# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=270 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 271 --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Storm. I ain't livin' right, At. All](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-storm-i-aint-livin-right-at-all/939781)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-storm-i-aint-livin-right-at-all/939781 "2021-04-12T12:39:57Z")
I’m sitting here. My electric power is out since last night. Nearly 24 hours. Because I thought ahead I have a generator. Just not the same. Especially when everyone here wants internet juice. I ain’t got none Well, … --- ## [Non-Sleeper cell -- for those who want to ramble at night, not bright and early](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sleeper-cell-for-those-who-want-to-ramble-at-night-not-bright-and-early/919990)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 696\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sleeper-cell-for-those-who-want-to-ramble-at-night-not-bright-and-early/919990 "2021-04-12T06:57:02Z")
The Monday Morning Post topics (né threads) are popular. But they are so… morning. Where is the place for insomniacs and others who are up late with the SDMB? Beckdawrek suggested it might be nice to have an omnibus top… --- ## [Pandemic allows Welsh goats to implement plan for world domination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-allows-welsh-goats-to-implement-plan-for-world-domination/939714)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-allows-welsh-goats-to-implement-plan-for-world-domination/939714 "2021-04-12T05:47:23Z")
The people are all in hiding, under Wales’ strict covid measures. No cars in the streets, no people walking the town. It’s just the opportunity that Welsh goats at Lllandudno have been waiting for. Operation Goat-Worl… --- ## [What we thought about camera phones in 2004...or how things have changed in 9 years.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-thought-about-camera-phones-in-2004-or-how-things-have-changed-in-9-years/676881)
**Author:** [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-thought-about-camera-phones-in-2004-or-how-things-have-changed-in-9-years/676881 "2021-04-12T03:25:46Z")
I was looking at old threads I started and I found this one about getting my first camera phone. Wow! some of us were really wrong, including me. Guess they weren’t just a fad. --- ## [A "Christian-Israelite-Identity" and a "Kinist-Pro-Nomian-Theonomist"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christian-israelite-identity-and-a-kinist-pro-nomian-theonomist/939363)
**Author:** [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2021, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christian-israelite-identity-and-a-kinist-pro-nomian-theonomist/939363 "2021-04-11T23:10:31Z")
What the heck is that? I’ve been PM’ing with a guy who has identified himself as a “Christian-Israelite-Identity” and a “Kinist-Pro-Nomian-Theonomist”. I’ve never heard of either of these things (in the two groups of d… --- ## [Our dog died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-dog-died/939217)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-dog-died/939217 "2021-04-11T20:15:01Z")
If unconditional love really exists in the world, it must be dogs who give it. We lost our sweet girl late Monday night. We took her to an emergency vet, where they said we’d have to wait our turn—about an hour—so ok, … --- ## [Good morning, Sunshine: beck starts her bad bad bad day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-morning-sunshine-beck-starts-her-bad-bad-bad-day/939687)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2021, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-morning-sunshine-beck-starts-her-bad-bad-bad-day/939687 "2021-04-11T04:52:33Z")
When I’m rudely awakened every morning at the “ass crack of dawn” ( I made that up), here’s what I’m required to do: (Added: all at the same time) Make coffee Feed cats Let dogs out Pour cereal for 2 boys first brea… --- ## [Anybody else use the nickname 'Dort' for the name 'Dorothy'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-use-the-nickname-dort-for-the-name-dorothy/939461)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-use-the-nickname-dort-for-the-name-dorothy/939461 "2021-04-11T03:55:59Z")
My aunt Dort just passed away, at the age of 93. Healthy and on the go until her last 10 or so days of life, she lived life her way. And part of her way was being called Dort instead of Dorothy. My other aunt Dort pas… --- ## [Wireless mouse has problems on my new laptop, but a wired one works fine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-mouse-has-problems-on-my-new-laptop-but-a-wired-one-works-fine/939589)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-mouse-has-problems-on-my-new-laptop-but-a-wired-one-works-fine/939589 "2021-04-10T23:14:43Z")
So I have a wireless mouse that worked fine on my old laptop, but when I use it on my new laptop I can’t really scroll and I can’t cut/paste well. The mouse basically jumps around too much and it won’t allow me to selec… --- ## [What Time Did You Wake Up Today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-did-you-wake-up-today/939551)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-did-you-wake-up-today/939551 "2021-04-10T17:35:10Z")
