# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1203 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1204 --- ## [Piper Cub tries to buy a cow for $10,000+](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-tries-to-buy-a-cow-for-10-000/604146)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-tries-to-buy-a-cow-for-10-000/604146 "2011-12-05T23:26:43Z")
So, last night, the Pipers went to Canadian Western Agribition, one of the biggest farm and ranch shows in western Canada. We decided to sit in on the auction of the Black Angus cattle (bulls, cows and semen all up for … --- ## [A new dog? A new dog!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-dog-a-new-dog/604441)
**Author:** [@Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nikki_Tikki_Tavi)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-dog-a-new-dog/604441 "2011-12-05T22:54:10Z")
A new dog! A new dog! A new fluffy, silly, playful, matted… filthy… untrained… dog… Hmm. Maybe this celebration should be put on hold until I get the burrs cut out of her ears and the potential flea problem has been addr… --- ## [I need Yankee Swap Christmas gift suggestions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-yankee-swap-christmas-gift-suggestions/603270)
**Author:** [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-yankee-swap-christmas-gift-suggestions/603270 "2011-12-05T20:21:17Z")
Age 25 and up, college-educated, limit $15. We split it up Guy/Guy and Woman/Woman, so I’ll be buying for a guy (if it matters). I hate to do gag gifts/white elephants, so I’m looking for suggestions of things that are r… --- ## [You can't go home again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-go-home-again/195145)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-go-home-again/195145 "2011-12-05T19:12:58Z")
The little town I spent my grammar school days in, as well as much of my earlier childhood, is painful to revisit. I did so not too long ago to see the gravestones my brother and I had ordered for our parents’ graves. Da… --- ## [Return of "Thread titles that will have 0 replies and 0 views"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-thread-titles-that-will-have-0-replies-and-0-views/586453)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-thread-titles-that-will-have-0-replies-and-0-views/586453 "2011-12-05T16:06:55Z")
Enough time may have gone by since Thread titles that will have 0 replies and 0 views - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board Thread titles that will have 0 replies and 0 views Mun… --- ## [North Korean Cultural Center Planned for Angkor Wat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-cultural-center-planned-for-angkor-wat/605085)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-cultural-center-planned-for-angkor-wat/605085 "2011-12-05T14:43:50Z")
Story here. North Korea has signed an agreement with Cambodia to build a North Korean cultural center near the entrance to Angkor Wat. Or maybe they have. Or maybe it’s still a suggestion under review. You never can tell… --- ## [Video:Funny story of a legal bank robbery.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-funny-story-of-a-legal-bank-robbery/605121)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-funny-story-of-a-legal-bank-robbery/605121 "2011-12-05T13:33:26Z")
--- ## [Happy Happy Glurgey Stuff!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-happy-glurgey-stuff/605106)
**Author:** [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-happy-glurgey-stuff/605106 "2011-12-05T05:26:43Z")
My old hiking buddy from 15 years ago in Utah was in the news. She donated her stem cells to a woman with leukemia and the woman went into remission. Can’t tear that down—no way, no how. Yesterday they met for the first … --- ## [Agoraphobia: Are You In or Are You Out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agoraphobia-are-you-in-or-are-you-out/605105)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agoraphobia-are-you-in-or-are-you-out/605105 "2011-12-05T05:25:29Z")
I was struck with this at age 21, a year or so after I first got married. Suddenly, I couldn’t leave the apartment. Couldn’t even contemplate opening the door to peek out. After two weeks I clinched my jaw, went up to… --- ## [The cliché of insulting a guy online by accusing him of posting from his mom's basement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cliche-of-insulting-a-guy-online-by-accusing-him-of-posting-from-his-moms-basement/605053)
**Author:** [@heathen\_earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heathen_earthling)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cliche-of-insulting-a-guy-online-by-accusing-him-of-posting-from-his-moms-basement/605053 "2011-12-05T04:17:19Z")
Is it less respectable for a grown man to be living in his mom’s basement than in his dad’s basement? Or a basement belonging to both parents? --- ## [Most violent action you have ever taken on a "Black Friday"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-violent-action-you-have-ever-taken-on-a-black-friday/604941)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-violent-action-you-have-ever-taken-on-a-black-friday/604941 "2011-12-05T02:19:54Z")
Maybe I’m a week late here, but what is the most violent action you have ever taken on a “Black Friday?” --- ## [Almost done with finals- it turns out not procrastinating works!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-done-with-finals-it-turns-out-not-procrastinating-works/605067)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-done-with-finals-it-turns-out-not-procrastinating-works/605067 "2011-12-05T00:37:06Z")
I’ve been working 40 hour weeks on a not-awesome temp job with an hour commute for the past few weeks, in addition to attending grad school full-time in a rigorous program. There are nights when I finish work, go do six … --- ## [Looking for time-lapse photography (using a webcam)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-time-lapse-photography-using-a-webcam/605050)
**Author:** [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-time-lapse-photography-using-a-webcam/605050 "2011-12-04T20:40:29Z")
I’ve been trying to find software, but so far nothing’s really worked the way I like it. I thought it’d be easy, but apparently, it it isn’t. What I’m looking for: Runs on windows Vista. The program should be able to h… --- ## [The most interesting man in the world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/604691)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/604691 "2011-12-04T19:03:50Z")
He lives vicariosly through himself. He once had an awkward moment, just to see what it felt like. Ghosts haunt his house just to be near him. Both time and tide have waited for him. --- ## [Pretty cool animation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pretty-cool-animation/605039)
