# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1141 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1142 --- ## [The .22 Rimfire thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-22-rimfire-thread/614991)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-22-rimfire-thread/614991 "2012-04-20T19:20:38Z")
Over in IMHO, Anaamika started a thread requesting help from firearms owners, yes, fellow gun-people, we should rejoice, as 'Mika is now one of us :slight\_smile: …one of us…one of us… :wink: anyway, as she’s an owner o… --- ## [The corner gas station / repair shop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corner-gas-station-repair-shop/619416)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corner-gas-station-repair-shop/619416 "2012-04-20T19:10:39Z")
I just bought a used car and I have been back and forth a few times to the corner gas station for safety checks and minor repairs. This has brought me to consider the likelihood that, in another 10 or 20 years, establish… --- ## [The Dinosaur and Hot Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dinosaur-and-hot-dog/619414)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dinosaur-and-hot-dog/619414 "2012-04-20T18:29:41Z")
This sounds like a great name for a faux-British-Pub American eatery: Is this: a.) A Dinosaur eating a Hot Dog in an inconvenient manner b.) a Dinosaur sticking out his tnogue c.) A very suggestive Dinosaur Statue … --- ## [Firefox: Did I just read that right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-did-i-just-read-that-right/619359)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-did-i-just-read-that-right/619359 "2012-04-20T18:12:02Z")
“You will be prompted one more time before being automatically updated.” Wow. Not even Microsoft FORCED their users to update like that, even if it DID cause them huge headaches. Do they really mean that literally? W… --- ## [Ask the Christian Athlete Who Inexplicably Possesses World Leaders/Other Notable Figures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-christian-athlete-who-inexplicably-possesses-world-leaders-other-notable-figures/619344)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-christian-athlete-who-inexplicably-possesses-world-leaders-other-notable-figures/619344 "2012-04-20T16:34:51Z")
The title says it all. I am a Christian athlete. I have prayed to the LORD and He has granted me the ability to possess important figures right at the moment they are asked key questions about the events of our time. W… --- ## [Lasting impact of the Unabomber's manifesto](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasting-impact-of-the-unabombers-manifesto/619323)
**Author:** [@Ashley\_Pomeroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashley_Pomeroy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasting-impact-of-the-unabombers-manifesto/619323 "2012-04-20T14:17:36Z")
One of the big news stories in the UK at the moment is Anders Behring Breivik, who decided to protect Norway from foreigners and Muslims by killing dozens of predominantly native-born non-Muslim Norwegians. He is a rich … --- ## [Asma Al-Assad is hot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asma-al-assad-is-hot/619196)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asma-al-assad-is-hot/619196 "2012-04-20T14:12:00Z")
Pardon me for missing the point that she shares her life with an evil head of state. She’s so hot. --- ## [India Tests Ballistic Missile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-tests-ballistic-missile/619370)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-tests-ballistic-missile/619370 "2012-04-20T10:01:43Z")
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/20/world/asia/india-says-it-successfully-tests-nuclear-capable-missile.html Congratulations to the world’s largest democracy for strengthening itself in a hostile region. Hopefully India c… --- ## [Weird stuff your dog does (or doesn't do)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-stuff-your-dog-does-or-doesnt-do/613997)
**Author:** [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-stuff-your-dog-does-or-doesnt-do/613997 "2012-04-20T06:14:56Z")
I have a 3.5 month old puppy, a Jackabee - half Jack Russell, half Beagle. I know the rules. (We had to get him the outfit because he gets cold in the mornings when he goes with MrPanda to escort PandaKid to the bus sto… --- ## [My cat, the breast cancer survivor (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-the-breast-cancer-survivor-long/531482)
**Author:** [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-the-breast-cancer-survivor-long/531482 "2012-04-20T05:23:07Z")
One night roughly 8 years ago I went to a friends house to have dinner and watch an Angela Jolie movie on DVD. At some point during the movie, I heard the tiniest meow emitting from a blanketed box on top of my friends … --- ## [Snake vs Spider](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-vs-spider/619339)
**Author:** [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-vs-spider/619339 "2012-04-20T04:01:47Z")
http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/spider-eats-snake-caught-on-camera/story-e6frfq80-1226332961171 Australia (of course). Just some more information for anyone thinking of touring the top end. :smiley: --- ## [A Country Bumpkin's first experience with public/mass transit...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-country-bumpkins-first-experience-with-public-mass-transit/619368)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-country-bumpkins-first-experience-with-public-mass-transit/619368 "2012-04-20T03:56:31Z")
I admit it, I’m a country boy, have been all my life, the largest city i’ve lived in was Barre, Vermont for a couple years, lived in Rockport Maine for a few months, but have spent most of my time living in York, Maine, … --- ## [Mini-cat-chat: post about your cat here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-cat-chat-post-about-your-cat-here/619181)
**Author:** [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-cat-chat-post-about-your-cat-here/619181 "2012-04-20T02:34:53Z")
In the spirit of mini-rants, mini-cat-chats lets you post about minor, random cat events (with pix per the rules). Leonidas, my youngest at about 7.5 months, is now the Lord of the Flies. No fly is safe from being hunt… --- ## [The Names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-names/619353)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-names/619353 "2012-04-20T02:23:37Z")
Billy, Bobby, Timmy, Tommy, Jimmy, Jerry, Robbie, Scottie, plus Randy and Dwayne for the southerners, and throw in an Arnold and maybe a Norman in for the nerds. And there you have it. --- ## [Hugs! Given and Received - No Questions Asked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugs-given-and-received-no-questions-asked/618370)
