# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=163 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 164 --- ## [End-of-life paperwork in the U.S.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-life-paperwork-in-the-u-s/983080)
**Author:** [@phs3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phs3)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-life-paperwork-in-the-u-s/983080 "2023-04-24T17:14:46Z")
I hope this is an appropriate topic for this category. A decade ago, my mother (85yo) had emergency abdominal surgery, during which she had a heart attack. By the next day, she had not regained consciousness, her kidney… --- ## [I misread the cops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-misread-the-cops/983071)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-misread-the-cops/983071 "2023-04-24T15:32:05Z")
About 40 years ago, my wife and I were walking down an urban street, on an overpass over I-25 in Denver, when some kids in a passing car said something insulting to us and threw something (maybe a bottle? It’s been a lon… --- ## [Welp. Here I am, back where I started](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-here-i-am-back-where-i-started/983031)
**Author:** [@Chicago\_Faucet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicago_Faucet)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-here-i-am-back-where-i-started/983031 "2023-04-24T09:12:18Z")
It was the Spring of 2003. For my birthday, my older brother (who is an avid reader) wanted to get me (who he knows is not an avid reader of long-form novels) some books that he thought were “more akin to my attention s… --- ## [Share Weird News Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-weird-news-here/982970)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-weird-news-here/982970 "2023-04-24T06:56:17Z")
I figure we have good and bad news all the time on here, so why not the odd stuff? Like possible aliens landing in Ukraine! (Ok, very unlikely). It can be anything, provided you give a heads-up for the squeamish. --- ## [(OLD) It's Tax Time in the MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-its-tax-time-in-the-mmp/982780)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 420\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-its-tax-time-in-the-mmp/982780 "2023-04-24T06:49:40Z")
US tax deadline is Tues, 4/18. Have you waited till the last minute? Get it in gear!!! We submitted our in Feb, because we’re over-achievers :wink: and we wanted our refund! OK, enough of that. I’m up stoopit early beca… --- ## [Easthampton school superintendent job offer abruptly rescinded](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easthampton-school-superintendent-job-offer-abruptly-rescinded/982248)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easthampton-school-superintendent-job-offer-abruptly-rescinded/982248 "2023-04-23T22:26:02Z")
Easthampton seems to be in New Hampshire. A guy was offered a job as the school superintendent. The offer was rescinded when he used the salutation, “Ladies and Gentlemen” in an email. It seems the term “ladies” is a s… --- ## [Each woman's hair style has a number?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/each-womans-hair-style-has-a-number/964728)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/each-womans-hair-style-has-a-number/964728 "2023-04-23T18:29:24Z")
I was browsing some articles on Huffington Post and one mentioned several hair styles and also gave each one a number? Like: “loose curl pattern, 1a-3b” and “4b Afro”. I had no idea! Do guys have the same deal? I just th… --- ## [Things you FINALLY figured out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-finally-figured-out/982223)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-finally-figured-out/982223 "2023-04-23T17:32:24Z")
Rather than reopen any of several years-old threads I’ll start this one anew. At the age of 62 I finally saw an actual point to making a bed other than obsessive-compulsiveness. It’s somewhat less necessary now that mos… --- ## [A message in a time-bottle from future you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-in-a-time-bottle-from-future-you/983019)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-in-a-time-bottle-from-future-you/983019 "2023-04-23T14:49:21Z")
It’s no more than seven words and can’t use any proper names for fear of paradoxes because of timey-wimey reasons. What does it say? --- ## ['Lives tragically lost': 4 dead, multiple injured in Dadeville, Alabama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lives-tragically-lost-4-dead-multiple-injured-in-dadeville-alabama/982752)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lives-tragically-lost-4-dead-multiple-injured-in-dadeville-alabama/982752 "2023-04-23T03:38:42Z")
just found this… jesus yet another one --- ## [Awfully & Terribly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awfully-terribly/981786)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awfully-terribly/981786 "2023-04-22T22:31:50Z")
As I was driving home, listening to a podcast someone said, “he’s an awfully good guitar player”. That made me think of how the word “terribly” is used in a similar way. I wonder why those two words that if used in the f… --- ## [What's the most unusual career change you've ever seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-unusual-career-change-youve-ever-seen/981091)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-unusual-career-change-youve-ever-seen/981091 "2023-04-22T21:22:45Z")
Last night, I took a dive down an Internet rabbit hole, and one of the side tunnels took me to a story about a physician who, in middle age, gave up the practice of medicine, and joined (and expanded) her husband’s inter… --- ## [Ass(donkey) from hole in the ground... Who knew?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ass-donkey-from-hole-in-the-ground-who-knew/275060)
**Author:** [@odaran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/odaran)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ass-donkey-from-hole-in-the-ground-who-knew/275060 "2023-04-22T21:17:08Z")
I just had a moment that made clear one of the oldest sayings I have ever heard. “He does not know his ass from a hole in the ground.” I always thought it had referred to the persons posterior. Well surprise, surprise. I… --- ## [I have decided to retire!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-decided-to-retire/982981)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-decided-to-retire/982981 "2023-04-22T13:25:17Z")
After doing a few calculations I determined it was doable so I called the Social Security department yesterday and set up an appointment. In the last year or so have made me realize that what time I have left is limit… --- ## [In wake of school shooting, Tennessee legislators take action to protect the vulnerable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-wake-of-school-shooting-tennessee-legislators-take-action-to-protect-the-vulnerable/982908)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-wake-of-school-shooting-tennessee-legislators-take-action-to-protect-the-vulnerable/982908 "2023-04-22T06:23:40Z")
