# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=26 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 27 --- ## [Motorcyclists: I’m looking for a replacement saddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcyclists-i-m-looking-for-a-replacement-saddle/1027581)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2026, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcyclists-i-m-looking-for-a-replacement-saddle/1027581 "2026-02-19T15:45:19Z")
What does your butt say? Corbin, Sargent, Day-Long (Russell), or other? I’ve had 2 Corbins on my last 2 bikes going back 30 years and they were great. But they were surprisingly heavy. I just got a new bike and its stoc… --- ## [Duke of York -- Prince Andrew arrested](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-of-york-prince-andrew-arrested/1027817)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-of-york-prince-andrew-arrested/1027817 "2026-02-19T15:10:38Z")
I’ve searched and there’s no thread here. --- ## [ICE Facilities Coming to Detroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-facilities-coming-to-detroit/1027751)
**Author:** [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-facilities-coming-to-detroit/1027751 "2026-02-18T23:41:13Z")
They have purchased property near the airport in Romulus for a 500 person detention facility without informing congress or local authorities. They are also said to have leased offices in Southfield. Looks like the lack… --- ## [I Have Jury Duty This Week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-jury-duty-this-week/1027708)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2026, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-jury-duty-this-week/1027708 "2026-02-17T23:31:26Z")
I mean, that’s it. District Court, so probably nothing too exciting will come of it. I was empaneled on a civil jury back in 2000 and it was less than one day. BUT- what I really wanted to share is my intense desire to … --- ## [Disturbing (Fake) YouTube Channel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-fake-youtube-channel/1027138)
**Author:** [@pseudograph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudograph)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-fake-youtube-channel/1027138 "2026-02-17T20:17:21Z")
The latest video from this channel: Current US Politics on YouTube popped up in my feed today and I clicked on it, half listening to it while doing something else. Eventually I realized that the info seemed pretty farfe… --- ## [That really dumb idea...that you are secretly afraid would sell like hotcakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-really-dumb-idea-that-you-are-secretly-afraid-would-sell-like-hotcakes/1023954)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-really-dumb-idea-that-you-are-secretly-afraid-would-sell-like-hotcakes/1023954 "2026-02-17T18:21:14Z")
Like a solid plastic cube 5.6 cm by 5.6 cm, with each side painted with one of six different colors-Rubik’s Paperweight. Yours? --- ## [Highway 1 between Big Sur and San Simeon reopened](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highway-1-between-big-sur-and-san-simeon-reopened/1026725)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2026, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highway-1-between-big-sur-and-san-simeon-reopened/1026725 "2026-02-17T17:08:47Z")
Monterey County Now article: Highway 1 reopens fully in Big Sur, to cheers and honking horns. It’s been a long time coming (3 years) Considering the severity of Pacific storms lately who knows how long it will last? Ro… --- ## [Obama says aliens are real---Huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-says-aliens-are-real-huh/1027684)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2026, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-says-aliens-are-real-huh/1027684 "2026-02-17T00:45:17Z")
Obama is like, ya know, a kinda respectable and serious guy. So WTF? In a casual conversation on a podcast today, Obama spoke articulately about the usual things you would expect from a former president: .current event… --- ## [Does the shingles vaccine reduce dementia risk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-shingles-vaccine-reduce-dementia-risk/1027672)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-shingles-vaccine-reduce-dementia-risk/1027672 "2026-02-16T23:19:38Z")
The association between viruses and inflammation causing certain conditions is not nearly as robust as one would like. But what to make of this evidence that shingles vaccine may lead to a lower incidence of dementia an… --- ## [Are high school class rings still a popular thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-high-school-class-rings-still-a-popular-thing/1027560)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-high-school-class-rings-still-a-popular-thing/1027560 "2026-02-16T16:36:45Z")