4:30 am… I never sleep past 7am, and go to bed a little before midnight. If I can’t go back to sleep within 5-10 minutes, I have to get up, despite knowing my entire day will be misery. I know this is beyond mundane, bu… --- ## [Buttigieg caught staging a blatant photo Op. (Debunked)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttigieg-caught-staging-a-blatant-photo-op-debunked/939340)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttigieg-caught-staging-a-blatant-photo-op-debunked/939340 "2021-04-10T15:50:47Z")
Human Foibles goes in Mundane? This one is a doozy. :smirk: Our Eco buddy Buttigieg rides in a SUV and stops 2 blocks from the Senate. Then his bodyguard unloads the bike for him and adjusts the seat. Our Eco hero ride… --- ## [SDMB tradition - my colonoscopy thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-tradition-my-colonoscopy-thread/933566)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-tradition-my-colonoscopy-thread/933566 "2021-04-10T14:32:20Z")
Yes, I’m having a colonoscopy tomorrow. You might think I’m a bit young for this, but there’s family history of issues in that region of the body, so here I am. Today is prep day. I’ve just taken bisacodyl, and will dr… --- ## [Non-perishable food, if anyone needs it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-perishable-food-if-anyone-needs-it/939448)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-perishable-food-if-anyone-needs-it/939448 "2021-04-10T07:06:28Z")
Every year, we buy lots of non-perishables to make sack lunches, which we give to homeless people downtown, or to the people you see begging for money on the medians, or by the big stores. This is a mitzvah of Purim, an… --- ## [How to get a friend to a court meeting in Waco, TX without a car (need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-a-friend-to-a-court-meeting-in-waco-tx-without-a-car-need-answer-fast/939574)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-a-friend-to-a-court-meeting-in-waco-tx-without-a-car-need-answer-fast/939574 "2021-04-09T22:15:02Z")
My friend John, who lives in Waco, TX, has a court meeting he has to go to on Monday at 1:30. He lives 25 miles away from court. The nearest bus line is 15 miles from his house. His car is inoperable. Can anyone thin… --- ## [Secret Apartment Discovered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-apartment-discovered/937918)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-apartment-discovered/937918 "2021-04-09T15:36:30Z")
This is so cool, I had to share in case anyone hasn’t seen it yet. This woman in an NYC apartment felt a draft coming from behind her bathroom mirror. (5 minute video showing her discovery and exploration here. She remo… --- ## [I am Retired](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-retired/939546)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2021, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-retired/939546 "2021-04-09T07:25:47Z")
Well, the taxi will be here in two hours. The an hour to Qatar, eight hours in the lounge, then fourteen hours to Philadelphia. Then the rest of my life. My only real plan is to get a kitten. I will offer my services to… --- ## [A shooting at a Texas office](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shooting-at-a-texas-office/939643)
**Author:** [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2021, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shooting-at-a-texas-office/939643 "2021-04-09T04:01:21Z")
--- ## [The University of Kentucky says "oopsie!" a half million times](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-university-of-kentucky-says-oopsie-a-half-million-times/939633)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2021, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-university-of-kentucky-says-oopsie-a-half-million-times/939633 "2021-04-09T01:48:51Z")
Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there! :smiley: Quickly corrected and all that, but still funny. Imagine if sometime in June the admissions folks suddenly realized “wow; we’re getting a lot of dorm room ap… --- ## [How popular is Adolf nowadays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345 "2021-04-08T20:17:40Z")
For obvious reasons, this name has lost its popularity after WWII. I was curious to see whether there were people who still named their children Adolf, and to my surprise I learned that the Spanish and Portuguese version… --- ## [Toxic wastewater reservoir in Manatee County, FL on the verge of catastrophic failure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toxic-wastewater-reservoir-in-manatee-county-fl-on-the-verge-of-catastrophic-failure/939414)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toxic-wastewater-reservoir-in-manatee-county-fl-on-the-verge-of-catastrophic-failure/939414 "2021-04-08T01:19:30Z")
