# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1140 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1141 --- ## [Post a random quote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-random-quote/618073)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2012, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-random-quote/618073 "2012-04-23T11:35:53Z")
I ran across this in an article. Post a random quote, no need to provide context or links. --- ## [Throw another bunny on the fire, Bjorn.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-another-bunny-on-the-fire-bjorn/619610)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2012, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-another-bunny-on-the-fire-bjorn/619610 "2012-04-23T11:18:56Z")
It’s good to see that our Scandinavian friends have found an alternative fuel source to non-renewable fossil fuels. They burn rabbits. That brings back some memories, like my childhood camping trip with the boy scouts… --- ## [What was your bedtime as a kid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-bedtime-as-a-kid/619311)
**Author:** [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2012, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-bedtime-as-a-kid/619311 "2012-04-23T06:38:05Z")
Just what the title says, what time did you usually go to bed when you were a kid? Also, did it vary on non-school nights or when there was something special on TV? Did it gradually creep later into the night as you go… --- ## [It's too hot MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-too-hot-mmp/618939)
**Author:** [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Replies:** 261\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-too-hot-mmp/618939 "2012-04-23T03:41:53Z")
Didn’t see another, so here we go… It’s too hot! It’s April! What the hell is it doing kissing mid-80s? I barely tolerate summer and love winter. This does NOT please me. Barely slept last night- hot and stuffy. So the… --- ## [Funplex/arcade in Houston mall back in the 80s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funplex-arcade-in-houston-mall-back-in-the-80s/619624)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funplex-arcade-in-houston-mall-back-in-the-80s/619624 "2012-04-23T02:10:21Z")
I have a thought it could be Memorial City Mall before the big renovation but am unsure. What I distinctly remember is the place was on the second floor, but the entrance was an up and down escalator on the first floor … --- ## [Anyone bought the new LED bulb yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-bought-the-new-led-bulb-yet/619603)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-bought-the-new-led-bulb-yet/619603 "2012-04-23T01:16:30Z")
They went on sale in the US today. The price is $60 but many stores are bound to discount. I’m really interested to know what they’re like as I’m sure they will be arriving in the UK in due course (at about twice the co… --- ## [A Public "Thank You" To TriPolar!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-thank-you-to-tripolar/619518)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-thank-you-to-tripolar/619518 "2012-04-22T20:47:52Z")
Trip, What a great surprise I got when I went to my mailbox just now, thank you, thank you, thank you!:slight\_smile: He sent me 2 books about my hometown, Rothenburg ob der Tauber (in Bavaria) one is entitled Rothenbur… --- ## [Interesting Salon article - "The collapse of neoliberal capitalism"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-salon-article-the-collapse-of-neoliberal-capitalism/619611)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-salon-article-the-collapse-of-neoliberal-capitalism/619611 "2012-04-22T19:28:06Z")
The collapse of neoliberal capitalism --- ## [What Department Stores Do You Miss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-department-stores-do-you-miss/543348)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-department-stores-do-you-miss/543348 "2012-04-22T18:32:31Z")
I am reading a book at the rapid failure of WT Grant. What a mess that was. Anyway it got me to thinking what defunct department store do you miss the most. Here’s a list of defunct department stores if you need a quic… --- ## [Worst Nigerian scam letter ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-nigerian-scam-letter-ever/618971)
**Author:** [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-nigerian-scam-letter-ever/618971 "2012-04-22T17:46:45Z")
I’ll just leave this here. Enjoy. (Very sporting to give me a week’s advance notice they’re coming to arrest me. Also interesting to note that apparently dentists can become high officials in international policing circ… --- ## [Puppy number 1 went to his new home today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppy-number-1-went-to-his-new-home-today/619452)
**Author:** [@boozilu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boozilu)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppy-number-1-went-to-his-new-home-today/619452 "2012-04-22T16:50:58Z")
http://s1079.photobucket.com/albums/w512/boozilu/?action=view¤t=Smuckers2012-03-30.jpg They are 9 weeks old and the first one, Smuckers, is on his way to his new home. The kids are devastated. Two more going to … --- ## [What's you posts-per-day average?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-posts-per-day-average/619243)
**Author:** [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-posts-per-day-average/619243 "2012-04-22T16:15:30Z")
I’ve been posting here for nearly a decade. I realized today when I saw the Charter Membership announcement that I can no longer readily see my post count, so I clicked on my own profile to find out: I’m at 0.36 PPD. H… --- ## [Bad plane crash in Pakistan - AK84, are you okay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-plane-crash-in-pakistan-ak84-are-you-okay/619436)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-plane-crash-in-pakistan-ak84-are-you-okay/619436 "2012-04-22T16:04:30Z")
Bad plane crash in Pakistan - no reason for me to think AK84 was on it but when I saw the headline I just had one of those quick thoughts - “Hope AK84 wasn’t on it.” --- ## [Mis-heard Radio Ad... Wait, WHAT?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-heard-radio-ad-wait-what/619496)
**Author:** [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2012, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-heard-radio-ad-wait-what/619496 "2012-04-22T13:32:34Z")
I am still half asleep, and have the radio on for background noise. There was just an advertisement from a local jewelry store for some sort of contest they are holding. I wasn’t paying half attention, just browsing the … --- ## [Australia: A worker's injury during sex is covered by workers' compensation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-a-workers-injury-during-sex-is-covered-by-workers-compensation/619435)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-a-workers-injury-during-sex-is-covered-by-workers-compensation/619435 "2012-04-22T13:01:48Z")
