# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=192 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 193 --- ## [Pass the salt in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pass-the-salt-in-the-mmp/970518)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 333\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2022, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pass-the-salt-in-the-mmp/970518 "2022-09-21T02:15:19Z")
Let’s get controversial! Where do you stand on adding salt to your food at the table? OK, not just salt, but include pepper, ketchup, sauces, croutons, whatever! Let the conversation rage! Happy Moanday! --- ## [The truth about the $3.00 bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truth-about-the-3-00-bill/971504)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Varn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Varn)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truth-about-the-3-00-bill/971504 "2022-09-20T20:02:40Z")
As we all know, the metaphore that has been used countless times to describe something that is completely fake is refered to in comparison to a three dollar bill. So is the three dollar bill completely fake? Mabey not! … --- ## [In case you needed something to worry about](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-you-needed-something-to-worry-about/971864)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-you-needed-something-to-worry-about/971864 "2022-09-20T16:49:55Z")
Search for how disaster-prone your home is: Of course, they missed a huge one, which is: drinking water supply. --- ## [Families dealing with ‘kissing cousins’](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/families-dealing-with-kissing-cousins/971712)
**Author:** [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/families-dealing-with-kissing-cousins/971712 "2022-09-20T02:37:37Z")
I was visiting with some of my cousins recently, and wondered how the 2 families would react if it was discovered there was something going on between 2 cousins. In my family, there might be a little horror upon discover… --- ## [I'm totally po'd about my set shifts being changed without notice by the managers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-totally-pod-about-my-set-shifts-being-changed-without-notice-by-the-managers/971866)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-totally-pod-about-my-set-shifts-being-changed-without-notice-by-the-managers/971866 "2022-09-20T01:49:12Z")
2022-09-19T04:00:00Z (UTC) --- ## [Seems the U.S. Census might not be that accurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seems-the-u-s-census-might-not-be-that-accurate/971780)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seems-the-u-s-census-might-not-be-that-accurate/971780 "2022-09-19T21:54:05Z")
As reported here: Report: Some census takers who fudged data didn’t get fired | AP News It seems that the Census workers may have fudged the data a smidgen to meet goals and gain bonuses…but there is another side of th… --- ## [New dog - Suggest names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-suggest-names/969230)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-suggest-names/969230 "2022-09-19T19:16:39Z")
Today I picked up a 4-5 mo old doberman puppy. Not chipped, no one responded to the ads. The woman who found him couldn’t keep him, so I got him. He needs a name. I’m thinking Merlin or Scout. Here’s a poor pic - you’ll… --- ## [Socially Responsible Sesame Street?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socially-responsible-sesame-street/971775)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socially-responsible-sesame-street/971775 "2022-09-19T18:01:55Z")
It’s been many decades since I took much interest in the goings-on of Sesame Street. I couldn’t begin to speculate how it has changed. But a comedy radio bit, possibly itself a decade old, had a comedian lamenting the … --- ## [Sherri Papini purported abduction (Update: She has been sentenced for faking her own kidnapping)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherri-papini-purported-abduction-update-she-has-been-sentenced-for-faking-her-own-kidnapping/772976)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 231\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherri-papini-purported-abduction-update-she-has-been-sentenced-for-faking-her-own-kidnapping/772976 "2022-09-19T17:48:04Z")
Since Sherri Papini has returned safely to her husband I’ve notice that many stories are slipping the adjective apparent in to qualify abduction, such as this one. Anyone think there’s more here than meets the eye, or … --- ## [No one has anything to say for an MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-has-anything-to-say-for-an-mmp/971428)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 333\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-has-anything-to-say-for-an-mmp/971428 "2022-09-19T17:35:36Z")
