# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=245 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 246 --- ## [Oops. I told the grandwrex another fib. Bad, bad, bad Nana! Bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-told-the-grandwrex-another-fib-bad-bad-bad-nana-bad/951333)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-told-the-grandwrex-another-fib-bad-bad-bad-nana-bad/951333 "2021-09-27T22:41:54Z")
I’ve been playing vjunior Scrabble with the kids. Kept in mind these ages are 4 to almost 11. There’s a great divide in ages. And then me, an ol’ granny. Let me preface this by saying no one, NO! one has ever beaten me… --- ## [Constant construction on my neighbor's house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constant-construction-on-my-neighbors-house/950773)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2021, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constant-construction-on-my-neighbors-house/950773 "2021-09-27T11:16:27Z")
This could have easily been a rant but it’s not venomous enough for the pit. Possibly IMHO so peeps could venture a guess as to what’s going on. But I put it here because it really boils down to some mindless, pointless … --- ## [Dreading Fall leaf pickup? don't sweat 'em, shred 'em and spread 'em!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreading-fall-leaf-pickup-dont-sweat-em-shred-em-and-spread-em/951068)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2021, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreading-fall-leaf-pickup-dont-sweat-em-shred-em-and-spread-em/951068 "2021-09-27T08:20:35Z")
I often find Lifehacker articles to be not particularly useful, but I can wholly endorse the article I’m linking to below. 15 years ago we moved to a place on 1-1/2 acres, with lots of deciduous trees, Fall leaf pickup … --- ## [Things you learned the hard way](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-the-hard-way/850922)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2021, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-the-hard-way/850922 "2021-09-27T07:49:25Z")
Today I learned that “kerosene” is NOT “lamp oil”. Not if you want to use it indoors. --- ## [Historical successful figures with extremely or suspected low IQs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-successful-figures-with-extremely-or-suspected-low-iqs/852410)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2021, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-successful-figures-with-extremely-or-suspected-low-iqs/852410 "2021-09-26T23:45:23Z")
First off now jokes about current or former US presidents or other world leaders! Trying to be politically correct with this: As someone that was in Advanced Placement classes in High School, by the skin of my teeth. I … --- ## [What's a good website to show shifting boundaries to students?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-website-to-show-shifting-boundaries-to-students/951190)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-website-to-show-shifting-boundaries-to-students/951190 "2021-09-26T23:20:17Z")
We’re discussing civics/world history and I’d like to display how the borders/names of countries have changed over the years. Any recommendations? --- ## [OK Elon Musk, you win the "weird baby name" sweepstakes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-elon-musk-you-win-the-weird-baby-name-sweepstakes/853386)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-elon-musk-you-win-the-weird-baby-name-sweepstakes/853386 "2020-05-26T21:00:10Z")
What do you get for naming your child\*\* X Æ A-12\*\*? With any luck, disowned by that child at age 15 when he files to be an emancipated minor and changes his name to Fred. That is seriously bordering on child abuse. Ex… --- ## [Mass shooting at a Kroger's near Memphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-at-a-krogers-near-memphis/951220)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2021, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-at-a-krogers-near-memphis/951220 "2021-09-26T08:39:48Z")
Not many details yet. I understand that there are at least 14 injured and 1 fatality. It’s unclear whether that death is the gunman or not. Updates are being posted here: --- ## [They want me back!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-want-me-back/950816)
**Author:** [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-want-me-back/950816 "2021-09-26T01:34:11Z")
I retired from Boeing about 11½ months ago. Things have been wonderful since. I haven’t missed working at all. Yesterday received a call from Boeing, they need some help on the 737 program. The offer was a job in my old … --- ## [My friend has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-has-died/949067)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-has-died/949067 "2021-09-25T14:50:59Z")
I found out today that one of my friends, who was also a colleague, died last week. So far, there’s no other information. We had been talking just a couple of weeks ago about collaborating on some projects, our writing, … --- ## [I Didn't Know Ed Asner Was Still Alive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-know-ed-asner-was-still-alive/950071)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-know-ed-asner-was-still-alive/950071 "2021-09-25T10:32:43Z")
