# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=264 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 265 --- ## [Pension increase](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pension-increase/942192)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pension-increase/942192 "2021-05-17T08:43:37Z")
I have an index-linked pension from my years in the NHS and today I had a notification of the increase that applies from April this year 0.5%, yes half a per cent increase which amounts to a few pence. --- ## [Hilarious pronunciation guide on YouTube](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-pronunciation-guide-on-youtube/942176)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-pronunciation-guide-on-youtube/942176 "2021-05-17T04:50:06Z")
I’m geeky enough to know what “synecdoche” means without looking it up, but it’s not a word I ever say out loud, so when I came across the word in an article just now, I wondered, “do I even know the correct pronunciatio… --- ## ["That would be in the butt, Babe"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-would-be-in-the-butt-babe/942160)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-would-be-in-the-butt-babe/942160 "2021-05-17T02:46:14Z")
Pigs and rodents are able to use their intestines for respiration. Rodents and pigs share with certain aquatic organisms the ability to use their intestines for respiration, finds a study publishing May 14th in the j… --- ## [DIL. Casserole Queen had a cow butchered. Ground most of into hamburger meat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dil-casserole-queen-had-a-cow-butchered-ground-most-of-into-hamburger-meat/941411)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dil-casserole-queen-had-a-cow-butchered-ground-most-of-into-hamburger-meat/941411 "2021-05-16T18:23:16Z")
We’re in trouble now. I don’t think I’ll survive her new passion: Meatloaves. Yep. Plural. So far we’ve had Cajun meatloaf and Mexican rice Meatloaf. The Mexican rice one was outstandingly bad. Bad. Bad. (In case y… --- ## [What's Q up to these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-q-up-to-these-days/942207)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-q-up-to-these-days/942207 "2021-05-16T16:58:54Z")
Since Biden supporters generally aren’t into QAnon I haven’t heard anything since the riot (other than the q shaman). Are CTs still flying? When’s the next date that Trump will take over? Have there been any q drops? --- ## [Goodbye Sweet Duncan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-sweet-duncan/942108)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-sweet-duncan/942108 "2021-05-16T16:06:26Z")
My dog Duncan just passed away suddenly earlier today. I just told the vet, yesterday, about a couple of things that worried me about Duncan. Based on what I told him, and what happened it seems that he had a heart attac… --- ## [Israel/palestine war: independent news soures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-palestine-war-independent-news-soures/942202)
**Author:** [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-palestine-war-independent-news-soures/942202 "2021-05-16T15:27:33Z")
Instead of de-railing the Israel/Palestine war thread I am sharing some of my favorite sites, blogs, and independent journalist’s. Feel free to include yours. PLEASE DO NOT POST CORPORATE MEDIA LINKS You’re cooperatio… --- ## ["If I fits, I sits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-fits-i-sits/942023)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-fits-i-sits/942023 "2021-05-16T02:35:19Z")
… A citizen science investigation into illusory contour susceptibility in domestic cats ( Felis silvestris catus )" Actual (awesome) title of a recently published paper on cats’ tendency to sit in boxes. Cats were show… --- ## [Your objectionable habits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-objectionable-habits/942031)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2021, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-objectionable-habits/942031 "2021-05-15T21:45:23Z")
Single people, can you list things you do habitually that a reasonable prospective cohabitant might object to? You might have a boyfriend or girlfriend or you might not, but you do have a few things that you prefer to ha… --- ## [A new normal question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-normal-question/942078)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-normal-question/942078 "2021-05-15T19:04:26Z")
I do not want to get caught in an awkward situation with my coworkers, and I want to be as cool about this as possible without giving into my white baby boomer conservative upbringing. In a recent Zoom meeting, my cowor… --- ## [Hey, folks...never forget the amazing technology of the parking brake when you go fishing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-folks-never-forget-the-amazing-technology-of-the-parking-brake-when-you-go-fishing/942060)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-folks-never-forget-the-amazing-technology-of-the-parking-brake-when-you-go-fishing/942060 "2021-05-15T17:26:25Z")
