# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=292 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 293 --- ## [Remember the Ice Bucket Challenge of 2014?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-ice-bucket-challenge-of-2014/790614)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-ice-bucket-challenge-of-2014/790614 "2020-11-23T13:26:11Z")
Did you participate either by getting your head soaked or by sponsoring someone who did, or did you mock those who did either? Well, the awful truth about where the money went has been revealed: A crapload of money was… --- ## [Do most modern laptops offer the option of adding an M.2 hard drive, how do you integrate it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-most-modern-laptops-offer-the-option-of-adding-an-m-2-hard-drive-how-do-you-integrate-it/926204)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-most-modern-laptops-offer-the-option-of-adding-an-m-2-hard-drive-how-do-you-integrate-it/926204 "2020-11-22T23:10:07Z")
My current laptop is only a few years old but its been having issues. I’m thinking of a new laptop, but I want one with a SSD. I’ve seen ones with 128GB or 256GB SSDs, which is ok but I also like to do some gaming on my… --- ## [Rubik's cube juggling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubiks-cube-juggling/926210)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubiks-cube-juggling/926210 "2020-11-22T21:08:46Z")
Found this video while surfing around YouTube. The weird thing is I see both solving Rubik’s cubes and juggling as only moderately difficult tasks; the kind of things I feel most people could learn to due … --- ## [Be very careful if you're scraping your windows next to a high-rise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-very-careful-if-youre-scraping-your-windows-next-to-a-high-rise/926106)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-very-careful-if-youre-scraping-your-windows-next-to-a-high-rise/926106 "2020-11-22T14:33:05Z")
This happened after an ice storm in Vladivostok, Russia. Yikes! --- ## [Wherein the Piper Cub sets out a few moral principles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-the-piper-cub-sets-out-a-few-moral-principles/925551)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2020, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-the-piper-cub-sets-out-a-few-moral-principles/925551 "2020-11-22T09:39:18Z")
The Piper Cub set out a couple of moral principles over the past few weeks. First, he asked if we could watch Men in Black together, the first one, since we’d just seen MiB3. Got to the part where the alien is about to… --- ## [Big US radio telescope being shutdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-us-radio-telescope-being-shutdown/925982)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-us-radio-telescope-being-shutdown/925982 "2020-11-19T17:20:43Z")
Seen in the movie Contact . It cannot be fixed from recent damage. --- ## [Why do some people work far away from where they live, even if their same job is located closer to their hometown?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-work-far-away-from-where-they-live-even-if-their-same-job-is-located-closer-to-their-hometown/926053)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-work-far-away-from-where-they-live-even-if-their-same-job-is-located-closer-to-their-hometown/926053 "2020-11-21T22:46:48Z")
I don’t mean to sound rude by asking this, but why do some people drive out of their way when they can work at the same store or restaurant closer to where they live? This question only applies for temporary jobs, such … --- ## [Ever have a car/motorcycle you wish you had back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-car-motorcycle-you-wish-you-had-back/842202)
**Author:** [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-car-motorcycle-you-wish-you-had-back/842202 "2020-11-21T15:34:40Z")
I know there has probably been a thread about this before … but the “Dream Car” thread got me thinking: I had a 1959 Villager station wagon from 1978 to 1986 or so. This was no show princess; I got it with about 126k on… --- ## [Amusing (to me, at least) birthday stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-to-me-at-least-birthday-stuff/926043)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-to-me-at-least-birthday-stuff/926043 "2020-11-21T14:50:46Z")
So I turn 60 today. Which means I was born in 1960 - which makes this kinda my golden birthday. Then, I open this morning’s Chicago Trib, and the predicted high for today is — you guessed it! Triple golden, baby! Sig… --- ## [Emergency call from the neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emergency-call-from-the-neighbor/925850)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emergency-call-from-the-neighbor/925850 "2020-11-21T13:06:40Z")
