# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=194 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 195 --- ## [Busted: "The Masturbator" ran away screaming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/busted-the-masturbator-ran-away-screaming/644177)
**Author:** [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/busted-the-masturbator-ran-away-screaming/644177 "2013-02-26T17:17:04Z")
Whoo. What is it with me and hijinks on the CTA? Some background - which may make this a little long… There’s this guy I’ve seen frequently over the last year or so. He’s fairly normal-looking, seems clean, groomed, and… --- ## [Close call between Cessna and Delta 757 over Orlando Airport](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-call-between-cessna-and-delta-757-over-orlando-airport/971033)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2022, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-call-between-cessna-and-delta-757-over-orlando-airport/971033 "2022-09-07T10:10:59Z")
Thankful no one got hurt. The Cessna pilot reacted quickly to incorrect instructions from the tower. I’m curious to hear reactions from the pilots on the SDMB. Do you routinely think about the instructions from the tow… --- ## [Is hatred towards EV's due to the belief in a apocalyptic future?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hatred-towards-evs-due-to-the-belief-in-a-apocalyptic-future/966752)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 331\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2022, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hatred-towards-evs-due-to-the-belief-in-a-apocalyptic-future/966752 "2022-09-07T06:45:49Z")
I’ve never seen so many people care about what others chose to drive as I have with EV’s, and have noticed fear that EV’s are gaining traction in into only personal transportation but commercial and knocking at the door … --- ## [New to me dating site scam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-me-dating-site-scam/971030)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-me-dating-site-scam/971030 "2022-09-07T03:00:26Z")
This is something I just recently started running across and I can’t figure out what they might be looking for. It almost seems like it could be dangerous. Anyway, normally after a few texts we will exchange phone number… --- ## [The brightest candelabra base bulb. Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brightest-candelabra-base-bulb-ever/971077)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2022, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brightest-candelabra-base-bulb-ever/971077 "2022-09-07T01:13:12Z")
I have two wall sconces in the living room and they really never have been bright enough for me. They use E12 or candelabra bases so they have been limited to 60 watt bulbs, usually flame-shaped. One failed yesterday so … --- ## [Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List - Why didn't he just make real munitions and use the money to save more Jews?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oskar-schindler-in-schindlers-list-why-didnt-he-just-make-real-munitions-and-use-the-money-to-save-more-jews/971020)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oskar-schindler-in-schindlers-list-why-didnt-he-just-make-real-munitions-and-use-the-money-to-save-more-jews/971020 "2022-09-07T00:02:07Z")
Hopefully this isn’t considered spoilers since I assume everyone has seen this movie. But the powerful ending of Schindlers List where he breaks down in tears about how he could have sold his car or his gold pin to save… --- ## [Another inexperienced couple sinks their boat.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-inexperienced-couple-sinks-their-boat/808657)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-inexperienced-couple-sinks-their-boat/808657 "2022-09-06T19:29:27Z")
So. No experience. 24 and 26 years old, barely out of school and they are tired of paying for a house. "How can we live our lives when we’re working most of the day and you have to pay so much just to live?” Well, guy… --- ## [Medieval Monks were Riddled with Worms, Study Finds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medieval-monks-were-riddled-with-worms-study-finds/969961)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medieval-monks-were-riddled-with-worms-study-finds/969961 "2022-09-06T13:29:01Z")
This gives new meaning to “Diet of Worms” https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/19/uk/medieval-monks-parasites-study-gbr-scli-intl-scn/index.html --- ## [My laptop mysteriously maxed itself out on memory on its own and now only shows a black screen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-laptop-mysteriously-maxed-itself-out-on-memory-on-its-own-and-now-only-shows-a-black-screen/970964)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-laptop-mysteriously-maxed-itself-out-on-memory-on-its-own-and-now-only-shows-a-black-screen/970964 "2022-09-05T20:45:20Z")
