# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=21 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 22 --- ## [(Old) Springing into cleaning in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-springing-into-cleaning-in-the-mmp/1028885)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 293\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-springing-into-cleaning-in-the-mmp/1028885 "2026-04-06T12:10:13Z")
Do you do special spring cleaning chores? I’ve got a few things I’ll be doing today, but they have nothing to do with it being spring - just stuff that needs doing. And later this week, I think I may finally clean the wi… --- ## [New government-run site comparing gasoline prices in my area](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-government-run-site-comparing-gasoline-prices-in-my-area/1029024)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2026, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-government-run-site-comparing-gasoline-prices-in-my-area/1029024 "2026-04-05T23:14:34Z")
So the government of Québec has just put a system in place, where every fuel station in the province is required to notify the government of their prices for gasoline. (There are fines for stations that don’t update thei… --- ## [My father's wife just died. Looking for advice on what to do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fathers-wife-just-died-looking-for-advice-on-what-to-do/1028537)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fathers-wife-just-died-looking-for-advice-on-what-to-do/1028537 "2026-04-05T12:28:37Z")
I was born in 1967. I have two other siblings. My father left us in 1980 because he wanted to live the playboy lifestyle and mess around with lots of women. About ten years later he found a woman who would marry him. An… --- ## [I have a papercut on my eye and it hurts like hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-papercut-on-my-eye-and-it-hurts-like-hell/1029002)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2026, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-papercut-on-my-eye-and-it-hurts-like-hell/1029002 "2026-04-05T04:45:39Z")
I already called my ophthalmologist, and spoke with a nurse (or possibly a doctor) who asked a bunch of questions and said to just keep my fingers out of the eye and let it heal, and only come in if it turns red or my vi… --- ## [Scandal! Fake Quebec Maple syrup found in shops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scandal-fake-quebec-maple-syrup-found-in-shops/1028975)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2026, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scandal-fake-quebec-maple-syrup-found-in-shops/1028975 "2026-04-05T04:39:05Z")
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bogus-maple-syrup-quebec-9.7149822 Lab tests from the Quebec oversight group that mostly tests bulk make syrup found that cans of syrup sent to local grocery stores were cut with … --- ## [Potentially great comet on its way](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potentially-great-comet-on-its-way/1026799)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potentially-great-comet-on-its-way/1026799 "2026-04-04T15:30:27Z")
We are overdue for a “great” comet. McNaught / Lovejoy / Hale-Bopp and Ikeya–Seki were all decades ago. A few days ago, a new “Sungrazer" (Kreutz) comet was discovered. It’s still quite far out, but if it follows the … --- ## [Microsoft Office endless updates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-office-endless-updates/1028956)
**Author:** [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2026, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-office-endless-updates/1028956 "2026-04-04T09:47:14Z")
I use MS Office for work and I’m beginning to get fed up with the never ending series of updates. By now they send updates every week. It disrupts my workflow as I need to close all the documents I’m working on (which I … --- ## [You remember the Apollo moon landings, someone tells you he envies you for that. What you do answer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-remember-the-apollo-moon-landings-someone-tells-you-he-envies-you-for-that-what-you-do-answer/1028965)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2026, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-remember-the-apollo-moon-landings-someone-tells-you-he-envies-you-for-that-what-you-do-answer/1028965 "2026-04-04T01:10:09Z")
Continuing the discussion from Back to the Moon! Artemis program follow along (it's going to be a long long time): Spoons suggests a new thread. It started like this: You might ask those of us who saw the first moon … --- ## [These guys are late to the party. There’s already been a documentary on this subject](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-guys-are-late-to-the-party-there-s-already-been-a-documentary-on-this-subject/1028967)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2026, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-guys-are-late-to-the-party-there-s-already-been-a-documentary-on-this-subject/1028967 "2026-04-03T02:47:18Z")
