# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1217 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1218 --- ## [Adventures with Neti Pot (slightly TMI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-with-neti-pot-slightly-tmi/601651)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2011, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-with-neti-pot-slightly-tmi/601651 "2011-11-04T22:24:23Z")
I’ve never had much luck with my net pot but I also usually use it at the beginning of a head cold. I’ve heard that it can help shorten the duration of the cold and make it less painful by this isn’t the case, in my expe… --- ## [MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Support Group?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-multiple-sclerosis-support-group/601807)
**Author:** [@Time\_Like\_Tears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Like_Tears)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-multiple-sclerosis-support-group/601807 "2011-11-04T20:57:19Z")
It seems we have several members here who are living with MS, in the early stages with demyelinating disease, or caring for loved ones who have MS. I was diagnosed with MS in May of this year, having had no prior testin… --- ## [A tribute ( for loved ones lost to suicide)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tribute-for-loved-ones-lost-to-suicide/601059)
**Author:** [@King\_Bobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Bobo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tribute-for-loved-ones-lost-to-suicide/601059 "2011-11-04T19:34:45Z")
I missed world suicide day last month (September 9th); in truth I had never heard of it. But my sister did not miss the day and she wrote the most beautiful poem ever for our lost brother. So, for E. An invisible hand … --- ## [Just used Zaarly for the first time today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-used-zaarly-for-the-first-time-today/601778)
**Author:** [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-used-zaarly-for-the-first-time-today/601778 "2011-11-04T16:44:09Z")
Zaarly’s a website that launched earlier this year here in KCMO. www.zaarly.com The basic concept is that you ask for something. Anything. And name your price. Someone else that has what you need or can do what you nee… --- ## [What do guys say to girls when they walk up to them on a night out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-guys-say-to-girls-when-they-walk-up-to-them-on-a-night-out/601511)
**Author:** [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-guys-say-to-girls-when-they-walk-up-to-them-on-a-night-out/601511 "2011-11-04T16:42:37Z")
I rarely go to clubs (though I am beginning to go to them quite frequently) and most girls I know I’ve known through college/politics/friends etc. I was in a club last week and I was wondering what guys say when they ra… --- ## [The Non-Nuclear Japan Earthquake Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-nuclear-japan-earthquake-thread/576783)
**Author:** [@Hokkaido\_Brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokkaido_Brit)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-nuclear-japan-earthquake-thread/576783 "2011-11-04T15:17:14Z")
Polite request Most of us actually here in Japan were chased out of the last thread by all the nuclear talk. Please could you not bring those arguments into this one - I’d really like to keep it to actual earthquake and … --- ## [3 Bizarre New Bat Species Found in SE Asia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-bizarre-new-bat-species-found-in-se-asia/601820)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-bizarre-new-bat-species-found-in-se-asia/601820 "2011-11-04T14:12:43Z")
See them here. “Three new species of tube-nosed bats, known for extraordinary nostrils that look like blooming flowers … highly sophisticated echolocation systems, making it impossible for scientists to catch the bats i… --- ## [Left Behind on Oct 21?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-behind-on-oct-21/599197)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-behind-on-oct-21/599197 "2011-11-04T03:03:08Z")
Here’s a thought on what to do if the Rapture leaves you behind. A Seattle atheist group is having an after the rapture party. Harold Camping is once again predicting the end of the world for Oct 21th. --- ## [Mom is afraid of computers. What's your take on the iPad & computer phobics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-is-afraid-of-computers-whats-your-take-on-the-ipad-computer-phobics/601675)
**Author:** [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-is-afraid-of-computers-whats-your-take-on-the-ipad-computer-phobics/601675 "2011-11-04T02:14:29Z")
Okay, so my mother is older, in fact she’ll be 80 next year. She has a desktop computer which she bought at my urging, but doesn’t touch. She even took a basic computer class at a local adult school, but there were so … --- ## [To All Stuyvesant Alumni: Mr. Geller Passed Away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-all-stuyvesant-alumni-mr-geller-passed-away/601708)
