# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1189 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1190 --- ## [Happy Birthday, Quasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-quasi/607976)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-quasi/607976 "2012-01-01T21:22:41Z")
Have a good 'un! --- ## [Those fake cashmere/sherpa throws? WONDERFUL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-fake-cashmere-sherpa-throws-wonderful/608077)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-fake-cashmere-sherpa-throws-wonderful/608077 "2012-01-01T20:08:28Z")
My Secret Santa gift this year was a ‘throw.’ Said on the label one side is fake cashmere and the other is a soft of fake fleece. 100% acrylic on one side, 100% polyester on the other – I forget which is which. It doe… --- ## [Gee, ya think?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-ya-think/606981)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-ya-think/606981 "2012-01-01T19:40:03Z")
I am endlessly amused by the “People who bought this item also bought…” feature on Amazon. Often, you’ll see stuff like this. And this. Gee, ya think? But then sometimes, you’ll see one of these. I’m just sayin’. --- ## [Share your stories about being on the receiving end of a random act of kindness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-stories-about-being-on-the-receiving-end-of-a-random-act-of-kindness/607455)
**Author:** [@cruel\_butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cruel_butterfly)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-stories-about-being-on-the-receiving-end-of-a-random-act-of-kindness/607455 "2012-01-01T19:04:36Z")
The other day, I was chatting with a fellow behind me in line at the grocery store. The conversation started when I placed the divider bar behind my groceries and he said something like, “Darn! I was kinda hoping you’d f… --- ## [Apparently, I've screwed the pooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-ive-screwed-the-pooch/608024)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-ive-screwed-the-pooch/608024 "2012-01-01T14:58:13Z")
Oops. Alcohol is involved. SO likes to probe for my Inner Secrets when we’ve been drinking. Here’s the problem: She’s a devout Christian, and I’m not. She gets off on a rant on Bill Maher, and I try to explain that… --- ## [So, how boring am I? How boring are you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-boring-am-i-how-boring-are-you/608026)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-boring-am-i-how-boring-are-you/608026 "2012-01-01T13:53:29Z")
I was sitting, sprawled on the sofa, with a dog on my head like a hat, another on my lap, and a third with his head where I could scratch his neck and ears. While changing the channel to a Doctor Who episode I had seen … --- ## [I have a confession y'all ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-confession-yall/607889)
**Author:** [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2012, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-confession-yall/607889 "2012-01-01T09:59:05Z")
I’m an attention whore and I constantly need attention so I create unessecary drama in my life to get it…is there a cure for this sickness :confused:? --- ## [What Battle Would You Most Like/ Dislike To Participate In?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-battle-would-you-most-like-dislike-to-participate-in/600616)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2012, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-battle-would-you-most-like-dislike-to-participate-in/600616 "2012-01-01T06:27:13Z")
So, we have a time machine that can take us to any time to observe a battle. However, it is not perfect. You can’t really observe, you must participate. So if the side you choose to participate with suffers horrendous c… --- ## [Buzzzzzz...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzzzzz/608015)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2012, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzzzzz/608015 "2012-01-01T05:27:54Z")
The glögi is hitting me. I probably should have eaten more today. Bzzzzzzzz… We went down to the beach and lit flares for The Ring of Fire and Hope. (They gave the flares away free at the visitor’s center.) We met … --- ## [The great, ongoing Canadian current events and politics thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/582059)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 978\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/582059 "2012-01-01T03:34:37Z")
Hello, everyone! We’ve had a very interesting conversation over the last eight weeks in the Canadian Election thread. Well, the election is over but I’m hoping there might be enough interest among the Canadopers to con… --- ## [Ann Arbor Holiday Dopefest, Anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-arbor-holiday-dopefest-anyone/605677)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-arbor-holiday-dopefest-anyone/605677 "2012-01-01T00:14:26Z")
