# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1229 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1230 --- ## [Anyone else have a hard time waking up from dreams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-hard-time-waking-up-from-dreams/599054)
**Author:** [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-hard-time-waking-up-from-dreams/599054 "2011-10-09T04:12:56Z")
I’ve noticed that when I sleep in, longer than 7-8 hours, I start dreaming very heavily. I know that I am dreaming all night long, but I don’t remember any of them on an average night. But when I sleep longer than usual,… --- ## [What would you have done in this pit bull situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-done-in-this-pit-bull-situation/598391)
**Author:** [@DKDelicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKDelicious)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-done-in-this-pit-bull-situation/598391 "2011-10-09T01:43:09Z")
Pitbull goes nuts on folks in barbershop and doesn’t care at all. Every time I watch this video I see new things. :confused: --- ## [Fluoridation cancelled in west Florida](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoridation-cancelled-in-west-florida/598816)
**Author:** [@mufatango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mufatango)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoridation-cancelled-in-west-florida/598816 "2011-10-09T00:41:18Z")
Tea party politics in action. Local citizens Irene Reilly and Santa Battaglia praised the decision, despite the objections of several communiss. “Our precious bodily fluids are safe again,” declared Brigadier General R… --- ## [It's never a pit bull!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-never-a-pit-bull/598471)
**Author:** [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2011, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-never-a-pit-bull/598471 "2011-10-09T00:22:21Z")
This thread made me think…I’ve been in the dispatching game for over 10 years now, and I know there’s other dispatchers and cops and whatnot bouncing around the boards. Over the years I’ve taken lots of calls about dogs… --- ## [Since when does comparing ability levels automatically imply arrogance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-when-does-comparing-ability-levels-automatically-imply-arrogance/598936)
**Author:** [@Cryptic\_C62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptic_C62)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-when-does-comparing-ability-levels-automatically-imply-arrogance/598936 "2011-10-08T20:50:12Z")
As I have admitted in previous threads, I am a skill-obsessed asshole. I will not deny this. What confuses me is when I try to make an objective comparison between my abilities and someone else’s, if I make myself out to… --- ## [A battle is raging between wife and cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-battle-is-raging-between-wife-and-cat/598711)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-battle-is-raging-between-wife-and-cat/598711 "2011-10-08T19:19:13Z")
Boris eats Fancy Feast cat food. That is it. All other foods get pushed on the floor. My wife spotted a reasonable dry food on sale and a famous brand canned food. So she bought them. Now she is determined to force him … --- ## [When can I start calling myself a nonsmoker? Now would be nice.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-can-i-start-calling-myself-a-nonsmoker-now-would-be-nice/598177)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-can-i-start-calling-myself-a-nonsmoker-now-would-be-nice/598177 "2011-10-08T18:38:19Z")
So I guess I finally decided I wanted to quit. I totally didn’t want to quit, then I really didn’t want to quit, then I kinda didn’t want to quit, and then I maybe didn’t mind the thought of having more money and my clot… --- ## [Google Doodle and Steve Jobs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-and-steve-jobs/598767)
**Author:** [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-and-steve-jobs/598767 "2011-10-08T16:37:38Z")
Todays Google has no doodle. Just a tiny mention of Steve Jobs and his birth and death date down low. Is there something to read into this? I feel fairly certain they could have at least put a couple apples in place of … --- ## [Quirks and calamity of the new secretary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirks-and-calamity-of-the-new-secretary/380367)
**Author:** [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirks-and-calamity-of-the-new-secretary/380367 "2011-10-08T15:04:34Z")
My new secretary is a very tall man. In addition he has been ill for 3 weeks, ‘having an operation’. It turns out to have been stomach cancer and a removal of the organ. So were all remined not to throw out the sour… --- ## [For Britons: Bullseye contestants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-britons-bullseye-contestants/598924)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2011, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-britons-bullseye-contestants/598924 "2011-10-08T11:57:50Z")
