# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=209 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 210 --- ## [Cat problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-problem/964763)
**Author:** [@the\_art\_of\_rolling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_art_of_rolling)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2022, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-problem/964763 "2022-05-22T02:32:01Z")
This is my first thread start so I really don’t know if this the right place but anyway… My cat is losing fur on his back legs. The problem is that being in my seventies I cannot catch him to take to the vet. I do not b… --- ## [What's the deal with the construction/maintenance trades?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-construction-maintenance-trades/960528)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2022, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-construction-maintenance-trades/960528 "2022-05-21T23:13:04Z")
Between personal experience and a lot of anecdotal evidence, it seems that finding competent, motivated and non dumb-ass contractors and construction tradespeople is very hit or miss, with there seeming to be a fairly si… --- ## [With a wife like this, who needs enemies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-a-wife-like-this-who-needs-enemies/964480)
**Author:** [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-a-wife-like-this-who-needs-enemies/964480 "2022-05-21T21:13:46Z")
I guess these women never thought to ask themselves “What could go wrong?” The answer, as it turns out, is “Plenty.” Wife Framed Husband By Planting Child Sexual Abuse Images On Phone: Police | HuffPost Latest News --- ## [Have you ever gone into shock?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gone-into-shock/963288)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gone-into-shock/963288 "2022-05-21T05:10:46Z")
Sure, it’s the cliche of cliches. Somebody goes into shock in every medical drama and half of all sitcoms. How realistic are they? Not very. I went into shock today during a nuclear stress test. It wasn’t fatal and it w… --- ## [Tunt stones from. Orthodox African desert may be remnants of Type Ia supernova?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tunt-stones-from-orthodox-african-desert-may-be-remnants-of-type-ia-supernova/964729)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2022, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tunt-stones-from-orthodox-african-desert-may-be-remnants-of-type-ia-supernova/964729 "2022-05-21T03:09:35Z")
I find this story fascinating. Scientists doing forensics analysis on tiny stones from North African desert conclude that given the distribution of elements and minerals, it may be residue from a Type Ia supernova. I … --- ## [A lot of people asking me to do small things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-people-asking-me-to-do-small-things/964447)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-people-asking-me-to-do-small-things/964447 "2022-05-20T13:51:26Z")
I find that I’m frequently overwhelmed (mostly at work) with a lot of people asking me to do what is, in their eyes, a relatively small/simple task. But because so many people have these types of requests from me, it’s n… --- ## [Looking to enhance your physical attractiveness? Get infected with some brain-altering cat parasites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-enhance-your-physical-attractiveness-get-infected-with-some-brain-altering-cat-parasites/964681)
**Author:** [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2022, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-enhance-your-physical-attractiveness-get-infected-with-some-brain-altering-cat-parasites/964681 "2022-05-20T05:33:18Z")
People Infected By Brain-Altering Cat Parasite Are More Attractive, Finds Study | IFLScience \[…\] according to a new study published in the journal Brain, Cognition and Mental Health, the parasite responsible for affect… --- ## [More sovereign citizen goodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sovereign-citizen-goodness/726478)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2022, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sovereign-citizen-goodness/726478 "2022-05-20T03:19:16Z")
I’m not big on link bombing the dope, but this is too good not to see. eta: I know this is a couple years old but I’m not sure it’s ever made the rounds. Someone on reddit dug it up yesterday and now it’s on its cours… --- ## [Beautiful Cape May, NJ. Anyone know of any off the beaten path things to do there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-cape-may-nj-anyone-know-of-any-off-the-beaten-path-things-to-do-there/964624)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-cape-may-nj-anyone-know-of-any-off-the-beaten-path-things-to-do-there/964624 "2022-05-19T17:10:19Z")
We’re going to Cape May for our 30th Anniversary. Staying right across the main drag from the beach. We’ve been several times before and I’m wondering what I may have missed. We never visited the Harriet Tubman Museum, … --- ## [Lunar Eclipse 5/15](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-eclipse-5-15/964481)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2022, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-eclipse-5-15/964481 "2022-05-19T12:18:13Z")
