# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=13 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 14 --- ## [The Great Ongoing Aviation Thread (GA, Commercial, Military, and other) (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-ga-commercial-military-and-other-part-2/1030893)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-ga-commercial-military-and-other-part-2/1030893 "2026-06-14T14:42:19Z")
Apparently, I’ve just triggered the closure of The Great Ongoing Aviation Thread (general and other) (Part 1). Since I got it closed, I’ll start the new one. --- ## [The Great Ongoing Aviation Thread (general and other) (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 9999\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499 "2026-06-14T14:37:33Z")
This is it. Your new home for discussion of General Aviation. Anything and everything about GA. Questions! Answers! Experiences! Bring it all to the table! There have been a number of threads recently centering on GA tha… --- ## [Jeep™ Easter eggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeep-easter-eggs/1030777)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeep-easter-eggs/1030777 "2026-06-14T05:06:29Z")
Any one have any? Would you show us? Please. --- ## [What happened to the post office attempting to deliver mail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-post-office-attempting-to-deliver-mail/846140)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2026, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-post-office-attempting-to-deliver-mail/846140 "2026-06-13T21:49:35Z")
I remember as a kid that people would send mail to my house in pretty creative ways and it got there. I was told that the post office prided themselves on the ability to deliver mail to misdelivered addresses. I guess … --- ## [Thanks to the SDMB!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-to-the-sdmb/1030856)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2026, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-to-the-sdmb/1030856 "2026-06-13T02:35:36Z")
The other day, I was listening to a history podcast, which was discussing the Boer War, which reminded me of an ancient commercial I had vague memories of. When Googling for that commercial, what should pop up but this … --- ## [BMalion has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bmalion-has-died/1030815)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2026, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bmalion-has-died/1030815 "2026-06-12T22:39:55Z")
I’m very sorry to report that my friend Brian, a longtime Doper, died at 10:10pm EST yesterday in a nursing home just west of Cleveland, Ohio. His MS hit him hard in recent years, and he had various health problems whic… --- ## [How to protect my 401k and 403b from the upcoming bear-market crash under Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-protect-my-401k-and-403b-from-the-upcoming-bear-market-crash-under-trump/1030793)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2026, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-protect-my-401k-and-403b-from-the-upcoming-bear-market-crash-under-trump/1030793 "2026-06-12T21:51:07Z")
I have about $120,000 in a Fidelity 401k and $3,000 in an Empower 403b (the 403b was begun only just a few months ago.) I fully expect that Trump is going to lead the nation into a big economic slump sooner or later. Is… --- ## [Vacuum beard trimmer actually works](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacuum-beard-trimmer-actually-works/1030830)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2026, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacuum-beard-trimmer-actually-works/1030830 "2026-06-12T20:04:28Z")
I bought a beard trimmer that has a built-in vacuum on it so all your hairs go into the vacuum and not the sink. I bought this on a whim convinced it wasn’t going to work. I figured I could always just send it back. Bu… --- ## [Harmony Montgomery's killer father has murder conviction OVERTURNED in shock court ruling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmony-montgomerys-killer-father-has-murder-conviction-overturned-in-shock-court-ruling/1030827)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmony-montgomerys-killer-father-has-murder-conviction-overturned-in-shock-court-ruling/1030827 "2026-06-12T18:18:47Z")
WTH judge? Dude murders his daughter AND drags it around on his travels? AG says this monster will be retried. Link N.H. attorney general to retry Harmony Montgomery’s father on murder charge - masslive.com --- ## [My new favorite Chinese proverb - words to live by](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-chinese-proverb-words-to-live-by/1030833)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-chinese-proverb-words-to-live-by/1030833 "2026-06-12T17:15:38Z")
“In sometimes the life ultimately must have in the life does not have when not demands” Or so claims this pendant. Anyone know what it really translates to? Or maybe it was made by Americans and really does say that!? … --- ## [From the front page of Wikipedia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-front-page-of-wikipedia/984613)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2026, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-front-page-of-wikipedia/984613 "2026-06-12T16:45:45Z")
