# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1142 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1143 --- ## [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… --- ## [Do I Repeat Myself Here? Part Deux](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-repeat-myself-here-part-deux/619244)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-repeat-myself-here-part-deux/619244 "2012-04-19T18:28:24Z")
Sometimes I don’t know, and other times I’m so paranoid about it and think I really have, that I’ll erase what I’ve written. Yes, I’ve written about this before (I think it was called “Do I Repeat My Posts?”) and it bot… --- ## [UC Davis Pepper Spray Incident](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uc-davis-pepper-spray-incident/619221)
**Author:** [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uc-davis-pepper-spray-incident/619221 "2012-04-19T18:11:57Z")
The facts are in. (PDF) Individual officers’ names have been redacted. The Reynoso Report says: There was no legal basis for removing Occupiers affiliated with UC Davis. There was no substantiation that any “non-affi… --- ## [Getting run over by the lifeguard patrol truck while sun bathing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-run-over-by-the-lifeguard-patrol-truck-while-sun-bathing/618926)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-run-over-by-the-lifeguard-patrol-truck-while-sun-bathing/618926 "2012-04-19T16:57:27Z")
This seems so easily preventable. Why would any rationale person just lay on the beach without something to indicate they are there? Heck a $8 folding chair with bright red webbing is all that’s needed. A large red ic… --- ## [USE THE SELF-DESTRUCT BUTTON! EXPLODE THE COWS! Newslink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-the-self-destruct-button-explode-the-cows-newslink/619259)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-the-self-destruct-button-explode-the-cows-newslink/619259 "2012-04-19T16:52:53Z")
Press the Bovine Self-Destruct Button Comrades! Quickly! Before James Bond 007 arrives! “Ranger Cabin”? HA! Obviously a Secret Mountaintop Bovine Lair™! --- ## [One last Titanic thread: The Titanic Water Slide for kids' parties!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-last-titanic-thread-the-titanic-water-slide-for-kids-parties/619079)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-last-titanic-thread-the-titanic-water-slide-for-kids-parties/619079 "2012-04-19T14:06:06Z")
“\*Wheeeee! \*I’m Ida Strauss!” So appallingly tasteless I \*love \*it. Right up there with the Auschwitz Diet Camp, Hindenberg Exploding Balloons, and the hilarious Japanese Tsunami Lawn Sprinkler! --- ## [Titanic- 100 years sgo today she foundered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-100-years-sgo-today-she-foundered/618752)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-100-years-sgo-today-she-foundered/618752 "2012-04-19T13:07:11Z")
I guess it was a big deal. There have been lots of lives lost at sea and each one in its own way is sad. Maybe the Lusitania was as tragic. If you were a victim it didn’t matter. Anyway, I guess it gave Bruce Ismay the… --- ## [I'm a lazy-ass employee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-lazy-ass-employee/619071)
**Author:** [@With\_Rye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/With_Rye)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-lazy-ass-employee/619071 "2012-04-19T03:45:23Z")
I feel bad about it, thinking about unemployed people and all, but eh, I’m not one to give 110% every day on the field. I give more like 50%. (The Dope gets the other half, natch.) I’m incredibly lucky. I feel ungrateful… --- ## [Killer Swan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-swan/618969)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-swan/618969 "2012-04-18T23:12:23Z")
A man is dead because of this, and it’s not appropriate to make light of it, but I can’t help thinking – Killer Swan??? --- ## [I had an ectopic pregnancy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-ectopic-pregnancy/619086)
**Author:** [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-ectopic-pregnancy/619086 "2012-04-18T22:45:52Z")
I was just released from the hospital yesterday. I was about eight weeks along with what was to be our first when I started having bleeding. We went in for an ultrasound which confirmed that the fetus had already died, p… --- ## [WWII Japanese-American Internment documents wanted.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-japanese-american-internment-documents-wanted/618984)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-japanese-american-internment-documents-wanted/618984 "2012-04-18T22:44:46Z")
I have a friend who is writing a book on WWII. She would like to find some original documentation from the Japanese-American internment camps. Here is her request: If anyone can help, it would be much appreciated. --- ## [Anyone with an ancestry.com (or something similar) subscription?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-with-an-ancestry-com-or-something-similar-subscription/619042)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-with-an-ancestry-com-or-something-similar-subscription/619042 "2012-04-18T21:44:08Z")
I’m doing a little family research, and I have two duplicate names that might be the same person, but I just don’t have the tools to confirm it yea or nay. I’ve posted the details in my user profile under “Interests,” i… --- ## [Need work? Got work? Post it!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-work-got-work-post-it/612032)
**Author:** [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-work-got-work-post-it/612032 "2012-04-18T18:26:15Z")
With permission from C K Dexter Haven: So, you may have noticed that the economy stinks. The traditional mainstream 9-5 cubicle job is becoming extinct. Companies still need to get work done, but a project fee is chea… --- ## [Horrifying Bugs Invading Earth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrifying-bugs-invading-earth/618736)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrifying-bugs-invading-earth/618736 "2012-04-18T18:04:14Z")
Allegedly they’ve been around for awhile but I don’t believe it. Just the other day I saw one of these absolutely terrifying monsters: I swear the animal was three inches long. At … --- ## [Great idea - priced out of target market](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-priced-out-of-target-market/618867)
**Author:** [@Uber\_the\_Goober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uber_the_Goober)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-priced-out-of-target-market/618867 "2012-04-18T18:01:29Z")
I’ve been looking for this for what feels like forever now…and now that I’ve found it, I’m ridiculously disappointed. It’s basically a high end gaming pc with the monitor built into the side of the tower for increased p… --- ## [Remember my friend...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-my-friend/618954)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-my-friend/618954 "2012-04-18T17:40:04Z")