From Spur Cross ranch: \[Album\] imgur.com --- ## [Trees, Nazis, and Ukrainians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trees-nazis-and-ukrainians/964508)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2022, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trees-nazis-and-ukrainians/964508 "2022-05-19T01:22:05Z")
I like to research ancient religion and, in my personal classification, the two largely unknown yet massively distributed religions of prehistoric times seem to have been what I call “The Mountain Religion” and “The Tree… --- ## [WHat are pro-Putin US commentators saying these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-pro-putin-us-commentators-saying-these-days/960961)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-pro-putin-us-commentators-saying-these-days/960961 "2022-05-18T19:44:09Z")
I’ve not seen anything recently. When the war started, Tucker Carlson went on quite fervently in favour of Putin: How has he and any other pro-Putin US commentators responded? Doubling down on Putin support? Not ad… --- ## [Chevrolet, what is with your deposit policy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chevrolet-what-is-with-your-deposit-policy/964554)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chevrolet-what-is-with-your-deposit-policy/964554 "2022-05-18T19:29:10Z")
We put a deposit on a Tesla Y and need to wait about 8 months for it. I’ll need a new car in a couple of years and I’m looking at the Chevy EV Avalanche … errrr … Silverado. They want a $100 dollar deposit and what do … --- ## [George Floyd - federal trial of other three officers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-floyd-federal-trial-of-other-three-officers/960017)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-floyd-federal-trial-of-other-three-officers/960017 "2022-05-18T18:37:23Z")
Federal trial is wrapping up. Three officers all testified; Prosecutor has made closing arguments; Defence submissions yet to come. --- ## [What is the last digit of your house number?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-last-digit-of-your-house-number/964608)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-last-digit-of-your-house-number/964608 "2022-05-18T15:18:18Z")
Testing Benford’s law poll --- ## [How You Decide What News Sources To Trust](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-you-decide-what-news-sources-to-trust/964306)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2022, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-you-decide-what-news-sources-to-trust/964306 "2022-05-18T05:00:51Z")
Watching the news on PBS this evening, a story about how covid became politicized, the thought came to the fore that I have made the deliberate choice to trust certain news sources and not others. A large part of this i… --- ## [BIG, bad bad bad ways to go home (yes, you can go home again!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bad-bad-bad-ways-to-go-home-yes-you-can-go-home-again/963092)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bad-bad-bad-ways-to-go-home-yes-you-can-go-home-again/963092 "2022-05-18T02:44:36Z")
Wow. The last few weeks have been a real trial! Let us sum-up, ok? (It’s not necessary to read my list, but, hey, it might entertain🤭) Have giant seizure. And more seizures. Go directly to the hospital. Don’t pass go… --- ## [Google relents: you can keep your free legacy G Suite account for personal use](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-relents-you-can-keep-your-free-legacy-g-suite-account-for-personal-use/964582)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-relents-you-can-keep-your-free-legacy-g-suite-account-for-personal-use/964582 "2022-05-18T01:01:05Z")
I’ve had a free G Suite account from Google for a number of years. I’ve used it only for normal free Google services, with the only significant bonus being that I have my own personal domain name instead of @gmail.com. … --- ## [More nextdoor drama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-nextdoor-drama/964558)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-nextdoor-drama/964558 "2022-05-17T22:15:51Z")
A few days ago, there was a story in my local news about a grow-house bust up in the hills above my town. Cartels were likely involved, because a cache of 33 automatic weapons were recovered. Pictures of the grow-house… --- ## [How does one open the back of this watch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-open-the-back-of-this-watch/964482)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-open-the-back-of-this-watch/964482 "2022-05-16T21:44:14Z")
My wife has a Mark Jacobs Valentine watch. The back looks like this. The thing is no longer running and the wife wishes to remedy that. We found a watch repair outfit a few miles down the road; however, the repairer was … --- ## [I made a funny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-a-funny/964509)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-a-funny/964509 "2022-05-16T20:25:28Z")