The front page of Wikipedia changes each day, sometimes twice a day. This one from the “On this Day” made me chuckle at the quintessential Englishness (although a personal tragedy for King Edmund, of course): 946 – … --- ## [South Korea Declares Martial Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korea-declares-martial-law/1011111)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2026, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korea-declares-martial-law/1011111 "2026-06-12T06:33:38Z")
What the hell? I’m a pretty well informed person, I read The Economist and the BBC on a daily basis. And while I’m aware that South Korea has some issues, like a real problem with gender equality and a plummeting birt… --- ## [Amusing or baffling bumper stickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-or-baffling-bumper-stickers/1028872)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2026, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-or-baffling-bumper-stickers/1028872 "2026-06-11T23:57:41Z")
I’m surprised that there isn’t already a thread on this subject (at least, not that I could find). Here’s mine from today. Any ideas what it means? --- ## [So I did a thing (Dog adoption)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-did-a-thing-dog-adoption/1030531)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2026, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-did-a-thing-dog-adoption/1030531 "2026-06-11T17:41:30Z")
My niece called and said the mother of a patient in their clinic had a 2 year old doberman, and it was just too much work for her and the dog needed a new home. The dog was overweight and just kept as an outside dog, wit… --- ## [Dealing with a Problem Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-a-problem-bear/1030757)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-a-problem-bear/1030757 "2026-06-11T17:07:14Z")
My wife and I live in Black Mountain, North Carolina. We are used to seeing black bear around here and usually have several dozen sightings of them every summer in our yard, on nearby roadsides and elsewhere around the a… --- ## [Dopers whom you have never met, but would like to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whom-you-have-never-met-but-would-like-to/1030346)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whom-you-have-never-met-but-would-like-to/1030346 "2026-06-11T15:52:33Z")
We’re a nice community here, and many of us have met other Dopers IRL. But who would you like to meet in person, if you could? For me, the list would include: @LSLGuy . Great source on aviation, and though I cannot f… --- ## [Selling military surplus arms in the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-military-surplus-arms-in-the-us/1030692)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-military-surplus-arms-in-the-us/1030692 "2026-06-10T17:56:02Z")
This subject was raised in another thread I started about buying parts from France. The sale of milsurps in the US is a huge business and there are plenty of collectors eager to buy exotic, ancient weapons. Ancient being… --- ## [Egg on your face!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-on-your-face/1030730)
**Author:** [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-on-your-face/1030730 "2026-06-09T20:18:49Z")
How did it happen to you? It happened to me thankfully no injuries because it was hot egg on my face, in my hair with egg chunks on the counter. I took from the fridge a leftover previously poached egg to reheat in the… --- ## [We are not your mail collection service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-your-mail-collection-service/1030595)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-your-mail-collection-service/1030595 "2026-06-09T16:29:32Z")
June 1, 2026 Attn Stephanie, Louis, Roger and/or any other Collinsbergs\*: You may think of your community as “North Hills”. UPS does not; USPS doesn’t either; they both consider you to be a resident of Roslyn … --- ## [Socialite Rebecca Grossman convicted two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socialite-rebecca-grossman-convicted-two-counts-of-gross-vehicular-manslaughter/998035)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socialite-rebecca-grossman-convicted-two-counts-of-gross-vehicular-manslaughter/998035 "2026-06-09T15:43:26Z")
Grossman had been out on a 2 million dollar bond. I’m pleasantly surprised her high dollar attorney’s didn’t get her off. Her Mercedes black box evidence and witnesses were compelling. It was a hit and run but the Merced… --- ## [Specialized Habitats And Microenvironments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/specialized-habitats-and-microenvironments/948150)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/specialized-habitats-and-microenvironments/948150 "2026-06-08T20:27:52Z")
