# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=224 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 225 --- ## [Mysterious things you found in your own house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-things-you-found-in-your-own-house/921176)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-things-you-found-in-your-own-house/921176 "2022-02-10T20:45:41Z")
What mysterious things have you found in your own house (not left there by a previous owner)? I just found one unpopped popcorn kernel in the middle of our bed. There’s been no popcorn in the house in years, and it defi… --- ## [Play the 2022 BBB with me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-the-2022-bbb-with-me/959158)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-the-2022-bbb-with-me/959158 "2022-02-10T19:28:02Z")
… BBB obviously being: Business Bull$h!t Bingo “This hashtag is front-and-center of our new communications playbook” soooo … what’s hot in your organization? :disguised\_face: --- ## [Melania sells her art](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-sells-her-art/956174)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-sells-her-art/956174 "2022-02-10T19:17:37Z")
So, Mrs. Trump is launching an NFT platform where you can buy her digital art for $150. The well known philanthropist says a portion of the proceeds will help children. Hurry because you only have (you guessed it) two we… --- ## [Chewing something that’s not supposed to be crunchy when…CRUNCH 😬](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chewing-something-that-s-not-supposed-to-be-crunchy-when-crunch/958965)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chewing-something-that-s-not-supposed-to-be-crunchy-when-crunch/958965 "2022-02-10T17:51:09Z")
Was eating a reheated piece of pizza just now when my molars crunched down on something very hard. Ugh. My first thought went to my front tooth, which has a chip that I’ve had bonded several times because the bonding onl… --- ## [Mazda drivers in Seattle can't change the radio station](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mazda-drivers-in-seattle-cant-change-the-radio-station/959183)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mazda-drivers-in-seattle-cant-change-the-radio-station/959183 "2022-02-09T23:24:13Z")
Drivers of 2016 Mazdas in Seattle claim that their radios are permanently stuck on station KUOW and they can’t change the station. Speculation is that the station just changed to 5G broadcasting, and the radios on the o… --- ## [Huge Fire in the Bronx](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-fire-in-the-bronx/957488)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-fire-in-the-bronx/957488 "2022-02-09T21:46:42Z")
\-=Link=- News reports of another major fire in a US city. This time nineteen people are reported dead in the Bronx. In addition over sixty people are in the hospital, so the butcher’s bill may increase. We are having … --- ## [So, am I the only one geographical agoraphobia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-am-i-the-only-one-geographical-agoraphobia/959010)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-am-i-the-only-one-geographical-agoraphobia/959010 "2022-02-09T21:36:23Z")
No idea what else to call it… Certainly not a social agoraphophia, with a fear of venturing out of your own house - got no problem with any of that stuff. It is, literally - a fear of, like, wide, wide, WIDE open space… --- ## [Would someone mind putting my mother's MRI results into layman's terms for us, please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-someone-mind-putting-my-mothers-mri-results-into-laymans-terms-for-us-please/959163)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-someone-mind-putting-my-mothers-mri-results-into-laymans-terms-for-us-please/959163 "2022-02-09T20:37:18Z")
My mother has had a chronic, intractable migraine for about 11 or 12 years. All day, every day. Some days it’s worse than others, but it’s never any better than, say, a 6 on the pain scale. We haven’t been able to figu… --- ## [What's the biggest secret your pet keeps from you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-secret-your-pet-keeps-from-you/958905)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-secret-your-pet-keeps-from-you/958905 "2022-02-09T14:50:30Z")
My kitty Vienna loves to play with little catnip mousies. They come in a package of 5, three white and two black. She prefers the black ones, but they keep disappearing. I’ve looked under the furniture and found a few, b… --- ## [My bad, bad, bad extra special, sweet, oxygen sucking, precious baby. The spirit that is the Li'l-wrekker, is just a big dummy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bad-bad-bad-extra-special-sweet-oxygen-sucking-precious-baby-the-spirit-that-is-the-lil-wrekker-is-just-a-big-dummy/958931)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bad-bad-bad-extra-special-sweet-oxygen-sucking-precious-baby-the-spirit-that-is-the-lil-wrekker-is-just-a-big-dummy/958931 "2022-02-09T05:52:17Z")
