# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=189 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 190 --- ## [Happy Thanksgiving, Cana-Dopers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thanksgiving-cana-dopers/972992)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thanksgiving-cana-dopers/972992 "2022-10-11T00:26:14Z")
Mrs Piper and I have been very busy at work, and I’ve been on the road with a court case, so we ordered in from a lovely restaurant and have just finished our Thanksgiving meal. Piper Cub is asleep, Mrs P soon to be, an… --- ## [Things that are on the internet... just barely](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-on-the-internet-just-barely/972854)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-on-the-internet-just-barely/972854 "2022-10-10T22:43:32Z")
There was older thread about things you can’t find on the internet, but this is about things you can find but in a surprisingly limited manner. I was thinking about a patch that was quite ubiquitous when I was in grade … --- ## [Funny Real Life Names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-real-life-names/395773)
**Author:** [@WorkInProgress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WorkInProgress)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-real-life-names/395773 "2022-10-10T20:31:24Z")
Disclaimer! If you have an offensive or funny name, turn back now. We are having a laugh at your expense. What is the funniest real name you have ever come across? Can you prove it? For example you can look up a Mik… --- ## [It's Time For A New MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/972627)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 278\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2022, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/972627 "2022-10-10T10:27:18Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 56 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 79 and mostly N.O.S. for the day. Not much doin’ down my way which is fine by me. I peopled a lot last week, so I do n… --- ## [Close Encounters of the Bear Kind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-of-the-bear-kind/972788)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-of-the-bear-kind/972788 "2022-10-09T22:00:26Z")
So my wife and I were out walking our dog today in the little Western North Carolina mountain town where we have a family cabin. The gravel road runs along a creek. Anyway, the dog starts yanking towards the overgrowth b… --- ## [My LCD TV won't power up - There's nothing I can do, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lcd-tv-wont-power-up-theres-nothing-i-can-do-right/972962)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lcd-tv-wont-power-up-theres-nothing-i-can-do-right/972962 "2022-10-09T14:39:21Z")
I know I can’t pull the tubes and walk down to the corner hardware store - you know, the one that has the tube tester tucked back in the corner? I’m guessing that if there is no sign of power, it goes to the curb (or to … --- ## [Savannah GA-area Dopers - Question about Hurricane Ian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savannah-ga-area-dopers-question-about-hurricane-ian/972379)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2022, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savannah-ga-area-dopers-question-about-hurricane-ian/972379 "2022-10-09T11:28:00Z")
I am supposed to be driving from Charlotte, NC to Savannah on Friday for a Saturday (indoor) wedding. As far I can see from local weather reports they are predicting Ian as a tropical storm by Friday afternoon, with heav… --- ## [More Maps - Some New Perspectives. Some Duds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-maps-some-new-perspectives-some-duds/941334)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2022, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-maps-some-new-perspectives-some-duds/941334 "2022-10-09T03:39:49Z")
In this “Terrible Maps” thread, I posted a link to an interesting site that showed a variety of maps. Most of them were interesting. A few of them were quite unique. Some of them were duds. It’s been many years since… --- ## [Doxie The Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doxie-the-dog/972908)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2022, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doxie-the-dog/972908 "2022-10-08T22:29:31Z")
Doxie is very old, and had a pretty hard life at times. Run over, coyote attacks, snake bites, went paralyzed for a while. He always ‘Endevoured To Persevere’. Yesterday, he was up at 5am, cryin’ and wanting out. Alrigh… --- ## [July 4th note in Family Bible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-4th-note-in-family-bible/967346)
**Author:** [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-4th-note-in-family-bible/967346 "2022-10-08T20:14:41Z")
A tattered, old Bible was in my youngest son’s library when he passed away. The Bible was purchased by Moses Smith in Pittsburgh PA in 1733. It contains extensive Smith family history and several notes on events: … --- ## [2 people dead, 6 wounded in stabbing attacks on Las Vegas Strip, police say](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-people-dead-6-wounded-in-stabbing-attacks-on-las-vegas-strip-police-say/972856)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-people-dead-6-wounded-in-stabbing-attacks-on-las-vegas-strip-police-say/972856 "2022-10-08T19:07:48Z")
wow this just happened --- ## [Goodbye to another good dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-to-another-good-dog/972592)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-to-another-good-dog/972592 "2022-10-08T01:37:09Z")
I said goodbye to my 12 year old doberman Drago this morning. He was fine last night, this morning he was lethargic and wouldn’t eat breakfast. A trip to the emergency vet showed a ruptured splenic tumor bleeding inte… --- ## [Seeding my lawn this weekend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeding-my-lawn-this-weekend/971630)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeding-my-lawn-this-weekend/971630 "2022-10-07T15:06:51Z")
I’ve been in a 3 year fight with my front yard. I have been digging out bindweed for that long along with properly grading it (by hand) and digging out giant stones buried therein. So needless to say it has been bare d… --- ## [Is There A Book (Film, etc.) You Wish You Read (etc.) Ten Years Earlier?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-book-film-etc-you-wish-you-read-etc-ten-years-earlier/972724)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-book-film-etc-you-wish-you-read-etc-ten-years-earlier/972724 "2022-10-07T12:51:47Z")
Have you ever read (etc.) something enlightening or transformative - and wish you had come across it much earlier? --- ## [So, I'm being investigated by Homeland Security](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-being-investigated-by-homeland-security/403293)
