# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=312 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 313 --- ## [Saturday night's alright!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-nights-alright/916349)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2020, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-nights-alright/916349 "2020-07-27T00:56:52Z")
It’s Saturday evening. What’s everyone doing tonight? Remember when going out was fun on the weekends? Well, I never really did all that, but, I can see where it would be fun. Myself? I’m reading the Dope. Trying to … --- ## [Enamel paint with brush attached, is there such a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enamel-paint-with-brush-attached-is-there-such-a-thing/915462)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enamel-paint-with-brush-attached-is-there-such-a-thing/915462 "2020-07-26T23:10:43Z")
I’m looking for small (approx 1-2 ozs) containers of enamel paint where the brush is attached to the inside of the lid. Somewhat like a nail polish bottle, with the brush attached to the cap, but with a bigger container … --- ## [I Have an Extra Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-extra-tooth/916364)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-extra-tooth/916364 "2020-07-26T13:17:22Z")
Weird story. When I first joined these boards about 20 years ago, I thought one of the first things I would post in MPSIMS would be this story. But in all these years, it just never happened for some reason. Anyways, it… --- ## [Beck takes a walk down a bad, bad, bad memory lane.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-takes-a-walk-down-a-bad-bad-bad-memory-lane/853359)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2020, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-takes-a-walk-down-a-bad-bad-bad-memory-lane/853359 "2020-07-26T09:12:59Z")
I was thinking about my baby brother. He’s almost exactly 2 years younger than me. Harry was the biggest klutz, chubby, blond and his feet grew before the rest of him. He also smelled bad. The worst thing he did was ta… --- ## [Spiders are insects](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiders-are-insects/912871)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiders-are-insects/912871 "2020-07-25T22:02:46Z")
At least according to the United States Court of Appeal for the 11th District (Alabama, Florida, and Georgia} A couple in Alabama made a claim on their homeowner’s insurance because their home was “infested” with brown… --- ## [Why did I put my hand under that tarp?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-i-put-my-hand-under-that-tarp/916151)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-i-put-my-hand-under-that-tarp/916151 "2020-07-25T16:33:14Z")
Yeah. Imma need to move now. --- ## [One man's plan to send a message to the past warning of disaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-mans-plan-to-send-a-message-to-the-past-warning-of-disaster/916217)
**Author:** [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2020, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-mans-plan-to-send-a-message-to-the-past-warning-of-disaster/916217 "2020-07-25T11:30:33Z")
Hasn’t this been the plot of many a sci-fi story, with the punchline or moral that history ends up worse for the meddling? :face\_with\_raised\_eyebrow: Article. The gist: Joe Davis wants to send a radio message – an hour… --- ## [Great Trump video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trump-video/916257)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trump-video/916257 "2020-07-25T01:28:31Z")
This is A++ --- ## [How does alcohol affect your reading and entertainment choices?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-alcohol-affect-your-reading-and-entertainment-choices/916204)
**Author:** [@SharltoCopley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SharltoCopley)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-alcohol-affect-your-reading-and-entertainment-choices/916204 "2020-07-24T23:36:50Z")
This is a question to people who drink regularly or even compulsively. What effect does alcohol have on your choices for reading material or entertainment? I am what you can call a high-functioning alcoholic, and someti… --- ## [Looking for feedback on "On the Wall" or "Ductless" Air Conditioners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-feedback-on-on-the-wall-or-ductless-air-conditioners/914818)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-feedback-on-on-the-wall-or-ductless-air-conditioners/914818 "2020-07-24T23:24:43Z")
We’re preparing to buy a house in a walking town, so the house will almost certainly be without ducts and nearly impossible to retrofit cleanly. I don’t want window units or to cut holes in the house for through the wall… --- ## [Very surprising wedding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-surprising-wedding/916238)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-surprising-wedding/916238 "2020-07-24T21:52:45Z")
