# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=310 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 311 --- ## [Can I get an IT job at 58 with no experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-an-it-job-at-58-with-no-experience/917129)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-an-it-job-at-58-with-no-experience/917129 "2020-08-08T05:48:31Z")
So I just got laid off from my job as a Project Manager at a translation company , been doing it for almost 20 years. I have many contacts in this industry, nobody is hiring now and not for the foreseeable future. Well… --- ## [How can we preserve "Jerry" (he's such an as-phalt)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-preserve-jerry-hes-such-an-as-phalt/916893)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-preserve-jerry-hes-such-an-as-phalt/916893 "2020-08-08T02:57:46Z")
Back in 2013, I took my daughter and another young woman to Chincoteague / Assateague for a day trip. Moon Unit found a loose piece of asphalt - about 14 inches across, in the sandy area near the parking lot. She and th… --- ## [Are surgeons in bikinis a teensy-weensy bit unprofessional?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-surgeons-in-bikinis-a-teensy-weensy-bit-unprofessional/916416)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-surgeons-in-bikinis-a-teensy-weensy-bit-unprofessional/916416 "2020-08-07T02:28:51Z")
According to an article in the Journal of Vascular Surgery, yes…at least, until the backlash started. A group of dedicated researchers investigated young surgeons’ social media accounts, and shockingly found some had … --- ## [Is this an OK email to send to my team lead at work or should I revise it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-ok-email-to-send-to-my-team-lead-at-work-or-should-i-revise-it/913475)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-ok-email-to-send-to-my-team-lead-at-work-or-should-i-revise-it/913475 "2020-08-06T18:29:17Z")
I am a project manager at a translation company in the health care industry. In May I delivered a pdf of a brochure we had translated. We do that, and then when the pdf is approved, we send the full typeset package with… --- ## [Whither these Trump associates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whither-these-trump-associates/917425)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whither-these-trump-associates/917425 "2020-08-06T16:37:02Z")
I was thinking recently about people associated with Donald Trump who appear to have fallen off the radar. I’m sure there are hundreds, potentially, but here were just a few names I thought of: Carolyn Kepcher - she was… --- ## [I've had enough, E-nuff!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-enough-e-nuff/917281)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-enough-e-nuff/917281 "2020-08-06T14:57:41Z")
COVID (nobody sick, thank GAWD), Trump’s lies, stores not having the stuff I want, too much HEAT, nonstop bad news, avoiding “certain” topics of conversation, and the cherry on top: scrolling in SDMB. I’m cranky. I migh… --- ## [Sometimes karma is nice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-karma-is-nice/917384)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-karma-is-nice/917384 "2020-08-06T04:42:00Z")
I have a $10 food gift card (Zippy’s for Hawaii locals) to one of the janitors at work today because I see her several times a day when happily and diligently cleaning the outside door handles of all the offices on my fl… --- ## [Highway skid marks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highway-skid-marks/917175)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highway-skid-marks/917175 "2020-08-06T04:28:08Z")
I was driving on the highway yesterday and passed a set of skid marks, diagonal to the traffic lanes and ending at the median barrier. So I was imagining the incident during which the driver had to slam on his brakes and… --- ## [The moment BBC Bureau is hit by Beruit Explosion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moment-bbc-bureau-is-hit-by-beruit-explosion/917347)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moment-bbc-bureau-is-hit-by-beruit-explosion/917347 "2020-08-06T01:44:32Z")
AKA The zoom call from hell. :astonished: The stunned reaction of the guy being interviewed says it all. WTF am I seeing? Thankfully no one at the BBC was badly injured. I suspect some underwater got soiled. I know mi… --- ## [The Continuing adventures of Kai and Jam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continuing-adventures-of-kai-and-jam/917278)
**Author:** [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continuing-adventures-of-kai-and-jam/917278 "2020-08-06T01:10:25Z")
So we adopted two cats a little while ago,( thread here) and the adjustments and training of the new staff has been quite exasperating for them. Week 1: Discovered that the box spring makes an excellent sleeping area. … --- ## [Do you remember high school fondly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-high-school-fondly/916431)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-high-school-fondly/916431 "2020-08-06T00:52:48Z")
A friend of a friend of mine from my hometown in Virginia on Facebook said : I miss my high school friends and teachers and cheerleading. It is tough getting older." Fuck yeah it is tough getting older. But this is par… --- ## [My cousin has a new pancreas!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cousin-has-a-new-pancreas/916163)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cousin-has-a-new-pancreas/916163 "2020-08-06T00:27:00Z")
Well, a second-hand pancreas, strictly speaking, but gently-used is better than no pancreas, which is what he’s had for the past several years (along with no spleen, no gallbladder, neither original kidney, and a partial… --- ## [NASA to have first splashdown with crew since 1975](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-to-have-first-splashdown-with-crew-since-1975/915608)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-to-have-first-splashdown-with-crew-since-1975/915608 "2020-08-05T23:13:34Z")
It’s planned for around Aug 2nd with the Spacex Dragon Capsule and 2 astronauts. The last NASA splashdown was the Apollo-Soyuz project in 1975 --- ## [Dear Scientists, After you create the COVID vaccine, would you please invent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-scientists-after-you-create-the-covid-vaccine-would-you-please-invent/915878)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-scientists-after-you-create-the-covid-vaccine-would-you-please-invent/915878 "2020-08-05T22:03:23Z")
I love grapefruit. Unfortunately, at least one of my medications says, “No grapefruit for you!” Please invent grapefruit that plays well with others! ~VOW --- ## [Anybody know anything about drum circles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-anything-about-drum-circles/917173)
