# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=286 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 287 --- ## [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;… --- ## [Reflections on a very odd year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reflections-on-a-very-odd-year/928914)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reflections-on-a-very-odd-year/928914 "2020-12-26T23:22:28Z")
Mrs Piper and I suddenly realised that the last time we had friends in for an evening was when we invited the students in for a pre-Christmas dinner, early in December 2019. It was a lovely evening, good guests, nice ro… --- ## [Boxing Day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxing-day/928965)
**Author:** [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxing-day/928965 "2020-12-26T22:29:42Z")
It’s Boxing Day! Be sure to rotate your spoons and put out some tuna salad for Gef the Talking Mongoose! What are your family traditions? --- ## [Boxing Day Relaxation!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxing-day-relaxation/928977)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxing-day-relaxation/928977 "2020-12-26T19:37:53Z")
Turkey soup on the hob. No obligations. Definitely not going to any Boxing Day sales! Just the post-Christmas relax. --- ## [I just got deer insurance for my car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-deer-insurance-for-my-car/926546)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-deer-insurance-for-my-car/926546 "2020-12-26T19:52:24Z")
I’m living in a town now where there are a fair amount of deer out at night, even in the middle of town in residentital areas. And they all seem to know what they are doing, as my Mom said, they are walking around like t… --- ## [Hooray for Amazon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-for-amazon/927587)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-for-amazon/927587 "2020-12-26T18:54:09Z")
In some ways I hate Amazon but they have been life savers during the pandemic. My wife ordered some books (dead tree variety). Last Tuesday at 6:30 PM, she got an email from–Let’s call it “Fly by night delivery service… --- ## [Russians hack many US government systems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russians-hack-many-us-government-systems/928023)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russians-hack-many-us-government-systems/928023 "2020-12-26T15:05:12Z")
Solar Winds has an office nearby and this is probably really bad news for them to get more contracts with feds. --- ## [Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-christmas-and-happy-holidays/928890)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2020, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-christmas-and-happy-holidays/928890 "2020-12-26T06:46:07Z")
It’s been a very difficult 2020. I’m thankful my family has survived this year’s pandemic. I’m hoping the new vaccines will make the last half of 2021 much better for everyone. Our family is small and we’ve been togethe… --- ## [Christmas 2020 - East Coast Power Outage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-2020-east-coast-power-outage/928923)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-2020-east-coast-power-outage/928923 "2020-12-26T00:16:26Z")
First-hand (or second-hand) experience with it? Obviously, if you’re in it right now, you won’t be able to post. But what about friends/family members? Phone service? Utilities? --- ## [Ghosts of Office Christmas Parties Past](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghosts-of-office-christmas-parties-past/927198)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghosts-of-office-christmas-parties-past/927198 "2020-12-25T16:23:54Z")
No one has said anything, but it’s certain that we won’t be holding our usual Christmas Party at our office in this COVID Plague Year. We got gift cards at the local supermarket for Thanksgiving, but that might be intend… --- ## [Traditional](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traditional/928862)
**Author:** [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2020, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traditional/928862 "2020-12-25T07:00:25Z")
It was Christmas Eve babe In the drunk tank --- ## [The new KFC gaming console](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-kfc-gaming-console/928773)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2020, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-kfc-gaming-console/928773 "2020-12-25T04:10:14Z")
KFC is selling a new gaming console with a separate compartment to keep your chicken warm while you’re playing. --- ## [Not sure why this scam attempt annoys me so much](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-why-this-scam-attempt-annoys-me-so-much/928799)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2020, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-why-this-scam-attempt-annoys-me-so-much/928799 "2020-12-25T03:52:39Z")
Someone just tried to scam me - they found my LinkedIn profile and asked if they could send me information about a women’s leadership conference, conducted over Zoom, that they thought I might be interested in. I thought… --- ## [The Fitbit app is horrifying me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fitbit-app-is-horrifying-me/920483)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fitbit-app-is-horrifying-me/920483 "2020-12-25T02:59:20Z")
So some friends mentioned that they had the Fitbit app, and were friended with each other there, and mentioned that you didn’t need the actual device, just an iPhone. I’m hoping to get into better shape (I don’t particul… --- ## [Google Santa Tracker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-santa-tracker/928860)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-santa-tracker/928860 "2020-12-25T00:28:52Z")
Games and activities as you scroll down. All free of course. Merry Christmas everyone. --- ## [Idea for a new movie, about Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idea-for-a-new-movie-about-trump/928699)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idea-for-a-new-movie-about-trump/928699 "2020-12-24T16:12:52Z")
Trumpidiocy. An average American is selected by the psychologists to be the guinea pig for a top-secret program, and advances five months into the future and discovers a society so incredibly amazed that they bought in… --- ## [Ever had a stranger AirDrop \[photo share\] something to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-stranger-airdrop-photo-share-something-to-you/928610)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-stranger-airdrop-photo-share-something-to-you/928610 "2020-12-24T16:07:20Z")
