# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=147 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 148 --- ## [Double-Take at Sign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-take-at-sign/988314)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2023, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-take-at-sign/988314 "2023-08-13T03:33:47Z")
Along a local highway, there is a store that sells sex stuff - vibrators, movies, etc. It’s like an Adam & Eve store. Today as I drove by, there on their electronic, neon colored sign in a running loop was: Anal August S… --- ## [I have mushrooms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mushrooms/983977)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mushrooms/983977 "2023-08-13T01:40:41Z")
The HOA did its annual drive by and told everyone to clear out our weeds. There is a little strip of land between my driveway and the next one over, about a foot or two wide. The neighbor was doing his weeds so he did t… --- ## [Design. For the colourblind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-for-the-colourblind/988381)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-for-the-colourblind/988381 "2023-08-12T14:57:29Z")
They say one in twelve US males (versus 1 in 200 women) are colourblind. Apart from traffic lights, I never thought much about other design implications. So this article interested me. Are you colourblind? Are there … --- ## [Maui fires - discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maui-fires-discussion/988432)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maui-fires-discussion/988432 "2023-08-12T13:24:06Z")
They still don’t know how it started. I didn’t realize a tropical rainforest would burn this easily. Maui is listed in the 10 wettest places on earth. The death toll is still rising as rescuers go into buildings. :cry: … --- ## [On the dispersion of broken glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-dispersion-of-broken-glass/988409)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2023, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-dispersion-of-broken-glass/988409 "2023-08-12T06:12:46Z")
I am always amazed that if a glass or jar tips off the counter and breaks on the floor, I am still finding bits of glass 20 feet away days later. --- ## [New Physics in Muon Experiment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-physics-in-muon-experiment/988373)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-physics-in-muon-experiment/988373 "2023-08-11T21:16:22Z")
This article says: “The kind of precision that these people have managed to attain is just staggering,” said Dan Hooper, a theoretical cosmologist at the University of Chicago who was not involved in the work. “There … --- ## [Resolved, SDMB should discourage use of “star-bellied sneetch”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-sdmb-should-discourage-use-of-star-bellied-sneetch/988408)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-sdmb-should-discourage-use-of-star-bellied-sneetch/988408 "2023-08-11T20:09:35Z")
This time of division and polarization must end. In my youth, I was a baseball. We must move forward, not backward, upwards, not forward. And always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom! I’m so tired of Doper… --- ## [We caught an Amazonian Giant Centipede in our vacation house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-caught-an-amazonian-giant-centipede-in-our-vacation-house/982249)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-caught-an-amazonian-giant-centipede-in-our-vacation-house/982249 "2023-08-11T17:31:38Z")
We are currently on a two-week holiday on the island of Saint Martin / Sint Maarten in the Caribbean. It’s a lovely destination: great beaches, good climate, excellent food, friendly people. Also some … interesting wild… --- ## [Anecdotard: A word I must use more often. Your fave under-used words?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anecdotard-a-word-i-must-use-more-often-your-fave-under-used-words/988255)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anecdotard-a-word-i-must-use-more-often-your-fave-under-used-words/988255 "2023-08-11T14:49:59Z")
Things I learned today: An ANECDOTARD is a teller of foolish or pointless anecdotes. The term ‘anecdotage’ dates back to the early 19th century. ‘Anecdotard’ itself appears shortly after that. For some, it refers onl… --- ## [Old, perhaps historic, buildings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-perhaps-historic-buildings/988214)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-perhaps-historic-buildings/988214 "2023-08-10T20:56:11Z")
Do you have really old and historic buildings in your area that are open to public use? This weekend, Vaderling and I made a day trip to Montini Cabin. (link is to a google maps page showing the location of the building… --- ## [Tampa mayor catches cocaine in the Florida Keys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-mayor-catches-cocaine-in-the-florida-keys/988335)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-mayor-catches-cocaine-in-the-florida-keys/988335 "2023-08-10T19:22:07Z")
While boating with her family, the mayor of Tampa, Florida caught some cocaine. Some 70 pounds worth. --- ## [Weird Quirks You Have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-quirks-you-have/984836)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-quirks-you-have/984836 "2023-08-10T17:59:59Z")
I love these plastic bags from a certain supermarket. I probably pay a tiny bit more just for those bags as opposed to the horrible wal-mart ones. They are so durable and fit perfectly into my small bin that I’ve actuall… --- ## [Mega Millions Madness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-millions-madness/988090)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-millions-madness/988090 "2023-08-10T17:53:49Z")
Soooooo…Nobody won the Mega Millions, and the jackpot is currently 1.55 BILLION bucks. Just saying that, if I win, I will be buying this place, lock, stock and barrel. Let the sucking up begin! --- ## [The Handy Adder (grocery shopping helper)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handy-adder-grocery-shopping-helper/987216)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handy-adder-grocery-shopping-helper/987216 "2023-08-10T14:32:06Z")
I recently had a random memory of my mom using a “Handy Adder” adding machine while we grocery shopped in the 80s. I don’t know if she ever let me use it for her, maybe once. I did pull it out of her purse and play with … --- ## [Do I REALLY have to deal with this crap for another 10 - 15 years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-really-have-to-deal-with-this-crap-for-another-10-15-years/987934)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-really-have-to-deal-with-this-crap-for-another-10-15-years/987934 "2023-08-10T13:50:10Z")
I’ve been working since I was 15, and in the full-time workforce since 1990 (with a brief break for grad school). The only break of more than a week or two was for recovery from a very nasty concussion that left me dizzy… --- ## [This early TV remote worked without a battery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-early-tv-remote-worked-without-a-battery/988102)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2023, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-early-tv-remote-worked-without-a-battery/988102 "2023-08-10T08:22:09Z")
