# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=177 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 178 --- ## [What's the longest you've been without electricity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-been-without-electricity/977844)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2023, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-been-without-electricity/977844 "2023-01-11T10:40:03Z")
Not camping or anything like that. What’s the longest time your normal electric service has been interrupted? A tree fell during California’s bomb cyclone last Wednesday and took down a power line supplying our house. Th… --- ## [Separated at birth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth/978011)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2023, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth/978011 "2023-01-11T05:13:57Z")
Herbie Popnecker Kim Jong-un Or maybe some bizarre genetic experiment? --- ## [Holiday storm 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-storm-2022/976909)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-storm-2022/976909 "2023-01-10T22:04:54Z")
So according to the experts this could be the BIG ONE again. Or it could be just another winter storm. So pretty much winter in the great lakes area. It is a little strange to have absolute nothing from winter so far h… --- ## [Our new appliances get delivered tomorrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-appliances-get-delivered-tomorrow/977791)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-appliances-get-delivered-tomorrow/977791 "2023-01-10T17:50:57Z")
HUGE day in the Cad household. Getting rid of some of the crap-ass appliances that were there when we bought the house Clotheswasher. Getting rid of the frontloader that we have to duct tape shut (someone decided to m… --- ## [Why don't audiobooks have proper chapter titles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-audiobooks-have-proper-chapter-titles/977904)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-audiobooks-have-proper-chapter-titles/977904 "2023-01-10T15:23:44Z")
I’ve only listened to a handful so maybe not true of all of them. I have War and Peace, which I listen to from time to time, I am renting In Our Time, a collection of early Hemingway short stories, and as free books on… --- ## [Think I have the ultimate post for this category](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-i-have-the-ultimate-post-for-this-category/977902)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-i-have-the-ultimate-post-for-this-category/977902 "2023-01-09T22:42:08Z")
Straight up brag. Today, in religious (Hebrew) school, one of my students told me her brother, who I had taught about three years ago, told her the only time he had fun in religious school was when I was his teacher! H… --- ## [Weirdest names you've ever heard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 475\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747 "2023-01-09T19:30:59Z")
Sometimes, parents can give their kids the most ridiculous names. My mom was on jury duty, and the defendant’s name was Next. --- ## [Well, it's .. sorry, what year is it? MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-sorry-what-year-is-it-mmp/977511)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 347\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2023, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-sorry-what-year-is-it-mmp/977511 "2023-01-09T04:42:48Z")
Apparently, it is now 2023. We have (somewhat) survived a global pandemic, and are merrily looking forward to a gorgeous year full of hope, the promise of better times … ah, who am I kidding? Most of us have or are curr… --- ## [Today I'm a real musician](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-a-real-musician/977797)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-a-real-musician/977797 "2023-01-09T00:33:42Z")
No, I’m not homeless and sleeping on a friend’s couch. Although I’m sure that’s coming. Nope, I decided to finally put my music up where I can earn money from it. :slight\_smile: I upload my fugue, and my cover of Auld L… --- ## [Sudden ominous silences on the Internet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-ominous-silences-on-the-internet/977893)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-ominous-silences-on-the-internet/977893 "2023-01-08T23:05:42Z")
Winchell Chung a.k.a. Nyrath the Nearly Wise has not updated his Twitter page in 72 hours. Given his ongoing health issues I’m worried. --- ## [Son scammed by his apartment complex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-scammed-by-his-apartment-complex/977256)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-scammed-by-his-apartment-complex/977256 "2023-01-08T20:54:43Z")
When he returned from vacation, my son’s car is gone. He goes to the leasing office where they say, “Oh yeah, we had your car towed.” Seems like these slimebuckets “emailed” the tenants (and I put email in quotes since… --- ## [Temp holder of hijacking posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temp-holder-of-hijacking-posts/977882)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temp-holder-of-hijacking-posts/977882 "2023-01-08T05:02:39Z")
I don’t care about how others spend their money unless the money comes from the government. Then I care. --- ## [Did my bicycle tire cap vanish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-bicycle-tire-cap-vanish/974799)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-bicycle-tire-cap-vanish/974799 "2023-01-08T16:54:48Z")
Filling up my bike tire this morning, I carefully placed the tire cap on the platform above my rear wheel, and when I was done, it wasn’t there. I spent the next twenty minutes searching the area (flat pavement, sloping … --- ## [Anyone Watching The NFL Game Now/Playoff Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-nfl-game-now-playoff-question/977870)
**Author:** [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-nfl-game-now-playoff-question/977870 "2023-01-08T11:43:48Z")
I posted a question in The Game Room. Can anyone help answer it for me? Not too much action in that forum. Thanks, saucywench Sorry, I don’t know how to link it here. --- ## [A Question for Apple watch users](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-apple-watch-users/977849)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-apple-watch-users/977849 "2023-01-07T22:01:01Z")
Everytime I put the phone on or off the charger I get this message on my watch, verbatim: Shortcuts When IPhone is connected or dis- connected from power Open App, Choose from Menu, One, Two,End Menu, Choose fro… --- ## [How to open this flashlight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-open-this-flashlight/977845)
**Author:** [@smokey78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smokey78)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-open-this-flashlight/977845 "2023-01-07T19:16:28Z")
I got a blacklight flashlight at WallyMart with no instructions on package… I’ve twisted both ways and nothing opens out. Not even sure it has a lid? It needs batteries. Anyone have any ideas? The screw on top I can’… --- ## [School traveling media presentation from the 80s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-traveling-media-presentation-from-the-80s/977694)
