# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=250 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 251 --- ## [Someday I'm going to inherit a hoarder's house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someday-im-going-to-inherit-a-hoarders-house/948450)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someday-im-going-to-inherit-a-hoarders-house/948450 "2021-08-19T21:13:02Z")
I’m estranged from my brother and sister, for reasons. My brother still lives in our parents’ house, but my parents have been gone for years. Yesterday, I used Google street view to look at the family home. Up until y… --- ## [Possible truck bomb puts US Capitol on Lockdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-truck-bomb-puts-us-capitol-on-lockdown/949162)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-truck-bomb-puts-us-capitol-on-lockdown/949162 "2021-08-19T20:47:24Z")
The situation is still active. The guy in the truck appears to be holding a detonator. https://abc7chicago.com/capitol-bomb-threat-library-of-congress-evacuated-lockdown/10961684/ --- ## [Rental car rates are way up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rental-car-rates-are-way-up/938701)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rental-car-rates-are-way-up/938701 "2021-08-19T17:34:03Z")
If you can find a car at all. Many cars were sold off last year when travel was way down. --- ## [Kabuliwala](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kabuliwala/949157)
**Author:** [@PozhanPop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PozhanPop)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kabuliwala/949157 "2021-08-19T16:15:41Z")
With Afghanistan heartbreakingly in the new again, this story of a Kabuliwala ( Tradesperson from Kabul ) written by Rabindranath Tagore is a fascinating look into the past, before the rise of radical religions, when bor… --- ## [The ant bait dilemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ant-bait-dilemma/948447)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ant-bait-dilemma/948447 "2021-08-19T15:23:22Z")
The last few days we’ve had the occasional ant or two crawling across the kitchen counters. Since it has been so hot and dry recently, I assume they are making their way inside looking for water. (Normally we only see th… --- ## [I got a jury duty summons today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-jury-duty-summons-today/919765)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2021, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-jury-duty-summons-today/919765 "2021-08-19T06:38:41Z")
It’s slated to start at the end of the month; I’m #409 FWIW. I’ve been called up once before, in 1996, and I was hoping I would be selected because I was about to be laid off (business relocation) and tensions were high… --- ## [Major Based Classes Only? (College)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-based-classes-only-college/949025)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2021, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-based-classes-only-college/949025 "2021-08-19T06:17:33Z")
Even though gen ed and liberal art classes (outside of our majors) are required to graduate, do you think that colleges should offer a choice for students to only complete classes within their major? Now, I understand t… --- ## [Please share your life threatening experiences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-life-threatening-experiences/948383)
**Author:** [@a\_dudes\_thought\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_dudes_thought_s)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-life-threatening-experiences/948383 "2021-08-18T22:25:51Z")
I was in a strange conversation the other day about close calls. You know situation where you could have kicked the bucket. I’ve had a good number of close call over the years. From people pulling guns on me,an attempted… --- ## [I Came Home From the Hospital Yesterday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-came-home-from-the-hospital-yesterday/948179)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-came-home-from-the-hospital-yesterday/948179 "2021-08-18T22:12:16Z")
For apparent cellulitis of my right lower calf (though one of the doctors in my team insisted till the end that he thought it was some vascular issue). I do have Type 2 Diabetes, which certainly wouldn’t help matters. T… --- ## [Selling a house with a jigsaw puzzle on the table?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-house-with-a-jigsaw-puzzle-on-the-table/948655)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-house-with-a-jigsaw-puzzle-on-the-table/948655 "2021-08-18T19:14:20Z")
Americans have strange attitudes regarding real estate. One of which is a belief that in order to sell a house, it must be in immaculate condition, with no sign that human habitation has ever occurred there. Which is w… --- ## [Perseids/Swift–Tuttle metor shower 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perseids-swift-tuttle-metor-shower-2021/948652)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perseids-swift-tuttle-metor-shower-2021/948652 "2021-08-18T14:25:22Z")
Anyone get out to see the Perseids? I saw just a few meteors on Friday before giving up around 1:30 in the morning, when it was probably starting to get good. Too much haze and light pollution. I saw only one really go… --- ## [Trainer grabbed by gator is rescued by 2 visitors at petting zoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trainer-grabbed-by-gator-is-rescued-by-2-visitors-at-petting-zoo/949019)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2021, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trainer-grabbed-by-gator-is-rescued-by-2-visitors-at-petting-zoo/949019 "2021-08-18T13:39:48Z")
The kiddies got more than they bargained for at this petting zoo. The trainer was in serious trouble. She had been dragged into the gators pen. She stayed calm and that probably saved her life. I admire the 2 guys that… --- ## [Hoping to identify office chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoping-to-identify-office-chair/948768)
**Author:** [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2021, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoping-to-identify-office-chair/948768 "2021-08-18T05:26:05Z")
Several years ago, I bought an office chair from an acquaintance. It was used when I bought it; I have no idea how old it is. I’ve lost touch with this acquaintance, so I can’t ask him where or when he bought it. My p… --- ## [Germ theory denialism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germ-theory-denialism/948488)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germ-theory-denialism/948488 "2021-08-17T23:09:27Z")
As if we needed any more evidence that Civilization is doomed… --- ## [POLL: Are you right-handed or left-handed (or ambidextrous)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-right-handed-or-left-handed-or-ambidextrous/947865)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-right-handed-or-left-handed-or-ambidextrous/947865 "2021-08-17T20:20:08Z")
