# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=173 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 174 --- ## [Anybody here paying attention to Comet ZTF? (Zwicky Transient Facility)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-paying-attention-to-comet-ztf-zwicky-transient-facility/977989)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-paying-attention-to-comet-ztf-zwicky-transient-facility/977989 "2023-02-13T14:50:43Z")
Quoted from wiki (C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - Wikipedia) — “C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is a long period comet that was discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility on 2 March 2022. The comet will reach its perihelion on January 12, 2023, at … --- ## [Thinking of Tubadiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-tubadiva/979660)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-tubadiva/979660 "2023-02-13T14:13:04Z")
(upload://xra8HjF19AjLyYn3n2IaSFKi01.jpeg) --- ## [I Fell in a Vat of Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-in-a-vat-of-chocolate/965974)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-in-a-vat-of-chocolate/965974 "2023-02-13T13:46:24Z")
Life Imitates the Smothers Brothers https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/09/us/chocolate-tank-rescue-pennsylvania/index.html All I could think of, of course, was this: Also, if you’re going to fall in a vat of c… --- ## [Where's The New MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-new-mmp/979378)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 266\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-new-mmp/979378 "2023-02-13T03:37:07Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 42 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of \< snerk \> 69! \< snerk \> and N.O.S. for the day. The big item on today’s agenda is cleanin’ lady comin’ around ten to s… --- ## [Thank you, Henry Cavill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-henry-cavill/979686)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-henry-cavill/979686 "2023-02-12T23:59:06Z")
My wife just Wam Bam thank you sir’d me. No sweet talk. No cuddling afterward. Just got up and went to watch more of The Witcher and told me to not bother her while watching. I feel so cheap and used. Note to self - sen… --- ## [Rock, stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-stone/979017)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-stone/979017 "2023-02-12T21:55:20Z")
Rock and stone are two synonyms, right? Or… are they? Over the years as I kept learning languages I kept noticing a pattern: most languages have one word consistently translated as “rock” and a different word consistent… --- ## [Woo Hoo - I scared a spammer!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-scared-a-spammer/979536)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-scared-a-spammer/979536 "2023-02-12T21:42:01Z")
We have been getting daily calls from marketers that show up on the caller ID as “Spam risk”. We have hung up, ignored them and shouted into the phone so far. Today I answered the phone and began slowly speaking in my be… --- ## [I've got to stop reading those articles which show crazy texts from dating apps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-to-stop-reading-those-articles-which-show-crazy-texts-from-dating-apps/979659)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-to-stop-reading-those-articles-which-show-crazy-texts-from-dating-apps/979659 "2023-02-12T21:30:02Z")
The idea is too long to fit into a subject title. But some entertainment-style news sources show text threads that women\* receive from creepy people once they use a dating app. God, the crazy, abusive crap that women r… --- ## [Good morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-morning/979622)
**Author:** [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-morning/979622 "2023-02-12T17:19:40Z")
All the best. --- ## [Why is distilled water suddenly so hard to find?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-distilled-water-suddenly-so-hard-to-find/979505)
**Author:** [@Mortimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mortimus)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-distilled-water-suddenly-so-hard-to-find/979505 "2023-02-12T00:26:57Z")
Can’t find it anywhere around here in NE WI. Stocks have been sporadic since mid Nov. Local Walmart puts out a pallet of the stuff and it’s gone in minutes, same with other stores. Once in a while I can find a gallon … --- ## [Mystery mail from DMV coming today, should I be worried?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mail-from-dmv-coming-today-should-i-be-worried/979631)
**Author:** [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mail-from-dmv-coming-today-should-i-be-worried/979631 "2023-02-11T20:49:35Z")
I get the USPS Informed Delivery email every morning so I know what’s going to be delivered in the mail that day. This morning’s notice included a very mysterious envelope coming from the DMV. The mysteries: –It’s addre… --- ## [Anyone actually been inside a massive data center?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-actually-been-inside-a-massive-data-center/979463)
**Author:** [@joemama24\_98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joemama24_98)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-actually-been-inside-a-massive-data-center/979463 "2023-02-11T16:18:11Z")
I’ve worked in IT and have seen some pretty impressive corporate setups, but not say, AWS or Azure scale. My old company built a new data center in the last decade, but the majority went unused as cloud was more widely … --- ## [What info do y'all have on The National Police Association?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-info-do-yall-have-on-the-national-police-association/979462)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-info-do-yall-have-on-the-national-police-association/979462 "2023-02-11T15:25:57Z")
A lot of my right-leaning friends are singing their praises, but they don’t seem to have page(or even a mention, for that matter) on Wiki. Google says their national headquarters is a P.O. box in Indianapolis, and their… --- ## [The shit of the 21st century is demotivating me to do... pretty much anything](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shit-of-the-21st-century-is-demotivating-me-to-do-pretty-much-anything/978736)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shit-of-the-21st-century-is-demotivating-me-to-do-pretty-much-anything/978736 "2023-02-11T02:57:58Z")
I was born in 1971. I think it must be weird for young people growing up today, since, sure, they have never known a world without the internet, but they have also never known a motivated world, either. (This pertains to… --- ## [Something's wrong on the Internet! (Google Maps)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somethings-wrong-on-the-internet-google-maps/979456)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somethings-wrong-on-the-internet-google-maps/979456 "2023-02-10T22:07:15Z")
There’s a place shown on Google Maps as Skunk Point (Santa Rosa Island) State Marine Reserve There are a few things wrong with this: it’s positioned on Santa Cruz Island, it’s on land, and the link goes to pictures and … --- ## [An Egyptian immigrant to Canada tells of her first encounter with snow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-egyptian-immigrant-to-canada-tells-of-her-first-encounter-with-snow/979015)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-egyptian-immigrant-to-canada-tells-of-her-first-encounter-with-snow/979015 "2023-02-10T00:23:40Z")
