# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1241 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1242 --- ## [Post your most recent WTF moment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-most-recent-wtf-moment/595849)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-most-recent-wtf-moment/595849 "2011-09-12T13:33:34Z")
The other day at work I was filling out a form and I typed in the date as 1989. WTF? What on earth was going on in my head that I thought it was 1989? I was a senior in high school in 1989, fercrissakes! What has made y… --- ## [The cat has learned to open the screen door](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-has-learned-to-open-the-screen-door/595614)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2011, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-has-learned-to-open-the-screen-door/595614 "2011-09-12T10:53:27Z")
The back bedrooms have exterior doors. The screen doors are not typical, in that they don’t swing out. Instead, they retract like window shades set 90º off (i.e., they retract into the side of the doorway). They are h… --- ## [In Honor of Labor Day, the FAQ MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honor-of-labor-day-the-faq-mmp/595222)
**Author:** [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2011, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honor-of-labor-day-the-faq-mmp/595222 "2011-09-12T10:44:41Z")
Well, it’s Labor Day. And Labor day is always on a Monday, just like our MMP. Which got me to thinking… How did the MMP get started, anyway? Who started it? When? Who started the nickname thing? What do some of the ac… --- ## [Close to the best thing anyone's ever said to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-to-the-best-thing-anyones-ever-said-to-me/596017)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-to-the-best-thing-anyones-ever-said-to-me/596017 "2011-09-12T04:56:32Z")
Wife got in an online argument, and very effectively and correctly pummeled her interlocutor with a longish chain of crisp, clean coolheaded logic. “Wow,” I said, “Where’d you learn to logic-punch like that?” Her respo… --- ## [Hey, I might have picked up some bug.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-might-have-picked-up-some-bug/595966)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2011, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-might-have-picked-up-some-bug/595966 "2011-09-12T04:37:31Z")
If you get an email from “TubaDiva” with nothing in it but a link it’s some kind of bug. Don’t click on the link. I am so sorry, don’t know how I picked this up but somehow I did. --- ## [nice footage: lab chimps seeing sunlight for the first time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-footage-lab-chimps-seeing-sunlight-for-the-first-time/595602)
**Author:** [@Biffer\_Spice\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffer_Spice_1)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-footage-lab-chimps-seeing-sunlight-for-the-first-time/595602 "2011-09-12T04:01:21Z")
:slight\_smile: made me smile - hope it’s not been posted on here before. --- ## [I hate listening to other people's music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-listening-to-other-peoples-music/594775)
**Author:** [@LilyoftheField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheField)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-listening-to-other-peoples-music/594775 "2011-09-12T02:01:02Z")
…but I think everybody else should be okay with listening to mine. So, when my roommates are listening to their music, I expect them to use headphones so that I don’t have to hear it. But if I’m listening to mine, I ca… --- ## [Anybody else flying on 9/11 this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-flying-on-9-11-this-year/595352)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-flying-on-9-11-this-year/595352 "2011-09-11T23:56:18Z")
My brother-in-law is getting married on 9/10, and I fly home the next day, from south Florida to Detroit. Honestly, a little teeny tiny part of me is a little heebed out. Not enough to actually change my flight, but sti… --- ## [Woot! Back in the states for six days!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woot-back-in-the-states-for-six-days/595981)
**Author:** [@The\_Doughnut\_Thief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Doughnut_Thief)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woot-back-in-the-states-for-six-days/595981 "2011-09-11T21:43:05Z")
I am attending a forum in Phoenix; I need something to do. Besides the obvious i.e. The big tourist spots. What are some good places to visit in the downtown area? --- ## [It was ten years ago on 9/11--Link to original 9/11 thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-ten-years-ago-on-9-11-link-to-original-9-11-thread/595721)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-ten-years-ago-on-9-11-link-to-original-9-11-thread/595721 "2011-09-11T18:47:12Z")
