# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=322 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 323 --- ## [Who will replace Boeing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-replace-boeing/854871)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-replace-boeing/854871 "2020-06-02T19:24:26Z")
Here is a pointless question that came to me. Boeing is a very old, very large, and right now very challenged company. Exactly the kind of company that competition and new blood/ideas replace. Just what happened to Se… --- ## [My parents think that the type of music I listen to is shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-think-that-the-type-of-music-i-listen-to-is-shit/854740)
**Author:** [@MaverocK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaverocK)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-think-that-the-type-of-music-i-listen-to-is-shit/854740 "2020-06-02T14:44:42Z")
Just turned 27 and I still get reactions from my parents along the lines of “you used to listen crappy music \[while you were adolescent\] and you still do.” LMAO. I listen to a lot of heavy metal. Actually I like all kin… --- ## [Anyone Else Remember that Coronavirus Thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-that-coronavirus-thing/854828)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-that-coronavirus-thing/854828 "2020-06-02T09:06:47Z")
Surely I can’t be the only one… I’m not even that old but it seems like it was years ago now. Do you remember? Folks everywhere wore masks on their faces, not to hide their identities from the police but to control the… --- ## [Agents Provocateur in Minneapolis Rioting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-provocateur-in-minneapolis-rioting/854709)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-provocateur-in-minneapolis-rioting/854709 "2020-06-02T01:57:34Z")
Let’s see, I want a factual answer, but probably we do not have enough information yet. It might end up as a Great Debate. I guess it is something I want to share. Honestly, I never know where to post stuff. In any case… --- ## [Space X Launch Today--Return to Space](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-x-launch-today-return-to-space/854556)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-x-launch-today-return-to-space/854556 "2020-06-02T01:36:27Z")
So who else has go fever? I’m excited to see us launch people back into space after nine years. 4:33pm Eastern. I’ve tried to research, but how safe is this launch? Better than the shuttle? I would hope that after 40… --- ## [What is the straight dope on replacing brake rotors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-straight-dope-on-replacing-brake-rotors/854822)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-straight-dope-on-replacing-brake-rotors/854822 "2020-06-02T00:12:19Z")
Everytime I take a car to the shop and it needs brakes, they also tell me it needs new rotors. As a West Virginia boy (who is not a mechanic) I take it to my redneck friends who show me that this is bullshit, that they … --- ## [Space Force recruitment ads on TV...seen them??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-force-recruitment-ads-on-tv-seen-them/854850)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-force-recruitment-ads-on-tv-seen-them/854850 "2020-06-01T21:17:50Z")
What do you think? Is this really going to happen?? --- ## [I fixed my freezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fixed-my-freezer/854833)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fixed-my-freezer/854833 "2020-06-01T13:49:38Z")
We go through a lot of ice - especially now that it’s well over 100° each day. Recently, the ice cubes in the bin had started to clump together. I cobbled together a data logger, using an ESP-32 and a digital temperatur… --- ## [Companies Doing Right by Their Employees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companies-doing-right-by-their-employees/854613)
**Author:** [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companies-doing-right-by-their-employees/854613 "2020-06-01T04:53:28Z")
I’ve seen a lot of threads about how companies have screwed their employees, especially during the current crisis. Here’s a thread about companies doing right by their employees. I don’t want to go into too many identif… --- ## [Start of summer MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-of-summer-mmp/854434)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-of-summer-mmp/854434 "2020-06-01T03:57:11Z")
As we are often reminded, Memorial Day, celebrated today in the US anyway, is the “Unofficial Start of Summer” - yay. This year is likely to be one for the books in a lot of ways, but we won’t dwell on that. Summer memo… --- ## [Anyone ever feel like they're living in the past?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-feel-like-theyre-living-in-the-past/77459)
**Author:** [@Xavalisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavalisis)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-feel-like-theyre-living-in-the-past/77459 "2020-05-31T18:38:40Z")
I’m curious if anyone’s ever felt like this. For the past few weeks, my life has been miserable(I’ll spare you the details). Yet I keep remembering things that happened in the past, and occasionally I feel like I’m the p… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad nature walk with the 4 Grand-wreks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-nature-walk-with-the-4-grand-wreks/852473)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-nature-walk-with-the-4-grand-wreks/852473 "2020-05-31T18:09:54Z")
Nice day. Sun’s shining. Bird’s singing -Mother’s screaming-:smack: I, in my longing for peace and quiet, gather dogs, rifle, bear spray and 4 kids for a nature walk. Questions, questions. They all want to know exa… --- ## [called Mom today and we laughed together](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/called-mom-today-and-we-laughed-together/854768)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/called-mom-today-and-we-laughed-together/854768 "2020-05-31T02:24:32Z")
Mom is going through some tough times. My Dad has been in a rehab center for a month, still not quite ready to come home. And in addition to the worry about that, she has had to deal with things that she never had to bef… --- ## [Apple has only a 14 day return policy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-has-only-a-14-day-return-policy/853980)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-has-only-a-14-day-return-policy/853980 "2020-05-31T02:12:19Z")
I guess it doesn’t matter since all their stuff is perfect right. How could worm food Jobs make something bad? After all he was better than Jesus, Buddha, and Mohammed combined. In fact Jobs was so smart he did … --- ## [Picture of Illinois State Police Blocking Entry to Downtown Chicago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picture-of-illinois-state-police-blocking-entry-to-downtown-chicago/854761)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picture-of-illinois-state-police-blocking-entry-to-downtown-chicago/854761 "2020-05-31T01:46:01Z")
