# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1187 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1188 --- ## [Places That You Would Live In Again In A Flash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-that-you-would-live-in-again-in-a-flash/603509)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-that-you-would-live-in-again-in-a-flash/603509 "2012-01-06T19:07:42Z")
So as a complement to OpalCat’s thread It’s nice to visit but I could never live there again, I thought I’d start the opposite thread. What are some places that you’ve lived in before, and have moved away from, but love… --- ## [How good is your visualization ability?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-is-your-visualization-ability/607442)
**Author:** [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-is-your-visualization-ability/607442 "2012-01-06T19:02:46Z")
Try this: choose an object around you. Preferably something with a definite shape and color, like that red Swingline stapler, or a Netflix envelope, or even your computer screen. Stare at it for a few seconds, paying clo… --- ## [Ad You'll Love! Carlsberg](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-youll-love-carlsberg/608554)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-youll-love-carlsberg/608554 "2012-01-06T18:56:25Z")
Someone sent me this and it made me smile. Hope you enjoy it too! (They rented a 150 seat theatre, showing a current film. They filled 148 seats with scary looking tattooed biker types, leaving only two open seats in t… --- ## [Horrible banging noise in radiator.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-banging-noise-in-radiator/608333)
**Author:** [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-banging-noise-in-radiator/608333 "2012-01-06T15:01:40Z")
Not sure if this question is factual enough to be in GQ given that you guys aren’t actually here to look at the thing. Anyway- I live in an apartment in an old building that was probably a tenement back in the day, and … --- ## [My boy is home.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boy-is-home/608332)
**Author:** [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boy-is-home/608332 "2012-01-06T12:22:12Z")
From Afghanistan. Happy and relieved don’t even start to describe it. He also happens to be a bona fide war hero…this paragraph is from the Transfer of Authority speech made when his unit was relieved: “The essence of t… --- ## [Descendants of George III](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/descendants-of-george-iii/56875)
**Author:** [@Akatsukami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akatsukami)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2012, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/descendants-of-george-iii/56875 "2012-01-06T07:10:01Z")
In this thread, Guinastasia commented that: I disagreed with that, and, to satisfy my own curiosity as much as anything else, did do the research on the descendants of George III: \[list=1\] \[li\]George Augustus Frederi… --- ## [Tired of...well, everything really (too long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tired-of-well-everything-really-too-long/567056)
**Author:** [@Meggroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meggroll)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tired-of-well-everything-really-too-long/567056 "2012-01-06T03:16:55Z")
Ugh, I feel so silly for wanting to post this, but I really need to vent and get some of this out in a non-judgmental setting. Sorry for the blogginess and the length. I moved 2,500 miles from my home in NJ to Tucson, A… --- ## [Texts From Last Night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texts-from-last-night/608464)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texts-from-last-night/608464 "2012-01-06T02:12:42Z")
The week after New Year’s Eve is always a good time to go check Texts From Last Night. “Ok so in the last 18 months I have now driven four different dudes into counseling. I’m like heroin with a vagina.” "I mean, I gav… --- ## [My co-worker did not know how to reboot a computer (things a certain age group should know).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-co-worker-did-not-know-how-to-reboot-a-computer-things-a-certain-age-group-should-know/608104)
**Author:** [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-co-worker-did-not-know-how-to-reboot-a-computer-things-a-certain-age-group-should-know/608104 "2012-01-06T01:20:45Z")
She told me the scanner wasn’t working. I checked and there was nothing wrong, not even an error message. However I told her if it ever says “scanner not connected” she should try rebooting first. She asked how to do tha… --- ## [Ad You'll Love! Carlsberg](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-youll-love-carlsberg/608555)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-youll-love-carlsberg/608555 "2012-01-05T22:24:37Z")
Someone sent me this and it made me smile. Hope you enjoy it too! (They rented a 150 seat theatre, showing a current film. They filled 148 seats with scary looking tattooed biker types, leaving only two open seats in t… --- ## [Apparently, I'm more attractive in some cities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-more-attractive-in-some-cities/608238)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-more-attractive-in-some-cities/608238 "2012-01-05T20:57:20Z")
On a recent trip I noticed that on some cities on the East Coast I get many good-looking women checking me out every day, while on the West Coast that almost never happens. Is it possible to have a face/body that is con… --- ## [Help Me! (And Don't Tell Shodan)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-and-dont-tell-shodan/607974)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-and-dont-tell-shodan/607974 "2012-01-05T18:47:14Z")
This is Shodan’s grand dog. He doesn’t know it, but he wandered off and left his account logged in, and he doesn’t know I figured out how to type from watching him. Please excuse any typos, I am using my big adorable p… --- ## [Cross your fingers for us!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-your-fingers-for-us/608469)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-your-fingers-for-us/608469 "2012-01-05T17:21:47Z")
After many trials and tribulations, we have finally got our Taekwondo school open in its new location. Now I gotta get new students! Sneak a peek at our webpage \[link removed\]. I’ll get photos up on the Facebook page … --- ## [Secret Santa 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2011/602118)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 262\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2011/602118 "2012-01-05T17:12:04Z")
Yup, it’s that time already. Our traditional price limit is $10 (excluding postage). Do we want to stay with that? Up it to $15? Stay away from NSFOIFOF (not safe for opening in front of family) gifts, otherwise anythi… --- ## [Before today, I had never heard of a swollen laptop battery...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-today-i-had-never-heard-of-a-swollen-laptop-battery/608465)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-today-i-had-never-heard-of-a-swollen-laptop-battery/608465 "2012-01-05T17:06:47Z")