This website made me titter. That is all. --- ## [What gender comes to mind when hearing these first names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-comes-to-mind-when-hearing-these-first-names/598725)
**Author:** [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2011, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-comes-to-mind-when-hearing-these-first-names/598725 "2011-10-08T05:52:21Z")
When you hear the following names, what gender pops into your mind first? Robin Terry Kelly Shannon Tracy Tony Jody Sidney Courtney Hilary Alex Jamie Erin Qbert --- ## [The one really nice rug in our house has become a kitty restroom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-really-nice-rug-in-our-house-has-become-a-kitty-restroom/598906)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2011, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-really-nice-rug-in-our-house-has-become-a-kitty-restroom/598906 "2011-10-08T05:05:48Z")
Most of the stuff in our house looks like the kind of stuff someone would buy to furnish their house if they were still in grad school, or if they had just gotten their first real job out of grad school and were still br… --- ## [Do You Know Any Gay Indians (From India)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-gay-indians-from-india/561255)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-gay-indians-from-india/561255 "2011-10-08T03:53:17Z")
I was watching the Big Bang Theory and the running joke is that Raj and Howard really like each other. It got me to thinking, OK I’m a gay male and I’m 46. And in my life I have come across, blacks, white, arabs, East A… --- ## [Paralyzing cynicism.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paralyzing-cynicism/598912)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paralyzing-cynicism/598912 "2011-10-08T02:16:32Z")
Know anyone who’s so cynical, it paralyses them from enjoying anything? I have a few friends, who are so negative, so cynical that they need to either dis, be critical of, or make fun of almost everything. It must be in… --- ## [Botched cataract surgery??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botched-cataract-surgery/598707)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botched-cataract-surgery/598707 "2011-10-08T00:46:54Z")
The story is that last Friday I had cataract surgery. It was my second one so I pretty much knew what to expect. The surgeon seemed to be struggling which he hadn’t the first time. Before they wheeled me away I asked … --- ## [How can you tell if a dinosaur is hiding in your fridge? Newslink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-tell-if-a-dinosaur-is-hiding-in-your-fridge-newslink/598938)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-tell-if-a-dinosaur-is-hiding-in-your-fridge-newslink/598938 "2011-10-07T21:06:10Z")
Answer–you find his footprints in the margarine (never butter–dinosaurs get high cholesterol). On the subject of dinosaur tracks, they found a whole bunch of them in Arkansas. --- ## [Unexpected timecapsules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-timecapsules/598834)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-timecapsules/598834 "2011-10-07T20:18:36Z")
The folks pulling old computers out of the closet based on Steve’s passing jogged a memory loose. We have a car we bought in 1998. It’s got a 12 disk cd changer in the trunk with music from 1998-2000…we just never got a… --- ## [10 down, 10 to go!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-down-10-to-go/598762)
**Author:** [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-down-10-to-go/598762 "2011-10-07T19:36:47Z")
This morning, I’d lost 10 kg since August. It’s quite pointless for anyone but myself, but I just had to share it. And no, no diet. Particularly not any kind of low-carb diet. Just using the old and true formula calorie… --- ## [Tertiary and Quarternary Rainbows photographed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tertiary-and-quarternary-rainbows-photographed/598780)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tertiary-and-quarternary-rainbows-photographed/598780 "2011-10-07T18:34:20Z")
I hadn’t realized that these had been observed before – none of my sources on rainbows or unusual atmospheric phenomena had mentioned that. I used to talk to my students about these in my rainbow lectures. I’m a bit … --- ## [Facebook Caught with Hand in Cookie Jar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-caught-with-hand-in-cookie-jar/598221)
**Author:** [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-caught-with-hand-in-cookie-jar/598221 "2011-10-07T17:53:22Z")
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/09/26/facebook-defends-getting-data-from-logged-out-users/ I already concluded that I shouldn’t put any private information on Facebook, but I’m starting to worry if that is good enough. … --- ## [So, I was just in a motorcycle accident.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-just-in-a-motorcycle-accident/597961)
