# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1266 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1267 --- ## [The Mystery Tunnels Of Bavaria Newslink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-tunnels-of-bavaria-newslink/590316)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2011, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-tunnels-of-bavaria-newslink/590316 "2011-07-26T13:17:04Z")
Craeated by the Illuminati? Probably not. But still— --- ## [Sheikh writes his name in sand.... two miles wide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheikh-writes-his-name-in-sand-two-miles-wide/590260)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2011, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheikh-writes-his-name-in-sand-two-miles-wide/590260 "2011-07-26T11:48:55Z")
On a sandy island in Abu Dhabi Sheikh Hamad bin Hamdan Al Nahyan has inscribed what is in effect the biggest graffiti tag the world has ever seen. Hamad, 63, a scion of the billionaire Abu Dhabi royal family, has gouged … --- ## [East coast Dopers - is the beach water warmer than usual this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-coast-dopers-is-the-beach-water-warmer-than-usual-this-year/590005)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-coast-dopers-is-the-beach-water-warmer-than-usual-this-year/590005 "2011-07-26T03:22:14Z")
A couple of weeks ago I was at a beach in Rockport, MA. I’ll bet that I’ve been at that beach a couple of dozen times, but I could never stand to be in the ice water for more than a few seconds. But this last time I was … --- ## [Cliche/Iconic moments that have actually happened to you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliche-iconic-moments-that-have-actually-happened-to-you/451907)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliche-iconic-moments-that-have-actually-happened-to-you/451907 "2011-07-26T01:07:41Z")
It’s a little wierd to explain, but I’m thinking about the kind of iconic moments in life that have become novelist or screenwriter shorthand to get the exact situation across, without wasting time detailing the particul… --- ## [Going on a nerd cruise!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-on-a-nerd-cruise/590085)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-on-a-nerd-cruise/590085 "2011-07-26T00:53:23Z")
Well, it’s a normal cruise, but with a lot of nerds. In February, I will be headed to the Caribbean on a Holland America cruise ship with the rest of the people signing up for JoCo Cruise Crazy II. I wanted to go last y… --- ## [What should I do about this? (Asking someone out) \[Edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-about-this-asking-someone-out-edited-title/564414)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-about-this-asking-someone-out-edited-title/564414 "2011-07-26T00:51:21Z")
I’m single, and one of the few single classmates from my adolescence who lives around here has become my newest infatuation. The catch, in middle school, she didn’t like me (if you were a teenage girl, you wouldn’t have … --- ## [It's a blood pressure machine, not a goddamn Skee Ball game!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-blood-pressure-machine-not-a-goddamn-skee-ball-game/590187)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-blood-pressure-machine-not-a-goddamn-skee-ball-game/590187 "2011-07-25T23:41:36Z")
I check my blood pressure often. I check it at home, I have the nurse at work check it every once in a while, and when I’m at the store and see a blood pressure machine I check it. My doctor said those machines are actua… --- ## [Bad, bad etiquette: Handing out your own bridal shower invites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-etiquette-handing-out-your-own-bridal-shower-invites/306361)
**Author:** [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-etiquette-handing-out-your-own-bridal-shower-invites/306361 "2011-07-25T21:55:06Z")
I know there are quite a few Dopers who will enjoy this major breach of etiquette. This morning, a cow-orker came in and put postcard invitations to her own bridal shower on everyone’s desks. Yikes. As if that isn’t bad … --- ## [Quick, what's the first thing that pops into your head when you hear the word "Denmark"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880)
**Author:** [@Buddinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buddinge)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880 "2011-07-25T21:00:36Z")
The title says it all. Go! --- ## [New area code announced for Toronto!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-area-code-announced-for-toronto/590230)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-area-code-announced-for-toronto/590230 "2011-07-25T20:24:53Z")
As another in my long-running series of Ontarian area-code threads, I can reveal that a new telephone area code will be activated in the City of Toronto on March 25, 2013. The new code is 437, and it will join 647 and 41… --- ## [An important message from the FBI (spam to point and laugh at)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-important-message-from-the-fbi-spam-to-point-and-laugh-at/590280)
