# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=226 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 227 --- ## [I'm getting a new battery Monday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-new-battery-monday/958091)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2022, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-new-battery-monday/958091 "2022-01-30T00:11:53Z")
in the late summer of 2007, I got a pacemaker. The battery was estimated to last for 10 years, but here it is, nearly 14 1/2 and still going, but steadily weakening. So on Monday, they will replace it. I have to get a… --- ## [US is racing China to recover crashed F35](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-is-racing-china-to-recover-crashed-f35/958539)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-is-racing-china-to-recover-crashed-f35/958539 "2022-01-29T21:29:42Z")
This is a remarkable story… A US F35-C has crashed in the South China Sea and is supposedly “rammed with classified equipment”. Should be interesting to follow this (if it’s possible to follow this story, which it pro… --- ## [What do you do when your car crashes through ice on a frozen River and is sinking? Take a selfie, of course!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-your-car-crashes-through-ice-on-a-frozen-river-and-is-sinking-take-a-selfie-of-course/958259)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-your-car-crashes-through-ice-on-a-frozen-river-and-is-sinking-take-a-selfie-of-course/958259 "2022-01-29T20:58:25Z")
Last month I posted a link to a sad story where someone drove into the Niagara River and died with her car stuck on a rock about 20 metres from the edge of the Falls. This month, from north of the border, we have some… --- ## [Has RIVER PHOENIX Reincarnated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-river-phoenix-reincarnated/100400)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-river-phoenix-reincarnated/100400 "2022-01-29T20:18:34Z")
It has been about 9 years since the late actor River hoenix shuffled off his mortal coil. I believe his passing was due to too much heroin and cocaine at a Hollywood nightclub (the Viper Room). Anyway, I read once that h… --- ## [No men will be dipping their wick in this crazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-men-will-be-dipping-their-wick-in-this-crazy/677893)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 235\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-men-will-be-dipping-their-wick-in-this-crazy/677893 "2022-01-29T19:39:55Z")
http://witchwind.wordpress.com/2013/12/15/piv-is-always-rape-ok/ I swear you can’t make this stuff up --- ## [How bad is your handwriting these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-is-your-handwriting-these-days/958577)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-is-your-handwriting-these-days/958577 "2022-01-29T19:22:01Z")
Running some errands for my dad today, and he doesn’t have a phone that texts, so he called me and I wrote down a list of what he needs. Having typed 99.99% of everything I’ve written for many years now, I was amazed how… --- ## [Australia Day 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-day-2022/958378)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-day-2022/958378 "2022-01-29T17:34:39Z")
G’day! I cordially invite the locals and furriners of any particular abode for that matter, replete with the occasional, odd chilled glass of amber fluid, to post your favourite meme… --- ## [The Bidens have a cat! \[Welcome to First Cat Willow\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bidens-have-a-cat-welcome-to-first-cat-willow/958572)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bidens-have-a-cat-welcome-to-first-cat-willow/958572 "2022-01-29T16:18:16Z")
And her name is Willow: --- ## [Meet the new job, same as the old job (plus perks!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-new-job-same-as-the-old-job-plus-perks/958016)
**Author:** [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-new-job-same-as-the-old-job-plus-perks/958016 "2022-01-29T16:05:22Z")
So I have been working as a contract employee for a major Japanese automaker for the last three years and today they formally offered to hire me as a direct employee. Same position in the audio department but with the r… --- ## [Lawrence Livermore (briefly) achieves sustainable fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-livermore-briefly-achieves-sustainable-fusion/958549)
**Author:** [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-livermore-briefly-achieves-sustainable-fusion/958549 "2022-01-29T15:51:38Z")
I expect they used up far more energy than they generated, but it sounds like they achieved a first: they ignited a fusion sequence that was able to sustain itself. --- ## [Grouping your bookmarks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grouping-your-bookmarks/958584)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grouping-your-bookmarks/958584 "2022-01-29T14:44:03Z")
I have tons of bookmarks so I group them in directories just like we all do. What directories do you have that others might not? For instance, here are some of mine: History - maps and newspapers Automotive Tools Gun… --- ## [Where do you put the key to a locked box?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-put-the-key-to-a-locked-box/958418)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-put-the-key-to-a-locked-box/958418 "2022-01-28T18:47:23Z")
When I had a plumbing problem two weeks ago, I looked in my condo for a water cutoff valve. On a wall inside a coat closet, there was a water meter, associated pipes and a locked box. I was never given a key. The cond… --- ## [Is your childhood home still standing? How do you feel about it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-childhood-home-still-standing-how-do-you-feel-about-it/956299)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-childhood-home-still-standing-how-do-you-feel-about-it/956299 "2022-01-28T16:49:32Z")
I found out today my mom’s old house is being demolished. It’s not the house where I grew up, but I took my kids out there every summer for 30 years, so there are a lot of memories there. One of my family members basical… --- ## [Removed by poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removed-by-poster/958232)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removed-by-poster/958232 "2022-01-28T15:21:32Z")
Wrong board. --- ## [Amusing Amusement Park Stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-amusement-park-stories/957212)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-amusement-park-stories/957212 "2022-01-28T03:00:13Z")
What are some of the amusing/strange/interesting things that have happened to you or that you have observed at amusement parks? --- ## [National Weather Service radar unavailable via Chrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-weather-service-radar-unavailable-via-chrome/958533)
