# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=311 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 312 --- ## [More smart phone surprises](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-smart-phone-surprises/917030)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-smart-phone-surprises/917030 "2020-08-01T23:53:18Z")
So I get an email from my doctor scheduling a virtual visit by phone for next week. There is an attached file I can’t open, I think an .ics file. Looking it up shows it to be some kind of scheduling program. Anyhoo, the… --- ## [Remember the Colorado Drone Swarm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-colorado-drone-swarm/915716)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-colorado-drone-swarm/915716 "2020-08-01T20:42:29Z")
At the beginning of the year, there were many reliable reports of swarms of drones flying over rural Colorado at night. Here is an update based on FAA documents. TLDR; Nobody knows what they were. Everyone has moved on… --- ## [Did I make the right decision to leave my current job in search of more hours and better opportunities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-make-the-right-decision-to-leave-my-current-job-in-search-of-more-hours-and-better-opportunities/915234)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-make-the-right-decision-to-leave-my-current-job-in-search-of-more-hours-and-better-opportunities/915234 "2020-08-01T15:39:56Z")
TLDR: During my junior year of high school, I started working for a grocery store back in 2015. I’m currently 22 years old and almost done with college. Even though I already made the decision to move on, I think that th… --- ## [Montreal Cognitive Assessment - I Guess I am Just Not as Smart as the President](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-cognitive-assessment-i-guess-i-am-just-not-as-smart-as-the-president/916273)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-cognitive-assessment-i-guess-i-am-just-not-as-smart-as-the-president/916273 "2020-08-01T14:39:02Z")
Today I looked at the Montreal Cognitive Assessment that president Trump has made famous in the last few days. I am unable to identify the middle animal in the NAMING section. I think it may be a White Rhinocerus (Cera… --- ## [Wisconsin mask mandate. I'm going to make it fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-mask-mandate-im-going-to-make-it-fun/916961)
**Author:** [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2020, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-mask-mandate-im-going-to-make-it-fun/916961 "2020-08-01T09:51:45Z")
So Wisconsin starts a mask mandate 1 August. Fine. Other than the Karen’s I don’t mind making people feel comfy and safe. If wearing a mask might make you safer do it with no worries. It will at least make you feel safer… --- ## [Loving the response from my Senator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loving-the-response-from-my-senator/916900)
**Author:** [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loving-the-response-from-my-senator/916900 "2020-08-01T04:51:31Z")
Not enough time tonight to develop this into a worthy SDMB rant for the Pit, but WTF? As we all know federal unemployment benefits have added $600 a week to state benefits. In my state of Wisconsin this comes to about $… --- ## [Cost of minor civil eng./structural improvements?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-minor-civil-eng-structural-improvements/916769)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-minor-civil-eng-structural-improvements/916769 "2020-07-31T22:13:49Z")
Our City has a few well used, pleasant parks where dogs can walk off leash. One is located several hundred yards from a river, and maybe 200 yds from a driving range and 100 yds from a pet shelter. These have running w… --- ## [Scientists report finding 100-million-year-old bacteria still alive in sediments from beneath the ocean floor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-report-finding-100-million-year-old-bacteria-still-alive-in-sediments-from-beneath-the-ocean-floor/916865)
**Author:** [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-report-finding-100-million-year-old-bacteria-still-alive-in-sediments-from-beneath-the-ocean-floor/916865 "2020-07-31T20:16:37Z")
From Jerry Coyne’s “Why Evolution Is True” blog, New report: Bacteria can remain alive for over 100 million years! On the one hand, this is really cool. On the other hand, I can’t be the only one to be thinking this sou… --- ## [Why do people shit on service workers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-shit-on-service-workers/916566)
**Author:** [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-shit-on-service-workers/916566 "2020-07-31T14:06:56Z")
Is it a power trip ego thing? Do people feel better about themselves after putting down service industry especially fast food workers? What do you think? --- ## [Bidet bummer: UTI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidet-bummer-uti/916874)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidet-bummer-uti/916874 "2020-07-31T02:34:28Z")
