# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=262 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 263 --- ## [Anyone here who has invested in or mined or otherwise acquired Cryptocurrency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-who-has-invested-in-or-mined-or-otherwise-acquired-cryptocurrency/943151)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2021, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-who-has-invested-in-or-mined-or-otherwise-acquired-cryptocurrency/943151 "2021-05-29T11:24:24Z")
I’ve invested in some. My main holdings are in Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Ethereum. I also have some Dogecoin and a smattering of other stuff I suppose I’d call “hobby coins”. I certainly wouldn’t put my life’s savings … --- ## [NOVA program on Hindenburg explosion - Harbor Freight connection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nova-program-on-hindenburg-explosion-harbor-freight-connection/942632)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2021, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nova-program-on-hindenburg-explosion-harbor-freight-connection/942632 "2021-05-29T02:24:33Z")
NOVA aired a new program on the Hindenburg explosion last night. I do have an issue with their conclusion that it was an accidental spark igniting leaking hydrogen but I was quite amused seeing one of the researchers che… --- ## [ADHD Support Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adhd-support-thread/942923)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adhd-support-thread/942923 "2021-05-29T00:59:32Z")
@digs had a good idea to make a dedicated space for us ADHD folks. Feel free to rant or share tips or whatever. I was diagnosed at age 34 with ADHD innatentive type (no hyperactivity, which is commonly overlooked). I’ve… --- ## [Stone Mountain takes baby steps away from racism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stone-mountain-takes-baby-steps-away-from-racism/942869)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stone-mountain-takes-baby-steps-away-from-racism/942869 "2021-05-28T22:38:45Z")
:smiley: Good news, everyone! --- ## [My very first camping trip! with lots of photos!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-very-first-camping-trip-with-lots-of-photos/943103)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-very-first-camping-trip-with-lots-of-photos/943103 "2021-05-28T22:18:19Z")
I bought a trailer late last year and just finished my very first camping trip in her. I went with 3 friends. One in her trailer, one in her enormous tent and I in my trailer. It wen… --- ## [Turn your Poop Blue!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-poop-blue/942483)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-poop-blue/942483 "2021-05-28T17:26:26Z")
https://joinzoe.com/bluepoop I once made Weird Dinner for a group of friends, serving them diner rolls dyed blue with food coloring, and mashed potatoes dyed purple. No one would touch them. The rolls looked like ba… --- ## [Where do you intend to travel abroad when all this is over?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-intend-to-travel-abroad-when-all-this-is-over/942998)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-intend-to-travel-abroad-when-all-this-is-over/942998 "2021-05-27T23:24:26Z")
Travel restrictions still exist across much of the world. I don’t have the wanderlust I once had but have been considering Scotland visits and more elaborately, interrailing around Europe once it is safe to do so. What a… --- ## [Lego Announces a Special Rainbow Set for LGBTQ Month](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873 "2021-05-27T20:18:43Z")
I’m surprised that I haven’t seen anything about this yet on the Board. Here it is: But the Engineer in me took one look at that and thought (no disrespect to anyone LGBTQ. Or to Lego, for that matter) “You’re not cel… --- ## [Military log books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-log-books/942900)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-log-books/942900 "2021-05-27T17:43:06Z")
I’m sure some of our veterans will want to chime in, but who here has read a military log book? I recall being on 24 hour guard duty at a group headquarters and being bored out of my mind (an occupational hazard associat… --- ## [25 bank robberies every day -- 1/4 get away with it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25-bank-robberies-every-day-1-4-get-away-with-it/939147)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2021, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25-bank-robberies-every-day-1-4-get-away-with-it/939147 "2021-05-27T11:16:50Z")
On average, there are 9,000 bank robberies in the US each year. Few are quickly apprehended, and a quarter of them are never solved. Why don’t we hear about them on the local news? --- ## [On the death of a friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-death-of-a-friend/942939)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2021, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-death-of-a-friend/942939 "2021-05-27T04:36:20Z")