A friend of mine had a custody battle that went on for 3 or 4 years over his daughter. He never married her mother but they lived together for about a year. He went through 4 lawyers to get custody settled and spent … --- ## [Oldest poster on your wall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-poster-on-your-wall/915773)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-poster-on-your-wall/915773 "2020-07-24T21:37:25Z")
Due to having just read the tshirt thread, I misinterpreted what the “Oldest poster” thread was about when I first saw it. So here’s the thread I thought that thread was, and a poll. The oldest poster currently hangin… --- ## [How was Fred Trump only worth a billion dollars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-fred-trump-only-worth-a-billion-dollars/916168)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-fred-trump-only-worth-a-billion-dollars/916168 "2020-07-24T19:17:32Z")
I just finished reading not only the book ‘too much and never enough’ about the Trump family by Donald Trump’s niece as well as the NYT article about the Trump families tax evasion which came out in 2018. Both were extr… --- ## [Non-political Trump question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-political-trump-question/915403)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-political-trump-question/915403 "2020-07-24T18:19:53Z")
Trump is incessantly mocked for his orange pancake make-up and his reverse raccoon eyes. His appearance has to be 100% deliberate- he has world class beauticians at his disposal, yet he prefers to look ridiculous. How is… --- ## [A Tale Of Two Trailer Hitches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tale-of-two-trailer-hitches/916116)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tale-of-two-trailer-hitches/916116 "2020-07-24T12:37:33Z")
I bought a new Jeep last fall, and have been meaning to buy a receiver hitch so I can tow my boat with it and use my cargo carrier and bike rack. We were planning a camping trip July 6, so I finally got around to orderin… --- ## [Bat's in my Mom's attic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bats-in-my-moms-attic/915707)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bats-in-my-moms-attic/915707 "2020-07-24T09:13:31Z")
Just talked to Mom and the other day a bat was flying around in the living room. She reminded me that this happened once when I was about 10. So she called animal control, turns out there are about a dozen of them livin… --- ## [61,320 hours and counting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/61-320-hours-and-counting/916184)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/61-320-hours-and-counting/916184 "2020-07-24T08:22:29Z")
OK, it’s probably not quite that much, but it’s close. I write the date that all my LED bulbs are installed on the base of the bulb, and save the receipt, so that I can get a replacement for any that fail prematurely. I … --- ## [Sleep walking, Jello, and the scream heard 'round the world. -](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-walking-jello-and-the-scream-heard-round-the-world/914609)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-walking-jello-and-the-scream-heard-round-the-world/914609 "2020-07-23T20:57:15Z")
It’s a bad idea to sleepwalk. It’s a bad idea to eat when you’re doing so. The lil’wrekker heard something strange in the early morning hours. It woke her up. She decided a kitchen trip was a good idea. Maybe a glass of… --- ## [What if they open schools and a kid refuses to go back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-they-open-schools-and-a-kid-refuses-to-go-back/915228)
**Author:** [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-they-open-schools-and-a-kid-refuses-to-go-back/915228 "2020-07-23T20:31:12Z")
Your city says it’s safe to go back to school, they have conditions in place but your kid refuses to go because he’s scared he’ll die. And what if mom and dad say you’re going back anyway. Some kid is going to make a b… --- ## [Good grief, I used to do this every day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-grief-i-used-to-do-this-every-day/916149)
**Author:** [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-grief-i-used-to-do-this-every-day/916149 "2020-07-23T19:06:14Z")
I just worked my first full day in months. Not real, paying, work, my friend needed some exterior trim work rebuilt on his house before it gets painted. 8 hours of labor outside in 85 degrees. I used to build stuff all d… --- ## [Oh, the scourge, the heartbreak and embarrassment. And the pain, yes PAIN](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-scourge-the-heartbreak-and-embarrassment-and-the-pain-yes-pain/915867)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-scourge-the-heartbreak-and-embarrassment-and-the-pain-yes-pain/915867 "2020-07-23T18:19:08Z")
