# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=236 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 237 --- ## [Black on black crime, jack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-on-black-crime-jack/955024)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2021, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-on-black-crime-jack/955024 "2021-11-29T02:13:32Z")
I find it criminal that all of my devices have a jack that is in the middle of a black background, making it impossible to find the spot to plug in my UBS cord, or power cord or whatever in a dimly lit room. You would im… --- ## [Canadian strategic reserve: maple syrup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-strategic-reserve-maple-syrup/955081)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-strategic-reserve-maple-syrup/955081 "2021-11-28T19:38:46Z")
Thought this was an Onion article when I first saw the headline. Next we’re going to find the Maine has a strategic tooothpick reserve. (Maine produces about 95% of our toothpicks.) --- ## [How do you people get so intense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-people-get-so-intense/955032)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-people-get-so-intense/955032 "2021-11-28T15:58:57Z")
Reading this board, especially MPSIMS, Great Debates and the Pit, part of the fun is watching some of you folks get enthusiastic about the topic, be it political, professional, or personal. It’s fun because that level o… --- ## [I may have discovered the next Steorn Orbo!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-have-discovered-the-next-steorn-orbo/954991)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2021, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-have-discovered-the-next-steorn-orbo/954991 "2021-11-28T10:08:56Z")
Anyone else love the smell of snake oil in the morning? --- ## [Wait... \_\_\_\_\_\_ is still alive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-is-still-alive/954212)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2021, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-is-still-alive/954212 "2021-11-28T03:16:22Z")
Is this a counterpoint to the Celebrity Death Pool thread? I don’t know. But I was just surprised to find out that Sam the Sham is still alive. --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Dillon the Villian is sent to doggy reform school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-dillon-the-villian-is-sent-to-doggy-reform-school/954772)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2021, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-dillon-the-villian-is-sent-to-doggy-reform-school/954772 "2021-11-27T02:41:31Z")
I’m kinda sad. He’s unruly, murderous, a runner and totally untrainable. But, hilarious. I was sorta liking him like that. My Hobo chicken population was reduced to 2. A few baby squirrels and barn rats were brutally… --- ## [Delayed sunrise in Panama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delayed-sunrise-in-panama/954649)
**Author:** [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delayed-sunrise-in-panama/954649 "2021-11-27T00:26:14Z")
It is now 7:36 in Panama. It is still pitch dark, despite the fact that sunrise is listed at 6:13. I’ve been awake at 6 AM for weeks, and it was getting light. Anyone else seeing this? --- ## [Ig Nobel Prizes 2021 podcast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ig-nobel-prizes-2021-podcast/954998)
**Author:** [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ig-nobel-prizes-2021-podcast/954998 "2021-11-26T23:23:06Z")
Every year, NPR’s Science Friday brings us the annual Ig Nobel Prizes the day after Thanksgiving. Here’s this year’s batch. Enjoy! --- ## [Meet our new kitty, Stellaluna!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-our-new-kitty-stellaluna/954893)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-our-new-kitty-stellaluna/954893 "2021-11-26T22:05:12Z")
I’ve loved Russian Blues since we had our first one back in 2000 (and sadly lost her in 2005 to lymphoma). We had got a pair of sisters in 2005 a few months after we lost Meep, and they lived for many years until we fina… --- ## [Mundane pointless things you do anyway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-you-do-anyway/954682)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-you-do-anyway/954682 "2021-11-26T19:18:38Z")
I have been living on my own and doing my own laundry for nearly 50 years. For nearly all that time, when folding my clean clothes I automatically turned my undershirts and underpants right side out before folding and pu… --- ## [Patio heater might work TOO well](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patio-heater-might-work-too-well/954958)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2021, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patio-heater-might-work-too-well/954958 "2021-11-26T02:55:24Z")
