# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=280 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 281 --- ## [Presidential statistics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-statistics/931129)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2021, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-statistics/931129 "2021-02-07T10:52:59Z")
Watching the inauguration yesterday, I realized that six former and current U.S. presidents are still alive, which makes for over 13% of the total number of people to ever serve as president. (That’s true whether you co… --- ## [Wild Kingdom ... finds your brother](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-kingdom-finds-your-brother/932086)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2021, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-kingdom-finds-your-brother/932086 "2021-02-07T08:44:35Z")
\[This is a wee bit gruesome for those who don’t need to hear about, or see, nature in the raw\] My brother has a few acres. He’s taken to raising alpacas. A baby alpaca was born a few months ago. A couple of weeks ago… --- ## [Our 30 dollar rescue cat is now worth 100 times more!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-30-dollar-rescue-cat-is-now-worth-100-times-more/931726)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2021, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-30-dollar-rescue-cat-is-now-worth-100-times-more/931726 "2021-02-07T07:16:39Z")
Yes, the vet bills are piling up. He is a young cat , got him at a shelter. So far: lung infection, ear infection(s) and now chipped hip bone which they shaved off and let the ligatures and muscles will keep it together… --- ## [Did I miss anything exciting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-miss-anything-exciting/932310)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2021, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-miss-anything-exciting/932310 "2021-02-07T07:09:34Z")
I was Bayard for most of my time here, then I changed my name to Defensive Indifference, then I took a break for almost a year. Now I’m back. You missed me, didn’t you? So. What’s been going on? --- ## [What would happen if I killed my boss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-i-killed-my-boss/836112)
**Author:** [@dope1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dope1)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-i-killed-my-boss/836112 "2021-02-07T03:13:45Z")
So in the middle of busy working day I go on to kill my boss by slitting his throat and making sure to the best of my abilities that I have killed him and then I sit on the opposite chair while waiting for the authoritie… --- ## [Looks like the end is near for our old dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-the-end-is-near-for-our-old-dog/931836)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-the-end-is-near-for-our-old-dog/931836 "2021-02-07T00:17:39Z")
Our heeler/beagle mix Ginger had a mast cell tumor removed during the summer, and it has returned with a vengeance. It has made it hard for her to walk for the last few weeks, and today she stopped eating. She’s restin… --- ## [SD Logo colors are perfectly complementary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-logo-colors-are-perfectly-complementary/932315)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-logo-colors-are-perfectly-complementary/932315 "2021-02-06T22:41:03Z")
I have an oversized mouse pointer, which changes color according to the background. When I hover on the SD banner, it becomes a negative, the reversal of the navy-and-orange colors. When I hover on a red button, it cha… --- ## [Cars that you used to see everywhere, but now have disappeared from the roads, part II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-that-you-used-to-see-everywhere-but-now-have-disappeared-from-the-roads-part-ii/920187)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-that-you-used-to-see-everywhere-but-now-have-disappeared-from-the-roads-part-ii/920187 "2021-02-06T13:17:43Z")
Yesterday, a zombie thread from 2007 got revived: Older cars you still commonly see. That thread referenced another thread: Cars that you used to see everywhere, but now have disappeared from the roads. So I went and… --- ## [No pets, infants or toddlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pets-infants-or-toddlers/932179)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pets-infants-or-toddlers/932179 "2021-02-05T22:45:15Z")
Not in real life, on my YouTube feed. I have been rigorously marking all channels with videos about pets, infants, toddlers, pets and infants, pets and toddlers, infants and toddlers, or anything of that ilk, as “Don’t r… --- ## [Jesus H. Crispy-cracker! How bad, bad, bad can things really get before beck implodes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-h-crispy-cracker-how-bad-bad-bad-can-things-really-get-before-beck-implodes/931852)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-h-crispy-cracker-how-bad-bad-bad-can-things-really-get-before-beck-implodes/931852 "2021-02-05T16:54:30Z")