I was talking to her about @Mean\_Mr.Mustard 's thread on claustrophobia. She stated categorically there’s no such thing. I went on tho remind her that I, her mother suffered from many phobias. Omniphobic, if you will. … --- ## [I miss my wife ...or... A discussion with my family](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-my-wife-or-a-discussion-with-my-family/959138)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-my-wife-or-a-discussion-with-my-family/959138 "2022-02-09T04:28:12Z")
Oldest: Sometimes I get bored so I read the updated info on dyscalculia and stand in awe of how messed up I am It is common for students with dyscalculia to have normal or accelerated language acquisition: verbal, read… --- ## [My body is falling apart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-body-is-falling-apart/959030)
**Author:** [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-body-is-falling-apart/959030 "2022-02-09T02:50:36Z")
I used to be so…young. Now, in the last year, I had a motorcycle accident that very nearly paralyzed me and instead left me in dire pain for two months, my left knee is twice the size of the right one and has been so fo… --- ## [Tipping and food delivery services](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-and-food-delivery-services/958869)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-and-food-delivery-services/958869 "2022-02-09T00:26:17Z")
I’m talking about DoorDash, GrubHub, UberEats, etc. My first job as an adult, c. 2015, was delivering food for an Italian diner (mostly pizza). I was an employee of the establishment, as far as I know - filled out a W-4… --- ## [1950 disappearance of C-54 s/n 42-72469](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950-disappearance-of-c-54-s-n-42-72469/959058)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950-disappearance-of-c-54-s-n-42-72469/959058 "2022-02-08T22:11:51Z")
I was reading about the 26 January 1950 disappearance of C-54 s/n 42-72469. The search was called off on 20 February 1950, and the wreckage has never been found. The crew sent a normal message after passing over Snag,… --- ## [Shooting at Richland, Washington, Fred Meyer store](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-richland-washington-fred-meyer-store/959073)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-richland-washington-fred-meyer-store/959073 "2022-02-08T18:00:38Z")
It doesn’t sound like there are many details yet. One person is dead, one person is in the hospital, and the shooter is at large. --- ## [I Pray This Often](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pray-this-often/958984)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pray-this-often/958984 "2022-02-08T15:09:03Z")
As I am sure many of you, I worry about this country, it’s future, what happens if Donald Trump runs for POTUS, etc. And as I’ve said before, I believe in God and being good, but not much else. I do still consider mysel… --- ## [Three Men with Severed Spinal Cords Walk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-with-severed-spinal-cords-walk/959105)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-with-severed-spinal-cords-walk/959105 "2022-02-08T15:04:52Z")
I thought this was overblown hype when I read the headline – like that idealistic commercial Christopher Reeve made before he died. But it appears to be the real deal. Apparently we had a thread back in April about four … --- ## [I just sold my house for $2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sold-my-house-for-2000/959012)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sold-my-house-for-2000/959012 "2022-02-08T09:25:01Z")
Foreclosure. It’s more than a bit of a dump. I got 40 years out of it. I’m sad, but not pissed. --- ## [That Tennessee church's book burning last week had a gatecrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-tennessee-churchs-book-burning-last-week-had-a-gatecrasher/959093)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-tennessee-churchs-book-burning-last-week-had-a-gatecrasher/959093 "2022-02-08T06:18:55Z")
TL : DW - a man says he’s gay threw a book that he said was a Bible into that bonfire, while yelling “Hail Satan!” Here’s an earlier story about the burning itself. --- ## [Do you have an alibi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-an-alibi/958591)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-an-alibi/958591 "2022-02-08T01:35:47Z")
Local law enforcement just came knockin’. Someone you know was murdered, and they were universally disliked, so they’re interviewing almost everyone the victim knew. You need an alibi for 7:30-9:30 PM on Monday, January … --- ## [A "lesser" or lesser-known accomplishment, but YOUR favourite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lesser-or-lesser-known-accomplishment-but-your-favourite/958940)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lesser-or-lesser-known-accomplishment-but-your-favourite/958940 "2022-02-07T23:02:54Z")
