# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1138 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1139 --- ## [Wheelchair pilot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheelchair-pilot/620137)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheelchair-pilot/620137 "2012-04-27T15:35:27Z")
AOPA has an article and video on their site profiling a new pilot who has been disabled since he was a baby. --- ## [Need pro bono assistance with family law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-pro-bono-assistance-with-family-law/620094)
**Author:** [@Stendhal\_Syndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stendhal_Syndrome)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-pro-bono-assistance-with-family-law/620094 "2012-04-27T15:26:57Z")
Hi everyone, I have been dealing with a sensitive, yet very important issue since my husband (gurujulp) passed. It involves our nine year old daughter. I think it is best that I keep my request brief since it does invol… --- ## [Blatant and shameless soliciting for support](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blatant-and-shameless-soliciting-for-support/620069)
**Author:** [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2012, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blatant-and-shameless-soliciting-for-support/620069 "2012-04-27T11:07:22Z")
Today I was told by EAP, “You are absolutely correct–you work in a place that is hostile and abusive. You have a case and you can cite policy. But until your probation period is up, any complaint you file can draw attent… --- ## [Instead of studying, I made really lame "yo momma" jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-studying-i-made-really-lame-yo-momma-jokes/619986)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2012, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-studying-i-made-really-lame-yo-momma-jokes/619986 "2012-04-27T10:04:12Z")
Yo momma so fat that she’d have to starve herself for two years in order to come down with kwashiorkor Yo momma so dumb that when she was told she had Treponea pallidum she thought she got accepted into Hogwarts Yo mom… --- ## [Cursed Buildings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cursed-buildings/619952)
**Author:** [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cursed-buildings/619952 "2012-04-27T04:15:33Z")
I used to drive by a building that was literally twenty different businesses over the space of ten years. I can think of two more buildings where every business that opened there promptly failed. I assume it mostly has… --- ## [I didn't break my foot at a crawfish party..how about you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-break-my-foot-at-a-crawfish-party-how-about-you/619761)
**Author:** [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-break-my-foot-at-a-crawfish-party-how-about-you/619761 "2012-04-27T02:59:18Z")
Not that I didn’t try… Yesterday, while cleaning up after an epic crawfish party, a friend of mine and I managed to drop a 50lb wooden box on my poor, unprotected foot. I wasn’t too worried about it until this morning,… --- ## [Troll Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-dad/620088)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-dad/620088 "2012-04-27T01:29:09Z")
ROFLMAO - evil! --- ## [Mom, The Whole "Reusing" Thing Is Going Too Far](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-the-whole-reusing-thing-is-going-too-far/619736)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-the-whole-reusing-thing-is-going-too-far/619736 "2012-04-26T23:20:09Z")
Mom lives in the same town I do, so the family pops by to see her once or twice a week. She’s always been a big “reuser”, and she instilled that in me as well. Why buy Gladware resealable containers when I have a cabinet… --- ## [I can't believe I'm saying this...but I kind of like the new job.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-im-saying-this-but-i-kind-of-like-the-new-job/620067)
**Author:** [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-im-saying-this-but-i-kind-of-like-the-new-job/620067 "2012-04-26T22:52:37Z")
I posted a few weeks ago (I think) that I might be taking on some part-time work at my eldercare company as a scheduler. Well, one thing led to another, the lead scheduler walked without much notice, the second-in-line … --- ## [Remember Kool-Aid mustaches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-kool-aid-mustaches/620040)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-kool-aid-mustaches/620040 "2012-04-26T22:18:34Z")
When I was a kid we’d all go home from school to eat lunch and come back with a big ole colourful Kool-Aid or milk mustache. Honestly, this is the reason why I refuse to drink grape juice without a straw and I’m terrifi… --- ## [Write this phrase in Hebrew, please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-this-phrase-in-hebrew-please/620013)
**Author:** [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-this-phrase-in-hebrew-please/620013 "2012-04-26T21:43:55Z")
Could one of y’all let me know how the words “Ben Kadosh” would be written with Hebrew letters? If it’s written one way in modern Hebrew and another in Biblical Hebrew, I’d be interested in both. Bonus question: Would … --- ## [Shoplifter shot and killed at Walmart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoplifter-shot-and-killed-at-walmart/619555)
**Author:** [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoplifter-shot-and-killed-at-walmart/619555 "2012-04-26T20:25:13Z")
Story here. http://www.kbtx.com/news/local/headlines/CSPD\_Investigating\_Shooting\_At\_College\_Station\_WalMart\_148322355.html A guy was trying to take unpaid for merchandise from Walmart, was detained by “loss prevention … --- ## [Going To The Store - short animation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-the-store-short-animation/620050)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-the-store-short-animation/620050 "2012-04-26T19:42:01Z")
Just a normal guy walking to the store on a lovely day. --- ## [Moments when you've impressed yourself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-when-youve-impressed-yourself/619657)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-when-youve-impressed-yourself/619657 "2012-04-26T19:29:12Z")
So our daughter is a toddler now and I’ve been thrown up on and caught throwup in my hands and had to strip and shower multiple times in one evening because I’d been thrown up on multiple times in one evening. I guess I’… --- ## [High Pressure Sales for Souvenirs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-pressure-sales-for-souvenirs/619959)
**Author:** [@BigDadWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDadWolf)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-pressure-sales-for-souvenirs/619959 "2012-04-26T18:15:45Z")
I was reading this thread http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=649618 about haggling and came across this following comment: I didn’t want to hijack what was a perfectly nice thread but it reminded me o… --- ## [Are you still "basking in the warm glow".....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694 "2012-04-26T17:43:10Z")