Michigan Dopers, Sr. Olives and I are coming home for the holidays. I’m pretty much booked through Christmas but after that I have some wiggle room until January. Anybody want to stir up some trouble between the 26th a… --- ## [Due to Rebecca Black, Samoa outlaws Friday this week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/due-to-rebecca-black-samoa-outlaws-friday-this-week/607723)
**Author:** [@kjckjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kjckjc)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/due-to-rebecca-black-samoa-outlaws-friday-this-week/607723 "2011-12-31T23:25:47Z")
Apparently due to closer trade ties with neighbors on the other side of the Date Line, Samoa is skipping Friday altogether and going right to Saturday in order to be in line with them, date-wise. --- ## [Cabela's, do you care about your customers at all? (BAD experience with meat grinder.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cabelas-do-you-care-about-your-customers-at-all-bad-experience-with-meat-grinder/607921)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cabelas-do-you-care-about-your-customers-at-all-bad-experience-with-meat-grinder/607921 "2011-12-31T21:47:02Z")
For Christmas, I got a Cabela’s hand-cranked meat grinder, but didn’t get around to taking it out of the box until today. I had high hopes for this meat grinder, as I had often seen it in the Cabela’s catalog and thought… --- ## [Great, my credit card was compromised](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-my-credit-card-was-compromised/607882)
**Author:** [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-my-credit-card-was-compromised/607882 "2011-12-31T21:25:23Z")
Just found out that someone tried to use my credit card number to spend $300 with Blizzard. Urgh. --- ## [So I thought I would try shopping at some of those bargain clothing stores...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-thought-i-would-try-shopping-at-some-of-those-bargain-clothing-stores/607816)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-thought-i-would-try-shopping-at-some-of-those-bargain-clothing-stores/607816 "2011-12-31T16:56:04Z")
You’ve \[del\]been bombarded by\[/del\] seen the ads, lauding discount clothing stores like TJMaxx and Ross. I went out shopping today looking for bargains, needing some more shirts. I was over near a couple of these and t… --- ## [PSA: Don't walk in front of a moving car.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-dont-walk-in-front-of-a-moving-car/607860)
**Author:** [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-dont-walk-in-front-of-a-moving-car/607860 "2011-12-31T16:46:27Z")
Also: Don’t step out of moving bus right in front of street light pole. It seems life was simpler in 1948, if this was the country’s first commercial. (And ambulances weren’t necessary, I guess. Passers-by just carried … --- ## [updating to the Location field @ the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updating-to-the-location-field-the-sdmb/607888)
**Author:** [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2011, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updating-to-the-location-field-the-sdmb/607888 "2011-12-31T14:25:31Z")
After trying to sell our house and buy our new house for most of 2011, we finally managed it, and moved in on 24 December 2011! I can’t believe that moving companies are willing to work on Christmas Eve. We were original… --- ## [Ever been in a fight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-in-a-fight/607577)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-in-a-fight/607577 "2011-12-31T14:18:50Z")
What is it about this time of year? Almost a year ago today I started a thread about self-defence following a close shave with a drunk twat. I got rid of him by threatening to call the police, much to his chagrin. Just … --- ## [How would you win The Long Walk? (From the S. King novella)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-win-the-long-walk-from-the-s-king-novella/386687)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-win-the-long-walk-from-the-s-king-novella/386687 "2011-12-31T04:56:14Z")
In Stephen King’s novella The Long Walk, originally pubslihed under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, the characters engage in a ghastly sporting event known as, well, The Long Walk. The rules of The Long Walk are simple; … --- ## [Some days, it's fun to be a headline editor.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-its-fun-to-be-a-headline-editor/607847)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-its-fun-to-be-a-headline-editor/607847 "2011-12-31T04:22:10Z")
SANTORUM SURGES FROM BEHIND IN IOWA --- ## [I scared the pee out of my dog last night.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-scared-the-pee-out-of-my-dog-last-night/607852)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-scared-the-pee-out-of-my-dog-last-night/607852 "2011-12-31T03:14:41Z")
