# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=151 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 152 --- ## [What's the difference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference/986951)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference/986951 "2023-07-12T19:05:58Z")
I was thinking, if I said “that worked out good” it sounds wrong/awkward, but if I say “that worked out well” it sounds right. I mean, good and well are almost synonymous, so why does one sound right in that phrase and o… --- ## [MSRP and car dealers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msrp-and-car-dealers/986879)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msrp-and-car-dealers/986879 "2023-07-12T18:24:21Z")
Just whingeing away here Truth in advertising my ass. Christ, MSRP is now just some fantasy bait and switch price. At least for in-demand electics, hybrids and plug in hybrids. I’m in the market for a plug-in hybrid SUV… --- ## [My house is newly haunted -- help ID a weird noise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-is-newly-haunted-help-id-a-weird-noise/986910)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-is-newly-haunted-help-id-a-weird-noise/986910 "2023-07-12T18:14:34Z")
Weird sound – hoping to definitively ID it :slight\_smile: On about June 15th, I pulled the innards out of one of our Panasonic bathroom exhaust fans to clean it. It had been a decade or more. Everything went fine. St… --- ## [A four-lane bridge in Pittsburgh has collapsed just hours before Biden visits the city to talk about infrastructure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-four-lane-bridge-in-pittsburgh-has-collapsed-just-hours-before-biden-visits-the-city-to-talk-about-infrastructure/958569)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-four-lane-bridge-in-pittsburgh-has-collapsed-just-hours-before-biden-visits-the-city-to-talk-about-infrastructure/958569 "2023-07-12T13:54:15Z")
The collapse also severed a natural gas line. From the first article: The cause of the collapse is under investigation. The bridge was most recently inspected in September, city officials said, but it was not imme… --- ## [How do you say it? \[How to pronounce Cecil\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-it-how-to-pronounce-cecil/986236)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-it-how-to-pronounce-cecil/986236 "2023-07-12T00:10:46Z")
It just occurred to me. How do you pronounce @Cecil\_Adams first name? 'See-cil’? Or 'Seh-cil’?? When I’m feeling fancy I say Sehcil Wonder how Cecil himself pronounces it? I need to know. :blush: --- ## [Breaking news: Essex truck deaths \[was: Can Bulgarians Freely Enter the UK\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-essex-truck-deaths-was-can-bulgarians-freely-enter-the-uk/842185)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-essex-truck-deaths-was-can-bulgarians-freely-enter-the-uk/842185 "2023-07-11T23:50:03Z")
Horrible news from Essex where thirty-nine people were found dead in the back of a truck. They may have been Bulgarians trying to sneak into the UK. Why? Bulgaria and the UK are part of the EU. Can’t people freely trav… --- ## [(Old) It's the heat AND the humidity in the MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-its-the-heat-and-the-humidity-in-the-mmp/986494)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 414\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2023, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-its-the-heat-and-the-humidity-in-the-mmp/986494 "2023-07-11T21:54:44Z")
Does it really matter whether it’s hot, or hot and dry, or hot and humid? Isn’t that why air conditioners were invented?? Happy Moanday!! --- ## [Best way to sharpen lawn mower blades](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-sharpen-lawn-mower-blades/986837)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2023, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-sharpen-lawn-mower-blades/986837 "2023-07-11T20:25:12Z")
Recently bought a Hustler zero-turn with 54 inch deck. It has three blades. I’m sure there are a zillion YT videos on how to sharpen mower blades. But am wondering if the teeming millions have some good advice. --- ## [Bad, bad, bad, Great, mighty and Powerful Oz..er..um I mean Cece? Knock,knock! You home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-great-mighty-and-powerful-oz-er-um-i-mean-cece-knock-knock-you-home/986759)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-great-mighty-and-powerful-oz-er-um-i-mean-cece-knock-knock-you-home/986759 "2023-07-11T01:49:57Z")
Beck needs to know. If I came skipping down a yellow road, in a goofy dress and a couple losers and a flea bitten dog in tow, would you help me get home? Or could I just stay in Emera…wherever you are? Need answer fas… --- ## [Finger Lakes meetup July 2023?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-lakes-meetup-july-2023/986318)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2023, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-lakes-meetup-july-2023/986318 "2023-07-11T01:27:58Z")
