# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=268 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 269 --- ## [Cool website (or Holy Cow Jupiter is Far!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-website-or-holy-cow-jupiter-is-far/940574)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-website-or-holy-cow-jupiter-is-far/940574 "2021-04-23T20:02:05Z")
Stumbled across this website today. Lots of fun stuff… and this: https://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace\_solarsystem.html If the moon were one pixel. --- ## [Are you part of the 26% of US workforce that plans to look for new work once the threat of the pandemic subsides?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-part-of-the-26-of-us-workforce-that-plans-to-look-for-new-work-once-the-threat-of-the-pandemic-subsides/940555)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-part-of-the-26-of-us-workforce-that-plans-to-look-for-new-work-once-the-threat-of-the-pandemic-subsides/940555 "2021-04-23T17:14:45Z")
Article here: Link to survey results here: Apparently 26% of the US workforce plans to look for new work soon. Of that, 34% of millennials in the US workforce plan to look for new work soon. Of those planning on lo… --- ## [Title must be at least 10 characters, blast it!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/title-must-be-at-least-10-characters-blast-it/940613)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/title-must-be-at-least-10-characters-blast-it/940613 "2021-04-23T13:07:00Z")
I recall from reading 60s-80s Marvel comics that “blast” was used as a substitute curse word frequently, as in “He got away, blast it!” Of course, I’ve heard many curse word substitutions such as “fudge,” “goshdarn it,”… --- ## [The introduction of a lightning physicist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-introduction-of-a-lightning-physicist/940459)
**Author:** [@GeneralTang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GeneralTang)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-introduction-of-a-lightning-physicist/940459 "2021-04-22T23:32:25Z")
Hi all, I’ve been lurking on this board for some time, and have just decided to make an account and actually participate. A little about myself. I’m a physicist. I got my PhD in Florida about four years ago studying li… --- ## [My Alma Mater is on fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-alma-mater-is-on-fire/940253)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-alma-mater-is-on-fire/940253 "2021-04-22T18:37:59Z")
University of Cape Town is on fire. Also, most of the mountain around it. And the only surviving windmill in sub-Saharan Africa. Am looking at the fire literally up the road where I go for walks. --- ## [My Box Lunch Has "Select Organic Ingredients"!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-box-lunch-has-select-organic-ingredients/940462)
**Author:** [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-box-lunch-has-select-organic-ingredients/940462 "2021-04-22T14:10:02Z")
So, my company had an even today and I got a free box lunch from a local deli. I’m certainly not complaining about a free lunch. I am, however, going to mock the deli a bit for their packaging. On the lid of the box lun… --- ## [Earth Day 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-day-2021/940527)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-day-2021/940527 "2021-04-22T13:52:23Z")
April 22 is a good time to celebrate any progress we make on cleaning up and preserving the environment. In 1970 the young environmental movement was largely supported by both parties and we got wonderful legislation in… --- ## [In a standard silverware set, what is the point of the smaller forks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-standard-silverware-set-what-is-the-point-of-the-smaller-forks/940274)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-standard-silverware-set-what-is-the-point-of-the-smaller-forks/940274 "2021-04-22T12:24:47Z")
Note that I am not talking about a specialty fork like an oyster fork. I am talking about a silverware set you get at Walmart, Target, etc…the ones we all have in our kitchen. Sometimes I will pick up a smaller fork an… --- ## [Chauvin jury has reached verdict BREAKING NEWS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chauvin-jury-has-reached-verdict-breaking-news/940401)
**Author:** [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chauvin-jury-has-reached-verdict-breaking-news/940401 "2021-04-22T04:09:46Z")
Ok, so I know breaking news stories go here in MPSIMS so if this needs to be moved please do so. News reports indicate the jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin have reached a verdict and it will be read shortly. Does the… --- ## [Birmingham AL to pardon 15,000 with marijuana convictions!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birmingham-al-to-pardon-15-000-with-marijuana-convictions/940393)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birmingham-al-to-pardon-15-000-with-marijuana-convictions/940393 "2021-04-21T22:51:08Z")
