# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1228 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1229 --- ## [Question on being blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-being-blind/599208)
**Author:** [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-being-blind/599208 "2011-10-11T20:06:15Z")
In all seriousness, how would someone who is blind know if they were blood in their shit and thus be aware that there may be a problem? Or also, as Jerry Seinfeld wondered, how would you know if there were bugs in your … --- ## [I just found out I have treasures!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-i-have-treasures/599186)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-i-have-treasures/599186 "2011-10-11T18:50:52Z")
I’m trying to raise money for my mortgage, so I started digging through some stuff to sell. Back in the '80s, when I had money, I bought two Stephen King first editions, Cycle of the Werewolf and Creepshow. They didn’t… --- ## [The Mystery of the Deserted Semi Truck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-the-deserted-semi-truck/599147)
**Author:** [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-the-deserted-semi-truck/599147 "2011-10-11T17:08:59Z")
I live in a quiet residential neighborhood; my street is clearly marked ‘no truck traffic’ with a silhouette of an 18 wheeler with red circle around it and a slash through it. Last night, about 9:30, I was sitting here… --- ## [Ventura County (CA, USA) Dopers...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ventura-county-ca-usa-dopers/599093)
**Author:** [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ventura-county-ca-usa-dopers/599093 "2011-10-11T17:04:08Z")
Ya’ll don’t show up for the SoCal Dopefests, so we should organize one of our own. Admittedly, this is a rotten time for anything, unless we do a Halloween one. But, anyway, who all lives in Ventura County (or close-ish)… --- ## [I'm taking the fire escape up to the roof](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-taking-the-fire-escape-up-to-the-roof/599294)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-taking-the-fire-escape-up-to-the-roof/599294 "2011-10-11T15:47:03Z")
I don’t care if it’s not the way you find the truth. --- ## [Acid Lamp's 4-hr body weight gain experiment: 20 lbs in 4 weeks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acid-lamps-4-hr-body-weight-gain-experiment-20-lbs-in-4-weeks/596062)
**Author:** [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2011, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acid-lamps-4-hr-body-weight-gain-experiment-20-lbs-in-4-weeks/596062 "2011-10-11T12:13:03Z")
Allrighty, I just got done reading The four hr. body and while skeptical i’m going to give the “geek to freak” chapter a shot. I’ve always been a thin, hard gainer my entire life. Unlike a lot mass building diets, this d… --- ## [Hiking across the Grand Canyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiking-across-the-grand-canyon/509225)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2011, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiking-across-the-grand-canyon/509225 "2011-10-11T06:01:34Z")
This Thursday I leave for Las Vegas. Sunday, I leave my car the North Rim and take the shuttle van to the South Rim. Monday, I hike down to Phantom Ranch, and up to the North Rim the next day. I think I’ve got everyth… --- ## [Your computers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-computers/598783)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-computers/598783 "2011-10-11T01:48:44Z")
The death of Steve Jobs has me browsing articles on old computers. Technically my very first computer was a Timex Sinclair 1000. I say ‘technically’ because it was the first computer I bought. But I never used it. It… --- ## [23 years!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/23-years/599080)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/23-years/599080 "2011-10-11T01:13:33Z")
23 years! That is how long it took my husband to tell me that he would like it if I folded his underwear a different way. 23 years… :walking back to the laundry room, shaking my head in total wonder: --- ## [Help me make fun of Crystal Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-fun-of-crystal-gail/598971)
**Author:** [@loshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loshan)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-fun-of-crystal-gail/598971 "2011-10-11T00:40:20Z")
While looking at this thread, I found the site below and felt compelled to start a separate thread just to make fun of the woo. I present: this site. My snarky talents just aren’t up to the task of taking this on by mys… --- ## [Is it too late to draft Mike Hunt for President?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-late-to-draft-mike-hunt-for-president/598828)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-late-to-draft-mike-hunt-for-president/598828 "2011-10-10T22:37:31Z")
Maureen Dowd in the Times has been pushing for Idaho Governor Butch Otter, simply because she likes writing “Butch Otter.” But Butch Otter has nothing on Aiken County (South Carolina) Sheriff Mike Hunt. We only have a c… --- ## [Amish-on-Amish violence raises concerns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amish-on-amish-violence-raises-concerns/599140)
**Author:** [@code\_grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/code_grey)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amish-on-amish-violence-raises-concerns/599140 "2011-10-10T21:42:14Z")
\[QUOTE=Three charged in Amish-on-Amish violence - UPI.com\] BERGHOLZ, Ohio, Oct. 9 (UPI) – Authorities said they have charged three Amish men accused in a series of Amish-on-Amish attacks across four eastern Ohio countie… --- ## [Augh! I Can't Unsee These!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-i-cant-unsee-these/599154)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-i-cant-unsee-these/599154 "2011-10-10T19:46:46Z")
Why? Why did I do this? Why did I go to YouTube and search the word “pimple”? EEEEEWWWWWWWWWW!!! No! I refuse to link! I’ll vomit if I see it again. --- ## [Girl names that used to be boy names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-names-that-used-to-be-boy-names/512371)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-names-that-used-to-be-boy-names/512371 "2011-10-10T19:35:01Z")
I read a magazine article years ago that basically claimed that some girl names have always been girl names, some boy names have always been boy names, and some cross genders over time. In the case of crossing genders, t… --- ## [Phrases you're surprised people aren't familiar with](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-youre-surprised-people-arent-familiar-with/596974)
**Author:** [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-youre-surprised-people-arent-familiar-with/596974 "2011-10-10T16:53:08Z")
In one of my education classes the other day, we were asked to consider the meaning of the phrase “Those who can, do, those who can’t, teach”, in small groups. When we broke out into them, one person said immediately “Oh… --- ## [My neighbors are naked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-are-naked/598321)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-are-naked/598321 "2011-10-10T16:51:00Z")