What a friggin’ week! Mr.Wrekker had two maiden aunts. 93 and 96 yo. They were both born visually impaired. They lived together, never marrying or having kids. Mr. W is the oldest of the younger generation. He took it… --- ## [Prehistoric teeth hint at Stone Age sex with Neanderthals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prehistoric-teeth-hint-at-stone-age-sex-with-neanderthals/932135)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prehistoric-teeth-hint-at-stone-age-sex-with-neanderthals/932135 "2021-02-05T15:40:14Z")
It’s long been claimed that there was mixing between Homo Sapiens and Neanderthals, but rarely does it get such a wonderful headline as that. https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/01/europe/neanderthal-interbreeding-teeth-scn/in… --- ## [Spinach can send email](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinach-can-send-email/932069)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinach-can-send-email/932069 "2021-02-05T15:18:42Z")
Will cucumbers be next or carrots? --- ## [Mentee isn't really a word, but we're probably stuck with it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentee-isnt-really-a-word-but-were-probably-stuck-with-it/932080)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentee-isnt-really-a-word-but-were-probably-stuck-with-it/932080 "2021-02-05T10:03:02Z")
My company is starting a mentorship program, and the official announcement email talked about both “mentors” and “mentees”. Being the pedantic jerk that I am, I dashed off a light-hearted note to my VP, pointing out the… --- ## [Has Anyone Received Their Stimulus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-received-their-stimulus/930543)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-received-their-stimulus/930543 "2021-02-04T22:54:47Z")
I signed into the the “Get my stimulus” website at the IRS and it says: " We scheduled your payment to be mailed on January 6, 2021 to the address we have on file for you. We will mail you a letter with additional info… --- ## [The 'Virginian' huh? (This thread casts no aspersions to the state of Virginia or the peeps found there)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-virginian-huh-this-thread-casts-no-aspersions-to-the-state-of-virginia-or-the-peeps-found-there/932087)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-virginian-huh-this-thread-casts-no-aspersions-to-the-state-of-virginia-or-the-peeps-found-there/932087 "2021-02-04T21:16:55Z")
Me and the lil’wrekker were driving somewhere. We saw a large car dealership with several of those large wiggly balloon guys dancing in the wind. We both did a little wiggly dance in the car. Never said a word. It just s… --- ## [Apple to make electric car with Kia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-to-make-electric-car-with-kia/932150)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-to-make-electric-car-with-kia/932150 "2021-02-04T17:27:27Z")
I’m sure the Apple cult members will order one on day 1 --- ## [My Clothes Dryer Just Perfectly Tri-folded A Washcloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-clothes-dryer-just-perfectly-tri-folded-a-washcloth/931686)
**Author:** [@Trinary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinary)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-clothes-dryer-just-perfectly-tri-folded-a-washcloth/931686 "2021-02-04T16:46:04Z")
…wish I had a pic but, it’s enough that I actually saw it for myself! I remember reading years ago that such a thing was essentially impossible. That opinion was about an entire load of laundry, but still… my frickin’ d… --- ## [Getting burned out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-burned-out/931664)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-burned-out/931664 "2021-02-02T19:11:48Z")
On politics. We now have a sane President and all that entails. My state legislature “looked” at whats happening at the national level and decided to take up the slack. They want to impeach the governor, restrict his a… --- ## [Piano tunes, horses, and political correctness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piano-tunes-horses-and-political-correctness/931689)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piano-tunes-horses-and-political-correctness/931689 "2021-02-02T13:07:45Z")
Back in the 1950’s, I took piano lessons from a book called " Michael Aaron Piano Course Lessons Grade 1" - the first in a series of several. It’s still in print. One of my favorites was called “Indian War Dance” - I fi… --- ## [Mundane Pointless Musing I Must Share](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-musing-i-must-share/931799)
