# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1166 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1167 --- ## [What Happenned To Our Animal Transport Thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happenned-to-our-animal-transport-thread/613497)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happenned-to-our-animal-transport-thread/613497 "2012-02-22T20:18:34Z")
I have been looking for it, but cannot find it anymore. Y’all know how much The Quasis love the four-footed ones, so I hope this thread didn’t get shut down, please. Please consider every unwanted animal who is adopted… --- ## [Can you put a gun rack in a Chevy Volt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-put-a-gun-rack-in-a-chevy-volt/613571)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-put-a-gun-rack-in-a-chevy-volt/613571 "2012-02-22T20:10:45Z")
Newt Gingrich has added a line to his stump speech disdaining energy efficient cars “You can’t put a gun rack in a Volt”. I’ve never seen a gun rack in any sedan, but I don’t see any reason why one couldn’t. I assume mos… --- ## [Letter from Libya](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-from-libya/613649)
**Author:** [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-from-libya/613649 "2012-02-22T19:20:52Z")
\[QUOTE="Safiya Gaddafi \[safigaddafi@gmail.com\] "\] Assalamu alaikum! I am Safiya Farkash, Late Gaddafi’s wife. Libyans are celebrating the fall of my husbands regime, his rights and rule of law. Its heart breaking that… --- ## [I'm wanted by the FBI!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-wanted-by-the-fbi/613024)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-wanted-by-the-fbi/613024 "2012-02-22T17:49:22Z")
Got this in my spambox today: \*Federal Bureau of Investigation Intelligence Field Unit J. Edgar Hoover Building 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. URGENT ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY I AM SPECIAL AGENT JOHN EDW… --- ## [Superpowers for Rent -- Voodoo Master for Hire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superpowers-for-rent-voodoo-master-for-hire/613640)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superpowers-for-rent-voodoo-master-for-hire/613640 "2012-02-22T17:29:19Z")
Sure, you say,having superpowers is a wonderful thing, but what if they are used maliciously? Or what if the superpowers themselves are malicious? What if you were sort of a voodoo master, and could harm people at will? … --- ## [Not This Again -- Crazy Friend Is Crazy And I Guess I Have To Intervene](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-this-again-crazy-friend-is-crazy-and-i-guess-i-have-to-intervene/613000)
**Author:** [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-this-again-crazy-friend-is-crazy-and-i-guess-i-have-to-intervene/613000 "2012-02-22T17:02:36Z")
This would be in the Pit but (with one notable recent exception), I don’t love posting there. Known this guy for 20 years. Were close friends for the first three or four. He’s an oddball and a self-styled “character,”… --- ## [Dad is here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-is-here/613284)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2012, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-is-here/613284 "2012-02-22T11:11:09Z")
Dad has come home to Tennessee. No more living unhappily with my Sister in Florida. He moved into the investment condo he owns, in the same building as me, on the same floor. Haven’t seen him in 2+ years. We spent th… --- ## [Anyone Else Have This Happen in a Restaurant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-this-happen-in-a-restaurant/593869)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-this-happen-in-a-restaurant/593869 "2011-08-26T23:27:31Z")
Today I went to a Golden Nugget for dinner. Golden Nugget is a restaurant chain for the budget minded. I ordered my steak medium-rare. And the waitress had me sign the check that I had ordered it that way. She was ni… --- ## [Macintosh " Utility "- do I need this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macintosh-utility-do-i-need-this/613588)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2012, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macintosh-utility-do-i-need-this/613588 "2012-02-22T06:21:02Z")
Does one use this kind of a thing on a Mac? I thought Mac’s did such mundane tasks as defrag on the fly. MacKeeper. Can’t figure out just how useful this kind of thing is. MacBook Pro OSX 10.6.8, 8Gig Ram 2.66 GHz proc… --- ## ["](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/613579)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/613579 "2012-02-22T01:53:36Z")
Now, it’s not exactly Earthlike . . . The Telegraph reports: Still . . . if there’s water . . . If we assume water is essential to life . . . What life-forms could live in hot water under high gravity? Anybody better… --- ## [Ask the person from an even smaller country.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-from-an-even-smaller-country/612402)
