# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=206 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 207 --- ## [Lifting a 7000 ton theater](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifting-a-7000-ton-theater/965973)
**Author:** [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifting-a-7000-ton-theater/965973 "2022-06-15T14:58:15Z")
A ski buddy of mine (Robert Israel, seen in the video) just finished lifting the 7000 ton Palace theater 30’ WITHIN its building to preserve the historic landmark (required) yet redevelop the building. Youtube My comme… --- ## [Canada has a new land border!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-has-a-new-land-border/966208)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-has-a-new-land-border/966208 "2022-06-15T01:27:26Z")
You probably think the only land border has is with US. Until about yesterday you would’ve been right. But after arguing with Denmark for years over the ownership of tiny Hans Island about halfway between Greenland and… --- ## [Umwelt and Light and Sound Pollution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umwelt-and-light-and-sound-pollution/966110)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umwelt-and-light-and-sound-pollution/966110 "2022-06-14T23:45:13Z")
An interesting article about how bats make themselves deaf to detect bugs within a millimetre and why much of humanity lives without night and with perpetual ambient sound. I learned lots of new things. --- ## [It's GAYLORD! GAY- LORD!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gaylord-gay-lord/964940)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gaylord-gay-lord/964940 "2022-06-14T14:01:45Z")
Tornado(s) killed 2 in Gaylord, MI last Friday and it has received some national reporting. I’m pretty sure every newscaster I hear is saying “Gaylerd.” (Even some from Michigan.) It’s GAY-LORD! --- ## [Is there such a thing as a "house scout"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-house-scout/966065)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2022, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-house-scout/966065 "2022-06-14T03:05:10Z")
Let me explain. Say you’re buying a home in a different state, and conditions are such that you have cash in hand and want to pounce on a property quickly. You know the neighborhoods in the new place well, having done … --- ## [What’s your story from when you served in the military?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-story-from-when-you-served-in-the-military/965185)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-story-from-when-you-served-in-the-military/965185 "2022-06-14T01:29:20Z")
I never served but everyone that I know that did has at least one story they like to tell about when they were in. AIUI, when still on active duty, the story typically begins with “Now, this is no shit….” or some similar… --- ## [Does your car insurance have STD coverage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-car-insurance-have-std-coverage/965953)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-car-insurance-have-std-coverage/965953 "2022-06-13T18:52:19Z")
GEICO ordered to pay $5.2 million after woman gets STD from having sex with her then-boyfriend in his car. They’ve already lost an appeal that the arbitration wasn’t valid even though one of the appellate judges stated … --- ## [Author of "How to Murder Your Husband" charged with murdering husband \[update: sentenced to life in prison\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/author-of-how-to-murder-your-husband-charged-with-murdering-husband-update-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/962407)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/author-of-how-to-murder-your-husband-charged-with-murdering-husband-update-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/962407 "2022-06-13T17:40:03Z")
Maybe keep an eye on what your spouse is writing about on-line? --- ## [Bicycles treating stop lights as yield signs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicycles-treating-stop-lights-as-yield-signs/832010)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicycles-treating-stop-lights-as-yield-signs/832010 "2022-06-13T17:39:27Z")
Arkansas has a new law allowing cyclists to treat stop lights as yield signs. A cyclist several months ago ran a stop sign in front of me, but he was going pretty fast, and I thought perhaps he hadn’t seen the sign. I… --- ## [" Who are you"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you/965639)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you/965639 "2022-06-13T14:57:56Z")
I wonder what kind of answers I would get if I asked this question to everyone I talked to. I could easily describe who I would like to be. There are few professions that I would accept as an acceptable answer. For some … --- ## [A D Day MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-d-day-mmp/965733)
**Author:** [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Replies:** 279\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-d-day-mmp/965733 "2022-06-13T04:31:17Z")
I’m old enough that my dad was in WWII (the big one according to Herbert T. Gillis). But are the young ‘uns aware of what happened on June 6, 1944? Still in England where it is dreary and rainy. We did not attend any … --- ## [Word for "one-of-a-kind person"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-one-of-a-kind-person/965186)
**Author:** [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2022, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-one-of-a-kind-person/965186 "2022-06-12T04:21:35Z")
This is bugging the crap out of me, and Google ain’t helping. I’m trying to think of a particular word for a person who is one-of-a-kind, who perhaps stands out against all others in their field (perhaps in an idiosyncra… --- ## [Catfish, evidently, swallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfish-evidently-swallow/965993)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfish-evidently-swallow/965993 "2022-06-11T22:15:23Z")
--- ## [Explain the unexplained](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-unexplained/965898)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2022, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-unexplained/965898 "2022-06-11T13:40:56Z")
I’ll start. Chupacabra: Dead goats and chickens turned up in Puerto Rico, and then stopped/tapered off. I think it was a sick wino who killed animals for a lark. He snuffed it, and all that was left was the occasiona… --- ## [Week of the Arachnid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-of-the-arachnid/965968)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2022, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-of-the-arachnid/965968 "2022-06-11T03:43:31Z")
We live in the woods, and this year there are many occasions when we’re moving around, indoors or out, and run head-on into a spider thread. Annoying, but no big deal. I’m not a big fan of spiders. Like, the way they mo… --- ## [We're under attack! They're massing on our border!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-under-attack-theyre-massing-on-our-border/965570)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2022, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-under-attack-theyre-massing-on-our-border/965570 "2022-06-11T03:27:13Z")
