# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1288 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1289 --- ## [A Coagulating MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-coagulating-mmp/584469)
**Author:** [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-coagulating-mmp/584469 "2011-06-13T02:51:39Z")
Tomorrow, June 6, is my twentieth anniversary. On this day in 1991, I had a doctor’s appointment. I had been bleeding and bruising a lot over the past year, so as soon as school let out, my mom dragged me down to the ped… --- ## [Ever have a complete stranger tell you to smile?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-complete-stranger-tell-you-to-smile/555268)
**Author:** [@rostfrei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rostfrei)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-complete-stranger-tell-you-to-smile/555268 "2011-06-12T22:38:17Z")
we’ve all seen people who look as if they are so pissed/mad/bored. most of the time, i have a frown on my face, but it’s not because i’m pissed/mad/bored…it’s because that is my natural expression. if i try to force a … --- ## [Understatements/coolness under pressure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/understatements-coolness-under-pressure/585149)
**Author:** [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/understatements-coolness-under-pressure/585149 "2011-06-12T20:17:51Z")
Just came across this on"Air Crash Investigations" (Nat Geo) Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 009 to Australia (Boeing 747): Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All fo… --- ## [You got your doctorate in what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-got-your-doctorate-in-what/584713)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-got-your-doctorate-in-what/584713 "2011-06-12T19:34:53Z")
No. Seriously. What did you study? Doctorate in Manga Studies What possible use could there be for it? Are there any career options at all? Did the school board get drunk at a kegger one weekend and decide to see i… --- ## [A wood screw, a drill, a fork and wine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wood-screw-a-drill-a-fork-and-wine/585181)
**Author:** [@automagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/automagic)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wood-screw-a-drill-a-fork-and-wine/585181 "2011-06-12T17:22:29Z")
I had no way of opening my bottle of wine. I had lost my wine opener and had my friends looking at me like I was the worst person on earth. So I took a wood screw drilled it into the cork and used a fork to pull out the … --- ## [Just one of those things that the SDMB is good for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-one-of-those-things-that-the-sdmb-is-good-for/585216)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-one-of-those-things-that-the-sdmb-is-good-for/585216 "2011-06-12T14:57:00Z")
With due credit to… Because the Straight Dope tells me so - things learned from the Dope. 05-31-2011, 09:28 AM don’t ask Yesterday 10:58 PM by Spoons 61 3,152 Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS) …for … --- ## [Hey neighbor - stay away from our trap!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-neighbor-stay-away-from-our-trap/584759)
**Author:** [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-neighbor-stay-away-from-our-trap/584759 "2011-06-12T13:28:38Z")
(Too minor for the pit) As I’ve mentioned in the past, we’ve got groundhogs around our neighborhood. My wife hates them with a passion, since they eat everything she tries to garden - tomatoes, flowers, peppers, pumpki… --- ## [PSA: Fellas, pull up your pants & put down the phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-fellas-pull-up-your-pants-put-down-the-phone/584863)
**Author:** [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2011, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-fellas-pull-up-your-pants-put-down-the-phone/584863 "2011-06-12T12:52:57Z")
Listen up, men. We know you love your penises. Despite the fact that we may find them pleasurable from time to time, our adoration rarely extends beyond the bedroom. So unless explicitly requested, resist the temptati… --- ## [Making it easier to find and join clinical trials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-it-easier-to-find-and-join-clinical-trials/585191)
**Author:** [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-it-easier-to-find-and-join-clinical-trials/585191 "2011-06-12T04:20:46Z")
PatientsLikeMe is, as wikipedia describes it, “a social networking health site that enables its members to share treatment and symptom information in order to track and to learn from real-world outcomes.” They have now … --- ## ["Tornado, gotta go!" \*Click\* Wait, what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tornado-gotta-go-click-wait-what/585175)
**Author:** [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tornado-gotta-go-click-wait-what/585175 "2011-06-12T04:18:33Z")
So my sister, who lives just outside Lancaster, PA, phones me up to talk about upcoming vacation-related matters. I can hear occasional blasts of thunder in the background. She mentions that a nasty storm appears to be m… --- ## [Tiger Mum vs Serenity Parenting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-mum-vs-serenity-parenting/585174)