Just a nice story I thought I would share: --- ## [Who would beat somebody in front of a camera?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-beat-somebody-in-front-of-a-camera/979084)
**Author:** [@cincinnatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cincinnatus)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-beat-somebody-in-front-of-a-camera/979084 "2023-02-09T19:06:36Z")
This doesn’t go along exactly with the Memphis murder of the young man. What I would like is some perspective from knowledgeable folks here on those who perpetrate such public crimes in front of a camera they are wearin… --- ## [The incredible volume of my hot water pipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-volume-of-my-hot-water-pipes/979502)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-volume-of-my-hot-water-pipes/979502 "2023-02-09T13:53:58Z")
I know a few things for certain. My hot water heater keeps water very, very hot My hot water heater is, like, 15 feet from my shower 1/2 copper pipes seem pretty small And yet, based on what I estimate is the flow rat… --- ## [In Praise Of Municipal Government](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-municipal-government/979459)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-municipal-government/979459 "2023-02-09T12:57:43Z")
Tell me about an innovative change or positive program made by your local government, or other municipal government. --- ## [My Mom is slipping away. She's barely there now. {She just passed at 91 and a day} 2023-02-06](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-is-slipping-away-shes-barely-there-now-she-just-passed-at-91-and-a-day-2023-02-06/951772)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-is-slipping-away-shes-barely-there-now-she-just-passed-at-91-and-a-day-2023-02-06/951772 "2023-02-08T16:31:39Z")
We got a call from the Care Center that she hasn’t been eating. I went to see her today, joined my sister and soon after my brother made it over. My Mom is fading fast; she’s not really mentally there at all. Just littl… --- ## [Do I dare bang on the door of a house I used to live in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-dare-bang-on-the-door-of-a-house-i-used-to-live-in/979401)
**Author:** [@Mortimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mortimus)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-dare-bang-on-the-door-of-a-house-i-used-to-live-in/979401 "2023-02-08T15:37:54Z")
There several places I lived that hold fond memories for me. Some have been torn down or otherwise re appropriated. Now I drive by the ones that still exist and wonder what it is like inside, how things might have chang… --- ## [Firefox just deleted my favourites; how do I get them back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-just-deleted-my-favourites-how-do-i-get-them-back/979415)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2023, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-just-deleted-my-favourites-how-do-i-get-them-back/979415 "2023-02-08T03:18:34Z")
Well, Firefox didn’t actually delete them, it just stopped displaying them. Where the hell did my Bookmarks go? Their icon no longer appears in my top bar. I can still get here, from Google, but it’s not as easy as ju… --- ## [Tell me you're southern w/o telling me your southern](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-southern-w-o-telling-me-your-southern/978690)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2023, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-southern-w-o-telling-me-your-southern/978690 "2023-02-08T02:52:58Z")
I like cheese! --- ## [Pinging CalMeacham (re book printed in 2006)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinging-calmeacham-re-book-printed-in-2006/979360)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinging-calmeacham-re-book-printed-in-2006/979360 "2023-02-07T14:47:07Z")
I ran across an old thread you started in 2006 titled, “What did they do to my book?”. Did you ever figure it out? --- ## [An introverts version of the Cheers theme. Do you ever feel this way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-introverts-version-of-the-cheers-theme-do-you-ever-feel-this-way/979396)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-introverts-version-of-the-cheers-theme-do-you-ever-feel-this-way/979396 "2023-02-07T00:31:10Z")
I just finished reading a book that includes a scene where a DVD of Cheers appears in a post-apocalyptic world. For whatever reason, I got to thinking that a slight variation on the theme song would apply better to me a… --- ## [I need advice for working at 7-Eleven](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-working-at-7-eleven/973276)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 524\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-working-at-7-eleven/973276 "2023-02-06T20:24:59Z")
Anyone here ever work at a 7-Eleven or another convenience store? I need advice. I’m not a stupid person, but I’m not in great shape, and I tend to get overwhelmed and discouraged easily. My first day working at 7-Ele… --- ## [Tinactin and Lotrimin recalled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinactin-and-lotrimin-recalled/979344)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinactin-and-lotrimin-recalled/979344 "2023-02-06T19:28:47Z")
This is, apparently, from October 2021, but Amazon just notified me based on my having purchased Tinactin a couple years ago. That part … kinda’ cool. https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts… --- ## [Big, big, big branch crashes through the Lake house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-big-big-branch-crashes-through-the-lake-house/979350)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-big-big-branch-crashes-through-the-lake-house/979350 "2023-02-06T17:36:20Z")
Waking up I hear a choir of Angels singing just for me. Oh wait, That’s not Angels. That’s, that’s Cats!! Ok. So I’m not dead. That’s nice to know. They’re not exactly singing hymns, either, come to think of it. Pep… --- ## [The dangers of gas stations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dangers-of-gas-stations/979139)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dangers-of-gas-stations/979139 "2023-02-06T14:14:21Z")
Gasoline is obviously combustible, and when filling the car it is probably a bad idea to light an open charcoal grill close to the tanks, or wave a blowtorch around. I generally turn the car off before fueling. However… --- ## [Looking towards spring in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-towards-spring-in-the-mmp/979047)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 282\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2023, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-towards-spring-in-the-mmp/979047 "2023-02-06T08:12:19Z")
The days are gradually getting longer, and spring is creeping slowly towards the northern hemisphere. Surely that gives us something to look forward to. What are you looking forward to? Near or farther future - do share… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=172) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=174)