# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=307 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 308 --- ## [Jill Karofsky, newest WI Supreme court justice, sworn in during 100 mile run](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jill-karofsky-newest-wi-supreme-court-justice-sworn-in-during-100-mile-run/917034)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jill-karofsky-newest-wi-supreme-court-justice-sworn-in-during-100-mile-run/917034 "2020-08-22T10:53:42Z")
Politics? Game Room? I’ll start here. This article is written about the future, but it is now in the past (I couldn’t find a post event news piece) I get a fair bit of WI news (as I am very near the border), and knew… --- ## [What are you going to do in your last week on earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-do-in-your-last-week-on-earth/915455)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-do-in-your-last-week-on-earth/915455 "2020-08-22T10:34:15Z")
According to Chad Daybell the world is going to end on 7/22/20, when he and Lori Vallow will lead the 144,000 chosen ones to the promised land. So how are you going to spend the next week? StG --- ## [Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin indicted in Ivy League bribery scheme](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felicity-huffman-lori-loughlin-indicted-in-ivy-league-bribery-scheme/831001)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 463\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felicity-huffman-lori-loughlin-indicted-in-ivy-league-bribery-scheme/831001 "2020-08-22T05:27:59Z")
William H. Macy must be having an awesome morning… Hollywood actors, CEOs charged in nationwide college admissions cheating scam Oh, no! Not Aunt Becky! --- ## [Beck has too many siblings. Jeez, Daddy I so wanted to be an only child. What were you thinking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-has-too-many-siblings-jeez-daddy-i-so-wanted-to-be-an-only-child-what-were-you-thinking/918642)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-has-too-many-siblings-jeez-daddy-i-so-wanted-to-be-an-only-child-what-were-you-thinking/918642 "2020-08-22T03:23:37Z")
There were 8 babies. I have 6 sibs I grew up with. An older sister who died well before the rest of us were born. And one, deceased as an adult, sister. My birth order is 4th. I’m exactly in the middle. 1 boy and 2 gi… --- ## [And now Plague. With a 50% chance of pestilence and famine coming out of the Southwest at twelve miles per hour](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-plague-with-a-50-chance-of-pestilence-and-famine-coming-out-of-the-southwest-at-twelve-miles-per-hour/918422)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-plague-with-a-50-chance-of-pestilence-and-famine-coming-out-of-the-southwest-at-twelve-miles-per-hour/918422 "2020-08-22T01:57:05Z")
The good news is that treatment works well to deal with the old fashion plague, most people get better within a week or two with antibiotics. But without treatment, most people with the plague die. --- ## [Earth's magnetic field is changing. Normally this wouldn't be that worrisome, but this is 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earths-magnetic-field-is-changing-normally-this-wouldnt-be-that-worrisome-but-this-is-2020/918628)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earths-magnetic-field-is-changing-normally-this-wouldnt-be-that-worrisome-but-this-is-2020/918628 "2020-08-21T21:59:57Z")
A growing dent in Earth’s magnetic field could impact satellites and spacecraft: --- ## [That's "fire"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-fire/917619)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-fire/917619 "2020-08-21T21:29:50Z")
This is a pretty new expression, right? I caught it for the first time just a couple of weeks ago, and now I notice it every time it pops up. I had to look on my keyboard to ascertain that it wasn’t a poster somewhere me… --- ## [Golden State Killer/East Area Rapist/Original Night Stalker arrested?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-state-killer-east-area-rapist-original-night-stalker-arrested/813110)
**Author:** [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-state-killer-east-area-rapist-original-night-stalker-arrested/813110 "2020-08-21T20:22:41Z")
This case has fascinated me for some time (and considering all of the amateur sleuths working on it, I was not the only one). Earlier this year, I listened to Casefile’s excellent 5 part series on it, and was also intere… --- ## [New variant on fake tax return scams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-variant-on-fake-tax-return-scams/918676)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-variant-on-fake-tax-return-scams/918676 "2020-08-21T18:32:20Z")
About 2 months back, my MIL phoned me because they got a check from such-and-such bank, for about 7,000 dollars, for the refund for their 2019 tax return. The cover note said that since their electronic deposit info had … --- ## [Cornhole in the country. (Such an unfortunate name for a game)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornhole-in-the-country-such-an-unfortunate-name-for-a-game/917217)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornhole-in-the-country-such-an-unfortunate-name-for-a-game/917217 "2020-08-21T16:10:04Z")