So I finally got a “bidet”… Which is really just a sprayer attached to my toilet. I didn’t much care for the idea of a fixed spray I have other issues that made a handheld much more sensible. No big story attached…I jus… --- ## [Holy mackerel--we had a confirmed earthquake . . in New Mexico!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-mackerel-we-had-a-confirmed-earthquake-in-new-mexico/916861)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-mackerel-we-had-a-confirmed-earthquake-in-new-mexico/916861 "2020-07-31T02:15:43Z")
Felt it at 0904L this AM. And confirmed here: M 3.7 - 4 km ESE of Capulin, New Mexico Tripler Not my first one, but my first one at home. --- ## [So, I'm having a procedure done in October](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-having-a-procedure-done-in-october/916166)
**Author:** [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-having-a-procedure-done-in-october/916166 "2020-07-30T21:44:42Z")
It’s something I’ve wanted and needed done for years, but heath issues, insurance issues, etc got in the way. I’m finally healthy enough to have it done, and my insurance is in place at the same time. I had an ileostom… --- ## [Boeing 747s may be close to the end](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boeing-747s-may-be-close-to-the-end/708364)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boeing-747s-may-be-close-to-the-end/708364 "2020-07-30T18:33:57Z")
Boeing trimming production rate of 747-8 Demand for the 747 has been slowing down. Four-engine jets seem to be a bit thirsty for today’s market, and the 777 seems to be a better option. While the 747-8 has a maximum c… --- ## [Women's Viagra: apparently Viagra has an effect, but women interpret it differently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-viagra-apparently-viagra-has-an-effect-but-women-interpret-it-differently/748534)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-viagra-apparently-viagra-has-an-effect-but-women-interpret-it-differently/748534 "2020-07-23T12:59:25Z")
Listening to NPR this morning. Piece on that new “women’s Viagra” (Flibanserin??) - it is being reported to have a minimal increase in a woman’s amount of good sex, or something thereabouts. On NPR, they were talking… --- ## [Ruth Bader Ginsburg in hospital. Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-in-hospital-again/915351)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-in-hospital-again/915351 "2020-07-30T13:12:43Z")
https://www.axios.com/ruth-bader-ginsburg-hospital-infection-938743aa-5a67-4cc3-8fba-2de2ec5cd6c5.html RATS RATS RATS. :frowning\_face: Justice Ginsburg was admitted to the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland… --- ## [Your thoughts vs. your personality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-thoughts-vs-your-personality/916807)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-thoughts-vs-your-personality/916807 "2020-07-30T11:49:29Z")
I’m not sure whether this goes here or in General Questions. I wish there were a straight up answer, but I think I’m mostly going to get opinions. I won’t be to upset if mods move it, though. Here goes: This is actuall… --- ## [Poor, Poor Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-dog/916748)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-dog/916748 "2020-07-30T03:07:35Z")
Our 10 year old dog just had a big mass removed from her side. It’s almost certainly benign, but she’s a sad, sad dog. The told us that instead of a cone she could wear a t-shirt to make sure she leaves the incision al… --- ## [Beck and the 3 bad buzzards!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-and-the-3-bad-buzzards/916547)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-and-the-3-bad-buzzards/916547 "2020-07-29T22:09:15Z")
Woke up waaaayyy too early. Cats and all doggies follow me down stairs. Breakfast time must be adhered to. It’s the rulz, folks. I don’t make 'em. I fed the cats. Got my protein drink and me and the pups go out on the d… --- ## [Hey, beck! She likes it! (Sooper seekrit' stuff)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-beck-she-likes-it-sooper-seekrit-stuff/916082)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-beck-she-likes-it-sooper-seekrit-stuff/916082 "2020-07-29T20:12:50Z")
My Sooper seekrit’ phone took one last header outta my hand and on to the garage floor. (Where I was hiding doin’ Sooper seekrit’ stuff) Duct tape wouldn’t hold it together any more. The camera lens cover landed in the … --- ## [Can you guess what this remote control is to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guess-what-this-remote-control-is-to/916624)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guess-what-this-remote-control-is-to/916624 "2020-07-29T19:50:47Z")
A friend of mine posted this on Facebook. I offered my nieces $20 if they could guess what is was for. They didn’t come close. --- ## [On this date in 1932](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-1932/916632)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2020, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-1932/916632 "2020-07-29T10:36:26Z")
