# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=180 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 181 --- ## [Unicorn License](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unicorn-license/976460)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unicorn-license/976460 "2022-12-23T15:30:29Z")
For once I’m pretty sure I’ve got the right category. There is no particular point to this story other than ‘sometimes people are nice in interesting ways’; I just feel like I’ve got to share it. --- ## [Really silly warnings that manufacturers put on products because they might get sued](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-silly-warnings-that-manufacturers-put-on-products-because-they-might-get-sued/66944)
**Author:** [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-silly-warnings-that-manufacturers-put-on-products-because-they-might-get-sued/66944 "2022-12-23T06:32:58Z")
I just looked down at my computer keyboard for the 1000th or so time and for the 1000th or so I have seen this label. WARNING: Some experts believe that the use of any keyboard may cause serious injury. Consult statemen… --- ## [Santa, elves, bust a cocaine gang](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-elves-bust-a-cocaine-gang/976918)
**Author:** [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-elves-bust-a-cocaine-gang/976918 "2022-12-22T22:26:15Z")
A group of Peruvian police, dressed as Santa and elves, busted a drug gang on Saturday. They didn’t come in through the chimney, and the smugglers probably wish they were only getting coal in their stockings. --- ## [Phrases Which Mean The Same Thing, Except When They Don’t](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-which-mean-the-same-thing-except-when-they-don-t/976883)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-which-mean-the-same-thing-except-when-they-don-t/976883 "2022-12-22T19:42:43Z")
For example, “I’m sorry” usually means the same thing as “I apologize”. Except at funerals. “Mind your own business” means the same thing as “Mind your own beeswax”. But you can’t “get down to beeswax”. --- ## [3-D printing with sawdust](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-d-printing-with-sawdust/976927)
**Author:** [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-d-printing-with-sawdust/976927 "2022-12-22T00:53:30Z")
Would you like a new lamp or guitar? --- ## [Earthquake in San Jose - 5.1 (10/25/22)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771 "2022-12-21T20:49:27Z")
Shit. I’m in a skyscraper and it was no fun at all. Just as I was taking my first bite of lunch too. --- ## [Whoa — I just retired today! How did your life change after retirement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-i-just-retired-today-how-did-your-life-change-after-retirement/975070)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-i-just-retired-today-how-did-your-life-change-after-retirement/975070 "2022-12-21T17:42:52Z")
I’m 61 and my wife is 57. I’ve been thinking about retiring for a couple of months, and then my wife and I talked about it for a few weeks. She’s still working and she wants to continue working for awhile, so I’ll get my… --- ## [Creepy CPI commercial with home video system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-cpi-commercial-with-home-video-system/976806)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-cpi-commercial-with-home-video-system/976806 "2022-12-21T17:02:52Z")
Am I overreacting? I just saw the CPI security systems commercial where a very young girl pulls out a tablet from under her pillow and pulls up the video and audio of her brother in his bedroom. They chat a bit and the… --- ## [Happy Gravy Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-gravy-day/976893)
**Author:** [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-gravy-day/976893 "2022-12-21T11:08:45Z")
--- ## [Will this never end? Seven more days of Xmas! Groan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-never-end-seven-more-days-of-xmas-groan/976770)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-never-end-seven-more-days-of-xmas-groan/976770 "2022-12-21T06:05:57Z")
I seem to get less tolerant every year of the dreck that bombards from every direction during this season, which I suppose is perfectly in line with being the cranky old atheist that I am. I stay away from stores as much… --- ## [What's the earliest (calendar date) you know of someone in your social circle getting a vasectomy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-earliest-calendar-date-you-know-of-someone-in-your-social-circle-getting-a-vasectomy/976816)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-earliest-calendar-date-you-know-of-someone-in-your-social-circle-getting-a-vasectomy/976816 "2022-12-21T04:41:32Z")
I was on newspapers.com reading 1940s and 1950s articles about vasectomies. Some were Q&As. But many said it was difficult to get one without a medical cause (and some politicians wanted to make it a crime for doctors d… --- ## [Tips on cleaning more regularly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-on-cleaning-more-regularly/976736)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-on-cleaning-more-regularly/976736 "2022-12-20T14:12:35Z")
I’m getting my first condo in the new year. With that comes the weight of certain responsibility…like cleaning. I’ve never been the best at keeping up at it; I’m a procrastinator at heart, and don’t usually think of cle… --- ## [Catholic priest defrocked for blasphemous communications on social media](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-priest-defrocked-for-blasphemous-communications-on-social-media/976740)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-priest-defrocked-for-blasphemous-communications-on-social-media/976740 "2022-12-20T12:31:34Z")
And for disobeying the hierarchy Father Frank Pavone is a well-known pro-life activist and national director of the organization Priests for Life, according to the article. --- ## [Berlin's giant AquaDom aquarium explodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/berlins-giant-aquadom-aquarium-explodes/976640)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2022, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/berlins-giant-aquadom-aquarium-explodes/976640 "2022-12-20T09:49:14Z")
Berlin’s giant aquarium containing 1,500 fish has exploded !! It was 14m high… pic lower down shows scale. No known cause - and no mention of the fish. Don’t be stupid Discourse. How is this in any way similar to H… --- ## [Why would anyone wear shorts over pants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-wear-shorts-over-pants/559765)
**Author:** [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2022, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-wear-shorts-over-pants/559765 "2022-12-20T05:28:41Z")
I have a vague acquaintance who wears “sweat shorts” over sweat pants. This is paired with some sort of t-shirt product and sneakers. I know how other people dress is none of my business, but I can’t help but find it str… --- ## [Do you have any art hanging in your garage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-art-hanging-in-your-garage/976466)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-art-hanging-in-your-garage/976466 "2022-12-20T00:21:59Z")