It’s call Multiplicity. --- ## [Bar stool preferences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bar-stool-preferences/1028410)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2026, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bar-stool-preferences/1028410 "2026-04-03T02:42:35Z")
There are two main types of bar stools - with or without backrests. There are three mechanisms - fixed, swivel freely and swivel but spring loaded to return to center. What is your preference? I prefer a backrest for m… --- ## [Shop 'n' shit (free local papers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shop-n-shit-free-local-papers/1028854)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shop-n-shit-free-local-papers/1028854 "2026-04-01T14:16:04Z")
Nope. Not perusing new toities. Not scrolling Amazon while using. Does your community still have a free(ish)paper, weekly? With want ads. Freebies. Free pets. Services offered and asked for. Maybe coupons and announce… --- ## [Any findadeath website fans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-findadeath-website-fans/1028908)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2026, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-findadeath-website-fans/1028908 "2026-04-01T00:51:25Z")
The site and its message board seem to have gone 404. A Google search from December says that they might close without funding, so I guess it’s history? If so, too bad, as they had lots of interesting information. --- ## [People/cars in parking lots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-cars-in-parking-lots/1028870)
**Author:** [@Lushka1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lushka1953)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-cars-in-parking-lots/1028870 "2026-03-31T18:44:49Z")
It never cease to amaze me! Both of these scenarios have made me much more conscious/considerate when in these same situations. 1. When backing out of a parking space, there is bound to be someone walking behind/just to… --- ## [Amazon Bait-and-Switch like tactics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-bait-and-switch-like-tactics/1028846)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-bait-and-switch-like-tactics/1028846 "2026-03-31T14:24:32Z")
I need to vent for a sec about Amazon Prime pulling what feels like a bait-and-switch. Last Thursday I’m ordering something, and the page says (paraphrasing): “Order within the next 3 hours and 27 minutes and you’ll get… --- ## [What car has an upside-down V badge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-car-has-an-upside-down-v-badge/1028878)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-car-has-an-upside-down-v-badge/1028878 "2026-03-30T23:27:58Z")
My wife and I were in the car earlier today and we hit a stop light behind another car that caught our attention. It had an upside-down V for a badge and absolutely no other identification of any kind. I know Acura uses… --- ## [So, someone crashed into three cars on our street in a hit-and-run](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-someone-crashed-into-three-cars-on-our-street-in-a-hit-and-run/1028859)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-someone-crashed-into-three-cars-on-our-street-in-a-hit-and-run/1028859 "2026-03-30T15:23:43Z")
Continuing the discussion from So, someone set our car on fire (which happened last July). Now this… we apparently live on some cursed street! This just happened (turn your sound on, but not too high): A ca… --- ## [(Old) Marching along in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-marching-along-in-the-mmp/1028705)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-marching-along-in-the-mmp/1028705 "2026-03-30T13:06:05Z")
Have you ever marched in a parade? Or, for that matter, rode on a float or something? When I was a teen, I wore a muu-muu and rode on some sort of international float that Pepsi sponsored in (I think) a Columbus Day par… --- ## [Experience with Citrus “Fruit Salad” Trees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-citrus-fruit-salad-trees/1028845)
**Author:** [@mtnmatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mtnmatt)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2026, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-citrus-fruit-salad-trees/1028845 "2026-03-29T22:54:01Z")
Does anyone have any experience with these hybrid trees, where various citrus are grafted together? The guy at the nursery said that after a few years the Lemon genes start to affect the other fruits, making them bitter… --- ## [Death by Lysol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-by-lysol/1028733)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-by-lysol/1028733 "2026-03-29T21:15:56Z")
From the Wikipedia article about Lysol: “The first Lysol Brand Antiseptic Disinfectant was introduced in 1889 by Gustav Raupenstrauch to help end a cholera epidemic happening in Germany. The original formulation of Lyso… --- ## [The truth about the Maytag repairman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truth-about-the-maytag-repairman/1028858)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truth-about-the-maytag-repairman/1028858 "2026-03-29T19:54:37Z")