I got mine back around 1990, when gold was on the $300 an ounce range. I can’t imagine kids are buying them today at $5,000 an ounce. (I’d sell mine in a heartbeat if it hadn’t gone missing at least 20 years ago.) --- ## [(Old) OK, I’ll Start the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-ok-i-ll-start-the-mmp/1027518)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-ok-i-ll-start-the-mmp/1027518 "2026-02-16T03:31:09Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 41 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of \< snerk \> 69! \< snerk \> and sunny. We shall be hermits today as there is nowhere we either want or need to be. Sounds … --- ## [Fake news? (PM Carney of Canada, on the Howe bridge.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-news-pm-carney-of-canada-on-the-howe-bridge/1027682)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-news-pm-carney-of-canada-on-the-howe-bridge/1027682 "2026-02-16T01:41:25Z")
There are many videos on YouTube with one talking head or another “reporting” that PM Carney held a press conference where he, basically, told Trump to “shove it” over conditions for opening the Howe bridge. One said all… --- ## [Selling One’s Plasma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-one-s-plasma/1027636)
**Author:** [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-one-s-plasma/1027636 "2026-02-15T07:27:32Z")
I’ve wondered if you know anyone who sells their plasma? There was some random story on TV yesterday where the producer made it seem like a domestic trend that’s now common culture. I’ve never considered doing that mysel… --- ## [Airbourne wind power](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airbourne-wind-power/1027651)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airbourne-wind-power/1027651 "2026-02-15T06:18:46Z")
Wind turbine towers have been getting higher because wind at altitude is more consistent and stronger than near the ground. So there’ve been some attempts to move the turbines up higher than towers can reach by attaching… --- ## [Kremlin Critic - Aleksei Navalny dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kremlin-critic-aleksei-navalny-dead/997658)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kremlin-critic-aleksei-navalny-dead/997658 "2026-02-15T00:41:45Z")
“Crónica de una muerte anunciada” ( Chronicle of a Death Foretold) the Garcia Marquéz Novel was my first thought “That’s what you get if you want (or have) a President that does not to respond to the rule of law” was my… --- ## [Fess up... Have you used AI deliberately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fess-up-have-you-used-ai-deliberately/1004124)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fess-up-have-you-used-ai-deliberately/1004124 "2026-02-15T00:41:30Z")
I’m talking about for work. I tested it a little bit to see if it could write a bit of Python code. I didn’t need the code or anything like it. But, bang, 9 seconds and it was done. I tested it and it was spot on. And … --- ## [Has anyone here ever ordered anything from the Bradford Exchange?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-ordered-anything-from-the-bradford-exchange/1027514)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2026, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-ordered-anything-from-the-bradford-exchange/1027514 "2026-02-14T05:22:46Z")
I still see full-page ads for those overpriced dust collectors in my local dead-tree newspaper. Who buys that stuff, anyway? Not me, but you do you. For that matter, has anyone here received a gift that obviously came… --- ## [Giant Confederate Flag off of Interstate 81](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-confederate-flag-off-of-interstate-81/1027352)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-confederate-flag-off-of-interstate-81/1027352 "2026-02-13T20:19:46Z")
Who has seen it during their travels. It’s on the top of a hill a mile or so south of the Virginia/Tennessee border. It was put up by Sons of Confederate Veterans. Here’s why I bring it up: it’s on the farm next to th… --- ## [RIP Claudette Colvin (from January 2026): The "Rosa Parks" nine months before Rosa Parks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-claudette-colvin-from-january-2026-the-rosa-parks-nine-months-before-rosa-parks/1027626)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-claudette-colvin-from-january-2026-the-rosa-parks-nine-months-before-rosa-parks/1027626 "2026-02-13T00:44:46Z")
Wiki.. Historically just a footnote in the Montgomery Bus Boycott for various reasons. NPR story from 2009. --- ## [No one is bothered about how the feds got the Nancy Guthrie video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-is-bothered-about-how-the-feds-got-the-nancy-guthrie-video/1027580)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2026, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-is-bothered-about-how-the-feds-got-the-nancy-guthrie-video/1027580 "2026-02-12T03:34:03Z")
Just making a notation that even though the video wasn’t supposed to be recorded and kept, Google actually does record and keep these videos. AND, even though its private video, the government can easily enough obtain i… --- ## [2/10/2026: Mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia; 10 confirmed dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-10-2026-mass-shooting-in-tumbler-ridge-british-columbia-10-confirmed-dead/1027564)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-10-2026-mass-shooting-in-tumbler-ridge-british-columbia-10-confirmed-dead/1027564 "2026-02-11T21:01:58Z")
