# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=233 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 234 --- ## [Shop Local](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shop-local/956185)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shop-local/956185 "2021-12-18T17:43:17Z")
Been seeing these signs everywhere. Damned vegetarians and their whole agenda. I prefer full-fat, myself. --- ## [How far off from solar noon are you in your time zone when in standard time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-off-from-solar-noon-are-you-in-your-time-zone-when-in-standard-time/955861)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-off-from-solar-noon-are-you-in-your-time-zone-when-in-standard-time/955861 "2021-12-18T16:35:39Z")
Please refer to the map to see how in or out of sync you are with solar time, based on where you live in your time zone. Difference between a solar noon and 12 o’clock noon in all time zones I’m right on Lake Michigan’… --- ## [Lounging around all evening in my court shirt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lounging-around-all-evening-in-my-court-shirt/956258)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lounging-around-all-evening-in-my-court-shirt/956258 "2021-12-18T13:02:57Z")
Long day in court today (QB). Didn’t bother taking off my court shirt; just pulled on a sweater and came home for a well-earned pint and The Flash with the Cub. Going to bed a few hours later and realised I’d been loun… --- ## [Embry-Riddle University student arrested for plotting mass shooting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embry-riddle-university-student-arrested-for-plotting-mass-shooting/956158)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2021, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embry-riddle-university-student-arrested-for-plotting-mass-shooting/956158 "2021-12-18T05:35:56Z")
Got him just hours before he went thru with it, too. 3 minute video segment from the local news: --- ## [What did you expect would happen \[If you drop a bottle\]?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-expect-would-happen-if-you-drop-a-bottle/955498)
**Author:** [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2021, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-expect-would-happen-if-you-drop-a-bottle/955498 "2021-12-18T00:56:12Z")
That it would break into smithereens? Taking groceries into the house I retrieved the bag with the 750ml bottle of Bulleit in it, it was about waist height when the bag spilt and the bottle falls out SMACK against the … --- ## [Merry Christmas & a Blessed New Year!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-christmas-a-blessed-new-year/956239)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-christmas-a-blessed-new-year/956239 "2021-12-17T20:50:08Z")
Yeah, it’s early, but I walk out of here in ten minutes and won’t be back until Monday the 3rd of January, so now is the time for me to wish you all a very blessed holiday in whatever way you choose to celebrate it! As … --- ## [Is the Amazon AWS outage affecting you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-amazon-aws-outage-affecting-you/955663)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-amazon-aws-outage-affecting-you/955663 "2021-12-17T02:54:30Z")
Amazon had a fairly severe AWS outage on the East coast of the US today. I was wrapping gifts earlier and wanted some music in the background. My trusty Amazon Echo Dot was not able to fulfill any of my requests. I reboo… --- ## [Countdown to Armageddon: Fundy preachers in the 1980s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-to-armageddon-fundy-preachers-in-the-1980s/955967)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-to-armageddon-fundy-preachers-in-the-1980s/955967 "2021-12-16T23:51:44Z")
Anyone remember this? It was a thing in the 1980s: ministers pleading with their congregations/TV audiences to repent because “Judgment Day is a-comin’!” Not just fundamentalists, and not just the Big Three (Falwell, Bak… --- ## [Giving to beggars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-to-beggars/943323)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 195\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-to-beggars/943323 "2021-12-16T22:43:06Z")
Not a new topic, by any means, but one that I don’t see in my personal thread history. Also, not sure if this should go here or IMHO, but I’ll start it here since it seems so mundane to me. So today on my way home from… --- ## [JFK airport to get a makeover](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jfk-airport-to-get-a-makeover/956128)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jfk-airport-to-get-a-makeover/956128 "2021-12-16T17:39:20Z")