Bad, bad, bad. Mr. Wrekker loves to fish. No matter the weather or whether or not we are sick of eating fish (I know, I know don’t look a gift fish in the mouth) I’m not sure I understand how it happened but, Monday m… --- ## [Where’s a rim shot when you need one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-s-a-rim-shot-when-you-need-one/917057)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2021, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-s-a-rim-shot-when-you-need-one/917057 "2021-05-15T05:50:45Z")
So I had anappointment to get my pre-mature ejaculation problem looked at. I walked in and the receptionist says… You’re early! --- ## [Weather report goes terribly wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-report-goes-terribly-wrong/942083)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2021, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-report-goes-terribly-wrong/942083 "2021-05-15T05:02:14Z")
Did they turn on a clone effect in the graphics software? They do that in movies when it’s too expensive to hire 200 extras for a scene. Anyway, I like the lady’s good natured reaction. Sometimes you just have to laugh … --- ## [The Physical Geography of the world and our historical timeline are being supernaturally changed as I type this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-physical-geography-of-the-world-and-our-historical-timeline-are-being-supernaturally-changed-as-i-type-this/941576)
**Author:** [@Something](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Something)\ **Replies:** 248\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-physical-geography-of-the-world-and-our-historical-timeline-are-being-supernaturally-changed-as-i-type-this/941576 "2021-05-15T00:31:36Z")
Hello, SDMB :slight\_smile: I know that many of you have heard of the Mandela Effect (if you haven’t, I advise a google search). I’m posting this message to share something important: the geography of our world and ou… --- ## [Dramatic increase in hair growth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-increase-in-hair-growth/942103)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-increase-in-hair-growth/942103 "2021-05-14T19:56:34Z")
In a recent thread I mentioned that I am experiencing a dramatic increase in my hair growth. My hair on top of my head would seldom exceed 1" in length before it broke off or fell out. This has been the case for over 4 d… --- ## [Another thing to worry about: your meibomian glands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-thing-to-worry-about-your-meibomian-glands/941876)
**Author:** [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-thing-to-worry-about-your-meibomian-glands/941876 "2021-05-14T19:55:34Z")
My optometrist says I have “notched eyelids.” She thinks it may be because my meibomian glands are blocked. She says I have to use a “hot mask” (which she sold me, but I think a wet washcloth would work equally well) for… --- ## [Technology: A Double Edged Sword?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-a-double-edged-sword/942086)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-a-double-edged-sword/942086 "2021-05-14T16:14:49Z")
We can all extol the virtues of modern technology and the wonders it has wrought. However, sometimes it blows up in our faces and has us wishing for the “good old days”. Contributions would be entertaining and appreciat… --- ## [Charlie and the Glass Tourist Elevator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-and-the-glass-tourist-elevator/942074)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-and-the-glass-tourist-elevator/942074 "2021-05-14T14:18:39Z")
https://www.cnn.com/videos/travel/2021/05/12/glass-elevator-one-vanderbilt-tower-lon-orig.cnn --- ## [I'm getting unusual You Tube video recommendations in recent days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-unusual-you-tube-video-recommendations-in-recent-days/941952)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2021, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-unusual-you-tube-video-recommendations-in-recent-days/941952 "2021-05-14T05:19:27Z")
I watch a lot of You Tube through my Tivo, and in recent days, since the Israeli conflict reared its ugly head, I’m getting a lot of recommendations for videos about the Rapture. Although I’m Christian, I don’t believe … --- ## [Two months into new job. I'm not sure...but I think I might hate it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-months-into-new-job-im-not-sure-but-i-think-i-might-hate-it/923280)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-months-into-new-job-im-not-sure-but-i-think-i-might-hate-it/923280 "2021-05-14T00:17:47Z")
