# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1154 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1155 --- ## [I figured it out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-figured-it-out/616611)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-figured-it-out/616611 "2012-03-24T21:58:16Z")
I had to move one shipping container to another, newer one. I pretty well had to as I was having a bad reaction to mold or something in the older one. The compound has brand-new containers, and before I moved in, I chec… --- ## [8 years sober](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-years-sober/616477)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-years-sober/616477 "2012-03-24T21:32:42Z")
8 years sober. I have 8 years as of yesterday. Holy shit. That is a long time. I’ve posted here in the past the whole story. I’m not going to rehash all that this time around. I will say this, in case anyone with a dr… --- ## [Fly species kept in dark conditions for 1400 generations in Japanese lab ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fly-species-kept-in-dark-conditions-for-1400-generations-in-japanese-lab/616230)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fly-species-kept-in-dark-conditions-for-1400-generations-in-japanese-lab/616230 "2012-03-24T19:09:30Z")
… show remarkable genetic adaptation to darkness. Organisms are remarkably adapted to diverse environments by specialized metabolisms, morphology, or behaviors. To address the molecular mechanisms underlying environment… --- ## [Ask The High School Student](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-high-school-student/615823)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-high-school-student/615823 "2012-03-24T19:08:23Z")
Considering the various “Ask the…” threads, here is a thread for questions on the life of a high school student. For clarification I go to a public suburban high school in California. --- ## [Japanese post-tsunami cleanup pics at the six-month mark](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-post-tsunami-cleanup-pics-at-the-six-month-mark/601928)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-post-tsunami-cleanup-pics-at-the-six-month-mark/601928 "2012-03-24T17:43:58Z")
Looking pretty good, actually: http://blogs.sacbee.com/photos/2011/09/japan-marks-6-months-since-ear.html --- ## [I kinda like Australians, but...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-kinda-like-australians-but/616695)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-kinda-like-australians-but/616695 "2012-03-24T16:21:44Z")
(Caution–horrifying spider-related pictures) Australia needs to just sink into the ocean. I mean, it’s like Satan snuck into God’s laboratory and made his very on continent. --- ## [Piper Cub is excited by the geese!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-is-excited-by-the-geese/615546)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-is-excited-by-the-geese/615546 "2012-03-24T15:07:56Z")
Piper Cub is excited by the geese! Last fall, after a prematurely early exit from the season, the Riders disappeared from our lives. The Cub, aged 3 and an avid Rider fan, began to ask when the Riders would come out ag… --- ## [Helpful Guide to What's Going on With the Healthcare Reform Cases](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helpful-guide-to-whats-going-on-with-the-healthcare-reform-cases/616418)
**Author:** [@Amasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amasia)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helpful-guide-to-whats-going-on-with-the-healthcare-reform-cases/616418 "2012-03-24T12:18:03Z")
If you’re all like, woah, important Supreme Court case next week but wtf is it all about? Here’s a super concise summary of the challenges to the law and what’s going on in non-legalese terms. --- ## [First Look at Asteroid Vesta](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-look-at-asteroid-vesta/589042)
**Author:** [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2012, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-look-at-asteroid-vesta/589042 "2012-03-24T10:51:10Z")
NASA’s Dawn Probe has finally reached the vicinity of the protoplanet Vesta, the second largest asteroid at about 500km across, and will enter orbit on Saturday. Here is the first good quality image, taken from a distanc… --- ## [Bars.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bars/616235)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2012, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bars/616235 "2012-03-24T06:28:03Z")
Okay…help me out with this one. As I understand it, bars have three advantages over drinking at home: 1) There is a wider variety of liquor available, 2) You can meet people of your preferred gender, while in an intoxi… --- ## [Santorum jumps the shark! (As if this is new news...)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum-jumps-the-shark-as-if-this-is-new-news/616561)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum-jumps-the-shark-as-if-this-is-new-news/616561 "2012-03-24T01:59:07Z")
This OP is surely as mundane and pointless as it gets (otherwise it would belong in yonder Elections forum), but I just CANNOT resist… Just noted THIS article over on yahoo: Santorum suggests that re-electing Obama wou… --- ## [Flying Plankton--newslink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-plankton-newslink/616453)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-plankton-newslink/616453 "2012-03-24T01:48:51Z")
HOORAY! We got flying plankton! Now what? --- ## [hello there. I don't see an introduction board ,so](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-there-i-dont-see-an-introduction-board-so/616527)
**Author:** [@Mr.Natural](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Natural)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-there-i-dont-see-an-introduction-board-so/616527 "2012-03-24T01:39:52Z")
I figured this is as good a place as any to get started. It’ll allow me to try a few things like an image… \ **Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-famous-danny-thomas-legend/277694 "2012-03-24T01:26:14Z") I sometimes listen to the syndicated Bob and Tom radio show. On more than one occasion they have alluded to the “famous Danny Thomas legend” but refuse to do anything more than mention it by name, not even giving the va… --- ## [Batmobile Drag Race!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batmobile-drag-race/616486)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batmobile-drag-race/616486 "2012-03-23T22:48:18Z")
1966 TV model vs. 1989 Movie version: http://now.msn.com/now/0322-Batmobile-drag-race.aspx --- ## [Oprah gets OJ to admit he did it \[or maybe not\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oprah-gets-oj-to-admit-he-did-it-or-maybe-not/586573)