Due to the protests Illinois State Police have blocked one of the major access points to downtown Chicago (literally the end of a freeway). Evokes “The Blues Brothers” for me. Seems to be a bit more than necessary. Th… --- ## [New fone blews](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fone-blews/854710)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fone-blews/854710 "2020-05-31T01:43:59Z")
SIGH! Farging new phone. Anyone familiar with the Galaxy s10e? I’m having some…minor, but vexing…issues and I’m having trouble finding info on the webs. Ok, so first, when using the switch/kill all app button, I’m us… --- ## [why can't I access my router settings with 192.168.1.1?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-access-my-router-settings-with-192-168-1-1/854756)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-access-my-router-settings-with-192-168-1-1/854756 "2020-05-30T23:59:55Z")
I 've verfied in command prompt that that is the address. But when I type into a browser it does not go there. My ethernet connection is not working, and using WiFi I am only getting 30 mbps though I have 200 with Optim… --- ## [Inorganic synthesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inorganic-synthesis/854737)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inorganic-synthesis/854737 "2020-05-30T15:50:08Z")
Inorganic synthesis/consumption, and of course the “null hypothesis,” is that a natural substance that was subsequently synthesized and consumed was somehow responsible. It is worth noting that Binkley and Douglass faile… --- ## [Good lord - has it been 20 years!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-has-it-been-20-years/854595)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-has-it-been-20-years/854595 "2020-05-30T15:27:58Z")
Sorry for a “vanity” thread, but the other day I happened to notice my join date was 20 years ago this month! I knew I’d been hanging around here for some time, but wouldn’t have thought it to be measured in multiple de… --- ## [Most Comfortable Pair of Socks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-comfortable-pair-of-socks/854468)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-comfortable-pair-of-socks/854468 "2020-05-30T13:11:09Z")
This is VERY mundane… A year ago or so, I got these wonderful socks around winter-time. I can’t describe how wonderful my feet felt. Foot orgasm is the best term I could use to describe them. Many times, I would stand u… --- ## [Weight variation in Lockdown – are you putting it on or taking it off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-variation-in-lockdown-are-you-putting-it-on-or-taking-it-off/854394)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2020, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-variation-in-lockdown-are-you-putting-it-on-or-taking-it-off/854394 "2020-05-30T10:46:04Z")
Just curious, really. I’ve been losing weight at the rate of about 2kg/4 lbs a month. Admittedly my circumstances are unusual; in the aftermath of surgery last December, I was unable to exercise over Xmas and New Year (o… --- ## [Getting old HURTS!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-old-hurts/854313)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2020, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-old-hurts/854313 "2020-05-30T07:46:53Z")
I’ve had “splatter-my-brains-all-over-the-ceiling” migraines ever since I was a kid. And my knees have always been defective. But why is it as the candles multiply on my birthday cake, more parts of my body wind up scr… --- ## [Windows 10 has great photos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-has-great-photos/854240)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-has-great-photos/854240 "2020-05-29T20:40:16Z")
They show up when the system is locked. They are almost all nature scenes , beaches ,mountains, lakes, etc. --- ## [I guess we're gonna die](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-were-gonna-die/854524)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-were-gonna-die/854524 "2020-05-29T20:00:29Z")
Been nice knowing everyone here. I hope I made you laugh occasionally. The other grandparents went to a protest rally at the State Capitol. Other grandmother sent pictures to Mr VOW. Nobody was wearing a mask. Other g… --- ## [The End of Another Era](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-another-era/854671)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-another-era/854671 "2020-05-29T18:29:14Z")
Beginning on July 8th, our city newspaper will be almost non-existent. It was first issued 150 years ago in 1870. What was once a 7 day/week publication will be published in paper form on Wednesdays and Saturdays only. … --- ## [Christian singer no longer believes in God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-singer-no-longer-believes-in-god/854590)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-singer-no-longer-believes-in-god/854590 "2020-05-29T12:56:30Z")
“He used to be a preacher, but now he sings in a major key Amended his decision to the new religion” without googling, anyone know those lyrics? --- ## [very simple riddle, let's make it complicated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-simple-riddle-lets-make-it-complicated/854352)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-simple-riddle-lets-make-it-complicated/854352 "2020-05-29T03:21:40Z")
This is going around on Facebook- In a square room, there is a cat in every corner. In front of every cat there are three cats. How many cats are there in all? (First one with the correct answer is supposed to repost th… --- ## [Beck, you poor dumb thing. (Bad, bad, bad taste in my mouth)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-you-poor-dumb-thing-bad-bad-bad-taste-in-my-mouth/854275)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-you-poor-dumb-thing-bad-bad-bad-taste-in-my-mouth/854275 "2020-05-29T01:23:29Z")
I’ve been going out on the deck after dark. I’m outdoors part of everyday, gardening and walking. I’m suffering a little seasonal allergy symptoms. It’s not bad. This morning I woke up with sore throat. I gargled extra… --- ## [Gmail account disabled for violating Google's policies, but........what for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-account-disabled-for-violating-googles-policies-but-what-for/850038)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-account-disabled-for-violating-googles-policies-but-what-for/850038 "2020-03-22T17:49:47Z")
So, I’ve had a Gmail account\*\* “disabled because it was used in a way that violates Google’s policies.”\*\* I can’t imagine how or why. I certainly didn’t use it to spam or hack or anything - does this mean that maybe some… --- ## [Darwinism in action - the rats will get meaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darwinism-in-action-the-rats-will-get-meaner/854554)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darwinism-in-action-the-rats-will-get-meaner/854554 "2020-05-28T22:12:10Z")
With restaurants closed and fewer scraps in the dumpsters and alleys, rats have been resorting to cannibalism. The CDC last week warned of “unusual or aggressive rodent behavior” (I assume flame spurts and lightning sand… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=321) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=323)