# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=191 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 192 --- ## [Eyelid eczema - anyone else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyelid-eczema-anyone-else/970809)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyelid-eczema-anyone-else/970809 "2022-09-27T18:53:39Z")
I’ve always had various allergies, with skin sensitivity and eczema as a child, but since I turned 50, the skin around my eyes is SO sensitive, and I’m currently experiencing a flare up with is driving me crazy and makin… --- ## [What would you do? Bad, bad, bad beck's CNA is gonna get herself in trouble. I see it coming. She's very good to me, so I really hate this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-bad-bad-bad-becks-cna-is-gonna-get-herself-in-trouble-i-see-it-coming-shes-very-good-to-me-so-i-really-hate-this/971258)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-bad-bad-bad-becks-cna-is-gonna-get-herself-in-trouble-i-see-it-coming-shes-very-good-to-me-so-i-really-hate-this/971258 "2022-09-27T18:51:54Z")
My favorite CNA is supposed to be with me anytime I’m out of my room. And in my room during showers and food intake. She’s very sweet and funny. I could say I’m very fond of her. She’s slipping closer to the crack in t… --- ## [What's a really dumb thing you've done that folks would howl at were it caught on video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-really-dumb-thing-youve-done-that-folks-would-howl-at-were-it-caught-on-video/972200)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-really-dumb-thing-youve-done-that-folks-would-howl-at-were-it-caught-on-video/972200 "2022-09-27T16:14:12Z")
Many years ago I was painting the interior of an entire house. I was in the bathroom, standing on the edge of the tub to reach the ceiling. I stepped off of the tub and planted my foot directly into a nearly-full 5-gallo… --- ## [Change a driving law!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-a-driving-law/971942)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-a-driving-law/971942 "2022-09-27T15:31:15Z")
Let’s pretend… you are nominated the Transportation Czar for one day in your state/province/country, and you are given the power to do one of the following: a. Remove an existing driving law. b. Add a new driving law. … --- ## [Objects In Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-mirror-are-closer-than-they-appear/971709)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Varn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Varn)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-mirror-are-closer-than-they-appear/971709 "2022-09-27T13:30:54Z")
Enough already! Why can’t they just make mirrors that are accurate? --- ## [I spilled an entire saucepan of hummingbird food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-spilled-an-entire-saucepan-of-hummingbird-food/972185)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2022, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-spilled-an-entire-saucepan-of-hummingbird-food/972185 "2022-09-27T06:32:24Z")
Sugar water, that is, all over my ceramic tile kitchen floor. I have mopped with Fabuloso, I used my steamer, I’ve scrubbed with microfiber cloths and I have swiffered by 2x4’ squares the entire floor. The damn floor is … --- ## [Post Your Helpful Household Tips](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-helpful-household-tips/967091)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2022, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-helpful-household-tips/967091 "2022-09-27T02:53:29Z")
I was just wondering what helpful household tips my various board members have come up thru the years. Now, to make it more interesting, it has to be something you came up with or upon totally by yourself (so no fair goi… --- ## [Memory is the first thing to go](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memory-is-the-first-thing-to-go/972182)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memory-is-the-first-thing-to-go/972182 "2022-09-27T01:40:47Z")
I started a new post in FQ, and the new “Your topic is similar to…” window popped with an older post that was exactly what I was about to ask. And I had posted it. --- ## [The Luggage Shop At The Airport](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-luggage-shop-at-the-airport/972215)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-luggage-shop-at-the-airport/972215 "2022-09-27T01:35:19Z")
I’m old enough to remember a time when the shops at various airports differed a great deal. Although still true in a few countries, for the most part they have been standardized by big companies selling essentially the … --- ## [Ah Summer, how I miss you already](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-summer-how-i-miss-you-already/972145)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2022, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-summer-how-i-miss-you-already/972145 "2022-09-27T00:48:10Z")
Wearing nothing but a t-shirt and shorts every day. Going barefoot unless I absolutely have to put on footwear to leave my property. Kayaking- for the last 5 years or so Mrs. solost and I have literally kayaked a… --- ## [Hello Everyone!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-everyone/972161)
**Author:** [@Celtic\_Kitsune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celtic_Kitsune)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-everyone/972161 "2022-09-26T23:51:45Z")
New user here and thought it would be polite to say hello. This is actually the second time in the space of about a month but on my first try my account was quickly deleted because I had signed up using a free VPN. Hopef… --- ## [A national blood donor's union](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-national-blood-donors-union/972224)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Varn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Varn)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-national-blood-donors-union/972224 "2022-09-26T17:42:05Z")
I have always asked myself that since giving blood is so important, and that giving blood is nessesary to save lives, why do they only pay blood donors around $15.00 a pint? Well, I will now pose this question you. I t… --- ## [TWA 800 coverup confirmed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twa-800-coverup-confirmed/661324)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2022, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twa-800-coverup-confirmed/661324 "2022-09-26T08:13:49Z")
This is certainly interesting. A group of alleged whistleblowers are saying that the official report on the TWA 800 crash is a lie. Apparently, they stop just short of saying the plane was shot down, claiming that they… --- ## [I'm moving to London](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-moving-to-london/972129)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2022, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-moving-to-london/972129 "2022-09-26T08:15:49Z")
I’ll be moving from Germany to London for professional reasons for a year starting in October, the exact date still to be confirmed. I used to live in England for two years more than a decade ago and have had a liking fo… --- ## [Shiver Me Timbers! A Pirate MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiver-me-timbers-a-pirate-mmp/971799)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 287\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2022, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiver-me-timbers-a-pirate-mmp/971799 "2022-09-26T05:40:47Z")