Exciting news for anyone who travels. I try to avoid JFK if I can, but sometimes it’s inevitable. Given the rough and tumble world of NY and NYC politics plus the unions, this should be a fun ride, but I do hope they … --- ## [I made fairly drinkable non-alcoholic wine today by accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-fairly-drinkable-non-alcoholic-wine-today-by-accident/956130)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2021, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-fairly-drinkable-non-alcoholic-wine-today-by-accident/956130 "2021-12-16T03:02:07Z")
But almost burnt the house down (not really). I like to ‘de-alcoholize’ wine used in cooking if the wine is added late and alcohol is undesired in the recipe. I do this by boiling it till it’s volume is reduced about 1… --- ## [Dallas- Founded By Followers Of Cthulhu?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-founded-by-followers-of-cthulhu/956085)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-founded-by-followers-of-cthulhu/956085 "2021-12-16T00:38:47Z")
Lovecraft confined his fiction largely to the New England region because that’s where he lived and what he knew. The film Dagon (actually an adaptation of The Shadow Over Innsmouth) moved the locale to a poor fishing … --- ## [Youtube eliminates dislike counter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-eliminates-dislike-counter/955405)
**Author:** [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2021, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-eliminates-dislike-counter/955405 "2021-12-15T23:45:04Z")
I knew this was in the works, but they just made it live a day or two ago. Where before Youtub would display a counter of both likes and dislikes, now they are only showing the likes count. It’s a free product so they ca… --- ## [Warring Cats!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warring-cats/956117)
**Author:** [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warring-cats/956117 "2021-12-15T23:35:12Z")
Five months ago we adopted a kitten to be a companion and playmate for our 8 year-old cat, who we had also adopted as a kitten. Both males. He was accustomed to having another cat as a companion, but that cat went to k… --- ## [Note to self: install Christmas inflatables before onset of Saskatchewan permafrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-install-christmas-inflatables-before-onset-of-saskatchewan-permafrost/956087)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-install-christmas-inflatables-before-onset-of-saskatchewan-permafrost/956087 "2021-12-15T22:35:54Z")
Chilblained fingers. Cold knees from kneeling in snow. Stake for laser light snapped off. Broken hammer from trying to pound tent stakes into permafrost. Snoopy & Woodstock now flying, and Kevin standing tall. Mrs P… --- ## [Wife wants to become a stay at home mom - I'm not comfortable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-wants-to-become-a-stay-at-home-mom-im-not-comfortable/954887)
**Author:** [@kwc27](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kwc27)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-wants-to-become-a-stay-at-home-mom-im-not-comfortable/954887 "2021-12-15T19:15:25Z")
Been married for seven years in a month. Love my wife to death. She is extremely consistent and a wonderful person/mother. Two kids, five year old daughter, three year old son. Son is ornery, but is he any worse than any… --- ## [Bear Cub vs. Inflatable Reindeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-cub-vs-inflatable-reindeer/955992)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-cub-vs-inflatable-reindeer/955992 "2021-12-15T19:06:51Z")
Who will prevail? --- ## [Siberian high temperature certified!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siberian-high-temperature-certified/956072)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siberian-high-temperature-certified/956072 "2021-12-15T18:03:55Z")
In another incredible victory for Climate Change: --- ## [Yes, this is real: Sip & Develop–enjoy your own drink while you watch your film develop, at a strip mall near you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-real-sip-develop-enjoy-your-own-drink-while-you-watch-your-film-develop-at-a-strip-mall-near-you/956012)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2021, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-real-sip-develop-enjoy-your-own-drink-while-you-watch-your-film-develop-at-a-strip-mall-near-you/956012 "2021-12-15T04:05:03Z")
Rent’s not cheap here; somebody’s fixing to lose some money. --- ## [Older dopers, your reaction to participation in the Vietnam War](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-dopers-your-reaction-to-participation-in-the-vietnam-war/954695)
**Author:** [@ASGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASGuy)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-dopers-your-reaction-to-participation-in-the-vietnam-war/954695 "2021-12-14T22:34:25Z")
I’ve been participating in the MPSIMS “polls, no discussion” thread. I came up with this one but decided it warranted discussion. Here it is. This poll is for dopers age 68 and older. I’m 67, so I don’t qualify. I’ll as… --- ## [Son-of-a-wrek and the bad, bad, bad Saturday shopping trip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-wrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-saturday-shopping-trip/955929)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-wrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-saturday-shopping-trip/955929 "2021-12-14T21:46:00Z")
