# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1258 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1259 --- ## [New high-tech "printer" makes 3-D objects, complete with moving parts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-high-tech-printer-makes-3-d-objects-complete-with-moving-parts/592107)
**Author:** [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-high-tech-printer-makes-3-d-objects-complete-with-moving-parts/592107 "2011-08-09T18:50:38Z")
Link Amazing. Just thought I’d share. --- ## ["Preachers' kids" in other faiths](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preachers-kids-in-other-faiths/579895)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preachers-kids-in-other-faiths/579895 "2011-08-09T18:50:06Z")
Preachers’ kids, or PKs, are the children of Protestant clergy. The stereotype is that they’re far more likely to rebel, get into trouble, smoke, drink, fall away from the faith and disappoint their parents, supposedly … --- ## [Renton WA police go after anonymous web cartoonist parodying them as criminal "cyberstalking"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renton-wa-police-go-after-anonymous-web-cartoonist-parodying-them-as-criminal-cyberstalking/591922)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renton-wa-police-go-after-anonymous-web-cartoonist-parodying-them-as-criminal-cyberstalking/591922 "2011-08-09T18:00:31Z")
Wow! This is abuse of prosecutorial discretion dialed up to 11. Renton Police Respond To Parody Videos Investigation Cartoonist Targeted With Criminal Probe For Mocking Police --- ## [Ow, ow, OWW!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-ow-oww/591750)
**Author:** [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-ow-oww/591750 "2011-08-09T17:16:20Z")
This morning I stepped - barefoot - into a pile of bees in my yard. I was stung six times before I got away from the little bastards - once on the arch of my foot, which is currently causing me much pain. I’ve put cort… --- ## [I'm eating a can of Del Monte sliced peach while watching "Certified Copy."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-eating-a-can-of-del-monte-sliced-peach-while-watching-certified-copy/591773)
**Author:** [@OscarGold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OscarGold)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-eating-a-can-of-del-monte-sliced-peach-while-watching-certified-copy/591773 "2011-08-09T17:00:14Z")
Why a can of peach instead of fresh peach? Well, as a basement-dweller, a can of fruit is a very logical and rational choice. --- ## [My goo!!! My precious goo!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-goo-my-precious-goo/592072)
**Author:** [@OscarGold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OscarGold)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-goo-my-precious-goo/592072 "2011-08-09T16:59:10Z")
ugh… my precious goo!! --- ## [August Weight Loss thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-weight-loss-thread/591402)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-weight-loss-thread/591402 "2011-08-09T16:51:03Z")
My official irrefutable loss is definitely 30 pounds now, I’ve stayed there for 4 days. It’s probably a little more, but I can only be absolutely sure of the top number I saw after I’d already been dieting for a short … --- ## [Amusing company name and slogan. Feel free to add on.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-company-name-and-slogan-feel-free-to-add-on/591679)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-company-name-and-slogan-feel-free-to-add-on/591679 "2011-08-09T15:55:49Z")
I drove home today behind a delivery truck from a company called PUS. That stands for Performance Utility Services. The slogan on the side of the truck said: “We have more than just pipe to fill your hole.” Well, it … --- ## [A trend in political commentary that I'm sick of.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trend-in-political-commentary-that-im-sick-of/592044)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trend-in-political-commentary-that-im-sick-of/592044 "2011-08-09T15:10:13Z")
Election season has already been rolling for months and the first primary is still almost six months away. (No, the very long campaigns are not the trend that I’m referring to.) With all that time to go through, there’… --- ## [Overactive Autoflush Toilets - a Solution!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overactive-autoflush-toilets-a-solution/591503)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overactive-autoflush-toilets-a-solution/591503 "2011-08-09T14:38:13Z")
I discovered a solution for those autoflush toilets that seem to go off repeatedly while you are trying to do your business. Take a piece of toilet paper and place it over the sensor. The sensor can’t read any changes … --- ## [Can I be buried green now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-buried-green-now/592018)