**Author:** [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-traveling-media-presentation-from-the-80s/977694 "2023-01-07T16:16:46Z")
No one I mention this to seems to remember it, but sometime after 1982 in high school we had an assembly to watch a traveling presentation. There were I believe 3 screens and the video would go from screen to screen then… --- ## [Six-year-old shoots teacher in Virginia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-year-old-shoots-teacher-in-virginia/977806)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-year-old-shoots-teacher-in-virginia/977806 "2023-01-07T13:58:48Z")
Teacher last reported in critical condition after being shot by one of her students in the first grade. I have no words. Except maybe to say, only in America could a six-year-old child so quickly absorb the elements of… --- ## [Family of 8 shot dead in Utah home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-of-8-shot-dead-in-utah-home/977709)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2023, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-of-8-shot-dead-in-utah-home/977709 "2023-01-07T04:54:32Z")
Here is the Reuters story as it is breaking. “We don’t know why this happened. We’re not going to guess,” the city manager said. The victims include 5 minors. --- ## [I lost my Aunt last night. Almost two years after I lost my Uncle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-aunt-last-night-almost-two-years-after-i-lost-my-uncle/977729)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-aunt-last-night-almost-two-years-after-i-lost-my-uncle/977729 "2023-01-07T00:55:00Z")
I apologize if I was short with anyone today. I am trying to process this. My Uncle’s wife took her life yesterday. Almost 2 years after my Uncle had passed. She was not in great health, she was mostly blind and did a v… --- ## [Math memes - is the bar really that low?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-memes-is-the-bar-really-that-low/977659)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-memes-is-the-bar-really-that-low/977659 "2023-01-06T21:28:11Z")
People are shocked that 550 /2 doesn’t equal 225 77 + 33 doesn’t equal 100 This is 2nd grade math. I’m guilty of occasional brain farts. But this is such simple math. --- ## [Today I am ninety years old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ninety-years-old/977051)
**Author:** [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ninety-years-old/977051 "2023-01-06T13:37:27Z")
Never paid much attention to birthdays or decades but this one seems important. I have benefitted from the discussions on this forum of issues regarding relevance and aging. Here are some thoughts of the day: I cannot r… --- ## [Getting out of someone else’s bedbug infestation when I am hundreds of miles from home, closing on a new condo in 12 days, and already mentally drained…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-out-of-someone-else-s-bedbug-infestation-when-i-am-hundreds-of-miles-from-home-closing-on-a-new-condo-in-12-days-and-already-mentally-drained/977777)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2023, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-out-of-someone-else-s-bedbug-infestation-when-i-am-hundreds-of-miles-from-home-closing-on-a-new-condo-in-12-days-and-already-mentally-drained/977777 "2023-01-06T09:42:43Z")
Spin-off from this thread; enough has changed that I think it warrants fresh discussion, but feel free to tell me otherwise, I’m not sure I’m mentally able to be offended right now. To sum up, I’m sleeping on the couch … --- ## [Dropped smartphone and now battery depletes rapidly - problem is with battery itself, or phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropped-smartphone-and-now-battery-depletes-rapidly-problem-is-with-battery-itself-or-phone/973667)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2023, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropped-smartphone-and-now-battery-depletes-rapidly-problem-is-with-battery-itself-or-phone/973667 "2023-01-06T04:33:48Z")
So I bought a new Samsung S22 yesterday - and would you know my luck, I accidentally dropped it from about six inches onto a hard table, sans any protective case. The battery now sometimes depletes really rapidly - like… --- ## [New relationship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-relationship/976957)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2023, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-relationship/976957 "2023-01-06T04:01:26Z")
For those of you who remember my ex, and its good that I’m not with him anymore, well, I have found someone. I had been in a class of his when we went to school. Been talking to him, by phone and messaging throughout th… --- ## [Shots fired at my old high school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shots-fired-at-my-old-high-school/977755)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shots-fired-at-my-old-high-school/977755 "2023-01-06T03:42:10Z")
No good details have been publicly issued. Seems to be some sort of personal problem rather than a school attack. The school was put under lockdown but classes continued. Even so, seeing your old high school covered in… --- ## [Fuck, just found a bedbug in my apartment…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-just-found-a-bedbug-in-my-apartment/970642)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-just-found-a-bedbug-in-my-apartment/970642 "2023-01-05T18:08:31Z")
95% sure. Just crawling around on the couch, as brazen as can be, in early evening. Had blood in it too. I’ve contacted my apartment maintenance department for forwarding as appropriate. I don’t see any other bugs or dr… --- ## [Scientists blow up their lab after creating strongest magnet ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-blow-up-their-lab-after-creating-strongest-magnet-ever/977448)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-blow-up-their-lab-after-creating-strongest-magnet-ever/977448 "2023-01-05T03:13:58Z")
And in other news. Link This compresses the magnetic field into a tiny area extremely quickly. But, as the team predicted, it can’t be compressed for long, eventually creating a shock wave that rips the instrument apa… --- ## [So someone suspected I was involved in human trafficking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-someone-suspected-i-was-involved-in-human-trafficking/977422)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-someone-suspected-i-was-involved-in-human-trafficking/977422 "2023-01-05T02:46:03Z")
A month ago our 24 year old daughter and I went to Cleveland for the weekend, just to walk around the downtown area, eat at some restaurants, and get some drinks at the bars. (She went to college in Cleveland and likes t… --- ## [My children are often sick and gaining weight while living with my ex wife. What should I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-children-are-often-sick-and-gaining-weight-while-living-with-my-ex-wife-what-should-i-do/977555)
**Author:** [@Manz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manz)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2023, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-children-are-often-sick-and-gaining-weight-while-living-with-my-ex-wife-what-should-i-do/977555 "2023-01-05T02:36:10Z")
My children live with my ex wife. My children usually have a cough, cold or fever when they see me every other weekend. I notice that they are also gaining weight. I’m not sure what their diet is like, but they mention … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=176) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=178)