Canada has sneakily moved 90% of their citizens to within 150 miles of our border! Clearly this is ominous! Wake up, people! The time to build barricades is NOW. --- ## [Is this social anxiety?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-social-anxiety/965781)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2022, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-social-anxiety/965781 "2022-06-11T03:25:17Z")
So, yesterday I was standing in church, singing a hymn surrounded by the choir, and a big voice in my head started chattering in my ear. “Your friends are just pretending to tolerate you. In reality, they all find you … --- ## [Ever had a bank tell you 'Take your money and go'? CapitalOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-bank-tell-you-take-your-money-and-go-capitalone/965106)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-bank-tell-you-take-your-money-and-go-capitalone/965106 "2022-06-11T01:27:03Z")
I got a whole pile of letters from CapitalOne a few weeks ago, one for each of the CDs I had in my IRA account with them. Seems they’ve decided they don’t want the bother of handling IRA accounts for individuals any lon… --- ## [I feel bad...I killed a cat today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-bad-i-killed-a-cat-today/964910)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2022, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-bad-i-killed-a-cat-today/964910 "2022-06-11T00:58:19Z")
Mrs. L and I were driving down the backroads, coming home. I was driving about 70 mph. A cat darted in front of me from the ditch on my left—if he’d kept going, he would have made it safely to the ditch on my right. B… --- ## [Eat A Huge Steak - Get Free Meal!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-huge-steak-get-free-meal/965566)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-huge-steak-get-free-meal/965566 "2022-06-10T22:48:23Z")
“Eating a 96 oz. steak with all the trimmings” to get a free meal was a common enough trope decades ago. A few places were supposedly famous for doing it and it was an occasional tripe in movies, TV and news. Is this… --- ## [Bad, Bad, Bad winning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-winning/965686)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-winning/965686 "2022-06-09T18:25:34Z")
I’m the most dramatic. I win, You lose! --- ## [Hey! There's this thing I really really really love \[tell me yours\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-theres-this-thing-i-really-really-really-love-tell-me-yours/965589)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-theres-this-thing-i-really-really-really-love-tell-me-yours/965589 "2022-06-09T03:29:40Z")
Tell me yours. What I really love is my hair brush. The girls try to steal it, regularly (adult women). It’s a great hair brush. I’ve had it since I was in 9th grade. I’ve had to drive to Ruston a few times, to get i… --- ## [Am I an asshole for using the handicap stall at my work if nobody who's handicapped actually works here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-an-asshole-for-using-the-handicap-stall-at-my-work-if-nobody-whos-handicapped-actually-works-here/964800)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-an-asshole-for-using-the-handicap-stall-at-my-work-if-nobody-whos-handicapped-actually-works-here/964800 "2022-06-09T00:14:22Z")
My workplace of about 200 people isn’t open to the public. Despite being a warehouse job we have a single marked handicap stall (the type that’s extra wide for wheelchair access) However in the decade I worked here I’ve … --- ## [My plans for retirement: become an artisanal pencil sharpener](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-plans-for-retirement-become-an-artisanal-pencil-sharpener/965778)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-plans-for-retirement-become-an-artisanal-pencil-sharpener/965778 "2022-06-08T20:19:00Z")
I’ll have competition, of course. David Reese, an artisanal pencil sharpener, was among those who gathered to see the finished work on Saturday. Reese’s problem is that he doesn’t know marketing. I checked and Arti… --- ## [What Queen Elizabeth carries in her handbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-queen-elizabeth-carries-in-her-handbag/965784)
**Author:** [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-queen-elizabeth-carries-in-her-handbag/965784 "2022-06-08T16:53:18Z")
I thought Cecil was asked this previously but I’m having no luck with the search function but now, thanks to Paddington Bear, it appears we have an answer to the age old question, What does Queen Elizabeth keep in her ha… --- ## [My son finally passed his driver’s test!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-finally-passed-his-driver-s-test/921685)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-finally-passed-his-driver-s-test/921685 "2022-06-08T15:08:47Z")
What a relief. He had one last Saturday and failed miserably. Ran over 2 cones and didn’t get past the parking portion. If he didn’t pass this test we wouldn’t have been able to reschedule until after his appointment to … --- ## [2 months of mail: 3 items of importance, 2 magazines, 231 pieces of junk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-months-of-mail-3-items-of-importance-2-magazines-231-pieces-of-junk/965760)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2022, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-months-of-mail-3-items-of-importance-2-magazines-231-pieces-of-junk/965760 "2022-06-08T06:15:29Z")
I’ve been counting. Any of y’all… for your individual, personal mail… get anything delivered via USPS mail more important than a property tax or zoning notice? --- ## [Disney employee ruins marriage proposal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-employee-ruins-marriage-proposal/965758)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2022, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-employee-ruins-marriage-proposal/965758 "2022-06-08T05:05:36Z")
A Karen in Mouse Ears? Disney has apologized. It’s still pretty appalling behavior from an employee. Looks like they were on an empty stage. The employee could have waited a couple minutes and then asked them to leave. … --- ## [Canadian government introduces stricter gun control legislation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-government-introduces-stricter-gun-control-legislation/965696)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2022, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-government-introduces-stricter-gun-control-legislation/965696 "2022-06-08T04:43:31Z")
In several of the recent threads about firearms, there have been comments about stricter Canadian gun control laws. The federal government has recently introduced a bill that will increase gun restrictions on a national… --- ## [Scientists experimenting with gene splicing in hamsters turned them into vicious little monsters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-experimenting-with-gene-splicing-in-hamsters-turned-them-into-vicious-little-monsters/965783)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2022, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-experimenting-with-gene-splicing-in-hamsters-turned-them-into-vicious-little-monsters/965783 "2022-06-08T04:08:09Z")
Scientists at Georgia State University were trying to study how to turn hamsters into socially nonaggressive, but the result was the exact opposite. They turned into hyper aggressive demons. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=205) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=207)