# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=28 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 29 --- ## [Your "One sentence scary story" submissions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-sentence-scary-story-submissions/733083)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2026, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-sentence-scary-story-submissions/733083 "2026-01-31T12:45:27Z")
I’ve seen these types of things on other sites and figure the Dopers should be the best at it since they’re the best at everything. I’ll get the ball rolling. (Please, no political jabs.) With each wipe of the makeup … --- ## [hanging out with my whooping crane buddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanging-out-with-my-whooping-crane-buddy/688855)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2026, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanging-out-with-my-whooping-crane-buddy/688855 "2026-01-31T02:08:16Z")
Last week I was cruising home one afternoon, crossing marshland, when I saw a huuuuuge crane. Snow white, black face, a red flair of color on the head. Easily the biggest crane I’d ever seen! Much bigger than the sand… --- ## [Mikayla Raines of Save-A-Fox foundation dead by suicide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mikayla-raines-of-save-a-fox-foundation-dead-by-suicide/1020055)
**Author:** [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2026, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mikayla-raines-of-save-a-fox-foundation-dead-by-suicide/1020055 "2026-01-30T21:58:37Z")
Mikayla, the founder and driving force behind Save-A-Fox Rescue, took her life recently, leaving behind her husband and little girl. She was autistic and suffered from depression and borderline personality disorder. She … --- ## [I need to brag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-brag/1027194)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-brag/1027194 "2026-01-30T18:53:27Z")
I had a physical over the winter break, and since I was just about to turn 59, and had just had an ear infection, so we were talking about my ears, my doctor suggested a baseline hearing test. There are some people with … --- ## [Helpful Link--Pew Research](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helpful-link-pew-research/1027203)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helpful-link-pew-research/1027203 "2026-01-30T16:49:01Z")
The Pew Research Center. The SDMB would doubtless like this, for insights. --- ## [Kids' games to pass the time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-games-to-pass-the-time/1018442)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2026, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-games-to-pass-the-time/1018442 "2026-01-30T03:45:06Z")
Games you can play with little to no equipment, like hide and seek, and on journeys or while waiting for something, like eye spy and 20 questions. Right now my 5 year old daughter likes playing rock paper scissors, and … --- ## [Swamp coolers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swamp-coolers/1027042)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2026, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swamp-coolers/1027042 "2026-01-30T02:15:47Z")
I remember living in a concrete open squad bay style barracks during the 80’s that was in the Mojave Desert. There was no air conditioning in the barracks, but they had as I recall something called ‘swamp coolers’ affixe… --- ## [I saw this sign on a counter at a gas station today (Iowa)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-this-sign-on-a-counter-at-a-gas-station-today-iowa/1027108)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-this-sign-on-a-counter-at-a-gas-station-today-iowa/1027108 "2026-01-30T00:36:41Z")
Okay, at the first of the year, SNAP (food stamps) in Iowa stopped paying for certain kinds of junk food. Yes, the decision is controversial, and that’s why a gas station near my home put up a sign listing what is cover… --- ## [Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 9998\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636 "2026-01-29T18:21:29Z")
Continuing the discussion from Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 1) - #10003 by squeegee. Previous discussions: Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 1) --- ## [There is a mouse in this house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-mouse-in-this-house/1027056)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-mouse-in-this-house/1027056 "2026-01-29T15:23:38Z")
At least one, but probably more. I lived in Arizona my entire life. I have never ever seen a mouse in any house or apartment that I’ve lived in. It’s a new experience for me. I’m renting a room here now in Buffalo, New… --- ## [Compound words that make you say "What?!" including ones that make you wince \[ spun off from What Were You THINKING Pit thread \]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compound-words-that-make-you-say-what-including-ones-that-make-you-wince-spun-off-from-what-were-you-thinking-pit-thread/1027104)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compound-words-that-make-you-say-what-including-ones-that-make-you-wince-spun-off-from-what-were-you-thinking-pit-thread/1027104 "2026-01-29T10:32:02Z")
And me. And it’s a good one; I sure do see a lot of that lately (mostly not here.) --- ## [What the hell happened to Audacity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-happened-to-audacity/1026994)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-happened-to-audacity/1026994 "2026-01-29T02:00:57Z")
I sometimes used Audacity in the 00’s to amplify a weak mp3 audio. I even used Audacity in the early 90’s. I went to get it tonight and the worthless POS snuck MusicHub on my laptop Whatever the hell that is. Damn, ba… --- ## [Rain, snow, sleet or hail. Oh, hell no](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-snow-sleet-or-hail-oh-hell-no/1027134)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-snow-sleet-or-hail-oh-hell-no/1027134 "2026-01-29T01:33:44Z")
So no rural mail delivery since the artic dumped here. Not really surprised. Our postal carrier has issues, any way. So mail is a hit or miss. But I look in the paper. Mail delivery is suspended in Arkansas. Sarah, at … --- ## [Alex Honnold can climb a half-mile of sheer vertical rock.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-honnold-can-climb-a-half-mile-of-sheer-vertical-rock/829974)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-honnold-can-climb-a-half-mile-of-sheer-vertical-rock/829974 "2026-01-28T19:43:14Z")
I spend a lot of time clicking aimlessly around at YouTube. If I linked to every interesting video I saw, I’d start hundreds of threads! There are many amazing people out there in the world. But Alex Honnold flabberga… --- ## [When Spacetime Speeds Up the Universe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-spacetime-speeds-up-the-universe/1026609)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-spacetime-speeds-up-the-universe/1026609 "2026-01-28T06:42:50Z")
