# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=14 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 15 --- ## [What skill do you perform worse than 99 random people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-skill-do-you-perform-worse-than-99-random-people/1030499)
**Author:** [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-skill-do-you-perform-worse-than-99-random-people/1030499 "2026-06-05T17:43:31Z")
An offshoot of the below thread: What Skill can you perform better than 99 random people? What are you absolute rubbish at? It needs to be a skill that 99 random people can do competently, but you feel like you’ll be a… --- ## [Dealing with a suspiciously anonymous website](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-a-suspiciously-anonymous-website/1029773)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-a-suspiciously-anonymous-website/1029773 "2026-06-05T17:39:26Z")
I have referenced Richard Dawkins’ reactions to a chatbot (see Stupid MFers in the News thread) this evening in dealing with what I now believe is a fake website from which I ordered a product. The email receipt I got wa… --- ## [Sometimes, things do improve!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-things-do-improve/1030548)
**Author:** [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-things-do-improve/1030548 "2026-06-05T16:42:33Z")
There’s so much in life these days that’s suffering from Enshitification, that we sometimes miss when things actually get better. I thought of this just now, because I just realized it’s been years since I’ve seen a “Re… --- ## [What to do in Scotland for a week?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-scotland-for-a-week/1030541)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-scotland-for-a-week/1030541 "2026-06-05T14:21:43Z")
Between June 16th and June 20th, my wife and I will be in Scotland. I’ve never been, she’s been to Edinburgh before. Any recommendations for what/where we should visit in that short time? I’m tempted to head to Glasgo… --- ## [Resolved - The U.S. should swap Veteran's Day and Memorial Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-u-s-should-swap-veterans-day-and-memorial-day/1030621)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-u-s-should-swap-veterans-day-and-memorial-day/1030621 "2026-06-05T13:37:31Z")
In the United States, we have two official government holidays related to the armed services. Memorial Day is supposed to mourn those who have lost their lives in the armed forces, whereas Veterans Day is a more comprehe… --- ## [(Old) I think I MAY start the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-i-think-i-may-start-the-mmp/1029989)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 303\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2026, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-i-think-i-may-start-the-mmp/1029989 "2026-06-04T13:28:05Z")
See what I did there? MAY - yanno, like this month… OK, not all that clever, but it should get us started. My day starts at 54 Ferrets with much rain promised. Plans are to go with the flow. Happy Moanday!! --- ## [Callers that were probably spam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/callers-that-were-probably-spam/1030572)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2026, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/callers-that-were-probably-spam/1030572 "2026-06-03T20:10:45Z")
Any strange/unlikely company or people names try to get ahold of you lately? My phone just blocked a call from “Goldsby Elexia”, and a week ago “Computer Company” attempted to reach me. What have you got? --- ## [Thought you might like this photo, Beck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-you-might-like-this-photo-beck/1030559)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2026, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-you-might-like-this-photo-beck/1030559 "2026-06-03T09:21:31Z")
--- ## [(Old) Airmail in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-airmail-in-the-mmp/1030363)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 281\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2026, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-airmail-in-the-mmp/1030363 "2026-06-03T00:04:10Z")
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 24c/75f with a predicted high of 342c/89f and sunny. Weather app says “The fucking sun is shining but it looks jaundiced.” I say Scorchio! Today in 1937, the first airmail letter to c… --- ## [CBS channel on YouTube: Girl Bitten by Rattlesnake Bite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-channel-on-youtube-girl-bitten-by-rattlesnake-bite/1030571)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2026, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-channel-on-youtube-girl-bitten-by-rattlesnake-bite/1030571 "2026-06-02T22:00:36Z")
Snarking about CBS’s News division and their standards is sort of becoming low-hanging fruit… --- ## [Last 747 passenger flight in the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-747-passenger-flight-in-the-us/806272)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-747-passenger-flight-in-the-us/806272 "2026-06-02T20:03:36Z")
It’s mind boggling to me that this is true. I didn’t realize this transformation was taking place or the length of time some of these 747s have been flying. I haven’t been on an Airbus 350 yet, but I distinctly remembe… --- ## [Plant Identifier App](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-identifier-app/1030533)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-identifier-app/1030533 "2026-06-02T14:15:41Z")
I love identifying wild flowers/plants, birds, trees, etc. I came across a plant identifier app that I am loving! It’s called Picture This. I take a picture with my phone, and within 3 seconds, it identifies the plant an… --- ## [Spending Canadian coins in Ohio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spending-canadian-coins-in-ohio/1030497)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2026, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spending-canadian-coins-in-ohio/1030497 "2026-06-02T12:31:45Z")
On the shores of Lake Erie it is not unusual to get a Canadian dime or quarter in change. No one pays any attention to it, they just spent it was though it were USA coins. Are there any other places two bordering countri… --- ## [Hey, that hurt? (Wasp Stings)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-that-hurt-wasp-stings/1028211)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2026, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-that-hurt-wasp-stings/1028211 "2026-06-02T03:21:23Z")
Wasp stung. We got a nest. Probably under the deck(happens). I’ve been stung numerous times over the years. I’m initially in pain. But a little lidocaine and all’s well. So what is the purpose of such a criminally ins… --- ## [Looking for a small pin for my hatband](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-small-pin-for-my-hatband/1030545)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2026, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-small-pin-for-my-hatband/1030545 "2026-06-01T19:15:03Z")