. . .a national disgrace occurred when President Hoover sent in military forces to oust WWI veterans from their “Hooverville” camps in WDC. This “Bonus Army” had arrived by the thousands, begging to be paid the bonuses t… --- ## [Minneapolis police say 'Umbrella Man' was a white supremacist trying to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-police-say-umbrella-man-was-a-white-supremacist-trying-to/916669)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2020, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-police-say-umbrella-man-was-a-white-supremacist-trying-to/916669 "2020-07-29T07:55:45Z")
They have a name, but no arrest yet. --- ## [Could COVID corpses become organ donors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-covid-corpses-become-organ-donors/916659)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-covid-corpses-become-organ-donors/916659 "2020-07-29T05:16:22Z")
I mean, common sense would tell me hell no. But… what if you waited like 72 hours before a transplant? I’m still guessing no. --- ## [How would you expect an interstate travel ban to be enforced?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-expect-an-interstate-travel-ban-to-be-enforced/916462)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2020, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-expect-an-interstate-travel-ban-to-be-enforced/916462 "2020-07-29T03:15:01Z")
Though inspired by current events, such as the recent open letter being discussed in QZ, this isn’t necessarily limited to such. Assume there’s a really really good reason why it needs to happen. (And yes, I asked this i… --- ## [Humans Thrived in the Americas over 30,000 Years Ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humans-thrived-in-the-americas-over-30-000-years-ago/916304)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humans-thrived-in-the-americas-over-30-000-years-ago/916304 "2020-07-28T13:03:04Z")
New discoveries seem to confirm hypotheses put forth by those who believe the Americas were populated by humans long before the Clovis people, according to this article. A team from Mexico has analyzed human artifacts a… --- ## [Gold price at all-time high\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-price-at-all-time-high/916282)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-price-at-all-time-high/916282 "2020-07-27T21:03:02Z")
The asterisk is to note that this is only true if you don’t take inflation into account. The previous high was $1900 in 2011. Today’s close was $1901.30 (sale price). Not especially meaningful about what is going to hap… --- ## [Mask Compliancy: How's your location doing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mask-compliancy-hows-your-location-doing/916190)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mask-compliancy-hows-your-location-doing/916190 "2020-07-27T20:24:41Z")
So, in Ottawa it became mandatory to wear a face mask in all public places a week ago. A week prior to that it was mandatory to wear a mask on public transportation. I must say, the compliancy rate from my observation l… --- ## [I had a burger, fries, and a cold draft beer at a bar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-burger-fries-and-a-cold-draft-beer-at-a-bar/912314)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-burger-fries-and-a-cold-draft-beer-at-a-bar/912314 "2020-07-27T17:15:39Z")
Normally, such a thing wouldn’t be worthy of a post, but these are not normal times. Things are slowly opening up again locally, including bars and restaurants. Those are interesting, as they’re only allowed to operate… --- ## [M-O-O-N that spells MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-o-o-n-that-spells-mmp/915811)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 296\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-o-o-n-that-spells-mmp/915811 "2020-07-27T17:12:10Z")
On July 20th, 1969 aliens landed on Luna. When they left several days later, there was not a soul left alive. But Mr. Gorsky was pleased. Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to work. Light volume today so I may be ho… --- ## [So it looks like my brother has a cat after all \[Update - cat had to be put to sleep\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-it-looks-like-my-brother-has-a-cat-after-all-update-cat-had-to-be-put-to-sleep/855273)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2020, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-it-looks-like-my-brother-has-a-cat-after-all-update-cat-had-to-be-put-to-sleep/855273 "2020-07-27T07:00:38Z")
When I was looking for a companion for Pie, I went to my friend the Cat Lady’s house to check out one of her organization’s foster litters (which had a kitten named after out late, loved Mystery). For some reason, I took… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=310) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=312)