# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=308 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 309 --- ## [Covid-19 is more dangerous than push scooters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-is-more-dangerous-than-push-scooters/918351)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-is-more-dangerous-than-push-scooters/918351 "2020-08-18T00:31:38Z")
It must be true, because it’s published Science! Seeing that a variety of opportunists, careless nimrods and woo-mongers have contaminated the scientific literature with dumbass papers on Covid-19 (32 retractions and co… --- ## [A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? (Test poll)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woodchuck-would-chuck-as-much-wood-as-a-woodchuck-could-chuck-if-a-woodchuck-could-chuck-wood-test-poll/918132)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woodchuck-would-chuck-as-much-wood-as-a-woodchuck-could-chuck-if-a-woodchuck-could-chuck-wood-test-poll/918132 "2020-08-17T23:15:40Z")
poll --- ## [I've Changed My Avatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-changed-my-avatar/918162)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-changed-my-avatar/918162 "2020-08-17T23:12:16Z")
I’ve changed my avatar to Shylock after the trial. Shylock was the villain in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. I watched and read the play about 20 years ago. He was the villain. But that was partly because he was … --- ## [Cost to move west in the middle 1800s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-to-move-west-in-the-middle-1800s/918348)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-to-move-west-in-the-middle-1800s/918348 "2020-08-17T21:57:05Z")
Say you were a family of four, Husband, wife, two kids 7-9, in St. Louis. You own a suitable wagon and draft animals. You desire to make the overland trek to California. I’m wondering how much cash money you’d need to h… --- ## [National Shortage of Coins?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-shortage-of-coins/913982)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-shortage-of-coins/913982 "2020-08-17T16:16:54Z")
On my way home from work I stopped at the liquor store for vodka (somebody drank all my Tito’s). While I was paying, a sign was being put up that read: “Due to the national shortage of coins, all sales debit card, credi… --- ## [So, Did I Miss Out Big Time, Or Did I Just Dodge a Bullet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-did-i-miss-out-big-time-or-did-i-just-dodge-a-bullet/855167)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-did-i-miss-out-big-time-or-did-i-just-dodge-a-bullet/855167 "2020-08-17T04:50:44Z")
First, some background information. I’m in my mid-fifties, single, and owing to these and those religious and secular reasons, I have had maybe five dates in my life. I don’t mind being alone really, I grew up as an on… --- ## [I'm trying hard to make a descriptive 'Topic' title. Coz' you know I must. It's bad, bad, bad. The things ol'beck wants to tell you could fill a Olympic pool. My brain thinks it, my mouth wants to say it. It makes me happy to tell all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-hard-to-make-a-descriptive-topic-title-coz-you-know-i-must-its-bad-bad-bad-the-things-olbeck-wants-to-tell-you-could-fill-a-olympic-pool-my-brain-thinks-it-my-mouth-wants-to-say-it-it-makes-me-happy-to-tell-all/918213)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-hard-to-make-a-descriptive-topic-title-coz-you-know-i-must-its-bad-bad-bad-the-things-olbeck-wants-to-tell-you-could-fill-a-olympic-pool-my-brain-thinks-it-my-mouth-wants-to-say-it-it-makes-me-happy-to-tell-all/918213 "2020-08-17T03:53:26Z")
Yet, I can’t. Sorry. --- ## [What happened this week to renew your hope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-this-week-to-renew-your-hope/918190)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-this-week-to-renew-your-hope/918190 "2020-08-16T23:30:02Z")
As in the title, what happened in your life or part of the world that renewed your hope/optimism/positive feelings? I started a two phase move yesterday for an elderly couple who can no longer maintain their large home.… --- ## [Ask the person working as a camp counselor in a pandemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-working-as-a-camp-counselor-in-a-pandemic/915438)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-working-as-a-camp-counselor-in-a-pandemic/915438 "2020-08-16T18:51:29Z")
There was an IMHO thread about “would you send your child to summer camp”; I thought I’d share the other side of the equation. I work summers in the animal room of a Jewish daycamp in New Jersey; I wasn’t expecting us to… --- ## [What is the craziest thing that you ever dropped into a recycle dumpster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-craziest-thing-that-you-ever-dropped-into-a-recycle-dumpster/918121)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-craziest-thing-that-you-ever-dropped-into-a-recycle-dumpster/918121 "2020-08-16T16:51:48Z")