Friends, Please join me in celebrating the life of my friend, “Ade.” “Ade,” short for “Adrienne,” was an old friend. I’ve known her since we were both 15. We went through high school together, and she was part of our… --- ## [Amazon is buying MGM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-buying-mgm/942954)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2021, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-buying-mgm/942954 "2021-05-27T04:19:09Z")
The price tag is US$8.45 billion. That’s going to give Amazon a whole lot of IP! I’m not enthusiastic about the deal, tho: it’s just consolidating more wealth and power, IMO. --- ## [Get off my dick about not getting a vaccine yet (not anti-VAXX)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-my-dick-about-not-getting-a-vaccine-yet-not-anti-vaxx/939471)
**Author:** [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2021, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-my-dick-about-not-getting-a-vaccine-yet-not-anti-vaxx/939471 "2021-05-27T00:58:29Z")
I live in Pennsylvania which to be frank is one of the slower states to roll out the COVID vaccine. In our state we have a rolled out priority system: . . . which is currently in Phase 1a, 1b and 1c. I am phase 2 (bas… --- ## [Autism sucks but there are kind people in the world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autism-sucks-but-there-are-kind-people-in-the-world/939776)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2021, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autism-sucks-but-there-are-kind-people-in-the-world/939776 "2021-05-27T00:37:03Z")
Sharing and venting. Autism sucks. My 16 year old (old timer’s might remember the threads from chistmas 2004) is kinda medium functioning on the Austism spectrum. She had a meltdown a few weeks ago, but then calmed down… --- ## [Boringly ordinary town names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boringly-ordinary-town-names/941091)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boringly-ordinary-town-names/941091 "2021-05-26T19:31:56Z")
I know we’ve done weird and wonderful town names to death here, but I’ve come across a few in my (original) home state that are just downright boringly ordinary. I’m not talking about the Newtowns Brightons and such ilk,… --- ## [Doing nice things for somes DOES NOT require reciprocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doing-nice-things-for-somes-does-not-require-reciprocity/942883)
**Author:** [@gumpy3885](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gumpy3885)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2021, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doing-nice-things-for-somes-does-not-require-reciprocity/942883 "2021-05-26T12:52:39Z")
We have an older neighbor that we’ve become really good friends with. She doesn’t have a lot of family so we like to make sure she’s OK but more than that, we just like to be good neighbors. We have invited her over to d… --- ## [I give up -- How many bees does it take to open a bottle of soda?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-up-how-many-bees-does-it-take-to-open-a-bottle-of-soda/942944)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2021, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-up-how-many-bees-does-it-take-to-open-a-bottle-of-soda/942944 "2021-05-26T12:24:16Z")
Two, apparently --- ## [Putting away my cable ties at last](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-away-my-cable-ties-at-last/942384)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2021, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-away-my-cable-ties-at-last/942384 "2021-05-26T12:00:04Z")
Over the years I amassed an impressive trove of plastic cable ties in a variety of lengths and colors. It was easy to do really, I’d buy some cable ties, use some of them, then put the rest away no where in particular. W… --- ## [Ever Hear of 'Astral Hearing' and 'Astral Sight'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-hear-of-astral-hearing-and-astral-sight/942839)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-hear-of-astral-hearing-and-astral-sight/942839 "2021-05-25T21:21:18Z")
I actually read about it some time back, in a book on alternative medicine, of all places. Astral hearing and sight. It’s based on the notion, your body’s spirit or astral body can surely hear and see when it leaves you… --- ## [EV spotting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ev-spotting/942682)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ev-spotting/942682 "2021-05-25T16:25:11Z")
I’ve mentioned once or twice on this board that I do a lot of bicycling. One thing I do while cycling is keep an eye out for EVs. The thing I like about them is that they don’t pollute the air I’m breathing. I mostly se… --- ## [Some car audio systems will only play MP3 music stored on USB 2.0 flash drives (USB 3.0 NOT WELCOME)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-car-audio-systems-will-only-play-mp3-music-stored-on-usb-2-0-flash-drives-usb-3-0-not-welcome/942787)
