# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=183 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 184 --- ## [Schools shootings hoax in GA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schools-shootings-hoax-in-ga/975822)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2022, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schools-shootings-hoax-in-ga/975822 "2022-11-30T22:29:10Z")
I’m currently in Savannah, in a hotel about a mile or two from Savannah HS. I was reading in bed when I became aware of sirens going by. At first, eh, it’s a city, there are always sirens. But they kept coming, and tra… --- ## [The dreaded man hug](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dreaded-man-hug/975566)
**Author:** [@mglambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mglambo)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2022, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dreaded-man-hug/975566 "2022-11-30T06:40:49Z")
Thanksgiving brought the horror of the man hug into full focus yesterday. So what does everyone do? You’re at a gathering ( I identify as a male) and other men are present. You know some of them real well and others not… --- ## [Ask the Locked-down in Beijing Doper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-locked-down-in-beijing-doper/975355)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-locked-down-in-beijing-doper/975355 "2022-11-29T22:13:53Z")
Over in the covidiot thread, I mentioned that as of yesterday, 21 November 2022, my wife and I are on home quarantine through this coming Friday; we’re supposed to be sprung Saturday morning provided the three tests (Mon… --- ## [7 dead, including shooter, in mass shooting in Chesapeake, VA Walmart (Nov 22, 2022)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-dead-including-shooter-in-mass-shooting-in-chesapeake-va-walmart-nov-22-2022/975437)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-dead-including-shooter-in-mass-shooting-in-chesapeake-va-walmart-nov-22-2022/975437 "2022-11-29T22:09:23Z")
This one hits very close to home for me. For about a year, my family and I lived in a hotel very close to that Walmart, which is across the street from a Golden Corral. We used to go in there all the time. We’ve gon… --- ## [USSR High Water Mark](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ussr-high-water-mark/975700)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ussr-high-water-mark/975700 "2022-11-29T19:36:16Z")
What year do you think represents the high water mark for the former USSR? What events or factors can be cited in support? --- ## [Destroying an underground yellow jacket nest with liquid nitrogen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/destroying-an-underground-yellow-jacket-nest-with-liquid-nitrogen/975600)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/destroying-an-underground-yellow-jacket-nest-with-liquid-nitrogen/975600 "2022-11-29T17:35:04Z")
Underground nests are extremely dangerouus for farmers and livestock. Drive over one with a tractor and it can be life threatening. Cows can walk over them. I’ve seen gasoline and a match used. Fire can get out of contr… --- ## [Do you reminisce much about your past?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-reminisce-much-about-your-past/975632)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-reminisce-much-about-your-past/975632 "2022-11-29T02:05:35Z")
I’m 55. And it seems the older I get, the more I think about my past experiences, and it fills me with complex emotions. My mother is 82 and still lives in the house I was born in. I’ve been going over on the weekends t… --- ## [It’s the Holidays, and All I Can Think About Are the Ukrainians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-the-holidays-and-all-i-can-think-about-are-the-ukrainians/975710)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-the-holidays-and-all-i-can-think-about-are-the-ukrainians/975710 "2022-11-28T23:54:44Z")
Among my friends and in my family, we don’t exchange material gifts much. But we do often make charitable donations in each others’ names. This year, my plan is to give to charities that benefit Ukrainians. I thought so… --- ## [Dealing with leftovers in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-leftovers-in-the-mmp/975311)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 301\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-leftovers-in-the-mmp/975311 "2022-11-28T17:19:32Z")
Thanksgiving is probably one of the biggest days for leftover - certainly it was in my family. We have our share during the rest of the year, too, as I’m sure many of you do also. How do you deal with the extra food at … --- ## [Airbus strikes firetruck on runway \[Peru\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airbus-strikes-firetruck-on-runway-peru/975206)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airbus-strikes-firetruck-on-runway-peru/975206 "2022-11-28T04:58:33Z")
Curious if others have seen this news story. Apparently the fire department was conducting a drill while landings/takeoffs were being conducted. I’m not sure how fire departments schedule practice, but during live airp… --- ## [Craigslist Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craigslist-question/975569)
