# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=166 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 167 --- ## [Secular Good Friday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secular-good-friday/982271)
**Author:** [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secular-good-friday/982271 "2023-04-07T18:31:00Z")
At work, we take off Good Friday despite the fact that we haven’t had any religious employees for years. So I have been trying to make a secular holiday out of Good Friday. I put up signage for off days and have declar… --- ## [Spanish anger over US surrogate baby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-anger-over-us-surrogate-baby/981885)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-anger-over-us-surrogate-baby/981885 "2023-04-07T14:06:58Z")
Article here. Maybe I’m missing it, but are they angry she broke the law, or something else? Not 100% sure this belongs here. --- ## [I'm in the ER (posted 2023-01-31, now home)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-er-posted-2023-01-31-now-home/979132)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2023, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-er-posted-2023-01-31-now-home/979132 "2023-04-07T02:15:52Z")
They may be keeping me overnight. Waiting for an available bed. --- ## [Do you know anyone who is literate in ROT13?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-who-is-literate-in-rot13/982221)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-who-is-literate-in-rot13/982221 "2023-04-07T02:05:47Z")
I mean actually reads it rather than laboriously deciphers it a letter at a time? --- ## [I think I solved a 40 yr old machine problem!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-solved-a-40-yr-old-machine-problem/982261)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-solved-a-40-yr-old-machine-problem/982261 "2023-04-07T01:44:52Z")
I hope some of the mechanics here weigh in on this. 40 years ago I was working for a coffee company on a pouch pack packaging line. We had about a dozen machines that would put coffee in little mylar bags. I will just ta… --- ## [When did this topic change from Mundane & pointless to Miscellaneous and Personal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-topic-change-from-mundane-pointless-to-miscellaneous-and-personal/982225)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-topic-change-from-mundane-pointless-to-miscellaneous-and-personal/982225 "2023-04-07T00:30:40Z")
I’ve been a Doper since '99. I just noticed that this thread has changed name. Please tell me it doesn’t go all the back to the board migration! StG --- ## [Supreme Court rejects West Virginia request to enforce anti-trans law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-rejects-west-virginia-request-to-enforce-anti-trans-law/982278)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-rejects-west-virginia-request-to-enforce-anti-trans-law/982278 "2023-04-06T22:09:55Z")
A glimmer of sanity from the Supreme Court, for once. West Virginia lunatic AG sought to block a 12-year-old trans girl from participating in her school’s cross-country and track teams because … well, just because. Eve… --- ## [Griping about part numbers and serial numbers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/griping-about-part-numbers-and-serial-numbers/982208)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/griping-about-part-numbers-and-serial-numbers/982208 "2023-04-06T16:07:41Z")
O.K. manufacturers, look, you should never use the letter S in a model number, part number, serial number, inventory number, whatever. I just ran in to this today. It looks like a damn 5. And when I write it down, I use … --- ## [Diidn't we have a recent thread about choosing a quadcopter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diidnt-we-have-a-recent-thread-about-choosing-a-quadcopter/981882)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diidnt-we-have-a-recent-thread-about-choosing-a-quadcopter/981882 "2023-04-05T19:18:41Z")
I would like to get one. I don’t need very long range but would like a video image size better then the entry level stuff. --- ## [Do You Regret Your University/College Major?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-your-university-college-major/971083)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-your-university-college-major/971083 "2023-04-05T18:01:37Z")
I do not personally. But 25-45% of students do, at least according to this. That said, the majority of students are presumably pleased with their choices, and the gap between different subjects is actually surprisingly … --- ## [Smallest (physically) USB flash drive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-physically-usb-flash-drive/980331)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-physically-usb-flash-drive/980331 "2023-04-05T16:42:26Z")
