# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1267 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1268 --- ## [Making money on the internet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-money-on-the-internet/590152)
**Author:** [@eddiec3434](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eddiec3434)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2011, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-money-on-the-internet/590152 "2011-07-24T05:28:48Z")
Im an ex cop and I went to college on a baseball scholarship. The combination of those and other adventures has taken a toll on my body. Im 47 Years old but I feel like Im 80. Im far from lazy and Im willing to work hard… --- ## [Quick, from memory: can you name the colors of the Google letters in order?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-from-memory-can-you-name-the-colors-of-the-google-letters-in-order/589887)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-from-memory-can-you-name-the-colors-of-the-google-letters-in-order/589887 "2011-07-24T03:15:12Z")
Totally mundane and pointless. There are 6 colored letters in the Google logo. Do you know the colors from memory without looking? No cheating! Hint: Hint 2: --- ## [Meet the Family Flock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-family-flock/590023)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-family-flock/590023 "2011-07-24T02:32:29Z")
Finally got a good picture of the family flock, so I thought I’d share it with ya’ll. Here are the family birds: The green on is Griffin, a green-checked conure. The yellow head is… --- ## [If Michelle Bachman wins the nomination...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-michelle-bachman-wins-the-nomination/589927)
**Author:** [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-michelle-bachman-wins-the-nomination/589927 "2011-07-24T02:00:12Z")
…God help me, I’m writing in Alfred E. Neuman. --- ## [Farewell Space Shuttle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-space-shuttle/590082)
**Author:** [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-space-shuttle/590082 "2011-07-23T20:39:36Z")
I remember thinking how cool the shuttles were back in elementary school. Here’s hoping US manned space travel can get to the next vehicle quickly\*. Nice photo of Atlantis’ last reentry. \*Relatively quickly that is, wh… --- ## [Your Moving Horror Stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-moving-horror-stories/590027)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-moving-horror-stories/590027 "2011-07-23T19:13:22Z")
I think Sr. Olives and I are cursed when it comes to moving. As students we’ve moved every 1-2 years for about the past decade, and you think we’d get better at it with age, but no. Lately we’ve been using those hourly… --- ## [Will gold mining will be profitable will rising oil price?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-gold-mining-will-be-profitable-will-rising-oil-price/590036)
**Author:** [@potatoequeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/potatoequeen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2011, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-gold-mining-will-be-profitable-will-rising-oil-price/590036 "2011-07-23T07:27:55Z")
What I ask myself if, does it make sense to run from inflation into gold mining when the oil price is going to the moon aswell? Because more expensive oil makes digging more costly. So, what do you think will it be a ze… --- ## ["Other" Nails On A Chalk Board...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-nails-on-a-chalk-board/590067)
**Author:** [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2011, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-nails-on-a-chalk-board/590067 "2011-07-23T06:47:05Z")
I awoke, to a screeching sound… I saw roommate using steel fork scrambling eggs on my new $50, “just out of the box”, t-fal pan… I severed ties with roommate at earliest convenience. :mad: --- ## [email account hacked - how did they do it? What do I do next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-account-hacked-how-did-they-do-it-what-do-i-do-next/590054)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2011, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-account-hacked-how-did-they-do-it-what-do-i-do-next/590054 "2011-07-23T06:39:02Z")
:mad: A few weeks ago, I went to log into my email and couldn’t. It took a few failed logins before I had to call the provider to ask what was going on. Apparently, my account had been locked for sending several thous… --- ## [Tell me about Vienna, Austria](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-vienna-austria/589922)
**Author:** [@AmberLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmberLee)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2011, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-vienna-austria/589922 "2011-07-23T04:55:02Z")
I’m a project manager for a software company and do a fair amount of traveling. I learned today that I will be visiting “Sunny Vienna :)” for about one week in the middle of August this year. I will be working the majori… --- ## [For Those Who Have Undergone Hypnosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-have-undergone-hypnosis/590046)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-have-undergone-hypnosis/590046 "2011-07-22T23:17:48Z")
Can you really review your past? The reason I ask, I am wondering why I wish to revisit places that I was as a youth. I shtis nostalgia or something else? Anyway, I would like to undergo hypnosis-if only to learn why … --- ## [The TV's in Esperonto](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tvs-in-esperonto/589992)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tvs-in-esperonto/589992 "2011-07-22T23:17:23Z")
You know that that’s a bitch. --- ## [I found an unused concert ticket in my library book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-an-unused-concert-ticket-in-my-library-book/589770)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-an-unused-concert-ticket-in-my-library-book/589770 "2011-07-22T22:59:40Z")
If you’re the one who was reading Douglas Adams’ The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide in early September of last year, and stopped halfway through, and forgot you were using your ticket to The Flaming Lips at the Pageant on S… --- ## [\[pant\]OMG it's hot out there\[/pant\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pant-omg-its-hot-out-there-pant/589367)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pant-omg-its-hot-out-there-pant/589367 "2011-07-22T21:56:36Z")
I just went for a walk and am now literally sweating from every pore! So how bad is it around your way? --- ## [I just had an MRI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-an-mri/588692)
**Author:** [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-an-mri/588692 "2011-07-22T21:31:47Z")
(Mods, I’m just rambling about the process here, but if this turns into real medical discussion, feel free to move it to IMHO.) Observant readers and stalkers may recall that I went to Costa Rica about two months ago. … --- ## [JRDad going under the knife](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jrdad-going-under-the-knife/588874)