@penultima\_thule has been travelling through the USA (thread here: Diary of a Wandering Thule ), and will be coming through the Finger Lakes area. We’ve been discussing a possible meetup, maybe at a brewery @Paintcharge … --- ## [Global High Temperature Record Broken This Week - Thrice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-high-temperature-record-broken-this-week-thrice/986743)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-high-temperature-record-broken-this-week-thrice/986743 "2023-07-09T19:27:56Z")
It’s been a hot year already with Texas heat waves and big wildfires across Canada. I didn’t see another thread discussing the new record, set three different days this week, for rising mercury. --- ## [When Did "On Tomorrow" Become a Thing (Language Use)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-on-tomorrow-become-a-thing-language-use/986715)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-on-tomorrow-become-a-thing-language-use/986715 "2023-07-09T15:51:59Z")
A few years back, I had a coworker who would tell me something like, “I’ll have this ready for you on tomorrow.” But then I heard others say on tomorrow, and, brace yourself, even “on yesterday.” I’m not the language … --- ## [Anyone live in Ely, NV? Or in the area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-live-in-ely-nv-or-in-the-area/986614)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-live-in-ely-nv-or-in-the-area/986614 "2023-07-09T01:52:58Z")
I’m getting tired of the heat, not to mention how racist, bigoted and misogynistic Arizona has become post trump so I’m looking to move somewhere where there is water. And dispensaries. And grocery stores. Ely looks ver… --- ## [Dope Fest San Francisco Bay Area! (May/June 2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-fest-san-francisco-bay-area-may-june-2023/982563)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2023, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-fest-san-francisco-bay-area-may-june-2023/982563 "2023-07-08T05:30:34Z")
Let’s do this! Who’s up for it? If you’d like to join in the May/June 2023 San Francisco Bay Area Dope Fest, how about providing the following? Or, however you want to reply, go for it. These are suggestions… Perhaps c… --- ## [Very Cool Charts (Also learn Morse Code!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-charts-also-learn-morse-code/986749)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2023, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-charts-also-learn-morse-code/986749 "2023-07-08T01:29:06Z")
I’m a huge fan of good graphic design. I thought that lots of these graphs and maps are very cool, --- ## [Is it possible to change a negative review (that you gave to someone else) on eBay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-change-a-negative-review-that-you-gave-to-someone-else-on-ebay/986742)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-change-a-negative-review-that-you-gave-to-someone-else-on-ebay/986742 "2023-07-07T22:09:18Z")
I have come to believe that I was hasty about something, and I would like to alter my review from negative to (at least) neutral, and especially to change what I said. This does not seem possible to do, which is unfortun… --- ## [The most quintessentially moment of Americana](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-quintessentially-moment-of-americana/986536)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-quintessentially-moment-of-americana/986536 "2023-07-07T20:42:46Z")
…when the piccolos solo in John Philip Sousa “Stars and Stripes Forever”, and the audience cheers. Every time. Everybody loves it- cities and farms, coast to coast, mountains to prairies. It’s apolitical, non-militaris… --- ## [Philippines rebranding gets off to a rocky start](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philippines-rebranding-gets-off-to-a-rocky-start/986507)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2023, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philippines-rebranding-gets-off-to-a-rocky-start/986507 "2023-07-07T07:20:44Z")
Last week, the Department of Tourism here in the Philippines decided to drop their (highly successful) slogan “It’s More Fun in the Philippines” in favor of a new slogan “Love the Philippines” complete with a slickly-pro… --- ## [(Old) A Drinking Problem in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-drinking-problem-in-the-mmp/986111)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 343\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2023, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-drinking-problem-in-the-mmp/986111 "2023-07-07T01:41:56Z")
Morning, mumpers! 17c/62f with a predicted high of 19c/66f today and cloudy. Weather app says “If this weather was soup, it would be broccoli fart chowder with corn and bacon.” I’m not sure if that’s good or bad! It’… --- ## [Tell us about your most memorable birthdays](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-most-memorable-birthdays/985524)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-most-memorable-birthdays/985524 "2023-07-06T13:26:00Z")
On one of my grade-school birthdays, me and my friends made pizza. Our dog had escaped a few days ago, and while playing outside, we found him running along the opposite shore of the creek. Dad went and got him. Ever si… --- ## ["I'm going off the rails of the Crazy train"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-off-the-rails-of-the-crazy-train/986534)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-off-the-rails-of-the-crazy-train/986534 "2023-07-06T03:02:05Z")