**Author:** [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-from-an-even-smaller-country/612402 "2012-02-22T01:49:14Z")
Inspired by this thread. So, I’m from the Faeroe Islands, a small country in the Atlantic. If you’ve never heard of it, don’t be hard on yourself, our neighbors occasionally forget we exist. We’re an internally autonomo… --- ## [Gangster Kills A Guy In A Fight Caught On Camera!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangster-kills-a-guy-in-a-fight-caught-on-camera/613465)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangster-kills-a-guy-in-a-fight-caught-on-camera/613465 "2012-02-21T23:49:49Z")
Holy Shit! --- ## [Help me find a felted wool beanie, or, an opportunity for a quality knitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-felted-wool-beanie-or-an-opportunity-for-a-quality-knitter/613364)
**Author:** [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2012, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-felted-wool-beanie-or-an-opportunity-for-a-quality-knitter/613364 "2012-02-21T22:15:23Z")
About 15 years ago I purchased 2 felted wool beanies (watchmen’s caps, dock workers caps) from Burlington Coat Factory. The caps have no tags and no identifiable marks. I have lost one of the caps and the one I have lef… --- ## [what's my dog's name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-my-dogs-name/612571)
**Author:** [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-my-dogs-name/612571 "2012-02-21T21:49:43Z")
j & I have a new dog, and really don’t like the name he came with. New start, new name. What’s the best dog name you have for a border collie? :rolleyes: Pretty please don’t say “Bandit.”:rolleyes: We seriously need a … --- ## [The Red Skull was US Secretary of State 1961-69?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-red-skull-was-us-secretary-of-state-1961-69/613485)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-red-skull-was-us-secretary-of-state-1961-69/613485 "2012-02-21T19:13:01Z")
So Wikipedia seems to assert. At the end of Dean Rusk’s entry in Wikipedia: “In an issue of Captain America, it was revealed that Dean Rusk had actually been the infamous Nazi supervillian, the Red Skull, in disguise.” … --- ## [So, apparently I worship Ba'al](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-i-worship-baal/613047)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-i-worship-baal/613047 "2012-02-21T16:47:08Z")
I learned this on the bus yesterday afternoon. See, if you’re pro-choice, you are sacrificing babies to Ba’al. I learn these things and pass them on to you so that you may learn them, too. We’ve got the Master Ba’al j… --- ## [An observation on having fractured a couple of toes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-observation-on-having-fractured-a-couple-of-toes/613368)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-observation-on-having-fractured-a-couple-of-toes/613368 "2012-02-21T15:36:01Z")
Last month I fractured \*two toes. As it was after hours, I went to the ER (in and out in only 2½ hours!), and when the doc saw me quipped “we can’t do much for toes” as he went about resetting them, and taping them up. … --- ## [Happy Family Day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-family-day/613422)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-family-day/613422 "2012-02-21T14:24:44Z")
I’m off to walk my dog, my neighbours must all be sleeping late as it’s still and quiet outside, even now! No one going to school, no one headed to church, or work. It’s awesome! So, what you gonna do with your day off? … --- ## [Sad day- irishfella's father has died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-day-irishfellas-father-has-died/613158)
**Author:** [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2012, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-day-irishfellas-father-has-died/613158 "2012-02-21T11:54:25Z")
We’re grieving the sudden loss of a wonderful man. My beloved father-in-law died yesterday in a car accident. He leaves behind his wife of almost 40 years, 3 children and 7 grandchildren. He was a man of strong faith, … --- ## [Now That I'm A Member, Fill Me In On The Secrets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-im-a-member-fill-me-in-on-the-secrets/613188)
**Author:** [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2012, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-im-a-member-fill-me-in-on-the-secrets/613188 "2012-02-21T07:01:55Z")
Okay guys, I’m officially a “member” here now, no longer a humble guest. Now, as a member I know that I am entitled to certain privileged pieces of information. First off, teach me the SDMB handshake. None of that regul… --- ## [About that iCloud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-that-icloud/613496)