Or vice versa. Or otherwise accidentally electronically shared something with someone? Once upon a time, before COVID-19 put an end to the career, I was a pilot flying short haul in New Zealand and the surrounding regio… --- ## [Santa's on his way!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-on-his-way/928828)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-on-his-way/928828 "2020-12-24T15:57:09Z")
Here he comes!. Hope he brings some cat toys and treats and catnip mousies to our house. --- ## [Our family may have a Lego problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-family-may-have-a-lego-problem/928782)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-family-may-have-a-lego-problem/928782 "2020-12-24T12:08:44Z")
We have two children age 6 (Boy) and 3 (Girl). Both like Lego, but my son, Boy is obsessed with them. It started innocently enough. First a couple of Duplo sets when the boy was smaller. Then a couple Lego Junior set… --- ## [Please help me with post-graduate school references for my application](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-post-graduate-school-references-for-my-application/922432)
**Author:** [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2020, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-post-graduate-school-references-for-my-application/922432 "2020-12-24T12:02:59Z")
Hello Dopers. I am currently applying for a PhD program, and part of the application requires three recommendations. I don’t really know anyone who could provide a quality recommendation. I don’t work with academics, and… --- ## [Times Square on New Year's Eve, 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-square-on-new-years-eve-2020/928798)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2020, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-square-on-new-years-eve-2020/928798 "2020-12-24T10:18:01Z")
How will Times Square be different this year, due to COVID? I can’t imagine people being 6 feet apart. Will they stupidly take everyone’s temperature? Will masks be mandatory? When I was there, decades ago, the crowd wa… --- ## [Treatment for sun-damaged skin? I HAVE A CURE!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treatment-for-sun-damaged-skin-i-have-a-cure/928612)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2020, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treatment-for-sun-damaged-skin-i-have-a-cure/928612 "2020-12-23T05:56:42Z")
Let me preface this with…my skin is shit. It’s fair to the point of translucent, it freckles, I live in Australia and I also inherited my mother’s propensity for skin cancers. I’ve had umpteen basal cell and squamous ca… --- ## [First Amendment Audit videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-amendment-audit-videos/928448)
**Author:** [@jimmyjoeraybubbabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmyjoeraybubbabob)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-amendment-audit-videos/928448 "2020-12-23T01:47:41Z")
I watch various youtube channels and just wanna know what the folks here have to say about them. I have zero affiliation with anyone on such channels including “Auditing America” and “Amagansett Press” but just can’t sto… --- ## [Things You Know You Will Miss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-you-will-miss/928438)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-you-will-miss/928438 "2020-12-22T21:18:47Z")
There are two meanings for “miss” in the title. Lately, I have been watching Jupiter and Saturn with great interest in the western early evening sky(with a comet in the picture even!) Now with an event that won’t be se… --- ## [Wolfpup found mummified!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolfpup-found-mummified/928659)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolfpup-found-mummified/928659 "2020-12-22T20:56:01Z")
Fortunately, not our @Wolfpup ! --- ## [Read your insurance policy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-your-insurance-policy/927916)
**Author:** [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-your-insurance-policy/927916 "2020-12-22T19:01:24Z")
So I own an IT consulting business and have a 10,000 sq ft office which has been largely empty since the middle of March when we went fully virtual. At the beginning of November the air conditioner in my server room die… --- ## [Conversation stoppers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-stoppers/928497)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-stoppers/928497 "2020-12-22T17:41:31Z")
Like “What if there were no hypothetical situations?” Got any more? --- ## [Apple making an electric car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-making-an-electric-car/928643)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-making-an-electric-car/928643 "2020-12-22T13:53:34Z")
You will have to buy a special $1000 charger for it unlike every other US EV. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Fox News debunking it's own hosts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-debunking-its-own-hosts/928435)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-debunking-its-own-hosts/928435 "2020-12-22T00:33:37Z")
Since I suspect most of us self-select towards avoiding Fox News, a bit that may interest us all. While the article doesn’t say so explicitly, I strongly suspect this is an effort to mitigate the probably lawsuits hea… --- ## [FSB officer duped by Alexei Navalny, reveals details of assassination attempt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fsb-officer-duped-by-alexei-navalny-reveals-details-of-assassination-attempt/928546)
**Author:** [@SharltoCopley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SharltoCopley)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fsb-officer-duped-by-alexei-navalny-reveals-details-of-assassination-attempt/928546 "2020-12-21T23:45:50Z")
For those interested in the developments of the Alexei Navalny poisoning story (and the investigation ran by Bellingcat and some news agencies), Alexei posted this today. A long phone call in which he pretends to be a na… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=285) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=287)