# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=199 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 200 --- ## [South Korea launches lunar satellite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korea-launches-lunar-satellite/969125)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2022, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korea-launches-lunar-satellite/969125 "2022-08-05T02:17:05Z")
South Korea has launched a lunar satellite, Danuri (Korean for “enjoy the moon”) which is intended to scan the lunar surface at the poles, particularly the south pole, on a year-long mission to search for possible future… --- ## [al-Zawahiri done got sliced up {2022-08-02}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-zawahiri-done-got-sliced-up-2022-08-02/968948)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2022, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-zawahiri-done-got-sliced-up-2022-08-02/968948 "2022-08-05T02:11:31Z")
--- ## [Watching People Watching Things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-people-watching-things/969063)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-people-watching-things/969063 "2022-08-04T16:54:25Z")
I spend very little time following memes and popular Interwebz sites. I am vaguely familiar with people unboxing new stuff or playing games or commenting sarcastically on events and things and people. A Grauniad column… --- ## [New State Mottos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116 "2022-08-04T02:19:55Z")
Montana: Go Away, We’re Full New Mexico: Red or Green? --- ## [Anybody ever move cross-country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-move-cross-country/33324)
**Author:** [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2000, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-move-cross-country/33324 "2000-09-25T15:09:52Z")
I’m trying to decide how to go about my move from Philadelphia to San Diego. I have no furniture - it’s just clothes, books, CD’s, a computer, a stereo, and lots of junk. \[ul\]\[li\]Drive cross-country? Not my first choice… --- ## [Have stopped drinking for about a month now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-stopped-drinking-for-about-a-month-now/968843)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-stopped-drinking-for-about-a-month-now/968843 "2022-08-02T23:02:56Z")
A continuation of this discussion: I have quit drinking - Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS) - Straight Dope Message Board I quit about a week before the last post so that makes it about a month now. Still … --- ## [Help me improve my attitude towards technology - such as website changes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-improve-my-attitude-towards-technology-such-as-website-changes/968930)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-improve-my-attitude-towards-technology-such-as-website-changes/968930 "2022-08-02T17:44:14Z")
I’ve posted in the past regarding my somewhat Luddite tendencies. I don’t HATE technology - I just don’t really enjoy interacting with it. And I really find it difficult when something I’ve interacted with seamlessly f… --- ## [Chess robot breaks seven-year-old boy's finger during chess tournament](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-robot-breaks-seven-year-old-boys-finger-during-chess-tournament/968485)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-robot-breaks-seven-year-old-boys-finger-during-chess-tournament/968485 "2022-08-01T21:39:36Z")
Blake Lemoine may have a point. “The robot broke the child’s finger,” Sergey Lazarev, Moscow Chess Federation President, told Tass news agency. “This is of course bad.” you think …? No, Discourse. My topic is absol… --- ## [Famous people with constant name-lengths](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-constant-name-lengths/932251)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-constant-name-lengths/932251 "2022-08-01T04:14:17Z")
That’s an awful subject line but I can’t think of a better one. What I’m looking for is famous people whose three names are all the same length. I’m fairly sure that years ago, I started a thread along these lines, altho… --- ## [Go-Go Vacation! - A MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-go-vacation-a-mmp/968499)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 262\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2022, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-go-vacation-a-mmp/968499 "2022-08-01T01:55:22Z")
It’s 00:16 EST, I’m on vacation, and I’m having a beer. Woo! Talk amongst yourself till I come to later in the morning. \< obigatory dunken psot \> --- ## [Not exactly a homework assignment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-exactly-a-homework-assignment/968887)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-exactly-a-homework-assignment/968887 "2022-07-31T23:12:36Z")
. I need some help on an introductory page I would like to put together. This will be a secondary page after initial contact has already been made, so I expect it can be a bit longer. I have an 8th grade education and… --- ## [Saudi Arabia's "The Line"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saudi-arabias-the-line/968749)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2022, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saudi-arabias-the-line/968749 "2022-07-31T06:00:56Z")
Saudi Arabia is planning on building a 170-kilometer long, 200 meter wide, mirror-sided city called The Line, which is planned to be self-sustaining and carbon neutral. It’s expected to cost $500 billion. --- ## [Biden positive for COVID {2022-07-21}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-positive-for-covid-2022-07-21/968326)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-positive-for-covid-2022-07-21/968326 "2022-07-31T00:16:24Z")
Didn’t know where best to put this, but … --- ## [Track the Chinese rocket that's coming down out of control](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-the-chinese-rocket-thats-coming-down-out-of-control/941688)
**Author:** [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-the-chinese-rocket-thats-coming-down-out-of-control/941688 "2022-07-30T23:08:06Z")
If anyone is interested, Skyrobot on Youtube is showing a live tracking of China’s Long March 5B rocket that’s going to come down sometime in the next day. --- ## [Got Your Lottery Ticket?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-your-lottery-ticket/968590)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-your-lottery-ticket/968590 "2022-07-30T22:07:13Z")
Tonight’s US lottery is up to $810 million, half that as a one-time payment. I am hoping I will be able to show the world that money will not change me. If the winning ticket was sold at a Pennsylvania Turnpike rest stop… --- ## [Standard recommended amount of exercise is not enough](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standard-recommended-amount-of-exercise-is-not-enough/968556)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standard-recommended-amount-of-exercise-is-not-enough/968556 "2022-07-30T18:50:26Z")
