# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1168 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1169 --- ## [Did you get a (college) class ring? Do you still wear it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-college-class-ring-do-you-still-wear-it/612879)
**Author:** [@BTEzra04](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BTEzra04)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-college-class-ring-do-you-still-wear-it/612879 "2012-02-17T20:30:50Z")
This is one of those random topics that pops into your head. So, did you get a class ring from your college? Why? Do you still wear it/was it worth getting? --- ## [The 'Bad' "Good Old" Days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-good-old-days/613030)
**Author:** [@KneeSid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneeSid)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-good-old-days/613030 "2012-02-17T20:08:02Z")
I have one of the mothers who constantly go on about how spoiled the younger generation is. She will tell me how hard they had it in her time. No air conditioning, smoking everywhere, one bathroom, walking to school, lea… --- ## [Dogs can be unbelievably gross. (Mmm, vomit. Nom nom.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-can-be-unbelievably-gross-mmm-vomit-nom-nom/612464)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-can-be-unbelievably-gross-mmm-vomit-nom-nom/612464 "2012-02-17T20:01:40Z")
So I came home from work, let the dogs out, fed them and let them romp about in the yard for a while until they felt like coming back in. So, the Lab decided, once back inside, to abruptly hork up his entire dinner in t… --- ## [Scaremiah Johnson - Utah's Cabin Thiever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scaremiah-johnson-utahs-cabin-thiever/613174)
**Author:** [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scaremiah-johnson-utahs-cabin-thiever/613174 "2012-02-17T19:35:38Z")
It would seem that there’s a not so lost sole that wanders over hundreds of square miles of backcountry Utah living in and off of summer cabins as they’re closed up (not too well apparently) for winter. MSNBC article. … --- ## [Update: My Brother, the Comedian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-my-brother-the-comedian/613110)
**Author:** [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-my-brother-the-comedian/613110 "2012-02-17T19:05:26Z")
A couple of years ago I made a post mentioning that my brother was performing open-mic at Giggles here in Seattle. The video we were going to put up turned out to be poor, because you can barely hear him. But anyway… I … --- ## [Boeing 787 “draws” its Model # and logo across North America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boeing-787-draws-its-model-and-logo-across-north-america/612964)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boeing-787-draws-its-model-and-logo-across-north-america/612964 "2012-02-17T18:49:06Z")
Story Here. Seems like a big waste of fuel. and it looks like it might have been done on my “etch a sketch” At 19 hours and 9000+ Nautical Miles, it was apparently the longest ever “domestic flight”. --- ## [Score! The Spinning Ball Of Death is no more!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/score-the-spinning-ball-of-death-is-no-more/613114)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/score-the-spinning-ball-of-death-is-no-more/613114 "2012-02-17T18:32:40Z")
I’ve been obsessively checking Ebay every half hour for two weeks trying to find the Mac Pro 2.26 8 Core at a good price. The lowest I saw it sell for was $2200, and that was stripped. I came thisclose to giving up and g… --- ## [Is there a term for when someone plugs their ears and says "Na na na, I can't hear you!"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-when-someone-plugs-their-ears-and-says-na-na-na-i-cant-hear-you/612886)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-when-someone-plugs-their-ears-and-says-na-na-na-i-cant-hear-you/612886 "2012-02-17T16:28:40Z")
If there isn’t, this is as good a place as any to make one up. --- ## [Annoying euphemisms.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-euphemisms/612480)
**Author:** [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-euphemisms/612480 "2012-02-17T16:22:49Z")
I am sure there are threads but it is hard to search. Reading some other thread someone said they let the dog out to use the bathroom. I am pretty sure the dog was going out to piss/shit. My ratio of baths to pissing … --- ## [A-hole executives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hole-executives/613095)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hole-executives/613095 "2012-02-17T15:30:24Z")
Steve Jobs was known for yelling and cussing out other people from time to time. Yet, from what I’ve heard of upper management and executives in general, this kind of behavior isn’t exactly rare, and nothing is done abo… --- ## [I got promoted today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-promoted-today/613007)
