# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=142 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 143 --- ## [Too Much Television is Corrupting our Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-much-television-is-corrupting-our-cats/989930)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2023, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-much-television-is-corrupting-our-cats/989930 "2023-09-15T07:38:04Z")
Our daughter, MilliCal, has taken to running YouTube videos of birds, squirrels, and mice for our cats. The cats have become addicted to the videos, watching them for hours, and crying when they want the laptop to be po… --- ## [Saw Mark Zuckerberg today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-mark-zuckerberg-today/989901)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-mark-zuckerberg-today/989901 "2023-09-14T22:04:51Z")
We went to the Ikea in East Palo Alto, and afterwards went to Palo Alto for lunch. Mr. brown remembered that the Zuckerbergs lived in an area near the freeway, so we turned off into that neighborhood, saying, hey, maybe… --- ## [Suddenly Seymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-seymore/990009)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-seymore/990009 "2023-09-14T19:49:35Z")
This song makes me think of the Dope. It could easily be Suddenly Cecil You are my friend. You do condescend, occasionally but it’s usually good natured. I feel safe here. Don’t need no makeup, no need to pretend… Y… --- ## [Are Your Cats Named for Famous People?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-cats-named-for-famous-people/989857)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-cats-named-for-famous-people/989857 "2023-09-14T19:22:06Z")
I recently adopted a black cat who came from the rescue with the name Freddie Mercury. I liked the name enough to keep it, though I generally just call him Merc or The Merc. Do you have a cat or cats named for notable … --- ## [What kind of merchandise is kept locked up around the stores where you live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-merchandise-is-kept-locked-up-around-the-stores-where-you-live/989732)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-merchandise-is-kept-locked-up-around-the-stores-where-you-live/989732 "2023-09-14T19:04:05Z")
There’s several threads about shoplifting and how bad things are or aren’t getting in San Francisco / the west coast. I thought it would be interesting to have a thread about what kind of items the stores where you live… --- ## [When is it time to let your pet go](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-time-to-let-your-pet-go/979395)
**Author:** [@JoePockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoePockets)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-time-to-let-your-pet-go/979395 "2023-09-14T16:05:25Z")
My dog Cramer he is a 12.5 yr old German shorthaired pointer who has been diagnosed with a cobblestone type adenocarcinoma in his rectum, colon area. Because of his age it was decided not to go in and remove the tumor vi… --- ## [Atlantic Hurricane Lee (Sep 2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlantic-hurricane-lee-sep-2023/990074)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlantic-hurricane-lee-sep-2023/990074 "2023-09-14T15:56:20Z")
Hi Folks - Right now Hurricane Lee is about 750 miles due east of my house, well out to sea. It’s a lovely day here and there’s no enhanced surf. Yet. Nor will ours get very exciting I don’t think. The current hurrican… --- ## [Meeting one of JFK's Secret Service agents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meeting-one-of-jfks-secret-service-agents/693745)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meeting-one-of-jfks-secret-service-agents/693745 "2023-09-14T13:35:33Z")
On June 23, I had the chance to meet retired U.S. Secret Service Special Agent Paul Landis. He spoke at a northeast Ohio courthouse and was introduced by a judge who knows him and is personally interested in President J… --- ## [Police Body Cams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-body-cams/989955)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-body-cams/989955 "2023-09-14T03:19:03Z")
There are a few recent news stories regarding police officers being charged with murder after their accounts, or their departments’ accounts, of events were contradicted by body cam video. I can’t understand how this ca… --- ## [The Philppines produce the most plastic trash in the ocean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-philppines-produce-the-most-plastic-trash-in-the-ocean/989850)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-philppines-produce-the-most-plastic-trash-in-the-ocean/989850 "2023-09-14T02:57:08Z")
According to the studies I found online, the Philippines generate the most plastic trash that makes it to the oceans. They don’t produce the most plastic waste, that distinction belongs to the US. But we manage our waste… --- ## [Imaginary world? in one's head?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginary-world-in-ones-head/990014)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginary-world-in-ones-head/990014 "2023-09-13T21:26:00Z")
I don’t know if this is the place, but I have a question about a mental thing that I have never ever read anything about … maladaptive daydreaming is as close as I could get… It’s nothing ‘bad’…it’s life-long alternate… --- ## [Wine Flood in Portugal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-flood-in-portugal/989983)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-flood-in-portugal/989983 "2023-09-13T13:49:41Z")
There are currently several places in the world that are suffering catastrophic flooding – Greece and Libya chief among them. It’s no laughing matter, with many deaths and huge amounts of property damage. Here is Massach… --- ## [Where do these stains on my pants come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-these-stains-on-my-pants-come-from/372573)
**Author:** [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-these-stains-on-my-pants-come-from/372573 "2023-09-13T12:59:53Z")
Every pair of khakis I have ever owned has these stains, and it is starting to really tick me off. They are almost always located on the outside of the pant, near the bottom of the pocket. They are a dark gray color, a… --- ## [Bubonic Plague? Again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubonic-plague-again/989860)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubonic-plague-again/989860 "2023-09-13T00:08:32Z")
Ivy has a sore butt. She sez “It’s not my butt, it’s the top of my thigh, in the back!” Sorry girl, that’s yer butt. I knew something was amiss. She’s been sitting kinda gingerly for a few days. A lump appeared in he… --- ## [Make Up Real Sounding Statistics About Your Country (or other Demographic)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-real-sounding-statistics-about-your-country-or-other-demographic/979411)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-real-sounding-statistics-about-your-country-or-other-demographic/979411 "2023-09-12T23:52:31Z")