**Author:** [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-buried-green-now/592018 "2011-08-09T14:05:36Z")
For years I have sworn that the only way I would be buried was feet first with an acorn on my head. Used for fertilizer. Does the new green world make this more likely? --- ## [Weird social interaction thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-social-interaction-thing/591771)
**Author:** [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-social-interaction-thing/591771 "2011-08-09T13:58:01Z")
I’ve noticed this weird social interaction thing that I don’t understand. Several of the people I work with tend to interact mostly by putting each other down, or just being difficult. This isn’t an issue about people n… --- ## [Saturday on the sea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-on-the-sea/591826)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-on-the-sea/591826 "2011-08-09T12:54:46Z")
Yesterday we went for a little sail on Lady Washington. She’s operated by Gray’s Harbor Historical Seaport Authority, and appeared as Interceptor in the first Pirates Of The Caribbean movie and as Enterprise in an episo… --- ## [Medieval-style architecture in NY/NJ area](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medieval-style-architecture-in-ny-nj-area/591986)
**Author:** [@Berserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berserker)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medieval-style-architecture-in-ny-nj-area/591986 "2011-08-09T12:42:42Z")
Hey all, So I’m looking for some medieval styled architecture in the NJ/NY area for a film I’m working on. Specifically a church or a structure that would resemble a church. I need an exterior that would be acceptable a… --- ## [Employment- when it rains, it pours](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employment-when-it-rains-it-pours/592047)
**Author:** [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employment-when-it-rains-it-pours/592047 "2011-08-09T11:22:09Z")
The company I worked for kind of fell apart in April. All four supervisors left and since they were working 12 hours on, 12 hours off it left a huge hole in the schedule. Replacing one is hard enough. Replacing all four … --- ## [Boogers everywhere!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boogers-everywhere/591952)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boogers-everywhere/591952 "2011-08-09T03:49:31Z")
On the urinal. On the wall around the urinal. On the divider between the urinals. On the urinal handle. On the plumbing heading into the urinal. On the inside of the stall doors. On the outside of the stall doors. … --- ## [In Which We Discuss Grammar, Spelling, Punctuation and the art of the written communique.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-we-discuss-grammar-spelling-punctuation-and-the-art-of-the-written-communique/591608)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-we-discuss-grammar-spelling-punctuation-and-the-art-of-the-written-communique/591608 "2011-08-09T02:30:05Z")
My Dearly Beloved™ got an email this morning. One sentence read, " We got two rental cars so you could each figure out the best root. " No doubt about it. The person who wrote the email simply did not know what word to … --- ## [Anyone for a wee Vancouver dopefest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-wee-vancouver-dopefest/590878)
**Author:** [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-wee-vancouver-dopefest/590878 "2011-08-09T02:05:57Z")
I’m going to be in Vancouver from the 3rd to the 12th, with the whole clan (Imp of the Perverse, Cheerleading Dropout and Attacklad. I don’t know if anyone but me will actually come out for a meetup though. Attackdog isn… --- ## [Monday I start commuting to work via city bus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-i-start-commuting-to-work-via-city-bus/590871)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-i-start-commuting-to-work-via-city-bus/590871 "2011-08-09T02:00:30Z")
I start a new job Monday (whoohoo! after 18 months unemployment) and my transportation costs are going to be… $0!!! One of the bennies of working for the U is a free city bus pass. I have less than a block to walk to t… --- ## [How did you survive the first trimester?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-survive-the-first-trimester/591664)
**Author:** [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-survive-the-first-trimester/591664 "2011-08-08T23:56:23Z")
You’d think I’d have some kind of game plan by now, since this is my third pregnancy, but I’m still trying to figure out how we’re going to make it through to week sixteen or so, since I’m exhausted, throwing up all the … --- ## [If I only knew then what I know now...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-only-knew-then-what-i-know-now/591699)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-only-knew-then-what-i-know-now/591699 "2011-08-08T23:33:16Z")