**Author:** [@tashabot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tashabot)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-being-investigated-by-homeland-security/403293 "2022-10-07T10:07:44Z")
Seriously. They think that a 22-year-old wannabe journalist who doesn’t even have the motivation to get a better-paying job is a threat, because she made some off-color comments about Hillary Clinton in her blog. But th… --- ## [Chicago Sun-Times (Straight Dope's Owner) Has Dropped Its Paywall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-sun-times-straight-dopes-owner-has-dropped-its-paywall/972832)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-sun-times-straight-dopes-owner-has-dropped-its-paywall/972832 "2022-10-07T04:28:27Z")
The paper is at: Any comments as to whether this newspaper would be of any interest to those outside the Chicago metropolitan area? PS. I’m a bit surprised no one has mentioned this. --- ## [Hurricane Ian: A Major Threat To Florida and Elsewhere {2022-09-25}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ian-a-major-threat-to-florida-and-elsewhere-2022-09-25/972213)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ian-a-major-threat-to-florida-and-elsewhere-2022-09-25/972213 "2022-10-07T03:53:28Z")
Any Florida Dopers doing anything to prepare? --- ## [A couple of weird stories from The New York Times](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-weird-stories-from-the-new-york-times/972581)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-weird-stories-from-the-new-york-times/972581 "2022-10-06T23:48:54Z")
The NYT ran a couple of stories about what I thought were some weird trends lately. Here are gift links to each. Perhaps you don’t think this shit is as weird as I do. Story about people, mostly apparently young women, … --- ## [How many products use the "razor blade" business model?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-products-use-the-razor-blade-business-model/968160)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-products-use-the-razor-blade-business-model/968160 "2022-10-06T18:59:52Z")
For those who don’t know, the “razor blade model” refers to the business model of selling the main product cheaply, usually for less than it costs to make, but making up the difference by repeatedly selling replacements … --- ## [What are your go-to hiccups cures?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-go-to-hiccups-cures/972709)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-go-to-hiccups-cures/972709 "2022-10-06T09:20:30Z")
The Curious Case of Charles Osborne, Who Hiccupped for 68 Years Straight | History| Smithsonian Magazine While not lasting 68 years, my father-in-law has been known on multiple occasions to get hiccups for several days.… --- ## [Got rheumatoid arthritis? No pills for you! You might use them for an abortion!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-rheumatoid-arthritis-no-pills-for-you-you-might-use-them-for-an-abortion/972767)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-rheumatoid-arthritis-no-pills-for-you-you-might-use-them-for-an-abortion/972767 "2022-10-06T07:31:37Z")
A teenager in Arizona was denied a refill on her prescription for her rheumatoid arthritis. Might use it for an abortion, doncha know. Eventually got it from another pharmacy. --- ## [What's the average age of a straight doper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612)
**Author:** [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612 "2022-10-06T04:28:57Z")
I got bored, so post your age and sometime soon I’ll average them. 16 here. --- ## [Do you remember this book from the 70's? "The Origin of Homosexuality"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-this-book-from-the-70s-the-origin-of-homosexuality/972742)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-this-book-from-the-70s-the-origin-of-homosexuality/972742 "2022-10-06T03:24:11Z")
I thought the title was “The Origin of Homosexuality” but I can’t find any reference to any book like that. I don’t remember the author’s name either, just that they just used initials for the first (and possibly second)… --- ## [Amazon gift cards as sort-of legal tender?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-gift-cards-as-sort-of-legal-tender/972731)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-gift-cards-as-sort-of-legal-tender/972731 "2022-10-06T00:45:07Z")
Just rambling here: I recently participated in a medical study in which the reimbursement is via Amazon gift cards. I’ve done other things in the past where the reimbursement was, similarly, a gift card (usually just ele… --- ## [A Town Of Substance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-town-of-substance/972593)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-town-of-substance/972593 "2022-10-05T21:58:12Z")
How can you tell? This started off as a kind of joke – if there’s a point in a French town from which you can see three pharmacies, you’re in a Town of Substance. The French are keen on their pharmacies. The rule is the … --- ## [Alice, the first all-electric passenger airplane, takes flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alice-the-first-all-electric-passenger-airplane-takes-flight/972396)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alice-the-first-all-electric-passenger-airplane-takes-flight/972396 "2022-10-05T20:52:09Z")
this is cool … so is everything going to be electric based with n 10 years or so ? --- ## [Same-Sex Marriage infamously existed at Egypt's Siwa Oasis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-sex-marriage-infamously-existed-at-egypts-siwa-oasis/231627)
**Author:** [@nisosbar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nisosbar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-sex-marriage-infamously-existed-at-egypts-siwa-oasis/231627 "2022-10-05T02:30:43Z")
until the practice was suppressed by Western-oriented secular authorities in Cairo: Can’t link to gayegypt’s web site, as it calls itself “adult”, but google for it, if you wish. Additionally, it appears that native S… --- ## [Severe teacher shortage situation in America right now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severe-teacher-shortage-situation-in-america-right-now/969091)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 280\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severe-teacher-shortage-situation-in-america-right-now/969091 "2022-10-04T22:30:30Z")
The U.S. is facing a severe shortage of teachers at the moment. Lots of reasons touted for this - the public’s lack of respect for teachers, political/LGBT battles, unsatisfactory pay, etc. --- ## [Hide your bananas. Mid-daughter has Monkey pox!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hide-your-bananas-mid-daughter-has-monkey-pox/972606)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hide-your-bananas-mid-daughter-has-monkey-pox/972606 "2022-10-04T21:34:25Z")
She was feeling virus-y for a few days. Had blisters on her foot. Then the other. She thought it was her shoes. And then, a mild temp. Her boys are now ache-y. So anyone in contact with them can’t come here to see me … --- ## [A murder of crows just landed in our trees!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-just-landed-in-our-trees/972526)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-just-landed-in-our-trees/972526 "2022-10-04T04:31:01Z")
Sitting on the front steps, enjoying the last evening of September, and suddenly in the elms in our front yard, lots of rustling and leaf noises, couples with “caw caw caw”. A murder of crows was landing in the upper br… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=188) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=190)