This is kinda a spin-off from the Today In Nature thread, which I slightly hijacked by posting about Wakehurst Place’s attempts to recreate a North American Prairie about 30 miles south of London (!). Well, bless them fo… --- ## [Don't read it if your lips are chapped](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-read-it-if-your-lips-are-chapped/1030688)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2026, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-read-it-if-your-lips-are-chapped/1030688 "2026-06-07T23:05:48Z")
Don’t read it if your lips are chapped. Clickbait goes back as far as advertising, but that line from 1934 stopped me in my tracks. I’m writing an article about the Laugh Club, a book club started in 1932 by Robert M. … --- ## [Izzy left. (Foreign exchange student)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izzy-left-foreign-exchange-student/1030646)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izzy-left-foreign-exchange-student/1030646 "2026-06-07T21:40:59Z")
Our foreign exchange student we’ve been hosting since last August, has left. (Check my posts in recent MMPs for details; I didn’t want to confine this to MMP.) She’s not home yet; in a layover in NYC, but she’s gone from… --- ## [The Wandering Thule ventures North again - planning stage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wandering-thule-ventures-north-again-planning-stage/1030580)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wandering-thule-ventures-north-again-planning-stage/1030580 "2026-06-07T20:22:59Z")
Whilst PT has never considered himself to be an inveterate traveler bitten by the bug, we have clocked up the odd km or so in the past couple of years. :upside\_down\_face: The next venture is for the northern summer of 2… --- ## [Our rent-a-dog needs to be a rescue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-rent-a-dog-needs-to-be-a-rescue/1029371)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-rent-a-dog-needs-to-be-a-rescue/1029371 "2026-06-07T19:31:03Z")
(All names changed for reasons that will become clear.) A few weeks ago I saw a post on the neighborhood chat site from a pregnant single Mom, Mia. She was overwhelmed and needed some assistance. Her older daughter (1… --- ## [An Omnibus Discussion Thread In Which You Can Ask All The Questions/Topics Not Good Enough To Start OPs About](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-omnibus-discussion-thread-in-which-you-can-ask-all-the-questions-topics-not-good-enough-to-start-ops-about/1030554)
**Author:** [@Past\_Paper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Past_Paper)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2026, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-omnibus-discussion-thread-in-which-you-can-ask-all-the-questions-topics-not-good-enough-to-start-ops-about/1030554 "2026-06-07T02:06:08Z")
I was reading tons of old threads in the archives on these boards, and someone (around 2013 possibly) had started a thread called “A Reverse “Ask The \_\_\_” Thread” in which she says ‘This is the place to ask all those que… --- ## [Real life coincidence so rare you doubt anyone would believe your tale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-coincidence-so-rare-you-doubt-anyone-would-believe-your-tale/1030543)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-coincidence-so-rare-you-doubt-anyone-would-believe-your-tale/1030543 "2026-06-06T17:42:58Z")
I had one today. I think it is the most unbelievable coincidence I’ve ever experienced. I have an uncommon surname. A quick Googling says its occurrence is approximately 1 in 5k people. I know of no famous people with m… --- ## [I can't buy from France. Thanks, Don](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-buy-from-france-thanks-don/1030539)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2026, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-buy-from-france-thanks-don/1030539 "2026-06-06T05:58:06Z")
I found some small parts I need for a French rifle. When I go and try to set up an account to pay at one company, the USA is not even on the list of countries to choose from. I found the part at a second company that I h… --- ## [Earlobe hair, and what genius came up with this crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earlobe-hair-and-what-genius-came-up-with-this-crap/1030647)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earlobe-hair-and-what-genius-came-up-with-this-crap/1030647 "2026-06-05T20:06:48Z")
My granddaughter decided I needed earrings today. She stuck little red glitter heart sticker earrings on my earlobes(crookedly). WTF? Why did they say “Hey, kids need stickers to stick on their ear lobes”? We all have … --- ## [The drones are coming, the drones are coming! (Not about war..War, what is it good for?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-drones-are-coming-the-drones-are-coming-not-about-war-war-what-is-it-good-for/1030643)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-drones-are-coming-the-drones-are-coming-not-about-war-war-what-is-it-good-for/1030643 "2026-06-05T18:22:30Z")
Notified, a huge timber company are mapping their tract of acreage directly behind our land. With drones! They’re to use our pasture for the staging area. The heck you say. Hey! How’s about asking nicely. Ya think? (… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=14)