# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=285 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 286 --- ## [Cut Nails in the 1940s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cut-nails-in-the-1940s/929352)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cut-nails-in-the-1940s/929352 "2021-01-01T16:34:37Z")
This didn’t seem worthy of GQ, as it’s not all that important. We bought an older, neglected house and we’re trying to put it back to its glory. It isn’t clear whether it was built in 1930 or 1940, since various documen… --- ## [Turnabout Is Fair Play](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turnabout-is-fair-play/929300)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turnabout-is-fair-play/929300 "2020-12-31T23:53:21Z")
Looks like the GiraffeBoards is down. Shall we welcome any refugees who need a place to hang out and post for the interim? --- ## [A Giraffe speaks an unknown language](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-giraffe-speaks-an-unknown-language/929359)
**Author:** [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-giraffe-speaks-an-unknown-language/929359 "2020-12-31T21:24:09Z")
Eek! Raffe is down. May I post nonsense here? I have to post something silly. Also, happy new year all! --- ## [Thermostat Wars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thermostat-wars/929286)
**Author:** [@Dinoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinoguy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thermostat-wars/929286 "2020-12-31T17:50:18Z")
I know the thermostat wars are an old trope, but as I’ve gotten older i’ve found I can’t stand heat like I used to and my wife can’t stand cold. I’m assuming changes in body chemistry as we age, but wondering if this is… --- ## [Coin Tosses where the Winner Ends up Worse Off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coin-tosses-where-the-winner-ends-up-worse-off/929211)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coin-tosses-where-the-winner-ends-up-worse-off/929211 "2020-12-31T14:56:17Z")
And example would be when Ritchie Valens and Tommy Allsup flipped a coin for an airplane ride. Ritchie Valens “won” and died in the crash of that airplane on February 3, 1959. Tommy Allsup “lost” and lived until 2017. … --- ## [Well, as soon as midnight 12/31 hits, it's gonna be new year some where](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-as-soon-as-midnight-12-31-hits-its-gonna-be-new-year-some-where/929329)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2020, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-as-soon-as-midnight-12-31-hits-its-gonna-be-new-year-some-where/929329 "2020-12-31T06:08:37Z")
So I want to get on top of the day with the fine words of the esteemed Col. Sherman Potter --- ## [Ever run out of gas on a 20 degree night with only a light jacket and no hat or gloves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-run-out-of-gas-on-a-20-degree-night-with-only-a-light-jacket-and-no-hat-or-gloves/929010)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2020, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-run-out-of-gas-on-a-20-degree-night-with-only-a-light-jacket-and-no-hat-or-gloves/929010 "2020-12-31T04:31:28Z")
I don’t believe this one. About 10:30 I decided to get some refreshment to bring back here to enjoy, and after leaving the 7/11 run out of gas at the bottom of a hill at Main St. Just enough of in incline to drift acr… --- ## [Keto You: 100% snake oil, or not quite?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keto-you-100-snake-oil-or-not-quite/928755)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keto-you-100-snake-oil-or-not-quite/928755 "2020-12-31T00:15:22Z")
Of course no pill is going to magically make you lose weight if you scarf down pizza and ice cream all day long and never exercise. But let’s say you are eating less and exercising more, especially on a low-carb ketogeni… --- ## [A not very merry christmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-not-very-merry-christmas/928775)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-not-very-merry-christmas/928775 "2020-12-30T10:40:54Z")
Sitting here in the parking lot of the store. I just stopped to pick up a couple things. The lady in line in front of me at the self check out was having trouble with her card, and was in some emotional distress. She … --- ## [Write like Faulkner challenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-like-faulkner-challenge/929220)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-like-faulkner-challenge/929220 "2020-12-30T05:50:44Z")
My brother posted this on Facebook earlier - The idea would be to write a literary passage of moderate length while trying to imitate Faulkner in terms of tone and style. Anyone who participates would be allowed to vote … --- ## [Probably a real bad decision. Feeding Brussel Sprouts to Dachshunds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probably-a-real-bad-decision-feeding-brussel-sprouts-to-dachshunds/928863)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probably-a-real-bad-decision-feeding-brussel-sprouts-to-dachshunds/928863 "2020-12-30T01:00:43Z")
