# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1130 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1131 --- ## [Goodbye, My Little Pick-Me-Up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-my-little-pick-me-up/621640)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2012, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-my-little-pick-me-up/621640 "2012-05-14T13:26:21Z")
When we took in Abby the hamster over a year ago, we knew our relationship would be fairly short-term: “teddy bear” hamsters live only two years on average, three at most, and we don’t know how old she was when we adopt… --- ## [R.I.P. Caroll Shelby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-caroll-shelby/621841)
**Author:** [@Pops1963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pops1963)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-caroll-shelby/621841 "2012-05-14T12:53:01Z")
Dead at age 89 Thursday. Worlds oldest living heart transplant recipient(at the time) Chicken Farmer Chili entrepreneur Race car driver Texan --- ## [How's this for coincidence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-this-for-coincidence/621670)
**Author:** [@Gbro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gbro)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2012, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-this-for-coincidence/621670 "2012-05-14T12:23:27Z")
I was watching Tom Selleck in Ike; Countdown to D-Day this evening and after it finished I checked my playlist on the DVR and Bluebloods was the new recording. Well Tom used the same words in the latest Bluebloods episo… --- ## [Well, this has been quite the Mother's Day for me and my family...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-this-has-been-quite-the-mothers-day-for-me-and-my-family/621822)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2012, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-this-has-been-quite-the-mothers-day-for-me-and-my-family/621822 "2012-05-14T12:19:16Z")
First of all, 3 days ago, right before I was going to embark on a trip to see her and her family, my birth mother’s mother (who is 99 y/o) goes into the hospital with congestive heart failure. My birth mother has to fly… --- ## [Judas Was a Homo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judas-was-a-homo/621749)
**Author:** [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2012, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judas-was-a-homo/621749 "2012-05-14T12:10:20Z")
If you don’t believe me, smart guy, just listen to this combination scientist, doctor, historian, and Biblical scholar: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/05/great\_moment\_in\_city\_council\_crazy.php?ref=fpblg --- ## [Usernames close to yours](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-close-to-yours/620018)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2012, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-close-to-yours/620018 "2012-05-14T08:02:42Z")
When I do an “Advanced Search” on my own username, to see the currently active threads where I have posted, as I’m keying in my name I see a popup of these names after the first three characters: zelandblogg zelanot z… --- ## [Since It Ain't Up Yet, Here's The MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-it-aint-up-yet-heres-the-mmp/621142)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2012, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-it-aint-up-yet-heres-the-mmp/621142 "2012-05-14T07:26:08Z")
With any luck this will be the MMP. Who knows. Any number of mumpers may be doin’ this as I create this oh so insightful, creative and thought provokin’ OP. Today we are promised more rain. Yesterday afternoon and eveni… --- ## [Random Thoughts...care to join me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-thoughts-care-to-join-me/620580)
**Author:** [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2012, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-thoughts-care-to-join-me/620580 "2012-05-14T07:07:02Z")
I thought that instead of throwing my randomness into many threads, I’d channel it here. Who’s in? --- ## [What's big, black, flies, and goes 'CHEEEEP! CHEEEEP!'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-big-black-flies-and-goes-cheeeep-cheeeep/621692)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2012, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-big-black-flies-and-goes-cheeeep-cheeeep/621692 "2012-05-14T07:03:40Z")
A crow. With a sparrow in its beak. The other day I was walking in the city when a crow flew by. The sound I heard was ‘Cheeeeep! Cheeeeeep!’ I thought that was an odd sound for a crow to make, but I thought it migh… --- ## [Adventures with Comcast Customer Service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-with-comcast-customer-service/621328)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-with-comcast-customer-service/621328 "2012-05-14T04:17:47Z")
After moving recently, my girlfriend and I decided to give Comcast another try as our ISP. Earlier today I logged into my account, and the website wouldn’t let me do anything because it wanted me to set up a PIN and a s… --- ## [Michele Bachmann becomes Swiss.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-becomes-swiss/621473)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-becomes-swiss/621473 "2012-05-14T01:19:44Z")
Apparently her husband is of Swiss ancestry and the whole family recently took up that option. Now if only this meant we could deport her and let her be Switzerland’s problem --- ## [Just swept the rat show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-swept-the-rat-show/621780)
**Author:** [@Feyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feyrat)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-swept-the-rat-show/621780 "2012-05-14T00:51:53Z")
Our club is pretty small, but still this is a big deal for me. The last time I got to take so many rosettes home was the 2009 Spring show. Best part was that my favorite most gorgeous Buck took Best In Show, and his daug… --- ## [Things they didn't teach us older people.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-they-didnt-teach-us-older-people/621396)
**Author:** [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-they-didnt-teach-us-older-people/621396 "2012-05-13T21:16:29Z")
List what seems the young of today learned that didn’t get learned by us older folks. I was taught to tie a neck tie, not tie a doo rag. --- ## [Can someone translate this French political cartoon for me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-translate-this-french-political-cartoon-for-me/621799)
**Author:** [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-translate-this-french-political-cartoon-for-me/621799 "2012-05-13T20:58:17Z")
--- ## [I have a list of things I will look up......in case I ever get transported to the future](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-list-of-things-i-will-look-up-in-case-i-ever-get-transported-to-the-future/621632)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-list-of-things-i-will-look-up-in-case-i-ever-get-transported-to-the-future/621632 "2012-05-13T19:50:13Z")
