# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=181 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 182 --- ## [Other Trump NFTs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-trump-nfts/976649)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-trump-nfts/976649 "2022-12-17T14:45:00Z")
So let’s suppose that Trump decides to followup his successful trading-card-NFT-grift with another series of valuable cards that he can have made for pennies and sell to rubes for $99 apiece in a limited (to 10,000) seri… --- ## [Greeting People after starting conversations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greeting-people-after-starting-conversations/976625)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greeting-people-after-starting-conversations/976625 "2022-12-16T18:04:42Z")
Hi SD, I notice that if I start a conversation with someone for the first time in a given day, I have to greet them. If circumstances require that our first exchange is not a greeting, I will at the first opportunity g… --- ## [Army investigating soldiers who posed in dog bondage masks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-investigating-soldiers-who-posed-in-dog-bondage-masks/976596)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-investigating-soldiers-who-posed-in-dog-bondage-masks/976596 "2022-12-16T15:59:46Z")
\-=Link=- I suppose it is some retired someone who is into cosplay and perhaps discipline. Worth a look at the photo. --- ## [Could a criminal taunt the police till the statute of limitations is over, living abroad, and get away with it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-criminal-taunt-the-police-till-the-statute-of-limitations-is-over-living-abroad-and-get-away-with-it/976583)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2022, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-criminal-taunt-the-police-till-the-statute-of-limitations-is-over-living-abroad-and-get-away-with-it/976583 "2022-12-16T12:40:37Z")
A offshoot of the thread, Why don’t rich people run to a country with no extradition if they know US authorities are about to arrest them?’ Why don't rich people run to a country with no extradition if they know US autho… --- ## [Well, crap. Now I feel really old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-crap-now-i-feel-really-old/943203)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-crap-now-i-feel-really-old/943203 "2022-12-15T21:26:05Z")
I was looking for Clarence the 'possum. I walked out to the barn where Son-of-a-wrek was working on a tiller. He had the radio on a classic rock station. He said he saw that 'possum earlier in there. So I’m looking ar… --- ## [President Trump Will Make a Big Announcement (15 December)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trump-will-make-a-big-announcement-15-december/976593)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trump-will-make-a-big-announcement-15-december/976593 "2022-12-15T16:00:43Z")
Even the pro-Trump sites are putting this below the fold. I don’t suppose he is taking a vow of silence. Maybe he will endorse someone for House Speaker. Stay tuned. --- ## [Suicide Six Ski Area to change its name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suicide-six-ski-area-to-change-its-name/967115)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2022, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suicide-six-ski-area-to-change-its-name/967115 "2022-12-15T08:03:57Z")
I always thought “Suicide Six” was a weird name for a ski area. It’s in Pomfret, Vermont, and is the closest ski area to Talbot House, a place that used to be owned by MIT and was available for getaways. You could see th… --- ## [Retirement on the horizon, but](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirement-on-the-horizon-but/976135)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2022, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirement-on-the-horizon-but/976135 "2022-12-15T05:28:39Z")
I retire in 99 days. Yeah, I’m counting. and I’m finding myself not caring about anything at work. I should be celebrating these last three months, but I feel like I’m dragging my ass to the finish line. It shouldn’t be… --- ## [Crank Yanker On Craigslist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crank-yanker-on-craigslist/976422)
**Author:** [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2022, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crank-yanker-on-craigslist/976422 "2022-12-15T02:18:40Z")
I’m currently trying to sell some things on Craigslist. I have used Craigslist in the past with much luck,…until now. I’ve got some chain yanking asshole playing games. He shows up in my e-mail as killskull 55. Ol’ kills… --- ## [New Buzzwords c/o the American Health Care Industries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-buzzwords-c-o-the-american-health-care-industries/976512)
**Author:** [@Zen\_Disaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zen_Disaster)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-buzzwords-c-o-the-american-health-care-industries/976512 "2022-12-15T01:51:39Z")
strong text I swear it’s now gotten to the point where I refuse to reply to emails and hang up on phoners using the reprehensible phrase “reach out to” ~ hey, I’ll try anything once but when I’ve tried reaching anyone t… --- ## [More efficient photosynthesis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-efficient-photosynthesis/976457)