poll Finally getting around to making this poll after it was suggested by @BigT in this post: https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gauche-sinister-thread-for-us-southpaws/ Lefties are typically only about 10% of the ge… --- ## [What if humans had tails. What would you like to be able to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-humans-had-tails-what-would-you-like-to-be-able-to-do/944065)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-humans-had-tails-what-would-you-like-to-be-able-to-do/944065 "2021-08-17T15:38:51Z")
I’m watching a nature show and saw a happy dog wagging his tail. If you had a tail, what would you like it to do? Show emotions like a dog.or cat. Up and wagging for happy. confident and down for sad, scared? Use it a a … --- ## [Unrelated sequential posts that somehow go well together](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrelated-sequential-posts-that-somehow-go-well-together/948469)
**Author:** [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrelated-sequential-posts-that-somehow-go-well-together/948469 "2021-08-17T00:57:59Z")
Today in 7 Jan 2021 and beyond - the aftermath of the storming of the Capitol we have on the topic of giving the U.S. citizenship test to students, post#2701: Followed immediately by (a non-reply): --- ## [You know it's going to be a bad day when-](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-its-going-to-be-a-bad-day-when/948951)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-its-going-to-be-a-bad-day-when/948951 "2021-08-16T19:47:58Z")
You’re sitting at your desk (at home) and think you smell doog poop, and it turns out you have some on the bottom of your shoe. And you’ve tracked it all over the house. --- ## [Are There Any Interesting YouTube Critics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-interesting-youtube-critics/948737)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-interesting-youtube-critics/948737 "2021-08-16T18:13:49Z")
With a YouTube channel who goes around criticizing (or even praising) YouTubers? --- ## [The Tongan Teenagers in 1965: not a ‘Lord of the Flies’ situation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tongan-teenagers-in-1965-not-a-lord-of-the-flies-situation/948691)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tongan-teenagers-in-1965-not-a-lord-of-the-flies-situation/948691 "2021-08-16T15:57:40Z")
Here is a heartwarming story of survival and cooperation with a happy ending. The island nation of Tonga is a Polynesian country in the south Pacific, roughly 3,000 miles SSW of Hawaii and maybe 1,500 miles NNE of New Ze… --- ## [Common but incorrect names of things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-but-incorrect-names-of-things/948466)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-but-incorrect-names-of-things/948466 "2021-08-16T14:37:11Z")
You know the piece of furniture a person stands behind when giving a talk to an audience? Most people call it a podium. But that’s not what it is. It’s a lectern. A podium is something a person stands on. Like those smal… --- ## [Did the Bed Intruder Homeboy ever get found?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-bed-intruder-homeboy-ever-get-found/948942)
**Author:** [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-bed-intruder-homeboy-ever-get-found/948942 "2021-08-16T14:22:52Z")
A reference to the perp in the viral video here, which spawned the minor hit song for the Gregory Brothers band (performed live here). There’s a lot of follow up info available about Antoine Dodson and the others, but w… --- ## [Sneaked off to film festival in 2017, covering it as press in 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneaked-off-to-film-festival-in-2017-covering-it-as-press-in-2021/948763)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneaked-off-to-film-festival-in-2017-covering-it-as-press-in-2021/948763 "2021-08-16T14:18:25Z")
In 2017, our 19 year old child, having flunked out of college, left home without telling us to attend the Toronto Film Festival. We pointed out when they returned that we couldn’t have stopped them from going, so it was… --- ## [Test Your Browser Or Several Browsers On Privacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-browser-or-several-browsers-on-privacy/948926)
**Author:** [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-browser-or-several-browsers-on-privacy/948926 "2021-08-16T11:00:23Z")
First I ran Google :triangular\_flag::enraged\_face::enraged\_face::enraged\_face::triangular\_flag: Later I’m testing Brave, Opera, Epic, I am using all of these. I’m playing around with Startpage. I’m almost positive that… --- ## [Getting up in the world in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-up-in-the-world-in-the-mmp/948281)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 250\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-up-in-the-world-in-the-mmp/948281 "2021-08-16T05:29:22Z")
1859 Otis Tufts patents the first passenger elevator in the US Nothing more need be said, right? Tho I’m sure we’ll all think of things to say. :rofl: Happy Moanday!!! --- ## [7.2 Haiti Earthquake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-2-haiti-earthquake/948666)
**Author:** [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-2-haiti-earthquake/948666 "2021-08-15T23:30:49Z")
Literally just happened 20 minutes ago. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000f65h --- ## [Beck, beck, beck! Spoken by the girl who lived](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-beck-beck-spoken-by-the-girl-who-lived/948539)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-beck-beck-spoken-by-the-girl-who-lived/948539 "2021-08-15T21:01:40Z")
What do I do now? I had my plans all laid out. Why doesn’t anything ever go the way you plan? Tuesday I had a liver biopsy. And it turned into a surgery as part of my last rib was poking into my liver. It caused a smal… --- ## [Children born during pandemic have lower IQs, US study finds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-born-during-pandemic-have-lower-iqs-us-study-finds/948593)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-born-during-pandemic-have-lower-iqs-us-study-finds/948593 "2021-08-15T17:52:54Z")
Is it really plausible for the pandemic to have such a huge effect? I would have thought the effects would be much worse for toddlers and kids, who need to socialise with their peers, and were prevented from going to s… --- ## [Does Anyone Know About Social Blade?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-about-social-blade/948684)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-about-social-blade/948684 "2021-08-14T21:18:25Z")
https://socialblade.com It’s a site where you can see anyone’s (channel, social media) statistics. In the past, I would use this after a show would appear on something popular, just to observe the bump, and how long it … --- ## [Kurt H. Debus Director of NASA's Launch Operations Center](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kurt-h-debus-director-of-nasas-launch-operations-center/948528)
**Author:** [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kurt-h-debus-director-of-nasas-launch-operations-center/948528 "2021-08-14T18:27:03Z")
I’ve been reading a lot of FOIA (freedom of information act) documents and frankly I’m amazed at the depths of depravity within the US government and the lies the public had been fed and no doubt still being fed. I unde… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=249) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=251)