# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=113 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 114 --- ## [Book Title? Baltic Fleet's Journey to Japan, Russo-Japanese War](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-title-baltic-fleets-journey-to-japan-russo-japanese-war/999488)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2024, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-title-baltic-fleets-journey-to-japan-russo-japanese-war/999488 "2024-04-04T12:09:55Z")
During the 1904 Russo-Japanese War, the Russian Baltic Fleet was sent to sail to the Pacific. And no, you cannot go the Arctic Route. As I understand, the trip was quite the story. Any book titles about it? --- ## [Why am I getting a Facebook Notification from Myself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-a-facebook-notification-from-myself/999805)
**Author:** [@SeaSun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaSun)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-a-facebook-notification-from-myself/999805 "2024-04-04T01:50:47Z")
I am seeing a notification that is from myself that is about a sports event (I didn’t click on it) - there is no video or link with it. It’s not even a local sports team, plus I don’t follow sports on Facebook or even ta… --- ## [Apartment in Trump Tower seized in Congo corruption case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apartment-in-trump-tower-seized-in-congo-corruption-case/999779)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apartment-in-trump-tower-seized-in-congo-corruption-case/999779 "2024-04-03T23:42:50Z")
Now, apparently Donald Trump has no involvement except for the location. Cynical me raises an eyebrow, but it’s possible. --- ## [Welp. We're stuck on I-75 in Ohio. Power line down across the expressway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-were-stuck-on-i-75-in-ohio-power-line-down-across-the-expressway/999761)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-were-stuck-on-i-75-in-ohio-power-line-down-across-the-expressway/999761 "2024-04-03T23:21:49Z")
Heading south today from Michigan, off and on rain and storms. Got just past Dayton on 75, and traffic came to a pretty abrupt stop. A trucker said he heard a power line fell across the expressway, plus a fatal accident.… --- ## [Taxes! \[insert retching noises\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxes-insert-retching-noises/999410)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxes-insert-retching-noises/999410 "2024-04-03T16:00:56Z")
Mr VOW and I have always had someone do our taxes. We were introduced to a tax expert when we bought income property, and we simply turned everything over to him. Even after we sold that property, we stayed with him. Ove… --- ## [My allergies are annoying me. Anyone else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-allergies-are-annoying-me-anyone-else/999733)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-allergies-are-annoying-me-anyone-else/999733 "2024-04-03T15:28:05Z")
It is now 0445, or zero dark early as we used to say, and I’ve been awake for a couple of hours. My allergies / hay fever have been talking to me in recent weeks, and very much so in the last couple of days. Are you amo… --- ## [Best (or worst) April Fool's jokes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-or-worst-april-fools-jokes/999685)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-or-worst-april-fools-jokes/999685 "2024-04-02T16:44:02Z")
In my case for a few years when we were teens I would prop a tall cup of water over my sister’s bathroom door-and each year she would forget what happened the previous year and fall for it, again. I got an Eviltron to u… --- ## [Huge Increase In School Absenteeism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-increase-in-school-absenteeism/999579)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-increase-in-school-absenteeism/999579 "2024-04-02T16:26:40Z")
I could not say if this article (gift link below) is accurate, but it certainly seems school absenteeism has dramatically increased since Covid. This seems like it could be or become a huge problem. --- ## ["Jugging" chickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jugging-chickens/998289)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jugging-chickens/998289 "2024-04-02T15:35:05Z")
According to a 1936 newspaper I just read folks in Texas would place a peep in a glass jug and raise them for awhile and sell them as novelties. The cops got wind of one who was 6 weeks old and barely able to fit so they… --- ## [Fake Watches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-watches/999611)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-watches/999611 "2024-04-02T12:15:11Z")