**Author:** [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-weather-service-radar-unavailable-via-chrome/958533 "2022-01-27T22:45:38Z")
For several months I’ve been accessing the active radar for the North America using Google Chrome (my search engine of choice). That’s been unavailable for the last several days. It can get me to the NWS site, but clicki… --- ## [Three Dozen Probably Dead: Human Smuggling Boat Capsizes off Florida](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-dozen-probably-dead-human-smuggling-boat-capsizes-off-florida/958392)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-dozen-probably-dead-human-smuggling-boat-capsizes-off-florida/958392 "2022-01-27T22:21:33Z")
Sad. Since it happened Saturday and no one was wearing a life jacket, very doubtful more than a very few survived. While you see this happening a lot in the Mediterranean, anyone remember the last time in the U.S. wit… --- ## [Fugitive Mafia boss found on Google StreetView](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fugitive-mafia-boss-found-on-google-streetview/957282)
**Author:** [@cytop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cytop)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fugitive-mafia-boss-found-on-google-streetview/957282 "2022-01-27T22:01:32Z")
One of those WTF things, but amusing (to me, at least) --- ## [Making a "Periodic" Table of Masonry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-periodic-table-of-masonry/958395)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-periodic-table-of-masonry/958395 "2022-01-27T20:53:07Z")
For some reason, I’ve become fascinated with infographics made to resemble the Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements. I’ve printed out a few for use with my students (Periodic Table of Storytelling, Periodic Table of V… --- ## [Is there a term for a positive existential crisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-a-positive-existential-crisis/958451)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-a-positive-existential-crisis/958451 "2022-01-27T20:35:21Z")
So is there a term for a sense of enjoyment (for lack of a better term) from knowing things that normally cause an existential crisis? The knowledge that life is temporary, theres no higher plan or purpose, that no matt… --- ## [The 'Prophecy' of the Great Seal of Detroit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prophecy-of-the-great-seal-of-detroit/664977)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prophecy-of-the-great-seal-of-detroit/664977 "2022-01-27T19:36:29Z")
The Great Seal of Detroit was designed after the great fire of 1805. One female figure mourns the city in ruins. Her Latin legend reads SPERAMVS MELIORA (“We Hope for Better Things”). The figure on the right seems to com… --- ## [Hunga Tonga-Hunga eruption from space](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunga-tonga-hunga-eruption-from-space/957857)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunga-tonga-hunga-eruption-from-space/957857 "2022-01-27T00:09:07Z")
Impressive, and I have to notice that some reports still say that the volcano was underwater, not since 2015, Hunga Tonga became a volcanic island since then. So I was older than a piece of l… --- ## [Hostages taken at Texas synagogue - Breaking News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostages-taken-at-texas-synagogue-breaking-news/957867)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostages-taken-at-texas-synagogue-breaking-news/957867 "2022-01-26T21:33:50Z")
Colleyville, Texas: https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/15/us/colleyville-texas-hostage-situation/index.html From the AP story: Police were first called to the synagogue around 11 a.m. and people were evacuated from the surr… --- ## [Ever known a murder victim or murderer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-known-a-murder-victim-or-murderer/957151)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-known-a-murder-victim-or-murderer/957151 "2022-01-26T21:02:30Z")
A high school friend’s wife was killed by a guy she used to work with . They caught him right away and he got the death penalty but I think it was changed to life with no parole. I was in a park and people were searc… --- ## [How did I do it? (Brain teaser)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-do-it-brain-teaser/958292)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-do-it-brain-teaser/958292 "2022-01-26T19:42:21Z")
So yesterday my wife gets out of bed and all the slats in the bed come dislodged on one side and, next thing I know half the mattress/box spring is on the floor. Oh, great. How am I, 69 on my last birthday, going to li… --- ## [Stephen Breyer to retire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-breyer-to-retire/958436)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-breyer-to-retire/958436 "2022-01-26T18:23:02Z")
The 1:00 news on CBC included a report that Stephen Breyer was planning to retire at the end of the current court term. It was reported as having been confirmed by both the court and the White House. --- ## [Thich Nhat Hanh has died at age 95](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thich-nhat-hanh-has-died-at-age-95/958203)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thich-nhat-hanh-has-died-at-age-95/958203 "2022-01-26T01:01:42Z")
I’m on his mailing list. Just got this one: With a deep mindful breath, we announce the passing of our beloved teacher, Thay Nhat Hanh, at 00:00hrs on January 22, 2022 at Từ Hiếu Temple in Huế, Vietnam, at the age of 9… --- ## [Amazon warehouse near St. Louis damaged by tornado \[And other tornados 12/10/2021\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-warehouse-near-st-louis-damaged-by-tornado-and-other-tornados-12-10-2021/955871)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-warehouse-near-st-louis-damaged-by-tornado-and-other-tornados-12-10-2021/955871 "2022-01-25T17:10:37Z")
Or at least high winds; this was most likely an EF0 or EF1 storm, and while the number of injuries is unknown, local First Responders are calling it a mass casualty event until everyone’s accounted for. This is in Edw… --- ## [My roommate came up positive for Corvid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-roommate-came-up-positive-for-corvid/958241)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-roommate-came-up-positive-for-corvid/958241 "2022-01-25T16:00:55Z")
I’m even more isolated than usual. Given the state of my lungs (a nurse listed off all the things wrong with them which Oldest with medical power of attorney and better access to my chart than me summed it up as, “You’r… --- ## [Human on a bicycle is the most efficient traveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-on-a-bicycle-is-the-most-efficient-traveler/958214)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-on-a-bicycle-is-the-most-efficient-traveler/958214 "2022-01-24T21:42:56Z")
I have heard this statement before but here is a chart from a 1973 Scientific American article. Kind of small, perhaps someone has a link to the actual article. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=225) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=227)