# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=186 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 187 --- ## [My mom has cancer. Tell me I'll get through this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-has-cancer-tell-me-ill-get-through-this/965143)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-has-cancer-tell-me-ill-get-through-this/965143 "2022-11-03T13:35:57Z")
My mom has just been diagnosed with cancer. It’s not a little cancer, it’s a lot of cancer. I can’t bring myself to say it fully but I don’t think she will survive it. She starts chemo soon. They are doing a biopsy on we… --- ## [Do You Covet Your Neighbour’s Ox?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-covet-your-neighbour-s-ox/974106)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2022, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-covet-your-neighbour-s-ox/974106 "2022-11-03T04:00:33Z")
Because you shouldn’t. Stop that. Even though my ox is looking kind of scraggly. --- ## [I voted today! Midterms 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-today-midterms-2022/973834)
**Author:** [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-today-midterms-2022/973834 "2022-11-02T23:56:45Z")
I voted today in North Carolina. I was pleasantly surprised by the turnout at the early voting location, a local library - I even had to drive once around the parking lot before a space opened up. And this was at 11AM o… --- ## [Let's all have a good week in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-have-a-good-week-in-the-mmp/972238)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 240\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-have-a-good-week-in-the-mmp/972238 "2022-10-03T23:25:05Z")
I just un-bagged my cream cheese and found a whipped and creamy cheese spread. It does taste nice, much like it should, but I never would have thought that adding extra rennet (cornstarch in gravy) would have made it so … --- ## [The Woven Dental Floss Shortage Crisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woven-dental-floss-shortage-crisis/620726)
**Author:** [@rock\_party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rock_party)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2022, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woven-dental-floss-shortage-crisis/620726 "2022-11-02T05:12:54Z")
I’m wondering if it’s a local thing or a national thing…all the stores in my town (Albuquerque) are out of Reach (Johnson and Johnson) woven dental floss. ALL of them! At first I thought they’d discontinued it but Ebay… --- ## [MPStories of getting sidetracked by the internets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpstories-of-getting-sidetracked-by-the-internets/974145)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpstories-of-getting-sidetracked-by-the-internets/974145 "2022-11-01T14:25:39Z")
Given that I have a little work-related lifestyle change going on … (from HO to office 1 day) I am setting myself up again, gear wise … … just to spend hours on YT and Aliexpress regards SS and Titanium water bottles / … --- ## [The Sap is Rising in the MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sap-is-rising-in-the-mmp/959447)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 304\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sap-is-rising-in-the-mmp/959447 "2022-11-01T05:13:42Z")
Morning, mumpers! Well, the sap is definitely rising over here, it’s warmer today and there are signs of spring. Also, it was light enough at 7am to walk through the park on my way to the railway station. I have to go… --- ## [Educate me: Weird US State Nicknames (c. 1845)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educate-me-weird-us-state-nicknames-c-1845/974025)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educate-me-weird-us-state-nicknames-c-1845/974025 "2022-10-31T23:02:06Z")
I am reading a list of US State nicknames from the 19th Century. It’s a list supposedly collected in 1885 by Whitman and probably originally from a May 1845 article in the Broadway Journal. Many of the nicknames would … --- ## [I haz a chonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-haz-a-chonk/973882)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-haz-a-chonk/973882 "2022-10-31T22:12:35Z")
Here’s my chonky boy. --- ## [Florida lawyer who successfully fought Florida's motorcycle helmet law dies in a motorcycle accident while not wearing a helmet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-lawyer-who-successfully-fought-floridas-motorcycle-helmet-law-dies-in-a-motorcycle-accident-while-not-wearing-a-helmet/973779)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-lawyer-who-successfully-fought-floridas-motorcycle-helmet-law-dies-in-a-motorcycle-accident-while-not-wearing-a-helmet/973779 "2022-10-31T19:25:09Z")
And takes his girlfriend with him. Florida Man strikes again. Perhaps “the gummint can’t tell me what to do!” is not good enough reason for refusing to follow instructions that can save your life. (Word to the antiv… --- ## [Trying my hand at being a 'digital nomad'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-my-hand-at-being-a-digital-nomad/969294)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-my-hand-at-being-a-digital-nomad/969294 "2022-10-31T12:35:13Z")
In six nights, I am flying from Australia to Vietnam to do a stint as a digital nomad. I’m 62, female, and whilst I’ve visited Vietnam for holidays five times, I’ve never lived there, nor anywhere else overseas for that … --- ## [Let's all have a better week in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-have-a-better-week-in-the-mmp/973695)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2022, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-have-a-better-week-in-the-mmp/973695 "2022-10-31T06:01:43Z")
Today I watched the last boil of Turkey Buzzards on their way south. Winter is really here darkness will rule for forever. Thankfully I was able to fill a bowl with cherry tomatoes today and our Romas are doing pretty we… --- ## [How big an issue was water conservation in California in the late 1980s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-an-issue-was-water-conservation-in-california-in-the-late-1980s/974016)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-an-issue-was-water-conservation-in-california-in-the-late-1980s/974016 "2022-10-30T21:40:39Z")
My question is inspired by the boox X by Sue Grafton, the current book that I’m reading. It was written in 2015 but takes place in a fictional version of Santa Barbara in 1989. One of the sub-plots involves water conse… --- ## [Strep throat as an adult sucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strep-throat-as-an-adult-sucks/973626)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strep-throat-as-an-adult-sucks/973626 "2022-10-29T22:45:07Z")
I’m a man in my 40s with strep throat. It was diagnosed last Sunday with a throat culture, and I was prescribed a ten day course of antibiotics (now halfway done). I assume I got it from my toddler, but neither he nor m… --- ## [Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-1/960037)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 9982\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-1/960037 "2022-10-29T17:49:13Z")