The hat-white Panama hat. The hatband-1 1/4 inch wide. The pin-The Saint stick figure from the Leslie Charteris series. Help? --- ## [NASA's Rube Goldberg solution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-rube-goldberg-solution/1028920)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-rube-goldberg-solution/1028920 "2026-06-01T16:55:28Z")
Maybe I’m being too harsh - I admit I just skimmed the article - but at a quick blush, it struck me funny. "If NASA’s colossal new moon rocket, slated to launch with astronauts for the first time as soon as tomorrow, e… --- ## [Bringing back extinct animals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-back-extinct-animals/1030480)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2026, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-back-extinct-animals/1030480 "2026-06-01T03:31:40Z")
Let us say you have the power- and the desire- to bring back a few extinct animals. BUT you dont want it to be obvious- no Wooly Mammoths. The obvious two are the Ivory Billed Woodpecker and the Thylacine- both of which… --- ## [The Unretirement thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unretirement-thread/1030509)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unretirement-thread/1030509 "2026-05-31T19:23:35Z")
Inspired by the Countdown to Retirement thread, this thread is for people who retired and went back to work, or retired and picked up a volunteer “job” that consumes… Oh, maybe 15+ hours a week, or who could retire but d… --- ## [I'm not saying it's aliens, but ... it's aliens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-saying-its-aliens-but-its-aliens/985168)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-saying-its-aliens-but-its-aliens/985168 "2026-05-31T16:36:51Z")
Welp, this about wraps it up for the human race I guess. If the Guardian says it, it must be true: The US has been urged to disclose evidence of UFOs after a whistleblower former intelligence official said the governme… --- ## [Asteroid burns up in Cleveland, OH area (3/16/2026)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-burns-up-in-cleveland-oh-area-3-16-2026/1028531)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-burns-up-in-cleveland-oh-area-3-16-2026/1028531 "2026-05-31T12:23:05Z")
Scientists are estimating that this thing weighed 7 or 8 tons. We could have had another Chelyabinsk if things had been a little different! Did anyone here see or hear it? --- ## [Smell memories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-memories/1030331)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-memories/1030331 "2026-05-30T19:20:23Z")
I bought a couple of pairs of pj’s today, one at my local Target, the other at a Goodwill Shop (Op Shop here in Aus). I should have gone to the op shop first, because the pair in Target cost me $40 whilst the pair at the… --- ## [July 4, 1776 is a weird date to assign as "America's Birthday"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-4-1776-is-a-weird-date-to-assign-as-americas-birthday/1030461)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-4-1776-is-a-weird-date-to-assign-as-americas-birthday/1030461 "2026-05-30T15:29:59Z")
I know we’re about 249 years too late, but with all of the hullaballoo concerning the 250th anniversary of … something … later this summer, I’m reminded of what a horrible choice of dates July 4 1776 is. For one, nothin… --- ## [Is it just me or is Reddit not worth the trouble of actually posting to (they make it non-easy to become a regular user)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-reddit-not-worth-the-trouble-of-actually-posting-to-they-make-it-non-easy-to-become-a-regular-user/1030233)
**Author:** [@Past\_Paper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Past_Paper)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2026, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-reddit-not-worth-the-trouble-of-actually-posting-to-they-make-it-non-easy-to-become-a-regular-user/1030233 "2026-05-30T15:24:00Z")
Here’s what I mean - Reddit is great when it comes to reading or watching what people have put there (especially if it’s related to a specific thing you just googled or searched on reddit), BUT - Pretty much all (or a … --- ## [Death and his scythe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-and-his-scythe/1030072)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-and-his-scythe/1030072 "2026-05-28T18:13:14Z")
I was perusing the OOTS the thread and ran across this It got me thinking - why carry a scythe? Because it’s badass? Because he is a reaper of souls? Death takes you by touching you, I thought. Why the need for tool,… --- ## [The Great Louvre Jewelry Heist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-louvre-jewelry-heist/1024104)
**Author:** [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-louvre-jewelry-heist/1024104 "2026-05-28T17:15:09Z")
So earlier today, a small team of thieves disguised as workmen climbed a mobile freight elevator up the side of the Louvre museum in Paris, sawed in through a window, opened two display cases, and made off with French ro… --- ## [Question. Bruises?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-bruises/1030436)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-bruises/1030436 "2026-05-28T15:41:59Z")
Any experience with so called bruise cream? I wanted to think it’s all woo. Any tales of success or woe, is appreciated. Thx. --- ## [What birds are you hearing or seeing today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-birds-are-you-hearing-or-seeing-today/1029957)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-birds-are-you-hearing-or-seeing-today/1029957 "2026-05-27T14:10:23Z")
Since retiring last year, I have become interested in hearing and sometimes seeing our local bird population. Mostly I listen for birds, using the Merlin app to help identify who is calling. This is especially fun this t… --- ## [Have any of the veterans here gotten this email?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-the-veterans-here-gotten-this-email/1030410)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-the-veterans-here-gotten-this-email/1030410 "2026-05-27T13:15:55Z")
I got an email from the VA - I didn’t click on any links but I did go directly to the site and the email does match up with that. Under any other circumstances, I’d just do what the email wants, but, paranoid or not, I d… --- ## [Anyone know a retired general?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-a-retired-general/1030385)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-a-retired-general/1030385 "2026-05-27T13:02:03Z")
I wonder if they become ordinary people or if the “I’m in charge” aura stays with them? I knew a lady colonel who was still in the reserves and never noticed anything but I just knew her at work not in personal life. --- ## [Seen any of your internet opining / general yakking appear in google?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-any-of-your-internet-opining-general-yakking-appear-in-google/1030358)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2026, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-any-of-your-internet-opining-general-yakking-appear-in-google/1030358 "2026-05-27T09:57:17Z")
Today I tried to google one of my dumb new coinages to see if one had already been spotted in the wild, and apparently was surprised to see when I entered “Republicspittles” into its search, the google page showed, on th… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=15)