# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=257 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 258 --- ## [Diver finds 95-year-old message in a bottle, finds descendant of person who wrote it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diver-finds-95-year-old-message-in-a-bottle-finds-descendant-of-person-who-wrote-it/945424)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diver-finds-95-year-old-message-in-a-bottle-finds-descendant-of-person-who-wrote-it/945424 "2021-07-01T16:49:29Z")
This was a cool story I read yesterday: Non-paywalled story: Short version: The owner of a Michigan shipwreck boat touring company was washing her boat and came upon a small brown-glass bottle with a message in it. … --- ## [Negative pickup truck news of the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/negative-pickup-truck-news-of-the-day/944665)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/negative-pickup-truck-news-of-the-day/944665 "2021-07-01T15:51:38Z")
Two items: Neither one surprises me in the least. Especially the second one, since drivers of full-sized pickups as a group are the most bike-unfriendly drivers out there. It’s all part of the tribalism that’s infes… --- ## [Examples of mansplaining](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-mansplaining/942036)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-mansplaining/942036 "2021-07-01T07:34:39Z")
This article is pretty funny, tho I really wish they had included closer to the 200 stories they claim to have recieved; maybe it’ll be a weekly series or something, tho. I couldn’t pick a favorite but this makes me ch… --- ## [Follicular Lymphoma- anybody have first hand experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follicular-lymphoma-anybody-have-first-hand-experience/945262)
**Author:** [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follicular-lymphoma-anybody-have-first-hand-experience/945262 "2021-07-01T01:10:00Z")
A very close friend has just been diagnosed with Follicular Lymphoma. 68 year old man, has never smoked, tasted alcohol, or been overweight. Can anybody share their experience with the disease? PLEASE: I’m asking o… --- ## [How and when can my cousin get out of Australia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-and-when-can-my-cousin-get-out-of-australia/945200)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-and-when-can-my-cousin-get-out-of-australia/945200 "2021-07-01T00:35:19Z")
My cousin (a different one than mentioned in another recent thread of mine) is married to an Australian. Last year, they had two kids under the age of four together and were living in the US near me. While they were exp… --- ## [Anyone got any family Depression-to-war-work stories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-any-family-depression-to-war-work-stories/944772)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-any-family-depression-to-war-work-stories/944772 "2021-06-30T17:14:36Z")
Just was reading some on this recently, and wondered if anyone had any personal or family anecdotes to share. WWII put America back to work. So I’d expect USA-centric thoughts, but I’m certainly open to others. Obvious… --- ## [Did you know 3G service is shutting down July 15?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-3g-service-is-shutting-down-july-15/945323)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-3g-service-is-shutting-down-july-15/945323 "2021-06-30T15:57:24Z")
Consumer Cellular has a pop up warning when customers sign in. They’re sending my mom a free replacement 4G flip phone. CC did the same thing in 2018 when 2G shut down. My phone was a Sony Xperia xz2. Claims to be 4g co… --- ## [Naked and Afraid and Violating Lockdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-and-afraid-and-violating-lockdown/945207)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-and-afraid-and-violating-lockdown/945207 "2021-06-30T10:02:08Z")
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/naked-sunbather-fines-sydney-lockdown-intl-hnk/index.html They were startled by a deer? I could see if they were surprised by, say, a Moose, but a deer? Deer apparently aren’t nativ… --- ## [Is bowling on a roll lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bowling-on-a-roll-lately/945267)
**Author:** [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bowling-on-a-roll-lately/945267 "2021-06-30T04:31:32Z")
I recently got back into the online dating world and I’m noticing a lot of women saying in their profiles that they like bowling. I’ve bowled in the past and had fun so I’m making no value judgements about the game, I’m … --- ## [How hot is it-and discourse doesn't like the title so here are some more words that I can share](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-is-it-and-discourse-doesnt-like-the-title-so-here-are-some-more-words-that-i-can-share/944378)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-is-it-and-discourse-doesnt-like-the-title-so-here-are-some-more-words-that-i-can-share/944378 "2021-06-30T04:01:04Z")
Central AZ, 11:00 pm and its down to 91F. How hot is it in your neck of the woods? Please share the time and general location with the temp. Discourse is a poopyhead. --- ## [Cars with Scottish names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-with-scottish-names/945215)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-with-scottish-names/945215 "2021-06-30T01:19:17Z")
I only found one - the Argyll GT. Maybe there aren’t anymore. Mind you, there were plenty of cars manufactured in Scotland but they had names like Hillman and Scamp. I thought the Saturn Skye was one but turns out it is … --- ## [Fridge Problems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridge-problems/943084)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridge-problems/943084 "2021-06-29T23:19:27Z")
I’ll just start by saying I can’t/won’t contact my slumlord. I don’t think its covered by the lease, anyway. I keep throwing food away because it goes bad, and its stressing me out. I’ve tried to make adjustments, and I… --- ## [The "animation is here and the world is ending" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-animation-is-here-and-the-world-is-ending-thread/945032)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-animation-is-here-and-the-world-is-ending-thread/945032 "2021-06-29T20:52:26Z")
Now that animated gifs are allowed, what is your reaction? Shock? Panic? Thrill? Or are you just waiting … --- ## [Columnar Basalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columnar-basalt/945191)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columnar-basalt/945191 "2021-06-29T19:25:23Z")
The most famous example of columnar basalt – close-packed hexagonal columns of hardened Lava in a beautiful geometrical arrangement that suggests that some built them – is Giant’s Causeway in ciounty Antrim in Ireland. I… --- ## [Instagram acting glitchy after hack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instagram-acting-glitchy-after-hack/945224)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2021, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instagram-acting-glitchy-after-hack/945224 "2021-06-29T06:08:11Z")