My mother used to say this. When they said in the news some famous person had died, she said she didn’t even know they were still alive. My mother was an exceptional individual. So she wasn’t being morbid or cruel. She … --- ## [Aww, I offer sleeping puppies to the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aww-i-offer-sleeping-puppies-to-the-sdmb/950960)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aww-i-offer-sleeping-puppies-to-the-sdmb/950960 "2021-09-25T02:47:52Z")
It’s been a rough day. I ran across these sleeping puppy pics and thought they should be shared. I raised my last dog. A tiny chihuahua and only 14 weeks old. It’s amazing how much puppies sleep. They can be walking one… --- ## [Eight-armed bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-armed-bandit/951283)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-armed-bandit/951283 "2021-09-25T00:00:14Z")
The thread about gorillas having sex in a zoo, reminded me of a letter in the Oct. Scientific American with the above caption. After fish were mysteriously disappearing in an aquarium in England with no sign of breaking… --- ## [What Are You Teaching Your Grandkids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-teaching-your-grandkids/951002)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-teaching-your-grandkids/951002 "2021-09-24T23:04:28Z")
For those of you that are grandparents, what bits of wisdom/experiences are you passing down to the grandkids? I’m not talking about the stuff the parents should be teaching them, but the things you are interested in. I… --- ## [Something I'd Like to Share About Michigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-id-like-to-share-about-michigan/951266)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-id-like-to-share-about-michigan/951266 "2021-09-24T21:46:25Z")
Michigan being my home state, if you don’t know that by now. Michigan (when it was still a territory) became the first place in the English-speaking world to outlaw the death penalty. And the State of Michigan has never… --- ## [A large meteor may have destroyed a Middle Eastern region in 1600BC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-large-meteor-may-have-destroyed-a-middle-eastern-region-in-1600bc/951130)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-large-meteor-may-have-destroyed-a-middle-eastern-region-in-1600bc/951130 "2021-09-24T14:09:01Z")
Interesting article. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-97778-3 The evidence seems to be a layer of Quartz, which is something found after high-pressure events (like a nuclear or meteor burst) and not otherwise… --- ## [Australians: where to buy good wine for delivery in your country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australians-where-to-buy-good-wine-for-delivery-in-your-country/416657)
**Author:** [@Barrington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrington)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australians-where-to-buy-good-wine-for-delivery-in-your-country/416657 "2007-08-25T04:39:00Z")
My sister emigrated to Australia years ago, and is now living in Brisbane, and her 50th birthday is coming up. Our parents and I are still back in the UK, and we want to buy here something special for her birthday. Our… --- ## [Drill For Woodworking, DIY Projects](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drill-for-woodworking-diy-projects/951040)
**Author:** [@al.green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/al.green)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drill-for-woodworking-diy-projects/951040 "2021-09-23T18:08:15Z")
Anyone with the info on drills. I am looking for a corded drill with high RPM and torque for woodworking DIY projects. I know there are many brands out there but, I am a bit hesitant. --- ## [Useless body parts that are good for something](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-body-parts-that-are-good-for-something/950487)
**Author:** [@Stego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stego)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-body-parts-that-are-good-for-something/950487 "2021-09-23T16:34:25Z")
I have a little bush of hair in the middle of the otherwise mostly hairless chest. Biologically, it is most certainly useless: too small to be relevant for thermoregulation, too miserable and inconspicuous to be of any u… --- ## [Stores that sell scrubs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stores-that-sell-scrubs/192484)