**Author:** [@Chen019](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chen019)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-mum-vs-serenity-parenting/585174 "2011-06-12T03:42:06Z")
I wasn’t sure whether to put this in the debate section, but interesting discussion between authors of recent books with differing advice. --- ## [Help! I've been stuck on the ceiling since 6. Should I have been outside for this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-ive-been-stuck-on-the-ceiling-since-6-should-i-have-been-outside-for-this/582741)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-ive-been-stuck-on-the-ceiling-since-6-should-i-have-been-outside-for-this/582741 "2011-06-12T03:27:02Z")
Okay, so I fell asleep in front of the TV after an early dinner then I wake up bouncing up against the ceiling. I hung there naked for quite a while not knowing what to do. I finally managed to inch my way across the ce… --- ## [How Long "After" Do You Wait, Before You Bust The Puzzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-after-do-you-wait-before-you-bust-the-puzzle/584785)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-after-do-you-wait-before-you-bust-the-puzzle/584785 "2011-06-12T01:29:25Z")
I was watching an episode of the Golden Girls, and as usual Dorothy is dateless and doing a jigsaw puzzle night after night with Sofia, with typical hilarious results. Anyway after FINALLY putting the last piece of the … --- ## [Airline flight: everything worked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-flight-everything-worked/584813)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-flight-everything-worked/584813 "2011-06-12T01:19:37Z")
On Sunday, I flew from Orlando, FL to Montreal. The plane left on time and arrived 15 minutes early. When we got to the customs hall there was a booth with no one at it and my wife and I sailed through in no time. The… --- ## [How could you not have known that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-you-not-have-known-that/584930)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-you-not-have-known-that/584930 "2011-06-12T01:13:41Z")
I was in a comic book store today. Like many stores it sells all kinds of nerdrobilia - SF books, posters, collectible action figures, RPG games, models, etc. The guy who runs the store is also the owner and he’s a typic… --- ## [They brought the whole family!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-brought-the-whole-family/585138)
**Author:** [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-brought-the-whole-family/585138 "2011-06-12T00:56:10Z")
We get JW’s about once a month. Usually it’s two men or two women. Today it was the mom, dad, little boy, little girl. All at my door. I think that is really weird. The kids were maybe 6 and 4. The boy was all fidgety a… --- ## [Is a synthetic oil in an older car a bad idea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-synthetic-oil-in-an-older-car-a-bad-idea/585164)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-synthetic-oil-in-an-older-car-a-bad-idea/585164 "2011-06-12T00:15:56Z")
I just took my car in for an oil change and decided to get the high mileage oil change which involves a synthetic blend for cars with over 75k miles. I have read that in older cars synthetics are a bad idea because oil … --- ## [I just can't wrap my head around misogyny...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-wrap-my-head-around-misogyny/584875)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-wrap-my-head-around-misogyny/584875 "2011-06-12T00:07:31Z")
…either religious or secular. (Forgive me if this is a bit rambling. I have no set format for this post other than a stream of consciousness.) In the Middle East, women are routinely stoned for the crime of getting ra… --- ## [Political and environmental chicanery in the state of Alabama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-and-environmental-chicanery-in-the-state-of-alabama/585128)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-and-environmental-chicanery-in-the-state-of-alabama/585128 "2011-06-11T23:20:11Z")
A good friend of mine wrote this piece for one of the city papers of Birmingham, Alabama. He has a reputation for being a gadfly to local and state politicians. He has an exceptionally keen mind, and a long history of … --- ## [Project Gemini: 13 days in a cramped seat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-gemini-13-days-in-a-cramped-seat/585101)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-gemini-13-days-in-a-cramped-seat/585101 "2011-06-11T16:33:29Z")
I’m finding myself more and more interested in the early US space program. I work in structural engineering using 3D CAD programs to design and build steel and concrete structures. It really impresses me to see how com… --- ## [Traditional marriage demonstration on my way home today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traditional-marriage-demonstration-on-my-way-home-today/584804)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traditional-marriage-demonstration-on-my-way-home-today/584804 "2011-06-11T13:41:56Z")