There was a state fair poster on Facebook with a big list of mostly 60s acts. I commented: “Gary Puckett- Matt Gaetz’s favorite singer.” --- ## [RIP Kenneth Welsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-kenneth-welsh/964095)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-kenneth-welsh/964095 "2022-05-16T20:24:52Z")
He played Larry Loomis, Sovereign Protector, on Lodge 49. He was butt naked (from the back) in one episode. Fortunately, I can’t find a clip of it. He had a long career, though. --- ## [Passenger lands plane with help from air traffic control](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passenger-lands-plane-with-help-from-air-traffic-control/964301)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passenger-lands-plane-with-help-from-air-traffic-control/964301 "2022-05-16T10:20:07Z")
Pilot in a Cessna becomes incapacitated. Passenger radios for help. Air traffic controller gives instructions to passenger. Passenger lands plane. Wow. --- ## [A Friday The Thirteenth MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friday-the-thirteenth-mmp/964175)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friday-the-thirteenth-mmp/964175 "2022-05-16T05:09:13Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 57 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 84 and N.O.S. for the day. The big excitin’ thing in my life today is callin’ the pharmacy to get a ‘script refilled a… --- ## [The home lending market has gone freaking insane!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-home-lending-market-has-gone-freaking-insane/964423)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-home-lending-market-has-gone-freaking-insane/964423 "2022-05-16T04:25:21Z")
I haven’t purchased a home in over 20 years. So perhaps it’s been like this for a while and I’m just now finding out about it. I came across a listing for a house. Reasonable price, right off a lake. I then get to daydr… --- ## [Had to return adopted doggo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-to-return-adopted-doggo/964392)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-to-return-adopted-doggo/964392 "2022-05-16T00:41:50Z")
Unfortunately, Shea got aggressive toward cats even though she was fostered with them and had lived with them most of her life. Maybe being jerked around was a contributing factor; she had been returned by someone who l… --- ## [Why are docs and hospitals still using faxes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-docs-and-hospitals-still-using-faxes/964363)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-docs-and-hospitals-still-using-faxes/964363 "2022-05-15T23:39:59Z")
I guess old habits die hard. Most of their records are online which is nice but they are still big fax users from what I can tell. Some docs only use fax to send rx to pharmacy. --- ## [Can blue states pass laws giving citizens the ability to sue red states where people die from lack of abortion access](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-blue-states-pass-laws-giving-citizens-the-ability-to-sue-red-states-where-people-die-from-lack-of-abortion-access/964266)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2022, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-blue-states-pass-laws-giving-citizens-the-ability-to-sue-red-states-where-people-die-from-lack-of-abortion-access/964266 "2022-05-15T16:10:49Z")
With all the red states talking about suing medical practitioners and patients who go to another state to get an abortion, could a blue state pass a law allowing its citizens to sue (either the state or members of the le… --- ## [Court issues injunction allowing trans youth in Alabama to use gender-affirming medicine {2022-05-14}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/court-issues-injunction-allowing-trans-youth-in-alabama-to-use-gender-affirming-medicine-2022-05-14/964418)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/court-issues-injunction-allowing-trans-youth-in-alabama-to-use-gender-affirming-medicine-2022-05-14/964418 "2022-05-14T16:50:49Z")
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction permitting trans minors in Alabama to access gender-affirming medicine, blocking part of a state ban that went into effect a week ago: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/u… --- ## [Need input on whether to respond to a post on an "interfaith" channel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-input-on-whether-to-respond-to-a-post-on-an-interfaith-channel/964310)
**Author:** [@ArtBeforeScience](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArtBeforeScience)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2022, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-input-on-whether-to-respond-to-a-post-on-an-interfaith-channel/964310 "2022-05-14T08:56:49Z")
This is regarding an interfaith corporate internal message board at a large global company that promotes a company culture of diversity, equity, inclusion (using slightly different words). There are many corporate-sancti… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=208) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=210)