**Author:** [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2011, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-all-stuyvesant-alumni-mr-geller-passed-away/601708 "2011-11-04T01:51:50Z")
I know we have more than a helping of Stuy grads. Mr. Geller, beloved and feared Math teacher of 29 years, Math Team coach, and genuine teaching hero, passed away yesterday from complications related to cancer. There’s… --- ## [Times when people act in stereotypical ways (and it cracks you up)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-when-people-act-in-stereotypical-ways-and-it-cracks-you-up/601784)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-when-people-act-in-stereotypical-ways-and-it-cracks-you-up/601784 "2011-11-03T23:30:41Z")
I once went to this snack bar and the cashier was a brown person, but she sounded and dressed like a black person. You know, a lot like M.I.A. does in the Paper Planes video. Well, I’m not talking about times like that.… --- ## [Hey! We went back to the Marianas Trench! (Oh, and there was some freaky cool stuff too)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-we-went-back-to-the-marianas-trench-oh-and-there-was-some-freaky-cool-stuff-too/601697)
**Author:** [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-we-went-back-to-the-marianas-trench-oh-and-there-was-some-freaky-cool-stuff-too/601697 "2011-11-03T19:32:01Z")
I think they must have stayed more than twenty minutes this time. :smiley: Linky. --- ## [My first attempt at a satirical cartoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-attempt-at-a-satirical-cartoon/601650)
**Author:** [@Cryptic\_C62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptic_C62)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-attempt-at-a-satirical-cartoon/601650 "2011-11-03T17:34:22Z")
I don’t follow politics, and I don’t make cartoons. The other day I decided to venture out of my little cave, and this is the result: Sanctity Thoughts? --- ## [Wrong number calling my cell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-number-calling-my-cell/430713)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-number-calling-my-cell/430713 "2011-11-03T16:02:50Z")
About twice a week I get a call that caller ID says is a “private call.” When I answer it, a voice-activated recording (female voice) says, “Oops! Wrong number!” and hangs up. Bizarre! Has this happened to anyone els… --- ## [Your Favorite Big Ideas summed up in small quotes...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-big-ideas-summed-up-in-small-quotes/601418)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-big-ideas-summed-up-in-small-quotes/601418 "2011-11-03T14:39:39Z")
After a long and rewarding conversation with a good friend yesterday I am thinking about some favorite words that have meant a LOT to me in recent years. They haven’t just been Deep Thoughts, they’ve been the verbal exp… --- ## [Candy Spoons, Magnet Fingers and other childhood things NO ONE ELSE remembers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-spoons-magnet-fingers-and-other-childhood-things-no-one-else-remembers/601676)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-spoons-magnet-fingers-and-other-childhood-things-no-one-else-remembers/601676 "2011-11-03T13:26:38Z")
My sister thinks I am nuts–for many reasons. But two of them are Candy Spoons and the Magnet-Fingered Man \[band name!\], both of which I remember \*clearly \*and she insists I have made up. Candy Spoons. In the early '60s,… --- ## [Welcome to the forum, confinedspacerescue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-forum-confinedspacerescue/601729)
**Author:** [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2011, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-forum-confinedspacerescue/601729 "2011-11-03T13:19:08Z")
I used to think humans were the only form of intelligent life on this planet. It really reminds me of this \[link deleted\] comic \[link deleted\] What’s the least stupid spam you’ve seen on blogs/forums? --- ## [Japanese-American WWII vets to get Congr. Gold Medal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-american-wwii-vets-to-get-congr-gold-medal/601734)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2011, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-american-wwii-vets-to-get-congr-gold-medal/601734 "2011-11-03T12:54:53Z")
Story here: http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/01/us/veterans-in-focus-susumu-ito/index.html?hpt=hp\_bn2 Good on them! To fight with distinction for the very country that locks up your family due to unjustified suspicions - I t… --- ## [Wanna know what you can't do with a 10 foot pipe...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-know-what-you-cant-do-with-a-10-foot-pipe/601435)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-know-what-you-cant-do-with-a-10-foot-pipe/601435 "2011-11-03T03:15:50Z")
Put it in a 9 foot 11.75 inch car…whoops :smack: The story… My parents have been fighting this bizarre smell in their basement. They’ve been dealing with it on and off for over a year, but due to other set backs, it’s… --- ## [I'm Going To Punkin Chunkin!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-punkin-chunkin/601381)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-punkin-chunkin/601381 "2011-11-03T02:40:46Z")
