# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=213 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 214 --- ## [Do You Remember the Kennedy-Kerry Coincidences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-kennedy-kerry-coincidences/947953)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-kennedy-kerry-coincidences/947953 "2022-04-24T14:30:03Z")
Just for the sake of reminiscing. I am not saying that they mean anything. (Actually quite the contrary. At the time they were kind of a let down–more on that later.) First, just to cleanse the palate, the Adams-Bush an… --- ## [Where is social media headed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-social-media-headed/963192)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-social-media-headed/963192 "2022-04-24T14:08:48Z")
I find these times to be exciting! Almost on a daily basis I am finding people who are using social media in new ways. It appears somewhat haphazard and groping but aspects of social media seem to be developing and slowl… --- ## [I just filled out my retirement papers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-filled-out-my-retirement-papers/963139)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2022, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-filled-out-my-retirement-papers/963139 "2022-04-24T12:20:36Z")
The Pension will start after I leave. I’ll need at least a part-time job, but I can get that, easy. 27 years–it’s been too long. --- ## [Woman falls headfirst into pit toilet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-falls-headfirst-into-pit-toilet/963330)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2022, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-falls-headfirst-into-pit-toilet/963330 "2022-04-24T02:57:23Z")
A woman in Washington state fell headfirst into a pit toilet while trying to retrieve her phone. Fortunately it still worked and she could use it to call 911 to be rescued. I’m reminded of the Jack Handey quote: “If you… --- ## ["Staging" a house for sale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staging-a-house-for-sale/963170)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staging-a-house-for-sale/963170 "2022-04-24T00:41:05Z")
We’re going to be selling our house and moving out of state in a little under a year. Thankfully, we live in a place where houses sell like pancakes. So we’re getting plenty of realtor fliers talking about the advantag… --- ## [Was this a legit celeb sighting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-a-legit-celeb-sighting/963328)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-a-legit-celeb-sighting/963328 "2022-04-23T20:41:21Z")
This morning I’m playing music in a coffee house in Oak Park - a suburb just west of Chicago. Sometime around 8 a.m., a guy sits down at a table very close to us who looks EXACTLY like Jeremy Renner. I don’t really thi… --- ## [Travel back in time to San Francisco: April 14, 1906, 4 days before the earthquake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-back-in-time-to-san-francisco-april-14-1906-4-days-before-the-earthquake/963171)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-back-in-time-to-san-francisco-april-14-1906-4-days-before-the-earthquake/963171 "2022-04-23T18:24:04Z")
I was browsing YouTube videos the other night when this came up in my feed: footage down Market Street filmed by a camera mounted to a trolley car. The person who posted it took the old footage and remastered it to sharp… --- ## [Tesla factory in Shanghai forcing employees to sleep at work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-factory-in-shanghai-forcing-employees-to-sleep-at-work/963087)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2022, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-factory-in-shanghai-forcing-employees-to-sleep-at-work/963087 "2022-04-23T04:29:20Z")
After a three-week covid-related shutdown, the Tesla factory in Shanghai is starting back up again and forcing its employees to sleep at work, working 12-hour shifts, 6 days a week. China is such a terrible fucking plac… --- ## [Man inhales dentist's drill bit; it becomes lodged in his lung](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-inhales-dentists-drill-bit-it-becomes-lodged-in-his-lung/963297)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-inhales-dentists-drill-bit-it-becomes-lodged-in-his-lung/963297 "2022-04-23T00:26:33Z")
I am finding all kinds of weird and entertaining stories today on Facebook and MSN News. Here’s the story of a man who inhaled a dentist’s drill bit, and it became lodged in his lung. It went so deep that they had to u… --- ## [Poor me :-(](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-me/415174)
**Author:** [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2007, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-me/415174 "2007-08-12T15:44:21Z")
Overall, I have a pretty good life, and I wouldn’t want to trade it. But right now, I feel like running away. The kids are adorable and I’m very lucky that they are healthy. But my daughter went from being a sweet, ag… --- ## [Remember Gouverneur Morris?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-gouverneur-morris/963200)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-gouverneur-morris/963200 "2022-04-22T20:10:12Z")
Why doesn’t anybody ever mention or talk about Gouverneur Morris? He was one of our Founding Fathers, he opposed slavery. And according to the article I just gave, he was one of the first people to consider himself an Am… --- ## [Tell Me About Smelling Salts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-smelling-salts/962893)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-smelling-salts/962893 "2022-04-22T19:35:25Z")
I saw these for sale on a weightlifting website. It was implied that a mix of ammonia and alcohol could revive the unconscious or provide a boost to athletes about to strain. Since in twenty years of emergency work I h… --- ## [Friend won't let me shower at his house, am I being unreasonable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-wont-let-me-shower-at-his-house-am-i-being-unreasonable/963036)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-wont-let-me-shower-at-his-house-am-i-being-unreasonable/963036 "2022-04-22T17:33:15Z")
Water pipe burst in my front lawn. Lost all water, and water company came out and said it was their fault so they will repair it for free, however for the nest 2-3 days I won’t have water at my house at all. For eating … --- ## [Things That Are Technically True But You Shouldn't Say Out Loud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-technically-true-but-you-shouldnt-say-out-loud/961839)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-technically-true-but-you-shouldnt-say-out-loud/961839 "2022-04-22T15:30:52Z")
What are some statements that are technically true but that you should avoid because people will say they are evidence that you are insane? I can think of at least three right away: My bones are made out of metal. … --- ## [Why aren't vampires affected by moonlight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-vampires-affected-by-moonlight/962426)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-vampires-affected-by-moonlight/962426 "2022-04-22T15:04:25Z")