I have the dreaded dish-pan hands. Red, raw and burning. It’s bad. I got the O’Keefe’s out. It burnt like fire on my poor hands. Now, see, here’s the thing. I’ve been putting my bare hands in everything I’ve done for y… --- ## [Qantas last flight of its 747 fleet...traces its logo in the sky just after departure...sad day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qantas-last-flight-of-its-747-fleet-traces-its-logo-in-the-sky-just-after-departure-sad-day/916018)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qantas-last-flight-of-its-747-fleet-traces-its-logo-in-the-sky-just-after-departure-sad-day/916018 "2020-07-23T16:17:11Z")
Qantas is retiring its fleet of 747 aircraft. Today was the last flight of a 747 from Sydney to Los Angeles. As the plane left Sydney, out over the ocean, the plane flew a route that traced the Qantas logo which I thou… --- ## [When the plague is over in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-plague-is-over-in-the-mmp/915194)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 323\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-plague-is-over-in-the-mmp/915194 "2020-07-23T13:57:10Z")
Once the virus is tamed/vaccinated/reduced to insignificance, what do you plan to do first? When you no longer need a mask and the kids can all go back to school and “social distancing” disappears from daily conversatio… --- ## [My wife has breast cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-breast-cancer/915955)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-breast-cancer/915955 "2020-07-23T00:23:44Z")
Not mundane or pointless but: My wife of 14 years was just diagnosed with breast cancer. It appears they caught it early, so hopefully the prognosis will be good. Tomorrow she talks to the oncology department to discu… --- ## [Enalzi is no more. Hail Bort!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enalzi-is-no-more-hail-bort/916029)
**Author:** [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enalzi-is-no-more-hail-bort/916029 "2020-07-22T20:14:56Z")
After \*checks watch\* 22 long years I have finally decided to retire the first username I ever used to access the internet. Mainly due to the fact that it’s almost always misspelled and one of those misspellings might mak… --- ## [Colorado's current oldest veteran is a Flying Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorados-current-oldest-veteran-is-a-flying-tiger/848154)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorados-current-oldest-veteran-is-a-flying-tiger/848154 "2020-07-22T19:36:55Z")
I thought about combining subjects into one thread, but I decided that these two men deserved a dedicated thread. Colorado Springs has long been a military town. Ollie Cellini may be the oldest veteran in the nation, a… --- ## [13 hostages released after Ukrainian president endorses Joaquin Phoenix movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-hostages-released-after-ukrainian-president-endorses-joaquin-phoenix-movie/916033)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-hostages-released-after-ukrainian-president-endorses-joaquin-phoenix-movie/916033 "2020-07-22T19:30:46Z")
A man held 13 people hostage on a bus in Ukraine until Ukrainian president Volodyrmyr Zelensky agreed to endorse the 2005 Joaquin Phoenix movie “Earthlings.” All have been released unharmed. --- ## [As mundane as it gets!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-mundane-as-it-gets/915678)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-mundane-as-it-gets/915678 "2020-07-22T14:42:35Z")
I find myself visiting SDMB less and less. I’ve tried, I have really tried. But I do not like navigating this new board. Too much scrolling. Don’t count me gone. I cannot stay away, for this is home. I’m just not cra… --- ## [Turkish man paraglides on his sofa over ocean while watching TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkish-man-paraglides-on-his-sofa-over-ocean-while-watching-tv/915474)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkish-man-paraglides-on-his-sofa-over-ocean-while-watching-tv/915474 "2020-07-22T00:19:25Z")
Occasionally, important news fails to make the front page, so this needs shared. Not only did he paraglide on his sofa while watching TV, he was tuned to Tom and Jerry and eating Doritos at the time. Truly a man of tas… --- ## [Marcus Harvey (and Tre Jones)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marcus-harvey-and-tre-jones/915958)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marcus-harvey-and-tre-jones/915958 "2020-07-21T22:28:52Z")
Continuing the discussion from Serendipity: Probably not the same Marcus Harvey that Chaotic Donkey was referring to back in 2005, but someone by that same name and his friend Tre Jones just pulled somebody out of a ho… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=311) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=313)