3:30am Pacific, and no one’s started an MMP? I hope everyone’s as OK as one gets on Monday. Take it away. :slight\_smile: --- ## [My official "I'm retired now" thread. A medical Retrospective](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-official-im-retired-now-thread-a-medical-retrospective/967477)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-official-im-retired-now-thread-a-medical-retrospective/967477 "2022-09-19T01:10:54Z")
I dropped the news of my finally getting out of prison (via my retirement after working as a physician there since 2002) in a few other threads, but I promised I’d not hijack those threads in case anyone wanted to ask me… --- ## [Is your refrigerator running?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-refrigerator-running/971411)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-refrigerator-running/971411 "2022-09-18T21:31:22Z")
Well you better go catch it! Ha ha. AFAIK, the original Bart Simpson type telephone prank. The only other one I’ve heard is: “Do you have Prince Albert in a can?” “Well, you better let him out!” or something like that. W… --- ## [If you make gummies in the shape of an arrow, they're going to end up looking like a phallus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-make-gummies-in-the-shape-of-an-arrow-theyre-going-to-end-up-looking-like-a-phallus/971622)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-make-gummies-in-the-shape-of-an-arrow-theyre-going-to-end-up-looking-like-a-phallus/971622 "2022-09-18T12:05:26Z")
You’d kind of think that was obvious. And if you add a little twerk at the other end, it’ll look like a scrotum. Again, you shouldn’t have to actually make one to figure this out. But some people evidently HAVE to be s… --- ## [Trail of Slime leads to Smuggled Snails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trail-of-slime-leads-to-smuggled-snails/971685)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trail-of-slime-leads-to-smuggled-snails/971685 "2022-09-17T23:12:35Z")
--- ## [Believe it or not, floppy discs are still in demand (sort of)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believe-it-or-not-floppy-discs-are-still-in-demand-sort-of/971701)
**Author:** [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believe-it-or-not-floppy-discs-are-still-in-demand-sort-of/971701 "2022-09-17T22:05:05Z")
For me, at least, this is a fascinating article. Tom Persky is the self-proclaimed “last man standing in the floppy disk business.” He is the time-honored founder of floppydisk.com, a US-based company dedicated to the … --- ## [Website Design for Business](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-design-for-business/969462)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-design-for-business/969462 "2022-08-11T11:06:19Z")
Once in a while I read books by entrepreneurs who launched successful web based businesses. They often say something along the lines of “I came up with a good idea but knew little about computers and paid (some person f… --- ## [Facebook Thinks I'm An Evangelical Christian And I Can't Convince It Otherwise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-thinks-im-an-evangelical-christian-and-i-cant-convince-it-otherwise/971326)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-thinks-im-an-evangelical-christian-and-i-cant-convince-it-otherwise/971326 "2022-09-16T18:02:59Z")
Nine out of ten of the “Sponsored” ads I get on FB are from this evangelical ministry or that one. The remaining are for like “Patriot Flags” or body armor or survival foods or what have you. These things are like the H… --- ## [Real estate purchase closing - share experiences where it didn't close?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-estate-purchase-closing-share-experiences-where-it-didnt-close/971507)
**Author:** [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-estate-purchase-closing-share-experiences-where-it-didnt-close/971507 "2022-09-16T17:28:44Z")
We are buying a new home and are a week away from closing on the loan. Our loan officer has congratulated us as he has been given the approval to close. Between my spouse and I, this is the 7th home we have purchased ove… --- ## [Could D.B. Cooper be Howard Hughes, the aviator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-d-b-cooper-be-howard-hughes-the-aviator/759820)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Varn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Varn)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-d-b-cooper-be-howard-hughes-the-aviator/759820 "2022-09-15T22:22:50Z")
I believe D.B. Cooper is Howard Hughes, the aviator. First of all he had a very eccentric personality. Wouldn’t put it past him. Also, at the time of the hijacking he was in hideing, and for a time his whereabouts wer… --- ## [Things you don't "get" anymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 309\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197 "2022-09-15T18:41:57Z")
topic possibly age related, hence the “anymore” in the title cosplay … don’t get me wrong - Im happy that peeps seem to enjoy it, and all but I don’t get it … is it just dressing up as some real or unreal persona? or … --- ## [Waiting for Toast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-toast/971447)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-toast/971447 "2022-09-15T17:47:30Z")
