# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=174 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 175 --- ## [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… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad slippy, slidey car ride](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-slippy-slidey-car-ride/979170)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-slippy-slidey-car-ride/979170 "2023-02-05T00:13:15Z")
Now, Ivy don’t drive fast. She don’t drive well. But she gets us there. Half-way down the highway to dialysis I was wondering why I didn’t take the offer to come and stay overnight and then be there. No weather surprise… --- ## [Hospital pricing makes no sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospital-pricing-makes-no-sense/979227)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospital-pricing-makes-no-sense/979227 "2023-02-04T22:26:40Z")
Just got a bill from the hospital for lab work. We had switched out insurers and they had gone to the wrong one for reimbursement. That’s being fixed, so all is good. What did bother me were the numbers on the bill. It … --- ## [Happy 50th birthday, Cecil!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-50th-birthday-cecil/979210)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-50th-birthday-cecil/979210 "2023-02-04T18:17:07Z")
Today is February 2 and it’s Cecil’s birthday! First column appeared on February 2, 1973. --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Jojo might be a magical feline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-jojo-might-be-a-magical-feline/979242)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2023, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-jojo-might-be-a-magical-feline/979242 "2023-02-04T04:41:06Z")
I’m afraid he’s gonna make 2 turns and be a person, animal or mythical creature. Well, maybe not ‘afraid’ more 'concerned ’ Sometimes you get bad results from this kinda magic. I need a way to harness this. He nearly… --- ## [Tell me about your lovely grandparents!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-lovely-grandparents/671916)
**Author:** [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-lovely-grandparents/671916 "2023-02-03T23:03:24Z")
Did you have amazing grandparents? I did. I was very lucky. In fact I was ridiculously lucky. Besides my own grandparents, I had my grandparents-in-law who I knew well over a decade. My grandmother-in-law died yesterday… --- ## [A big lizard chases a man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-lizard-chases-a-man/979189)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-lizard-chases-a-man/979189 "2023-02-03T21:37:13Z")
…around his living room in a game of hide-n-go-seek/tag. Chumley, the Rhino Iguana, playing chase and hide n go seek. - YouTube --- ## [Bad, bad, bad 2:a.m. thoughts I thunk-](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-2-a-m-thoughts-i-thunk/979034)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-2-a-m-thoughts-i-thunk/979034 "2023-02-03T18:51:45Z")
Why is there not anything on TV other than dark mysterious or downright scary shows? There’s a Gilligan’s Island marathon on but I got my fill of that when the grandwrex were watching all day. And being stranded with t… --- ## [Oh, Cecil. Where are you? Beckdawrek summons you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 319\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969 "2023-02-02T23:12:45Z")
Dear Mr. Adams, I have a Ouiji board. I have sage. I have an effing dream catcher for crissakes!! Get your butt on this board and give us(me) a thrill. We need uplifting. We need your humor. We need Ed Zotti to tell y… --- ## [Very old files on my computer that are mislabeled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-old-files-on-my-computer-that-are-mislabeled/978676)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-old-files-on-my-computer-that-are-mislabeled/978676 "2023-02-02T20:53:56Z")
I’ve got some files on my computer that date from the early 90s, probably from my first computer. I seem to have given some of these files a dot in the middle for some reason (“person.al” or “bookpropo.sal”) and my curr… --- ## [Jan. 28, 1986 - Lest We Forget](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-28-1986-lest-we-forget/978964)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-28-1986-lest-we-forget/978964 "2023-02-01T20:20:17Z")
Richard Scobee Michael Smith Ronald McNair Judith Resnick Ellison Onizuka Christa McAuliffe Gregory Jarvis And, while with silent lifting mind I’ve trod The high un… --- ## [An Ohio home school marches to a faster pace](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ohio-home-school-marches-to-a-faster-pace/979169)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ohio-home-school-marches-to-a-faster-pace/979169 "2023-02-01T17:22:15Z")
“Dissident Homeschool” shut down for Nazi indoctrination. https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/2023/02/01/neo-nazis-in-ohio-how-a-homeschool-group-slipped-through-the-cracks/69856280007/ “Democratic lawmakers w… --- ## [Do You Know Anyone Proud They Don’t Read Books?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-proud-they-don-t-read-books/978780)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-proud-they-don-t-read-books/978780 "2023-02-01T15:09:15Z")
This Atlantic article made me wonder about people who brag about not reading books. Do you know many such people? Obviously, some struggle with dyslexia, others prefer different things, there may be issues of class, ed… --- ## [Anyone want to help RushGeekKid celebrate his 18th birthday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-help-rushgeekkid-celebrate-his-18th-birthday/975655)
**Author:** [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2023, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-help-rushgeekkid-celebrate-his-18th-birthday/975655 "2023-02-01T11:02:43Z")
First and foremost I am not asking for money. My son, a 2004 doperbaby, will be celebrating his 18th birthday December 26th. I know I don’t post a whole lot but a lot of what I’ve posted has been about him over the year… --- ## [Who's up for a whale sandwich?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-a-whale-sandwich/978831)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2023, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-a-whale-sandwich/978831 "2023-02-01T08:38:11Z")
A Japanese whale monger, desperate to prop up sales despite the fact that most brick-and-mortar stores don’t want to carry their product, has resorted to selling whale meat from vending machines: Even if you’re able t… --- ## [Third World Countries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-world-countries/978998)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-world-countries/978998 "2023-01-31T19:03:14Z")
