# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=299 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 300 --- ## [President Tyler's Grandson Dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-tylers-grandson-dies/922609)
**Author:** [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2020, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-tylers-grandson-dies/922609 "2020-10-10T08:21:22Z")
I read the most interesting obit in the Times that I’ve seen in quite a while. The grandson of John Tyler, the first VP to become president on the death of a president, just died at 95. The grandson is Lyon Tyler. Since… --- ## [What would you do with absolute power?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-with-absolute-power/921201)
**Author:** [@Jakeyjakey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jakeyjakey)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2020, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-with-absolute-power/921201 "2020-10-10T05:51:06Z")
This thread is inspired by an old thread I made about whether or not it is wrong to step on bugs, but with a different subject. There is an episode of the Twilight Zone called the Little People where a couple astronauts … --- ## [Laughter is the best medicine and I need a good laugh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-and-i-need-a-good-laugh/922116)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-and-i-need-a-good-laugh/922116 "2020-10-09T02:04:58Z")
Please make me laugh! I’ll start with a video of Max Rose reading mean tweets he’s received. This had me cracking up this morning. So funny. --- ## [I just realized my hard drive is 11 years old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-my-hard-drive-is-11-years-old/922416)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-my-hard-drive-is-11-years-old/922416 "2020-10-08T20:23:09Z")
A few more years and it will really be able to drive! Is it just me or did desktop hard drives really started to get more reliable about a decade ago? I don’t hear people talking about them failing and taking everythin… --- ## [Strangest scam I ever heard of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-scam-i-ever-heard-of/922515)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-scam-i-ever-heard-of/922515 "2020-10-08T19:30:13Z")
In Sept I ordered a TV stand from FB Marketplace, from Burney Furniture. I checked them out, everything seemed OK. Got a confirmation email, but a few days later got another one saying the order was canceled, and my … --- ## [Albertan researcher shares Nobel Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albertan-researcher-shares-nobel-prize/922341)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albertan-researcher-shares-nobel-prize/922341 "2020-10-08T00:48:50Z")
A shout out to Michael Houghton, a researcher at the University of Calgary who discovered the hepatitis C virus. His work, along with other luminaries like Lorne Tyrrell have helped to make the world’s blood supply safe… --- ## [Password chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-chaos/922029)
**Author:** [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-chaos/922029 "2020-10-07T22:51:03Z")
I’ve been at my job for just under a year and am on my 5th password now. I used to work for a place where the list of passwords you couldn’t use rotated, so I only had to have three slightly different ones. If I forgot… --- ## [Late 2020 dreams: share yours! armchair quarterback diagnose others!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-2020-dreams-share-yours-armchair-quarterback-diagnose-others/922373)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-2020-dreams-share-yours-armchair-quarterback-diagnose-others/922373 "2020-10-07T15:21:50Z")
I’ve been having a recurring theme lately, that I didn’t even realize until today when (awake) I was at a harbor looking down into murky but fish-filled waters. Lots of dreams lately have featured me looking downward fr… --- ## [Have you ever bribed a cop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-bribed-a-cop/921837)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-bribed-a-cop/921837 "2020-10-07T14:49:50Z")
Continuing the discussion from Illegal to bribe or proposition a police officer?: Have you ever bribed a cop? I did it, once. It was in Mexico. On a road trip from San Francisco to Cabo back in the summer of 1996, two f… --- ## [What is this switch for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-switch-for/919460)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-switch-for/919460 "2020-10-06T23:47:02Z")
My daughter and SIL just bought their first house, and they’re in the process of painting and starting to move their crap OUT OF MY HOUSE!!! :rofl: Ever the helpful parental units, we’ve been lending a hand with some of… --- ## [Yet another CANCER SUCKS thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-cancer-sucks-thread/921547)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-cancer-sucks-thread/921547 "2020-10-06T22:09:53Z")
Early this week my sister and brother-in-law left for a short vacation in Branson. Sis had headaches, then was extremely sick to her stomach. They came home early. This morning Sis could not be wakened, so BIL and my … --- ## [Kuhneutson Valves and Flux Capacitors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kuhneutson-valves-and-flux-capacitors/714211)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kuhneutson-valves-and-flux-capacitors/714211 "2020-10-06T18:54:46Z")
I know there’s plenty of these “parts” that have become standard over the years, used either to prank or send someone on a wild goose chase (left-handed smokeshifter, shore line, etc.) Anyone have any favorites they’ve … --- ## [Adventures with cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-with-cancer/922299)
**Author:** [@pythonzz2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzz2)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-with-cancer/922299 "2020-10-06T08:51:40Z")
I’m baaaack… a brief update: I got stuck with a cancer diagnosis after my colonoscopy - two benign polyps and a cancerous mass located at the hepatic juncture. The alien mass was causing havoc by chronic bleeding leadin… --- ## [In response to that Lestoil thread: Cloralen products](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-response-to-that-lestoil-thread-cloralen-products/922303)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-response-to-that-lestoil-thread-cloralen-products/922303 "2020-10-06T03:48:02Z")
Another old product that seems to be making a comeback, I guess. I’m seeing quite a bit of that in grocery and other stores, even though Clorox and other bleach products are readily available. Maybe it was a niche prod… --- ## [I'm Up So Here's The New MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-up-so-heres-the-new-mmp/921729)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 326\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-up-so-heres-the-new-mmp/921729 "2020-10-06T02:00:37Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN 'Tis 75 Amurrkin out and rainy(ish) with a predicted high of 85 and partly N.O.S. for the day, or maybe it will rain off and on all day. TWPTB are once again all willy-nilly … --- ## [I have retired](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-retired/920943)