**Author:** [@automagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/automagic)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-just-in-a-motorcycle-accident/597961 "2011-10-07T15:48:17Z")
About an hour ago I was riding to the corner gas station about .3 miles from my apartment and I am riding behind a pick up truck. Suddenly I hear a loud boom as the pick up slams into a truck that was in front of it. Abo… --- ## [Linux is 20](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linux-is-20/598769)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linux-is-20/598769 "2011-10-07T15:38:41Z")
As of yesterday. A 21 year old Linus Torvalds released version 0.0.2 of the Linux kernel, the first public release of the kernel, on the Minix Usenet group. It’s pretty amazing that a 21 year old could have written a p… --- ## [My TVs turned on by themselves.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tvs-turned-on-by-themselves/598543)
**Author:** [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tvs-turned-on-by-themselves/598543 "2011-10-07T14:28:43Z")
So I am home alone with my daughter who is 3 and we are sleeping in one bedroom. And I get up to pee at midnight and walk down the hall and everything is off. So I getup to pee again at 4am and I notice there is light … --- ## [We know a Nobel Prize winner!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-know-a-nobel-prize-winner/598584)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-know-a-nobel-prize-winner/598584 "2011-10-07T13:50:56Z")
Mr. Neville used to work at Lawrence Berkeley Lab with Saul Perlmutter. It was announced today that Saul Perlmutter is one of the recipients of the Nobel Prize in physics for 2011. It’s for his work on the Supernova Co… --- ## [Thoughts on the edge of sleep](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-edge-of-sleep/598820)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-edge-of-sleep/598820 "2011-10-07T13:48:28Z")
I think about strange things when I’m falling asleep sometimes. I’ve already posted about the last one, the endless battle between monkeys and chickens, and now I have another, and an odd coincidence. My thoughts someho… --- ## [A different sort of thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-different-sort-of-thread/598687)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2011, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-different-sort-of-thread/598687 "2011-10-07T13:04:45Z")
How many times do you read a thread title and assume it means something you can relate to? So much so that you don’t waste your time reading the OP, especially if it’s over one sentence in length? This one has already v… --- ## [Parents: Have A Favorite Child and Not-So-Much Children?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-have-a-favorite-child-and-not-so-much-children/598497)
**Author:** [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2011, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-have-a-favorite-child-and-not-so-much-children/598497 "2011-10-07T05:13:28Z")
I was talking to a couple neighbor ladies. They are in their late 70s. Their husbands recently passed away and they were talking about how and when to give their children inheritance. One lady said I’ve already given th… --- ## [How Long Would Hitler Have Lived?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-hitler-have-lived/598671)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-hitler-have-lived/598671 "2011-10-07T04:18:09Z")
(Had he not committed suicide)? I have been reading a book about WWII, and it seems that Hitler was rapidly ageing-by 1943 he had developed arteriosclerosis, and showing signs of Parkinson’s disease ( tremors and shaki… --- ## [A Possible Failure Of Priorities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-possible-failure-of-priorities/598817)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-possible-failure-of-priorities/598817 "2011-10-07T01:13:41Z")
A friend was showing me some new camera equipment he bought – he recently became a first-time father, and wanted good stuff to document the kid. “Nice lens you’ve got there,” I said, popping the lens off of my camera, “… --- ## [A moment of silence for Alba and Sophie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-moment-of-silence-for-alba-and-sophie/598360)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-moment-of-silence-for-alba-and-sophie/598360 "2011-10-06T19:44:04Z")
We are now mouseless. :frowning: Alba died a few weeks ago. Old age. I found her lying stiff on her wheel. We joked that she had a heart attack while exercising. I hadn’t seen Sophie for a few days this week, and I was… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1228) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1230)