**Author:** [@KennyT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennyT)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-car-audio-systems-will-only-play-mp3-music-stored-on-usb-2-0-flash-drives-usb-3-0-not-welcome/942787 "2021-05-25T15:25:05Z")
Here’s a lil’ throwaway/TIDBIT mindless-pointless data point: some older cars offering MP3 play with USB flash drives will ONLY work with USB2.0 (not 3.0) —and perhaps not all USB 2.0 flash drives either, SanDisk Cruz ap… --- ## [In the dustbin of our cultural history](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-dustbin-of-our-cultural-history/927703)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 941\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2021, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-dustbin-of-our-cultural-history/927703 "2021-05-25T12:16:03Z")
Some years ago I attended the retirment party of a man who had been my sixth grade teacher. Of all the teachers and instuctors I’d had, our would have after, he was my favorite. It had been his first year of teaching t… --- ## [“Farmers are notoriously bad gardeners”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmers-are-notoriously-bad-gardeners/942840)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2021, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmers-are-notoriously-bad-gardeners/942840 "2021-05-25T10:23:10Z")
This trope was often repeated in the James Herriot books. He was English, and many English people seem to know a lot about gardening and botany. Farmers tend to be hard-working and practical. So, is there any truth to… --- ## [High School classmate is crazy as f](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-classmate-is-crazy-as-f/942400)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2021, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-classmate-is-crazy-as-f/942400 "2021-05-25T09:04:18Z")
It was a couple years ago and I’m not going to post the details to avoid identifying her, but a girl I knew well in high-school and had that sexy big-brain a teen nerd like me falls in love with. Found out by accident t… --- ## [How often did your parents kiss/hug each other?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-did-your-parents-kiss-hug-each-other/942617)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-did-your-parents-kiss-hug-each-other/942617 "2021-05-25T01:17:06Z")
We’ve got a thread about you and your spouse, how about your parents with each other? And did that affect how you are with your spouse? As for myself, I never saw my parents kiss, hug or even hold hands. I never saw my … --- ## [Noise mysteries you've solved](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noise-mysteries-youve-solved/942630)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2021, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noise-mysteries-youve-solved/942630 "2021-05-24T23:42:44Z")
Ever heard a noise you couldn’t immediately identify and investigated? Just the other night I suddenly began hearing a strange high-pitched whistling noise while I was in my basement. It just started all of a sudden. We… --- ## [Time for somebody to say: "Happy Birthday Bob Dylan"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-somebody-to-say-happy-birthday-bob-dylan/942820)
**Author:** [@its\_the\_daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/its_the_daddy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-somebody-to-say-happy-birthday-bob-dylan/942820 "2021-05-24T20:32:11Z")
Happy 80th, Bobby. --- ## [How often do you kiss/hug your spouse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-kiss-hug-your-spouse/942585)
**Author:** [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-kiss-hug-your-spouse/942585 "2021-05-24T19:32:39Z")
Been married 37 years. Several times daily. How about you folks? --- ## [My hand feels like a balloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hand-feels-like-a-balloon/942766)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hand-feels-like-a-balloon/942766 "2021-05-24T18:51:28Z")
But, no fever. I was doing yard work yesterday, and got stung by some paper wasps. One got me on the back of my right hand (looks like three times), and the other on my temple. My right hand looks like Mickey Mouses’ ha… --- ## [Breaking News: 21 Runners Die In Extreme Weather In China Mountaineous Ultra-Marathon Race](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-21-runners-die-in-extreme-weather-in-china-mountaineous-ultra-marathon-race/942748)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-21-runners-die-in-extreme-weather-in-china-mountaineous-ultra-marathon-race/942748 "2021-05-24T15:28:26Z")
For more extensive discussion see this Reddit thread: Can anyone think of any other athletic event that has caused so many deaths? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=261) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=263)