# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1263 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1264 --- ## [I have a job!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-job/590638)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-job/590638 "2011-08-01T02:37:58Z")
18 months of unemployed hell… IS OVER!!! Starting Monday I am the assistant to the director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, affiliated with UW Madison here in town. Even better, the director will be tra… --- ## [Puppies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppies/589602)
**Author:** [@Aithele](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aithele)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppies/589602 "2011-08-01T02:26:36Z")
On June 24th, my Yorkie, Maggie, had puppies. So I made this video. Hope you enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anO0fyBCyDc --- ## [Will I Be The First To Start The MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-be-the-first-to-start-the-mmp/590249)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-be-the-first-to-start-the-mmp/590249 "2011-08-01T01:50:49Z")
I don’t see one yet, so here goes. Who knows! Is somebody else also startin’ a MMP thread? Excitatin’ ain’t it! :smiley: On the weather front, ‘tis 75 degrees Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 95. We are also promis… --- ## [CNN reporting that a debt ceiling extension deal has been reached.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reporting-that-a-debt-ceiling-extension-deal-has-been-reached/590985)
**Author:** [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reporting-that-a-debt-ceiling-extension-deal-has-been-reached/590985 "2011-08-01T01:09:49Z")
It’s on the front page, still breaking news so no real details yet. --- ## [I seem to be turning into a beach bum.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-be-turning-into-a-beach-bum/590124)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-be-turning-into-a-beach-bum/590124 "2011-08-01T01:02:40Z")
Yes, I’m living with friends for the summer while I look for work. Meanwhile, we’re three kilometres from Sibbald Point Provincial Park, which has a fine swimming beach. There were people in an amazing variety of bathin… --- ## [I gotta get three wisdom teeth out tomorrow - please tell me encouraging things!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-get-three-wisdom-teeth-out-tomorrow-please-tell-me-encouraging-things/590624)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2011, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-get-three-wisdom-teeth-out-tomorrow-please-tell-me-encouraging-things/590624 "2011-08-01T00:17:39Z")
So yeah, I finally bowed to the inevitable and agreed to have three wisdom teeth pulled (the fourth one never showed up). Two are on the top and one is on the bottom. I heard the bottoms are worse than the tops. I’ve al… --- ## [WhyNot, R.N.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whynot-r-n/590443)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whynot-r-n/590443 "2011-07-31T23:54:04Z")
I passed my NCLEX exam! Illinois has agreed with the exam providers that I am at least minimally competent, and thus licensed me as a Registered Nurse. :smiley: (Actually, I passed the exam three weeks ago, but I’ve been… --- ## [The Liberty Belle has Crashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-liberty-belle-has-crashed/585344)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-liberty-belle-has-crashed/585344 "2011-07-31T22:42:58Z")
Neither mundane, nor pointless, but I didn’t know where else to post. The Liberty Belle is a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. I had the good fortune to fly in her one day a while back. She crashed shortly after takeoff ne… --- ## [A momentary lift](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-momentary-lift/590636)
**Author:** [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-momentary-lift/590636 "2011-07-31T21:12:26Z")
So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you hear from me, that’s on … --- ## [Good news for all you goat lovers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-for-all-you-goat-lovers/590951)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-for-all-you-goat-lovers/590951 "2011-07-31T20:26:45Z")
Yes, you can bring a goat into the Apple store . . . among other things. --- ## [How do you 'message board' better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-message-board-better/590953)
**Author:** [@Brixham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brixham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-message-board-better/590953 "2011-07-31T20:13:52Z")
While I’ve occasionally read TSD, I’ve never actually posted until now. However, this seems like the best place to post such a ponderance. I read and post to quite a few profession-related message boards. Unfortunately, … --- ## [Amazing Police shootout - Detroit Police Station](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-police-shootout-detroit-police-station/569372)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-police-shootout-detroit-police-station/569372 "2011-07-31T16:29:18Z")
Wow, these guys handled this amazing with zero time to react. Amazing. Watch this video of a man walking in and shooting the place up. --- ## [Cruise control question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruise-control-question/590865)
**Author:** [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2011, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruise-control-question/590865 "2011-07-31T11:53:24Z")
Too mundane to put in GQ, but move if you will. When going downhill, the cruise control often brakes to maintain the speed. I assume the break lights come on. Yes? --- ## [Do you have James Earl Jones on your PC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-james-earl-jones-on-your-pc/590332)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2011, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-james-earl-jones-on-your-pc/590332 "2011-07-31T11:47:24Z")
This strikes me a pretty pointless and mundane, but I’m curious to know if other people do this. On a whim the other day I decided to customize the sounds on my computer. So now when I log on to it, I’m asked what my bid… --- ## [Guess what data your ISP is keeping now.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-data-your-isp-is-keeping-now/590801)
**Author:** [@chaosshifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaosshifter)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2011, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-data-your-isp-is-keeping-now/590801 "2011-07-31T09:59:43Z")
So a friend of mine showed me link that makes me want to give up on the internet now so figured I would share it all with you and see if I really should get rid of it or am just listening more to my tin hat then anything… --- ## [I have made a very big decision...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-made-a-very-big-decision/590071)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2011, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-made-a-very-big-decision/590071 "2011-07-31T06:57:25Z")