(Mods please relocate this if this isn’t the apporpriate thread.) Looking at this page… https://www.wallstreetmojo.com/third-world/#list-of-third-world-countries The list shows countries like Switzerland, which, as fa… --- ## [Mindbender roller coaster at West Edmonton Mall closes after 37 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mindbender-roller-coaster-at-west-edmonton-mall-closes-after-37-years/979070)
**Author:** [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mindbender-roller-coaster-at-west-edmonton-mall-closes-after-37-years/979070 "2023-01-31T14:24:08Z")
It is the end of an era at West Edmonton Mall. I was hoping to let my son ride it, as he is interested in rides, and is at the height he’s allowed to go on rides like this. --- ## [Car plunges 250 feet, all occupants survive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-plunges-250-feet-all-occupants-survive/977612)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-plunges-250-feet-all-occupants-survive/977612 "2023-01-31T02:56:56Z")
Mind-boggling. The car was a Tesla that went off a 250-foot cliff 20 miles south of San Francisco, hit, and flipped several times. The two adults suffered non-life-threatening injuries, and the two kids (both in car seat… --- ## [We had to put down Qwerty, our cat, today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-to-put-down-qwerty-our-cat-today/979069)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-to-put-down-qwerty-our-cat-today/979069 "2023-01-31T00:26:41Z")
She’d been drooling and having trouble eating for a couple of days. And she seemed to be physically uncomfortable. We thought it was a toothache, and brought her to the vet. It was an inoperable tumor on the tongue. The … --- ## [Credit Card possible oops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-card-possible-oops/978996)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2023, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-card-possible-oops/978996 "2023-01-30T23:43:24Z")
I got a text message that there was a possible fraudulent charge on my credit card. I wasn’t sure it was legit so I ignored it, I was able to pay for breakfast. My next two attempts were declined, so I called the credit … --- ## [Correction fluid requires safety glasses and rubber gloves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correction-fluid-requires-safety-glasses-and-rubber-gloves/978985)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correction-fluid-requires-safety-glasses-and-rubber-gloves/978985 "2023-01-30T22:58:10Z")
Yesterday I bought some correction fluid. I need to put small white dots on some objects, and figured this was cheaper than buying a container of paint and a tiny brush. I’m talking about the office supply we used to ca… --- ## [The Historical Birthdays MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-birthdays-mmp/978660)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 291\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-birthdays-mmp/978660 "2023-01-30T15:45:18Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 44 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 57 and N.O.S. for the day. I shall be doin’ some search committee research online today. A good thing to do at home on… --- ## [They put a limit on how much ramen you can buy at the grocery store](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-put-a-limit-on-how-much-ramen-you-can-buy-at-the-grocery-store/975295)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2023, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-put-a-limit-on-how-much-ramen-you-can-buy-at-the-grocery-store/975295 "2023-01-30T05:56:21Z")
Thats got to be a bad sign for how the country as a whole is doing. They had a note saying people were only allowed 2 packages of Ramen each (packages as in single packages). People must be getting desperate and barely a… --- ## [Ask a stupid question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-stupid-question/978950)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-stupid-question/978950 "2023-01-30T04:10:28Z")
I was taking the grandkids home this morning after they spent the night with us. On the way, my 8 year old grandson says “I want a sno-cone!” I said, “A sno-cone? Where do you get a sno-cone?” His older sister, in a vo… --- ## […Slept Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slept-here/978953)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slept-here/978953 "2023-01-29T22:57:07Z")
My wife and I just came back from a two week driving trip through Portugal. We played it by ear and only booked our lodging the morning of each place we visited using the abundance of AmEx points we have acquired over th… --- ## [The wife is a heck of a guesser](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wife-is-a-heck-of-a-guesser/978966)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wife-is-a-heck-of-a-guesser/978966 "2023-01-29T20:08:41Z")
See how cleverly I tied in with the “the wife vs my wife” thread? Anyhoo, I ordered a rear wiper arm assembly from eBay a few days ago. I came downstairs this morning and my wife asks, “Did you order a wiper blade?” “Ye… --- ## [Slug Signorino is still working](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slug-signorino-is-still-working/978973)
**Author:** [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slug-signorino-is-still-working/978973 "2023-01-29T17:48:40Z")
I’m several days behind in reading The Indianapolis Star, so I just now saw their article about Slug Signorino on P. 1H on 1/19/2023. He works in his studio in LaPorte, Indiana. His website is signorinostudio.com where y… --- ## [Booster shot today; exhausted by 8:30](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/booster-shot-today-exhausted-by-8-30/978932)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/booster-shot-today-exhausted-by-8-30/978932 "2023-01-29T17:37:18Z")
I’m making some supper and then to bed. --- ## [Sad, sorry journalism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-sorry-journalism/978863)
**Author:** [@cincinnatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cincinnatus)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-sorry-journalism/978863 "2023-01-29T11:59:36Z")
Today‘s Washington Post had a story headlined, “FBI shuts down ransomware gang that targeted schools and hospitals” Three people whom the Post seems to want us to believe are technical reporting powerhouses covered this… --- ## [The Nose Knows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nose-knows/978885)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2023, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nose-knows/978885 "2023-01-29T06:20:08Z")
I got a brand new pair of beautiful driving gloves on line. Soft as butter and tightly fitting, I feel like Danica Patrick behind the wheel. There are those who say I drive like her, too, but I digress. So, you can im… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=173) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=175)