# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=273 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 274 --- ## [Musings from Somewhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musings-from-somewhere/932928)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musings-from-somewhere/932928 "2021-03-25T22:26:52Z")
I was going through a old Blogspot page I had/have and found this to share. (don’t know where I stole it from). Seeing as we have gone through various lockdowns, quarantines, etc, I thought this may ring a bell for some… --- ## [AI, Ai, ai... Frustrating, Serifs Please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-ai-ai-frustrating-serifs-please/938643)
**Author:** [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-ai-ai-frustrating-serifs-please/938643 "2021-03-25T19:49:00Z")
Can some entity please standardize A-i, artificial intelligence ? I still can’t stop reading, prefacing, AI as Al, as in the name. Is the internet default font non-serif? I know further reading one would deduce AI as … --- ## [The lil'wrekker grows up. Bad bad bad Beck laments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lilwrekker-grows-up-bad-bad-bad-beck-laments/938658)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lilwrekker-grows-up-bad-bad-bad-beck-laments/938658 "2021-03-25T17:07:07Z")
She graduates soon. How did this happen? It was only a day or two ago and I was crying about her starting kindergarten. She is going for her doctorate. So, I assume my bank account will be depleted more. She’s a good… --- ## [Yep. Imma be rich. Bad bad bad Beck explores entrepreneurism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-imma-be-rich-bad-bad-bad-beck-explores-entrepreneurism/938541)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-imma-be-rich-bad-bad-bad-beck-explores-entrepreneurism/938541 "2021-03-25T17:05:56Z")
While bored to death I discovered these. Who doesn’t need these? I know I want them. Here’s my plan: gonna order loads of them. Overprice them. Talk a couple teens in to wearing them. Maybe bribery would help. They go… --- ## [My new favorite shoes of all time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-shoes-of-all-time/938613)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-shoes-of-all-time/938613 "2021-03-25T14:52:17Z")
I just received these shoes and I will be marrying them in a private ceremony as soon as I finish ordering all the available colors. --- ## [We're NOT moving to India!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-not-moving-to-india/938583)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-not-moving-to-india/938583 "2021-03-25T03:58:56Z")
Previous thread We were supposed to move to India for a few years to cap off my wife’s career, but…\[waves around at all this\]. Even with vaccines coming on line and getting more widely distributed, neither one of us is… --- ## [Have you looked at the traffic jam in Suez?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-looked-at-the-traffic-jam-in-suez/938584)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-looked-at-the-traffic-jam-in-suez/938584 "2021-03-25T02:16:36Z")
\-=Here=- is the live map of the backup. --- ## [Weird completely unexpected things that happen to you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-completely-unexpected-things-that-happen-to-you/937519)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-completely-unexpected-things-that-happen-to-you/937519 "2021-03-24T22:10:56Z")
This thread reminded me of an incident a few years back. It was already a memorable day because it was November 1st and it had snowed a fraction of an inch overnight, what would have been a trivial amiunt except that the… --- ## [Where can I buy a high-quality leather sofa like this one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-a-high-quality-leather-sofa-like-this-one/846657)
**Author:** [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-a-high-quality-leather-sofa-like-this-one/846657 "2020-01-22T13:34:56Z")
I’ve always wanted to buy a big, comfortable leather couch. A few years ago, I saw one I liked in a high-end furniture store in Colorado, but it was too expensive for me at the time and I was getting ready to move, so I… --- ## [Oops in the wrong thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-in-the-wrong-thread/938543)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-in-the-wrong-thread/938543 "2021-03-24T03:13:23Z")
https://photos.app.goo.gl/qYBjpSrJwzzELEn67 Someone merge this please --- ## [Get Out Of Death Free Card](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-death-free-card/938447)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-death-free-card/938447 "2021-03-24T00:02:13Z")