About fifteen years ago I dumped a forty year old old no longer functional Harman Kardon 505 discreet (( (no chips, no capacitors, no resisters,njnguna nada de eso)) integrated amplifier. IMHO it was the hottest thi… --- ## [Africa Photos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/africa-photos/917904)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/africa-photos/917904 "2020-08-16T14:20:02Z")
My cousin brought me a copy of some of the pictures he took on our trip to Africa in February and I thought I’d share them here if anyone wants to see them. He got some really great shots. … --- ## [Vancouver/PNW/DFW Dopefest!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vancouver-pnw-dfw-dopefest/48068)
**Author:** [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2001, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vancouver-pnw-dfw-dopefest/48068 "2001-01-14T02:37:18Z")
Zyada is coming to Vancouver, and would like to meet all the Dopers from this area. I’m thinking of dinner on Saturday, January 13, 2001. (I just wanted to type the year on that!) Of course, I have no idea just where, b… --- ## [Stein Mart closing after 112 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stein-mart-closing-after-112-years/917918)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stein-mart-closing-after-112-years/917918 "2020-08-16T07:00:11Z")
--- ## [You wake up 20 years in the past.. with a twist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-wake-up-20-years-in-the-past-with-a-twist/918105)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-wake-up-20-years-in-the-past-with-a-twist/918105 "2020-08-16T03:03:55Z")
I think the plot device of someone waking up in their younger body sometime in the past but with all their memories of the future still intact has been done and redone to death. However, I’ve never seen it done with thi… --- ## [Did you change your exercise habits during quarantine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-change-your-exercise-habits-during-quarantine/917624)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-change-your-exercise-habits-during-quarantine/917624 "2020-08-16T03:03:41Z")
When Canadians were urged to stay at home most of the time, it became much more common to see middle-aged Rollerbladers and joggers. With gyms and recreation centres shuttered, how did you change your exercise habit? --- ## [75 Years ago...WWII Ended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/75-years-ago-wwii-ended/918187)
**Author:** [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/75-years-ago-wwii-ended/918187 "2020-08-16T02:43:36Z")
Well, give or take some hours and the International Date Line. But the Japanese surrender did occur on the 15th of August for most of the combatants (the surrender documentation was signed on 2 September in Tokyo Bay). … --- ## [Beck is bitten!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-bitten/917764)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-bitten/917764 "2020-08-16T02:28:48Z")
After my un-nap I leash up the doggies for a walk. We get to the pond and I unhook Betsy the Beagle and she zooms off to chase an aroma. The Chihuahuas on her heels. I wander around the edge of the pond and put the Yor… --- ## [Batten The Hatches- A Dark and Stormy MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batten-the-hatches-a-dark-and-stormy-mmp/917144)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 351\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batten-the-hatches-a-dark-and-stormy-mmp/917144 "2020-08-15T20:34:19Z")
Looks like I’ll be having a fun sort on Tuesday. Everybody in the path stay safe, and don’t forget to stock up on whiskey and TP. --- ## [Shooting at White House?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-white-house/917750)
**Author:** [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-white-house/917750 "2020-08-15T14:48:11Z")
MSNBC currently running a presser with Trump, who is saying someone (doesn’t know who) was shot a short time ago by Secret Service agents (doesn’t know why). Waiting on further, more coherent info. --- ## ["Make like a \_\_\_\_\_\_, and \[leave\]." Need some new ones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-and-leave-need-some-new-ones/917881)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2020, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-and-leave-need-some-new-ones/917881 "2020-08-15T06:02:44Z")
I need some help; I’m running out of graceful exit punchlines. The standards: “Make like a banana, and split.” “Make like a tree and leaf.” My personal ones: “Make like a priest, and get the hell out of here.” “Mak… --- ## [Do you scrimp to save?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-scrimp-to-save/918049)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2020, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-scrimp-to-save/918049 "2020-08-15T03:49:57Z")