**Author:** [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-efficient-photosynthesis/976457 "2022-12-14T20:58:19Z")
This came up in the thread about a “breakthrough” in nuclear fusion, and it reminded me of a “recent breakthrough” in photosynthesis that I had been meaning to ask about. In this video Anton talks about a paper that cl… --- ## [Whence Christmas tree globes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-christmas-tree-globes/975986)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-christmas-tree-globes/975986 "2022-12-14T13:44:43Z")
Of all the things one could conceivably decorate a Christmas tree with, how did glass globes become so universal as to now be iconic as THE Christmas tree decoration? --- ## [The Purity Test for Virgins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-purity-test-for-virgins/12492)
**Author:** [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-purity-test-for-virgins/12492 "2022-11-10T18:00:07Z")
There is hope for us yet. Take the test here! I was 56.8% pure. How about you guys? SanibelMan - My Homepage I could be doing something, but… why? --- ## [In Praise of Pooches (Fun Dog Trivia)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-pooches-fun-dog-trivia/939767)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-pooches-fun-dog-trivia/939767 "2022-12-13T20:34:23Z")
An English writer named Ben Schott published a few books full of interesting and odd trivia about fifteen years ago. They were successful, and inspired Spott’s Canine Miscellany, a fun book about dog trivia. Some excer… --- ## [Choking to death? I can't help you unless you consent or pass out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choking-to-death-i-cant-help-you-unless-you-consent-or-pass-out/976402)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choking-to-death-i-cant-help-you-unless-you-consent-or-pass-out/976402 "2022-12-13T17:07:34Z")
You know how when someone is choking they are going to die unless you do something AND they cannot speak as in give consent? The new standard from the Red Cross is you must get consent if hey are conscious. You don’t b… --- ## [I taught my cat a new word](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-taught-my-cat-a-new-word/976070)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-taught-my-cat-a-new-word/976070 "2022-12-13T00:09:51Z")
My cat has a somewhat limited vocabulary. Which is fine, he communicates via other means. LIke sinking his claws into my calf, showing me his excretory orifice, ramming his head into my arm, etc. His basic word is “wo… --- ## [Announcement about major development in fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcement-about-major-development-in-fusion/976410)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcement-about-major-development-in-fusion/976410 "2022-12-12T19:08:15Z")
Major Fusion Energy Breakthrough to Be Announced by Scientists (msn.com) So I wonder what the ‘major breakthrough’ will be. Who knows, perhaps we will only be a few decades away from achieving a sustainable fusion react… --- ## [Well, we did it. Put our deposit down on a Tesla](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-we-did-it-put-our-deposit-down-on-a-tesla/963885)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-we-did-it-put-our-deposit-down-on-a-tesla/963885 "2022-12-12T17:41:04Z")
Mrs Cad has been using my second car for a few years now. You know, the Envoy that is about to blow up any minute. She wanted a Tesla for a while. The no-gas option works well for us since we have a garage and she can… --- ## [You can't beat a Krampus Night MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-beat-a-krampus-night-mmp/976042)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 327\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-beat-a-krampus-night-mmp/976042 "2022-12-12T15:46:08Z")
The Germans have a festival on December 5th where they tell kids that if they are bad a demon comes, puts them in a sack and beats them with reeds if they are naughty. Good for keeping the rugrats in line. Unless your … --- ## ["Boy in the Box" (1950s deceased child mystery) possibly identified](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-in-the-box-1950s-deceased-child-mystery-possibly-identified/975983)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-in-the-box-1950s-deceased-child-mystery-possibly-identified/975983 "2022-12-11T23:43:46Z")
His DNA has been traced to a family in Delaware via genetic genealogy, and a possible birth certificate has been found. If this is true, a 65-year mystery will be partially solved. Next, they will need to find out ho… --- ## [I'm not a sneaker guy but I think these are cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-sneaker-guy-but-i-think-these-are-cool/976327)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-sneaker-guy-but-i-think-these-are-cool/976327 "2022-12-11T22:57:26Z")