I can’t wait. I leave town this Thursday to fly to Washington DC to pick up a friend; from there we’re headed to Seaford, DE to Punkin Chunkin! What’s even more awesome is that this year it’s going to be hosted by MYTHB… --- ## [Computer science professor claims e-books get heavier with each book stored.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-science-professor-claims-e-books-get-heavier-with-each-book-stored/601342)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-science-professor-claims-e-books-get-heavier-with-each-book-stored/601342 "2011-11-03T02:31:31Z")
Okay; admittedly this guy has a PhD in Computer Science while I merely have a Bachelors in CS, but I’m sorry, this does not sound right to me. Does the solid state memory in my Kindle really require a charge to maint… --- ## [Royal succession laws changed in UK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-succession-laws-changed-in-uk/601060)
**Author:** [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-succession-laws-changed-in-uk/601060 "2011-11-03T02:04:30Z")
About time really, why should an elder daughter be skipped for a younger (male) sibling? --- ## [Necessity is the mother of invention.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necessity-is-the-mother-of-invention/601466)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necessity-is-the-mother-of-invention/601466 "2011-11-03T01:22:49Z")
Having to innovate a smoking apperatus can be a mother. When you buy papers, why can’t the next to last one have a color indicator letting you know you’re about to run out, like at the end of a roll for cash register re… --- ## [I'm fed up of feeling tired (sorry, whining)!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-fed-up-of-feeling-tired-sorry-whining/601517)
**Author:** [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-fed-up-of-feeling-tired-sorry-whining/601517 "2011-11-03T00:04:44Z")
Ffffffuuuuuu…! Couple of years ago I had a fairly long - but probably not long enough - sick leave due to burnout. Yeah, I know. Burnout still isn’t a reckognized diagnosis, but that’s what I call it when energy level i… --- ## [My apartment smells like a charcoal grill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apartment-smells-like-a-charcoal-grill/601138)
**Author:** [@amtriska](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amtriska)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apartment-smells-like-a-charcoal-grill/601138 "2011-11-02T22:35:21Z")
My apartment has suddenly begun to smell like someone’s grilling. Like a weird gassy-burny-chemical smell. It started yesterday and it’s worse today. I have a CO alarm, but I’m afraid I’m somehow being gassed or poisoned… --- ## [Texas Pentecostal church’s anti-abortion ‘hell house’ scares away some](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-pentecostal-church-s-anti-abortion-hell-house-scares-away-some/601532)
**Author:** [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-pentecostal-church-s-anti-abortion-hell-house-scares-away-some/601532 "2011-11-02T22:10:31Z")
Texas Pentecostal church’s anti-abortion ‘hell house’ scares away some http://www.chron.com/search/?action=search&searchindex=property&query=halloween&sort=date&channel=home&period=\*&keepFacet=1&page=2 So, the Pentecos… --- ## [Today's "10" on bill's home page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-10-on-bills-home-page/600925)
**Author:** [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-10-on-bills-home-page/600925 "2011-11-02T19:33:33Z")
actually, it’s 11 things that could save your life. that’s how they said it. my selected comments: the noah, a round fiberglass sphere that one enters and seals one’s self in just before a tsunami strikes: too small a… --- ## [Tell me about Turks and Caicos and/or Club Med](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-turks-and-caicos-and-or-club-med/601530)
**Author:** [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-turks-and-caicos-and-or-club-med/601530 "2011-11-02T18:10:14Z")
At the end of this month, I am going to Turks and Caicos with my gf and staying at the Club Med resort there (Turkoise – see what they did there?). I mention this almost exclusively to make you all jealous, but to satis… --- ## [Could be a short political career! (Japan)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-be-a-short-political-career-japan/601492)
**Author:** [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-be-a-short-political-career-japan/601492 "2011-11-02T17:27:40Z")
Yasuhiro Sonoda, a Japanese MP, has been trying to persuade the nation that treated water from the area around Fukushima is safe for use. He was challenged by journalists to drink a glass of treated water taken from pud… --- ## [Funny Random Conversations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-random-conversations/601618)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-random-conversations/601618 "2011-11-02T16:02:25Z")
My now-husband and I had our first vacation together on a cruise ship. One time we got on a packed elevator. Husband: “Okay. Everybody here be on your best behaviour. You know what I’m talkin’ about.” Man with Southe… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1216) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1218)