Someone hacked into my Instagram a while ago and changed my email, etc. also saved several hundred posts to my “Saved” folder. I’ve gotten back into my account and changed the email and password, but now, despite the ch… --- ## [How to memorize complex names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-memorize-complex-names/945132)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2021, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-memorize-complex-names/945132 "2021-06-29T04:52:19Z")
When I was a kid, I had a Resource teacher named Ms. Schimmelpfennig. I liked her a lot, so I took it upon myself to memorize how to spell her name, and to say it out loud on occasion. I can’t remember when I memorized… --- ## [Your Bulwer-Lytton entries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-bulwer-lytton-entries/945012)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-bulwer-lytton-entries/945012 "2021-06-29T01:27:22Z")
I’m guessing that more than a few Dopers have tried their hands at the Bulwer-Lytton contest. The only downside is that after you create a wonderfully terrible sentence, it disappears forever unless you actually win. So … --- ## [My 16 hour emergency room nightmare](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-16-hour-emergency-room-nightmare/944652)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-16-hour-emergency-room-nightmare/944652 "2021-06-28T22:51:38Z")
I’ve only been to the ER twice (as a patient). A few years ago I fell and broke my arm. It was on Mother’s Day and when I got to the ER around 3 p.m., I was the only one there and I was done in two hours. (I asked why it… --- ## [Just put my winter boots away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-put-my-winter-boots-away/945147)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-put-my-winter-boots-away/945147 "2021-06-28T21:03:39Z")
I took a chance putting them away in early March, but well, that was too early. We got the early April blizzard. So I’m hoping today that winter’s over, and tucked them away in the winter Storage area. Until mid-Octobe… --- ## [High School Student "Free Speech" Case Before SCOTUS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-student-free-speech-case-before-scotus/940931)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 446\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2021, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-student-free-speech-case-before-scotus/940931 "2021-06-28T14:22:36Z")
I’m really torn about this one. On one hand, I don’t want schools to have the power to punish my kid for unpopular beliefs or ideas, say she supports Trump or BLM or whatever. But on the other hand, any organization … --- ## [Does anyone ever admire the irony that Russia, which is where political communism got its foothold](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-ever-admire-the-irony-that-russia-which-is-where-political-communism-got-its-foothold/945111)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2021, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-ever-admire-the-irony-that-russia-which-is-where-political-communism-got-its-foothold/945111 "2021-06-28T10:47:46Z")
Is now run by a right wing kleptocrat who uses identity politics to keep the country divided and stole 200-300 billion dollars from the country? I mean on a cosmic scale you have to admire the humor in that. --- ## [Red white & blue flags](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-white-blue-flags/945060)
**Author:** [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2021, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-white-blue-flags/945060 "2021-06-28T09:05:50Z")
I saw some reference to a red white and blue flag, and idly wondered what percentage of current national flags fit that description. “A lot” was my guess. So, my criteria: Flags must have all 3 colours. Two is not en… --- ## [Things you wish you'd known about yourself earlier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-wish-youd-known-about-yourself-earlier/945003)
**Author:** [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2021, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-wish-youd-known-about-yourself-earlier/945003 "2021-06-28T05:51:25Z")
Even in my early old age/late middle age I find I am continually discovering newish things about myself that could have been useful earlier in my life. Of course I didn’t know them because I wasn’t ready to accept them, … --- ## [Allison Mack: actress, sex cult leader, felon.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allison-mack-actress-sex-cult-leader-felon/812820)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2021, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allison-mack-actress-sex-cult-leader-felon/812820 "2021-06-28T04:10:31Z")
I’ve been reading this story of months, but haven’t noticed it discussed here on the Dope. Allison Mack (probably best known as Chloe on Smallville, but I also liked her on the short-lived Opposite Sex) joined a sex cult… --- ## [And we've past the summer solstice in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-weve-past-the-summer-solstice-in-the-mmp/944749)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-weve-past-the-summer-solstice-in-the-mmp/944749 "2021-06-28T02:00:21Z")
Yesterday was the first day of summer, but I guess it got lost among the Father’s Day stuff. Tropical storms, etc, are underway, too hot in many places, poison ivy flourishing - what’s not to love?? :rofl: Maybe share a… --- ## [More Lightning bugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-lightning-bugs/944731)
**Author:** [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-lightning-bugs/944731 "2021-06-27T21:22:14Z")
Who is seeing more lightning bugs? Last few years I’ve seen hardly any, now lots. NE Kansas. --- ## [Divorcing Google](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divorcing-google/944408)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divorcing-google/944408 "2021-06-27T20:59:03Z")
This is the end. It’s been a magical 20-something-year ride, but it’s time. I just can’t trust you anymore. I probably never should have. I was young and naive. We both were. But as we’ve grown up together, you’ve com… --- ## [Al Gore is the new Orange One](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-gore-is-the-new-orange-one/945116)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-gore-is-the-new-orange-one/945116 "2021-06-27T20:02:01Z")
It seems that Al Gore has hired Trump’s make-up people. --- ## [Middle Tennessee Dopefest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopefest/944237)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2021, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopefest/944237 "2021-06-27T01:31:32Z")
@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat, @missred and I are organizing a mini Dopefest for Saturday, 26 June at Arrington Vineyards at 4:00 in the Afternoon. Come, bring hor d’oeuvres, drink wine, and still be socially distant. We wi… --- ## [Outside Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outside-cats/944696)
**Author:** [@oldoaktree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldoaktree)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outside-cats/944696 "2021-06-27T01:27:12Z")
I grew up with Outside cats, They would spend a lot time inside too, but they kinda came and went as they pleased. And i thought that was normal. Fast forward a couple decades, wife brings home a couple of kittens fro… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=256) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=258)