Oh, man. Panicked call from my neighbor - “Emergency, we need you down here right now!” Their Anatolian shepherd got loose and attacked one of their old dogs and killed a couple sheep. She said she was sick and couldn’t … --- ## [Advice for my small modeling clay crafting project](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-my-small-modeling-clay-crafting-project/918716)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2020, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-my-small-modeling-clay-crafting-project/918716 "2020-11-21T05:15:30Z")
For emergency lighting, I think I prefer pointing flashlights at the ceiling instead of having a frosted glass lantern at eye level. Flashlights in the ceiling offer zero glare when sitting around a table eating dinner, … --- ## [Man kinds purpose](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-kinds-purpose/925808)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-kinds-purpose/925808 "2020-11-20T19:14:39Z")
I don’t necessarily believe that evolution has any purpose so I will not call this a theory as much as it is a hypothesis but if mankind does have a purpose I think it would simply be to recharge the atmosphere with avai… --- ## [Hi, I'm Tripler. Let me sell you some coffee!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-tripler-let-me-sell-you-some-coffee/926046)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-tripler-let-me-sell-you-some-coffee/926046 "2020-11-20T17:31:43Z")
(Starting a new thread, 'cause I we started with some puns in another one). Hi, I’m Tripler, longtime SDMB member, and when I’m not off deterring the world from nuclear annihilation, I moonlight as President and CEO of… --- ## ['Injecting marijuanas' meme](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/injecting-marijuanas-meme/925991)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/injecting-marijuanas-meme/925991 "2020-11-20T17:09:00Z")
Most of us have probably seen the memes showing the evils of ‘injecting marijuanas’. (It just occurred to me that I haven’t had one of those pop on on Facebook for a couple of years now.) The memes had a quasi-legitima… --- ## [Zombie Corporate names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-corporate-names/917284)
**Author:** [@Bacon\_Cheeseburger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bacon_Cheeseburger)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-corporate-names/917284 "2020-11-20T14:14:52Z")
Inspired by a recent threat about Kodak (which i thought no longer existed) recently got a big Government contract to produce pharmaceutical ingredients. What other big industrial corporations still linger on in one for… --- ## [Know a good computer quiz for kids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-a-good-computer-quiz-for-kids/926012)
**Author:** [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-a-good-computer-quiz-for-kids/926012 "2020-11-20T03:29:58Z")
My kid (a preteen) wants to buy their own computer, but I want to be sure they know enough about them. They’ve used Kindles, not desktops. I want to find a website with some basic info or lesson that covers things like… --- ## [Working very remotely from home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-very-remotely-from-home/923778)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-very-remotely-from-home/923778 "2020-11-19T22:29:53Z")
I’m just rambling out loud, and typing out my thoughts on this as they occur, as it’s a new concept to me and I’m trying to get my thoughts organized. My husband started working from home a few weeks before the whole pa… --- ## [Oh, fuck. I’m 60!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-fuck-i-m-60/924416)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-fuck-i-m-60/924416 "2020-11-19T18:12:25Z")
I turn 60 today. How can I be this old? I could swear I was 17 just yesterday! I’m going to try to look at it this way: I’m either a quarter of the way done with a long life, or half way done with a short one. I do in… --- ## [A Message from one of our Ship Captains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-from-one-of-our-ship-captains/925721)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2020, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-from-one-of-our-ship-captains/925721 "2020-11-19T11:26:19Z")
As you are aware, our multi-ship interstellar colonization mission has recently hit a snag with a run of infestations, and, as one of the captains of the Fleet, I want to address the situation. The alien ship on LV-426 … --- ## [Man's kind porpoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mans-kind-porpoise/925916)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2020, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mans-kind-porpoise/925916 "2020-11-19T09:08:33Z")
So what is really behind dolphinses seeming benevolent interactions with humans? --- ## [Walking while white](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-while-white/925921)
