# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=241 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 242 --- ## [Cheesed off in general](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesed-off-in-general/952996)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesed-off-in-general/952996 "2021-10-26T02:05:58Z")
Always been a “Glass looks about 50/50 to me” kind of guy, but lately things not under my control have made me feel very negative. I know it’s not me, because I’m not that important that my feelings enter into it, but I’… --- ## [Texas drag race driver slams into spectators, killing 2 kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-drag-race-driver-slams-into-spectators-killing-2-kids/953107)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-drag-race-driver-slams-into-spectators-killing-2-kids/953107 "2021-10-26T01:08:30Z")
Thread title is the AP story title; this is pretty bad news, folks: --- ## [In today's junk mail: coupons for weed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-todays-junk-mail-coupons-for-weed/953198)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-todays-junk-mail-coupons-for-weed/953198 "2021-10-25T23:16:19Z")
I thought it was mind-blowing when, a few years ago, dispensary billboards starting appearing on our northern California highways. But today’s junk mail included, for the first time, a packet of coupons for $10 off your… --- ## [My Days with the Cute, Sweatshirt Wearing Girl.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-days-with-the-cute-sweatshirt-wearing-girl/154405)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2021, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-days-with-the-cute-sweatshirt-wearing-girl/154405 "2021-10-25T05:51:12Z")
She was sitting on a padded bench outside the classroom when I first saw her. One of her legs was folded up under her, and she was wearing khaki shorts and sweatshirt with G\*\*\*\*\* (a small midwestern college) printed acro… --- ## [The "counting one's blessings" MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-counting-ones-blessings-mmp/952680)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 338\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2021, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-counting-ones-blessings-mmp/952680 "2021-10-25T05:22:35Z")
I was trying to get out of a rut of negative thinking, and made a conscious effort to notice the little joys of life: Eating whatever I please. Having a smoke. Sleeping on a comfortable mattress with as many blankets … --- ## [Weird, Interesting or Embarrassing Roommate Stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-interesting-or-embarrassing-roommate-stories/951207)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-interesting-or-embarrassing-roommate-stories/951207 "2021-10-24T21:07:46Z")
This thread invites you to tell an interesting, weird or embarrassing (keep it anonymous?) story about a roommate you had while attending university or college. --- ## [Gangs within the LA County Sheriff's Department](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangs-within-the-la-county-sheriffs-department/953104)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangs-within-the-la-county-sheriffs-department/953104 "2021-10-24T17:51:12Z")
Article here: In summary, at least 4 violent gangs made up of deputies operate within the LASD, with initiation rituals like breaking the bone of an inmate in custody or killing a civilian on the streets. How did thi… --- ## [Ohio creates an "error license plate" that is quickly corrected](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-creates-an-error-license-plate-that-is-quickly-corrected/952965)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-creates-an-error-license-plate-that-is-quickly-corrected/952965 "2021-10-23T21:47:19Z")
They began production with the Wright Brothers’ airplane facing the wrong way. They will try to gather all the ones that were produced but I suspect a few will get out. --- ## [Aromatherapy spray from Walmart kills people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aromatherapy-spray-from-walmart-kills-people/953042)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aromatherapy-spray-from-walmart-kills-people/953042 "2021-10-23T18:41:38Z")
This sounds like an Onion article headline but it’s real. Some aromatherapy branded by Better Homes and Gardens and made in India had some rare bacteria in it. Two were killed and two more people made seriously ill… --- ## [I just thought it was interesting how many posts could not follow the simple instructions of the OP at all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-thought-it-was-interesting-how-many-posts-could-not-follow-the-simple-instructions-of-the-op-at-all/952843)
**Author:** [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-thought-it-was-interesting-how-many-posts-could-not-follow-the-simple-instructions-of-the-op-at-all/952843 "2021-10-22T14:40:49Z")
(Bolding is mine), I just thought it was interesting how many posts could not follow the simple instructions of the OP at all: --- ## [More cat craziness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-cat-craziness/952971)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-cat-craziness/952971 "2021-10-22T14:16:09Z")
Moki loves to open cabinet doors. I had to laugh when I was in the hospital and my sister had her, sis was exasperated by her opening all the doors in her place. And what’s the deal with putting her toys, like rubber ban… --- ## [Pure color words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-color-words/952902)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-color-words/952902 "2021-10-22T05:56:04Z")
There are hundreds of color words in English and most of them were named for something that typically has that color. Examples: orange, violet, pink, copper, salmon, turquoise, olive, chocolate. There are many, many more… --- ## [My cat...what's so special about tub water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-whats-so-special-about-tub-water/952768)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-whats-so-special-about-tub-water/952768 "2021-10-22T03:57:18Z")
Every time I’m in the bathroom, Moki jumps in the tub and looks at the faucet, and then me. I turn it on, and it fills faster than it drains, so she backs up as the water comes, then I turn it off and she follows the wat… --- ## [POSSUM! Northside Chicago POSSUM!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possum-northside-chicago-possum/952904)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possum-northside-chicago-possum/952904 "2021-10-22T01:13:16Z")
So I was leaving for work, closing my back caged iron Chicago doorgate, in the dirty alley, with nothing but urban grittiness all around me, when what should I see on the flat concrete parking space across from me? It w… --- ## [Smithsonian cheetah cub cam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smithsonian-cheetah-cub-cam/952847)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smithsonian-cheetah-cub-cam/952847 "2021-10-22T00:05:07Z")
this is Rosalie and her 5 new cubs , thought id share here’s the story : https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/cute-alert-watch-5-newborn-cheetahs-on-the-internet-s-most-adorable-webcam/ar-AAPKyyj?ocid=SK2DDHP --- ## [Wild lies you could tell and support with "evidence"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-lies-you-could-tell-and-support-with-evidence/952725)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-lies-you-could-tell-and-support-with-evidence/952725 "2021-10-21T23:53:28Z")