Have a weird computer issue and I’d appreciate any advice: I have a laptop (2018 Asus Vivobook) that I have kept disconnected from Internet for a year. I haven’t downloaded or added anything to it. But recently it sudde… --- ## [An exercise in the trivial -- International post package tracking numbers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-exercise-in-the-trivial-international-post-package-tracking-numbers/970913)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-exercise-in-the-trivial-international-post-package-tracking-numbers/970913 "2022-09-05T08:38:40Z")
When sending packages through the mail/post to another country, they seem to use a standard format: 2 letter characters, 9 numerical characters, and another two letter characters that represent the country of origin. To… --- ## [It was the third of September](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-september/970879)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-september/970879 "2022-09-04T23:15:24Z")
A day I’ll always remember --- ## [Hugo awards streaming tonight (Sept 04, 2022)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugo-awards-streaming-tonight-sept-04-2022/970956)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugo-awards-streaming-tonight-sept-04-2022/970956 "2022-09-04T22:39:35Z")
If anybody else is interested in watching: --- ## [Hey? Is this a bad bad bad day? Or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-is-this-a-bad-bad-bad-day-or-not/970844)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2022, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-is-this-a-bad-bad-bad-day-or-not/970844 "2022-09-04T03:08:33Z")
That Clariton commercial that has the Christmas song in it. Come on Ad-men. That’s just not fair. And, makes me nauseous. Bayliss came to visit and had gas. It was terrible. Even he knew it and was mortified. I a… --- ## ["The electric cord of liberty still sparks in our hearts." Kevin McCarthy is being dragged on twitter for this Quote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-electric-cord-of-liberty-still-sparks-in-our-hearts-kevin-mccarthy-is-being-dragged-on-twitter-for-this-quote/970812)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-electric-cord-of-liberty-still-sparks-in-our-hearts-kevin-mccarthy-is-being-dragged-on-twitter-for-this-quote/970812 "2022-09-03T21:46:55Z")
This is a quote from Kevin McCarthy and Twitter is full of funny responses. Mallory McMorrow is my favorite person in the world right now. More from Mallory MalloryMcMorrow "The radiator of liberty warms our so… --- ## [Plane threatens Walmart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-threatens-walmart/970887)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-threatens-walmart/970887 "2022-09-03T15:20:58Z")
I suggest shooting his ass down. One burst from a fighter jet and this plane is toast. --- ## [A First Experience With Old Airplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-first-experience-with-old-airplane/970571)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-first-experience-with-old-airplane/970571 "2022-09-03T15:17:47Z")
Have you ever experienced an old WWII multi-engine airplane taking off, as an observer on the ground? My job, these days, takes me to within a half mile(as the crow flies, as it were) of a small local airport and Milita… --- ## [I can do Amazing Things with my eyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-do-amazing-things-with-my-eyes/970670)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2022, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-do-amazing-things-with-my-eyes/970670 "2022-09-03T05:14:12Z")
I wrote before about how I can see vivid colors when I close my eyes. Sitting on the shaded porch in bright sunlight if I close my eyes while wearing sunglasses I see a bright orange. Without the glasses I see blue. Deep… --- ## [Which law is most commonly flouted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-law-is-most-commonly-flouted/970485)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2022, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-law-is-most-commonly-flouted/970485 "2022-09-03T03:25:30Z")
Speed limits? Taxation? Putting ketchup on your hot dog? Eating Smarties but failing to reserve those if crimson hue? Masking violations? --- ## [Some threads on this board seem like a goldmine. (Not a lovefest thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-threads-on-this-board-seem-like-a-goldmine-not-a-lovefest-thread/970847)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2022, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-threads-on-this-board-seem-like-a-goldmine-not-a-lovefest-thread/970847 "2022-09-03T03:11:41Z")
There are a few that come to mind but the main one I’m thinking of right now is the “Stupid republican idea” threads. Say you’re a writer, and you’re doing research for a documentary on the GOP. How valuable would that … --- ## [A Christie's first: Meteorite memorabilia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christies-first-meteorite-memorabilia/970848)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christies-first-meteorite-memorabilia/970848 "2022-09-02T22:41:58Z")
