# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1287 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1288 --- ## [Tennis elbow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-elbow/583324)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-elbow/583324 "2011-06-14T23:26:15Z")
But I don’t even play tennis! My elbow has been hurting for a couple of weeks. The pain is on the outside of the hinge, but my knowledge of anatomy isn’t such that I could name the bone. It’s not the knob that one thi… --- ## [Happy birthday, Asimovian!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-asimovian/585322)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-asimovian/585322 "2011-06-14T20:44:34Z")
Not much of a Scrabble player, but a hell of a nice guy. :wink: --- ## ["Life-changing announcement" {husband has melanoma, which has spread}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-changing-announcement-husband-has-melanoma-which-has-spread/585092)
**Author:** [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-changing-announcement-husband-has-melanoma-which-has-spread/585092 "2011-06-14T20:33:15Z")
My husband was diagnosed with a melanoma, which was surgically removed but the cancer has spread to his lymph nodes. He is having a body scan next week to see if it has spread anywhere else. I am numb. He keeps saying… --- ## [SafeLinke Cell Phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safelinke-cell-phone/585482)
**Author:** [@hotcoldhot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotcoldhot)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safelinke-cell-phone/585482 "2011-06-14T20:25:00Z")
My mother recently qualified for a free cell phone from Safelink, and I have some questions. The help number keeps me on hold forever so I figured I’d ask here to see if anyone else may have had similar experiences. OK … --- ## [Unique phrases for common incidents.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-phrases-for-common-incidents/585341)
**Author:** [@Fly\_Sparge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fly_Sparge)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-phrases-for-common-incidents/585341 "2011-06-14T20:18:21Z")
I often find it amusing that people everday, around the world, experience similar events in their day-to-day lives and that these experiences seldom have a name. Or, if it does have a name, it is so rarely known that pe… --- ## [As if Software Engineers Don't have it bad enough...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-if-software-engineers-dont-have-it-bad-enough/585451)
**Author:** [@curious11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious11)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-if-software-engineers-dont-have-it-bad-enough/585451 "2011-06-14T18:06:21Z")
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110613/us\_nm/us\_bombhouse\_sentencing The reporter could have stopped at unemployed. Why not describe him as “convicted felon?” Good Grief! --- ## [Harold Camping had a stroke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harold-camping-had-a-stroke/585268)
**Author:** [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harold-camping-had-a-stroke/585268 "2011-06-14T17:45:32Z")
I’m amazed that no one has commented on SDMB, so if I am blind and somebody already has, feel free to merge or lock this. Well, well. It seems Harold Camping had a stroke. I actually think that is unfortunate (but not u… --- ## [Yogi said (or should have) ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogi-said-or-should-have/585398)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogi-said-or-should-have/585398 "2011-06-14T17:00:11Z")
Just got this in email. New to me. Either post some more or link to the collections that are sure to be out there. --- ## [Voyager Spacecraft Now Leaving Solar System](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyager-spacecraft-now-leaving-solar-system/585068)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyager-spacecraft-now-leaving-solar-system/585068 "2011-06-14T16:19:44Z")
Story here. They’re on the edge now. Launched 34 years ago, it now takes 16 hours for a command to reach them. Data being sent back to us show “the edge of our Solar System is a froth of activity, like ‘an agitated jacu… --- ## [Children's author ejected from plane for bad language](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-author-ejected-from-plane-for-bad-language/585438)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-author-ejected-from-plane-for-bad-language/585438 "2011-06-14T15:48:18Z")
Here’s the kind of publicity an author doe not want. Moral: If you’re going to say the f-word, definitely use your Inside Voice. --- ## [Which infamous person do you find attractive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-infamous-person-do-you-find-attractive/585207)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-infamous-person-do-you-find-attractive/585207 "2011-06-14T14:52:18Z")
My own has been Leila Khalid, the former Palestinian Hijacker. --- ## [Hobby shops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobby-shops/585214)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobby-shops/585214 "2011-06-14T14:30:56Z")
When I was a kid (pre internet days) I was into various hobbies and would drool every time I saw a hobby shop, only that was few and far between. When I was real young we had one in an old mill building downtown. I thi… --- ## [6th Annual SDMB Shot glass Exchange!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/577274)
**Author:** [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/577274 "2011-06-14T12:55:29Z")
It’s April, and that means it’s time for the shot glass exchange! For those of you who haven’t done it before, here’s how it works: \[ul\] \[li\]Reply to this thread expressing your interest in the exchange.\[/li\]\[li\]Email… --- ## [Congressman Weiner looks a lot like Joeseph Goebbels.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-weiner-looks-a-lot-like-joeseph-goebbels/585385)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-weiner-looks-a-lot-like-joeseph-goebbels/585385 "2011-06-14T12:46:06Z")
Here and here. Coincidence? Of course it is. But I still thought it was interesting. --- ## [Hello Ophthalmic Surgeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-ophthalmic-surgeon/584960)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-ophthalmic-surgeon/584960 "2011-06-14T11:47:24Z")
So on Monday, I have to visit the above surgeon to have (surprisingly) surgery on an eye. I assure you it wasn’t from reading this thread. It is for some microscopic cysts growing near a tear duct which can’r be ruled … --- ## [New Zealand Earthquake Follow Up...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-earthquake-follow-up/577070)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-earthquake-follow-up/577070 "2011-06-14T04:05:20Z")