Years ago, steps from the entrance to Vatican City, I spent ten euros on a fake automatic “Rollex” (everything was spelled correctly; automatic means it had a mechanism where winding and movement replaced the need for a … --- ## [Attempted security breach at FBI field office in Atlanta (not April Fool)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attempted-security-breach-at-fbi-field-office-in-atlanta-not-april-fool/999707)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attempted-security-breach-at-fbi-field-office-in-atlanta-not-april-fool/999707 "2024-04-02T11:37:49Z")
Red Buick Encore attempted to follow another vehicle through the security checkpoint but was stopped by the barrier. The driver, and only occupant, taken to Grady Memorial Hospital for a mental evaluation. No word to mot… --- ## [April Fools - 2024 version](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-2024-version/999668)
**Author:** [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-2024-version/999668 "2024-04-02T09:09:03Z")
This showed up on Facebook. Another kind of rocket fuel. --- ## [What are your thoughts and opinions on drinking and/or smoking during camping trips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-and-opinions-on-drinking-and-or-smoking-during-camping-trips/999123)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-and-opinions-on-drinking-and-or-smoking-during-camping-trips/999123 "2024-04-02T08:29:34Z")
Even though certain “public” camping areas are strict on drinking and smoking, I understand the possible risks and problems that may occur (if some groups can’t control their consumption levels in a responsible manner) H… --- ## [Trapped in the past, you accidentally kill your favourite novelist. What do you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trapped-in-the-past-you-accidentally-kill-your-favourite-novelist-what-do-you-do/999658)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trapped-in-the-past-you-accidentally-kill-your-favourite-novelist-what-do-you-do/999658 "2024-04-02T02:37:34Z")
You borrow Marty McFly’s DeLorean and travel to the past in hopes of catching a glimpse of your all-time favourite novelist in their formative years, about a year before their first book comes out. Due to a miscalculati… --- ## [What happened with this attempted CC scam/fraud?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-with-this-attempted-cc-scam-fraud/999185)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-with-this-attempted-cc-scam-fraud/999185 "2024-04-02T00:30:36Z")
A few days ago my bank pinged their app on my phone about a suspected fraudulent transaction. Sure enough there was a pending transaction from a petrol station in Houston Texas for … 8 cents. I’ve never been there in my … --- ## [My utility company only recognizes 2 windows browsers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-utility-company-only-recognizes-2-windows-browsers/999646)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-utility-company-only-recognizes-2-windows-browsers/999646 "2024-04-01T22:40:10Z")
On top of all their other sins (causing wildfires, charging ratepayers for judgments against them due to said fires, charging ratepayers for improvements so that they won’t cause wildfires, etc.) I found out yesterday th… --- ## [Struggling with relationship difficulties, as wedding approaches…needing advice/support](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/struggling-with-relationship-difficulties-as-wedding-approaches-needing-advice-support/999114)
**Author:** [@NegativeZer0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NegativeZer0)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/struggling-with-relationship-difficulties-as-wedding-approaches-needing-advice-support/999114 "2024-04-01T20:40:44Z")
So, I’ve been a long-time lurker (but occasional poster) here, and I apologize in advance for the long post, but I am feeling really stuck in between a rock and a hard place and am struggling with knowing how to best mov… --- ## [Sawblade hits store](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sawblade-hits-store/999628)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sawblade-hits-store/999628 "2024-04-01T19:25:05Z")
Guy enters store. Shortly after, an errant Sawblade hits store. Looks to me like a concrete cutting saw. Brian --- ## [Supplement question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supplement-question/999540)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supplement-question/999540 "2024-04-01T16:14:41Z")
Seems I’m low in vitamin D. I’m often low in something or another. I take a multivitamin. Potassium. Biotin. Iron. Every other week. And B injection once a week. So Doc prescribed vitamin D2 gel caps. I’m thinking… --- ## [Men Who Want To Lose Weight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-want-to-lose-weight/999493)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-want-to-lose-weight/999493 "2024-04-01T14:01:22Z")
Years ago, my brother gifted me a subscription to Men’s Health. It’s an okay magazine. But I used to joke every issue was the same. Celebrity Exercise Routine! Six-pack abs! Recipes for omelettes and smoothies! Mix… --- ## [What is the scam here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-scam-here/999534)