I’d like to have a specimen of the smallest USB drive available, just for the novelty. I have seen online over the years several very flat drives with no metal shell around the terminal. I’ve found this one available now… --- ## [Why does AT&T make it so hard to report a fraudulent account?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-at-t-make-it-so-hard-to-report-a-fraudulent-account/982209)
**Author:** [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-at-t-make-it-so-hard-to-report-a-fraudulent-account/982209 "2023-04-05T16:05:55Z")
I got a bill yesterday for an AT&T cell phone account that I never opened. In trying to report it, I found a phone number for Global Fraud Management. Calling that number directed me to a website to fill out a form- but… --- ## [Would the Secret Service go to jail, too?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-secret-service-go-to-jail-too/981352)
**Author:** [@cincinnatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cincinnatus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-secret-service-go-to-jail-too/981352 "2023-04-05T15:18:19Z")
If a former president were convicted of a crime and jailed, what would the Secret Service do? Put agents in the cells with him? --- ## [The director of Britain's National Cyber Force is called... Babbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-director-of-britains-national-cyber-force-is-called-babbage/982167)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2023, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-director-of-britains-national-cyber-force-is-called-babbage/982167 "2023-04-05T02:58:19Z")
James Babbage, to be precise. Not Charles. I had to check that the article (Economist, firewalled) wasn’t from April 1st. --- ## [Translate "fiscally conservative, socially liberal" for me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-fiscally-conservative-socially-liberal-for-me/982084)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-fiscally-conservative-socially-liberal-for-me/982084 "2023-04-05T01:50:54Z")
On a dating site. Normally, since I’m a leftwinger, I look for women whose views are compatible with mine, but I’m pretty broadminded. I don’t really understand what “FC, SL” means though. I associate fiscal conservatism… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad can you really do what you're dreaming of in your sleep? Or are you just too lazy to get up? (Yeah you grandwrex-son!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-can-you-really-do-what-youre-dreaming-of-in-your-sleep-or-are-you-just-too-lazy-to-get-up-yeah-you-grandwrex-son/982043)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-can-you-really-do-what-youre-dreaming-of-in-your-sleep-or-are-you-just-too-lazy-to-get-up-yeah-you-grandwrex-son/982043 "2023-04-05T00:25:25Z")
\#2 Broccoli for supper. Always causes digestive issues for these boys. Always. Usually it’s just unpleasant and Febreze can handle it.:face\_with\_peeking\_eye: This is the same boy who’s had numerous night terrors and sl… --- ## [A gin and tonic is $9.00 at Olive Garden?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gin-and-tonic-is-9-00-at-olive-garden/982020)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gin-and-tonic-is-9-00-at-olive-garden/982020 "2023-04-04T18:05:53Z")
My wife and I don’t usually eat at Olive Gardens (or any Darden restaurants), but we had a Darden gift card and needed to grab a bite on the way to a theater show last night. It’s true that I asked for Bombay Sapphire g… --- ## [Michigan accents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-accents/963505)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2023, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-accents/963505 "2023-04-04T12:14:31Z")
I know quite a few people that come from Michigan or still live there and I can easily identify at least four distinct accents possibly five. I don’t think I’ve seen as many distinct accents from any other state. Have an… --- ## [When idiots collide... Literally](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-idiots-collide-literally/981936)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-idiots-collide-literally/981936 "2023-04-03T22:04:37Z")
Locally, a ground of morons drag racing, crashed into one of those other fucking morons doing donuts in an intersection, in a stolen car. No notice yet off death or castration, so Darwin awards may not be able to qual… --- ## [“UN: Ozone Layer Will Be Almost Completely Healed By 2040”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-ozone-layer-will-be-almost-completely-healed-by-2040/977927)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-ozone-layer-will-be-almost-completely-healed-by-2040/977927 "2023-04-03T22:01:44Z")
This Grauniad article suggests the handwringing of the 1980s led to big improvements. If so, this hopeful story deserves more exposure. --- ## [Are silent Ts becoming more prevalent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-silent-ts-becoming-more-prevalent/981988)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-silent-ts-becoming-more-prevalent/981988 "2023-04-03T21:51:46Z")