The badminton tournament has ended. Walking is just soooooo boring. They can’t beat me at Scrabble and Trivial pursuit. So, Son-of-a-wrek has decided to build a cornhole game. He studied up on official size requiremen… --- ## [SKUNKS! Northside Chicago SKUNKS!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skunks-northside-chicago-skunks/918539)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skunks-northside-chicago-skunks/918539 "2020-08-21T15:24:59Z")
So I went outside after dark to relay grab my dinner from the delivery guy, and I see a creature rooting around the wrought iron fence. It waddles. It has long fur, black with a double white stripe along its back and t… --- ## [Pie hits the Terrible Twos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pie-hits-the-terrible-twos/918614)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pie-hits-the-terrible-twos/918614 "2020-08-21T01:35:18Z")
♪ Happy birthday to you {clap clap} It’s your birthday, we wish you many more Health and wealth and friends by the score Cut the cake Nom a fish and let’s eat some more Happy birthday to you {clap clap} ♪ … --- ## [I think I’ve realized something about why pessimism bothers me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-ve-realized-something-about-why-pessimism-bothers-me/918462)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-ve-realized-something-about-why-pessimism-bothers-me/918462 "2020-08-20T19:36:04Z")
I’ve posted threads and started discussions quite a few times recently over the past four years about whether people who feel pessimistic about the future are telling me to give up, if they’re practicing what they’re pre… --- ## [Nottinghamshire Police find Penguin walking on road](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nottinghamshire-police-find-penguin-walking-on-road/918411)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nottinghamshire-police-find-penguin-walking-on-road/918411 "2020-08-20T17:08:00Z")
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/17/uk/penguin-nottinghamshire-police-scli-intl-gbr/index.html They should have left him on top of the telly. --- ## [Highest temperature on earth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-temperature-on-earth/918529)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-temperature-on-earth/918529 "2020-08-20T16:39:55Z")
‘Highest temperature on Earth’ as Death Valley, US hits 54.4C, says BBC. When I heard about it, I immediately thought of the 134-foot tall thermometer outside of Baker, CA, which was that height because of the hottest r… --- ## [Can you play an octave higher than Maynard Ferguson (jazz trumpeter) in his prime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-play-an-octave-higher-than-maynard-ferguson-jazz-trumpeter-in-his-prime/918582)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-play-an-octave-higher-than-maynard-ferguson-jazz-trumpeter-in-his-prime/918582 "2020-08-20T13:42:20Z")
Maynard Ferguson was a Canadian jazz trumpeter known for among other things, his ability to play in a very, very high register. To answer the OP: No, no I cannot play an octave higher than Maynard Ferguson. To lower t… --- ## [What the Hell is Going on in My Life? (Gentleman Callers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-going-on-in-my-life-gentleman-callers/918286)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-going-on-in-my-life-gentleman-callers/918286 "2020-08-20T13:19:41Z")
I feel like Granny in the Bugs Bunny cartoon where Bugs was trying to rescue Granny from the attentions of Yosemite Sam. “Forty years, nothing. And then it all comes out in one day.” I recently posted a thread where I… --- ## [Painting eyes on cow butts help ward off predators](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/painting-eyes-on-cow-butts-help-ward-off-predators/918409)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2020, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/painting-eyes-on-cow-butts-help-ward-off-predators/918409 "2020-08-20T09:18:41Z")
Article here: Ignoble nomination? IMHO this definitely fits Brian --- ## [What the renter left behind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-renter-left-behind/918012)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2020, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-renter-left-behind/918012 "2020-08-20T09:06:00Z")
Background: Mr VOW and I used to own rentals. We used every means available to screen people. However, the homes we had must have been haunted, because almost all the renters ended up being Demon Spawn, straight out of H… --- ## [Thank you, Hedy Lamarr](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-hedy-lamarr/917162)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2020, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-hedy-lamarr/917162 "2020-08-20T07:45:39Z")