**Author:** [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-scam-here/999534 "2024-04-01T13:24:42Z")
So we found a small charge on a credit care we rarely use from Hallmark.com (for an order placed at 1AM, when we were definitely asleep). Called the credit card company, cancelled the card. A few days later, a package … --- ## [(Old) Everybody's hiding under a rock in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-everybodys-hiding-under-a-rock-in-the-mmp/999328)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 292\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-everybodys-hiding-under-a-rock-in-the-mmp/999328 "2024-04-01T10:11:12Z")
Can’t say I blame y’all. The news is terrifying; for some of us, spring has sprung and it’s finally “goin’ outside” weather; a lot of us are dealing with personal and family health issues. No wonder it’s almost 7 a.m. a… --- ## [Some Amusing Science Memes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-amusing-science-memes/999622)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-amusing-science-memes/999622 "2024-03-31T20:46:19Z")
Some of these made me chuckle. Perhaps some of them will make you chuckle. --- ## [Is mold remediation going to wipe out all my savings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mold-remediation-going-to-wipe-out-all-my-savings/999612)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mold-remediation-going-to-wipe-out-all-my-savings/999612 "2024-03-31T14:20:50Z")
A water leak has caused a major mold problem in two bedrooms and inside a wall space (and possibly even more places) according to a mold expert who did some air-sample testing a few days ago. Very high levels of Aspergil… --- ## [The flooded disaster that is Tulare Lake in California’s Central Valley](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flooded-disaster-that-is-tulare-lake-in-california-s-central-valley/983363)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flooded-disaster-that-is-tulare-lake-in-california-s-central-valley/983363 "2024-03-31T12:50:49Z")
Tulare Lake is normally a dry lake. It has been dry since the late 1800s and early 1900s when the rivers that fed it were diverted to irrigate Central Valley farm lands. But there has… --- ## [What do outsiders not understand about the place where you live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-outsiders-not-understand-about-the-place-where-you-live/999355)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-outsiders-not-understand-about-the-place-where-you-live/999355 "2024-03-31T00:29:44Z")
Feel free do define the place where you live to be as large or small an area as makes sense for you. California’s water supply mostly depends on the Sierra Nevada snow pack. Whenever it rains where I live my mom alway… --- ## [Terror Attack in Moscow, Russia (March 22, 2024)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terror-attack-in-moscow-russia-march-22-2024/999222)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terror-attack-in-moscow-russia-march-22-2024/999222 "2024-03-30T23:25:26Z")
There’s a terrorist attack that is being reported in Moscow, Russia, At least 40 dead. The early report I see is shooting at a concert hall. Several gunmen had explosives and automatic weapons. --- ## [Home use Blood Pressure Monitors. Please provide your opinions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-use-blood-pressure-monitors-please-provide-your-opinions/995550)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-use-blood-pressure-monitors-please-provide-your-opinions/995550 "2024-03-30T22:41:55Z")
Hi Everyone, I see several old threads on this topic, but I would like something more up to date. I have been instructed to begin using a home blood pressure monitor and I see a lot of options out there. I have small … --- ## [Bad bad bad Beck be funny again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-be-funny-again/999586)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-be-funny-again/999586 "2024-03-30T18:20:34Z")
Ok. After dialysis I needed to get eggs for the grandwrekks. As figured, they would be scarce because if sales on them. We rarely buy eggs cause of my chickens and Son-of-a-wreks birds. All I could find were Egg lands… --- ## [Talk about being Oblivious to Possible Offense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-about-being-oblivious-to-possible-offense/999601)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-about-being-oblivious-to-possible-offense/999601 "2024-03-30T17:53:38Z")
So I’m watching Popeye cartoons on MeTV, and the network puts on a long-winded disclaimer in tiny writing about ethnic portrayals in the past, and how wrong they were, both then and now, and how showing this cartoon in n… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=112) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=114)