**Author:** [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-anything-about-drum-circles/917173 "2020-08-05T19:41:29Z")
I’m so freaking bored – really need something to do – and at this point it actually kinda sounds like it might be fun. I was a hippy in Haight Ashbury with flowers in my hair – but I was only ever interested in smoking … --- ## [Things Could Have Turned Out Worse 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-could-have-turned-out-worse-2/917338)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-could-have-turned-out-worse-2/917338 "2020-08-05T18:10:28Z")
This morning I fried a green chile stuffed with cheese along with my bacon. Some of the melted cheese escaped from the chile and got onto the bacon. I had to eat bacon with melted cheese on it! --- ## [Ostriches escape quarantine in Metro Manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ostriches-escape-quarantine-in-metro-manila/917292)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ostriches-escape-quarantine-in-metro-manila/917292 "2020-08-05T16:30:27Z")
Stricter quarantine measures were reimposed the other day in Metro Manila and adjacent provinces, after health care professionals sounded the alarm about the imminent collapse of the health care system. It didn’t take l… --- ## [I had a weird, but positive July](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-weird-but-positive-july/917331)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-weird-but-positive-july/917331 "2020-08-05T14:29:41Z")
For the last several years, my wife and I have been separated, but living together. A sort of (pardon the expression) “cheaper to keep her” kind of thing, and we’ve been mostly amicable. With interests rate so low, we … --- ## [Who needs terrorists when you can do this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-terrorists-when-you-can-do-this/917285)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-terrorists-when-you-can-do-this/917285 "2020-08-04T22:41:08Z")
fire plus sodium nitrate = kaboom And if the people of Beirut say it was a very big explosion, you know you are listening to experts. --- ## [Grain Silos Can Fly \[SpaceX Starship Prototype Makes Successful Hop\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grain-silos-can-fly-spacex-starship-prototype-makes-successful-hop/917296)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grain-silos-can-fly-spacex-starship-prototype-makes-successful-hop/917296 "2020-08-05T04:58:37Z")
This was the first successful flight test of a Starship prototype. Starship is SpaceX’s next-gen rocket system, with the intent being full reusability (their current Falcon 9 rocket only reuses the first s… --- ## [In which Ayn Rand spins in her grave](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-ayn-rand-spins-in-her-grave/914618)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-ayn-rand-spins-in-her-grave/914618 "2020-08-05T00:59:47Z")
Ayn Rand Institute has been approved for the PPP. --- ## [COVID-Free Bubble Communities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-free-bubble-communities/917197)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-free-bubble-communities/917197 "2020-08-04T21:50:32Z")
It probably won’t happen, but it wouldn’t be such a bad idea to do what the NBA is doing in Orlando, only for residents. It would be for people who don’t want to get infected by others being negligent, and probably for t… --- ## [I beat teh coronavirus!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-beat-teh-coronavirus/916164)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2020, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-beat-teh-coronavirus/916164 "2020-08-03T22:30:00Z")
I got my first negative result today (from Tuesday’s test) since July 3. I got tested today and should know the results of that one on Saturday. Then I’ll have two consecutive negative tests and can consider myself virus… --- ## [For people who like ridiculous heat in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-people-who-like-ridiculous-heat-in-the-mmp/916481)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 398\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-people-who-like-ridiculous-heat-in-the-mmp/916481 "2020-08-03T21:28:43Z")
You know who you are. I, personally, think you’re out of your evel-lovin’ mind(s) but it’s our differences that make the world interesting. Right? So this MMP is in honor of those misguided souls who think the heat of s… --- ## [Dollars to Donuts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dollars-to-donuts/917094)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dollars-to-donuts/917094 "2020-08-03T20:22:57Z")
How much did donuts cost when this phrase became vogue? Cuz now they cost a dollar, at any bakery chain, with a slight discount for multiples. Sort of defeating the purpose of the phrase. --- ## [Some Cats Are Just Born Bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-cats-are-just-born-bad/917171)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-cats-are-just-born-bad/917171 "2020-08-03T15:42:17Z")
This shady fellow escaped from a Sri Lankan prison. He was smuggling drugs and sim cards. If you see him do not approach, call the police. He is clawed and dangerous. :cat: :syringe: :dagger: --- ## [New house has strong chemical odor in tap water](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-house-has-strong-chemical-odor-in-tap-water/917121)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-house-has-strong-chemical-odor-in-tap-water/917121 "2020-08-03T14:23:50Z")
My family just bought a newly built house in Austin. Everything seems great, except that the tap water has an intensely strong chemical PVC odor, so much so that I don’t dare cook, wash, drink or bathe with it. Is this c… --- ## [Human sperm swims in a corkscrew motion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-sperm-swims-in-a-corkscrew-motion/916943)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-sperm-swims-in-a-corkscrew-motion/916943 "2020-08-03T00:08:25Z")
Sometimes the news bleeds over into my local jazz station. Today the story was, scientists have discovered that human sperm swims in a corkscrew motion instead of zig-zagging from side to side. They’ve had it wrong for h… --- ## [Saturday follies at the Wrek house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-follies-at-the-wrek-house/917038)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-follies-at-the-wrek-house/917038 "2020-08-03T00:07:16Z")
The badminton tourney had the championship match this afternoon. They were tied up 10-10 win the Lil’wrekker landed the winning volley. A brief argument over boundaries and the referee(me) stepped in and called the birdi… --- ## [Umbrella Man is a Hell's Angel and not Antifa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umbrella-man-is-a-hells-angel-and-not-antifa/916663)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umbrella-man-is-a-hells-angel-and-not-antifa/916663 "2020-08-02T23:02:35Z")
From AP: "Police say a man captured on surveillance video breaking windows at a south Minneapolis auto parts store in the days after George Floyd’s death is a Hell’s Angels member who was bent on stirring up social unres… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=309) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=311)