WTF is this? Sanity? In Alabama? :smiley: --- ## [How would you wish Elizabeth a happy birthday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-wish-elizabeth-a-happy-birthday/940454)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-wish-elizabeth-a-happy-birthday/940454 "2021-04-21T22:12:08Z")
The Queen turns 95 today. Her beloved husband’s body is barely cold, so there’s not much to celebrate. So how to greet her on this day? --- ## [It’s Snowing!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-snowing/940399)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-snowing/940399 "2021-04-21T21:44:54Z")
Such a relief after a few sunny days of 16C weather (60F) to be back to negative temperatures and snow. So glad!!! Was worried it would be all springtime and blossoming stuff. Hope my plants pull through this fourth w… --- ## [Tyrannosaurus rex walked surprisingly slowly, new study finds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyrannosaurus-rex-walked-surprisingly-slowly-new-study-finds/940450)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyrannosaurus-rex-walked-surprisingly-slowly-new-study-finds/940450 "2021-04-21T18:25:37Z")
Well, of course. He’s over 66 million years old. You can’t expect him to keep up with lighter whippersnappers like those damned Allosaurs that are always walking all over his lawn. https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/20/world/… --- ## [So...yeah. I'm in BIG bad bad bad trouble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-yeah-im-in-big-bad-bad-bad-trouble/940421)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-yeah-im-in-big-bad-bad-bad-trouble/940421 "2021-04-21T15:53:38Z")
First off. Everyone is mad at me. I don’t care one little bit. Second: I posted about Mr. Wrekkers new squirrel dog puppy. He’s a Carolina Cur(mutt) AKA an American Dingo. He a lovely fawn color with some white mark… --- ## [The Fable of the Turtle and the Lions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fable-of-the-turtle-and-the-lions/940451)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fable-of-the-turtle-and-the-lions/940451 "2021-04-21T14:57:53Z")
Moral: Persistent and Annoying wins the Race --- ## [Ongoing protests in Portland, OR](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-protests-in-portland-or/916852)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-protests-in-portland-or/916852 "2021-04-21T14:25:26Z")
The previous GD thread on Portland was automatically closed due to trolling, and there doesn’t seem much interest by the mods to reopen it. So let’s start a new one. I opened this in MPSIMS because in addition to some po… --- ## [How have you achieved greatness according to this fake Bill Gates quote?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-achieved-greatness-according-to-this-fake-bill-gates-quote/938454)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-achieved-greatness-according-to-this-fake-bill-gates-quote/938454 "2021-04-21T14:14:03Z")
Today I am using the rotisserie attachment to my air dryer to bake a potato because I don’t want to get up in 30 minutes to turn it halfway. If you’re on LinkedIn you see this fake quote daily: ‘I will always choose a … --- ## [Texas nurse on her viral video of McDonald's sign reading 'no one wants to work anymore'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-nurse-on-her-viral-video-of-mcdonalds-sign-reading-no-one-wants-to-work-anymore/940280)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-nurse-on-her-viral-video-of-mcdonalds-sign-reading-no-one-wants-to-work-anymore/940280 "2021-04-21T00:51:39Z")
It’s a faux news video but yeah … i posted this in the dumb m’fers in the news n the pit also I think the employees are trying to tell the place something … My brother worked at 2 different McD’s and said atmospher… --- ## [Walter Mondale- Dead at 93](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walter-mondale-dead-at-93/940344)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walter-mondale-dead-at-93/940344 "2021-04-20T22:24:11Z")
Link. More and more of my history is going away. I remember all the jokes. --- ## [A Weekend at Bernies Christmas Murder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weekend-at-bernies-christmas-murder/939669)
**Author:** [@DeathPool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeathPool)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weekend-at-bernies-christmas-murder/939669 "2021-04-20T18:23:55Z")
Just randomly heard about this. Guy kills his wife the night before Christmas and then props her up on the couch for the kids on Christmas morning. I wonder why it took them so many years to prosecute the guy. “I rem… --- ## [Do you still have all of your orginial, factory-installed parts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-all-of-your-orginial-factory-installed-parts/819950)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-all-of-your-orginial-factory-installed-parts/819950 "2021-04-20T12:35:49Z")