World Trade Center Plane Crash --- ## [I'll be a monkeys uncle. Putting dishwashing liquid in the toilet did fix the clog.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-a-monkeys-uncle-putting-dishwashing-liquid-in-the-toilet-did-fix-the-clog/595879)
**Author:** [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-a-monkeys-uncle-putting-dishwashing-liquid-in-the-toilet-did-fix-the-clog/595879 "2011-09-11T18:07:44Z")
I had a toilet clog that I could not see. I plunged and plunged and plunged, went to the dry cleaner to get a wire hanger, you name it. Nothing worked. Someone suggested putting a cup of dishwashing liquid in the bowl… --- ## [Tournelayer -- A house in 24 hours](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tournelayer-a-house-in-24-hours/595870)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tournelayer-a-house-in-24-hours/595870 "2011-09-11T14:35:21Z")
I’m reading a book of photographs of the early days of Edwards Air Force Base, and there’s a picture of a machine called a Tournelayer. From the text, if you don’t want to click on the link: Video of the machine in ac… --- ## [So I have a creepy doll in my room tonight.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2011, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-creepy-doll-in-my-room-tonight/594906 "2011-09-11T14:08:51Z")
Helping a friend move and they’re storing a few things at my place. One of the things we moved over to my apartment (temporarily) is a fairly big doll on a pedestal. Looks kind of like this (shape and form-wise) only it… --- ## [Drunken Moose ends up Stuck in Swedish Apple Tree (Picture!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-moose-ends-up-stuck-in-swedish-apple-tree-picture/595755)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-moose-ends-up-stuck-in-swedish-apple-tree-picture/595755 "2011-09-11T04:56:05Z")
The moose is apparently fine. Article and picture here: http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/09/08/sweden.drunken.moose/index.html --- ## [The SDMB Fitocracy Group "Followers of Cecil" Thread of Updates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-fitocracy-group-followers-of-cecil-thread-of-updates/595516)
**Author:** [@Aankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aankh)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-fitocracy-group-followers-of-cecil-thread-of-updates/595516 "2011-09-11T03:36:15Z")
I’ve received a few PMs that this thread needs to exist and so, voila, it does now! Feel free to use this thread to discuss suggestions for challenges, for fitness questions, to brag about your badass scores, to cry abo… --- ## [The 2011 Update of the List of September 11, 2001 Threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2011-update-of-the-list-of-september-11-2001-threads/595905)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2011-update-of-the-list-of-september-11-2001-threads/595905 "2011-09-11T03:29:08Z")
I took a stab at listing all the 9/11 threads on the Straight Dope some time ago, and since it’s on a lot of peoples’ minds (again) here’s another attempt. This is the current list I have, which despite its length is ob… --- ## [Instinctive practice of hunting skills.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instinctive-practice-of-hunting-skills/595777)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instinctive-practice-of-hunting-skills/595777 "2011-09-11T01:40:21Z")
Having grown up around kitten it’s kind of cool how they have so much fun as Little uns playing games. I am also reminded about certain people (mostly women types) usually not understanding the locker room game of tryin… --- ## [Talking to kids about 9/11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-to-kids-about-9-11/595880)
**Author:** [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-to-kids-about-9-11/595880 "2011-09-11T00:05:26Z")
Note: I asked for and was given permission to post this link. If you are interested in suggestions on how to talk to children of any age about 9/11 or other tragedies, you may be interested in this blog post, written by… --- ## [The first draft of my dissertation is finished.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-draft-of-my-dissertation-is-finished/582181)
**Author:** [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-draft-of-my-dissertation-is-finished/582181 "2011-09-10T23:26:00Z")
The first draft of my dissertation is finished! I am so very, very relieved, and a bit proud of myself. I’ve never written a book before. It was a lot, a lot of work, but now it’s done. Done. Done. Done. Except for editi… --- ## [Pennsylvania Dopers: Are you coping?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pennsylvania-dopers-are-you-coping/595527)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pennsylvania-dopers-are-you-coping/595527 "2011-09-10T20:38:00Z")