**Author:** [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craigslist-question/975569 "2022-11-27T21:39:34Z")
Over the last few days, I have posted a few ads on Craigslist. The ads are in different For Sale categories. Today, something happened that hasn’t happened before now. When I tried to “publish” an ad, I received this not… --- ## [Is it awful to be happy someone has just come down with Covid? \[unwanted Thanksgiving guest\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-awful-to-be-happy-someone-has-just-come-down-with-covid-unwanted-thanksgiving-guest/975319)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-awful-to-be-happy-someone-has-just-come-down-with-covid-unwanted-thanksgiving-guest/975319 "2022-11-27T16:40:56Z")
I just heard from heard from my soon-to-be Thanksgiving hostess that the wife of one of my nephews has just been diagnosed with Covid. A mild case, thankfully, not much more than a common cold as far as symptoms go, but… --- ## [What’s up with Trump’’s goofy little fist sign?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-trump-s-goofy-little-fist-sign/970901)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-trump-s-goofy-little-fist-sign/970901 "2022-11-27T16:22:42Z")
When most people make a fist and hold it up, it looks like a fist you’d make if you were going to hit something or someone. But when Trump makes a fist, it looks so weenie-like. Like he thinks it looks like a fist, but… --- ## [Hey. Just FYI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-just-fyi/975408)
**Author:** [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-just-fyi/975408 "2022-11-27T00:50:47Z")
A couple weeks ago, I got a call from my best friend’s husband. She was gone, and by suicide. I have been wanting to post this…but it was too raw and I wasn’t sure exactly what I wanted to say (It didn’t help that the da… --- ## [In Ghent, Belgium for Christmas. Looking for dinner recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-ghent-belgium-for-christmas-looking-for-dinner-recommendations/975542)
**Author:** [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-ghent-belgium-for-christmas-looking-for-dinner-recommendations/975542 "2022-11-26T21:18:45Z")
After being pretty housebound both because of COVID and some other major health issues over the last year and a half, my wife and I are going to Europe over Christmas. We’ll be in Ghent for Christmas itself, and are tryi… --- ## [A Glitch in the Matrix (or, My Brother is Stealing My Stories)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-glitch-in-the-matrix-or-my-brother-is-stealing-my-stories/975529)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-glitch-in-the-matrix-or-my-brother-is-stealing-my-stories/975529 "2022-11-26T20:49:35Z")
When something odd happens once, I usually chalk it up to a freak coincidence. But when it happens twice, it makes me go huh Let me explain. I’m seven years older than my younger brother. When I was in college, he was … --- ## [How is your Thanksgiving going?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-your-thanksgiving-going/975503)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-your-thanksgiving-going/975503 "2022-11-26T09:00:16Z")
My plan was to relax, munch on horsey dovers and watch Turkish rip-offs of famous movies on the Roku channel The B-Zone. Plans were changed slightly when My Beloved tested positive for Covid this morning, so now I am se… --- ## [Active Shooter at UVA {2022-11-14}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-at-uva-2022-11-14/974891)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-at-uva-2022-11-14/974891 "2022-11-26T06:33:37Z")
So my wife and I are in a motel in Charlottesville. We have three quick appointments early and then are supposed to remove the last few items from our home south of town before turning the house over to its new owners at… --- ## [Steve Earle just notified me the revolution has started](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-earle-just-notified-me-the-revolution-has-started/971621)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-earle-just-notified-me-the-revolution-has-started/971621 "2022-11-24T22:02:20Z")
I’m sitting here on the couch and suddenly Steve Earle’s “The Revolution Starts Now” is playing through my soundbar. I checked this laptop and my other computer (even went into task manager) and no music player was runn… --- ## [Play a harmless prank with no expense spared](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-a-harmless-prank-with-no-expense-spared/973445)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-a-harmless-prank-with-no-expense-spared/973445 "2022-11-24T13:19:01Z")
If you could play a harmless joke on someone (individual or even people in general) with no limit on cost what would it be? --- ## [Anyone want to start an SDMB presence on a Twitter alternative?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-start-an-sdmb-presence-on-a-twitter-alternative/975127)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-start-an-sdmb-presence-on-a-twitter-alternative/975127 "2022-11-24T05:13:48Z")
