# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1260 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1261 --- ## [Present and past call center/help desk employees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/present-and-past-call-center-help-desk-employees/581245)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/present-and-past-call-center-help-desk-employees/581245 "2011-08-05T18:22:00Z")
As I’ve said in other threads, I am now working as tech support for alarm company employees. Although I’ve gotten use to the job, I don’t see myself making a career out of it. It seems the more senior people have been … --- ## [Rub a little catnip on it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rub-a-little-catnip-on-it/591544)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rub-a-little-catnip-on-it/591544 "2011-08-05T16:52:03Z")
This is it. and This is catnip. \*rubs vigorously \* --- ## [My high school class ring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-high-school-class-ring/559412)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-high-school-class-ring/559412 "2011-08-05T16:36:19Z")
So I graduated high school over 25 years ago. I bought a class ring. This was a rather extravagant gesture. It wasn’t gold or silver, and it had a “yellow stone” that was supposed to look like a real gem but wasn’t. It … --- ## [Can you wiggle your ears?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-wiggle-your-ears/590707)
**Author:** [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-wiggle-your-ears/590707 "2011-08-05T15:58:03Z")
Could either of your parents? Grandparents? I can, and I am the only one of 17 same generation descendants (my cousins) of my grandfather who can. --- ## [Geekgasm: I just scored a General Radio 1531-AB Strobotac for free!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geekgasm-i-just-scored-a-general-radio-1531-ab-strobotac-for-free/591495)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geekgasm-i-just-scored-a-general-radio-1531-ab-strobotac-for-free/591495 "2011-08-05T15:55:47Z")
Badow! (This is not my vid.) So the lab down the hall was trying to make some extra space, and invited everyone over to swipe whatever glassware/equipment they wanted. Among the stuff was a pristine 1531. Works perfec… --- ## [Great British Beer Festival](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-british-beer-festival/591162)
**Author:** [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-british-beer-festival/591162 "2011-08-05T13:02:24Z")
The Great British Beer Festival is now on, running from today until Saturday at Earls Court. Something like 500 real ales, ciders, perries, and foreign beers to try. A few of us are going to be there Saturday from arou… --- ## [Anyone have a Droid 3?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-a-droid-3/591563)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-a-droid-3/591563 "2011-08-05T07:24:29Z")
Anyone have a Motorola Droid 3 and want to tell me how you like it? I have an original Motorola Droid but I’m upgrading because it’s started fritzing on me and the battery life is down to less than half a day. --- ## [You know you're getting old when...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-old-when/589930)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-old-when/589930 "2011-08-05T06:05:53Z")
…you’re in the store and you see a new washer and dryer and think to yourself, “Man, I so want that! It even has a steam setting!” … you have friends turning 30 (I’m 24) and think, “30’s not so bad.” … you’re looking a… --- ## [Does This Look Like A Dick To Y'all?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-look-like-a-dick-to-yall/591008)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-look-like-a-dick-to-yall/591008 "2011-08-05T05:04:02Z")
See that stain over my head in that picture (which I took for The Drum Forum I also post to)? It was here when we moved in and D thinks it’s a candle, but I think it’s a dick. She th… --- ## [Google - Weird Desktop/SmartPhone Connection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-weird-desktop-smartphone-connection/591541)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-weird-desktop-smartphone-connection/591541 "2011-08-05T03:54:51Z")
I was on my smartphone (a Droid) and typed in something in the Google search box. A few hours later I typed the same thing in the search box on my desktop computer. As you probably know, as you type into this box, sugges… --- ## [What the hell is wrong with Hotmail lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-hotmail-lately/591492)
**Author:** [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-hotmail-lately/591492 "2011-08-05T03:32:58Z")
I know it’s a relic and I should stop using it, but it’s a hard habit to break. And now… "It looks like there’s a problem with Windows Live Hotmail right now. It should be fixed soon, so please try again in a few minut… --- ## [Best. WebEx. EVER.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-webex-ever/591342)
**Author:** [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-webex-ever/591342 "2011-08-05T02:01:53Z")
Note: all numbers and address info changed to protect the innocent. So I’m on a Webex with my coworkers, cleaning up a drawing while listening to our biweekly CAD User meetings. As usual, it’s bone dry, and we’re all … --- ## [What can you tell me about Dubuque?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-tell-me-about-dubuque/591400)
**Author:** [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-tell-me-about-dubuque/591400 "2011-08-05T00:37:28Z")
My daughter is thinking of going there for a day trip by herself because she has nothing to do this weekend, and she has never been to Iowa. Is there anywhere she should avoid? Is there anything to do? She lives about tw… --- ## [I was ripped off by a New York cabdriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-ripped-off-by-a-new-york-cabdriver/591152)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-ripped-off-by-a-new-york-cabdriver/591152 "2011-08-05T00:18:07Z")
This happened back at the end of June when I was in New York, but I must share it now because of a recent development. We had just gotten out of Penn Station and walked up to 34th St. We (GF and I) were out there at aro… --- ## ["This job would not start out as design....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-job-would-not-start-out-as-design/591517)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-job-would-not-start-out-as-design/591517 "2011-08-04T23:17:54Z")
…You would be revising other people’s drawings." Um, isn’t that how it’s done? Does drafting no longer require an apprenticeship? Even if you are experienced but are changing industries? Do young’uns these days assum… --- ## [Straight Doper...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-doper/590896)