https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/319552034\_10221920987678821\_4361778520306671206\_n.jpg?\_nc\_cat=104&ccb=1-7&\_nc\_sid=730e14&\_nc\_ohc=KXR1VwmozMwAX81iYsy&\_nc\_ht=scontent-iad3-2.xx&oh=00\_AfDbclb\_YNItLPptvrO2… --- ## [Puns in main stream media](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puns-in-main-stream-media/976210)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2022, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puns-in-main-stream-media/976210 "2022-12-11T05:07:14Z")
There are some places you expect puns, and some where it feels like they sneak up on you. Like this in the Washington Post: Dow’s ruling whey-ed in on this question, parsing the legal aspects of different types of chee… --- ## [Rescue animal owners: Do you want to know their backstory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescue-animal-owners-do-you-want-to-know-their-backstory/976100)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2022, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescue-animal-owners-do-you-want-to-know-their-backstory/976100 "2022-12-11T03:13:24Z")
After our OG pack died, we picked up two pound puppies. Well technically we picked up one before the last of the OGs died but this is definitely a new pack. The question if you have a shelter animal, would you want to … --- ## [Ivy, my bad bad bad aide. She's incorruptible. I've tried](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivy-my-bad-bad-bad-aide-shes-incorruptible-ive-tried/973132)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivy-my-bad-bad-bad-aide-shes-incorruptible-ive-tried/973132 "2022-12-10T21:47:01Z")
She’s strange. I like her brand of strange. #1:She’s afraid of all Animals. I asked her Why?, She said it was an unfortunate accident at a zoo. Boy, oh boy I’d like to know that Story. #2: She doesn’t watch TV. The o… --- ## [Remote/flexible work and "company culture"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remote-flexible-work-and-company-culture/976032)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2022, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remote-flexible-work-and-company-culture/976032 "2022-12-10T03:45:05Z")
During the whole Covid lockdown period and ever since, I have seen a number of articles about the future of work with many pundits explaining that one negative thing about remote or flexible work is the disconnection of … --- ## [The "Am I Old?" Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-am-i-old-test/966373)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2022, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-am-i-old-test/966373 "2022-12-10T03:29:43Z")
An idea hit me and I want to test it out. I’m going to list 24 names and I want to simply know yes/no: Do you recognize more than half of the names i.e. 13 or more Recognize means you are familiar with their work. … --- ## [The very real stigma of living with a disclosed mental health condition (spin off of 7-Eleven watch thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-very-real-stigma-of-living-with-a-disclosed-mental-health-condition-spin-off-of-7-eleven-watch-thread/976154)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-very-real-stigma-of-living-with-a-disclosed-mental-health-condition-spin-off-of-7-eleven-watch-thread/976154 "2022-12-09T21:49:11Z")
I didn’t want to believe this would ever happen to me. But it has. I was briefly denied a mental health day off from work, the day after being forced to babysit a known alleged criminal and prevent her from doing any… --- ## [Canada to release black-and-gold coin to honour Elizabeth II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-to-release-black-and-gold-coin-to-honour-elizabeth-ii/976191)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-to-release-black-and-gold-coin-to-honour-elizabeth-ii/976191 "2022-12-09T18:11:18Z")
The Royal Canadian Mint is releasing a commemorative $2 circulation coin to honour Queen Elizabeth II. The coin will have a black outer ring, instead of a silver-coloured ring. The Mint has gotten quite good at making i… --- ## [Prescription Zantac has changed my life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prescription-zantac-has-changed-my-life/182896)
**Author:** [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prescription-zantac-has-changed-my-life/182896 "2022-12-09T16:44:20Z")
So I finally went to see my doctor last week. He had been “my” doctor for a couple of years, but I had never met him until then. My asthma was bad as it always is in early June, and I also had come to the conclusion th… --- ## [Has anyone else here tried Duolingo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-here-tried-duolingo/937180)
**Author:** [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2022, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-here-tried-duolingo/937180 "2022-12-09T05:50:04Z")
I just finished my Duolingo Arabic course, and upon finishing my course they awarded me their “Golden Owl”. Have any fellow Straight Dopers tried Duolingo yet, and if so, what language(s) did you study? I wish they had… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=180) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=182)