**Author:** [@MrMrmrmr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMrmrmr)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-while-white/925921 "2020-11-18T23:53:24Z")
I went with my wife for a walk along the lakefront houses, on a dead end.Every car that went past had a driver that smiled and waved. I was thinking if I were a young black man I would had a different experience. I can … --- ## [Good News -- NORAD will Still be Tracking Santa this year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-norad-will-still-be-tracking-santa-this-year/925899)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-norad-will-still-be-tracking-santa-this-year/925899 "2020-11-18T23:14:57Z")
I’m glad they’re being safe, and keeping up the tradition. I just hope The Big Guy is using hand sanitizer between visits, and is keeping his mask on throughout. Even Santa Magic is no match for COVID. And he has to b… --- ## [Met my sister today. Almost 64 years after her birth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/met-my-sister-today-almost-64-years-after-her-birth/925847)
**Author:** [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/met-my-sister-today-almost-64-years-after-her-birth/925847 "2020-11-18T22:42:26Z")
A few years ago I did one of the DNA tests. The results game back and through one of the genealogy websites, I have a lot more folks related to me than I thought. Most were distant cousins. Earlier this year I received a… --- ## [Autumn leaves are falling in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autumn-leaves-are-falling-in-the-mmp/925137)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 278\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autumn-leaves-are-falling-in-the-mmp/925137 "2020-11-18T21:36:17Z")
When I was a kid, autumn was fun because we’d rake our leaves (from the ONE tree in front of our house) to the gutter, and dad would burn them and it smelled so good! Now I live on 3 acres, and close to 2/3 of the lot is… --- ## [Another Heartbreaking Dog Tale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-heartbreaking-dog-tale/925330)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-heartbreaking-dog-tale/925330 "2020-11-18T16:36:53Z")
This Thursday it will be 3 weeks since we had to say goodbye to our sweet Luca due to bone cancer. After he died, Romeo, our 7 yo boxer barely ate, didn’t want to go for walks and was just kind of listless. I assumed he … --- ## [Am I the only guy who hasn't gotten a haircut since February?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-who-hasnt-gotten-a-haircut-since-february/916169)
**Author:** [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-who-hasnt-gotten-a-haircut-since-february/916169 "2020-11-18T04:46:22Z")
It seems like everywhere I go (which basically consists of the grocery store, liquor store and post office), 9 out of 10 men appear to have gotten a haircut fairly recently. I am a bit puzzled since ‘nonessential’ (to me… --- ## [More, 'Beware of your heroes' (Alton Brown)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-beware-of-your-heroes-alton-brown/925793)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-beware-of-your-heroes-alton-brown/925793 "2020-11-18T01:56:54Z")
Alton Brown’s own private holocaust: --- ## [My Cat Just Coughed Up an 18 Inch Piece of This Plastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-coughed-up-an-18-inch-piece-of-this-plastic/925243)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-coughed-up-an-18-inch-piece-of-this-plastic/925243 "2020-11-18T01:08:20Z")
The type of plastic that I think may have been used to wrap up a small package. What on earth would motivate him to swallow such a thing? --- ## [Why aren't repeat offenders in jail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-repeat-offenders-in-jail/925716)
**Author:** [@Yelnick\_McWawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yelnick_McWawa)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-repeat-offenders-in-jail/925716 "2020-11-18T00:59:09Z")
Occasionally we hear about repeat offenders who flaunt the law, yet are free to flaunt it again. I’m talking about DUI, or multiple felony arrests or driving suspensions or any other crimes you’d like to mention. Appar… --- ## [Almost blew the easiest job interview question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-blew-the-easiest-job-interview-question/925561)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-blew-the-easiest-job-interview-question/925561 "2020-11-17T22:38:37Z")
Got laid off a couple of months ago, have been on Indeed and other sites sending out applications. Got a request for phone interview yesterday for call center rep, remote, for a bank. I had that job for a year in 201… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=291) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=293)