Do you scrimp to save? We scrimp quite a lot at my house. On example occurred just the other day which thinking that might make an interesting thread in MPSIMS at the SDMB. Since the restructuring and corresponding ma… --- ## [Clearly the definition of "paradise" has changed in the last century](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearly-the-definition-of-paradise-has-changed-in-the-last-century/917917)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2020, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearly-the-definition-of-paradise-has-changed-in-the-last-century/917917 "2020-08-15T03:32:01Z")
I have long been interested in the nearest small town to me, Pelzer, South Carolina, that in its founding seems to have combined elements of progressive thought (especially in attempting to educate the residents well bey… --- ## [How is your local economy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-your-local-economy/918130)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-your-local-economy/918130 "2020-08-15T02:17:30Z")
How is the local economy in your area? I keep reading about huge unemployment rates and businesses closing right and left. Around here (South Louisiana USA) the economy seems pretty much the same as the last few years. A… --- ## [Beck and bad, bad, bad figgy folderol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-and-bad-bad-bad-figgy-folderol/917966)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-and-bad-bad-bad-figgy-folderol/917966 "2020-08-15T00:17:18Z")
I picked figs. I had 2 gallons after I picked through the bird pecked ones. I always think if a bird was close enough to peck one she was close enough to pee on it. Hmmm? Do birds pee? sorry, I digress… I plucked, pe… --- ## [Mind-blowing chance encounters \[of the Small World kind - not celebrity\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-blowing-chance-encounters-of-the-small-world-kind-not-celebrity/917882)
**Author:** [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-blowing-chance-encounters-of-the-small-world-kind-not-celebrity/917882 "2020-08-14T23:42:01Z")
The closest I ever came to a really mind-blowing Chance Encounter of the Personal Kind was when I was about two hours away from bumping into a friend of mine from NYC, completely unplanned, at the Great Wall of China. N… --- ## [Father's fast response saves his children from injury](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathers-fast-response-saves-his-children-from-injury/918099)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathers-fast-response-saves-his-children-from-injury/918099 "2020-08-14T23:19:12Z")
I wish my reflexes were that good. :astonished: Those kids could have been badly cut by the mirror. He dives towards the ground to catch the mirror. Reminds me of a football player going for a low pass. --- ## [Do I Have A Chance At Life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-a-chance-at-life/917981)
**Author:** [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-a-chance-at-life/917981 "2020-08-14T23:04:16Z")
I’m 33, I still live at home, and have never worked. I am a high school drop out. My life revolves around pills. They are the only thing to give me meaning. I depend completely on my aging parents. I am quite literally \*… --- ## [In what way do you differ from the norm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-way-do-you-differ-from-the-norm/918052)
**Author:** [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-way-do-you-differ-from-the-norm/918052 "2020-08-14T22:34:48Z")
We are a very variable species, but I am wondering in what ways do our members vary from the norms of their society. I am not talking about gender, age, politics, hair color, education level or who you choose to love…no… --- ## [If you have a power outage, don't assume that someone else has contacted the utilities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-power-outage-dont-assume-that-someone-else-has-contacted-the-utilities/918038)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-power-outage-dont-assume-that-someone-else-has-contacted-the-utilities/918038 "2020-08-14T18:53:52Z")
I was in the field of the big Midwestern derecho on Monday, and most of my city was without power at some point. Other towns have been stricken even worse, due to all the high winds (up to 100mph) and downed trees and p… --- ## [Do you still have any items you "appropriated" from your parents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-any-items-you-appropriated-from-your-parents/917367)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-any-items-you-appropriated-from-your-parents/917367 "2020-08-14T15:54:49Z")
Kind of a random topic that popped into my head thanks to the mention of red Swingline staplers in another thread. Do you have any items in your home that just kind of took from your parents when you were younger? I’m … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=307) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=309)