# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1178 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1179 --- ## [Excel gurus - hopefully simple question: how to highlight non-matching values between columns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-gurus-hopefully-simple-question-how-to-highlight-non-matching-values-between-columns/610766)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-gurus-hopefully-simple-question-how-to-highlight-non-matching-values-between-columns/610766 "2012-01-26T20:06:43Z")
I’m not sure exactly how I would phrase search terms for this function and the documentation for Excel starts to make my head hurt after a while, so I’m turning here for help: I have a whole bunch of unique ID numbers i… --- ## [Care to review the fax I've just sent to a nasty collections agency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-review-the-fax-ive-just-sent-to-a-nasty-collections-agency/610626)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-review-the-fax-ive-just-sent-to-a-nasty-collections-agency/610626 "2012-01-26T19:32:37Z")
It’s here. I do hope I got the tone just right. --- ## [Out of context](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-context/610755)
**Author:** [@Cryptic\_C62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptic_C62)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-context/610755 "2012-01-26T18:24:37Z")
I saw an article titled “A partnership to cure sleeping sickness” on my school’s homepage and happened to skip down to this line: “As its name implies, sleeping sickness occurs exclusively in sub-Saharan Africa” Err… w… --- ## [O Rly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-rly/610599)
**Author:** [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-rly/610599 "2012-01-26T18:18:44Z")
:dubious: --- ## [Here There Be Spooks (In My House, I Think!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-there-be-spooks-in-my-house-i-think/610384)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-there-be-spooks-in-my-house-i-think/610384 "2012-01-26T17:38:30Z")
Last night, while playing World of Warcraft, this happened. Out of my peripheral vision of my right eye, I “saw” a wisp of white cloth go past me in the space of about half a second. I later made myself look at my big o… --- ## [Long Lost Sister?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-lost-sister/610598)
**Author:** [@dupler\_morgan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dupler_morgan)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-lost-sister/610598 "2012-01-26T17:14:56Z")
:confused::confused:Hello, everyone. This would be my first post on this forum. My name is morgan. I am soon to be 20 years old and I have a beautiful little girl. Anyways. When I was 13 years old, I found out I had a b… --- ## [How to get immediate attention from people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-immediate-attention-from-people/606379)
**Author:** [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-immediate-attention-from-people/606379 "2012-01-26T16:08:15Z")
Package Delivery Person Waiting around all day for a special package? Take a shower. Your doorbell will ring just as you lather up your hair. You could also go into the back yard out of earshot of the door bell. You… --- ## [Eve vs. Glurge, part VI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-vs-glurge-part-vi/610518)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-vs-glurge-part-vi/610518 "2012-01-26T14:32:41Z")
When will people learn that I love rewriting these things and hitting “reply all?” What I received: What I sent back: --- ## [I have...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have/609410)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have/609410 "2012-01-26T13:37:18Z")
Converse of this thread. What things have you done or seen that you suspect nobody else has? And if someone has seen what you’ve seen they can feel free to chime in. :cool: Seen a partial solar eclipse on the Indian O… --- ## [Location Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-obsession/610690)
**Author:** [@GeddyClaypoolBurton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GeddyClaypoolBurton)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-obsession/610690 "2012-01-26T13:00:35Z")
I have done my fair share of study on pseudoscience. A few months ago I found out about this weird blogger - who operates this insane website I had been examining - was apparently originally from Virginia but then moved … --- ## [Megaupload.com shut down by Feds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megaupload-com-shut-down-by-feds/610064)
**Author:** [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megaupload-com-shut-down-by-feds/610064 "2012-01-26T08:14:56Z")
Link. Seems like poor timing to me, with SOPA and all in the news. And I’m already hearing a lot of people angry about this; plenty of people use it for things that have nothing to do with piracy. And you could use the… --- ## [Wherein TokyoPlayer is forced to grow up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-tokyoplayer-is-forced-to-grow-up/610618)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-tokyoplayer-is-forced-to-grow-up/610618 "2012-01-26T04:55:05Z")
Damn. The title should say “Wherein TokyoPlayer is forced to grow up” I’ve delayed this as much as possible, but it is now officially time to Grow Up. Beta-chan learned how to say her age when she was two. She could ho… --- ## [FileSonic, FileServe and Uploaded.to suspend sharing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filesonic-fileserve-and-uploaded-to-suspend-sharing/610484)
**Author:** [@brocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brocks)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filesonic-fileserve-and-uploaded-to-suspend-sharing/610484 "2012-01-26T04:39:10Z")
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-01-23/file-sharing-anti-piracy/52760484/1 Since the crackdown on Megaupload, other file sharing sites are quickly converting to file storage sites. The three in the title, a… --- ## [Name misspellings by phone service providers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-misspellings-by-phone-service-providers/610475)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-misspellings-by-phone-service-providers/610475 "2012-01-26T03:36:00Z")
I’ve noticed that name misspellings are very common on my Caller ID. I always thought it was customers being careless with their service applications. I recently switched to Verizon Fios. On my first bill, my first na… --- ## [Zit Butter Candle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zit-butter-candle/610652)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zit-butter-candle/610652 "2012-01-26T03:25:51Z")