**Author:** [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jrdad-going-under-the-knife/588874 "2011-07-22T20:24:57Z")
Mortality has a way of announcing itself to you unsubtly. Here I was all this year trying to ignore my impending 50th birthday, figuring, heck, I’m from a family rich in centenarians, 'tis nothing; so what if some youn… --- ## [Steve McQueen finally has a gender!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-mcqueen-finally-has-a-gender/589884)
**Author:** [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-mcqueen-finally-has-a-gender/589884 "2011-07-22T18:27:20Z")
Okay, so the famous Steve McQueen obviously already had a gender. My Steve McQueen, however, had until recently been genderless. Some of you may remember from this thread that when I got pregnant my husband and I nickn… --- ## [I've become everything I ever hated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-become-everything-i-ever-hated/590006)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-become-everything-i-ever-hated/590006 "2011-07-22T18:20:00Z")
This is a thread for confessing times when you were guilty of committing your own pet peeves. A pet peeve of mine is when there’s a pickup sport or game involving teams and the teams are unbalanced. It’s awkward, becaus… --- ## [Friday Silliness-Dauchshund Video from YouTube](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-silliness-dauchshund-video-from-youtube/590000)
**Author:** [@Storm\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Storm_Girl)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-silliness-dauchshund-video-from-youtube/590000 "2011-07-22T17:54:38Z")
This video had me laughing so hard I was crying! Poor little wiener… Feel free to share more Friday silliness-looks like it’s gonna be a long day. --- ## [Obama officially backs repeal of DOMA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-officially-backs-repeal-of-doma/589626)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-officially-backs-repeal-of-doma/589626 "2011-07-22T17:45:33Z")
\[ \](http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/07/obama-officially-backs-measure-to-repeal-doma.php) Hurrah! I’m really pleased with this. I don’t know what the chances are that it will pass, but still. --- ## [This Mitsubishi commercial; not quite a pitting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-mitsubishi-commercial-not-quite-a-pitting/589852)
**Author:** [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-mitsubishi-commercial-not-quite-a-pitting/589852 "2011-07-22T16:47:15Z")
The one for the Outlander, where they put it on “The Most Dangerous Road.” If you haven’t seen it, they take a couple of Mitsubishi Outlanders to a narrow mountain road in Bolivia and show them driving. T… --- ## [Need ideas for short term life goals (not job/family/health/weight-related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-short-term-life-goals-not-job-family-health-weight-related/589422)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-short-term-life-goals-not-job-family-health-weight-related/589422 "2011-07-22T16:36:34Z")
Dopers, I need ideas for a few new short-term goals. They should be free or nearly free, so travel is out. So are “bought” experiences like bungee jumping or riding an hot-air balloon. Weight loss usually makes these lis… --- ## [Commonplace situations in which you don't know how to act.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commonplace-situations-in-which-you-dont-know-how-to-act/589222)
**Author:** [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commonplace-situations-in-which-you-dont-know-how-to-act/589222 "2011-07-22T16:24:06Z")
In my situation, this pertains to what to do at a bike shop. I’ve owned cheap dept. store mountain bikes in the past, and for the first time in 10 or so years have purchased my own, quality bicycle from a friend. Anyway,… --- ## [Aaaagh...this rain!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaaagh-this-rain/589947)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaaagh-this-rain/589947 "2011-07-22T15:21:43Z")
We’ve had 235mm of rain in Sydney over the past few days (that’s nine and a bit inches), our wettest July since 1950. The place is awash. The view from my office is so dark and gloomy you’d think it was night time, inst… --- ## [And Another Disease Joins the List of Those That It's All Your Fault if You Get It.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-another-disease-joins-the-list-of-those-that-its-all-your-fault-if-you-get-it/589767)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-another-disease-joins-the-list-of-those-that-its-all-your-fault-if-you-get-it/589767 "2011-07-22T13:46:32Z")
Hey all you health nags out there. Okay, we get it. Smoking is bad. Exercise is good. Everyone should watch their diets carefully. We shouldn’t watch so much brain-numbing television. We should get up off the couch… --- ## [Same-sex couple wins newspaper contest for wedding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-sex-couple-wins-newspaper-contest-for-wedding/589838)
**Author:** [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-sex-couple-wins-newspaper-contest-for-wedding/589838 "2011-07-22T11:19:30Z")
I don’t have a lot to say about this but found it rather sweet: Same Sex Couple Wins Journal-Star’s Ultimate Wedding Contest That’s the Lincoln Journal-Star. Lincoln, Nebraska. I used to live in Lincoln and while Neb… --- ## [Happy Pi Approximation Day!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-approximation-day/589969)
**Author:** [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-approximation-day/589969 "2011-07-22T11:05:56Z")
It’s the 22/7 (at least on this side of the Atlantic) and it is time to celebrate the holiday for people for whom “good enough” is good enough. “Failure is just success rounded down” :slight\_smile: --- ## [Driving from Germany to London](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-from-germany-to-london/494768)
**Author:** [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-from-germany-to-london/494768 "2011-07-22T08:59:26Z")
Thinking about driving from Germany to London instead of flying. Anyone have any knowledge or experience on this? I assume there is the train tunnel and some ferries? How much are they, how much do they cost? What city o… --- ## [Yet another cat behaviour question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-cat-behaviour-question/589718)
**Author:** [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-cat-behaviour-question/589718 "2011-07-22T07:42:06Z")
About six months ago we moved from an urban house to a semi-rural location. As a result, Mitzy (photos to follow, I promise) has been spending a lot more time outdoors, hunting shrews and voles and anything else that isn… --- ## [Gauche act--I left the funeral home line](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauche-act-i-left-the-funeral-home-line/588622)
**Author:** [@Lillith\_Fair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lillith_Fair)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauche-act-i-left-the-funeral-home-line/588622 "2011-07-22T02:56:54Z")
A friend and I went to a funeral home to express our sorrow to another friend who is more of an acquaintance, really. (I run into her very occasionally and we chat a minute or two.) Her son died tragically a week ago. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1266) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1268)