**Author:** [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-musing-i-must-share/931799 "2021-02-02T11:03:47Z")
You can be amused. You can be bemused. Why can’t you be ceemused? --- ## [I'm Against Capital Punishment but I'm Not Crying Today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-against-capital-punishment-but-im-not-crying-today/930462)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-against-capital-punishment-but-im-not-crying-today/930462 "2021-02-02T02:31:23Z")
The Feds are executing their first female prisoner in 67 years. Now, I am against the death penalty, but I shed no tears for this person, Lisa Montgomery. The reason I oppose capital punishment is because of the possib… --- ## [NPR.org website messed up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-org-website-messed-up/932001)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-org-website-messed-up/932001 "2021-02-01T20:52:31Z")
I use this as my browser home page, and in the past few days the formatting is all messed up or completely missing. You can still read the stories but the photos and captions, and all the clickable things, are scrambled … --- ## [What to do if a Crocodile Bites your Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-if-a-crocodile-bites-your-head/931694)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-if-a-crocodile-bites-your-head/931694 "2021-02-01T14:41:36Z")
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/28/australia/australia-crocodile-attack-queensland-scli-intl/index.html (Discourse is suggesting that this is similar to “Would you vote for a crocodile-headed man?”) --- ## [Welcome to the Shortest Month in the MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-shortest-month-in-the-mmp/931980)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-shortest-month-in-the-mmp/931980 "2021-02-01T11:32:59Z")
Morning, mumpers! It’s that time again, right? We are finally at the end of January and looking forward to the shortest month of the year. The weather app says “The weather is acting like a clueless fucking numpty” an… --- ## [Get me out of the house in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-me-out-of-the-house-in-the-mmp/931450)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 278\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-me-out-of-the-house-in-the-mmp/931450 "2021-02-01T11:29:46Z")
Usually I don’t mind just hanging around the house, but now that we pretty much have to, I find I’m itching to go places and do things. Grocery shopping doesn’t count - in fact, any shopping doesn’t count. What things ar… --- ## [Wombats have cube-shaped poop. Dang](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wombats-have-cube-shaped-poop-dang/931944)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wombats-have-cube-shaped-poop-dang/931944 "2021-02-01T09:28:46Z")
Well I’ll be a sunnava… And I thought I had intestinal issues. --- ## [I water down my Soy Sauce.... and other Domestic Trickery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-water-down-my-soy-sauce-and-other-domestic-trickery/931740)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-water-down-my-soy-sauce-and-other-domestic-trickery/931740 "2021-02-01T05:45:56Z")
My kid is a picky eater, but one thing he hogs into is rice. Rice soaked in Soy Sauce. But hey, that shit has a lot of sodium (see below about what I do with his eggs) and is getting scarce since the covid bullshit (Why… --- ## [Fear is like our planet. That is what Super Earth scientists say](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-is-like-our-planet-that-is-what-super-earth-scientists-say/931841)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-is-like-our-planet-that-is-what-super-earth-scientists-say/931841 "2021-01-31T21:27:35Z")
This site seems to take English web articles and translate them into bad English? All the articles are winners, but here is the source of thread title. https://presstories.com/2021/01/27/this-planet-is-1000-crore-years… --- ## [11 US soldiers drink antifreeze thinking it is alcohol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-us-soldiers-drink-antifreeze-thinking-it-is-alcohol/931872)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2021, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-us-soldiers-drink-antifreeze-thinking-it-is-alcohol/931872 "2021-01-31T09:06:01Z")
I’m not sure exactly what they were training for, but it is probably pretty safe to say that they failed. --- ## [Super-cheap watches; likely to have toxic luminous material?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-cheap-watches-likely-to-have-toxic-luminous-material/931855)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-cheap-watches-likely-to-have-toxic-luminous-material/931855 "2021-01-30T16:19:50Z")
So I’ve been noticing some great men’s watches that are going for dirt cheap prices on Amazon - often $10-30 or less. But this has me wondering - are such watches likely to go cheap on their glow-in-the-dark material on … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=279) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=281)