I was just now moving files between my laptop and devices via their Bluetooth connections. This is so much faster and easier than fishing out and hooking up cables. Bluetooth connections are a wonderful thing. Thank y… --- ## [Do you have an albatross left to you by a parent (or other relative)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-an-albatross-left-to-you-by-a-parent-or-other-relative/917447)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-an-albatross-left-to-you-by-a-parent-or-other-relative/917447 "2020-08-19T21:46:13Z")
Sort of the opposite idea of this thread: do you have something left you by a parent or other deceased relative that you wish you could be rid of? I lived with my dad to care for him, so although my brother and I will … --- ## [The Old Apple Tree has died, aged 194](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-apple-tree-has-died-aged-194/918420)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-apple-tree-has-died-aged-194/918420 "2020-08-19T20:58:05Z")
Death Notice: OLD APPLE TREE, 1826-2020. The Old Apple Tree passed away this summer in Vancouver, Washington, at the age of 194. The city identified the causes of death as a spiral crack, decay and old age. Mx. Tree im… --- ## ["Chest freeze"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chest-freeze/196020)
**Author:** [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chest-freeze/196020 "2020-08-19T15:49:32Z")
I’m not sure if this is the right forum for this, as I am looking for not only accounts of other people’s experiences, but also hard scientific fact… I am familiar with the concept of “brain freeze” (if you drink someth… --- ## [Meeting Caesar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meeting-caesar/917844)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meeting-caesar/917844 "2020-08-19T02:36:16Z")
Thanks to Johnny Bravo and Snowboarder Bo for the tip for the photo hosting site So my SO got a new-used cat this weekend. An 8 year old orange tuxedo tabby tom (whew that’s a mouthful) she got from the Idaho Humane So… --- ## [Cutest little froggy face ever!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutest-little-froggy-face-ever/917962)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2020, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutest-little-froggy-face-ever/917962 "2020-08-19T01:13:15Z")
I decided that I needed some African Dwarf frogs for my aquarium. If you click on the link and then, once on Flickr, click on the picture to make it really large, you’ll see his tiny, “smiling” face. … --- ## [Stupidity and bad, bad, bad Beck. How do I even live in the world like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-and-bad-bad-bad-beck-how-do-i-even-live-in-the-world-like-this/918440)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-and-bad-bad-bad-beck-how-do-i-even-live-in-the-world-like-this/918440 "2020-08-19T00:36:43Z")
For days I’ve been fighting spam, telemarketing calls and emails. It is of a sexual nature and a bit disturbing. This morning I decide Imma get to the bottom of this crap and ‘unsubscribe’, not that I ever subscribed t… --- ## [My lockdown read pile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lockdown-read-pile/918354)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lockdown-read-pile/918354 "2020-08-19T00:31:57Z")
My library system closed down in March. So I started ordering books from Amazon instead. The thing is, I read really fast. (Or I read normally and y’all are slow). I need 2-4 regular-sized books for shabbat alone. The … --- ## ["Gun Nut Blows Own Nuts Off, Is Hailed As Hero By Group Of Men Who Point Guns At Their Nuts"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nut-blows-own-nuts-off-is-hailed-as-hero-by-group-of-men-who-point-guns-at-their-nuts/918268)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nut-blows-own-nuts-off-is-hailed-as-hero-by-group-of-men-who-point-guns-at-their-nuts/918268 "2020-08-18T18:12:23Z")
More from the “You Can’t Make This Shit Up” Department. Today in things you may feel you were better off not knowing, there are multiple Facebook groups in which men take pictures of themselves with loaded guns point… --- ## [My Emergency Terrorist Attack Plan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-emergency-terrorist-attack-plan/918379)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-emergency-terrorist-attack-plan/918379 "2020-08-18T17:41:11Z")
Here is something mundane and pointless. I live in Saudi Arabia. It is pretty much like everywhere else really. We got Pizza Hut. We got Baskin-Robbins. My life here is nothing special. On the other hand, I do have a p… --- ## [On this date in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 399\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713 "2020-08-18T01:55:23Z")
1846 US Act of Congress passes establishing the Smithsonian Institution, now world’s largest museum and research complex. Truly a national treasure! When the plague passes, I’ll head back to visit there - it’s been a fe… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=306) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=308)