**Author:** [@HeartOfGold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeartOfGold)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stores-that-sell-scrubs/192484 "2021-09-23T09:57:35Z")
So I am on a quest to find a pair of scrubs, but I haven’t been able to find any. I have tried all the medical supply stores in my area (that I know of) and none have carried them – they all seem to only carry, you know… --- ## [Is it true that everybody who got the smallpox vaccine in the 1800s has since died? Wow, makes you think](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-everybody-who-got-the-smallpox-vaccine-in-the-1800s-has-since-died-wow-makes-you-think/950876)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-everybody-who-got-the-smallpox-vaccine-in-the-1800s-has-since-died-wow-makes-you-think/950876 "2021-09-22T17:45:33Z")
Not trying to cause trouble. Just seemed an interesting question to post, since I read it in the Onion. --- ## [I wake up this morning and I'm a member of Optica](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wake-up-this-morning-and-im-a-member-of-optica/950996)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wake-up-this-morning-and-im-a-member-of-optica/950996 "2021-09-22T14:35:29Z")
I used to be a member of the Optical Society of America (also, for a time, one of their editors), but I just learned that the society changed its name to Optica, which is also the name of one of their newer journals. The… --- ## [Ummm Ackchyually... What drives people to nitpick when they're wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ummm-ackchyually-what-drives-people-to-nitpick-when-theyre-wrong/950745)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ummm-ackchyually-what-drives-people-to-nitpick-when-theyre-wrong/950745 "2021-09-22T09:01:45Z")
What makes people nitpick? In particular, what makes people do the Ummmm… Ackchyually… thing when they are objectively wrong, operating on a false assumption, or just mistaken about what they’re looking at? I’m not tal… --- ## [Unvaccinated workmen in your home? - advice needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unvaccinated-workmen-in-your-home-advice-needed/950738)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unvaccinated-workmen-in-your-home-advice-needed/950738 "2021-09-21T23:14:25Z")
Two weeks ago I had an A/C leak and part of the ceiling in my spare room collapsed. The tech who came to fix the A/C had worked on it earlier this summer and I knew he was vaccinated. But I’m having a hard time finding s… --- ## [China Bans Effeminate Men From TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-bans-effeminate-men-from-tv/950016)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-bans-effeminate-men-from-tv/950016 "2021-09-21T21:53:39Z")
The old men of the CCP are trying to put the toothpaste back in the tube. Imo, they think that they can reimpose traditional Communist rule after years of allowing access to a freer more open culture. I think they wil… --- ## [What to do in Scranton or Pottsville, PA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-scranton-or-pottsville-pa/944914)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-scranton-or-pottsville-pa/944914 "2021-09-21T19:23:35Z")
In July, we might go see a Scranton Railriders Game (AAA Yankees franchise) and then do a Brewery tour in Pottsville of Yuengling. Looking for maybe something else to in either town or on the way in between. It looks li… --- ## [Chag Samech - Happy New Year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chag-samech-happy-new-year/950185)
**Author:** [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chag-samech-happy-new-year/950185 "2021-09-21T13:33:03Z")
To my fellow Members of the Tribe, to a sweet and healthy year! --- ## [I'm calling about your Car warranty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-calling-about-your-car-warranty/948752)
**Author:** [@Somethingwitty1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Somethingwitty1)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2021, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-calling-about-your-car-warranty/948752 "2021-09-20T23:38:21Z")
I’m no rocket surgeon. There might be other reasons, but we as a society no longer answer phone calls unless our smart phone knows the person (even then it’s iffy) I assume people in the law enforcement community get t… --- ## [Equipment left behind after Dunkirk evacuation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipment-left-behind-after-dunkirk-evacuation/950255)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipment-left-behind-after-dunkirk-evacuation/950255 "2021-09-20T21:23:14Z")
Afghanistan isn’t the first time a defeated Superpower hastily left a battlefield without their equipment and supplies. Dunkirk was equally bad. 64,000 abandoned vehicles (including tanks and motorcycles) 90,000 rifle… --- ## [Typewriter refurbished!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typewriter-refurbished/950889)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typewriter-refurbished/950889 "2021-09-20T20:08:36Z")
I bought a 1955 Olympia SM some months ago and sent it off to get refurbished by a fellow in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The typewriter was in mostly working condition, but the platen was rock-hard, and it was out of alignm… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=244) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=246)