All right, I’m not really offering any profound truth here, just spitballing about an old corporate claim (that I’m not sure anyone even believes anymore). About a couple months ago, we noticed that our clothes on our M… --- ## [Franco is still dead, but some miss him](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/franco-is-still-dead-but-some-miss-him/1025011)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/franco-is-still-dead-but-some-miss-him/1025011 "2026-03-29T16:06:51Z")
Fifty years ago today, on november the 20th 1975, Francisco Franco Bahamonde finally died after 39 years ruling Spain and after a horrible agony in the end. The medical bulletins about his health or progressive lack ther… --- ## [Cognition questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cognition-questions/1028817)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cognition-questions/1028817 "2026-03-29T15:49:34Z")
I’ve seen the cognition test trump is so proud of taking that towards the end of the test it asks the person to count backwards by 7. I could not do this to save my life. Am I demented? The rest of the test I’ve seen se… --- ## [The science of poop!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-science-of-poop/1028842)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2026, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-science-of-poop/1028842 "2026-03-29T13:08:58Z")
I had a Dr. years ago who was a little bit obsessed with the science behind poop. He was the best Dr. I have ever had by far. He really appreciated my interest in his obsession, and we had some great conversations. If yo… --- ## [A college for "tradwives"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-college-for-tradwives/1028829)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2026, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-college-for-tradwives/1028829 "2026-03-29T03:26:20Z")
I genuinely wondered if this should go somewhere in P&E or not, but decided against it, since you can want to follow a “traditional” lifestyle and not be politically conservative (in the MAGA sense of the word. It’s unsu… --- ## ['Losing your stomach' feeling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/losing-your-stomach-feeling/1028795)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/losing-your-stomach-feeling/1028795 "2026-03-28T17:44:23Z")
You know that feeling when you go over a hill fast in a car or in a roller coaster? According to BBC Science: "In that moment, your organs don’t ‘fall’ at the same rate as the rest of your body. You then experience a mo… --- ## [Quadruple Amputee Shoots and Murders While Driving -How?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quadruple-amputee-shoots-and-murders-while-driving-how/1028723)
**Author:** [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quadruple-amputee-shoots-and-murders-while-driving-how/1028723 "2026-03-28T13:20:49Z")
This guy supposedly murdered his passenger with a gun while driving his Tesla. How is such a thing possible? He is also a Cornhole champion, so there has to be some video of this guy out there doing things --- ## [A treatise on miscarriage of justice, on the importance of great art....., and googly-eyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-treatise-on-miscarriage-of-justice-on-the-importance-of-great-art-and-googly-eyes/1028753)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2026, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-treatise-on-miscarriage-of-justice-on-the-importance-of-great-art-and-googly-eyes/1028753 "2026-03-27T10:52:13Z")
Today I learned about a magnificent achievement in the history of art. Australia has blessed the world with a beautiful and deeply meaningful sculpture, which truly speaks to the human condition. But…No!!.. Alas!!..Woe… --- ## [Sharks in Brazil test positive for cocaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-in-brazil-test-positive-for-cocaine/1004687)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2026, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-in-brazil-test-positive-for-cocaine/1004687 "2026-03-27T00:25:59Z")
Well, this is gonna make the next Sharknado movie much more interesting. --- ## [My Daughter Got Married on Monday!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-got-married-on-monday/1028776)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2026, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-got-married-on-monday/1028776 "2026-03-26T15:12:51Z")
Ceremony and reception were held at the Facets Theater in Chicago. I am thankful that two trans women can get married now; we were at the “mass wedding” in DC when same sex marriage was legalized there. We got to spend… --- ## [My baby girl has Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-baby-girl-has-spinal-muscular-atrophy-sma/547126)
**Author:** [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Replies:** 1105\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-baby-girl-has-spinal-muscular-atrophy-sma/547126 "2026-03-26T15:00:00Z")
At her last doctor’s appointment, she was in the 94th percentile of dome circumference for her age. Big heads run on my side of the family. We give her “tummy time” on her belly, but she can’t lift her head under her o… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=22)