My wife bought a patio heater from Lowe’s a couple of months ago. We use it for 10-15 minutes at a time. After five weeks, it was noticeably sagging. Here it is after two months: … --- ## [Every decade or so, new computer, need it or not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-decade-or-so-new-computer-need-it-or-not/954846)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2021, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-decade-or-so-new-computer-need-it-or-not/954846 "2021-11-26T02:25:54Z")
My set of Early 2011 17-inch MacBook Pros are no longer my latest and primary computers. I actually didn’t acquire them until early 2012, and snagged them when the next model was already having its own successor mention… --- ## [What is the oddest thing you have done recently?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oddest-thing-you-have-done-recently/954719)
**Author:** [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2021, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oddest-thing-you-have-done-recently/954719 "2021-11-26T02:16:56Z")
Confession time. So we have one of those fresh water dishes for the cat and retired the dog bowl that we were using. It’s very sturdy and in good shape, so after I washed it thoroughly we using it to eat out of. It works… --- ## [MRI Day After Thanksgiving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mri-day-after-thanksgiving/954942)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2021, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mri-day-after-thanksgiving/954942 "2021-11-26T01:48:54Z")
It was the only way to schedule it on a day I already had off. Eat light today, which may be a blessing in disguise. No getting frisky for 48 hours. Enema tonight. It’s a prostate MRI, since my PSA is a little high. … --- ## [A gauche, sinister thread for us southpaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gauche-sinister-thread-for-us-southpaws/947639)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2021, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gauche-sinister-thread-for-us-southpaws/947639 "2021-11-26T00:36:26Z")
I just read an interesting article about the science of left-handedness, which I’ll post below. Apparently there is a genetic component to left-handedness which may also mean good things, like better recovery from stroke… --- ## [Today's Google Doodle (T'giving '21)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-google-doodle-tgiving-21/954945)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-google-doodle-tgiving-21/954945 "2021-11-25T20:08:57Z")
The second object in line, the first O. I think it’s a yam. Mr. Rilch thinks it’s a beet. What say you? --- ## [Rapid Atlantification at the beginning of the 20th century](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapid-atlantification-at-the-beginning-of-the-20th-century/954952)
**Author:** [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapid-atlantification-at-the-beginning-of-the-20th-century/954952 "2021-11-25T18:25:43Z")
I thought this was interesting. I found the link on CNN. Quote from the study: “Comparison with regional records suggests a poleward expansion of subtropical waters since the end of the Little Ice Age in response to a … --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Prank night at the Wrek insane asylum...(and crazy hat night)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-prank-night-at-the-wrek-insane-asylum-and-crazy-hat-night/954471)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-prank-night-at-the-wrek-insane-asylum-and-crazy-hat-night/954471 "2021-11-25T16:08:41Z")
We combine our fun-ness to make it more fun!! Wheee…here we go- Mid-dau made her greatest ever baked Ziti. Everytime she makes it Mr. Wrekker sez: “Why can’t we have American food sometimes?” This tends to piss MD of… --- ## [Ask the guy who works at a Container Port](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-works-at-a-container-port/954573)
**Author:** [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-works-at-a-container-port/954573 "2021-11-25T15:36:18Z")
With the logjam at LA/Long Beach, the threat of empty shelves on Black Friday and 60 Minutes doing a piece on the industry, I’m offering myself up to answer any and all questions about the container shipping industry. I… --- ## [November 22, 1963 -- 58 years since JFK Assassination in Dallas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/november-22-1963-58-years-since-jfk-assassination-in-dallas/954786)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2021, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/november-22-1963-58-years-since-jfk-assassination-in-dallas/954786 "2021-11-24T18:59:53Z")
I didn’t want to let the date go by without the annual, “where were you?” thread, addressed to those who were alive on that date (even if not especially sentient). I was a sophomore in geometry class at Madonna HS in Ni… --- ## [Unknown animal skeleton found in Turkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-animal-skeleton-found-in-turkey/954741)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-animal-skeleton-found-in-turkey/954741 "2021-11-24T15:53:47Z")