For Ron Howard, one could point to his acting, producing, directing, or screenwriting as their favourite RH accomplishment, but it’s his narrating in Arrested Development that stands out, to me, as his beacon of all tha… --- ## [Ice Storm 2/22](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-storm-2-22/958851)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-storm-2-22/958851 "2022-02-07T22:38:50Z")
I know a lot of people here are dealing with this. How are things in your area? I’m in Memphis. We’ve had freezing rain since late last night. I had a terrible bout of insomnia and couldn’t sleep. Around 6 a.m. I he… --- ## [A River Runs Through It: A Soggy MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-river-runs-through-it-a-soggy-mmp/958675)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 297\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-river-runs-through-it-a-soggy-mmp/958675 "2022-02-07T21:58:03Z")
So a water main upstairs broke, it’s getting worse, and “Princess Pretty Paws” is panicking. Appropriate Music So how’s everybody else’s Monday starting? --- ## [Romulan Dildo Proclaims Self Queen Of Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romulan-dildo-proclaims-self-queen-of-canada/958955)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romulan-dildo-proclaims-self-queen-of-canada/958955 "2022-02-07T19:15:32Z")
More seriously, she wants her followers to kill doctors who administer COVID-19 vaccines Romana Didulo, a leading Canadian QAnon figure with an alleged history of encouraging her followers to shoot health-care workers,… --- ## [Islamic State (IS) leader (Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi) blew self up during US raid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islamic-state-is-leader-abu-ibrahim-al-hashimi-al-qurayshi-blew-self-up-during-us-raid/958872)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islamic-state-is-leader-abu-ibrahim-al-hashimi-al-qurayshi-blew-self-up-during-us-raid/958872 "2022-02-07T12:01:11Z")
He blew up his family and one of the IS deputies was also killed. Hajji was a senior leader of IS when it slaughtered entire villages. Also enslaved women and children. His final act was to kill his own family rather … --- ## [Well, nobody ever said not to do that!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-nobody-ever-said-not-to-do-that/958696)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-nobody-ever-said-not-to-do-that/958696 "2022-02-07T02:53:13Z")
I did some repair work for a friend of mine. He sent me a pre-addressed and pre-stamped flat-rate box to mail the repaired items back to him. He never received them. When he looked up the tracking number, it said that … --- ## [Are distilled water refill stations an option at stores](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-distilled-water-refill-stations-an-option-at-stores/958913)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-distilled-water-refill-stations-an-option-at-stores/958913 "2022-02-07T02:06:58Z")
I’m wanting to set up a humidifier and read I should use distilled water. A lot of grocery stores have water refill stations (where you can refill a gallon jug for 40 cents or so, rather than spend $1 on a new jug) but I… --- ## [Do You Shovel a Straight Path in the Snow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-shovel-a-straight-path-in-the-snow/957909)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-shovel-a-straight-path-in-the-snow/957909 "2022-02-06T19:34:33Z")
Do you shovel a straight path in the snow? I am referring to when you shovel a path equal to the width of your snow shovel–not for example when you shovel the entire sidewalk. Mine curve left and then curve right…–leavi… --- ## [Funeral dress?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-dress/958985)
**Author:** [@Dbug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dbug)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-dress/958985 "2022-02-06T16:01:53Z")
Ok I am preparing to possibly attend a friends fathers funeral I don’t have black dress pants. are red courdories or how you spell it ok. or would my tan stretchy jeans be better. either way I’m wearing a blue striped … --- ## [Morocco attempts rescue of boy in a deep well](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morocco-attempts-rescue-of-boy-in-a-deep-well/958961)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2022, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morocco-attempts-rescue-of-boy-in-a-deep-well/958961 "2022-02-06T05:33:58Z")
I think this is day four of the attempted rescue of Rayan. Rescuers dropped water and oxygen to him. I’m not sure if the young child is using it. The rescue effort is staggeringly large. A huge, massive pit has been dug… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=223) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=225)