by enacting a law to protect gun companies from lawsuits. Obviously, the gun companies are the real victims of all these shootings and need special legal protections. --- ## [It’s 4/20 - Happy holidays!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-4-20-happy-holidays/982977)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-4-20-happy-holidays/982977 "2023-04-22T06:04:46Z")
For millions of Americans, using cannabis has become normalized. And, due to some stoner kids in the 70’s, the number “420” has become a reference to smoking cannabis. Which means that today - April 20th - has become t… --- ## [Weird ads on the interwebs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ads-on-the-interwebs/983008)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ads-on-the-interwebs/983008 "2023-04-22T04:27:27Z")
So I jumped onto Amazon to check out prices on Birkenstock sandals, because my current ones are, quite honestly, ready for the compost bin. So I came across an ad for a (reasonably priced) pair, checked the product desc… --- ## [Huntington Ingalls Industries data breach](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huntington-ingalls-industries-data-breach/983038)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huntington-ingalls-industries-data-breach/983038 "2023-04-22T03:09:57Z")
This one doesn’t seem to be headline news yet, but the company – the Navy’s largest contractor, I believe – just sent out the letters days ago. I got one and it sounds pretty serious: “…As a result of the investigation,… --- ## [Did Your Sibling(s) Do Weird Things?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-sibling-s-do-weird-things/982695)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-sibling-s-do-weird-things/982695 "2023-04-21T16:36:20Z")
Inspired by this BoredPanda thread inspired by TV, this is the place to tell stories about sibling quirks. --- ## [Parler is apparently pronounced /parlor/ now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parler-is-apparently-pronounced-parlor-now/930153)
**Author:** [@Olfatbut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olfatbut)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parler-is-apparently-pronounced-parlor-now/930153 "2023-04-21T16:20:37Z")
Parler has been in the news lately and when I heard NPR pronounce it “Parlor” I was like wtaf? And then another podcast pronounced it that way. According to wikipedia: The name was originally intended to be pronounced … --- ## [Ongoing Judicial Deceit and Misrepresentation Omnibus Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-judicial-deceit-and-misrepresentation-omnibus-thread/982796)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-judicial-deceit-and-misrepresentation-omnibus-thread/982796 "2023-04-20T22:19:32Z")
Continuing the discussion from Texas Federal Judge strikes down FDA approval of the abortion pill (competing lawsuit filed, outcome uncertain): I’m starting a linked but separate thread for this, and while I know we som… --- ## [Final word on metric vs English after the apocalypse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-word-on-metric-vs-english-after-the-apocalypse/982906)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-word-on-metric-vs-english-after-the-apocalypse/982906 "2023-04-20T15:09:45Z")
Dust. That’s all that is left. Mad Max roams the vast deserts searching for gasoline. But dammit, we still need to know how far it is between outposts or how to sight the rifles. Whata yah gonna do? Measure ten millionth… --- ## [Religion and waving penises around](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-and-waving-penises-around/982881)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-and-waving-penises-around/982881 "2023-04-20T11:11:06Z")
From an email discussion between my sibling and I, on my mom’s latest attempt to get us children to return to Mormonism. Their comment: As a proud owner of a penis who has yet to wave it around in public, I support th… --- ## [Reddit to charge for API Access](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddit-to-charge-for-api-access/982947)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2023, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddit-to-charge-for-api-access/982947 "2023-04-20T11:00:10Z")
Reddit user data is being used to train AI chatbots, which is profitable for the AI developers but not for Reddit. So, Reddit wants a piece of the pie. That seems fair. Maybe the AI companies will start scraping The St… --- ## [Boy Scouts of America files for bankruptcy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-scouts-of-america-files-for-bankruptcy/848108)
**Author:** [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2023, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-scouts-of-america-files-for-bankruptcy/848108 "2023-04-20T02:24:38Z")
Sorry I can’t copy/paste a link from this tablet but there it is - too much sexual abuse & coverup. --- ## [Recent Religious Trends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-religious-trends/982405)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-religious-trends/982405 "2023-04-19T23:40:12Z")
A recent Canadian poll shows about half of Canadians believe in God but do not necessarily see value in attending church. Many non-believers still feel attached to their religion. A new poll by Leger for the Associatio… --- ## [Santa Family Reunion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-family-reunion/982888)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-family-reunion/982888 "2023-04-19T21:57:05Z")
So my bridge partner and I are playing in a tournament in Gatlinburg Tennessee and we kept noting all these large white bearded older men walking around the streets. Like a lot of them. Turns out there is a Santa Conven… --- ## [Tell me about the current state of the art in HVAC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-current-state-of-the-art-in-hvac/966822)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-current-state-of-the-art-in-hvac/966822 "2023-04-19T19:28:13Z")
I can explain exactly how a heat pump works at a technical level. However, where my knowledge is lacking is in the more practical matters of: what’s the current state of the art? What products are available? Let me de… --- ## [Beckdawrek is unwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-unwell/962605)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-unwell/962605 "2023-04-19T16:42:36Z")
Per her youngest: Mr. Mike, I finally found you in Mother’s contacts. She’s sneaky hiding names. Anyway, she had a brain bleed 2 days ago They surgically reduced it yesterday. She’s in ICU. The surgeon is optimistic t… --- ## [I Haz Screenz I Definitely Haz Screenz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-haz-screenz-i-definitely-haz-screenz/982773)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-haz-screenz-i-definitely-haz-screenz/982773 "2023-04-19T16:35:40Z")
I’ve long been addicted to the usefulness of multiple monitors when I’m working. Had a triple monitor configuration with my PowerBook G4 (native TFT screen; built-in DVI out; CardBus Card VillageTronic to give me a thir… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=162) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=164)