**Author:** [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-important-message-from-the-fbi-spam-to-point-and-laugh-at/590280 "2011-07-25T18:50:00Z")
Hotmail now allows its users to report emails as phishing scams, so I read my spams instead of just deleting everything in the spam folder. I got this beauty in this morning: I feel so very, very protected and cherish… --- ## [I seem to have completely lost my taste for self-abuse.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-have-completely-lost-my-taste-for-self-abuse/590195)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-have-completely-lost-my-taste-for-self-abuse/590195 "2011-07-25T18:22:54Z")
(No, not THAT kind.) I quit smoking pot years ago. Cigarettes make me feel awful. Now, I can’t even seem to sport a moderate drunk. The hangover the next day just isn’t worth it. What on earth is the matter with me?… --- ## [Startling discovery: It \*is\* hard to make new friends as an adult.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/startling-discovery-it-is-hard-to-make-new-friends-as-an-adult/589134)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/startling-discovery-it-is-hard-to-make-new-friends-as-an-adult/589134 "2011-07-25T17:17:05Z")
Fine, everybody else, you were right. I’ve heard people say this often, but people say a lot of things. People say “supposebly.” I’ve always just hand-waved the idea away as people being too shy or something, because I m… --- ## [A Mysterious Mowing MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mysterious-mowing-mmp/589424)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2011, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mysterious-mowing-mmp/589424 "2011-07-25T13:49:18Z")
So, I guess I’ll start the MMP. Go Me! :smiley: There is a mystery in the ‘hood. Ok, maybe to me it’s just a mystery. As y’all will recall in the last MMP, I mowed OYKW’s and my yahds on Sunday. That’s not the mystery p… --- ## [People you've known whose names were pronounced strangely](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-were-pronounced-strangely/589374)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2011, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-were-pronounced-strangely/589374 "2011-07-25T10:46:42Z")
Inspiring thread. Have you known people who pronounce their names in a way completely at odds with standard English phonics rules (I am flexible on the latter requirement in case any Thread Lawyers come along)? I can u… --- ## [Fed stores $1B in Dollar coins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-stores-1b-in-dollar-coins/590009)
**Author:** [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2011, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-stores-1b-in-dollar-coins/590009 "2011-07-25T09:03:58Z")
One of our favorite SDMB topics … $1 coins! $1B of them nobody wants! --- ## [Please Support Mainely Rat Rescue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-support-mainely-rat-rescue/590158)
**Author:** [@code\_grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/code_grey)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2011, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-support-mainely-rat-rescue/590158 "2011-07-25T06:23:30Z")
from Craigslist: I thought that this might be satire, but doesn’t look like that. Turns out this rat shelter has a pretty good website http://www.mainelyratrescue.org/rattieblog2/ Since apparently I am not the first g… --- ## [Have you done things in dreams you would not do IRL?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-done-things-in-dreams-you-would-not-do-irl/589297)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2011, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-done-things-in-dreams-you-would-not-do-irl/589297 "2011-07-25T06:10:54Z")
The title should read “You would NOTdo IRL” I’ve reported to the moderators as well. I don’t often remember my dreams. Those few I do remember tend to be really weird or disturbing. Last night I had a dream that I dr… --- ## [The Oslo/Utøya massacre - again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oslo-utoya-massacre-again/590169)
**Author:** [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2011, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oslo-utoya-massacre-again/590169 "2011-07-25T06:00:05Z")
Norway has been hit with the worst violence since 1945. A deluded person set off a bomb outside our Government before driving to a Labor Party youth summer camp where he slaughtered innocent children and young people. I… --- ## [Where Was Jamie McGarry When I Needed Him?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-jamie-mcgarry-when-i-needed-him/587405)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2011, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-jamie-mcgarry-when-i-needed-him/587405 "2011-07-25T05:59:18Z")