I’ve been getting e-mails from a friend in southern PA, and she’s saying that the weather today is worse than it was during Irene, and it’s not going to let up until at least the weekend. There’s a lot of flooding and l… --- ## [World Trade Center tribute](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-trade-center-tribute/595776)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-trade-center-tribute/595776 "2011-09-10T19:53:18Z")
To commemorate the tenth anniversary of 9/11, I’ve uploaded some photos I had taken of the twin towers, in the '80s and early '90s. They are all from 35mm slides. --- ## [The Straight "DOPE"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope/595630)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope/595630 "2011-09-10T17:32:40Z")
I usually have the ‘Dope’ up in a browser on my 2nd monitor as I work. But, people who don’t know what the Straight Dope is, have either commented “You smoke weed, huh?” (when I had a corporate gig), give me strange look… --- ## [Blackout Blues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackout-blues/595745)
**Author:** [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackout-blues/595745 "2011-09-10T17:28:27Z")
This is too weak for the pit. San Diego county had a blackout yesterday. Blackout had some in Southland fuming, others partying When I was at work, SDG&E (the power company) issued a “flex alert” (asks folks to conserv… --- ## [Steve Jobs resigns from Apple](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-resigns-from-apple/593966)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-resigns-from-apple/593966 "2011-09-10T14:37:43Z")
Hmmm…doesn’t sound good. He’s unable to do his job fully. --- ## [First Words on Mars – Funny & Serious replies welcome...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2011, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145 "2011-09-10T06:59:57Z")
You of all people are about to make history, among the ranks of Neil Armstrong, by being the first person to set foot on the surface of Mars. I think Neil’s first words (despite the apparent flub), are indelible, immort… --- ## [It's bug identification time once again!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-bug-identification-time-once-again/595797)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2011, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-bug-identification-time-once-again/595797 "2011-09-10T04:41:41Z")
Here we have 4 fine little fellows spotted along the trails of Lassen NP. The rangers weren’t able to help me, so I’ll give you guys a shot. The first one looks like a rolly-polly on steroids, the second one doesn’t qui… --- ## [Living Aboard and Other Madnesses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-aboard-and-other-madnesses/595623)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-aboard-and-other-madnesses/595623 "2011-09-10T03:31:26Z")
As you may remember, my wife and I had a lovely boating honeymoon on the Erie Canal. I had not boated for many years and the bug has bitten me again. Anyone here ever lived aboard? So I am hanging out on the Marine Wes… --- ## [I Suffer from Pagophagia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-suffer-from-pagophagia/595639)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-suffer-from-pagophagia/595639 "2011-09-10T02:28:24Z")
I actually just learned about this condition by reading random Straight Dope articles, and then I looked it up. I doubt seriously I have an iron deficiency (although I’ve never been tested for iron levels specifically, m… --- ## [Pensioner Posts Letters in Dog-Poo Disposal Box for 2 Years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pensioner-posts-letters-in-dog-poo-disposal-box-for-2-years/595470)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pensioner-posts-letters-in-dog-poo-disposal-box-for-2-years/595470 "2011-09-10T00:02:07Z")
Story here. A 91-year-old pensioner has been posting his letters in a dog-poo disposal box, which resembles a mailbox, in England for two years and only recently realized his mistake when someone saw what he was doing a… --- ## [DC-area Dopers - how are YOU doing floodwise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopers-how-are-you-doing-floodwise/595680)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopers-how-are-you-doing-floodwise/595680 "2011-09-09T23:06:55Z")
While I don’t think this is as bad as what Pennsylvania Dopers are facing, we’ve had some scary stuff going on today. Raining 2-3 inches in an hour for several hours, after a week of nonstop precipitation. Lots of photos… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1240) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1242)