I’ve got a free “Get Out Of Death” card that will revive you from any death, with memory of how you died intact but the memory of the pain gone…but I only have one, and you have to earn it by telling me on how you plan t… --- ## [Atlanta massage parlor shootings - white perp, "apparently" Asian victims](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-massage-parlor-shootings-white-perp-apparently-asian-victims/938065)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-massage-parlor-shootings-white-perp-apparently-asian-victims/938065 "2021-03-23T17:37:56Z")
Story here: Another lipless wonder with a neck beard. I’m going out on a limb here and suggest that he was stupid enough to think that there is some link between someone being Asian or of Asian descent, and guilt or bl… --- ## [Prince Harry and Meghan "Quitting " royal family](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-harry-and-meghan-quitting-royal-family/846139)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 330\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-harry-and-meghan-quitting-royal-family/846139 "2021-03-23T14:57:31Z")
And will spend a lot of time in North America mostly Canada Can’t say I blame them wanting a normal life --- ## [Top Ten Features of Trump's Social Media Platform](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-features-of-trumps-social-media-platform/938398)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-features-of-trumps-social-media-platform/938398 "2021-03-22T17:18:33Z")
As you have probably seen, a Trump aide has said he is going to start his own social media platform. I’ll believe it when I see it. But in the meantime, let’s try to guess the top 10 features of a social media platform… --- ## [Pope says no to gay marriage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-says-no-to-gay-marriage/937955)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-says-no-to-gay-marriage/937955 "2021-03-22T15:18:53Z")
Not really a surprise I guess --- ## [Video possibly showing Reptilian eyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-possibly-showing-reptilian-eyes/938348)
**Author:** [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-possibly-showing-reptilian-eyes/938348 "2021-03-22T13:23:55Z")
We’ve had some threads recently discussing conspiracy theories, regarding how they get started, and why people believe them. Coast to Coast AM has highlighted a video that some people will undoubtedly use as evidence th… --- ## [A new tile floor. Will the bad bad bad entertainment ever cease?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-tile-floor-will-the-bad-bad-bad-entertainment-ever-cease/938282)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-tile-floor-will-the-bad-bad-bad-entertainment-ever-cease/938282 "2021-03-22T05:22:02Z")
Mr. Wrekker is off on his yearly fishing sojourn to Mexico. Before he left he, in a rude way (I believe) he stated categorically to get my bathroom floor fixed or he was gonna have vinyl installed. YMMV but I hate vinyl… --- ## [Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern to merge, plan to carry freight from Canada to Mexico](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-pacific-and-kansas-city-southern-to-merge-plan-to-carry-freight-from-canada-to-mexico/938347)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-pacific-and-kansas-city-southern-to-merge-plan-to-carry-freight-from-canada-to-mexico/938347 "2021-03-22T00:07:23Z")
I rarely think about freight rail. But i guess it’s still big business. Railroads Strike a $25 Billion Merger Railroads Strike a $25 Billion Merger - WSJ It’s subject to regulatory approval in the US as to whether it w… --- ## [Top o' the Morning, A St. Patrick's Day MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-o-the-morning-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/937923)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 248\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-o-the-morning-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/937923 "2021-03-21T23:53:02Z")
So another stay at home St. Patrick’s Day for me(but I do have some Guinness and Tullamore Dew). Anybody else do anything special(pre pandemic)? Or just hijack this puppy, not like the mods are gonna beat you with a sh… --- ## [Magic powers you apparently have](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-powers-you-apparently-have/932990)
**Author:** [@blabbermeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blabbermeister)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-powers-you-apparently-have/932990 "2021-03-21T19:10:21Z")
When I lose something I like to pretend I’ve performed a magic trick on myself - I’ve somehow applied the principles of misdirection, switching, sometimes sleight of hand - I just haven’t learned how to focus these power… --- ## [Just Had The First Moderna Covid Vaccination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-the-first-moderna-covid-vaccination/937283)