In the off chance that I somehow get transported to the future, or cryogenically frozen and reawaken at a later period, I have already a prepared list of things that I want to look up. Do any of you have this? Because … --- ## [One Youtube video to represent where you live.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-youtube-video-to-represent-where-you-live/621721)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-youtube-video-to-represent-where-you-live/621721 "2012-05-13T19:41:06Z")
If you had to pick a single Youtube (or other online) video to represent your hometown or current base to the world at large, which one would you pick? Me, I’d pick this one. This video actually wrecked me because I’m … --- ## [What's all this then? (fruit contains fruit)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-all-this-then-fruit-contains-fruit/621627)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-all-this-then-fruit-contains-fruit/621627 "2012-05-13T19:14:18Z")
I have just discovered a coconut which contains a lime. What am I supposed to do with this? Why would someone do this? --- ## [P-40 Kittyhawk found in the Sahara](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/p-40-kittyhawk-found-in-the-sahara/621704)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/p-40-kittyhawk-found-in-the-sahara/621704 "2012-05-13T16:59:03Z")
Seventy years after it crashed, an RAF P-40 Kittyhawk has been found in the Sahara Desert. 24-year-old Flt Sgt Dennis Copping apparently survived the crash, but his situation was hopeless. He apparently walked out into… --- ## [Saturday Night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night/621754)
**Author:** [@NadaHappyCamper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NadaHappyCamper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night/621754 "2012-05-13T14:11:22Z")
What is sadder than being alone on Saturday night? --- ## [Anyone else have a grandparent born in the 19th century?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-grandparent-born-in-the-19th-century/621262)
**Author:** [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-grandparent-born-in-the-19th-century/621262 "2012-05-13T12:57:24Z")
I mentioned my mother’s father, born 1898, in another thread, which got me thinking about it. I bet there are people on this forum who have an earlier-born grandfather/mother than mine. Mine isn’t particularly remarkabl… --- ## [Public Library Is a Treasure Trove of 1st Editions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-library-is-a-treasure-trove-of-1st-editions/621327)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-library-is-a-treasure-trove-of-1st-editions/621327 "2012-05-12T21:39:49Z")
Recently, I started exploring a neighboring town’s public library. Because of an inter-library system, I can check out books there. To my amazement, the library has some extremely rare , old books on the shelf-books li… --- ## [Well, There Was A German General Who Told Hitler to go F\*\*\*\* Himself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-there-was-a-german-general-who-told-hitler-to-go-f-himself/621695)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-there-was-a-german-general-who-told-hitler-to-go-f-himself/621695 "2012-05-12T17:22:02Z")
Paul von Lettow-Borbeck. Story I posted the link in Great Debates but possibly a little more coverage here. The more I read about the guy, the more I admire him. --- ## [Evelyn 'Mama Bird' Johnson, aviation pioneer, dies at 102](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evelyn-mama-bird-johnson-aviation-pioneer-dies-at-102/621668)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evelyn-mama-bird-johnson-aviation-pioneer-dies-at-102/621668 "2012-05-12T16:15:30Z")
Good story on NPR. --- ## [Meeting the neighbors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meeting-the-neighbors/621691)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meeting-the-neighbors/621691 "2012-05-12T15:45:00Z")
We’ve been in this house for two years now, and I finally met the matriarch of the lovely (though very Christian-preachy) Pakistani family across the street. I’ve met the younger couple, and their teenage boys, a few tim… --- ## [Odd ball camera issues from your film days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-ball-camera-issues-from-your-film-days/621376)
**Author:** [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-ball-camera-issues-from-your-film-days/621376 "2012-05-12T15:15:19Z")
I’m a left-eyed photographer. That meant, back in the day, that if I didn’t have a motor on my Nikon camera, I had to pull the wind lever out for the meter to function. Distance from viewfinder to poking out lever? You g… --- ## [A weird tale of a "mystery company."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weird-tale-of-a-mystery-company/621664)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weird-tale-of-a-mystery-company/621664 "2012-05-12T04:00:19Z")
Apparently,this company was hit by a perfect storm of layoffs and document procedures. I say “perfect storm” because this kind of thing can’t be common, right? Right? --- ## [Check out this pic of the Statue of Liberty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-pic-of-the-statue-of-liberty/621407)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-pic-of-the-statue-of-liberty/621407 "2012-05-12T03:54:35Z")
She’s about to get a giant dildo rammed up her backside. :eek: :smiley: --- ## [Rebuilding Union train station in Toronto](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebuilding-union-train-station-in-toronto/621625)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebuilding-union-train-station-in-toronto/621625 "2012-05-12T01:49:00Z")
As various TronnaDopers may know, they are rebuilding Union Station in downtown Toronto. Union Station is our prize 1927 Beaux-Arts-style train station at the centre of downtown. After a lot of discussion and false star… --- ## [Fellow software folks (programmers)...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-software-folks-programmers/621448)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-software-folks-programmers/621448 "2012-05-12T00:10:59Z")
We’ve been using the wrong terminology, at least according to CNN. Apparently we should eschew the mundane references to threads, schedulers, overruns, and the like. Really hip and with-it programmers now tend to “bro … --- ## [Mundane question gets elaborate response](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-question-gets-elaborate-response/621533)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-question-gets-elaborate-response/621533 "2012-05-12T00:07:10Z")
I went to discuss something with the boss’s assistant (call her a secretary, I dare you) but she wasn’t at her desk. So I stick my head in the boss’s office and go “Do you know where Jen is?” I expected a shrug. Inste… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1129) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1131)