There was an episode of Mythbusters where they constructed a candle entirely out of earwax. :eek: (earwax does not support combustion) What about Zit Butter? :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: Can sebum sustain a burning wic… --- ## [The "I Just Can't Get Ahead' Thread ($$$)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-just-cant-get-ahead-thread/610378)
**Author:** [@BeaMyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeaMyra)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-just-cant-get-ahead-thread/610378 "2012-01-26T02:51:40Z")
OK I have finally got the point after getting two daughters through college and established and a son ready to go to to college and I got that money OK, now I got to my “safety net” savings goal of $5,000. I now have $4,… --- ## [Sitting on our balcony in Hawaii, listening to a piper play traditional Hawaiian pipe tunes...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478 "2012-01-26T02:30:25Z")
As I mentioned in another thread (in which I attracted considerable opprobrium), the Piper clan has fled Saskatchewan’s -45 weather for the warmth of Hawaii. Tonight, as I was barbecuing our supper on the balcony, what … --- ## [Paraprosdokian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraprosdokian/610162)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraprosdokian/610162 "2012-01-26T02:24:10Z")
I just got an email with this title and nothing else. So I looked it up and found Paraprosdokian - Wikipedia and thought it might make for a fun topic to add examples to. Make up some if you have to. How often do you r… --- ## [Lifecycles, business and other.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifecycles-business-and-other/610579)
**Author:** [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifecycles-business-and-other/610579 "2012-01-26T01:30:30Z")
The video rental place closest to my house closed last month, and a casual survey shows that they are pretty much all gone here. I remember back in about 1981 when the only place in town to rent videos was a hardware st… --- ## [The Lego space race, Canuck-style!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lego-space-race-canuck-style/610644)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lego-space-race-canuck-style/610644 "2012-01-26T00:56:22Z")
Two Toronto students sent a Lego man 24 km into the upper atmosphere for $400. and the sheer fun of it. Article here. The video footage is pretty interesting, too. I love it that they did this for no other reason than… --- ## [I saw a rare car today...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-rare-car-today/610582)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-rare-car-today/610582 "2012-01-25T23:51:12Z")
The Checker Marathon Medicar. One of only 100. --- ## [So I tried MiO, the drink flavor additive...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-tried-mio-the-drink-flavor-additive/610645)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-tried-mio-the-drink-flavor-additive/610645 "2012-01-25T23:22:48Z")
MiO is a portable drink flavoring to add to water. I decided to give it a try, to see what it was like. I bought a bottle of the “strawberry-watermelon” flavor. Apparently they only have fruit fusion flavors, plus tea … --- ## [Can't use Cougars as Mascot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-use-cougars-as-mascot/610124)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-use-cougars-as-mascot/610124 "2012-01-25T22:38:02Z")
I swear, this sounds like something a stand-up comedian would come up with. But it purports to be true. And in Utah!Q Actually, I think I’d like to see a team called the Cougars with a team mascot that looked like a … --- ## [Coyote in the back yard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coyote-in-the-back-yard/610242)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coyote-in-the-back-yard/610242 "2012-01-25T21:56:43Z")
There’s a coyote in the back yard. SO said she saw one there last year, and I’ve seen one while I was on the freeway. (I saw them a lot when I lived in the desert, of course.) First time I’ve seen one in my back yard. … --- ## [Things to do in Montreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-in-montreal/610400)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-in-montreal/610400 "2012-01-25T21:21:01Z")
I have matters to attend to in Montreal next Monday & Tuesday evenings, but that leaves me with a free day in that city on Tuesday (1/31). Anything of compelling interest to do there? I would prefer something uniquely M… --- ## [Every Animal Death Match](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-animal-death-match/610567)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-animal-death-match/610567 "2012-01-25T21:14:07Z")
Inspired by Metric’s Stadium Love - every animal enters the ring, only one leaves. Rules: These are normal animals - no radioactive spiders, or rare killer attack rabbits. These are regular versions of the animals - t… --- ## [Planetarium in Key West](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planetarium-in-key-west/610532)
**Author:** [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planetarium-in-key-west/610532 "2012-01-25T20:27:00Z")
While on a 1 day layover in Key West from a Carnival Cruise, My wife and I visited a Free planetarium near the trolly bus. We learned the reason planets do not run into each other ALL THE TIME is God keeps them from doi… --- ## [Spending my birthday with Working Girls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spending-my-birthday-with-working-girls/610300)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spending-my-birthday-with-working-girls/610300 "2012-01-25T20:13:58Z")
I love my best friend! She sent me a text tonight: Your birthday is on a saturday this year. We should go to the place with the hooka dancing. I was pretty sure she was referring to the fact that last year on my birt… --- ## [I want to build a Stonehenge.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-build-a-stonehenge/610442)
**Author:** [@TurboNuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TurboNuke)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-build-a-stonehenge/610442 "2012-01-25T19:07:21Z")
Every year I become more aware of the passage of time. And I hate winter more and more. I would like to make an object that marks the winter solstice. I thought that I would just google it and some ideas would pop up but… --- ## [I support this online social network mob action](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-support-this-online-social-network-mob-action/610603)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-support-this-online-social-network-mob-action/610603 "2012-01-25T17:53:09Z")
The mob rules! I fully support this and hope more people follow suit. I’m already planning on a similar thing this weekend targeting my beloved local record store, Zia. They are a small regional chain that sells new & … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1177) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1179)