I was driving home today and all the traffic was slowing down - I came up to the intersection to see a bunch of people in top hats and foolish clothes in 95 degree weather, waving big signs say “Honk if you are in favor … --- ## [Fun things to do while visiting New Orleans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-things-to-do-while-visiting-new-orleans/584297)
**Author:** [@Mr.Svinlesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Svinlesha)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2011, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-things-to-do-while-visiting-new-orleans/584297 "2011-06-11T11:11:15Z")
Howdy. Not really sure where to post this…I’ll be visiting the States this summer with family and friends and we’ll be spending a few days in New Orleans. 4 adults and 4 kids total…in particular I’m looking for advice … --- ## [Sarah Palin: Paul Revere warned the British](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-paul-revere-warned-the-british/584369)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2011, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-paul-revere-warned-the-british/584369 "2011-06-11T05:30:44Z")
Yup, that’s what she said. --- ## [If you have a slow weekend and love or hate Sarah Palin, here's a fun thing to do.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-slow-weekend-and-love-or-hate-sarah-palin-heres-a-fun-thing-to-do/584986)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2011, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-slow-weekend-and-love-or-hate-sarah-palin-heres-a-fun-thing-to-do/584986 "2011-06-11T05:28:18Z")
Sometime today the state if Alaska is going to release some 24,000 email sent or received by Sarah Palin during her half-term as governor. The Washington Post has asked for volunteers to read through them and find inter… --- ## [For Father's Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fathers-day/584878)
**Author:** [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2011, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fathers-day/584878 "2011-06-11T05:12:08Z")
Dad Life --- ## [Ask the guy who engaged in adult behaviors and got beatdowns in middleschool & Didn't feel bullied.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-engaged-in-adult-behaviors-and-got-beatdowns-in-middleschool-didnt-feel-bullied/584857)
**Author:** [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2011, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-engaged-in-adult-behaviors-and-got-beatdowns-in-middleschool-didnt-feel-bullied/584857 "2011-06-11T05:07:26Z")
Based on the other my-kid-got-jumped-in-school-today- I started a minor hijack after \*\*twickster \*\*moderated another scuffle, so I thought I would do an ask away… The idea that middle school is not the adult world is a … --- ## [Samuel Morton vindicated after Stephen J Gould accusations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-morton-vindicated-after-stephen-j-gould-accusations/584814)
**Author:** [@Chen019](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chen019)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2011, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-morton-vindicated-after-stephen-j-gould-accusations/584814 "2011-06-11T04:48:16Z")
This poor guy, thought for the last 30 years to be an example of a biased scientist producing biased results. However, now a team of scientists have found his work was done with integrity: --- ## [Sad - losing a gorgeous house, didn't appraise for asking price](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-losing-a-gorgeous-house-didnt-appraise-for-asking-price/584719)
**Author:** [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-losing-a-gorgeous-house-didnt-appraise-for-asking-price/584719 "2011-06-11T03:02:56Z")
My husband and I have been house hunting for nearly 2 years with extraordinarily bad luck. We had a verbal acceptance of an offer reneged on. We built a new home and lost it when my husband got laid off 2 weeks before cl… --- ## [Is this a serious academic paper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-serious-academic-paper/562645)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-serious-academic-paper/562645 "2011-06-11T02:45:29Z")
A mathematical model for the determination of total area under glucose tolerance and other metabolic curves. (doi: 10.2337/diacare.17.2.152, Diabetes Care February 1994 vol. 17 no. 2 152-154) From the abstract: Yeah, … --- ## [Building Offices/Stores - Leased But Empty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-offices-stores-leased-but-empty/585041)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-offices-stores-leased-but-empty/585041 "2011-06-11T02:02:57Z")
OK I live near Fullerton which is a big street in Chicago In 2008 they built a very nice set of condos. About 50 in all. The first floor covers about two blocks. On the first (or ground) floor are store or offices. Well… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1287) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1289)