I have a scar on my left arm that looks like an abuser put a cigarette out on my skin. The truth is fortunately nothing so horrid. All that happened was that when I was a teenager, an overzealous dermatologist burned off… --- ## [Colin Powell has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-powell-has-died/952685)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-powell-has-died/952685 "2021-10-21T18:46:24Z")
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/18/us/politics/colin-powell-dead.html?unlocked\_article\_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUktbfqohlSFUaCybIRp8\_qRmHmfnE2\_s3gXv\_Km2NTilPy-BQD4WJ9wHNea9nLZMV7giseeVgYvUpVeAgiahWJVBsQA2l5cCOwslcfChs… --- ## [Breaking News: British Conservative MP David Amess Fatally Stabbed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-british-conservative-mp-david-amess-fatally-stabbed/952548)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-british-conservative-mp-david-amess-fatally-stabbed/952548 "2021-10-21T14:29:40Z")
The Conservative MP Sir David Amess has died after he was stabbed several times during a surgery at his constituency in Essex. Amess, 69, who has represented Southend West in Essex since 1997, was stabbed several times … --- ## [Tragedy in The Hague (man pushed onto incoming tram)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tragedy-in-the-hague-man-pushed-onto-incoming-tram/952815)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2021, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tragedy-in-the-hague-man-pushed-onto-incoming-tram/952815 "2021-10-21T06:43:54Z")
The other night there was a terrible event in my neighborhood, here in The Hague. At a tram stop, three youths pushed a man in front of an incoming tram. The three perpetrators ran away; ambulance arrived very quickly bu… --- ## [Bataclan trial thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bataclan-trial-thread/952876)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2021, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bataclan-trial-thread/952876 "2021-10-21T05:42:37Z")
The attacks were 6 years ago now but the trial is just getting started. Here is the old thread on the attacks: And here is an article about the trial: --- ## [Ransomware attack affects local TV news across the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ransomware-attack-affects-local-tv-news-across-the-us/952852)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ransomware-attack-affects-local-tv-news-across-the-us/952852 "2021-10-21T00:21:28Z")
Has your local station struggled during the Ransomware attack? My local ABC affiliate (KATV, Channel 7) has a short statement at the beginning of the local news. They’re working hard to produce the news in spite of the … --- ## [Weirdest herds you've ever named](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-herds-youve-ever-named/952700)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-herds-youve-ever-named/952700 "2021-10-20T20:28:15Z")
Anyone have their own names for a grouping of something? You know, like pride of lions, murder of crows, flock of seagulls, etc.? I tried to think of one for a group of children. You know, the young ones that are runnin… --- ## [Famous people you've communicated with via email, Messenger, etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-youve-communicated-with-via-email-messenger-etc/944783)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-youve-communicated-with-via-email-messenger-etc/944783 "2021-10-20T18:45:21Z")
Have you ever sent an electronic message to a well-known person and received a personal reply? And you were confident it was actually them? For me… Around 20 years ago I emailed singer Essra Mohawk, and we continued to … --- ## [Life's little disappointments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-little-disappointments/844953)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2021, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-little-disappointments/844953 "2021-10-20T09:37:54Z")
A little over a year ago I noticed a new restaurant had opened in one of my town’s older shopping centers. I didn’t think much of it at the time; it looked like a fairly average taqueria type place. Fast forward to a f… --- ## [Winning the War Against Climate Change? U.S. Coal Use Will Be Up 22% This Year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winning-the-war-against-climate-change-u-s-coal-use-will-be-up-22-this-year/952782)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2021, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winning-the-war-against-climate-change-u-s-coal-use-will-be-up-22-this-year/952782 "2021-10-20T05:07:39Z")
This is of course due to the massive increase in natural gas prices, so coal generated electricity is now cheaper. Interesting optics: Pro-coal Trump and big coal decline; Anti-coal Biden and big coal increase. But i… --- ## [Must be an iPhone thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-be-an-iphone-thing/952775)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2021, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-be-an-iphone-thing/952775 "2021-10-20T04:11:30Z")
For a while now, at least a couple times a day, at random times, my phone will make an alert type sound. I used to grab the phone and look- no message or alert of any kind. I wrote the times down for a while to see if th… --- ## [In the age of transgender, does man/woman mean anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-age-of-transgender-does-man-woman-mean-anything/952777)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2021, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-age-of-transgender-does-man-woman-mean-anything/952777 "2021-10-20T03:23:50Z")
Yes in a medical sense it is sometimes important for a doctor to know one’s birth gender status, along with possibly any modifications made such as sexual organs removed and when, so medically there is a reason for cis/t… --- ## [My spectacular waste of time and money on photography :)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spectacular-waste-of-time-and-money-on-photography/952638)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spectacular-waste-of-time-and-money-on-photography/952638 "2021-10-19T15:12:01Z")
I’m 62 now and my wife and I are starting on a mission of down-sizing. Way back in the day, when I was in my late teens and throughout my twenties I used to think of myself as a pretty good photographer (I actually wasn’… --- ## [Ken Ham blames "Ark Encounter" failure on atheists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-ham-blames-ark-encounter-failure-on-atheists/789575)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 378\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-ham-blames-ark-encounter-failure-on-atheists/789575 "2021-10-19T14:10:25Z")
I think the blame is misplaced. He should look in the mirror first of all. Among other things, it was not near any other big tourist attractions, it costs $40 a person or so to get into, and even most Christians don’t … --- ## [Ain't technology wonderful](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-technology-wonderful/952706)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2021, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-technology-wonderful/952706 "2021-10-19T13:39:59Z")
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