A friend of mine has mentioned that she’s had both a hysterectomy and her uvula and tonsils removed. The former I know several other people who’ve had that, but no one else who has had the uvula out. As I understand it, a… --- ## [Life After College Situation (Question)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-after-college-situation-question/940348)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-after-college-situation-question/940348 "2021-04-20T07:03:59Z")
Even though I’ll be graduating from college in a few weeks, I still have a question, along with some concerns about my specific situation that I’m currently dealing with at the moment: Despite me working and volunteerin… --- ## [I'm a hippie. You're a hippie. Tell me your story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-hippie-youre-a-hippie-tell-me-your-story/940133)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-hippie-youre-a-hippie-tell-me-your-story/940133 "2021-04-20T02:52:35Z")
I’m a young girl. Runaway and scared. My new adopted name is Starr. I love the Beatles. I have on embroidered jeans and a sweatshirt. On my way to Woodstock by thumb. On the way I meet Bob. Fall right in love. Bad t… --- ## [Australia christens new ship with... a dance troupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-christens-new-ship-with-a-dance-troupe/940039)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-christens-new-ship-with-a-dance-troupe/940039 "2021-04-20T01:06:41Z")
I’m really not sure what more to add. A new Australian navy ship was christened with, of all things, a hip hop performance from a troupe called 101 Doll Squadron. --- ## [Do we need to do Spring Cleaning in the MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-need-to-do-spring-cleaning-in-the-mmp/939842)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 264\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-need-to-do-spring-cleaning-in-the-mmp/939842 "2021-04-19T23:24:57Z")
Actually, the real question is: Do you do spring cleaning, however you may describe it? I don’t think I ever did, and I can’t recall if my mom did, tho I expect she has some sort of end-of-winter cleaning routine. At a m… --- ## [Active shooter situation in Austin, 3 dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-situation-in-austin-3-dead/940255)
**Author:** [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2021, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-situation-in-austin-3-dead/940255 "2021-04-19T23:04:25Z")
Active shooter situation underway in Austin, at least three dead and the gunman still on the loose. --- ## [Mafia Hit Man?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-hit-man/940167)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-hit-man/940167 "2021-04-19T20:05:19Z")
This goes back about 35-40 years or so. My parents lived (still do, actually) in Brooklyn, and they had a detached garage in the backyard, which they rented out. For a long while they rented it to an Italian guy, who kep… --- ## [Is feeling completely sated a sign of overeating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-feeling-completely-sated-a-sign-of-overeating/937491)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-feeling-completely-sated-a-sign-of-overeating/937491 "2021-04-19T18:27:05Z")
I just saw someone assert that it’s normal and healthy to always feel just a little bit hungry, because if you aren’t, you’re overeating. This was a new concept to me. Is there anything whatsoever to this? (I ask as I f… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad kerfuffles. Mr. W flew in from Mexico. And....my Sister shows up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-kerfuffles-mr-w-flew-in-from-mexico-and-my-sister-shows-up/940194)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-kerfuffles-mr-w-flew-in-from-mexico-and-my-sister-shows-up/940194 "2021-04-19T17:54:49Z")
First things first. Mr. Wrekker and Senior Sister hate each other. She was second Mother to us younguns. She is a bitch. I love her. Her kids love her. I think her employer kinda liked her. But she is the bossiest woma… --- ## [Best battery-powered tools? Go!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-battery-powered-tools-go/940170)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-battery-powered-tools-go/940170 "2021-04-19T15:48:21Z")
I ask because, once you get the batteries then you may be fully invested in that ‘family’ of tools. I’m looking for basic tools. Nothing too exotic. So is it… Old Milwaukee? Ryobi? Craftsman? DeWalt? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=267) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=269)