# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=289 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 290 --- ## [Fun with foreigners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-foreigners/927683)
**Author:** [@MrMrmrmr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMrmrmr)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-foreigners/927683 "2020-12-09T21:19:34Z")
Years ago we made a product that was also sold in Europe. We would crate up the mold, about 3000 lbs of steel, and ship it overseas. I was told the shipping cost of the parts and import duty was more than shipping the … --- ## [RIP Chuck Yeager](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-chuck-yeager/927539)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-chuck-yeager/927539 "2020-12-09T19:45:22Z")
--- ## [Please say it isn't so. Bad bad bad dream. Blue Spiders. With teeth, oh my!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-say-it-isnt-so-bad-bad-bad-dream-blue-spiders-with-teeth-oh-my/927603)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-say-it-isnt-so-bad-bad-bad-dream-blue-spiders-with-teeth-oh-my/927603 "2020-12-09T19:34:16Z")
Self explanatory topic title. I still wanna run and hide. Gah!!! --- ## [Letters to Santa reveal the toll the pandemic is taking on kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letters-to-santa-reveal-the-toll-the-pandemic-is-taking-on-kids/927660)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letters-to-santa-reveal-the-toll-the-pandemic-is-taking-on-kids/927660 "2020-12-09T18:59:06Z")
Aw. :frowning: I didn’t know Operation Santa was a thing. I think that’s great. ~Max --- ## [What good news have you recently received?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-news-have-you-recently-received/927645)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-news-have-you-recently-received/927645 "2020-12-09T18:52:45Z")
Yesterday, I received an email from Stubhub® which indicated that I would soon be receiving a full refund for two tickets for an “in-person” event that had been scheduled for June of this year but was subsequently cancel… --- ## [What does the Pringles guy's body look like? \[possibly NSFW\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-pringles-guys-body-look-like-possibly-nsfw/927627)
**Author:** [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-pringles-guys-body-look-like-possibly-nsfw/927627 "2020-12-09T18:24:49Z")
John Oliver did a special web segment asking the question what the Pringle’s guy’s (person’s) body looks like and the back story for why he’s asking. \[possibly NSFW video\] Oliver issued a challenge to Pri… --- ## [Another Old Timer checking in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-old-timer-checking-in/927232)
**Author:** [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-old-timer-checking-in/927232 "2020-12-09T18:22:25Z")
Not sure what counts as old timer any more, tbh. Hi! I’m Tristan. I was a regular poster for quite a while, having joined in 2000. I apparently missed being a 99er by a hair. Dang it. I hosted a truly awful dopefes… --- ## [Do you send or receive Christmas cards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-send-or-receive-christmas-cards/927211)
**Author:** [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-send-or-receive-christmas-cards/927211 "2020-12-09T06:06:45Z")
My mom has a huge list of people she exchanges Christmas cards with, some of whom she hasn’t actually seen in decades. She includes a Christmas letter reflecting on the year with some of the cards. I, on the other hand, … --- ## [Canadians help stranded military family drive to Alaska](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-help-stranded-military-family-drive-to-alaska/927525)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-help-stranded-military-family-drive-to-alaska/927525 "2020-12-09T01:10:09Z")
Covid restrictions make it very difficult for people to enter and drive through Canada to Alaska. This lady and her kids trip (to meet her husband stationed in Alaska) was delayed waiting for the necessary paperwork fro… --- ## [Pearl Harbor Day, Dec 7, 1941 - 79th Anniversary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-harbor-day-dec-7-1941-79th-anniversary/927466)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-harbor-day-dec-7-1941-79th-anniversary/927466 "2020-12-08T21:17:59Z")
Any Dopers have parents, grandparents, or other relatives who are old enough to remember? Both my parents are gone, but my dear friend and “adopted” mother is 91, and she was a teenager when it happened. We’re getting… --- ## [Great article about Woodrow Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-article-about-woodrow-wilson/738239)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-article-about-woodrow-wilson/738239 "2020-12-08T20:38:17Z")