Details are very minimal as of right now, but there are also 25 known injuries, and the suspect is dead. I had never heard of Tumbler Ridge, but it’s a small town about 250 miles northwest of Edmonton, Alberta. (as if … --- ## [That's likely the last \_\_\_ I'll ever buy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-likely-the-last-ill-ever-buy/1022170)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-likely-the-last-ill-ever-buy/1022170 "2026-02-11T13:57:34Z")
Probably more applicable to older folk, but what are some examples of things you’ve bought many of, that your current one is likely the last one you’ll ever buy. Either because they are making them better such that they… --- ## [One of my garbage bins went missing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-garbage-bins-went-missing/1027366)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2026, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-garbage-bins-went-missing/1027366 "2026-02-10T23:56:22Z")
Yesterday was my normal garbage pick up day. Since we have curbside compost collection where I live, I put my bag of food scraps and other compostable material in my green waste bin, and my regular garbage in my garbage… --- ## [If you had Kaspersky Antivirus, a new company wants auto renewal $$](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-kaspersky-antivirus-a-new-company-wants-auto-renewal/1027547)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2026, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-kaspersky-antivirus-a-new-company-wants-auto-renewal/1027547 "2026-02-10T23:38:33Z")
Remember Kaspersky Antivirus? The US government shut them down, because they were evil Russians. :scream::ghost::alien: What absolute bullshit. I had Kaspersky Antivirus for 7 years and loved the product. I never wor… --- ## [Passenger plane crashes near DC-area’s Reagan Airport {Jan 29, 2025}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passenger-plane-crashes-near-dc-area-s-reagan-airport-jan-29-2025/1013602)
**Author:** [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Replies:** 269\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passenger-plane-crashes-near-dc-area-s-reagan-airport-jan-29-2025/1013602 "2026-02-09T22:58:04Z")
A regional jet collided with a helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Virginia on Wednesday evening, according to DC Fire and EMS. The aircraft went down in the Potomac River vicinity of the airpo… --- ## [(Old) Up late in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-up-late-in-the-mmp/1027296)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 271\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2026, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-up-late-in-the-mmp/1027296 "2026-02-09T08:21:52Z")
It is 7f and the across the street neighbor just slid his truck down his icy driveway into the highway and clipped a semi. Everyone is fine but now the highway is blocked (its only two lanes, tree trimming causes slowdow… --- ## [Christmas in the Philippines 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-in-the-philippines-2025/1025797)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2026, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-in-the-philippines-2025/1025797 "2026-02-09T06:24:38Z")
Are there any Dopers in the Philippines? It’d be cool to have a Dopefest here. I’ve attended 2, one in San Francisco CA in 2023 where there were 10 Dopers and 2 spouses, and one last year in San Antonio TX where there we… --- ## [Snow pics! (Jan 2026)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-pics-jan-2026/1027086)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2026, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-pics-jan-2026/1027086 "2026-02-08T19:38:24Z")
First, every couple of years something erupts from under our lawn and treks across the yard… …and then across the front yard. It went to the other side of the house, up on… --- ## [Weird (web search, non intrusive) surveillance occurrence, talk me down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-web-search-non-intrusive-surveillance-occurrence-talk-me-down/1027441)
**Author:** [@oligArchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oligArchie)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2026, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-web-search-non-intrusive-surveillance-occurrence-talk-me-down/1027441 "2026-02-08T02:44:03Z")
Or don’t. This is MPSIMS, after all. \[Rhetorical\] Do any of you know who John Vanderslice is? I would imagine that maybe a dozen folks reading this know of him. I’m probably being generous with that estimate. This threa… --- ## [Would a jetpack actually be useful in war?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-jetpack-actually-be-useful-in-war/1027380)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-jetpack-actually-be-useful-in-war/1027380 "2026-02-07T23:32:14Z")
I watched The Rocketeer again a few days ago, and I got me wondering if a jetpack would actually be a useful item in WW2, or even in today’s military? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=27)