Did anyone have this remote? The buttons struck an aluminium rod in the device which produced an ultrasonic sound that communicated with the television. No batteries required - ingenious! --- ## [Irrational language pet peeves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-language-pet-peeves/988273)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2023, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-language-pet-peeves/988273 "2023-08-10T05:26:25Z")
These always peeve me: an open mic, instead of an open mike in synch, instead of in sync Yes, yes, I know there are perfectly cromulent reasons for the former usages, there are rational reasons for them, but dammit! … --- ## [Patrick O’Brian at Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-o-brian-at-trump/988274)
**Author:** [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-o-brian-at-trump/988274 "2023-08-09T22:57:20Z")
I sincerely hope someone understands this story. It’s terribly inside baseball in nature, but I know some folks will get it, and will enjoy the telling. I am a local news videographer in our nation’s capital. Last week,… --- ## [No UPS strike (tentative settlement)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-ups-strike-tentative-settlement/987588)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-ups-strike-tentative-settlement/987588 "2023-08-09T22:50:55Z")
Not much to add, there is a tentative settlement agreed for a 5-year deal, which must be ratified by the union members. The agreement covers 340,000 workers. Story here. --- ## [ChatGPT: Have you tried it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chatgpt-have-you-tried-it/978512)
**Author:** [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chatgpt-have-you-tried-it/978512 "2023-08-09T13:36:32Z")
I’d been reading about ChatGPT, an AI writing tool that apparently has become quite popular. I’ve used creative writing my entire professional career, but have rarely dabbled in fiction, and I was especially intrigued b… --- ## [Castor oil in the umbilicus stimulates the immune system, and is detoxifying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castor-oil-in-the-umbilicus-stimulates-the-immune-system-and-is-detoxifying/988215)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castor-oil-in-the-umbilicus-stimulates-the-immune-system-and-is-detoxifying/988215 "2023-08-09T01:07:40Z")
I just saw this on a pharmacy website, not promoting its use but instead explaining why so many people were wanting it. Gosh, and I would have thought they were trying to get rid of gophers, and that the only internal o… --- ## [The last thing that made you LOL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-thing-that-made-you-lol/988163)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2023, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-thing-that-made-you-lol/988163 "2023-08-08T23:57:30Z")
I was in my car, on the way to pick up dinner, when I got a text message. I tapped the play button on my car’s screen, and this is what Siri read: (click on link above to hear the message). I laughed out loud when she… --- ## [Witnessing a hit and run accident, and giving chase](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-a-hit-and-run-accident-and-giving-chase/988130)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-a-hit-and-run-accident-and-giving-chase/988130 "2023-08-08T16:57:28Z")
My disclaimer: always follow the law. Do not do what I describe here. There are risks, perhaps possible grave risks. I was relating this to my mom in an email, and thought I’d share it here and see if there are others o… --- ## [Bergdahl's Conviction Overturned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bergdahls-conviction-overturned/987603)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bergdahls-conviction-overturned/987603 "2023-08-07T23:35:58Z")
Judge vacates desertion conviction for former US soldier captured in Afghanistan FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday vacated the military conviction of Bowe Bergdahl, a former U.S. Army soldier who plea… --- ## [Overthinkers unite!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overthinkers-unite/988153)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overthinkers-unite/988153 "2023-08-07T21:08:09Z")
I’m laughing at myself right now because I’m completely overthinking a super-critical, life-saving, death-defying situation: the layout of the app icons on my phone. It’s a problem that ranks right up there with global t… --- ## [Of Mustard Skittles, Velveeta Martinis, Ranch Ice Cream](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-mustard-skittles-velveeta-martinis-ranch-ice-cream/988103)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-mustard-skittles-velveeta-martinis-ranch-ice-cream/988103 "2023-08-07T19:39:37Z")
The Atlantic has an article (below) talking about the popularity (or free advertising) of unlikely products like mustard skittles or deep fried butter. What examples of this have you seen or tried? Any of these fra… --- ## [Tippy canoe and Bigfoot too!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tippy-canoe-and-bigfoot-too/988151)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tippy-canoe-and-bigfoot-too/988151 "2023-08-07T19:00:43Z")
Dishscapes has a scene of Bigfoot in a canoe. I have just a few questions: Where did he get the canoe? Would a canoe hold him up? Can he paddle? Who took the video, and shouldn’t media be on this? Why does he even … --- ## [WWII / WW2 Warbirds fans? Who has flown in a Warbird of WWII / WW2? What’s your Warbird story?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-ww2-warbirds-fans-who-has-flown-in-a-warbird-of-wwii-ww2-what-s-your-warbird-story/988108)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-ww2-warbirds-fans-who-has-flown-in-a-warbird-of-wwii-ww2-what-s-your-warbird-story/988108 "2023-08-07T18:47:49Z")
According to wiki, a warbird is any vintage military aircraft now operated by civilian organizations and individuals or historic arms of military forces. This is specifically for WWII / WW2 vintage aircraft. B-29 Doc an… --- ## [Cousins who look alike](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cousins-who-look-alike/770076)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cousins-who-look-alike/770076 "2023-08-07T17:10:39Z")
The thread about children inheriting political attitudes got me thinking about this. Any dopers with cousins who look more like you than your siblings? My father’s brother has four children (actually five, but one is ad… --- ## [Why is Irish spelling so--unusual?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-irish-spelling-so-unusual/10761)
**Author:** [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-irish-spelling-so-unusual/10761 "2023-08-07T15:02:44Z")
Their own language, that is. I’ve seen a number of Irish words with accompanying pronunciations, and they often have a bewildering (to a non-speaker) array of silent consonants. What orthography did the Irish use befor… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=146) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=148)