# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=202 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 203 --- ## [Man saves murder hornet from parasite with his bare hands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-saves-murder-hornet-from-parasite-with-his-bare-hands/967478)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2022, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-saves-murder-hornet-from-parasite-with-his-bare-hands/967478 "2022-07-13T09:16:21Z")
one this guy has balls o steel two he’s crazy and 3 ewwww this is sorta gross you are warned --- ## [Ordered a "special" pizza](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordered-a-special-pizza/967703)
**Author:** [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordered-a-special-pizza/967703 "2022-07-12T23:38:44Z")
Last night called up the locally owned pizza joint to get pizza for supper. Ordered a large and knowing they cut the pizza into 8 slices and I had 5 people eating I asked it to be cut into 10 slices. The kid on the other… --- ## [I have quit drinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-quit-drinking/967533)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-quit-drinking/967533 "2022-07-12T23:28:58Z")
I started drinking on and off about four years ago. Over the last two years I’ve probably averaged about 4 - 6 drinks per day and only stopped recently because my joints started to hurt. The orthopedist I have visited … --- ## [Prime Day 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prime-day-2022/967827)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prime-day-2022/967827 "2022-07-12T15:26:34Z")
It’s Prime Day once again so I’m here to start my annual thread about it. Anyone find anything good? The only difference I see in this year’s Day is that they have real Apple stuff on sale, which I don’t think has ever … --- ## [Brag About How Much You Saved](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-how-much-you-saved/967740)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-how-much-you-saved/967740 "2022-07-12T11:40:17Z")
Television has long been filled with ads saying how much you save by switching telecom or insurance companies. This thread allows you to brag about these savings, if any, or by switching from any product whatsoever to o… --- ## [Webb telescope is awake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/webb-telescope-is-awake/967789)
**Author:** [@cincinnatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cincinnatus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/webb-telescope-is-awake/967789 "2022-07-12T07:18:26Z")
Just think of what went into the Webb telescope to get this picture. Remarkable. Breathtaking. picture. --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Beck ain't scared of no ghost! (My first night sleeping in the ghost room)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-aint-scared-of-no-ghost-my-first-night-sleeping-in-the-ghost-room/966844)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-aint-scared-of-no-ghost-my-first-night-sleeping-in-the-ghost-room/966844 "2022-07-11T18:43:24Z")
Well now, I was super tired. Too many folks here. Grand kids and pets running around, maybe a couple kids I didn’t know. And one dog I didnt know. The dog turns out to be my Sister’s new Chihuahua (her ancient disgustin… --- ## [Windshield damaged trying to hit a bug](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windshield-damaged-trying-to-hit-a-bug/967637)
**Author:** [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windshield-damaged-trying-to-hit-a-bug/967637 "2022-07-11T16:05:38Z")
My daughter is going “bug bug” in the car so I try to hit the bug, hit the windshield with the heel of my hand, not even full force, boop, nice fracture like it was hit with a rock. What’s up? Anyone ever do this befor… --- ## [Spam callers in the wee hours!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-callers-in-the-wee-hours/967750)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-callers-in-the-wee-hours/967750 "2022-07-11T12:16:59Z")
I’m staying with relatives in Toronto, and their dad is in the hospital. The landline phone rings, 2:35 AM, and I think I should answer it since it could be bad news from the hospital, and the area code is a local one. T… --- ## [Halfway thru the year in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halfway-thru-the-year-in-the-mmp/967383)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 297\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2022, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halfway-thru-the-year-in-the-mmp/967383 "2022-07-11T06:13:31Z")
Six months of the year are done and gone, so we’re halfway to 2023. What’s up with that? We had some booms around here last night, but distant enough that they were muffled. Tonight will be the big booms, then, I hope, … --- ## [How many weird calls does the National Organization for Women get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-weird-calls-does-the-national-organization-for-women-get/967749)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2022, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-weird-calls-does-the-national-organization-for-women-get/967749 "2022-07-11T04:50:23Z")
How many weird calls does the National Organization for Women get? For Flex Seal, folding ladders, diet supplements, info on Social Security benefits, etc… Whenever those thngs are advertised on TV the voice over alway… --- ## [State of CA to make insulin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-ca-to-make-insulin/967577)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-ca-to-make-insulin/967577 "2022-07-10T16:13:06Z")
I think it means at first they will contract a drug company to make it and then sell it cheaper. Then they will make it in their own factory. --- ## [Getting used to eyelid debridement and other dry eye treatements](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-used-to-eyelid-debridement-and-other-dry-eye-treatements/961138)
**Author:** [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2022, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-used-to-eyelid-debridement-and-other-dry-eye-treatements/961138 "2022-07-10T01:33:52Z")
Hi Everyone! Stepping out of lurk mode for a minute… let’s talk about our eyelids! The tl;dr: does using a debridement tool like the NuLids system get easier? I’ve been dealing with dry eyes for a while - since I’m a … --- ## [Homeopathy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeopathy/967666)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeopathy/967666 "2022-07-09T22:42:41Z")
So this morning mrAru made homeopathic coffee … he forgot to put the grounds in teh basket. HE says he made a pot of hot water, but I pointed out technically since there was still coffee residue in the basket from previo… --- ## [Question about best way to get to Chicago Union Station](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-best-way-to-get-to-chicago-union-station/963849)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-best-way-to-get-to-chicago-union-station/963849 "2022-07-09T21:57:11Z")