**Author:** [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2011, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-doper/590896 "2011-08-04T22:24:23Z")
…is an oxymoron isn’t it? --- ## [It's Monday. Let's Pay a Small Tribute to the Ephemeral Happy Thoughts Forum.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-monday-lets-pay-a-small-tribute-to-the-ephemeral-happy-thoughts-forum/591073)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-monday-lets-pay-a-small-tribute-to-the-ephemeral-happy-thoughts-forum/591073 "2011-08-04T22:01:42Z")
Do you remember the Happy Thoughts forum that was with us for just a very short time earlier this year? I cried a single tear today thinking about it being gone for good but then I realized that there is nothing technica… --- ## [bearin' debasement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bearin-debasement/591502)
**Author:** [@wei\_ji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wei_ji)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bearin-debasement/591502 "2011-08-04T20:19:11Z")
Story emailed to family in 2007 by the woman telling the story. I got it from her husband, who was serving in Iraq with the Alaska National Guard at the time. Incident occurred on Starr Hill, Juneau, Alaska. The autho… --- ## [Plot to target Ministers with perfume foiled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-to-target-ministers-with-perfume-foiled/591501)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-to-target-ministers-with-perfume-foiled/591501 "2011-08-04T20:18:28Z")
Trying to kill Ministers over Ramadan with gifts disguised as perfumes.. Unlikely any minister would have been harmed. Lots of poor functionaries though or some civil servant who saw it on sale in he Department depot an… --- ## [Would a St. Louis Doper Please PM Me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-st-louis-doper-please-pm-me/591464)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-st-louis-doper-please-pm-me/591464 "2011-08-04T19:55:30Z")
Thanks! --- ## [Happy Birthday, President Obama!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-president-obama/591427)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-president-obama/591427 "2011-08-04T19:46:40Z")
It’s Thursday, August 4 over here already, and August 4 is President Obama’s birthday. Today he turns the big 5-0. I always remember Obama’s birthday, because he shares it with my wife, who is older of course. Happy Bir… --- ## [Don't jump the fence at the Whitehouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-jump-the-fence-at-the-whitehouse/591263)
**Author:** [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-jump-the-fence-at-the-whitehouse/591263 "2011-08-04T19:03:23Z")
Some rocket scientist decided he would try this and a CNN crew caught it on film: Those are some serious assault rifles! Apparently this fence-jumper has been told to stay off the WH grounds in the past. The article … --- ## [The coup de grâce of "OH Sh\*T" moments for any Photo\\videographer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coup-de-grace-of-oh-sh-t-moments-for-any-photo-videographer/591376)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coup-de-grace-of-oh-sh-t-moments-for-any-photo-videographer/591376 "2011-08-04T18:44:38Z")
I can feel the anxiety coming off this videographer when he see thisfollowing the nice little Caribou he’s filming. I can only hope I would have done the same thing…but if she decided to eat me? There would have been li… --- ## [There May Be Water on Mars Yet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-may-be-water-on-mars-yet/591490)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-may-be-water-on-mars-yet/591490 "2011-08-04T18:39:26Z")
It may seep up seasonally when it’s warm. http://news.discovery.com/space/mars-salt-water-surface-110804.html --- ## [Reno/Tahoe Dopers- We will be in town this weekend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reno-tahoe-dopers-we-will-be-in-town-this-weekend/591487)
**Author:** [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reno-tahoe-dopers-we-will-be-in-town-this-weekend/591487 "2011-08-04T18:19:20Z")
While we will be normally pretty busy, I wanted to see if we could have a little mini-DopeBreakfast or luncheon to meet up with some peeps! Let me know/PM me if you would be into a meetup on Sat eve/afternoon or same ea… --- ## [Rest in peace, Rudolf Brazda](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-rudolf-brazda/591481)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-rudolf-brazda/591481 "2011-08-04T17:27:42Z")
Rudolf Brazda, the last known surviving person who was sent to a Nazi concentration camp for being homosexual, has died at age 98. He not only survived the Nazis and lived to see their ideas discredited in the minds of … --- ## [Is this language evolving or is this just being stupid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-language-evolving-or-is-this-just-being-stupid/591330)
**Author:** [@contradancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/contradancer)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-language-evolving-or-is-this-just-being-stupid/591330 "2011-08-04T17:10:38Z")
I’m hearing people on TV saying “I have a pit in my stomach” referring to being scared or afraid, etc. All my life I’ve heard and said if scared or afraid “I felt fear in the pit of my stomach.” Having a pit in your st… --- ## [Suicidal Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suicidal-bird/591397)
**Author:** [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suicidal-bird/591397 "2011-08-04T16:57:55Z")
I was on my way to work this afternoon, and was driving alongside a large park/nature preserve. I wasn’t driving fast, maybe 30 MPH. A bird suddenly flew out of the trees, straight at my van. It’ll swerve, I thought. I… --- ## [moral dilema](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-dilema/590684)
**Author:** [@poppy\_de\_ville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poppy_de_ville)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-dilema/590684 "2011-08-04T16:02:36Z")
2 weeks ago, after I had moved quite happily and living cheaply back in with my folks whist I was on the waiting list for a masters course in london, my friend texts saying she has found a wonderful place and would I sha… --- ## [Australia is on Mars!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-is-on-mars/591047)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2011, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-is-on-mars/591047 "2011-08-04T13:15:30Z")
Check out this pic. It’s a crater on Mars. Look! It’s Australia! No wonder Aussies are weird - they’re Martians. :wink: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1259) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1261)