I mean, this Crew stinks anyway. And they are kinda gassy, too. But feeding them left-over Brussel Sprouts probably wasn’t the best idea. I didn’t want to waste them, and the chickens are all gone, so to the dogs they we… --- ## [Possible new weapon against drug-resistant bacteria](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-new-weapon-against-drug-resistant-bacteria/929205)
**Author:** [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-new-weapon-against-drug-resistant-bacteria/929205 "2020-12-29T23:59:18Z")
We sometimes get headlines about medical advances that never quite advance, but this sounds very interesting. I hope that this one pans out. Researchers at the University of Colorado have been looking for new ways to a… --- ## [BATFE... What's next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batfe-whats-next/929195)
**Author:** [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batfe-whats-next/929195 "2020-12-29T21:58:28Z")
Talking about the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives here. I suspect cannabis will be their next assignment. Making it the BATFEC. What’s next to make it truly a bat shit agency? --- ## [Well, I've noticed a new behavior in my bad, bad, bad Siamese cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-ive-noticed-a-new-behavior-in-my-bad-bad-bad-siamese-cats/929170)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-ive-noticed-a-new-behavior-in-my-bad-bad-bad-siamese-cats/929170 "2020-12-29T20:14:42Z")
These are not the snuggly, lap sitting, purring type cats. Except…when they are cold or choose to bug you. Always on their terms. Always. Now if I sit for more than 2 minutes. Say, on the edge of the bed, the toilt-y, a… --- ## [Weird things you believed as a kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-things-you-believed-as-a-kid/928583)
**Author:** [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-things-you-believed-as-a-kid/928583 "2020-12-29T13:26:51Z")
It’s been years since we had a thread about this. As a kid, I thought that the tonsils were boney hooks on the back of the throat (as in, the side of the esophagus on your posterior as opposed to anterior side), and the… --- ## [Flies in my furnace room!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flies-in-my-furnace-room/929068)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flies-in-my-furnace-room/929068 "2020-12-29T03:43:13Z")
For those who enjoyed the Tiny moths in my office, Arg! thread, the next mystery. My office is downstairs in my house, which is not ground floor because this is a hillside house: the ground floor is upstairs where the l… --- ## [Nashville Area](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-area/929037)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-area/929037 "2020-12-29T02:19:55Z")
Well. THAT was interesting! And now we have a Blast Zone, instead of a Tourist District. AT&T restored the Net for me, just minutes ago. --- ## [Kids and grandparents and toys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-and-grandparents-and-toys/928969)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-and-grandparents-and-toys/928969 "2020-12-29T01:57:58Z")
I wasn’t sure how to make the topic more descriptive, but here’s what I want to discuss. If you have kids, do they have toys that stay in different places - some for home, some at Grandma’s, some with a babysitter? Or d… --- ## [What's your mantra?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-mantra/928436)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2020, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-mantra/928436 "2020-12-29T00:44:07Z")
…or mantras, perhaps? Sometimes we get through the BS of life by having at least one mantra which, when everything goes to hell, serves to help get us through. My bro has an interesting one. “I was looking for a job w… --- ## [The Jupiter Saturn conjunction!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jupiter-saturn-conjunction/928581)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jupiter-saturn-conjunction/928581 "2020-12-28T23:37:13Z")
If you are in the Eastern time zone you had better hurry out, and find a clear SW horizon. Amazing. Easily got both very close in my 5" Celestron. The coolest thing was having Titan to the lower right lined up perfect… --- ## [You-tube videos for all assembly instructions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-tube-videos-for-all-assembly-instructions/928491)