OK, I’m planning a trip in a couple months and I’m trying to figure out the best way to get to Chicago’s Union Station for a 9:30 pm departure. Or perhaps I should say I’m trying to find the safest way to do this, becau… --- ## [100 year old cartoon predicts modern cellphones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-year-old-cartoon-predicts-modern-cellphones/967649)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-year-old-cartoon-predicts-modern-cellphones/967649 "2022-07-09T21:43:46Z")
Or, “pocket phones,” as the cartoon, which was published some time between 1919 and 1923, calls them. It’s eerily predictive of the many inconveniences we face in our modern world. --- ## [Happy Birthday Dalai Lama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-dalai-lama/967521)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-dalai-lama/967521 "2022-07-09T21:01:44Z")
He is 87 When he dies it’s expected China will try to name his replacement. Tibetans will never accept that. It will be a big problem . --- ## [2 Racists in Georgia get combined sentences of 19 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-racists-in-georgia-get-combined-sentences-of-19-years/781063)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-racists-in-georgia-get-combined-sentences-of-19-years/781063 "2022-07-09T17:35:42Z")
A few weeks after the South Carolina church shooting in 2015, a group of ignorant gun-toting racists terrorized several black families having an 8 year old’s birthday party in a park. Two of those proud people were re… --- ## [Benjamin Franklin published abortion instructions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benjamin-franklin-published-abortion-instructions/966960)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benjamin-franklin-published-abortion-instructions/966960 "2022-07-09T15:36:35Z")
Not sure where to put this; but maybe it goes here. “\[The book\] starts to prescribe basically all of the best-known herbal abortifacients and contraceptives that were circulating at the time,” Farrell said. “It’s jus… --- ## [Health insurance fee schedules are now public information in the U.S](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-insurance-fee-schedules-are-now-public-information-in-the-u-s/967570)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-insurance-fee-schedules-are-now-public-information-in-the-u-s/967570 "2022-07-09T14:27:04Z")
A fee schedule sets the amount the health insurer agrees to pay a provider of medical services. Thanks to President Trump’s executive order 13877, the Trump administration’s actions in November of 2020, statutory authori… --- ## [Major internet service outage in Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-internet-service-outage-in-canada/967640)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2022, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-internet-service-outage-in-canada/967640 "2022-07-09T11:12:42Z")
Rogers, one of Canada’s major telcos / ISP went down early this morning. It’s having a big impact on internet access, including credit card / Interac payments, phone service for Rogers customers, banking, emergency servi… --- ## [A week in Montréal. Any Dopers want to meet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-week-in-montreal-any-dopers-want-to-meet/967658)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2022, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-week-in-montreal-any-dopers-want-to-meet/967658 "2022-07-09T08:33:30Z")
Second week of August, I will be in Montréal for the world Esperanto conference. However, there will be times away from that. Any MontrealDopers want to meet for a meal & chat? --- ## [Really mundane question about date formats (vote in post 12)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-mundane-question-about-date-formats-vote-in-post-12/964537)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2022, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-mundane-question-about-date-formats-vote-in-post-12/964537 "2022-07-09T06:54:05Z")
So, I’ve always known that in the US, you write month-day, just to confuse the rest of the world. But now we’re having date formats on MPSIMS breaking news, I notice they’re listed as year-month-day. Has this always bee… --- ## [Amtrak Train Southwest Chief has derailed near Kansas City: 2022-06-27](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amtrak-train-southwest-chief-has-derailed-near-kansas-city-2022-06-27/966990)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amtrak-train-southwest-chief-has-derailed-near-kansas-city-2022-06-27/966990 "2022-07-08T20:05:25Z")
Early reports indicate that a construction vehicle, likely a dump truck of some sort, tried to beat the train and failed. --- ## [Am I the only one who hates home fireworks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-hates-home-fireworks/967434)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-hates-home-fireworks/967434 "2022-07-08T15:02:49Z")
The 4th is here, and that means hours of the dogs barking their heads off every few minutes. I’m tempted to rig up an extremely loud PA system and blare their barking all over the neighborhood, maybe ruin the “fun time” … --- ## [Am I the only Southern adult male who doesn't want to grill outside?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-southern-adult-male-who-doesnt-want-to-grill-outside/967391)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2022, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-southern-adult-male-who-doesnt-want-to-grill-outside/967391 "2022-07-08T01:02:28Z")
\[Date: July 3, 2022\] \[Place: North Carolina\] Wife: I bought some hamburger. Can we fire up the grill and cook them outside tomorrow? Me: Don’t we have some tilapia we can grill inside instead? I know, I can make s… --- ## [I just got spam email trying to sell me a UFO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-spam-email-trying-to-sell-me-a-ufo/967514)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-spam-email-trying-to-sell-me-a-ufo/967514 "2022-07-08T00:09:24Z")
Unfortunately they’re talking about UFO LED lights, not my own personal flying saucer. --- ## [Seeking advice on my hypothetical cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-advice-on-my-hypothetical-cat/966137)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-advice-on-my-hypothetical-cat/966137 "2022-07-07T22:01:21Z")
My wife and I have been separated for a little over a year now; it’s the right decision, but I miss life with pets - we had a dog and a cat. So I’m on the cusp of getting my own pet. But, despite being a person who lov… --- ## [Elementary school serves floor sealant to students instead of milk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elementary-school-serves-floor-sealant-to-students-instead-of-milk/966304)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elementary-school-serves-floor-sealant-to-students-instead-of-milk/966304 "2022-07-07T18:42:13Z")
Don’t they normally serve milk in those little miniature cartons? “Where do you keep the floor sealant?” “In the fridge, next to the milk.” --- ## [Your Performance at the SDMB - rated!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-performance-at-the-sdmb-rated/967269)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-performance-at-the-sdmb-rated/967269 "2022-07-06T22:41:16Z")
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