**Author:** [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oprah-gets-oj-to-admit-he-did-it-or-maybe-not/586573 "2012-03-23T20:16:45Z")
Not that anyone should be surprised. \[noparse\]http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/168473/20110623/oj-simpson-murder-confess-oprah-wife-nicole-brown.htm\[/noparse\] \[ETA: We’ve had a malware report on this link.\] If this … --- ## [Ask the Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-artist/616216)
**Author:** [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-artist/616216 "2012-03-23T19:58:49Z")
I paint in oils, acrylics, poster paint ($2/pint, it’s a steal!), and watercolors; I draw with graphite, charcoal, and dry pastels. I do portraits, nudes, landscapes and still lifes, plus a fair amount of abstract doodl… --- ## [Help! My google fu is weak.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-google-fu-is-weak/616573)
**Author:** [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-google-fu-is-weak/616573 "2012-03-23T16:17:29Z")
I am trying to find batter operated candles that are NOT LEDs. I want them to use chandelier bulbs. LEDs not bright enough. I want to use four of them to light a (small) stage. Help me Obi Wan KeStraight Dope. Yo… --- ## [Would You Drive An Ultralight Car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-an-ultralight-car/616534)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-an-ultralight-car/616534 "2012-03-23T15:58:03Z")
Personally, I think that electrics, hybrids are not the solution. The solution is to drive very small, very light cars-with engines of 500 CC or less displacement. I always wanted to build one-I even sent away for the p… --- ## [this is a really long sentence:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-really-long-sentence/616148)
**Author:** [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-really-long-sentence/616148 "2012-03-23T15:54:16Z")
Early on, Kant’s notion associated critique with the disestablishment of false, unprovable, or dogmatic philosophical, social, and political beliefs, because Kant’s critique of reason involved the critique of dogmatic th… --- ## [What was the subject of your last Wiki walk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-subject-of-your-last-wiki-walk/616296)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-subject-of-your-last-wiki-walk/616296 "2012-03-23T03:32:09Z")
While responding to this thread last night, I went to the Wikipedia link on Mt. Everest in order to do some fact-checking. Before long, I found myself opening tab after tab about Mt. Everest and the people who have died … --- ## [A reality check for the “Drill baby, Drill!” crowd](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-reality-check-for-the-drill-baby-drill-crowd/616434)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-reality-check-for-the-drill-baby-drill-crowd/616434 "2012-03-23T03:12:43Z")
More US production doesn’t lower gas prices: Article here. --- ## [Why I Choose 2 Live In The "Wilderness"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-choose-2-live-in-the-wilderness/616373)
**Author:** [@Yakuza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yakuza)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-choose-2-live-in-the-wilderness/616373 "2012-03-23T01:39:48Z")
I been living in the wilderness 4 a long time now and I have really been enjoying my life. U might wonder why I choose 2 live in wilderness and why am I so happy about it. Well, it might be obvious that since I only make… --- ## [Submitted for your approval and derision: the cheesiest patriotic-religious mural in history!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/submitted-for-your-approval-and-derision-the-cheesiest-patriotic-religious-mural-in-history/512882)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/submitted-for-your-approval-and-derision-the-cheesiest-patriotic-religious-mural-in-history/512882 "2012-03-22T22:13:15Z")
And here it is. Please enjoy. Something like an intertwined church-state WHERE’S WALDO? or perhaps a Sgt. Pepper parody done by Thomas Kinkaid. If you scrollover it tells you who the person is. Some of my favorite th… --- ## [Playboy plans a club in orbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playboy-plans-a-club-in-orbit/616353)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playboy-plans-a-club-in-orbit/616353 "2012-03-22T21:58:54Z")
Playboy plans a club in orbit. (Playboy is still around?) Nothing resembling a date (heh) in the article though. Looks like we’ll finally have a definitive answer to the question the Master posed in this column. Meanwh… --- ## [Epic Fail - Man vs Tree](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-fail-man-vs-tree/616422)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-fail-man-vs-tree/616422 "2012-03-22T21:38:25Z")
Unbelievable screw up. This is definitely how not to chop down a tree. Leaf it to the professionals. :smiley: --- ## [Somebody tried to scam me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-tried-to-scam-me/616509)
**Author:** [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-tried-to-scam-me/616509 "2012-03-22T19:48:28Z")
About six weeks ago I got a letter from a company called Afni, Inc. which either is or at least claims to be a collections agency, saying that I owed $800+ to Alltel, which I know is a real telecommunications company. T… --- ## [In 1920 Nytimes thought that..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-1920-nytimes-thought-that/616491)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-1920-nytimes-thought-that/616491 "2012-03-22T19:16:17Z")
…space flight is impossible as there is no reaction in space to move a rocket. \*That Professor Goddard, with his ‘chair’ in Clark College and the countenancing of the Smithsonian Institution, does not know the relation … --- ## [Cool site: Famous Pictures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-site-famous-pictures/616480)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-site-famous-pictures/616480 "2012-03-22T18:33:28Z")
I just came across an interesting site I hadn’t seen before and I thought I’d pass it along. Famous Pictures:The Magazine tells you the story behind iconic photographs and videos. --- ## [I had forgotten how loud "the outside" is!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-forgotten-how-loud-the-outside-is/616412)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-forgotten-how-loud-the-outside-is/616412 "2012-03-22T18:28:22Z")
I can finally open my apt. windows, with the warm weather, and I cannot hear myself think! Cars and airplanes going by (at different altitudes, of course). Passersby talking. Churchbells clanging. Neighbors playing music… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1153) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1155)