**Author:** [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-the-first-moderna-covid-vaccination/937283 "2021-03-21T00:13:44Z")
…three hours ago and I can already feel the injected nanoparticles self-assembling into the Bill Gates Tracking and Liberal Agenda Override Modules at the base of my brain. Feels pretty odd. My question is when do I sta… --- ## [Logological discovery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logological-discovery/937421)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logological-discovery/937421 "2021-03-20T23:40:51Z")
Since I was a kid, I’ve always been fascinated by groups of words that differ only by changing the five vowels: bag, beg, big, bog and bug are all actual words. Today, out of the blue, I discovered blander, blender, bli… --- ## [Oh, the regret. Pain, suffering and bad bad bad disappointment. The horrible 'Wish'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-regret-pain-suffering-and-bad-bad-bad-disappointment-the-horrible-wish/938323)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2021, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-regret-pain-suffering-and-bad-bad-bad-disappointment-the-horrible-wish/938323 "2021-03-20T22:52:26Z")
Why is there a place on the internet called ‘Wish’? I wish they’d go away. I received a nicely packaged carton today from them. Not one item was satisfactory. A tee shirt I ordered for myself looks like it might fit … --- ## [Describe the most bizarre dream you've had recently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-most-bizarre-dream-youve-had-recently/620854)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-most-bizarre-dream-youve-had-recently/620854 "2021-03-20T00:04:24Z")
If most people are anything like me (and I assume they are), then from time to time we all have dreams of such an incoherent, nonsensical nature that your first thought when you wake up is “What the hell was THAT?” I had… --- ## [UK Dopers, what would you think if someone were called "seedy"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-what-would-you-think-if-someone-were-called-seedy/938066)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-what-would-you-think-if-someone-were-called-seedy/938066 "2021-03-19T20:59:27Z")
Specifically, Englishman to Englishman, " How is Bob?" “Bob is very seedy.” I ask because I read a short story with that line and I had to think for a bit for it to fit in context. Now I just have to find a Denmarkian… --- ## [Looking for a roadside ruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-roadside-ruin/938207)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-roadside-ruin/938207 "2021-03-19T16:40:36Z")
It’s somewhere in a southeast city. I drove past it over 15 years ago, so maybe it’s gone. When they built the Interstate or freeway, they had to cut down an old viaduct that ran perpendicular to it. They didn’t remove t… --- ## [Best way to deal with nonsense scare claims about foodstuffs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-deal-with-nonsense-scare-claims-about-foodstuffs/937884)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-deal-with-nonsense-scare-claims-about-foodstuffs/937884 "2021-03-19T15:09:08Z")
You know - the stuff like ‘margarine is one molecule away from PLASTIC!’ - The internet is full of people blurting out scary claims about a wide variety of foods - be it meat, soy, salt, MSG, HFCS, sugar, artificial swee… --- ## [Hotel/inn on the French Quarter with cat staircase?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-inn-on-the-french-quarter-with-cat-staircase/938189)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2021, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-inn-on-the-french-quarter-with-cat-staircase/938189 "2021-03-19T05:21:45Z")
In 1988 I spent a few nights in a quaint little hotel that was very much New Orleans/French Quarter ambiance. It had a courtyard and notably the main house had a tiny spiral staircase and maybe some iron walks near the c… --- ## [C'mere 'till I tell ye! - Irishisms (or Hiberno-English)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cmere-till-i-tell-ye-irishisms-or-hiberno-english/938107)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2021, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cmere-till-i-tell-ye-irishisms-or-hiberno-english/938107 "2021-03-18T10:37:17Z")
Reading material: https://www.fluentin3months.com/irish-english/ Let’s have the craic Dopers. Yer big eejits. --- ## [An actual case of Florida election fraud!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-actual-case-of-florida-election-fraud/938059)
**Author:** [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2021, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-actual-case-of-florida-election-fraud/938059 "2021-03-18T03:53:35Z")
For homecoming queen, that is. An assistant principal used her login to hack into other students’ accounts and elect her daughter homecoming queen. She and her daughter have both been arrested. The mother was suspended f… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=272) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=274)