So, I finally heard from my friends in New South Brighton, Christchurch. They really have had some hard times and issues. Not being able to reach them for weeks, I called the brother in Germany and he said he had heard… --- ## [First picture of Gabrielle Giffords post-shooting released](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-picture-of-gabrielle-giffords-post-shooting-released/585210)
**Author:** [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-picture-of-gabrielle-giffords-post-shooting-released/585210 "2011-06-14T02:31:52Z")
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110612/ap\_on\_re\_us/us\_congresswoman\_shot\_photo;\_ylt=AvZUpNpQuLAnahC2DDb0RZ.s0NUE;\_ylu=X3oDMTNyZ2c2bWMwBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTEwNjEyL3VzX2NvbmdyZXNzd29tYW5fc2hvdF9waG90bwRjY29kZQNtb3N0cG9wdWxhcgRjc… --- ## [OK, tell me about this Netflix Internet thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-tell-me-about-this-netflix-internet-thing/585309)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-tell-me-about-this-netflix-internet-thing/585309 "2011-06-13T22:43:57Z")
A million years ago we were netflix members and got DVDs and such through the mail. But it sure looks like they’ve altered their business model. We stopped it because we rarely had time (two small SMALL children an… --- ## [Passing on a stupid but funny piece](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passing-on-a-stupid-but-funny-piece/585349)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passing-on-a-stupid-but-funny-piece/585349 "2011-06-13T22:14:49Z")
'cuz it made me laugh, and gawd knows the world could use a little laughter these days. OK, so it’s not Mark Twain or James Thurber, but it made me :smiley: and that’s a hard thing to do these days. Dear Noah, We coul… --- ## [Tips for: taking a baby on a long car trip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-taking-a-baby-on-a-long-car-trip/585143)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-taking-a-baby-on-a-long-car-trip/585143 "2011-06-13T19:14:58Z")
One morning in the all-too-near future, we’re setting out on our annual trek to visit my parents. The drive takes eight hours, when the occupants of the car are two adults who don’t want to stop much. This year, there w… --- ## [So Who Else Is Working Today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-is-working-today/583755)
**Author:** [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-is-working-today/583755 "2011-06-13T18:53:04Z")
I am working today from 9 am until 6 pm Eastern Time Zone. I am in a call center of sorts. They asked for volunteers, they said “we were real busy last year.” I don’t have any kids, I had a 4-day weekend last week and… --- ## [Stupid Corporate Buzzword - 'Learnings'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-corporate-buzzword-learnings/584912)
**Author:** [@Chen019](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chen019)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-corporate-buzzword-learnings/584912 "2011-06-13T18:25:43Z")
I want to throw a pen at anyone who uses this term- “Learnings” http://www.learnings.org/learn.asp?word=learnings&d=178 --- ## [Eight great photos of Uranus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-great-photos-of-uranus/585292)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-great-photos-of-uranus/585292 "2011-06-13T18:16:44Z")
--- ## [One year later: Still no sign of Sofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-later-still-no-sign-of-sofia/585107)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-later-still-no-sign-of-sofia/585107 "2011-06-13T17:26:15Z")
But she did leave an impact. This thread provides details for anyone interested. Lake Michigan takes another life In brief, a year ago an 8 year old girl was blown far out on Lake Michigan in a kayak, and I set out to… --- ## [How many slang terms we think of for being on drugs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slang-terms-we-think-of-for-being-on-drugs/584835)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slang-terms-we-think-of-for-being-on-drugs/584835 "2011-06-13T16:56:34Z")
Obviously there’s being high, cranked, amped, baked, stoned, fried, toasted (though I think of that one as drunk), blazed… think in terms of all kinds of drugs… how many slang terms are there for being inebriated? --- ## ["Arrested" Syrian lesbian blogger actually an American man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-syrian-lesbian-blogger-actually-an-american-man/585304)
**Author:** [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-syrian-lesbian-blogger-actually-an-american-man/585304 "2011-06-13T15:58:11Z")
who has not been arrested, but maybe ought to be. Link I guess this just confirms the rule (not sure what number it is) that all online lesbians are really male fantasists. --- ## [A concerned friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-concerned-friend/585065)
**Author:** [@Dave\_Van\_Vlerah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Van_Vlerah)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-concerned-friend/585065 "2011-06-13T15:08:52Z")
Hello, Mr. Adams, Today marked the auspicious occasion of my discovery of your site. I must say that I was quite distressed by your tagline which reads, “Fighting ignorance, etc., (It’s taking longer than we thought).” … --- ## [Volcanic ash disrupts flights in Australia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volcanic-ash-disrupts-flights-in-australia/585294)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volcanic-ash-disrupts-flights-in-australia/585294 "2011-06-13T07:52:04Z")
Ash from an eruption in Chile on 4 June has managed to reach Australia after travelling across the Atlantic ocean, past South Africa and across the Indian ocean. --- ## [Why do telemarketers lie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-telemarketers-lie/585154)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-telemarketers-lie/585154 "2011-06-13T07:23:25Z")
I’ve been getting more telemarketing calls lately, after a long hiatus of no calls. Not sure why that’s so. Anyway, when the caller asks for “Mr or Mrs. Baker”, mispronouncing my surname as they do so, I put on my best… --- ## [The Tea Party, Credo, and other cellphone companies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-credo-and-other-cellphone-companies/583113)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-credo-and-other-cellphone-companies/583113 "2011-06-13T02:51:59Z")
We’ve had two mailings from Credo, “America’s only progressive phone company,” alleging that AT&T and Verizon are bankrolling Michelle Bachmann and the Tea Party, and encouraging us to switch our coverage. Anyone had an… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1286) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1288)