Or am I just now noticing it? Words like “kitten” and “bitten” get the treatment. Here’s a good example from Steve Schmidt: TRUMP ARRESTED? Steve Schmidt explains what comes next after Donald Trump's indictment | The Wa… --- ## [My boss left suddenly, and I'm sad and tired](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boss-left-suddenly-and-im-sad-and-tired/981590)
**Author:** [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boss-left-suddenly-and-im-sad-and-tired/981590 "2023-04-03T20:18:35Z")
I wanted to do this as a rant in the Pit, but I’m too sad and tired. My boss left suddenly - something happened, but we’re not allowed to know what, I guess for privacy reasons. He had never given any indication of inten… --- ## [Let's play Operation! How many parts have you lost since you were born?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-operation-how-many-parts-have-you-lost-since-you-were-born/982003)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-operation-how-many-parts-have-you-lost-since-you-were-born/982003 "2023-04-03T19:53:16Z")
Remember the Operation game? How many parts that you were born with were removed one way or another? Hopefully without a buzzer sounding. First to go for me was my foreskin. I lost my tonsils and adenoids at age 5. It… --- ## [March 27, trans man, initially identified as Female shooter kills 6 @ Nashville Christian school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-27-trans-man-initially-identified-as-female-shooter-kills-6-nashville-christian-school/981720)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-27-trans-man-initially-identified-as-female-shooter-kills-6-nashville-christian-school/981720 "2023-04-03T17:06:34Z")
… The shooter had at least two semi-automatic rifles and a handgun, Aaron said. Two officers from a five-member team shot at her in what Aaron described as a lobby area and she was dead by 10:27 a.m… “We do not know… --- ## [Saving Stuff for Later](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-stuff-for-later/981883)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-stuff-for-later/981883 "2023-04-03T16:18:21Z")
I save stuff for later because I don’t want to use it up. Gift cards are one of these things. When the time arises that I could use it, I think to myself, “if I use it, I won’t have it anymore”. So I’ll save it. Pretty s… --- ## [The day the trees touched the ground 3/27/1964](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-trees-touched-the-ground-3-27-1964/981725)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-trees-touched-the-ground-3-27-1964/981725 "2023-04-03T16:03:45Z")
Today is the 59th anniversary of the Great Alaskan Earthquake of 1964, which took place on Good Friday of that year. We had just sat down to dinner when we heard a rumble. My mother said “Earthquake!” My stepfather said … --- ## [Purple streetlights: Anyone else seen this in their area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-streetlights-anyone-else-seen-this-in-their-area/975184)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-streetlights-anyone-else-seen-this-in-their-area/975184 "2023-04-03T13:03:35Z")
Several LED street light bulbs have turned purple in my area, and people seem to either love it, or hate it. Other cities have had the same phenomenon, and the explanation is a defect in the bulb’s coating. Some places… --- ## [\[OLD\] Have As Good A New Monday MMP As Possible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-have-as-good-a-new-monday-mmp-as-possible/981700)
**Author:** [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Replies:** 408\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-have-as-good-a-new-monday-mmp-as-possible/981700 "2023-04-03T05:30:18Z")
thanks @purplehorseshoe for the inspiration. Here’s hoping this finds us all having “as good a day as possible”. I’ll be the one stumbling in mid-morning rueing the hour after I take my pill before I can have that firs… --- ## [Happy Birthday, Barret Eugene Hansen!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-barret-eugene-hansen/982044)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2023, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-barret-eugene-hansen/982044 "2023-04-02T23:54:55Z")
aka Dr. Demento, who is now 82. The man has put joy and laughter in my heart and/or ears for a few decades now. I started listening to him in early 1977 when I was sent to March AFB, so I got to hear the start of Weird… --- ## [That crazy Gwyneth Paltrow Skiing lawsuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-crazy-gwyneth-paltrow-skiing-lawsuit/981949)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-crazy-gwyneth-paltrow-skiing-lawsuit/981949 "2023-04-02T18:50:47Z")
A little late 'cause the verdict is in. But did anybody follow that? It had its absurd and comical moments. Do you think the DA was fluffing Paltrow intentionally, or was the DA truly star-struck and enamored? And the … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=165) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=167)