As a Canadian, I am pleased to help others learn more about our great country. :wink: the average Canadian weighs 0.7 Americans 56% of Manitobans think they have “travelled to the future” when they visit other pro… --- ## [Cheap long-term getaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-long-term-getaway/989795)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-long-term-getaway/989795 "2023-09-12T03:07:38Z")
I’m thinking of leaving the US for a month or so just to decompress and collect my wits. I need a place that’s fairly cheap to live. Prefer somewhere stable (not a security hazard or a conflict zone), and either a rur… --- ## [I keep eating alot, why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-eating-alot-why/989897)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-eating-alot-why/989897 "2023-09-12T02:34:08Z")
I have been eating way too much but I feel like I cannot stop? I have had a stressful few months, work new two jobs I got recently7 days a week I’m also active, cycle 10 miles a day and supporting a household plus worryi… --- ## [Childhood Behaviors As An Adult](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-behaviors-as-an-adult/989912)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-behaviors-as-an-adult/989912 "2023-09-12T01:53:08Z")
What do you do that is a holdover from childhood? To be clear, I don’t mean behavior that would imply you are “immature” or “childish”, just something you started doing as a child that continues to present day. For me,… --- ## [Monique Bégin, who brought us the Canada Health Act, has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monique-begin-who-brought-us-the-canada-health-act-has-died/989931)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monique-begin-who-brought-us-the-canada-health-act-has-died/989931 "2023-09-11T21:42:27Z")
The Canada Health Act is the cornerstone of Canada’s Medicare system. It’s the federal statute that grants federal money to the provincial health system, on terms that make health care in Canada portable, accessible and … --- ## [Good news, bad news (more bad than good) at the VOW environs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-bad-news-more-bad-than-good-at-the-vow-environs/989593)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-bad-news-more-bad-than-good-at-the-vow-environs/989593 "2023-09-11T14:45:29Z")
I do so identify with @Beckdawrek “bad bad bad” reports! Good news: actually, massively good news! I used the back pay from the VA for Mr VOW’s reconsidered disability plus savings I had meticulously accumulated over ti… --- ## [(Old) Be-Laboring A Point- An End Of Summer MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-be-laboring-a-point-an-end-of-summer-mmp/989574)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 319\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-be-laboring-a-point-an-end-of-summer-mmp/989574 "2023-09-11T07:04:18Z")
First! W00t! --- ## [Salt Lake City may soon become unlivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-lake-city-may-soon-become-unlivable/966397)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-lake-city-may-soon-become-unlivable/966397 "2023-09-10T21:49:25Z")
The Great Salt Lake has been shrinking dramatically over the past 40 years, setting a record last year which is expected to be surpassed this summer. And that’s a problem. Not only is the Great Salt Lake vital to the… --- ## [Who else likes spiders? (Don’t click if you don’t!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-likes-spiders-don-t-click-if-you-don-t/989473)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-likes-spiders-don-t-click-if-you-don-t/989473 "2023-09-10T19:49:42Z")
While I was setting up to try to get some moon shots on Wednesday, I saw this big guy by my truck: --- ## ["Lift Every Voice And Sing" performed at KC Chiefs game, and the RWNJ crowd is going ape-doodoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lift-every-voice-and-sing-performed-at-kc-chiefs-game-and-the-rwnj-crowd-is-going-ape-doodoo/989864)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lift-every-voice-and-sing-performed-at-kc-chiefs-game-and-the-rwnj-crowd-is-going-ape-doodoo/989864 "2023-09-10T17:27:46Z")
There are a bunch of YT videos of an acapella youth chorus singing this tune, AKA “The Black National Anthem”, prior to the “Star Spangled Banner”, and some goofs are saying that the crowd booed the youth choir. At firs… --- ## [Another Data Breach--oh, the irony!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-data-breach-oh-the-irony/946925)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-data-breach-oh-the-irony/946925 "2023-09-10T12:51:16Z")
I got a letter today from the law firm Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll informing me of a “data event” in which my name and SSN may have been accessed. How nice of them to let me know. They’ve offered me 2 years of credit m… --- ## [Oh, Cecil! You've done it again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-youve-done-it-again/989826)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-youve-done-it-again/989826 "2023-09-10T02:36:43Z")
I fell asleep watching old Barney Miller episodes, chatting by text and playing a computer game all at one time. So of course Cecil decided to come in my dream brain and give me the ‘what for!!’ He told me I was strain… --- ## [Breaking News: Plane lands safely in CO after dropping parts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-plane-lands-safely-in-co-after-dropping-parts/933364)
**Author:** [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2023, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-plane-lands-safely-in-co-after-dropping-parts/933364 "2023-09-09T22:03:04Z")
Playing on MSNBC now. A Boeing 777 turned back to the Denver airport with engine trouble. On its way to landing, parts started dropping off. From the video, it appears to be pieces of airplane skin have landed in various… --- ## [Haiku Your Life (or somebody else)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-your-life-or-somebody-else/989796)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2023, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-your-life-or-somebody-else/989796 "2023-09-09T11:00:41Z")
My friends and I started a game where we write the title for our autobiography for ourselves or each other. “The Life and Times of a Programmer, Army Officer, Scientist, Musician, To Be Determined?” My friend wrote a f… --- ## [Scientology vs. Right-to-Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientology-vs-right-to-repair/989789)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientology-vs-right-to-repair/989789 "2023-09-08T16:27:04Z")
Strange news item, this morning: At the moment, Scientologists use the e-meter to audit their members. This seems liable to be an attempt to prevent the members from disassembling the devices. Any thoughts on what mi… --- ## [Video tour of the White House Situation Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-tour-of-the-white-house-situation-room/531505)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-tour-of-the-white-house-situation-room/531505 "2023-09-08T15:39:14Z")
Pretty cool - but they need some flags: http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/inside-white-house-situation-room [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=141) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=143)