**Author:** [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-that-icloud/613496 "2012-02-21T04:18:49Z")
So my recently divorced friend has entered “advanced dating” territory, in which one sends photographs of oneself to others. Note that I am not engaged in these hijinks. I am merely reporting from the sidelines. My fr… --- ## ["Is this a Jocasta complex?" or "Thanks, Mama, for the deeply disturbing compliment"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-jocasta-complex-or-thanks-mama-for-the-deeply-disturbing-compliment/354658)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-jocasta-complex-or-thanks-mama-for-the-deeply-disturbing-compliment/354658 "2012-02-21T02:33:07Z")
Very short- not to be a long thread at all, but M,P, & SIMS. But like most really short threads, it starts 79 years ago on a small farm in central Alabama. I understand my father a thousand times better now than I ever… --- ## [70th anniversary of the bombing of Darwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70th-anniversary-of-the-bombing-of-darwin/613293)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70th-anniversary-of-the-bombing-of-darwin/613293 "2012-02-21T01:57:13Z")
It’s 70 years today since the wartime bombing of Darwin by the Japanese on 19 February 1942. The anniversary is getting a lot of publicity here. Interesting to note that - supposedly - more bombs were dropped on Darwin … --- ## [More inbox spam to point and laugh at](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-inbox-spam-to-point-and-laugh-at/613473)
**Author:** [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-inbox-spam-to-point-and-laugh-at/613473 "2012-02-20T23:53:05Z")
Just thought I’d leave this here, as it’s the first time I’ve seen this particular phishing scam: \[Quote=some dumbass mook\] Subject: IRS Penalty Good morning, We would like to inform you, that you were imposed a pena… --- ## [MIT develops 1 trillion FPS camera; it can actually see light moving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-develops-1-trillion-fps-camera-it-can-actually-see-light-moving/613222)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-develops-1-trillion-fps-camera-it-can-actually-see-light-moving/613222 "2012-02-20T22:05:21Z")
This is some neat shit. They shot brief pulses of light from a laser through a coke bottle (skip to 1:48 if you’re not interested in the explanation, though it is pretty interesting) and you can actually watch the photo… --- ## [I dislocated my knee yesterday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dislocated-my-knee-yesterday/613253)
**Author:** [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dislocated-my-knee-yesterday/613253 "2012-02-20T20:13:58Z")
My husband and I went skiing yesterday and I wasn’t on anything that I hadn’t done a thousand times before. It was just a fluke. It’s a run called the ‘Rock Garden’, so you can imagine there are small humps and jumps. I … --- ## [A footman's lot is not a happy one, happy one.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-footmans-lot-is-not-a-happy-one-happy-one/612897)
**Author:** [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-footmans-lot-is-not-a-happy-one-happy-one/612897 "2012-02-20T20:12:46Z")
In this thread, Downton Abbey, Series 2 (PBS), drpepper commented, in part, Throughout this season, the servants’ lives seem to have become more and more filled with free time to romp off and go into town, go travelling,… --- ## [So , I Wrote a Note to the King](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-wrote-a-note-to-the-king/367008)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-wrote-a-note-to-the-king/367008 "2012-02-20T20:09:23Z")
My travails with my contractor over here are well-know. Today I got fed up and dropped a note in the mail to the King. (Address: ‘King Abdullah, Riyadh’) I figure it is fifty-fifty of even getting there. THen the odds o… --- ## [It's not a tumor, oh wait it is a tumor.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-a-tumor-oh-wait-it-is-a-tumor/613039)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-a-tumor-oh-wait-it-is-a-tumor/613039 "2012-02-20T16:29:32Z")
Within the last few months I’ve notice that my peripheral vision was not as good as I remembered it being. Cars would come out of nowhere, and I started bumping into things. Since I have scaring in the back of my left ey… --- ## [Do you have your own secret code of writing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-your-own-secret-code-of-writing/613191)
**Author:** [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-your-own-secret-code-of-writing/613191 "2012-02-20T14:56:57Z")
I was reading about this case of a man found murdered with a note written in code on his person that the FBI has not been able to decipher. I’m fascinated by codes but am not great at math myself. But I do have my own … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1165) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1167)