I am going to get my hair cut. :eek: My hair has been varying lengths (mostly long) of straight, one-length since I was 13. I am now on the wrong side of 31. I have had 2 cuts with long layers. I cut my hair to about sh… --- ## [Worst answers ever.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-answers-ever/590727)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2011, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-answers-ever/590727 "2011-07-31T06:28:30Z")
Cop: Do you know why I pulled you over? Driver: Because of the body in the trunk? She: Should we get married? He: What’s your name again? Your turn. --- ## [My new job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-job/590901)
**Author:** [@Meggroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meggroll)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2011, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-job/590901 "2011-07-31T06:04:12Z")
I started a thread about how I quit my last job and then uh…kinda forgot that I had made that thread until now (I blame the wine I drank to celebrate). So now here I go talking about my new job! I have a job now where I… --- ## [I tried waxing my legs myself for the first time today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-waxing-my-legs-myself-for-the-first-time-today/590681)
**Author:** [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2011, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-waxing-my-legs-myself-for-the-first-time-today/590681 "2011-07-31T05:32:26Z")
And it wasn’t a miserable failure! I bought some of the prewaxed strips you just warm up by rubbing between your hands. I was doing my thighs. The pain didn’t really get me at all, but I found I wasn’t getting all of … --- ## [The fox is back again this year!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-is-back-again-this-year/590734)
**Author:** [@Clothilde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothilde)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-is-back-again-this-year/590734 "2011-07-31T05:01:20Z")
Over in this thread last year I asked if the little critter I was seeing in my back yard was a fox or not (it turned out to be a small family!) We had some discussion in that thread, due to the crappy pictures I had tak… --- ## [Fixing up a BBQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixing-up-a-bbq/590897)
**Author:** [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixing-up-a-bbq/590897 "2011-07-31T04:49:22Z")
So my next door neighbour was kind enough today to \[del\]offload on me\[/del\] give me his old barbecue. I’ve been pondering searching for one at garage sales lately, but haven’t had a chance to hit any and haven’t had enou… --- ## [Google+ Hangout -- come test it with me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-hangout-come-test-it-with-me/590835)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2011, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-hangout-come-test-it-with-me/590835 "2011-07-31T04:40:16Z")
I tried last night to test a Hangout (multiple person video chat feature) but it instantly froze up my computer. So today I have set up a Hangout on my husband’s laptop which isn’t as buggy as mine. If you want to try it… --- ## [The catastrophic collapse of the USA \[An Open Fiction\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-catastrophic-collapse-of-the-usa-an-open-fiction/590545)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-catastrophic-collapse-of-the-usa-an-open-fiction/590545 "2011-07-31T03:50:38Z")
It finally happened. The central government of the USA became widely accepted by its constituency as ineffective, and disdain blossomed into full-blown disregard. California was the first to secede. Saber rattling at … --- ## [We need a News of Weird, Racism version](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-news-of-weird-racism-version/590562)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-news-of-weird-racism-version/590562 "2011-07-31T00:32:22Z")
Because this story is just CRAZY! In summary: Black girl earns highest GPA out of the whole class. She is told she will be the valedictorian. School administrators worry of a “big mess” if a black student carries th… --- ## [Telephone memories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telephone-memories/157848)
**Author:** [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telephone-memories/157848 "2011-07-30T20:15:16Z")
When I was a kid, you couldn’t own your telephone. All telephones were loaned to you by the telephone company. Our phone, a rotary dial, had a sticker on the bottom that said “property of bell telephone”. My telephone n… --- ## [Did someone seriously eat the last of my spicy chipotle cheddar Ritz crackers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-seriously-eat-the-last-of-my-spicy-chipotle-cheddar-ritz-crackers/590647)
**Author:** [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-seriously-eat-the-last-of-my-spicy-chipotle-cheddar-ritz-crackers/590647 "2011-07-30T15:15:28Z")
::peeks in box, shakes out crumbs:: Yes. Yes, someone seriously DID eat the last of my spicy chipotle cheddar Ritz mini-crackers. Now, I ask you. What the hell am I going to eat my peanut butter on? Huh? HUH? Excuse m… --- ## [Five Pakistani men jumped ship and came to my town](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-pakistani-men-jumped-ship-and-came-to-my-town/590818)
**Author:** [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2011, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-pakistani-men-jumped-ship-and-came-to-my-town/590818 "2011-07-30T13:03:11Z")
First let me start by saying I’m not scared of these guys. The authorities were notified immediately and I’m guessing if they were serious Bad Guys there would be a Holy Shit, Terrorists! alert all over the place. And I … --- ## [My road is flooded and I don't think I can drive out.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-road-is-flooded-and-i-dont-think-i-can-drive-out/590603)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2011, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-road-is-flooded-and-i-dont-think-i-can-drive-out/590603 "2011-07-30T12:29:33Z")
Thunderstorms and rainfall of biblical proportions have flooded the road in front of my house, for about three blocks. I took a damp walk with the Rottweiler this morning; the water overflowed my wellies and the Rottweil… --- ## [July 2011 Weight Loss Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-2011-weight-loss-thread/587551)
**Author:** [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-2011-weight-loss-thread/587551 "2011-07-30T03:51:23Z")
Figured I might as well start the next one of these. Last month suuuuuuucked. I hurt my back doing nothing in particular, so no major exercise, and I travelled, which was nice but always results in increased caloric ing… --- ## [Rutan's flying car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rutans-flying-car/590804)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rutans-flying-car/590804 "2011-07-30T03:42:14Z")
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