**Author:** [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-retired/920943 "2020-10-05T20:19:16Z")
After over 41 years as a working electrician/fire alarm technician I have finally retired. I don’t really have any hard and fast plans. I plan to up my cooking game quite a bit and there are a few projects around the h… --- ## [Cape Town water: impending crisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cape-town-water-impending-crisis/807004)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cape-town-water-impending-crisis/807004 "2020-10-05T20:15:56Z")
After several years of drought, the tourist capital of South Africa is poised to run out of water by late April. \*At the Voëlvlei Dam, water levels are critically low, sitting at less than 20 percent, reports CBS News’ … --- ## [Hurricane Sally Saga](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-sally-saga/921146)
**Author:** [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-sally-saga/921146 "2020-10-05T13:16:29Z")
Woke up Wednesday morning with the storm raging outside and 2 feet of water in the bedroom. A rescue team got us and the cat in a boat after a couple of hours. We are now living in a Motel 6 a hundred miles away in Missi… --- ## [Have you ever heard of this ceremony, at the hospital, called The Walk of Honor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-this-ceremony-at-the-hospital-called-the-walk-of-honor/922074)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-this-ceremony-at-the-hospital-called-the-walk-of-honor/922074 "2020-10-04T14:04:20Z")
This thread is actually a spinoff of my CANCER SUCKS thread. It concerns something that happened at the hospital, following the unexpected death of my sister. She died five days after becoming ill with what turned out … --- ## [I totally MacGuyvered that s@#&!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-totally-macguyvered-that-s/921593)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-totally-macguyvered-that-s/921593 "2020-10-04T13:14:10Z")
Here’s the scenario: I was kind of in a hurry to be somewhere yesterday and my Jeep is running on fumes. I stop for gas, but my gas cap door won’t unlock. When I push the unlock button under the dash, i can hear the latc… --- ## [Channeling my inner lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/channeling-my-inner-lizard/922013)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/channeling-my-inner-lizard/922013 "2020-10-04T03:03:11Z")
Okay, how about something about as mundane and pointless as it gets . . . It seems I’ve been getting pretty good at catching mosquitoes. There’s certainly plenty of practice material around here these days. I snatch t… --- ## [Is Kobo trying to shed customers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kobo-trying-to-shed-customers/922050)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kobo-trying-to-shed-customers/922050 "2020-10-04T02:15:04Z")
Seven years ago, my kids bought Kobo readers as gifts for my wife and me. I have bought well over 100 books from them. The other night I tried to buy two books and the last item before checkout is to identify a captcha… --- ## [Bad ignition coil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ignition-coil/921823)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ignition-coil/921823 "2020-10-03T17:43:55Z")
My car started running rough a couple of days ago. My mechanic friend stopped by and hooked his little diagnostic gizmo up. The error code said the ignition coil is going bad on my #2 cylinder. The good news is that’s a … --- ## [Don't let your piercings close up!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-your-piercings-close-up/922039)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-your-piercings-close-up/922039 "2020-10-03T14:40:13Z")
Since I’m WFH and hardly ever go anywhere, I took out my stud earrings a while ago to let my ear holes get a break, and I just never put them back in. Like 4 months now. I just scratched my ear lobe, and it felt quite s… --- ## [Seeing a man about a horse in Chicago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-a-man-about-a-horse-in-chicago/921183)
**Author:** [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2020, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-a-man-about-a-horse-in-chicago/921183 "2020-10-03T08:06:40Z")
A man is riding a horse on the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago. With an escort of motorcycles. --- ## [Windfall in my mail! Thanks Obama!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windfall-in-my-mail-thanks-obama/922057)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windfall-in-my-mail-thanks-obama/922057 "2020-10-03T02:05:07Z")
I opened up my mail to find a message from my health insurance plan. Apparently they did not meet the required 85% threshold for spending premiums on actual medical care as per the ACA. If fact, they only spent 69%. Th… --- ## [Beck is a bad, bad, bad quick change artist ( or how my performance art entertained the masses)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-a-bad-bad-bad-quick-change-artist-or-how-my-performance-art-entertained-the-masses/921983)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-a-bad-bad-bad-quick-change-artist-or-how-my-performance-art-entertained-the-masses/921983 "2020-10-03T01:09:14Z")
Going to the kidney doctor for recheck. The lil’wrekker is driving. She looks over and sez…“Oh, Mother, you have you shirt on backwards!” Well, you see dressing is not a thing I’m good at. The lil’wrekker fancies hers… --- ## [People crammed into a VW](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-crammed-into-a-vw/921984)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-crammed-into-a-vw/921984 "2020-10-02T22:53:49Z")
Looks like the record is 17 people In 2017 Toyota got 41 people in a RAV4 --- ## [What's the dumbest/most dangerous thing you've ever done for an animal's sake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-most-dangerous-thing-youve-ever-done-for-an-animals-sake/921935)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-most-dangerous-thing-youve-ever-done-for-an-animals-sake/921935 "2020-10-02T21:53:04Z")
Gather 'round, kids, I feel like telling a story. Back when I was 17 and my brother 11, our parents both occasionally worked nights. Dad’s job didn’t believe that people’s health was affected by an uneven sleep schedule… --- ## [They walk among us](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-walk-among-us/921602)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-walk-among-us/921602 "2020-10-02T21:05:47Z")
Was watching the game show “Common Knowledge” this morning. Three fully grown American adults guessed that Monroe is the President depicted on the $5 dollar bill. I’m going to lose my mind! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=298) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=300)