Long hind legs, claws instead of hooves, and sharp teeth. --- ## [Where were you during the most important historical events of your lifetime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-during-the-most-important-historical-events-of-your-lifetime/954351)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-during-the-most-important-historical-events-of-your-lifetime/954351 "2021-11-24T12:50:14Z")
Pretty much the biggest, most important historical event of my lifetime has to be the 9/11 attacks. I was 19, and working at Blockbuster at the time… We had a DirecTV system in our store, because we were an authorized … --- ## [New feline overlords. I've been informed posting pictures is mandatory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-feline-overlords-ive-been-informed-posting-pictures-is-mandatory/954680)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-feline-overlords-ive-been-informed-posting-pictures-is-mandatory/954680 "2021-11-23T15:45:15Z")
My wife and I bought a house a few months ago and thus we are finally able to have pets after ~15 years of renting from landlords with a “no pets” policy. Of course, we had to get cats. Meet Marble and Splitz. Marble is… --- ## [Things that you OCD about](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-you-ocd-about/954534)
**Author:** [@PozhanPop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PozhanPop)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-you-ocd-about/954534 "2021-11-23T13:36:21Z")
So tired of nothing but depressing news all around me. What are some things that you OCD about ? Of course not at a mental disorder level : ) For me Symmetry Twisted Telephone Cords Checking trouser pocket for my wa… --- ## [Strange Google translate German translation weirdness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-google-translate-german-translation-weirdness/954675)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2021, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-google-translate-german-translation-weirdness/954675 "2021-11-23T10:17:47Z")
Apparently the phrase “Sehr Gerne” means different things depending on your name !? Sehr Gerne = You’re welcome Sehr Gerne Bob = I love Bob Sehr Gerne Pete = I’d love to Pete Sehr Gerne Andy = Very much Andy Sehr Gern… --- ## [Wanting more pics in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanting-more-pics-in-the-mmp/954370)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 301\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2021, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanting-more-pics-in-the-mmp/954370 "2021-11-23T03:23:04Z")
Just because I can be first dang it! Mom has to leave on Tuesday so we had Thanksgiving on Sunday. Everyone is sleeping off their turkey comas (happens with cats too) and I’m up because I don’t know why. I’ve been stit… --- ## [Not quite a unicorn farting rainbows...but close!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-quite-a-unicorn-farting-rainbows-but-close/954396)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-quite-a-unicorn-farting-rainbows-but-close/954396 "2021-11-22T17:48:02Z")
I called a company on Thursday (11/11) & I called them again today. While the options have not changed (1 is still customer service, 2 is still sales, & 3 is still tech support) the outgoing automated message ("This cal… --- ## [My decorating dreams have been destroyed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-decorating-dreams-have-been-destroyed/954677)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-decorating-dreams-have-been-destroyed/954677 "2021-11-22T17:32:41Z")
My decorating dreams have been destroyed. I will soon be moving into a smaller version of the apartment in which I now reside, in this complex. 200 bucks less per month, which equates to, if I can still do math(and I ca… --- ## [Interesting gernerational cultural shift on holding the door for someone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-gernerational-cultural-shift-on-holding-the-door-for-someone/954275)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2021, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-gernerational-cultural-shift-on-holding-the-door-for-someone/954275 "2021-11-22T05:04:59Z")
So I’m an older Dude who has been taught my whole life to hold the door open. Not a radical teaching I know, but for the majority of my life, for me and most people, that when a door is held open fro you, you kind of sym… --- ## [Trying to come up with unconventional icebreaker-type questions for fellowship group](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-come-up-with-unconventional-icebreaker-type-questions-for-fellowship-group/954635)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2021, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-come-up-with-unconventional-icebreaker-type-questions-for-fellowship-group/954635 "2021-11-21T06:35:56Z")
I’m assigned to lead a fun-question-for-discussion every Friday night’s church fellowship - can’t really call them icebreakers since we’ve all known each other for a while, but basically, it should be about 7-10 minutes … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=235) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=237)