This is one of those bizarre aggravations that insert themselves into my life: By way of background, my spouse is disabled. Thus, our car has a handicap plate on it. Now, MOST people know that such plates are for the … --- ## [OMG...My air conditioner is not working!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-my-air-conditioner-is-not-working/590107)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-my-air-conditioner-is-not-working/590107 "2011-07-25T02:40:52Z")
The A/C is out here and I’m not paying weekend rates for repair. It will be fixed on Monday. From hearing my 7 year old talking (and my wife), you would think I was torturing her. When I grew up we NEVER had a/c. We … --- ## [150 Years Ago Today: The (1st) Battle of Manassas/Bull Run](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-years-ago-today-the-1st-battle-of-manassas-bull-run/589891)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-years-ago-today-the-1st-battle-of-manassas-bull-run/589891 "2011-07-25T02:04:49Z")
A nice little animation of the basics of what happened. The “least you need to know” of this super important battle: -It was the first major battle of the Civil War -It was the first major battle on the Eastern seaboa… --- ## [The last act of kindness for a true friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-act-of-kindness-for-a-true-friend/589587)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-act-of-kindness-for-a-true-friend/589587 "2011-07-25T00:57:12Z")
This is a eulogy, I guess, but also therapy for a grieving pet owner, so please bear with me. We first encountered our companion at an animal shelter in Virginia. She was a gray and tan kitten with white socks and bib,… --- ## [Interesting Things Found In Books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-things-found-in-books/589839)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-things-found-in-books/589839 "2011-07-24T22:49:27Z")
In this thread, Frank told us of a concert ticket to some band that he found in a book. As there are some interesting objects coming up I thought it may deserve a thread of its own. I once received a Bible recovered fr… --- ## [SDMB threads throughout history…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-threads-throughout-history/589954)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-threads-throughout-history/589954 "2011-07-24T22:28:16Z")
Eh, this one might be fun. Or it will die a barely-noticed death… you never can tell. Regardless, don’t be mean… the ever-vigilant eyes of the moderators are watching… :eek: I’m doing thread titles myself, but if anybod… --- ## ["Haul" videos. Why.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haul-videos-why/590075)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haul-videos-why/590075 "2011-07-24T18:15:17Z")
There appears to be a phenomenon called a haul video, where young women with literally tens to hundreds of thousands of subscribers talk about . . . crap they bought at the store. And many of them appear to have creator … --- ## [Walter Reed Hospital Closing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walter-reed-hospital-closing/590125)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walter-reed-hospital-closing/590125 "2011-07-24T18:14:23Z")
The most famous Military hospital in America is closing. :frowning: No public discussion. No warning. No input or debate from Americans at all. A one hundred year old institution closed by a bunch of faceless bureaucrat… --- ## [Traveling to the Adirondacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-to-the-adirondacks/590077)
**Author:** [@Lilacs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilacs)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-to-the-adirondacks/590077 "2011-07-24T17:07:20Z")
Well, rather than make the trek to Yellowstone again this year, we’ve decided to go East. After a few days with my dad, we’re heading to the Adirondacks. I’m really interested in Revolutionary history. Any suggestions fo… --- ## [What the heck is in the sky?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-in-the-sky/590065)
**Author:** [@purple\_haze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purple_haze)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2011, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-in-the-sky/590065 "2011-07-24T12:10:25Z")
My husband noticed it first and called me over - the sky to the south of us looks like a weird kind of storm that I’ve never seen before. There are no clouds but we keep seeing flashing lights like lightening, only ther… --- ## [Gee, that does sound kinda hot!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-that-does-sound-kinda-hot/589968)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2011, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-that-does-sound-kinda-hot/589968 "2011-07-24T06:18:04Z")
The AP is reporting Northeast braces for temps near boiling point, which does indeed sound hot. :eek: WOW! :eek: I mean, that sounds like it would be a record, doesn’t it? :confused: Have we ever had a recorded we… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1265) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1267)