German researchers at the University of Bremen, together with Romanian colleagues at the University of Brașov, have proposed a theory suggesting that “dark energy” might not be a separate, mysterious substance at all. D… --- ## [Healthy Lifestyle Discussion Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthy-lifestyle-discussion-thread/1026385)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2026, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthy-lifestyle-discussion-thread/1026385 "2026-01-27T10:03:31Z")
It’s time to make some changes. Not too many, not too fast. I live a pretty busy life with a full-time job, and an AuDHD kid. I’m probably not managing the stress as well as I could be due to lifestyle choices. I have e… --- ## [Farewell to Hestia, and the End of an Era](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-to-hestia-and-the-end-of-an-era/1026995)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-to-hestia-and-the-end-of-an-era/1026995 "2026-01-27T01:46:04Z")
Yesterday we had to do something we had dreaded, but which we knew was coming anyway. Our cat Hestia was almost twenty years old, but had been remarkably fit and agile for almost all of it. Until the weather turned cold… --- ## [Bad bad bad Orphan flap jacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-orphan-flap-jacks/1026962)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-orphan-flap-jacks/1026962 "2026-01-26T23:06:24Z")
I watched my Mid-dau flap jacks this morning. Her boys standing by with plates in hand, Oliver Twist like. Two come off the griddle first, kinda quick like. She has a plate on her left. She plops them, two on the spatu… --- ## [My dog has an "old dog" thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-has-an-old-dog-thing/1027034)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-has-an-old-dog-thing/1027034 "2026-01-26T18:06:42Z")
So, my best friend, who I found at a “Mega-adoption Event” at the fairgrounds in 2018, and is currently aged between 10 & 11, has developed a muscle atrophy on the left side of her skull. The vet says it is usually caus… --- ## [(Old) Mist and Murk in the MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/1026814)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 347\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2026, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/1026814 "2026-01-26T03:44:49Z")
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 7c/44f with a predicted high of 8c/47f and cloudy. Weather app says “This is the perfect fucking day to stay the fuck inside and try a new hobby. May I fucking suggest witchcraft?” In… --- ## [Today I begin my 90th trip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2026, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-begin-my-90th-trip/1026938 "2026-01-26T01:20:00Z")
around the sun. Never imagined I’d make it so far. --- ## [Is there a tool to translate foreign language podcasts? -\>history buffs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-tool-to-translate-foreign-language-podcasts-history-buffs/1027004)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2026, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-tool-to-translate-foreign-language-podcasts-history-buffs/1027004 "2026-01-25T22:38:56Z")
Hi there, just wondering if there is a tool that translates (directly or indirectly via transcription) foreign language podcasts? Reason I am asking, I know there are a lot of history buffs in the SDMB, and I found one… --- ## [Little things that make you smile.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-make-you-smile/16032)
**Author:** [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-make-you-smile/16032 "2026-01-25T16:40:12Z")
I was driving past a park today when up popped a little brown gopher, and boy, did I smile. There was just something about seeing him there that made me sooooo sickeningly happy. There are tons of things that do this to… --- ## ["Are you dead?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-dead/1026911)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2026, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-dead/1026911 "2026-01-25T13:11:50Z")
China’s singles don’t want to die alone–or low-tech for that matter, evidently. I guess “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” doesn’t have the same panache as “你死了吗?” (Nǐ sǐle ma?) Read the rest of the article. It’s morbid… --- ## [Math problems that sound hard, but are actually easy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-problems-that-sound-hard-but-are-actually-easy/1026965)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-problems-that-sound-hard-but-are-actually-easy/1026965 "2026-01-24T19:44:55Z")
Multiply together all the prime numbers from 2 up thru n, then add 1 to the result. Show that the final total is never a perfect square. No doubt lots of you know how easy that one is. So, what’s a better example of a p… --- ## [Man with stolen harp jumps into a lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-with-stolen-harp-jumps-into-a-lake/1026940)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2026, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-with-stolen-harp-jumps-into-a-lake/1026940 "2026-01-24T06:15:45Z")
To clarify, he left the harp on shore, along with his clothes. Just a weird random story to amuse folks. --- ## [Looking for an internet clock for seniors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-internet-clock-for-seniors/1026220)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2026, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-internet-clock-for-seniors/1026220 "2026-01-24T04:36:24Z")
Amazon and Google search has not helped me, or perhaps I’m using the wrong search terms. Here’s the situation…I have some good friends and neighbors, a couple in their 90’s. They often have medical or other appointment… --- ## [Well, at least they were trying. (Old comics public service page.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-they-were-trying-old-comics-public-service-page/1026915)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-they-were-trying-old-comics-public-service-page/1026915 "2026-01-23T18:58:14Z")
I saw this in Detective Comics 266 from 1959, thought it was unintentionally hilarious. (Uploaded to Imagr and Imagebb. Hop… --- ## [Meet the many mini men manifesting magic mushroom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-many-mini-men-manifesting-magic-mushroom/1026943)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-many-mini-men-manifesting-magic-mushroom/1026943 "2026-01-23T14:05:44Z")
Every year, doctors at a hospital in the Yunnan Province of China brace themselves for an influx of people with an unusual complaint. The patients come with a strikingly odd symptom: visions of pint-sized, elf-like figu… --- ## [Should lawyers who use AI be severely punished?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-lawyers-who-use-ai-be-severely-punished/1018452)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-lawyers-who-use-ai-be-severely-punished/1018452 "2026-01-23T12:16:23Z")
I’m not a law-talking’ person, but I’ve run across more than one article about lawyers using AI to create their references and such. Is this an infraction that deserves a special punishment, or just a referral to whoever… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=29)