Assuming, of course, that you have a garage. Some years back, we had amassed more/different pictures and stuff than we wished to display on our interior walls, so we decided to hang a couple of pieces in our garage. Ri… --- ## [When did kids practice the Electric Slide?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-kids-practice-the-electric-slide/976804)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2022, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-kids-practice-the-electric-slide/976804 "2022-12-20T00:11:02Z")
This might date me, but I remember kids at Prom and dances just doing the Electric Slide in big groups. When did everyone get so skilled? --- ## [When Kids Make Your Heart Swell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-kids-make-your-heart-swell/976795)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-kids-make-your-heart-swell/976795 "2022-12-19T23:50:54Z")
We may have had something similar to this already, but I wanted to share a moment involving my granddaughter. My11yo granddaughter plays hockey. At a recent game, they smoked the other team 12-1. She made her first goal… --- ## [Talk me down! (I'm unreasonably outraged by new employee behavior)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-down-im-unreasonably-outraged-by-new-employee-behavior/975242)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-down-im-unreasonably-outraged-by-new-employee-behavior/975242 "2022-12-19T20:13:04Z")
I have an assistant who has been on board for about 4 months. She does good work and I have no particular complaints about her performance. We had a board meeting today, in which she was included. It went one longer tha… --- ## [So, Oppenheimer really was a communist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-oppenheimer-really-was-a-communist/241655)
**Author:** [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-oppenheimer-really-was-a-communist/241655 "2022-12-19T19:57:47Z")
Pity that this did not come out before the death of Edward Teller a few months ago. --- ## [On this day in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-day-in-the-mmp/976386)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 296\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-day-in-the-mmp/976386 "2022-12-19T14:37:44Z")
On this day in 1901 Guglielmo Marconi sends the first transatlantic radio signal, from Poldhu in Cornwall to Newfoundland, Canada. Go ahead - work that into a conversation - I dare ya!! :wink: Also on this day this yea… --- ## [Bonkers hypercar breaks 1/4 mile record at 7.97 seconds (car will be street legal...I think)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonkers-hypercar-breaks-1-4-mile-record-at-7-97-seconds-car-will-be-street-legal-i-think/976609)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2022, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonkers-hypercar-breaks-1-4-mile-record-at-7-97-seconds-car-will-be-street-legal-i-think/976609 "2022-12-19T11:24:40Z")
I’m not a huge petrol-head but I do like cars and recently came across this crazy design: The McMurtry Spéirling The short of it is the car has an unusual, maybe unique, gimmick…it has powerful fans that draw air throu… --- ## [My brother passed away last night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-passed-away-last-night/976698)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-passed-away-last-night/976698 "2022-12-19T00:39:04Z")
My Brother passed away last night. His name was James Dean and he was 14 months younger than me. His health had been very poor for a long time so it wasn’t unexpected, but I still thought I had one more day and so I wai… --- ## [Ever had your microwave explode?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-your-microwave-explode/976518)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-your-microwave-explode/976518 "2022-12-18T19:13:03Z")
Ever heard of a microwave exploding, for that matter? Not the food - I mean the device. Ours just did. OK, so I put a dish of soup in there, set it to six minutes, it ran, it went ting, I pressed “Door open” and BANG! -… --- ## [Driving in the left lane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-in-the-left-lane/976644)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-in-the-left-lane/976644 "2022-12-18T17:17:31Z")
This week I am traveling with a coworker on business. She is a government employee, while I am a contractor. We are driving from Ohio to Oklahoma and back in a rental car. According to DoD regs, she must be the driver, a… --- ## [Alice Tapper, daughter of CNN's Jake, tells her appendicitis misdiagnosis story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alice-tapper-daughter-of-cnns-jake-tells-her-appendicitis-misdiagnosis-story/976620)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alice-tapper-daughter-of-cnns-jake-tells-her-appendicitis-misdiagnosis-story/976620 "2022-12-18T16:45:47Z")
This almost sounds like her doctors were trying to kill her! I realize that appendicitis can present in many different ways, but that she had no imaging for this long boggles my mind, and this was with educated parents.… --- ## [Commercial credit humour?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-credit-humour/976535)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-credit-humour/976535 "2022-12-18T04:38:18Z")
My boss asked me for some ‘credit trivia’ for our upcoming newsletter. \[NB: We do commercial credit.\] I sent three suggestions (Fair Isaacs was founded in 1956, and FICO scores were introduced in 1989; How reporting on… --- ## [Is the lace code still around or used?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-lace-code-still-around-or-used/976659)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-lace-code-still-around-or-used/976659 "2022-12-18T03:00:57Z")
I stumbled upon this code somewhere (I want to say after watching Green Room). People would use the different color laces in their Doc Martins to express their views on race or capacity for violence (blue means you’re a … --- ## [Tomorrow I’m flying overseas for the first time in years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-i-m-flying-overseas-for-the-first-time-in-years/976718)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-i-m-flying-overseas-for-the-first-time-in-years/976718 "2022-12-17T21:25:59Z")
Tomorrow I’m flying (from the US) to Asia. I used to fly intercontinental quite often, but I just realized this is my first time since 2019. Many plans were scrapped during COVID, but it’s finally happening! Next year I… --- ## [My UV lamp puts out 1000 volts- ouch!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-uv-lamp-puts-out-1000-volts-ouch/976655)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-uv-lamp-puts-out-1000-volts-ouch/976655 "2022-12-17T19:40:56Z")
I needed a UV lamp to illuminate and photograph some uranium glass appliances I have. They are easy to find online , not so much at a local store. I found this lamp at Menard’s to try out. It does not work for what I wan… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=179) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=181)