Hallo everybody! Quite some time ago, something terrible happened. I gave the details in this thread (#1), followed shortly by this other thread (#2), both threads in the Pit because I had to vent a lot of fury and sadn… --- ## [How many dopers are straight since 1973?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-straight-since-1973/619097)
**Author:** [@SDMBKL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SDMBKL)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-straight-since-1973/619097 "2012-04-18T17:29:49Z")
How many dopers are straight and fighting ignorance since 1973? Hint: It’s a pun. Answer however you like, whatever you think it means. :smiley: --- ## [Taxes done just in time - a Straight Dope Roll call](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxes-done-just-in-time-a-straight-dope-roll-call/619036)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxes-done-just-in-time-a-straight-dope-roll-call/619036 "2012-04-18T17:12:21Z")
Shout out as you finish and mail your taxes today. :stuck\_out\_tongue: Aceplace57 - taxes are done!!! Who hoo heading to post office on the way in to work. The Postal Service screwed everybody’s fun by announcing they… --- ## [Online Canadian pharmacies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-canadian-pharmacies/619157)
**Author:** [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-canadian-pharmacies/619157 "2012-04-18T17:05:13Z")
Has anyone (from the U.S.) had any experiences with buying from Canadian pharmacies online? I’m interested in a dermatologic cream which costs close to $150 U.S., but I found it online from a Canadian pharmacy for $45. … --- ## [Caesar is a year old (Cat Pics Inside)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caesar-is-a-year-old-cat-pics-inside/619114)
**Author:** [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caesar-is-a-year-old-cat-pics-inside/619114 "2012-04-18T15:56:26Z")
My Maine Coon, Caesar, recently turned one. She is no longer tiny, but she is still adorable. She’s an indoor cat 95% of the time, but I let her go in the backyard on occasion. It’s a fenced-in yard, and she’s always … --- ## [Ever gone crazy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-gone-crazy/618955)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-gone-crazy/618955 "2012-04-18T12:51:08Z")
Have you ever lost your mind, or felt like you did (literally, not figuratively)? Perhaps from a medically or chemically induced incident? I think I have, just once. When I was in college, living in the dorm, I came d… --- ## [Bad News: 30 years for Titanic to rust away to a shapless blob](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-30-years-for-titanic-to-rust-away-to-a-shapless-blob/618519)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2012, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-30-years-for-titanic-to-rust-away-to-a-shapless-blob/618519 "2012-04-18T06:17:17Z")
Surely there is something we could do? I have some ideas: 1/ Pump oxygen down there, should speed up oxidation, right? 2/ Invite everyone who blathers on about the damn thing to go for a dive down there and collect so… --- ## [The World's Greatest Tie or How I blew up on Reddit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-greatest-tie-or-how-i-blew-up-on-reddit/618995)
**Author:** [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-greatest-tie-or-how-i-blew-up-on-reddit/618995 "2012-04-18T03:02:39Z")
Brand new to Reddit, and fairly green on how the site even works, on Friday I posted a picture I took while on vacation in New Orleans of a crazy tie I found in an antiques store along with a caption that I thought would… --- ## [Very cool Dominoes Toppling video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-dominoes-toppling-video/618730)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-dominoes-toppling-video/618730 "2012-04-18T01:04:30Z")
If you can not wait or get bored, skip to 5:55 to get to the tense part. 100,000 Dominoes The really tense part --- ## [I've been feeling my baby move!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-feeling-my-baby-move/618967)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-feeling-my-baby-move/618967 "2012-04-18T00:53:26Z")
I’m 23 weeks pregnant, as of today. This is my first pregnancy. I thought I might have been feeling the baby moving last week, but it was very intermittent and I wasn’t sure. This weekend, I felt it more, and now I’m … --- ## [Clever Comments You Thought of Later](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-comments-you-thought-of-later/618948)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-comments-you-thought-of-later/618948 "2012-04-17T22:56:31Z")
Like most people, I think of the cleverest things things to say. . . . a week afterward. Like the time the one mother in our group who is always bragging about how smart her four-year-old is. My wife had picked up a c… --- ## [Where were you when the lights went out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2012, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001 "2012-04-17T22:15:42Z")
There I was, typing the most riveting post of my life, full of deep insight and intellect. And then. . .nothing. Now it’s lost forever, and my life is meaningless. --- ## [What secret are you taking to your grave?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-secret-are-you-taking-to-your-grave/618910)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-secret-are-you-taking-to-your-grave/618910 "2012-04-17T21:39:15Z")
Spill something on the couch? Dent the car? What have you done that you’ve decided really is a case of “what they don’t know won’t hurt them”, so you’re just keeping quiet? --- ## [Who is the richest person you know IRL and are they happy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-richest-person-you-know-irl-and-are-they-happy/618804)
**Author:** [@HBomb29](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HBomb29)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-richest-person-you-know-irl-and-are-they-happy/618804 "2012-04-17T21:16:58Z")
I want to see if the money buys happiness thing is true but I don’t know any rich people…but perhaps some people on here do. What are they like? Are they super happy or depressed or just average? Do they brag about the… --- ## [Hello](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/619018)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/619018 "2012-04-17T20:25:31Z")
I looked and looked for a “Hello” thread where members introduce themselves when they first sign up. But I couldn’t find one. Is it common to put that kind of thread in this forum? P.S. Hello [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1141) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1143)