**Author:** [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pretty-cool-animation/605039 "2011-12-04T18:09:59Z")
‘Mac -n- Cheese’ YouTube link. --- ## [World's tiniest V-12](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-tiniest-v-12/605012)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-tiniest-v-12/605012 "2011-12-04T18:06:17Z")
Video, 9:25 Pretty cool. Nice machining. Too bad I don’t read the language the captions are in. It doesn’t seem to have a lubrication system. Not sure about cooling. --- ## [A very brief Pasover Haggadah](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-brief-pasover-haggadah/605003)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-brief-pasover-haggadah/605003 "2011-12-04T17:37:44Z")
The shortestHaggadah I’ve ever seen. I’m thinking of using it. An example: The four kinds of children and how to deal with them: Wise child—explain Passover. Simple child—explain Passover slowly. Silent child—expla… --- ## ["Gravity Hills" and other anomalies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gravity-hills-and-other-anomalies/365970)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gravity-hills-and-other-anomalies/365970 "2011-12-04T16:57:53Z")
There’s a section of roadway near the exitway from Edwin Warner Park on the outskirts of Nashville where (before the road was blocked off to traffic) you used to be able to park, leave the car in neutral with the brake o… --- ## [There are more stars in the sky...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-more-stars-in-the-sky/604955)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-more-stars-in-the-sky/604955 "2011-12-04T16:00:51Z")
…than there are grains of sand on all the beaches and deserts of the earth. Here’s a more interesting question (in my mundane pointless opinion)… Are there more stars in the sky that there are smart-ass comments on all… --- ## [Fixinga Broken Chain Drive Garage Door Opener](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixinga-broken-chain-drive-garage-door-opener/604974)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixinga-broken-chain-drive-garage-door-opener/604974 "2011-12-04T15:30:36Z")
I have a Sears brand door opener. It has worked for 16 years, but the steel cable broke yesterday. Thinking that this would be bstraightforward, I got a length of cable and some clamps, and re-attached the cable to t… --- ## [Anyone have Fitocracy invites?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-fitocracy-invites/593943)
**Author:** [@Aankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aankh)\ **Replies:** 234\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-fitocracy-invites/593943 "2011-12-04T15:05:36Z")
Discovered on XKCD. Anyone have an invite to share? --- ## [Dear bank teller - you are a saint.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bank-teller-you-are-a-saint/604922)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bank-teller-you-are-a-saint/604922 "2011-12-04T05:35:09Z")
I made my annual visit to an actual brick-and-mortar bank today. I say annual because pretty much the only reason I ever step foot in a physical bank anymore is to cash in my coin mug. The teller that helped me was che… --- ## [What's a useful teacher gift on a $10 budget?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-useful-teacher-gift-on-a-10-budget/604768)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-useful-teacher-gift-on-a-10-budget/604768 "2011-12-04T03:32:50Z")
I have always given my kids’ elementary school teachers a $50 gift card for the holidays. But now my oldest is in middle school and has 5 different teachers. I can’t afford to give all of them $50, so I’ve been trying t… --- ## [Limited recall Craisins Dried Cranberries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limited-recall-craisins-dried-cranberries/604344)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limited-recall-craisins-dried-cranberries/604344 "2011-12-03T19:47:37Z")
I’m surprised the news isn’t getting this story out there. MsNBC ran it yesterday. Some bags of Craisins Dried Cranberries may have metal fragments in them. Due to a bad piece of equipment at one plant. http://vitals.m… --- ## [Real Time mashup composition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-time-mashup-composition/604967)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-time-mashup-composition/604967 "2011-12-03T18:36:55Z")
Dude throws together a mashup on the fly. --- ## [emma kate turns 10!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emma-kate-turns-10/604912)
**Author:** [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emma-kate-turns-10/604912 "2011-12-03T16:59:46Z")
today is evil emma kate’s 10th birthday! double digits. an entire decade. a “tween”. it is very hard to believe it has been 10 years since we would hold our breaths and click to see how evilbeth and evil emma kate wer… --- ## [Stuff you're throwing out this weekend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-youre-throwing-out-this-weekend/602648)
**Author:** [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-youre-throwing-out-this-weekend/602648 "2011-12-03T14:44:41Z")
\-Clothes from 2 winters ago that still don’t fit; out! -One bottle of Trader Joe’s Pepper Sauce…have no idea whether it would have been good on shrimp, as it seems to have solidified in the bottle. :eek: OUT! Whatcha t… --- ## [Gardening talk? Yes please!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardening-talk-yes-please/573883)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 299\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2011, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardening-talk-yes-please/573883 "2011-12-03T10:22:31Z")
We’re in our 300th month of winter here, and I desperately miss green and being outside in warm air and constantly having dirty fingernails. I’d like to talk about gardening and plants and plans and all things green and … --- ## [A trypophobe's nightmare meal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trypophobes-nightmare-meal/604653)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2011, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trypophobes-nightmare-meal/604653 "2011-12-03T08:23:31Z")
Holey moley! How disgusted would you be if this was brought to your table? I saw this in today’s St. Petersburg Times and gasped. Why not just bring me a lotus boob on rye. --- ## [Screw the Bieber and Go to Jail. Priceless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-bieber-and-go-to-jail-priceless/601716)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2011, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-bieber-and-go-to-jail-priceless/601716 "2011-12-03T07:36:56Z")
This lady is taking one heck of a risk. Twenty years old and she’s openly claiming sexual intercourse with this 16 year old pop star (he recently turned 17), Justin Bieber. These days they’ll throw her butt in prison s… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1202) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1204)