It’s just reflected sunlight. --- ## [Michelle Obama's Brother and SIL sue private school their sons attended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obamas-brother-and-sil-sue-private-school-their-sons-attended/963191)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obamas-brother-and-sil-sue-private-school-their-sons-attended/963191 "2022-04-22T12:44:06Z")
Craig and Kelly Robinson are suing the University School of Milwaukee over inclusiveness and racial bias in the treatment of their two sons while attending the school. After the parents raised such issues with faculty… --- ## [Traffic Law Enforcement in the Future](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-law-enforcement-in-the-future/963175)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-law-enforcement-in-the-future/963175 "2022-04-22T11:46:49Z")
Do you think the following prediction is accurate? I think we are well on way with speed/redlight cameras, black boxes in cars, electronic banking, GPS, cellular telephones, etc. My prediction: All cars must be equ… --- ## [Tinkertoys for adults](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinkertoys-for-adults/371528)
**Author:** [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2006, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinkertoys-for-adults/371528 "2006-09-07T12:14:52Z")
Here’s a product idea: Tinkertoys for adults. Not “adult” as in XXX, but adult as in made of stainless steel or aluminum instead of wood (or plastic.) The kit would include square flat panels made of glass or wood so … --- ## [The Post Office Opened My Mail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-office-opened-my-mail/941386)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-office-opened-my-mail/941386 "2022-04-22T00:29:10Z")
Or so it would seem. I’ll give you the details. As you may already know, I have these medical and scientific theories I have been sharing with people via U.S. mail for some time now. Anyway, I also send a letter to myse… --- ## [2021 US West drought and wildfire thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-us-west-drought-and-wildfire-thread/943991)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 288\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-us-west-drought-and-wildfire-thread/943991 "2022-04-21T23:23:17Z")
I’m becoming increasingly concerned, almost alarmed, by the continuing drought conditions across the US West. Lake Mead, which my town of Las Vegas relies on for water, is at approximately 35% of capacity. Electricity … --- ## [Chris Wallace Leaving Fox for CNN+ Streaming Service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-wallace-leaving-fox-for-cnn-streaming-service/955948)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-wallace-leaving-fox-for-cnn-streaming-service/955948 "2022-04-21T16:57:36Z")
Chris Wallace is leaving Fox News Channel, he announced on his program Sunday morning, and will join the CNN Plus streaming-video outlet, a move that abruptly sunders the cable-news outlet’s connection with one of its mo… --- ## [My computer goes to sleep 5 different ways](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-computer-goes-to-sleep-5-different-ways/963180)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-computer-goes-to-sleep-5-different-ways/963180 "2022-04-21T16:24:47Z")
The computer is a couple of years old, a HP EliteDesk 800 G1 SFF with Windows 10 factory installed. Doesn’t go to sleep at all. I get up in the morning and the desktop is showing and ready to go. Doesn’t happen very o… --- ## [Have You Ever Fooled People Without Lying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fooled-people-without-lying/963143)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fooled-people-without-lying/963143 "2022-04-21T13:37:37Z")
I don’t speak German. Indeed, I don’t speak any language other than English. But I do have (if I may say so myself) a good ear. I pick up on things and process them. A few years ago I was at a business meeting in Germa… --- ## [I'm getting my second shingles shot this week. What should I expect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-my-second-shingles-shot-this-week-what-should-i-expect/955592)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2022, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-my-second-shingles-shot-this-week-what-should-i-expect/955592 "2022-04-21T11:31:48Z")
My first one made me feel like I’d been punched in the arm and kicked my ass for about a day. It’s time for my second one and if I’m going to feel like crap, I’d rather schedule it for a day when I don’t have anything pl… --- ## [I've changed my mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-changed-my-mind/963021)
**Author:** [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-changed-my-mind/963021 "2022-04-20T18:09:05Z")
When I was young, I thought the musical interludes in the Marx Brothers movies were just filler. Chico on piano, Harpo on harp. Now I think they’re the best part of the film. Your turn… --- ## [Plain cell phones--the latest trend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plain-cell-phones-the-latest-trend/961663)
**Author:** [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plain-cell-phones-the-latest-trend/961663 "2022-04-20T17:04:25Z")
I wonder if this is similar to the recent rage for records and other physical media, or if there’s something else going on. --- ## [Smartphone Charges Faster If I Use It While It's Charging](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smartphone-charges-faster-if-i-use-it-while-its-charging/963014)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2022, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smartphone-charges-faster-if-i-use-it-while-its-charging/963014 "2022-04-20T04:34:22Z")
At first I thought I was imagining things. But now I know that I am definitely not. My smartphone charges faster if I use it (specifically the Wifi, if you’re wondering) while it’s charging. In fact I can almost get it… --- ## [What is this scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-scam/963007)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-scam/963007 "2022-04-19T20:08:49Z")
I received this message on Linkedin. Hello David. This is Chun. I found some U.S. software projects. To start project my client wants to send laptop. Can you receive it and turn it on please? So I can work remotely? I … --- ## [Happy Easter!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-easter/962835)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-easter/962835 "2022-04-19T17:44:07Z")
Well, it’s time for me to wish you all a fond adieu until Monday, April the 25th. So, whether you consider it a sacred Christian observance, a time to color some eggs, or simply a well deserved 3-day weekend, Happy East… --- ## [What would your suicide note be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-suicide-note-be/963028)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2022, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-suicide-note-be/963028 "2022-04-19T12:51:12Z")
I’ll go first: I’m sorry. Don’t raise your children to hate themselves. Don’t raise your children you be afraid of you. I’m sorry [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=212) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=214)