**Author:** [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugs-given-and-received-no-questions-asked/618370 "2012-04-20T01:45:18Z")
I’m not too proud to say it: I need a hug really badly right now. I won’t go into all the whys and wherefores, but a hug, and perhaps a pat on the head and some soothing platitudes (“There, there; everything’s okay,”) wo… --- ## [Hey, I'm committing incest! (sort of)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-committing-incest-sort-of/619255)
**Author:** [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-committing-incest-sort-of/619255 "2012-04-20T01:37:48Z")
So I started seeing this girl the other months, we have a few dates and hit it off so we decide to continue to meet. But just so it happens we have the same last name, which is a fairly common occurrence in Korea since p… --- ## [China stops deporting N. Koreans back to N. Korea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-stops-deporting-n-koreans-back-to-n-korea/619340)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-stops-deporting-n-koreans-back-to-n-korea/619340 "2012-04-20T00:57:22Z")
I hope this is true. --- ## [Spy drones creep me out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spy-drones-creep-me-out/619342)
**Author:** [@With\_Rye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/With_Rye)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spy-drones-creep-me-out/619342 "2012-04-20T00:43:23Z")
Very vaguely, that is. Just look at it: http://img.ibtimes.com/www/data/images/full/2011/04/23/91824-us-sends-drones-to-libya-battle-rages-for-misrata.jpg The featureless head of the plane reminds me of that episode o… --- ## [Who wants to marry a preteen? Come on down!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-marry-a-preteen-come-on-down/619101)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-marry-a-preteen-come-on-down/619101 "2012-04-19T23:53:11Z")
http://trinidad.usembassy.gov/getting\_married\_in\_tt.html :eek: Damn, to be fair I have never heard of this happening but who knows. --- ## [My dad's got cancer. Again. :(](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dads-got-cancer-again/619186)
**Author:** [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dads-got-cancer-again/619186 "2012-04-19T23:42:41Z")
Probably not much more to say about it. Except: Fuck. We haven’t been on the best terms the last two-three decades, but he’s my dad, and it’ll take me some time to adjust to the facts. According to the doctors, his heart… --- ## [A Change In My Blog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-change-in-my-blog/619334)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-change-in-my-blog/619334 "2012-04-19T23:29:37Z")
(permission asked and granted) Dear guys and ladies As of Sunday evening at 7, reading my blog will be by invitation only but until then, anyone can read it. The reason for this is in my latest blog entry, but to make… --- ## [See, now he's eating Humble Pie!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-now-hes-eating-humble-pie/619172)
**Author:** [@bartleby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bartleby)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-now-hes-eating-humble-pie/619172 "2012-04-19T22:41:45Z")
I saw this, and all I could think was, Once I WAS the King of Spain! King Of Spain Issues ‘Unprecedented’ Apology For Elephant-Hunting Trip --- ## [A new national hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-national-hero/619217)
**Author:** [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-national-hero/619217 "2012-04-19T21:59:51Z")
TSA: Wants to See You Naked, Complains When You Get That Way --- ## [Genties & Ladelmen--Amazon Brings You--a comedy of error. Not Shakespeare.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genties-ladelmen-amazon-brings-you-a-comedy-of-error-not-shakespeare/618421)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genties-ladelmen-amazon-brings-you-a-comedy-of-error-not-shakespeare/618421 "2012-04-19T21:44:57Z")
Not spam! Check this goofy item: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007MJ91RA/ref=olp\_product\_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller= :smiley: You’d think the little {EXPLETIVE DELETED} would spring for shipping… --- ## [Cut-rate brain surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cut-rate-brain-surgery/619239)
**Author:** [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_N.Cheese)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cut-rate-brain-surgery/619239 "2012-04-19T21:00:50Z")
My wife took thispicture of a building close to where she works. Seems legit. I’ve got half a mind to check them out. --- ## [The chicken came first.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chicken-came-first/619283)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chicken-came-first/619283 "2012-04-19T20:38:28Z")
Instead of passing out of the hen’s body and being incubated outside, the egg was incubated in the hen for 21 days and then hatched inside the hen. Story from Sri Lanka. :smiley: --- ## [Canadian (Toronto) Talk Radio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-toronto-talk-radio/619274)
**Author:** [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-toronto-talk-radio/619274 "2012-04-19T20:20:25Z")
On my way to work that takes about 50 minutes one way I happen to browse radio stations available in Toronto and one of those is AM640AM with John Oakley in the morning and Arlene Bynon in the afternoon. Now apparently … --- ## [Nigerian bankscammers joined the Army!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nigerian-bankscammers-joined-the-army/616768)
**Author:** [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nigerian-bankscammers-joined-the-army/616768 "2012-04-19T20:07:26Z")
Got this email: "Hello,I am Col.Tom Hall, I am a section commander with 395th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, stationed here at FOB Salerno Camp in Khowst Afghanistan as part of the troops still remaining to com… --- ## [I'm a grandpa again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-grandpa-again/619010)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-grandpa-again/619010 "2012-04-19T19:31:01Z")
This is number seven. Welcome to the world, Kayla Jeanne. May your life be full of wonder and joy. Number eight is due in September. --- ## [I'm very, very sad about trading my car in and need a hug](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-very-very-sad-about-trading-my-car-in-and-need-a-hug/619012)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-very-very-sad-about-trading-my-car-in-and-need-a-hug/619012 "2012-04-19T18:59:17Z")
Gosh, I just wrote a bit ol’ long screed on this then it disappeared into the ether(net). My 12 year-old Nissan Xterra is suffering, probably to the tune of $1500-2000; I spent $1800 on her last year and she only has 12… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1140) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1142)