**Author:** [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-promoted-today/613007 "2012-02-17T03:58:41Z")
Since we don’t get enough good news threads… I got promoted today! :):):):):slight\_smile: Three years ago, my old company shut down the division I worked in. There was another local company that was in the cell phone … --- ## [My Google Fu Is Failing Me (Looking for a Meme Generator)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-google-fu-is-failing-me-looking-for-a-meme-generator/613080)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-google-fu-is-failing-me-looking-for-a-meme-generator/613080 "2012-02-17T00:59:48Z")
I’m trying to find a website that will allow me to assemble one of these: BARBAR77: Situs Slot Online Gampang Maxwin Dan Slot Gacor Gampang JP My Google Fu is failing me big time. Anyone help? DISCLAIMER: Yes, I know … --- ## [How to ask someone whether a mutual acquaintance died years ago? \[update\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-ask-someone-whether-a-mutual-acquaintance-died-years-ago-update/534288)
**Author:** [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-ask-someone-whether-a-mutual-acquaintance-died-years-ago-update/534288 "2012-02-16T23:49:06Z")
I am friends on Facebook with someone I went to high school with, but lost touch in the years since. We were not the closest of friends, but we got along well and I enjoy following up on her business and life in the Stat… --- ## [My Coworker's Children are Being Targeted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-coworkers-children-are-being-targeted/612922)
**Author:** [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-coworkers-children-are-being-targeted/612922 "2012-02-16T22:08:25Z")
There are days when it makes me sad to see how folks operate. I am going to try to avoid blanket statements but I think this tale is worthy of repeating. I work in a tv news operation and DC. My coworker Andrea McCarren… --- ## [Oppostion to gay marriage is legally, intellectualy & logically bankrupt - Powerful article](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppostion-to-gay-marriage-is-legally-intellectualy-logically-bankrupt-powerful-article/612494)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppostion-to-gay-marriage-is-legally-intellectualy-logically-bankrupt-powerful-article/612494 "2012-02-16T21:17:54Z")
No wonder they lost. What weak arguments. Is That All You Got? How the proponents of a gay marriage ban just ran out of arguments. --- ## [About "conclusions"--from the "living wage" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-conclusions-from-the-living-wage-thread/612978)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-conclusions-from-the-living-wage-thread/612978 "2012-02-16T20:54:41Z")
This is a follow-up to a side conversation that began in this thread. I offered the following passage and claimed it’s a fairly simple task to locate the passage’s conclusion. (My point was just to explain that though i… --- ## [Archaeologists unearth perfectly preserved WWI German Trenches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archaeologists-unearth-perfectly-preserved-wwi-german-trenches/612454)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archaeologists-unearth-perfectly-preserved-wwi-german-trenches/612454 "2012-02-16T20:36:48Z")
Incredible photos. Its like a time capsule going back to 1918. Everything in remarkable condition. They found most of the wood structures, beds, tools, newspapers, and even guns. The construction is amazing. Wood floor… --- ## [The worst practical joke/stunt you've pulled.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-practical-joke-stunt-youve-pulled/611652)
**Author:** [@pdunderhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pdunderhill)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-practical-joke-stunt-youve-pulled/611652 "2012-02-16T19:29:06Z")
Afternoon all, this is a bit of a cruel one, so I aplogise in advance:cool: To get the ball rolling I once told a colleague at the BBC that the word ‘gullible’ didn’t exist in an English Dictionary. Guess what a couple… --- ## [Count the number of passes in this video and spoiler your answer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-the-number-of-passes-in-this-video-and-spoiler-your-answer/612695)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-the-number-of-passes-in-this-video-and-spoiler-your-answer/612695 "2012-02-16T18:48:59Z")
I’ve seen this posted on here before, but I don’t recall it ever having its own topic. This is a video to see how well you can pay attention and your tracking skills… Count the number of times the people in white shirts… --- ## [More proof that dog show people are crazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dog-show-people-are-crazy/612521)
**Author:** [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dog-show-people-are-crazy/612521 "2012-02-16T18:41:16Z")
Apparently the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show has cut ties with Pedigree because Pedigree’s ads featuring homeless mixed-breed dogs made the dog show people uncomfortable. --- ## [Things clever children say](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-clever-children-say/612873)