It has started. Artillery attacks across the border on – so far – military installations. Reuters CNN USA Today A military analyst on CNN said they are likely probing for the weakest spots before moving in the main … --- ## [Facts Which Sound Fake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-which-sound-fake/972473)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2022, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-which-sound-fake/972473 "2022-10-29T05:19:31Z")
Enjoyed this list of probably true stuff from Bored Panda. But you can do better. --- ## [Life's little ironies (Late 2022 edition)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-little-ironies-late-2022-edition/973877)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-little-ironies-late-2022-edition/973877 "2022-10-28T22:17:06Z")
So this morning my iPhone bleats with a text or something. Between work, personal and iPhone notifications, it bleeps and bloops with stuff all the time all day long, unless of course I get fed up and silence it or turn … --- ## [Fly Trap Science](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fly-trap-science/973858)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fly-trap-science/973858 "2022-10-28T21:18:02Z")
We are having a particularly bad fly season for some reason this year, the worst I have seen in this area. I went out and bought 4 of the jar type fly traps with the funnel entry. I have been sitting and watching the tra… --- ## [Flowbee haircut by a complete novice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flowbee-haircut-by-a-complete-novice/921759)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flowbee-haircut-by-a-complete-novice/921759 "2022-10-28T19:57:56Z")
Mrs. Cardigan has offered to cut my hair tonight using a Flowbee ‘vacuum clipper’ borrowed from a (mostly bald) family member. The family member we borrowed it from swears by this thing and has used it throughout Covid t… --- ## [What happens to my equity if housing prices fall?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-my-equity-if-housing-prices-fall/973859)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-my-equity-if-housing-prices-fall/973859 "2022-10-28T17:05:55Z")
Here’s the scenario with a couple of made up amounts. I buy a house for 20,000 ducats (we’ll assume that there was no down payment) Many years later house is worth 40,000 ducats. I have paid off 10,000 of the loan so I… --- ## [Best cities for vampires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cities-for-vampires/973735)
**Author:** [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cities-for-vampires/973735 "2022-10-28T15:23:24Z")
One would assume that this is a Halloween stunt. --- ## [Google forcing 2 step verification starting Oct 28](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-forcing-2-step-verification-starting-oct-28/973674)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-forcing-2-step-verification-starting-oct-28/973674 "2022-10-27T22:03:06Z")
I don’t sign into Google. I turn on my phone and it signs in for me. I haven’t manually signed into Google since I replaced my phone last year. What will 2 step verification mean for phone users? Are we going to be har… --- ## [Popping a cyst (warning...NSFW, GRAPHIC, YUCKY, ETC.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popping-a-cyst-warning-nsfw-graphic-yucky-etc/973592)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2022, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popping-a-cyst-warning-nsfw-graphic-yucky-etc/973592 "2022-10-27T01:54:19Z")
​(1) BEST Pimple Popping // Big Cystic Acne Blackheads // Whiteheads Removal / Squeezing Pimples / H#070 - YouTube --- ## [An interesting article on satellite-based earthquake prediction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-article-on-satellite-based-earthquake-prediction/973763)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-article-on-satellite-based-earthquake-prediction/973763 "2022-10-26T19:50:24Z")
This article appeared today in my geophysics news feed. I was initially struck by the photo, which looks unreal enough to suspect Photoshop. Until you see the credit is the US Navy, who’d have little reason to fake thi… --- ## [When you're old enough for your dental fillings to go bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-youre-old-enough-for-your-dental-fillings-to-go-bad/973587)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-youre-old-enough-for-your-dental-fillings-to-go-bad/973587 "2022-10-24T20:57:16Z")
Another reminder that the years are rushing by. I had two old dental fillings go bad. The upper tooth had a piece break off next to the filling and it had decay under it. That required a new porcelain crown. The lower … --- ## [Stunning (in a good way) customer service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stunning-in-a-good-way-customer-service/952949)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stunning-in-a-good-way-customer-service/952949 "2022-10-25T22:18:34Z")
We have an adorable 1 year old puppy, named Llewellyn - or Louie, for short. A few months ago he decided to get picky about his kibble. But at a friends house, he scarfed the friends’ dog’s food - so we asked for the b… --- ## [Tourists trapped in Grand Canyon Cave! Well, not so bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourists-trapped-in-grand-canyon-cave-well-not-so-bad/973737)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourists-trapped-in-grand-canyon-cave-well-not-so-bad/973737 "2022-10-25T20:54:07Z")
CNN version of the story here. When I saw the headlines, I expected something much more gruesome. I occasionally watch “Scary Interesting” videos on YouTube, and those are usually pretty horrifying stories of cavers wed… --- ## [US Dollar strength and Inflation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dollar-strength-and-inflation/973690)
**Author:** [@Ssounder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ssounder)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dollar-strength-and-inflation/973690 "2022-10-25T16:25:42Z")
The US Dollar is riding high against most foreign currencies. Much of American consumption relies on foreign goods, which should be cheaper due to exchange rates. Why are prices going up (inflation) on foreign products… --- ## [Most disappointing gifts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disappointing-gifts/973593)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2022, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disappointing-gifts/973593 "2022-10-25T08:38:29Z")
Probably the most disappointing gift our son ever received was the Fushigi ball he got when he was 7 or 8 years old. He watched the commercials on tv countless times, begged his parents for months to get him one, as he w… --- ## [Mispronounced names (NSFW)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispronounced-names-nsfw/973648)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2022, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispronounced-names-nsfw/973648 "2022-10-25T06:24:29Z")
I’m listening to Jim Coronette, former wrestling manager’s podcast. Don’t care about wrestling, but his chatter before the wresting talk is hilarious, especially his lead-ins to his sponsors! Okay, back on topic. He was… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=185) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=187)