**Author:** [@chasole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chasole)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-tube-videos-for-all-assembly-instructions/928491 "2020-12-28T20:21:50Z")
I just wanted to mention that, when you purchase anything that requires assembly, there is probably a Youtube video from someone showing how to assemble. I find them much more helpful that reading the cryptic Chinese w… --- ## [Comet Erasmus, discovered in September](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comet-erasmus-discovered-in-september/927053)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comet-erasmus-discovered-in-september/927053 "2020-12-28T19:39:46Z")
There’s some chatter that it may be bright enough to be visible in the daytime. Since we’re still waiting for Betelgeuse to go supernova, and be able to see it, this will have to do for now. --- ## [A Festivus For The Rest of Us. A Grievence MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-festivus-for-the-rest-of-us-a-grievence-mmp/928511)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 303\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-festivus-for-the-rest-of-us-a-grievence-mmp/928511 "2020-12-28T14:21:36Z")
I GOT A LOTTA PROBLEMS WITH YOU PEOPLE, AND TONIGHT YOU’RE GONNA HEAR ALL ABOUT IT. This year it’s mainly companies who can’t pack shipping boxes for shit, and maskless people(pro tip: it’s a mask, not a jaw sling). Bu… --- ## [Machine-Generated Weirdness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machine-generated-weirdness/929013)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machine-generated-weirdness/929013 "2020-12-28T13:20:37Z")
What the Hell, let’s mess around with Talk To Transformer again: The cat lovers of America announced today that U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and U.S. Rep. Steve King (R-IA) have lost the cat vote. … --- ## [How was your Zoom Christmas (or person to person Xmas)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-zoom-christmas-or-person-to-person-xmas/928976)
**Author:** [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-zoom-christmas-or-person-to-person-xmas/928976 "2020-12-28T12:37:52Z")
How was your Christmas this year? What changed from normal? Ours was about six hours of Zoom across three households, California, Connecticut and Indiana. Two one-year olds, one 4 1/2 year old, who bounced around a lot,… --- ## [What did you get for Christmas this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-for-christmas-this-year/928983)
**Author:** [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2020, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-for-christmas-this-year/928983 "2020-12-28T09:42:31Z")
What I got that’s noteworthy enough to mention: 8 theatre boxes (yes, 8) of Bottle Caps candy. Hoodies. Lots of hoodies. Gift cards to restaurants like Five Guys and Culvers. Mostly money, as family members didn’t want… --- ## [My traditional Christmas eve ritual](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-traditional-christmas-eve-ritual/928857)
**Author:** [@ASGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASGuy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-traditional-christmas-eve-ritual/928857 "2020-12-27T19:53:13Z")
It’s 4 p.m. on Christmas eve. I’ve just walked around, setting my exterior Christmas and platform lights (I live in a replica train station), to stay on all night. Next was my interior Christmas lighting – once again, fo… --- ## [Seat Belt Law and Statutory Interpretation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seat-belt-law-and-statutory-interpretation/928936)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seat-belt-law-and-statutory-interpretation/928936 "2020-12-27T19:53:03Z")
A few days ago I was waiting in court for a hearing and heard a trial on a seat belt violation. In my state, it is a $25 fine, no court costs, no points, not sent to the insurance company. The guy would have been bette… --- ## [In an effort of biblical proportions, and epic good will, the prodigal Son-of-a-wrek has returned to the homestead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-an-effort-of-biblical-proportions-and-epic-good-will-the-prodigal-son-of-a-wrek-has-returned-to-the-homestead/928427)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-an-effort-of-biblical-proportions-and-epic-good-will-the-prodigal-son-of-a-wrek-has-returned-to-the-homestead/928427 "2020-12-27T14:59:23Z")
We didn’t exactly kill the fatted calf. We did cook up a feast fit for the Prince himself. We are very happy. He looks fine. He’s lost some weight but I’ll personally fix that. Bayliss the tail-less is wiggling out o… --- ## [The FDA seized my Canadian prescriptions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fda-seized-my-canadian-prescriptions/927366)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fda-seized-my-canadian-prescriptions/927366 "2020-12-27T00:12:47Z")
Hi. I’ve been ordering a drug I should take post prostate surgery from a Canadian pharmacy for almost three years. It is 1/3 or less the price that US pharmacies charge. Today I learned the US FDA seized my latest order;… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=284) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=286)