The standard medical advise right now is that half an hour of moderate exercise, five times a week, is the ideal amount of exercise for health. A recent study with a very large number of participants has shown that that … --- ## [Gillette Commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gillette-commercial/968811)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gillette-commercial/968811 "2022-07-30T17:36:32Z")
It has dancing pubic hair. I saw it during the Astros-Mariners game; are they giving women equal time since there are so many erectile dysfunction ads during games. --- ## [Police officer taking pictures of my house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-officer-taking-pictures-of-my-house/968422)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-officer-taking-pictures-of-my-house/968422 "2022-07-30T16:35:01Z")
I’m writing this for myself in a way. But what happened last night is very odd. My Wife and I live rural Colorado mountains. There is one other house on our road. Most people wouldn’t even call it a road. Yesterday 6:3… --- ## [Framing Posters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/framing-posters/968758)
**Author:** [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/framing-posters/968758 "2022-07-30T14:59:31Z")
I’m just about all moved into my new apartment. I have to put a table together and that’s pretty much it. I’m sure I’ll figure out things I forgot I need somewhere along the line but in the mean time … I’m happy with my … --- ## [Fluffy\_PickleSniffer, Rockhound Extraordinare](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluffy-picklesniffer-rockhound-extraordinare/968676)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluffy-picklesniffer-rockhound-extraordinare/968676 "2022-07-30T12:53:19Z")
Months ago, @Fluffy\_PickleSniffer noticed that I like shiny and contacted me offering to share some of her ever expanding collection with me. Of course I said yes and gave her my address. At the time, she had mentioned h… --- ## [Difference between Dogs and Cats, Item 327](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-dogs-and-cats-item-327/968454)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-dogs-and-cats-item-327/968454 "2022-07-29T22:40:55Z")
Mrs P and I went out on some errands and then lunch. Got back home after a couple of hours. Piper Dog: “You’re back! I was so worried!! I’m so glad to see you again!!! Don’t ever do that again!!!” Piper Cat: “Huh… --- ## [Why are bathrooms rather than locker rooms/showers that central in US transphobia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-bathrooms-rather-than-locker-rooms-showers-that-central-in-us-transphobia/968451)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-bathrooms-rather-than-locker-rooms-showers-that-central-in-us-transphobia/968451 "2022-07-29T22:37:42Z")
I (cis male) use (1) public bathroom stalls; I also use (2) group changing rooms and showers at gyms, gymnasiums and public swimming pools. For me it would be much, much more disconcerting to encounter someone with fe… --- ## [Found a strange thing in my bathroom (less than SFW)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-strange-thing-in-my-bathroom-less-than-sfw/628107)
**Author:** [@Meggroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meggroll)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-strange-thing-in-my-bathroom-less-than-sfw/628107 "2022-07-29T21:00:10Z")
Sorry for the vagueness of the thread title, I didn’t know what’s kosher to use in terminology up there. So I’ve been living with my boyfriend since February, more or less. The other day, I went to the bathroom as soon … --- ## [Ask the woman with Meniere's disease](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-with-menieres-disease/221364)
**Author:** [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-with-menieres-disease/221364 "2022-07-28T22:27:58Z")
Well, ask away. I’m home over winter break, and I’m not going anywhere any time soon. --- ## [Man Wards off Emus with Pool Noodles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-wards-off-emus-with-pool-noodles/966236)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-wards-off-emus-with-pool-noodles/966236 "2022-07-28T15:11:23Z")
I so very much want to see this turned into one of those “LIMU Emus” commercials https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2022/06/14/emu-pool-noodle-deterrent-moos-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/atv-trending-videos/ --- ## [Anyone have a Blue Heeler (cattle dog)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-a-blue-heeler-cattle-dog/968658)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2022, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-a-blue-heeler-cattle-dog/968658 "2022-07-28T11:05:41Z")
We adopted a heeler/border collie mix a few months ago. He’s 5 and was surrendered by a family who could no longer care for him properly. He came to us about 15 pounds overweight, and we’ve helped him (through diet foot… --- ## [Punchlines to Dirty Jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-to-dirty-jokes/349762)
**Author:** [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2022, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-to-dirty-jokes/349762 "2022-07-28T09:32:19Z")
I can think of two punchlines to dirty jokes which have made their way into common, non-“dirty” use: “Don’t make waves.” and “Tonight’s your night in the barrell.” Are there any others? --- ## [TomTom GPS and the Black Hole of \[del\]Calcutta\[/del\] Franklin Square](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomtom-gps-and-the-black-hole-of-del-calcutta-del-franklin-square/967673)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomtom-gps-and-the-black-hole-of-del-calcutta-del-franklin-square/967673 "2022-07-28T05:35:46Z")
We have a TomTom Via 1525M. (Yes, I know, but we’re luddites. I have a smart phone but no data plan; she uses a flip phone; so we still use a TomTom device for GPS). It’s generally reliable in getting us to a specifie… --- ## [Phrases "ruined by people making the obvious stupid joke"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-ruined-by-people-making-the-obvious-stupid-joke/967679)
**Author:** [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2022, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-ruined-by-people-making-the-obvious-stupid-joke/967679 "2022-07-28T02:00:00Z")
In this Dinosaur Comics strip, T-Rex complains that the phrase “a whale of a good time” has been “ruined by people making the obvious stupid joke”: In other words, the phrase started out as a metaphor that could descr… --- ## [European heat wave and air conditoning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-heat-wave-and-air-conditoning/968293)
**Author:** [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-heat-wave-and-air-conditoning/968293 "2022-07-27T21:23:40Z")
I read that fewer than 5% of British households have air conditioning of any sort. The reason given is that it simply isn’t needed under most circumstances. Central air conditioning aside, I’m curious, though, about si… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=198) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=200)