And specifically, almost $50,000 to a family in Costa Rica for a meteorite that struck their doghouse in 2019, and the doghouse too. Not only am I glad Rocky the dog wasn’t injured by Rocky the meteorite, but that he’… --- ## [BBC Scotland video mentions mullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-scotland-video-mentions-mullet/970780)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-scotland-video-mentions-mullet/970780 "2022-09-02T19:54:47Z")
But just how old is it? It looks like it’s from the 50s, but then the barber mentions Elvis Costello. I think it must be a skit, anyone else have info on this? --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Beck is singing and dancing to the same old tune. Or... Back to rehab](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-is-singing-and-dancing-to-the-same-old-tune-or-back-to-rehab/967683)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 296\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-is-singing-and-dancing-to-the-same-old-tune-or-back-to-rehab/967683 "2022-09-02T18:52:39Z")
I had my rehab assessment Friday. The rehab “professionals” say I’m only 10% improved. I’m really down since my first rehab experience (remember way back when I got my first kidney removed?) They overwhelmed me. I cou… --- ## [Denatured alcohol - wait, WTF](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denatured-alcohol-wait-wtf/970238)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denatured-alcohol-wait-wtf/970238 "2022-09-02T16:22:05Z")
I heard on a podcast today that during the depression (or prohibition) people drank rubbing alcohol which created serious health effects. So to keep people from drinking it, the government required added poison to it as … --- ## [Last Surviving Monkee Sues to see FBI files on the Band](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-surviving-monkee-sues-to-see-fbi-files-on-the-band/970659)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-surviving-monkee-sues-to-see-fbi-files-on-the-band/970659 "2022-09-02T12:13:57Z")
I don’t know what’s the most bizarre point here – that Dolenz had to sue to get the files, or that the FBI was keeping files on the subversive activities of the PreFab Four. --- ## [Saw an ad in a local paper for "white milk". What does that term mean to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-an-ad-in-a-local-paper-for-white-milk-what-does-that-term-mean-to-you/970565)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-an-ad-in-a-local-paper-for-white-milk-what-does-that-term-mean-to-you/970565 "2022-09-01T17:38:14Z")
Our local community advertising newsletter recently ran a local grocery store’s ad for “white milk”. Being of the area, I knew immediately it meant either whole, 2%, 1%, or skim milk. Yet this descriptive term is falli… --- ## [There's a Seinfeld episode for that](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-seinfeld-episode-for-that/970739)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-seinfeld-episode-for-that/970739 "2022-09-01T17:11:54Z")
The Pothole - https://www.distractify.com/p/tiktoker-loses-phone-in-driveway --- ## [OK, so let's admit I'm an alcoholic, and that one of my liver enzymes just spiked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-lets-admit-im-an-alcoholic-and-that-one-of-my-liver-enzymes-just-spiked/970572)
**Author:** [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-lets-admit-im-an-alcoholic-and-that-one-of-my-liver-enzymes-just-spiked/970572 "2022-08-31T22:02:43Z")
So, it’s been a rough couple of years. I’ve always drank too much, and when I was caring for my Mom when she was dying in 2017 (living in CO, commuting to Maine) it got bad. Maine winters and stress/grief are a real th… --- ## [DingusMcFathead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dingusmcfathead/970530)
**Author:** [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dingusmcfathead/970530 "2022-08-31T18:05:59Z")
Just received an email: Subject: Snapchat Password Reset Hey dingusmcfathead, To reset your password for Snapchat, please click the following link: … Trouble is I don’t ever remember having a Snapchat account and … --- ## [Suppressed Animosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppressed-animosity/970519)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppressed-animosity/970519 "2022-08-31T17:11:31Z")
I was in my local Jewel’s market Sunday morning at about 7:30 am. As you can imagine, it was sparsely populated and had only one checkout line open, but there were only 4 people in front of me in the checkout line. An … --- ## [Mikhail Gorbachov has died today, august 30th 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mikhail-gorbachov-has-died-today-august-30th-2022/970621)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mikhail-gorbachov-has-died-today-august-30th-2022/970621 "2022-08-30T21:17:06Z")
Mikhail Gorbachev, last premier of the Soviet Union, has died today (august 30th 2022) in a Moscow hospital: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=193) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=195)