I tried Mastodon. It took me two days to figure out how to open an account and after that I failed to find any content. I’m dreading trying to figure it out. But this is a smart place, right? Any interest in banding tog… --- ## [Worst Spam Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-spam-ever/975338)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-spam-ever/975338 "2022-11-23T17:10:13Z")
I just got an email announcing that my subscription expired. What subscription? It doesn’t bother to say. Everybody’s got subscriptions, right? And who keeps track of all of them? Maybe that might have tempted somebody … --- ## [Taiwan - a short travel review](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taiwan-a-short-travel-review/975299)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taiwan-a-short-travel-review/975299 "2022-11-23T00:19:01Z")
TL;DR: the place is great to visit! Very friendly folks, utterly brilliant street food, flawless public transport, great natural beauty with excellent hiking opportunities. My partner and I, plus two friends, spent 2 1/… --- ## [WWII-era letters in German - help needed!! (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-era-letters-in-german-help-needed-long/515959)
**Author:** [@Gam\_Zeh\_Yaavor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gam_Zeh_Yaavor)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2022, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-era-letters-in-german-help-needed-long/515959 "2022-11-22T07:56:07Z")
I don’t know if this is the right sub-forum (or even the right forum at all) for this request, but given its (mostly) high cerebral caliber I thought it would be worth a try. Sitting in my family’s safe deposit box are … --- ## [Cake Day - A Sweet Treat in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-day-a-sweet-treat-in-the-mmp/974886)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 306\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2022, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-day-a-sweet-treat-in-the-mmp/974886 "2022-11-22T07:15:16Z")
Morning, mumpers! It’s 10c/50f with a predicted high of 14c/57f and cloudy. That would account for the mist and murk on my commute today then. Weather app says “Do we talk about the weather because we having fucking n… --- ## [Everyone Deserves Happiness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-deserves-happiness/975353)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2022, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-deserves-happiness/975353 "2022-11-22T04:46:40Z")
EVERYONE deserves to exist. EVERYONE deserves to be happy. EVERYONE deserves to enjoy whatever it is they enjoy. Anyone that doesn’t agree needs to just go away and leave the rest of us alone. --- ## [Suggestions for a fake tree?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-fake-tree/975264)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-fake-tree/975264 "2022-11-22T01:15:00Z")
We’ve always had a real tree, but for obvious reasons they don’t allow them here at the Overlook Hotel. So I’ve been trying to shop for a narrow fake tree probably 6’ tall. Has to be narrow as we don’t have room for some… --- ## [I lost my kitty and now he has been erased](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-kitty-and-now-he-has-been-erased/975226)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-kitty-and-now-he-has-been-erased/975226 "2022-11-21T15:44:28Z")
I finally had to put my Boris to sleep last week. He was almost 19 and had kidney disease. He had been going downhill recently, not eating well, not as active and not grooming. He also has had a recurrent bleeding area o… --- ## [Help With Pricing For Things I Am Planning To Sell (Collectibles, Electronics, Household, Clothing, Etc.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-pricing-for-things-i-am-planning-to-sell-collectibles-electronics-household-clothing-etc/974916)
**Author:** [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-pricing-for-things-i-am-planning-to-sell-collectibles-electronics-household-clothing-etc/974916 "2022-11-20T22:07:19Z")
I have decided I need to start selling some of the treasures, as well as some ordinary things, I have collected during my lifetime. I’ve used Craigslist in the past when it was free, and I always got the price I wanted f… --- ## [Were you kept away from the black sheep of the family?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-kept-away-from-the-black-sheep-of-the-family/975188)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-kept-away-from-the-black-sheep-of-the-family/975188 "2022-11-20T18:31:59Z")
Either you never met them at all, or you knew them when you were young and then something made your parents decide not to allow further contact. Does that describe the black sheep in your family too? My dad was the 5th … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=182) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=184)