If you are rolling your eyes at the recent news of rallying Princeton students, I point you to this enlightening article: Woodrow Wilson was extremely racist, even by the standards of his time. --- ## [Sounds you don't want to hear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-dont-want-to-hear/844926)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-dont-want-to-hear/844926 "2020-12-08T19:00:00Z")
I woke up in the middle of the night because I could hear my cat horking something up. Leaped out of bed, hoping I could catch him before it got on the carpet. Not only did I not make it, but my bare foot squished down… --- ## [Doxie Dog: Old, Deaf, Crippled and still a Stone Killer! Very Mundane unless you like Dachshunds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doxie-dog-old-deaf-crippled-and-still-a-stone-killer-very-mundane-unless-you-like-dachshunds/927546)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doxie-dog-old-deaf-crippled-and-still-a-stone-killer-very-mundane-unless-you-like-dachshunds/927546 "2020-12-08T18:15:20Z")
Poor old dude is going hard these days. Not sure if he can hear anymore. Doesn’t seem to respond, so I hook him up to Ted The Dog with a leash when we go out for the daily Jeep And Kill ride. I can keep track of him, an… --- ## [Worrying too much about COVID and Politics? Try Worrying about Invasive Tegu Lizards for a change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worrying-too-much-about-covid-and-politics-try-worrying-about-invasive-tegu-lizards-for-a-change/927509)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worrying-too-much-about-covid-and-politics-try-worrying-about-invasive-tegu-lizards-for-a-change/927509 "2020-12-08T15:03:54Z")
Evidently invasive Black and White Tegu Lizards, a native of Argentina and other South American countries, has gotten loose in the Southeastern US. It has no predators there, eats the eggs of ground-nesting birds, and ca… --- ## [Product Descriptions that Make you go Whaaaaaa?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-descriptions-that-make-you-go-whaaaaaa/927259)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-descriptions-that-make-you-go-whaaaaaa/927259 "2020-12-07T23:22:03Z")
So a friend shared this with me, and now, I must share this with you. As it is the season for shopping, you too may find wonderful, possibly thrice translated or otherwise amusingly inaccurate product descriptions you m… --- ## [Mist and Murk in the MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/926785)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 333\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/926785 "2020-12-07T19:54:14Z")
Morning all! It is indeed a misty and murky morning where I live, the weather app says 46F, it’s damp and dismal out there. Definitely a bonus to be working from home, I made the effort to get properly dressed and then d… --- ## [Pet theory explaining why car brake rotors warp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-theory-explaining-why-car-brake-rotors-warp/927417)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-theory-explaining-why-car-brake-rotors-warp/927417 "2020-12-07T20:06:48Z")
Ever wonder why car brake rotors warp? The ones I’ve seen are heavy castings, and maybe a half inch thick with cooling passages cast into them. They look hard to bend, and their use seems to challenge them evenly all the… --- ## [San Francisco to ban tobacco smoking in apartments – but not cannabis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-francisco-to-ban-tobacco-smoking-in-apartments-but-not-cannabis/927189)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-francisco-to-ban-tobacco-smoking-in-apartments-but-not-cannabis/927189 "2020-12-07T19:46:22Z")
“San Francisco will ban tobacco smoking inside apartments in an effort to curb the negative health impacts of secondhand smoke. Cannabis smoking, however, will still be permitted.” This is going too far. If smoking is… --- ## [Canadians! Do Not Let Moose Lick Your Car!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-do-not-let-moose-lick-your-car/926215)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-do-not-let-moose-lick-your-car/926215 "2020-12-07T19:14:32Z")
Finally! Someone is calling attention to the persistent problem of salty cars and the meese who love them. --- ## [Successful early stage research on reversing glaucoma & age related eye damage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/successful-early-stage-research-on-reversing-glaucoma-age-related-eye-damage/927478)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/successful-early-stage-research-on-reversing-glaucoma-age-related-eye-damage/927478 "2020-12-07T15:06:11Z")
