# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=144 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 145 --- ## [Tropical Storm/Hurricane Idalia to Hit Florida/East Coast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-hurricane-idalia-to-hit-florida-east-coast/989226)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-hurricane-idalia-to-hit-florida-east-coast/989226 "2023-09-02T20:50:02Z")
Dopers living in the affected areas: what preparations have you done? --- ## [Should we get a budgie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-get-a-budgie/824455)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-get-a-budgie/824455 "2023-09-02T18:44:50Z")
Our cleaning lady has a number of parakeets… who, being healthy young birds, have produced MORE parakeets. She wants to give us one. I kinda want one. She asked us to suggest a name, so she can get it used to it. I su… --- ## [Blue Moon🎶](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-moon/989378)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-moon/989378 "2023-09-02T01:57:16Z")
Pardon my singing. Seems there’s a blue moon tonight. Not by color, I’m led to believe it has something to do with how many full moons their are in a certain period of time. Time to raise heck!! --- ## [First dust storm this summer!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-dust-storm-this-summer/989443)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-dust-storm-this-summer/989443 "2023-09-01T04:05:52Z")
\[Album\] imgur.com --- ## [You can talk to AI Jesus or Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-talk-to-ai-jesus-or-satan/989356)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-talk-to-ai-jesus-or-satan/989356 "2023-09-01T02:35:15Z")
So there’s an app called Text With Jesus that will let you ask questions to a chatbot claiming to the Son of God. (you can also talk to John the Baptist and other prophets, all 12 apostles, and even Noah, Adam and Eve.… --- ## [Can anybody identify Mr. Rubiales wrist watch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anybody-identify-mr-rubiales-wrist-watch/989390)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anybody-identify-mr-rubiales-wrist-watch/989390 "2023-09-01T00:44:55Z")
I guess everybody has heard of the president of the Spanish Football Federation, Mr. Rubiales, after the unsolicited kiss he gave Jenni Hermoso, here is a picture: The big… --- ## [Ilocano language decline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ilocano-language-decline/989408)
**Author:** [@Jagraze1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jagraze1)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ilocano-language-decline/989408 "2023-08-31T23:23:24Z")
So guys, do you think there has been a recent decline of the Ilocano language? If so how? --- ## [Mooving violation in Nebraska](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mooving-violation-in-nebraska/989404)
**Author:** [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mooving-violation-in-nebraska/989404 "2023-08-31T19:32:13Z")
Have you herd about this? A driver has a big beef with the police in Norfolk, Nebraska, because they took the bull by the horns and pulled over a cattle car for no good reason. Who doesn’t enjoy a nice ride in a converti… --- ## [I have just come up with a cunning plan by which we can all be wealthy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-come-up-with-a-cunning-plan-by-which-we-can-all-be-wealthy/989269)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-come-up-with-a-cunning-plan-by-which-we-can-all-be-wealthy/989269 "2023-08-31T13:28:29Z")
I happened to notice that one can search the SDMB for posts after the current date. All we need to do is resolve to post the results of various future horse races, lottery results etc, and then search now for our future… --- ## [International Chess Federation and trans players](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-chess-federation-and-trans-players/988772)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-chess-federation-and-trans-players/988772 "2023-08-30T23:58:36Z")
Note: I would really like this thread not to devolve into the usual trans arguments. Also note: I have tried very hard to get the terminology correct, as I understand it, and I am relying on the NPR report for the correc… --- ## [Call the Fire department, the Sheriff, the Mexican vine pullers....hurry!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-the-fire-department-the-sheriff-the-mexican-vine-pullers-hurry/989263)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-the-fire-department-the-sheriff-the-mexican-vine-pullers-hurry/989263 "2023-08-30T03:29:45Z")
Jojo is up a tree. He likes to climb trees, a lot. Formerly feral and nuts! This time he just went too high in a pecan tree. I’m sure he saw squirrels and said “pfft! I can do that too” Well, not so much. Scared his-s… --- ## [Question about dog poop bags](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163 "2023-08-29T18:42:18Z")
This question may have been posed before. I can’t find it. Fairly frequently on my dog walks, I find a dog poop bag on the side of the trail. Sometimes more than one. Sometimes I come across a gathering of poop bag… --- ## [Corporal Punishment on an 18 year old student](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporal-punishment-on-an-18-year-old-student/708560)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporal-punishment-on-an-18-year-old-student/708560 "2023-08-29T16:50:01Z")
I had a case come up that is indirectly related to the thread title, and it got me thinking. Can schools legally use corporal punishment on a high school senior who has already reached the age of 18? It is not my inten… --- ## [Time Capsules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-capsules/988872)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-capsules/988872 "2023-08-29T02:55:35Z")
Schools were notorious for putting together time capsules and were very popular in the the 20th century. Majority of things encapsulated were primarily boring things like newspapers of the day, school rosters, calendars… --- ## [Redditors wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redditors-wrong/989258)
**Author:** [@Jagraze1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jagraze1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2023, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redditors-wrong/989258 "2023-08-29T02:42:55Z")
So is it true that people on reddit mostly share rumors or false info and are usually wrong? A friend told me this. Is this really true? --- ## [(Old) The first day of school in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-first-day-of-school-in-the-mmp/988860)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 369\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2023, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-first-day-of-school-in-the-mmp/988860 "2023-08-29T02:30:55Z")