And they don’t know that I can see them. The neighbors are new renters who are sitting in their hot tub on their back deck. I’m pretty sure they don’t know that I can see them from my porch. They have a privacy fence … --- ## [Cape Verde's Pedro Pires gets Mo's prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cape-verdes-pedro-pires-gets-mos-prize/599182)
**Author:** [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cape-verdes-pedro-pires-gets-mos-prize/599182 "2011-10-10T15:15:13Z")
News link. Man, 5 million for simply being an upstanding, democratically ellected, public servant. Mo Ibrahim is certainly putting his money on the line to create a better Africa. I still don’t know how I feel about giv… --- ## [Beta-chan is three](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beta-chan-is-three/598821)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beta-chan-is-three/598821 "2011-10-10T15:07:51Z")
It’s hard to believe that our little sticky one is no longer a baby. We make pancakes together, she can crack eggs without getting the shells in. She adds all the ingredients and stirs, and we’re working on measuring on… --- ## [Just do it, for christ's sake!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-do-it-for-christs-sake/599139)
**Author:** [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-do-it-for-christs-sake/599139 "2011-10-10T14:23:33Z")
So I have a mild case of food poisoning. One bout of vomiting, some hershey squirts, but nothing too severe. The only things I’ve ingested today are a small bottle of Coke, 2 liters of water, and coffee. I usually dri… --- ## [Ask the old person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-old-person/598505)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2011, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-old-person/598505 "2011-10-10T12:30:49Z")
It’s obvious from threads like this that many of you young whippersnappers are interested in how old people function, but either don’t know one well enough to ask, or are afraid we’ll beat you with our canes. So here’s … --- ## [An 1830's Style MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-1830s-style-mmp/598406)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 286\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2011, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-1830s-style-mmp/598406 "2011-10-10T09:33:44Z")
Every year, Old Sturbridge Village has Apple Days during the first weekend in October. It’s when they harvest their apples and do various demonstrations of what people in the 1830’s would have done with the apples. The f… --- ## [Bartender Tipping Etiquette - Taking money under assumption of tip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bartender-tipping-etiquette-taking-money-under-assumption-of-tip/598746)
**Author:** [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bartender-tipping-etiquette-taking-money-under-assumption-of-tip/598746 "2011-10-10T03:00:42Z")
I ordered one draft pint of beer at a bar the other day. It was happy hour. It cost $3.50. I put a $5 bill down and finished the drink while he was doing other things. When he came back, he took the $5, put it in the r… --- ## [HOLY CRAP! I'm gonna run a marathon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-im-gonna-run-a-marathon/596388)
**Author:** [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-im-gonna-run-a-marathon/596388 "2011-10-10T02:56:05Z")
This Sunday, September 18, I will run my first marathon at the Fox Cities Marathon (http://www.foxcitiesmarathon.org). I ran my first half marathon at the same event last year. This is a Very Big Deal to me! Who’d’a thu… --- ## [Ah unna fahnd that Bubba an' slap him in da mouf!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-unna-fahnd-that-bubba-an-slap-him-in-da-mouf/599126)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2011, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-unna-fahnd-that-bubba-an-slap-him-in-da-mouf/599126 "2011-10-09T23:47:22Z")
Finally got the carpet in the middle bedroom up. (Roomie’s been on Vicodin after dental work, so work slowed a bit.) Who the hell needs to tack the carpet down with nails ever four inches along the walls? Two rows? A… --- ## [What Out Of Date Technology Did You Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-out-of-date-technology-did-you-work/597248)
**Author:** [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-out-of-date-technology-did-you-work/597248 "2011-10-09T23:15:10Z")
My last few post on how I ran an old fashioned elevator, where you don’t have buttons, or a manual bowling alley, where I reset the pins by hand got me to thinking, there are probably a lot of people who have had jobs th… --- ## [Cam's first birthday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cams-first-birthday/599042)
**Author:** [@Krav\_Manga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krav_Manga)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cams-first-birthday/599042 "2011-10-09T22:54:51Z")
Some of you may remember my thread about my wife and my journey over the past couple of years http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=509358. We had Cam’s first birthday party yesterday. While the weather … --- ## [I Weigh Less than 200 !!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weigh-less-than-200/598905)
**Author:** [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weigh-less-than-200/598905 "2011-10-09T22:09:12Z")
Please rejoice with me! For the first time in 26 years I weigh less than 200 pounds. It’s been 2 years of changing my habits, but I’m down 65 pounds. I plan on another 2 years to drop the remaining 40 or so I want to los… --- ## [Weird Vivid Dreams That Stays With You](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-vivid-dreams-that-stays-with-you/593630)
**Author:** [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-vivid-dreams-that-stays-with-you/593630 "2011-10-09T17:24:49Z")
A bunch of friends, we had a good day of cycling together and we are back at my house. A beautiful clear late summer evening, we got the grill going and everyone’s out on my large wooden deck, now joined by our anti-cycl… --- ## [Steve Jobs dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733 "2011-10-07T19:50:03Z")
My husband just called me and told me. Confirm? --- ## [Pet rants anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-rants-anyone/598788)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2011, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-rants-anyone/598788 "2011-10-09T06:32:05Z")
Dear dog, I buy you a hundred fucking chew toys. So why do you have to chew my remote, my wallet, (along with all my credit cards) my smart phone and the cord off of my vacuum cleaner? Why!? Also, I know you meant well… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1227) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1229)