyn, PA this past week. (All text in quotes is from one of the various articles from the Phila Daily News)…& of c… --- ## [How Many Of You Have A Same-Sex Best Friend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-a-same-sex-best-friend/621913)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-a-same-sex-best-friend/621913 "2012-05-16T23:58:55Z")
More girls than boys, I’ll bet. I’m pretty much a loner unless I’m in Germany. There I have my best friend, Peter. Of course my wife and son are my “best” friends, and so are the grands, but that isn’t really what I mea… --- ## [Who Here Has The Youngest Grandparent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-the-youngest-grandparent/621348)
**Author:** [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-the-youngest-grandparent/621348 "2012-05-16T23:46:54Z")
Who among us has the youngest grandparent? A combination of things got me thinking about this. First, I found out recently that a former classmate of mine has recently become a grandmother (we’re 35), and then I read th… --- ## [Turkey suspects bird was Israeli agent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-suspects-bird-was-israeli-agent/622019)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-suspects-bird-was-israeli-agent/622019 "2012-05-16T23:45:54Z")
Turkish authorities are examining the carcass of a European bee-eater on suspicion that the bird was spying for Israel, Turkish websites and media have reported in the past couple of days. … Of particular interest to… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1127) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1129)