This is a recollection of one of my very first post-accident memories, after I came home from the hospital. I had moved back in with my parents and younger sisters, the older of which had graduated HS that year and was … --- ## [Update on my friend with the nasty ex-wife](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-on-my-friend-with-the-nasty-ex-wife/591955)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-on-my-friend-with-the-nasty-ex-wife/591955 "2011-08-08T21:48:47Z")
Total spoiler right here: Who wants some good news on a Monday morning for a change? As extensively detailed here, I have a friend (let’s go with “F”) who’s divorced. His ex is apparently one helluva piece of work, and … --- ## [If humans can't hear it. . .is it a scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-humans-cant-hear-it-is-it-a-scam/591956)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-humans-cant-hear-it-is-it-a-scam/591956 "2011-08-08T21:38:57Z")
We have three dogs next door that are completely untrained and undisciplined. I’ve spoken to the owner twice about it and am in the process of compiling a “doglog” for his edification, which is now up to over 100 barkin… --- ## [Let's come up with some great ideas for adult birthday parties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-some-great-ideas-for-adult-birthday-parties/591758)
**Author:** [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-some-great-ideas-for-adult-birthday-parties/591758 "2011-08-08T21:34:38Z")
No, not adult birthday parties, you pervs. Just birthday parties for adults. I’m turning 34 this month (ack!) and I’m not really digging the idea of just going to a bar all night. Does anyone have any suggestions for … --- ## [Sex injuries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-injuries/572178)
**Author:** [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-injuries/572178 "2011-08-08T20:42:56Z")
The other night I brought home this strong woman. Going down on her she got a little over excited and got to bucking wildly. Ended up with a busted lip. Second sex injury this winter. A friend just told me she ended up w… --- ## [Suggestions on getting THAT SMELL out of my car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-on-getting-that-smell-out-of-my-car/591754)
**Author:** [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-on-getting-that-smell-out-of-my-car/591754 "2011-08-08T20:31:58Z")
Good afternoon all, I assume my query can be satisfied by some common sense remedies, but I figured I would pose the question in the event anyone had a ‘great idea’ that I don’t know. The background is I have just resu… --- ## [35 Days Till Medicare!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35-days-till-medicare/591557)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35-days-till-medicare/591557 "2011-08-08T20:08:44Z")
FuckFuckity-fuck, fuck, fuck! I’m young, godammit! Yes, I’m 61, but I’m a 39 61 and I am not ready to be written off. I wish, I really wish that a few of you could spend a day with me and see what I’m up to. I always … --- ## [So they finally caught the people who set up that pizza guy who robbed a bank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-they-finally-caught-the-people-who-set-up-that-pizza-guy-who-robbed-a-bank/475640)
**Author:** [@ChrisBooth12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisBooth12)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-they-finally-caught-the-people-who-set-up-that-pizza-guy-who-robbed-a-bank/475640 "2011-08-08T19:37:20Z")
This is the first I have heard any of this updated story http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24749716-23109,00.html I have seen it discussed a few times here but must have not seen the thread regarding the girl. Anyw… --- ## [S&P issues downgrade warning to WH. WH finds $2T error in S&P's calculations.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-p-issues-downgrade-warning-to-wh-wh-finds-2t-error-in-s-ps-calculations/591662)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-p-issues-downgrade-warning-to-wh-wh-finds-2t-error-in-s-ps-calculations/591662 "2011-08-08T17:34:23Z")
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903366504576490841235575386.html We depend on this outfit for financial ratings and they make a $2T mistake in something this important! :smack: --- ## [Lou Magazzu Resigns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lou-magazzu-resigns/591543)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lou-magazzu-resigns/591543 "2011-08-08T17:31:40Z")
To paraphrase Jay Leno: here’s a Democrat that had to resign after sending inappropriate pictures to a woman. What rotten luck. If only this had happened to someone else first, so there was some kind of warning about th… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1257) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1259)