This is truly mundane and pointless, but I think about it every morning. I am a very bad waiter when it comes to toast. I am always pressing the button to pop it up before its scheduled pop-up. I flip the bread around, p… --- ## [President Zelensky refuses U.S. offer to evacuate, saying 'I need ammunition, not a ride'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-zelensky-refuses-u-s-offer-to-evacuate-saying-i-need-ammunition-not-a-ride/960170)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2022, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-zelensky-refuses-u-s-offer-to-evacuate-saying-i-need-ammunition-not-a-ride/960170 "2022-09-15T10:45:32Z")
Who knew that a mere comedian would rise to that level of leadership? Well, maybe the writers of Seinfeld: Bravo, President Zelensky! --- ## [City-Data.com anyone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-data-com-anyone/971605)
**Author:** [@EDOK9Trainer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EDOK9Trainer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2022, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-data-com-anyone/971605 "2022-09-15T09:16:39Z")
I guess this can go here as it really is pointless. Anyone else on City-Data.com? I like the forum part and there are some interesting topics in discussion there. I am a life long conservative although recent years ha… --- ## [I can't wait for Raptor Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-wait-for-raptor-lake/971513)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-wait-for-raptor-lake/971513 "2022-09-14T19:17:50Z")
Should see them trickling out in less than a month. I have a thread about upgrading my 3rd Gen i3 before and I contributed to Ellis Dee’s thread and I decided to wait for Raptor Lake and now it’s almost here. I probabl… --- ## [Is Rivkah Chaya a common Jewish name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rivkah-chaya-a-common-jewish-name/761025)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2022, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rivkah-chaya-a-common-jewish-name/761025 "2022-09-14T11:31:34Z")
Someone asked me this on the thread about grieving parents, and I really don’t want to hijack that thread, so I’m answering the question here, which is the same forum. If mods want it somewhere else, that’s fine. Rivkah… --- ## [What the heck? The #2 side effect on my new med is "discouragement?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-the-2-side-effect-on-my-new-med-is-discouragement/971156)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-the-2-side-effect-on-my-new-med-is-discouragement/971156 "2022-09-14T04:53:10Z")
Got an RX for 12 post-surgery Tramadol, so I looked it up, of course. Discouragement??? --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Beck is asking questions. Kinda like and old follower of Cecil Adams. I hope some one can remember her name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-is-asking-questions-kinda-like-and-old-follower-of-cecil-adams-i-hope-some-one-can-remember-her-name/970966)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-is-asking-questions-kinda-like-and-old-follower-of-cecil-adams-i-hope-some-one-can-remember-her-name/970966 "2022-09-13T18:24:03Z")
So all of you answer the questions. Feel free to elaborate. --- ## [Two Big Trees Will Be Gone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-big-trees-will-be-gone/971063)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-big-trees-will-be-gone/971063 "2022-09-13T15:15:47Z")
When I get home today, two beautiful 40’+ tall white ash trees that were in my yard will be gone. They’ve shaded our house and kept it cool in the summer for the 24 years we’ve lived there. My husband insists that one of… --- ## [GoogleMaps roundabout mystery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googlemaps-roundabout-mystery/971461)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googlemaps-roundabout-mystery/971461 "2022-09-13T14:55:00Z")
I saw something a little odd in this GoogleMap: Note the marker labeled “Roundabout” in the middle of the roundabout on the right side of the map. Does anyone recognize the icon in that marker? It looks vaguely familia… --- ## [Prince Andrew to lose HRH and military titles - just breaking (01-13-21)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-andrew-to-lose-hrh-and-military-titles-just-breaking-01-13-21/957735)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2022, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-andrew-to-lose-hrh-and-military-titles-just-breaking-01-13-21/957735 "2022-09-13T13:11:57Z")
Woah this is big. I’ve just had a BBC alert on my phone. Nothing on any news site yet 9including the BBC). Ah, this just posted. No further info yet: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=191) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=193)