Harvard Medical School scientists have successfully restored vision in mice by turning back the clock on aged eye cells in the retina to recapture youthful gene function. They had success in reversing vision loss from… --- ## [Online education programs/resources for Elementary School age kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-education-programs-resources-for-elementary-school-age-kids/849997)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-education-programs-resources-for-elementary-school-age-kids/849997 "2020-03-22T01:33:03Z")
So this week my 1st and 4th grader began learning at home thanks to Covid-19, probably for some time to come. Their school uses ClassLink which is good, but my children also enjoy Prodigy and beg to do it for fun in the… --- ## [Political etiquette on tv shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-etiquette-on-tv-shows/927433)
**Author:** [@LoneRhino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoneRhino)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-etiquette-on-tv-shows/927433 "2020-12-07T06:56:26Z")
Most of what I know about proper etiquette in Washington I learned from watching The West Wing. I know that in the White House everybody is supposed to stand when the president enters the room. I just started watching M… --- ## [Entering 2020... leaving 2020 (picture thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entering-2020-leaving-2020-picture-thread/927386)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entering-2020-leaving-2020-picture-thread/927386 "2020-12-07T03:31:06Z")
Entering 2020: Leaving 2020: --- ## [How, on a cold blustery day, in S. Ark., the Wrek house decorates for the holidays](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-on-a-cold-blustery-day-in-s-ark-the-wrek-house-decorates-for-the-holidays/927332)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-on-a-cold-blustery-day-in-s-ark-the-wrek-house-decorates-for-the-holidays/927332 "2020-12-07T01:55:02Z")
The lil’wrekker and Grandwrex start whining. Mid-daughter laments the forthcoming mess. DIL calls and says Son-of-a-wrek may get to come home for Christmas. Sickly Beck makes a to-do list. Everyone groans. Eggnog is mad… --- ## [The Tomato Manifesto](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tomato-manifesto/927411)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tomato-manifesto/927411 "2020-12-06T22:04:30Z")
I often feel like a tomato. You know that a tomato is a fruit, yes? A fruit is a ripened flower ovary and it contains seeds. I often feel like a tomato in a world where fruits are generally sweet and vegetables are ge… --- ## [Japan brings back part of asteroid for research](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-brings-back-part-of-asteroid-for-research/927365)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-brings-back-part-of-asteroid-for-research/927365 "2020-12-06T17:58:08Z")
Probe was launched in 2014 --- ## [The Pandemic Blues support group thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pandemic-blues-support-group-thread/925729)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pandemic-blues-support-group-thread/925729 "2020-12-06T12:49:14Z")
The Pandemic Blues seems to be A Thing. I have seasonal depression on a regular basis anyway, but I can already tell this is year is going to be bad. My last really bad year was 2013, and I was suicidal. I’m not that ba… --- ## [Jack Piper can eat no pretzels, his wife can eat no SunChips](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-piper-can-eat-no-pretzels-his-wife-can-eat-no-sunchips/927168)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2020, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-piper-can-eat-no-pretzels-his-wife-can-eat-no-sunchips/927168 "2020-12-06T06:08:27Z")
Got a bag of mixed snax at the Petro-Can the other day. Gave it to Mrs Piper when she wanted some salty snax. She ate some, then gave me the bag and said, “Done for now, can you put in the cupboard?” As I put it away,… --- ## [I quit my progressively crappier job and got a dream job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit-my-progressively-crappier-job-and-got-a-dream-job/926324)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit-my-progressively-crappier-job-and-got-a-dream-job/926324 "2020-12-05T21:58:16Z")
TL;DR: My old job was going to shit, so I got a job as a carpenter. So my old job (gosh, I love typing that) was ok for a while. I worked for the state government, in a regulatory position for an industry. Investigating… --- ## [Pencils with "Mark Sense Lead"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pencils-with-mark-sense-lead/742273)
**Author:** [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pencils-with-mark-sense-lead/742273 "2016-01-07T19:19:14Z")
Today I was looking through my collection of art/office supplies of the pen, pencil and marker variety. Many I purchased or were gifts; but some \[del\]possibly junk\[/del\] were given to me over the years when someone was c… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=288) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=290)