I know in some areas, school has started and in others it’s about to start - my granddaughter starts kindergarten on Wednesday. So let’s share memories of first days - yours, your kids, whoever. I’ll be back later with … --- ## [Joe the Plumber died, age 49 (2008 election)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-the-plumber-died-age-49-2008-election/989243)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-the-plumber-died-age-49-2008-election/989243 "2023-08-28T21:14:31Z")
He asked a question about candidate Obama’s economic plan. There was concern small businesses like a plumbing shop would pay extra taxes. Joe was a media sensation for awhile. The Republicans tried to use him. Cancer k… --- ## [Does your dog look like someone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-dog-look-like-someone/989079)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-dog-look-like-someone/989079 "2023-08-28T17:49:51Z")
Bayliss is so handsome. He looks like Tyrone Power. Those smoldering dark eyes and expressive eyebrows. He needs to work on the smile, tho’. Dillon looks exactly like Steve Erwin. Eyes always darting around, mouth open… --- ## [Share your experience with vertigo (BPPV) as patient or medic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-experience-with-vertigo-bppv-as-patient-or-medic/967575)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-experience-with-vertigo-bppv-as-patient-or-medic/967575 "2023-08-28T00:12:39Z")
About 15 years ago or so, I was driving home and making a right turn when the car flipped over. It didn’t actually, but that’s how it felt. Suddenly everything seemed to be spinning. Fortunately, I was only two blocks fr… --- ## [A New Revelation about Schroedinger's Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-revelation-about-schroedingers-cat/989158)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-revelation-about-schroedingers-cat/989158 "2023-08-27T18:51:31Z")
It’s not true that all revelations come from the three B’s – the Bed, the Bus, and the Bath. I had this sudden flash of insight while walking my cat. It’s not a question of whether Schroedinger’s Cat is Alive or Dead. I… --- ## [UPS driver. US $170k per year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ups-driver-us-170k-per-year/988813)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2023, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ups-driver-us-170k-per-year/988813 "2023-08-27T15:59:01Z")
I’ve met a lot of truckers working as a doctor. It’s a pretty hard life, especially the long-haul international stuff. It’s stressful to be in traffic all the time, way most people drive. It’s not my place to say what… --- ## [Infuriating computer monitor issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infuriating-computer-monitor-issue/989080)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infuriating-computer-monitor-issue/989080 "2023-08-27T14:07:32Z")
I have a 27" Acer monitor. 1920x1080, 165Hz refresh rate. I just got a new GPU, I upgraded to a Gigabyte RTX 4070 from an EVGA GTX 1080. Anyways, I switch out the cards, button up the case, plug it in, plug in my monito… --- ## [Does being injured usually make people depressed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-being-injured-usually-make-people-depressed/984716)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-being-injured-usually-make-people-depressed/984716 "2023-08-26T22:21:29Z")
I hurt my toenail a couple of weeks ago (a freak thing and if you want more details for some reason I can share), and then the toe got a little red and swollen. I’ve talked to the doctor and it’s a minor infection-I’m ta… --- ## [Storing solar energy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storing-solar-energy/988943)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storing-solar-energy/988943 "2023-08-26T19:24:54Z")
Suppose solar energy is the best we can come up with for the foreseeable future, besides nuclear. Storing excess energy might not require a maximum efficiency if the tradeoff was clean storage. Would simply pumping water… --- ## [Dopers, how can I get back at this b\*tthole law firm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-how-can-i-get-back-at-this-b-tthole-law-firm/989041)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-how-can-i-get-back-at-this-b-tthole-law-firm/989041 "2023-08-26T15:15:25Z")
A while back, I got a pack in the mail from a law firm. The mailing label had a “You are being sued” tag attached to it. I opened it and there were bundles of papers stapled together. Each bundle had about 250 names and … --- ## [Is there anywhere here for introductory posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anywhere-here-for-introductory-posts/979563)
**Author:** [@Amikejo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amikejo)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anywhere-here-for-introductory-posts/979563 "2023-08-26T14:37:42Z")
Hello! I used to post here about 10 years ago or so and have rejoined today. The place doesn’t look the same as it did last time I used it, so I’m trying to get my bearings. --- ## [Wildlife Rescue No Help Whatsoever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wildlife-rescue-no-help-whatsoever/988923)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wildlife-rescue-no-help-whatsoever/988923 "2023-08-26T01:49:22Z")
We have a wildlife rehab center in our town. I’m sure they do wonderful work and I’m sure they are stretched thin. But twice now that I’ve called them, I ended up feeling let down and angry. The first time I called them… --- ## [The sun is not yet 20 years old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sun-is-not-yet-20-years-old/989040)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2023, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sun-is-not-yet-20-years-old/989040 "2023-08-26T00:16:14Z")
…measured in galactic orbits, that is. If I am measuring my age in solar orbits, it should measure its age in galactic orbits. A single orbit takes 230 million years. Measured against this benchmark, Mr High and Mighty… --- ## [Is cable TV (and satellite TV) obsolete now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cable-tv-and-satellite-tv-obsolete-now/971010)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cable-tv-and-satellite-tv-obsolete-now/971010 "2023-08-25T22:04:06Z")
And have been for several years now? Are the cable/sat companies trying to get in on the streaming bandwagon by offering subs to certain internet channels? Or is the world quickly passing them by? \[thanks to exclusivit… --- ## [Is Operation Paperclip a "Conspiracy Theory"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-operation-paperclip-a-conspiracy-theory/989057)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-operation-paperclip-a-conspiracy-theory/989057 "2023-08-25T21:20:31Z")
There’s a popular viral listing of conspiracy theories and Operation Paperclip is listed as an example of a “true” conspiracy theory, but I object because I don’t think it’s a conspiracy theory. Just because it was kept … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=143) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=145)