ARRRRR! 'Tis International Talk Like A Pirate Day! Tis time to drink your rum, grab your cutlass(Oldsmobile will do in a pinch), and if ye be eating at the tavern, tip your wench(but not to far, or she’ll be spilling t… --- ## [Guhh, I'm going to try again. I'm pissed about my set shift being changed without notice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guhh-im-going-to-try-again-im-pissed-about-my-set-shift-being-changed-without-notice/971870)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guhh-im-going-to-try-again-im-pissed-about-my-set-shift-being-changed-without-notice/971870 "2022-09-25T23:07:51Z")
I have worked a set schedual for some years now. I worked the 4;30 am shift exclsively for quite some time. I have worked every shift and earned my day shifts and at first was the only person who wanted to work that shif… --- ## [Crayola expands the skin tones to 32 colors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crayola-expands-the-skin-tones-to-32-colors/971996)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crayola-expands-the-skin-tones-to-32-colors/971996 "2022-09-25T20:01:31Z")
Back when, there was only a single Crayola that had a skin tone name - “flesh”. Everyone else had to make do with “light brown” or “burnt umber” or something. I’m amazed at how long that persisted. A few years ago Crayol… --- ## [Hurricane Fiona](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-fiona/972169)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-fiona/972169 "2022-09-25T03:38:57Z")
I lived for two years in Maritime Canada, moving around a fair bit. It has been disturbing to see news footage of ten thousand downed trees and power lines and blocked roads and flooded streets and missing roofs. In co… --- ## [Biden presents Elton John with National Humanities Medal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-presents-elton-john-with-national-humanities-medal/972168)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-presents-elton-john-with-national-humanities-medal/972168 "2022-09-25T02:39:23Z")
For his music, his work against HIV/AIDS, and his efforts to fight discrimination. Elton was brought to tears. --- ## [Cannibal eats bacon- Kevin Bacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibal-eats-bacon-kevin-bacon/972112)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibal-eats-bacon-kevin-bacon/972112 "2022-09-24T16:16:17Z")
I did a double-take and had to check both that it wasn’t April 1st or that this was on the Onion. --- ## [Another fine piece of sh-- journalism by the washington examiner in which it accuses "woke" parents of changing their kids gender among other things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fine-piece-of-sh-journalism-by-the-washington-examiner-in-which-it-accuses-woke-parents-of-changing-their-kids-gender-among-other-things/970685)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fine-piece-of-sh-journalism-by-the-washington-examiner-in-which-it-accuses-woke-parents-of-changing-their-kids-gender-among-other-things/970685 "2022-09-23T23:32:15Z")
there’s so much wrong in this article : --- ## [For David Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-bailey/972098)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-bailey/972098 "2022-09-23T22:26:13Z")
Was saddened to read a memorial about this doctor. He was the first Canadian to run a mile in under four minutes. He went on to discover a great deal about how the liver metabolizes certain medicines, and how some comm… --- ## [Self-managed abortion with pills: Medically safe, legally risky](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-managed-abortion-with-pills-medically-safe-legally-risky/971984)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-managed-abortion-with-pills-medically-safe-legally-risky/971984 "2022-09-23T01:20:47Z")
I’m not sure where to post it. Maybe this should be in P&E, but I thought the discussion might be gentler here. Anyway, I subscribe to “your local epidemiologist”, mostly for the covid information. But today I got an ema… --- ## [Donkey Kong comes to Concord, NH](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donkey-kong-comes-to-concord-nh/972038)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donkey-kong-comes-to-concord-nh/972038 "2022-09-22T21:46:02Z")
I’ll be up that way this weekend; I’ll have to have a look --- ## [Middle click on the mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-click-on-the-mouse/971854)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-click-on-the-mouse/971854 "2022-09-21T23:24:50Z")
I had to replace my USB mouse today and I see the new one claims 3 buttons. One is the scroll wheel which can also be pressed to click. Doing so displays a combo up/down arrow at the pointer position. If you move the mou… --- ## [What did you do with a deceased relative’s jewelry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-do-with-a-deceased-relative-s-jewelry/971730)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-do-with-a-deceased-relative-s-jewelry/971730 "2022-09-21T21:59:47Z")
There has been some talk in the media as to which of the Royal ladies will get EIIR’s personal jewellery. For both my grandmothers it seem to have been divided up amongst the daughters, grand daughters, daughters in-law… --- ## [Betting Against Crypto?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betting-against-crypto/971944)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betting-against-crypto/971944 "2022-09-21T18:54:47Z")
I’m not a big fan of decentralized currencies. Seems like the potential problems just outweigh the advantages, at least for the moment. There was an article in a local paper implying there was now a way one could “bet … --- ## [Where do people keep their passports?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-people-keep-their-passports/969725)
**Author:** [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-people-keep-their-passports/969725 "2022-09-09T13:54:01Z")
I’ve never had a passport, so I’ve never had to find a place to put one. I suspect I’d put it in my underwear drawer. Now Trump is saying that three of his are missing, after a search of his basement and rooms, and I’d … --- ## [Should time travelers worry about getting sick from the local cuisine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-time-travelers-worry-about-getting-sick-from-the-local-cuisine/969611)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2022, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-time-travelers-worry-about-getting-sick-from-the-local-cuisine/969611 "2022-09-21T07:34:34Z")
When traveling, especially to less developed places, visitors are at risk of developing intestinal distress accounting to less sanitary hygiene practices or just unique bacteria. “Montezuma’s revenge” is a term for tour… --- ## [I Need Cheering Up - Job Related](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-cheering-up-job-related/971842)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-cheering-up-job-related/971842 "2022-09-20T19:02:42Z")
For a very long time, I was unemployed and on disability. Then, I got a part time job as a contractor for unemployment. While at first I was thrilled at the thought of helping people. Then, I realized I couldn’t help the… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=190) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=192)