**Author:** [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-clever-children-say/612873 "2012-02-16T16:01:52Z")
My friend’s lad is 7 1/2 and has Aspergers Syndrome. He’s also very very bright. Last year he was wondering whether rain can fall in space and concluded that no, it can’t, “because there’s no gravity.” Here’s a recent e… --- ## [I don't fit in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-fit-in/612905)
**Author:** [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-fit-in/612905 "2012-02-16T15:18:30Z")
I was watching some of my coworkers chat in the lobby today and I realized that I don’t fit in at all. I don’t wear pointy shoes, my hair could best be described as “creative”, I prefer wearing jeans to fancy pants, and … --- ## [I had my boy scout moment today! (or: how to deal with aggressive drunks)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-my-boy-scout-moment-today-or-how-to-deal-with-aggressive-drunks/612552)
**Author:** [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-my-boy-scout-moment-today-or-how-to-deal-with-aggressive-drunks/612552 "2012-02-16T14:23:05Z")
At the mall today, while I was standing at the checkout of one of the stores, a woman comes and asks the clerks to call security, she was being harassed by a drunk. The clerks weren’t able to get the security personnel o… --- ## [An Announcement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-announcement/612613)
**Author:** [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-announcement/612613 "2012-02-16T12:49:34Z")
This time Next week, I will be married to the best guy in the world. :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D --- ## [Somebody needs to fix the internet...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-needs-to-fix-the-internet/612660)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-needs-to-fix-the-internet/612660 "2012-02-16T10:25:26Z")
…it’s out of date. Thanks to a fortuitous circumstance of scheduling, I am off work this Tuesday, and able to plan to do something nice for Valentine’s Day. And the something nice came along at just the right time. A g… --- ## [Which needs more brain power IYO?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-needs-more-brain-power-iyo/613013)
**Author:** [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-needs-more-brain-power-iyo/613013 "2012-02-16T07:20:29Z")
Someone made a comment somewhere about, maybe the ‘stupid mammal thread’ about hands needing more brain usage than say flippers. I am curious. Sight read & play a reasonably complex piece for the first time and have th… --- ## [I'm scared my boyfriend has renal disease](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-scared-my-boyfriend-has-renal-disease/612917)
**Author:** [@Goldfishs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goldfishs)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-scared-my-boyfriend-has-renal-disease/612917 "2012-02-16T01:26:46Z")
So a few weeks ago my boyfriend had his blood pressure tested, and it was pretty high. He recently had an appointment at the doctors and it was still too high. (However he has had it tested multiple times at home and it’… --- ## [Holy effing skunk bomb, Batman!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-effing-skunk-bomb-batman/612954)
**Author:** [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-effing-skunk-bomb-batman/612954 "2012-02-16T00:50:37Z")
My poor boyfriend has some kind of skunk infestation around/under his house somewhere. When I arrived, he came to greet me in the street and he smelled like a skunk. When I walked inside, it was like I was walking underw… --- ## [Are there any Boston-area Dopers who replace refrigerators?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-boston-area-dopers-who-replace-refrigerators/612955)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-boston-area-dopers-who-replace-refrigerators/612955 "2012-02-15T21:38:33Z")
I’m trying to get my hands on a couple of used fridge/freezer compressors from old appliances for a home project I’m working on. Model/make doesn’t matter but the more powerful the better. I’ve contacted junk yards but… --- ## [What was on the table in medieval Poland (plus medieval height stuffs)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-table-in-medieval-poland-plus-medieval-height-stuffs/612472)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-table-in-medieval-poland-plus-medieval-height-stuffs/612472 "2012-02-15T21:05:43Z")
In the interest of fighting ignorance, I have fought against the attitude that medieval Europeans were markedly stunted on several occasions on this board, as summarized: Medieval English skeletons, c. 10th-16th centuri… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1167) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1169)