Back in May I got laid off from a job I really liked due to COVID-19. Surprisingly, it only took me a few months to land my current job for more money and a better title at a rapidly growing company (basically a very se… --- ## [Jetpacks in action](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jetpacks-in-action/941905)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jetpacks-in-action/941905 "2021-05-13T21:07:09Z")
Found this in YouTube feed yesterday and I was a little surprised at how small and effective these military jetpack devices are: Very cool too. No doubt the US military is testing their own version as well… --- ## [Michael Collins has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-collins-has-died/940962)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-collins-has-died/940962 "2021-05-13T13:36:37Z")
Link. Buzz is the only one left now. --- ## [Doxie Dog. You all know him and Love Him!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doxie-dog-you-all-know-him-and-love-him/941191)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doxie-dog-you-all-know-him-and-love-him/941191 "2021-05-13T06:26:43Z")
You know, been runned over, twice. Went paralyzed. A couple of coyote attacks. Tonight might be the Full Cadillac. Got himself bit by a 2 year old rattler-type snake (I know this because I killed him with undue, scratch… --- ## [I've been inside the Colonial Pipeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-inside-the-colonial-pipeline/941836)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-inside-the-colonial-pipeline/941836 "2021-05-13T02:06:18Z")
It just dawned on me that this qualifies as a pretty rare touch with fame, if mundane and pointless. The pipeline runs through the corner of the southeastern Pennsylvania real estate I grew up on, and it gained a pipe d… --- ## [Breaking News: This time two planes land safely in Colorado after dropping parts (due to collision)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-this-time-two-planes-land-safely-in-colorado-after-dropping-parts-due-to-collision/941951)
**Author:** [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-this-time-two-planes-land-safely-in-colorado-after-dropping-parts-due-to-collision/941951 "2021-05-13T01:11:52Z")
Two planes collided in mid-air south of Denver, and both managed to land safely. One with a huge chunk of its fuselage missing, and other came down on a parachute. Current report is no injuries in the air or on the groun… --- ## [Quitting my job (eventually)! For Not Science (TM)(C)(R)!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitting-my-job-eventually-for-not-science-tm-c-r/941602)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitting-my-job-eventually-for-not-science-tm-c-r/941602 "2021-05-13T00:17:23Z")
For quite some time, science has been my job, and singing has been hobby. Recently, it has come to my attention that I have a real talent for singing. So, I’ve decided instead of continuing to pursue a career as a resear… --- ## [Beckdawrek and the bad bad bad lack of privacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-lack-of-privacy/941892)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-lack-of-privacy/941892 "2021-05-12T23:25:04Z")
I’m in my (MY) bathroom. With my beautiful talavera tile floor. Sitting. Doing what you do in a bathroom while you sit. Door flies open. In comes the lil’wrekker flips the nice vanity light on and starts preening and lo… --- ## [Cancel culture alive and well in Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-alive-and-well-in-canada/941707)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-alive-and-well-in-canada/941707 "2021-05-12T21:15:25Z")
I just discovered that a tenured professor at Mt. Alison University in Sackville, New Brunswick has been suspended without pay after student protests caused by her saying on her personal web site that Black Lives Matter … --- ## [Famous Canadian blatantly violates politeness norms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-canadian-blatantly-violates-politeness-norms/941929)
**Author:** [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-canadian-blatantly-violates-politeness-norms/941929 "2021-05-12T19:27:03Z")
If this disrespectful little rodent isn’t careful we’ll take his image off our money! Also, the Mounties are not even pursuing the culprit, so there’s another norm blown out of the water. I just can’t even. --- ## [What would you do if you saw your worst enemy/rival/whatever about to die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-saw-your-worst-enemy-rival-whatever-about-to-die/941925)
**Author:** [@Flamedame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamedame)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-saw-your-worst-enemy-rival-whatever-about-to-die/941925 "2021-05-12T18:00:36Z")
Let’s say there’s this guy/gal that always goes out of their way to treat you like trash. They always try to make you look bad, twist your words around and spread horrible rumours about you in order to turn everybody … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=263) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=265)