At least, if the worker is attending an out-of-town conference on the employer’s dime, it appears: Workers’ comp for woman’s sex injury Apparently in the evening, after the day’s conference was over, she and a dinner d… --- ## [I shaved my head today. Feels weird.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shaved-my-head-today-feels-weird/619158)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2012, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shaved-my-head-today-feels-weird/619158 "2012-04-22T09:07:24Z")
Well, I didn’t. The barber did. But it is done, and I have gone from being a mop-top to weirdly bony on top. But it is my birthday, so there. --- ## [Hello!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/619315)
**Author:** [@Chuck\_Norris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chuck_Norris)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2012, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/619315 "2012-04-22T07:06:53Z")
I am Chuck Norris, and I have joined this forum in an effort to connect with the common man. Plus I’m tired of doing roundhouse kicks. While browsing the internet earlier today, I stumbled across what I considered to be… --- ## [Collision of conscious and business, or, am I getting old and conservative?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collision-of-conscious-and-business-or-am-i-getting-old-and-conservative/619199)
**Author:** [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collision-of-conscious-and-business-or-am-i-getting-old-and-conservative/619199 "2012-04-22T04:10:53Z")
I own a condo that I’m renting out. The rental market here is incredibly hot, with something like less than a 2% vacancy rate. My current tenants have a lease through August, but they bought a house and I told them I’d… --- ## [Any Portland, OR Dopers going to Cinco de Mayo @ Waterfront Park?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-portland-or-dopers-going-to-cinco-de-mayo-waterfront-park/619523)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-portland-or-dopers-going-to-cinco-de-mayo-waterfront-park/619523 "2012-04-21T18:51:48Z")
I’ll likely be attending the Cinco de Mayo celebrations at Waterfront Park. Likely be there most of the afternoon/early evening, heading back south around 7 or 8 (heading to Roseburg). Any other Dopers plan on attending… --- ## [Just Saw the Space Shuttle Go By!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-the-space-shuttle-go-by/619037)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-the-space-shuttle-go-by/619037 "2012-04-21T16:27:12Z")
Space shuttle Discovery just rode in to Dulles airport on the back of a jumbo jet. It went right by my office window. Very, very cool! --- ## [Interesting things said to you by non-native speakers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-things-said-to-you-by-non-native-speakers/619133)
**Author:** [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2012, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-things-said-to-you-by-non-native-speakers/619133 "2012-04-21T07:32:08Z")
I am traveling in Thailand right now, and of course most people here don’t speak any English. Those that do speak English, even in travel related jobs, often struggle. Not to knock them, at least they’re making an effo… --- ## [For those who think that spelling is unimportant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-that-spelling-is-unimportant/619432)
**Author:** [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-that-spelling-is-unimportant/619432 "2012-04-21T05:22:44Z")
This is a sad compilation of one spelling error. I must admit it was good for at least one giggle. --- ## [The French Do Care What America Thinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-french-do-care-what-america-thinks/619153)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-french-do-care-what-america-thinks/619153 "2012-04-21T01:32:27Z")
I found this opinion piece interesting to contemplate, especially the complicated emotions that the French feel about the dominance of the nation they helped “midwife” into existence: --- ## [The Sweetest VIdeo I Have Ever Seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sweetest-video-i-have-ever-seen/619405)
**Author:** [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sweetest-video-i-have-ever-seen/619405 "2012-04-21T00:29:19Z")
Mundane & pointless, yes, but too sweet to not share. Proof that friendship knows no boundaries. Enjoy. http://www.dogwork.com/ddsff4/ --- ## [LOLittering!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lolittering/619297)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lolittering/619297 "2012-04-20T21:22:52Z")
What are some fucked up ways you’ve seen people litter. I used to do adopt a highway clean up on occasion. We would find used condoms at least once per clean up. Sometimes we would find porno mags. When me and my cousi… --- ## [My mom is a birther](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-is-a-birther/619195)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-is-a-birther/619195 "2012-04-20T21:06:57Z")
I just found this out. If you remember my posts while the election was going on, you’ll remember that my issue was that there was no mechanism in place to insure that a Presidential nominee met the Constitutional requir… --- ## [What you would rather not know about the people closet to you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-would-rather-not-know-about-the-people-closet-to-you/618977)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-would-rather-not-know-about-the-people-closet-to-you/618977 "2012-04-20T20:45:45Z")
…But you do know it. One couple I’m close to… (OK! It’s my parents), own a whip apparently. My brother told me he found one in my father’s dresser drawer. Why my brother went in there, I don’t know. I know from an e… --- ## [tattoos - THINK FIRST!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-think-first/618952)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-think-first/618952 "2012-04-20T20:28:08Z")
An object lesson in tattoos… 56 stars on the face is not the best look. An otherwise attractive young lady with a disasterous choice she now regrets. But don’t scroll down too far - the tattoo artist is also shown. … --- ## [Futurama tube-transport -- New York to Beijing in 2 hours](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futurama-tube-transport-new-york-to-beijing-in-2-hours/619331)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futurama-tube-transport-new-york-to-beijing-in-2-hours/619331 "2012-04-20T20:22:43Z")
Isn’t this the same vacuum tube technology that banks and hospitals have used for over sixty years? The bank system is fairly simple. It goes from the teller window out to the drive up lanes. The Hospitals have very com… --- ## [God. I think I know what's going on with God.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-i-think-i-know-whats-going-on-with-god/619290)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-i-think-i-know-whats-going-on-with-god/619290 "2012-04-20T19:27:12Z")
Been kicking around a theory about God and his friends. See, a long time ago God was pondering something (What?) and, being a Creator, decided he should create a system to help him with his pondering. A model of sorts.… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1139) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1141)