Thanks Ozzy! Sister came, dragging her giant dog, 2 daughters, and asst. children. The lil’wrekker came home from Branson, where she was auditioning. With boyfriend. (The same one she left with) Mr. Wrekker and fishi… --- ## [Tell me about your imaginary dream house on Hawai'i Island](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-imaginary-dream-house-on-hawaii-island/985219)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2023, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-imaginary-dream-house-on-hawaii-island/985219 "2023-07-06T02:47:02Z")
I live on Hawai’i Island (where Kīlauea is erupting again - yay!) The house next door is for sale and I am a total property slut - I love to house hunt, so of course I had to look at it when they had an open house. I tr… --- ## [Stories About Jury Selection/Jury Service/Jury Experiences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-about-jury-selection-jury-service-jury-experiences/982013)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 235\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2023, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-about-jury-selection-jury-service-jury-experiences/982013 "2023-07-06T02:04:27Z")
Several posters have shared their personal juror experiences in this thread: Rather than derail that thread, let’s share our stories here. I love hearing them! --- ## [Musk vs. Zuckerberg. A cage match at the Coliseum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musk-vs-zuckerberg-a-cage-match-at-the-coliseum/986365)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musk-vs-zuckerberg-a-cage-match-at-the-coliseum/986365 "2023-07-05T16:01:32Z")
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are in the process, along with Dana White from UFC, of trying to set up a cage match. The latest is that they’re trying to set it up at the Flavian ampitheater, AKA the Roman coliseum. I… --- ## [ONtario has lawyers learned in the law for the first time in 40 years!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ontario-has-lawyers-learned-in-the-law-for-the-first-time-in-40-years/986384)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ontario-has-lawyers-learned-in-the-law-for-the-first-time-in-40-years/986384 "2023-07-05T13:28:51Z")
The Attorney General of Ontario has announced that the province is going to reinstate the designation of some lawyers as “King’s Counsel”. The government stopped appointing QCs back in the mid-1980s, so Ontario is final… --- ## [Do you obsess over relative price differences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-obsess-over-relative-price-differences/984960)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-obsess-over-relative-price-differences/984960 "2023-07-05T00:28:46Z")
I was shopping Amazon yesterday for a fairly large order (a budget of $500) and one thing I wanted was some higher capacity USB flash drives. They had 256 GB Silicon Power drives (which is a real brand, not fake crap) at… --- ## [June 30, 2023 (that's yesterday) A significant date for me, and Mr VOW, too!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-30-2023-thats-yesterday-a-significant-date-for-me-and-mr-vow-too/986405)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-30-2023-thats-yesterday-a-significant-date-for-me-and-mr-vow-too/986405 "2023-07-04T21:40:12Z")
Yesterday was our wedding anniversary. Next year will be the big, whoop-de-doo anniversary, but that doesn’t detract from this recent milestone. We’ve been married 49 years now. When I say that, or even think that, my … --- ## [A royal title for Winston Churchill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-royal-title-for-winston-churchill/982721)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-royal-title-for-winston-churchill/982721 "2023-07-04T14:46:33Z")
Perhaps British 'Dopers can explain. From reading Churchill biographies, at the end of his second term as Prime Minister, it was expected for Elizabeth II to offer him a title, but is was important that he not accept it.… --- ## [Evidence of women hunters in hunter/gatherer societies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evidence-of-women-hunters-in-hunter-gatherer-societies/986451)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2023, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evidence-of-women-hunters-in-hunter-gatherer-societies/986451 "2023-07-03T23:56:44Z")
Story here; I think worth reading. Story includes a link to the study: Basically: if what’s looked at is the actual evidence, not just the image inside the heads of those human researchers who had/have the preconcep… --- ## [Are American Universities “So Focused On Race That They Are Blind To Class”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-american-universities-so-focused-on-race-that-they-are-blind-to-class/986317)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-american-universities-so-focused-on-race-that-they-are-blind-to-class/986317 "2023-07-03T21:17:48Z")
To be clear, I don’t think I personally agree with the recent Supreme Court decision to stop affirmative action at American universities. But this article claims it would be better to focus on class. Does it make any g… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=150) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=152)