This could become a major news story soon. Hundreds of residents of Manatee County, Florida have been ordered to evacuate their homes over Easter weekend over fears that a wastewater pond could collapse at any time and … --- ## [So...I'm moving to Chicago. In the winter. During a pandemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-moving-to-chicago-in-the-winter-during-a-pandemic/927058)
**Author:** [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-moving-to-chicago-in-the-winter-during-a-pandemic/927058 "2021-04-07T21:55:33Z")
Never actually been Chicago mind you – other than a layover about 20 years ago. But just took a job there. This is going to be interesting. And a bit different from Texas. So, I understand there is snow there. And it… --- ## [Cool words that don't exist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words-that-dont-exist/932391)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words-that-dont-exist/932391 "2021-04-07T14:23:14Z")
Partly inspired by the ‘cool words’ thread, and partly mothered by the necessity to invent some nonsense for my scambaiting activities, I’m interested to hear some words that sound like they could exist, but don’t. Back… --- ## [Oh joy... a double scoping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-joy-a-double-scoping/855594)
**Author:** [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-joy-a-double-scoping/855594 "2021-04-07T13:47:30Z")
Lucky me, gotta go in for a endoscopy and a colonoscopy - been putting it off for a few years(54 now) but need to be screened because of family history(paternal aunt with a full colostomy, first cousin with fatal colon c… --- ## [Colonoscopy follow up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonoscopy-follow-up/932687)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2021, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonoscopy-follow-up/932687 "2021-04-07T02:10:22Z")
Three years ago I had a colonoscopy, routine for men of my age, and apart from some polyps that they removed, all was fine. I just had a phone call asking me back for a follow-up. In view of all the COVID stuff I was a … --- ## [USS Johnston wreckage mapped and filmed at 21,180ft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uss-johnston-wreckage-mapped-and-filmed-at-21-180ft/939358)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uss-johnston-wreckage-mapped-and-filmed-at-21-180ft/939358 "2021-04-06T20:53:15Z")
I’ve read about The Battle of Leyte Gulf. Historical books about WWII are a favorite of mine. Halsey had been lured away chasing Ozawa’s carrier force. A small escort force was left behind to guard ships in Leyte Gulf. … --- ## [Quitting smoking - give me tips!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitting-smoking-give-me-tips/938219)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitting-smoking-give-me-tips/938219 "2021-04-06T15:55:52Z")
So, I’ve had enough. I’m 51 and still smoking, and I hate myself for it. I’m about ten cigarettes a day - it was more like 3-4 a day before lockdown, but in the past year I’ve let myself go, and I’m fed up with myself. … --- ## [Wormnado -- Mother Nature is seriously fucking with us](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wormnado-mother-nature-is-seriously-fucking-with-us/939401)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wormnado-mother-nature-is-seriously-fucking-with-us/939401 "2021-04-06T15:18:47Z")
WARNING! Do not watch this video if you are creeped out by crawly, squirmy, wormy things and/or bizarre natural phenomena. Because you will not get this picture out of your head. Of course, I know there are the warped … --- ## [Bad bad bad Beck has found a fresh new hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-has-found-a-fresh-new-hell/939068)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2021, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-has-found-a-fresh-new-hell/939068 "2021-04-06T03:32:31Z")
Mr. Wrekker bought him a huge ugly orange building with an even uglier green roof. He’s not home. Of course, the building got delivered Monday. They messed up my gate getting it thru. They tore up my lawn. Probably kil… --- ## [How does Greyhound stay in business?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-greyhound-stay-in-business/939100)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-greyhound-stay-in-business/939100 "2021-04-05T16:37:09Z")
Are there that many people afraid to fly? I was checking out the cheapest way to get from Portland to Chicago and back, so I went to the Greyhound site…and was surprised to find out that it was actually more expensive t… --- ## [The Local History Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-local-history-thread/939110)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-local-history-thread/939110 "2021-04-05T15:04:53Z")
Kind of Today In History I Saw\* - Well, maybe you saw it today, or maybe you read it, or maybe it’s something you knew already which had just been on your mind. Or something you simply want to share. I just thought hear… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=269) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=271)