Son-of-a-wrek comes to me early. He’s having a difficult Christmas shopping experience. He’s not been real successful ever buying for the DIL. I believe she really thinks it’s kinda funny watching him squirm leading u… --- ## [Amazon Web Services takes down huge swathes of the internet, but not SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-web-services-takes-down-huge-swathes-of-the-internet-but-not-sdmb/955667)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-web-services-takes-down-huge-swathes-of-the-internet-but-not-sdmb/955667 "2021-12-14T18:19:07Z")
An outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) has taken down huge portions of the internet, and has disrupted all kinds of services. Major websites, such as Duolingo and some big social media platforms have been affected. But … --- ## [I got the arse from my job today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-the-arse-from-my-job-today/955434)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-the-arse-from-my-job-today/955434 "2021-12-14T01:32:45Z")
I’m 61, and for the first time ever, I was sacked from my job today. Well, technically I was made redundant (sales have been shite for the industry, no fault of employees yada yada) but still, I am 61 and have no job. I… --- ## [Do you have a whole-house power monitoring system?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-whole-house-power-monitoring-system/955914)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-whole-house-power-monitoring-system/955914 "2021-12-13T22:47:02Z")
I recently installed this device (there are several alternatives out there, but this is a relatively inexpensive one). It installs in your breaker box, and measures full house power, as well as several (8 to 16) channel… --- ## [Coast Guard rescue attempt 50 metres from edge of Niagara](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coast-guard-rescue-attempt-50-metres-from-edge-of-niagara/955911)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coast-guard-rescue-attempt-50-metres-from-edge-of-niagara/955911 "2021-12-13T22:51:35Z")
I don’t think anyone has posted this? A few days ago, witnesses in Niagara, NY, saw a black sedan floating down the Niagara river towards the fall; it got hung up on something about 50 metres from the edge of the falls… --- ## [How Guilty is Alice Sebold?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-guilty-is-alice-sebold/956005)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-guilty-is-alice-sebold/956005 "2021-12-13T22:28:54Z")
Anthony Broadwater spent 16 years in prison for a famous rape he didn’t commit. The Lovely Bones author, Alice Sebold has issued an apology to Mr Broadwater. Should she do more? Apparently, Ms Sebold identified Mr Broa… --- ## [Where do you go to talk about 'Old People's Problems'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-go-to-talk-about-old-peoples-problems/955986)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-go-to-talk-about-old-peoples-problems/955986 "2021-12-13T20:45:24Z")
I love this place. I love you people. And I’ve been here long enough that I can play out how a topic will go with pretty high fidelity. So where do you cover topics similar to the following? It’s one thing to talk about… --- ## [Ah, the joys of home ownership](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-the-joys-of-home-ownership/948206)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-the-joys-of-home-ownership/948206 "2021-12-13T19:16:45Z")
About four months ago we had to call out a plumber on a weekend because the toilets wouldn’t flush. He fussed around and snaked the line, pronounced it fixed and charged us $1700. Fast forward to yesterday, when the same… --- ## [Molly, Finder Of Lost Phones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-finder-of-lost-phones/953023)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-finder-of-lost-phones/953023 "2021-12-13T15:21:35Z")
A few days ago I left my phone lying on top of a couple of plastic bins, and then I couldn’t find it. So I went on Google to use the find-my-phone tool which rings the phone until you press the power button. So I follo… --- ## [Do you remember "...do it..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-do-it/929608)
**Author:** [@ASGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASGuy)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-do-it/929608 "2021-12-13T14:52:43Z")
Time to jump in your Wayback Machine and remember something from, as I recall, the early to late 1970s. There was this sort of fad about making a statement associating sexual intercourse with the speakers industry/hobby/… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=232) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=234)