…like the NYT ? In this piece by their Public Editor there is a defense that they did mention Obama’s failure to embrace Erskine-Bowles in an article on February 27. I wonder if that was the only time… its not like deb… --- ## [A Short Dementia Update](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-dementia-update/619515)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-dementia-update/619515 "2012-04-26T17:25:32Z")
My days are getting away from me, so we’ve bought a dry erase board and either D, my son or daughter in law write the day and date on it along with any appointments and chores I have scheduled. We’re doing this because … --- ## [Unfinished business: how do you forgive yourself for not forgiving others?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-business-how-do-you-forgive-yourself-for-not-forgiving-others/619833)
**Author:** [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfinished-business-how-do-you-forgive-yourself-for-not-forgiving-others/619833 "2012-04-26T16:48:18Z")
Last Friday I learned, through Facebook of all places, that a former friend – one of my best friends through Junior High, High School, college and a few years after that – had just died. It was sudden and unexpected, con… --- ## [You Know That Sound](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-that-sound/620020)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-that-sound/620020 "2012-04-26T16:20:08Z")
When you lay a sheet of plywood on your cat, then slowly drive a truck over it?:eek: That’s the screaming and yowling that snatched me from my sleep this morning. I bolted through the house to find what she could possi… --- ## [I've created a red fleece monster!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-created-a-red-fleece-monster/619966)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-created-a-red-fleece-monster/619966 "2012-04-26T15:38:52Z")
I bought a red fleece blanket at Target a little while back. I got home, unpacked it and threw it in the washing machine on cold, then did a normal tumble dry. The morning after using it, my bed sheet (and me) was cove… --- ## [Chatrooms - Where did the good conversation go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chatrooms-where-did-the-good-conversation-go/539438)
**Author:** [@Zannen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zannen)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chatrooms-where-did-the-good-conversation-go/539438 "2012-04-26T15:17:00Z")
I remember a few years ago when I used to frequent chat rooms daily. Now, when I go on to two, you get about a billion PM’s asking you to show your tits on cam, using retarded grammar and cyber spelling. What the hell. … --- ## [Dinosaur Friday!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-friday/618534)
**Author:** [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-friday/618534 "2012-04-26T14:54:32Z")
Just thought I’d link this, as I plan on celebrating this year if I can find a dino to do it with! (And cos the thread always puts a smile on my face) http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9205430&postcount… --- ## [When the only thing you fear is fear itself.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-only-thing-you-fear-is-fear-itself/619981)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-only-thing-you-fear-is-fear-itself/619981 "2012-04-26T10:49:37Z")
Sorry a bit of a whine :frowning: I started having anxiety attacks again. waking up shaking, random episodes of my heart beating like a jackhammer. or a hundred miles an hour. Dizzyness, feeling like I can’t breathe etc… --- ## [My Dog is Missing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-is-missing/619423)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-is-missing/619423 "2012-04-25T21:07:48Z")
He’s really my mum’s dog, because I couldn’t take him with me to college and he’s lived with her ever since (more than 10 years). Still, he loves me and I love him. My mother is a wreck; I think he really helped her with… --- ## [Rockhounds: ever mine your own?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockhounds-ever-mine-your-own/619842)
**Author:** [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockhounds-ever-mine-your-own/619842 "2012-04-25T21:06:51Z")
I used to collect rocks as a kid, but I haven’t done a lot since college. Lately I’ve felt the need to go a huntin’ agin. Looking around on the internet, I found that there’s a lot of played out mines that let you mine … --- ## [So I just saw a Kony poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-saw-a-kony-poster/619519)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-saw-a-kony-poster/619519 "2012-04-25T20:55:19Z")
It took me a second to even figure out what it was and then I remembered that 420 was the day we were all supposed to wake up to find our cities absolutely covered from top to bottom with Kony propaganda (anti-Kony I gue… --- ## [Charles Colson Dead At 80](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-colson-dead-at-80/619558)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-colson-dead-at-80/619558 "2012-04-25T20:23:38Z")
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/us/politics/charles-w-colson-watergate-felon-who-became-evangelical-leader-dies-at-80.html?pagewanted=all Another great man has left us now. :frowning: --- ## [Soon you shall call me master](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soon-you-shall-call-me-master/619838)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soon-you-shall-call-me-master/619838 "2012-04-25T19:56:51Z")
I just finished my last class for my masters. Holy cow, that took 2 1/2 years, but I’m glad I’m finished with it. I now feel way smarter, check this out: “The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isocoleces … --- ## [CREEPY experience at the supermarket tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-experience-at-the-supermarket-tonight/619778)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-experience-at-the-supermarket-tonight/619778 "2012-04-25T19:51:51Z")
I’m standing in front of the clearance rack, minding my own business. When I saw that there were half-price expired Milky Ways, I must have squealed a little bit, because a wizened woman standing next to me smiled. Wi… --- ## [I went to the taping of the Jimmy Fallon show with Obama this afternoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-the-taping-of-the-jimmy-fallon-show-with-obama-this-afternoon/619845)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-the-taping-of-the-jimmy-fallon-show-with-obama-this-afternoon/619845 "2012-04-25T19:32:01Z")
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