I use a 2008 MacBook Pro at work. It sits on the side of my desk and I have an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse plugged into it. I run Windows in a virtual machine because this is a business office and, like it or … --- ## [Scientist messin with time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientist-messin-with-time/608511)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientist-messin-with-time/608511 "2012-01-05T15:35:36Z")
Scientists have created a “time mask” or time skipper or time cloaker or sumptin. I haven’t quite wrapped my head around what it actually means. Maybe we will hear some better explainations and analogies later. http://w… --- ## [Minnesota gays and lesbians are very sorry...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-gays-and-lesbians-are-very-sorry/607112)
**Author:** [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-gays-and-lesbians-are-very-sorry/607112 "2012-01-05T15:01:25Z")
…for destroying a traditional marriage. That or they’re extremely snarky. You be the judge. --- ## [Funny stuff that just popped into your head](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-just-popped-into-your-head/608365)
**Author:** [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2012, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-just-popped-into-your-head/608365 "2012-01-05T07:43:08Z")
I was sitting around watching TV tonight, and the thought popped into my head: “Yo momma’s such a ho, she’s had more dicks in her than Bewitched!” This pleased me to no end. Although when you break it down, that just m… --- ## [Is there any way to get deals on SAS shoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-get-deals-on-sas-shoes/608214)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-get-deals-on-sas-shoes/608214 "2012-01-05T03:40:55Z")
SAS shoes are supposedly pretty good for jobs that require a lot of standing and walking but they cost $130-150 a pair. I’ve never tried them, but I have spent money on shoes before just to find I don’t like them a few w… --- ## [At last they can be seen! Cthulhu statue pix.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-they-can-be-seen-cthulhu-statue-pix/608454)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2012, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-they-can-be-seen-cthulhu-statue-pix/608454 "2012-01-05T03:39:39Z")
As promised, here are some pix of the Cthulhu statue I gave my brotherfor Christmas. And here’s a closeup of the glow-in-the-dark Eldritch Runes. --- ## [Signs that you are nuts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-that-you-are-nuts/608170)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-that-you-are-nuts/608170 "2012-01-05T02:36:20Z")
I have monsters under my bed. When I’m sitting on the edge of my bed playing my guitar, I sometimes get the sudden idea that arms will come out from underneath the bed and grab my ankles. So I have to pull my legs up ont… --- ## [How's My Amazon Doing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-my-amazon-doing/607841)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-my-amazon-doing/607841 "2012-01-05T02:08:18Z")
What are the chances that Amazon.com will go out of business or change their line of business within the next decade? I have an Amazon wishlist more than a mile long which is waiting on me winning the lottery so it would… --- ## [Pedobear heads to a bowl game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedobear-heads-to-a-bowl-game/608231)
**Author:** [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedobear-heads-to-a-bowl-game/608231 "2012-01-04T19:02:58Z")
That takes some guts and is one of the funniest things I’ve seen. --- ## [I've got 99 cookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-99-cookies/607524)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-99-cookies/607524 "2012-01-04T18:43:49Z")
If you’re having oven problems I can feel for you, son I’ve got 99 cookies cuz a bitch ate one Bitch needs to keep her nasty fingers outta my Christmas cookies. --- ## [Cat is flipping out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-is-flipping-out/607957)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-is-flipping-out/607957 "2012-01-04T16:35:08Z")
My cat has suddenly discovered, after 10+ years of being on Earth–his own reflection. At this very moment, he is hissing at himself in the full length mirror and he has been doing so for the last ten minutes. Before th… --- ## [Passing of KnitWit, occasional Doper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passing-of-knitwit-occasional-doper/607444)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2012, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passing-of-knitwit-occasional-doper/607444 "2012-01-04T05:15:20Z")
So yesterday I’m looking at my Facebook page and it tells me that Laura McBrierty has a birthday today. And I am reminded that Laura and I haven’t talked much in the last year – she got busy with work and stuff and so d… --- ## [New Doper Baby- 12 days old on the last day of 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doper-baby-12-days-old-on-the-last-day-of-2011/607982)
**Author:** [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2012, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doper-baby-12-days-old-on-the-last-day-of-2011/607982 "2012-01-04T05:06:21Z")
As some of you may recall, my wife and I have been soliciting advice, etc, regarding the pending birth of our baby and various pregnancy and labor related details. The blessed event has come to pass, and a hugely wonder… --- ## [My mother-in-law died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-in-law-died/607874)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-in-law-died/607874 "2012-01-04T04:23:54Z")
No, that’s not the start of a bad joke. I could never make mother-in-law jokes anyway because I actually liked mine. Loved her, even. She accepted me into the family with open arms and an open heart and loved me as if I … --- ## [Illinois Dopers on Motorcycles can now legally run red lights.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-dopers-on-motorcycles-can-now-legally-run-red-lights/608043)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-dopers-on-motorcycles-can-now-legally-run-red-lights/608043 "2012-01-04T03:38:35Z")
Unless you live in Chicago. Sorry Cecil you’re out of luck. Seems like this will be tough to enforce. I can envision cops hiding in the bushes with stop watches. :stuck\_out\_tongue: Wouldn’t it be easier to fix the stop… --- ## [What Are You Doing Christmas Eve? ("Old Christmas" Eve-Jan.6)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-christmas-eve-old-christmas-eve-jan-6/608188)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2012, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-christmas-eve-old-christmas-eve-jan-6/608188 "2012-01-04T01:42:04Z")
I just saw a Russian guy bringing his Christmas tree home (I guess he got a good discount). I like the idea of having another Christmas…so, for those of you who follow the old caledar, what are you doing this Christmas E… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1186) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1188)