Well, not literally, thank goodness. I was rubbing him under his chin, just really light, quick strokes and apparently built up a static charge on his fur. He jumped back and yelped as if he had been shocked, then jumpe… --- ## [Anybody here collect used postage stamps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-collect-used-postage-stamps/607732)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-collect-used-postage-stamps/607732 "2011-12-31T00:19:44Z")
I have a bunch of cancelled Canadian stamps (torn from envelopes, paper around them and stamps not damaged) if anybody would like them. I was saving them for the OSPCA here because they had a collector who would give th… --- ## [SoCal Dopers that are a bit North; Ventura County Dopefest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopers-that-are-a-bit-north-ventura-county-dopefest/607891)
**Author:** [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2011, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopers-that-are-a-bit-north-ventura-county-dopefest/607891 "2011-12-31T00:17:39Z")
Unfortunately I’ve lost the list of relevant Dopers, but if you live in Ventura County (or close) and never attend a SoCal Dopefest because it’s too far, this is the thread for you! So, who are you, where do you live, w… --- ## [Flowbee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flowbee/607505)
**Author:** [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flowbee/607505 "2011-12-30T22:04:57Z")
I’ve no idea how I missed noticing Flowbee (informercial)… there goes my secret invention idea! Maybe I did but conveniently have forgotten… in fact I might have actually gotten the idea from it. :rolleyes: I only discov… --- ## [Hi! I'm TriPolar, and I'm new here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-tripolar-and-im-new-here/606961)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-tripolar-and-im-new-here/606961 "2011-12-30T20:35:40Z")
I’ve been lurking for a long time, but I don’t recall ever posting anything. That’s probably because I’m kind of timid and don’t have any strong opinions. I hope I don’t get snarked too much, I don’t really know how to r… --- ## [Feline Chemo Update](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feline-chemo-update/607147)
**Author:** [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feline-chemo-update/607147 "2011-12-30T19:19:18Z")
linky So we’re roughly 15 months out since initial presentation, 13 months out since initial chemo, and we’re in 2nd/3rd line chemo, in this case Lomustine/CCNU. She’s done beautifully, far beyond initial expectations. … --- ## ["Every now and then you come across somebody you shouldn't have F\*\*\*ed with](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-now-and-then-you-come-across-somebody-you-shouldnt-have-f-ed-with/599987)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-now-and-then-you-come-across-somebody-you-shouldnt-have-f-ed-with/599987 "2011-12-30T14:54:55Z")
Well I’m that guy." Do you remember that quote? I thought it was pretty good when Clint Eastwood said it in El Torino. Clearly it’s difficult to match Clint Eastwood, but did you ever have a similar moment? I was in … --- ## [More Kmarts and Sears will be closing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-kmarts-and-sears-will-be-closing/607534)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2011, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-kmarts-and-sears-will-be-closing/607534 "2011-12-30T13:21:09Z")
Arkansas lost the majority of its Kmarts in the massive nationwide closings almost ten years ago. We only have a handful left in the entire state. They’re predicting another 100 Kmarts and Sears closings this coming yea… --- ## [Giorgio and Monte Tozzi RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giorgio-and-monte-tozzi-rip/607785)
**Author:** [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2011, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giorgio-and-monte-tozzi-rip/607785 "2011-12-30T10:37:33Z")
I worked with Giorgio Tozzi and his wife Monte for several years, helping to care for Monte as her health declined. He was in his 80s at the time and she was a few years younger. Giorgio died in May and I just got word t… --- ## [I Am Now a Lord (Laird)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-now-a-lord-laird/607711)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2011, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-now-a-lord-laird/607711 "2011-12-30T09:26:09Z")
As my FB friends will know, I have purchased some highland estate in Scotland and with it came a title. I have the papers as proof. I own the land in perpetuity. That the size of the estate is rather small is of no co… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1188) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1190)