# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=328 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 329 --- ## [The Smithsonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smithsonian/852984)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Taggart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Taggart)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smithsonian/852984 "2020-05-06T11:32:23Z")
Ever been to the Smithsonian ? Favorite exhibits ? Was there once and would like to go back. My most memorable: Archie Bunkers chair The Mash sign Judy Garland’s shoes from the Wizard of Oz George Washington’s unif… --- ## [Kent State/Jackson State Massacres; Fifty Years Ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kent-state-jackson-state-massacres-fifty-years-ago/853052)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kent-state-jackson-state-massacres-fifty-years-ago/853052 "2020-05-06T01:38:36Z")
On 4 May, Kent State will be fifty years ago. I note the first news story that brought to my attention was a good article from AARP. I was twelve years old. I remember when I heard the news. --- ## [What was your dream home as a child?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-dream-home-as-a-child/784419)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-dream-home-as-a-child/784419 "2020-05-05T18:38:05Z")
Mine was like the one of friends. --- ## [Just got my free book from Tom Cantor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-my-free-book-from-tom-cantor/853198)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-my-free-book-from-tom-cantor/853198 "2020-05-05T17:59:41Z")
I just got, unsolicited, a small paperback book by Tom Cantor that he calls his autobiography. The back-cover blurb talks about how he grew up in a Jewish family. Then he studied in Switzerland, but “broke through the bo… --- ## [Chapstick and their ilk (long and very trivial)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chapstick-and-their-ilk-long-and-very-trivial/853079)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2020, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chapstick-and-their-ilk-long-and-very-trivial/853079 "2020-05-05T13:36:44Z")
Yes, I know, you are too smart to use lip balm, knowing as you do that it only makes your lips worse and that you should rely on the natural moisture of the lips. For those of us who are not as smart as that, here is an… --- ## [May the Fourth Be With You!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-fourth-be-with-you/853119)
**Author:** [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2020, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-fourth-be-with-you/853119 "2020-05-05T04:43:57Z")
…and happy birthday to all my fellow Star Wars Day Peeps This is not exactly how I expected my fiftieth to turn out… --- ## [What to do with 200+ rhino figurines, art, toys, etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-200-rhino-figurines-art-toys-etc/853011)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-200-rhino-figurines-art-toys-etc/853011 "2020-05-04T23:25:04Z")
When I was about 18 I got to pet a baby rhino. I was so enchanted I told everyone. and to the point that I’d like to do something with them. Some are very lovely, and expensive, jade, etc. There is artwork including a n… --- ## [What if Trump just disappeared?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-trump-just-disappeared/853077)
**Author:** [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-trump-just-disappeared/853077 "2020-05-04T17:18:40Z")
And then Pence got into a serious car accident, after which he is declared dead. And then Pelosi becomes president. But she shoots someone on 5th Avenue, and then it turns out it was self-defense, and that the person was… --- ## [I think my dad my not have much longer to live](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-dad-my-not-have-much-longer-to-live/852575)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-dad-my-not-have-much-longer-to-live/852575 "2020-05-04T15:44:24Z")
Hardly mundane but I don’t know where else to put this. My mom called and he is in the hospital. Nothing specific, he is just weak. He’s been declining for several years. He is 77, and has a pacemaker. I didn’t know th… --- ## [Kim Jung-un in very serious condition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jung-un-in-very-serious-condition/852241)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jung-un-in-very-serious-condition/852241 "2020-05-04T06:31:24Z")
As if we didn’t need more drama. Tons of stuff coming across Twitter now and most of it from people I trust. --- ## [Last week of April in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-week-of-april-in-the-mmp/852663)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-week-of-april-in-the-mmp/852663 "2020-05-04T03:31:28Z")
… and we’re all still quarantined together, and socially distant, and all that happy jazz. Am I the first one up? If so, imma go back to bed. --- ## [20 Years on the SDMB - almost half my life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-years-on-the-sdmb-almost-half-my-life/852602)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-years-on-the-sdmb-almost-half-my-life/852602 "2020-05-04T02:48:07Z")
We used to do “post parties” a long time ago, but they got stopped a long time ago. However, I just thought I’d post a little mundane thought about the fact that April 2020 is my 20th anniversary on this specific message… --- ## [Bizarre graduate degrees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-graduate-degrees/852908)
**Author:** [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-graduate-degrees/852908 "2020-05-03T17:31:47Z")
I’m hooked on the programme University Challenge which I watch on YouTube. (I spelt programme the British way.) The show is the British version of College Bowl. Two teams for 4 players each answer questions so difficult … --- ## [INCREDIBLY Mundane: Triple Paycheck Month!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-mundane-triple-paycheck-month/852818)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Turk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Turk)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-mundane-triple-paycheck-month/852818 "2020-05-03T01:55:02Z")
Friday is May 1st and a pay day. Woot triple paycheck month! Anyone else celebrate their third, slightly-larger paycheck (no deductions for insurance on mine) those two months a year when the calendar aligns just right? … --- ## [Non native English speaking Dopers: Did you learn British or American English?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-native-english-speaking-dopers-did-you-learn-british-or-american-english/852769)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-native-english-speaking-dopers-did-you-learn-british-or-american-english/852769 "2020-05-03T00:45:51Z")
This is a question for all the Dopers who learned English as a second language in school, college or any other educational institute. I learned English for nine years at Gymnasiumbeginning in 5th grade in 1978, and at t… --- ## [SCOTUS dismisses NY gun case as moot; harsh dissent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-dismisses-ny-gun-case-as-moot-harsh-dissent/852695)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-dismisses-ny-gun-case-as-moot-harsh-dissent/852695 "2020-05-02T22:52:53Z")
6-3 to dismiss the case as moot. Kavanaugh concurs but says it is time to hear a Second Amendment case. Alito, joined by Gorsuch and Thomas calls bullshit. A couple of thoughts: I don’t think the case was moot. I … --- ## [Everyone around you is dying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-around-you-is-dying/852655)
**Author:** [@cornflakes2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes2)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-around-you-is-dying/852655 "2020-05-02T16:56:11Z")
Growing up we obviously live most of our lives having parents, even grandparents alive and well. This also includes all your uncles and aunts, and even your older siblings or cousins. It never quite crosses our mind to… --- ## [The New Moon Race: Elon vs Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-moon-race-elon-vs-jeff/852930)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-moon-race-elon-vs-jeff/852930 "2020-05-02T10:23:57Z")
New item: NASA awards lunar lander contracts to Blue Origin, Dynetics—and Starship. So who you rooting for to be the first to the moon: Jeff or Elon? \[Clearly it can’t be \[del\]Dianetics\[/del\]Dynetics. I bet they don’t … --- ## [Cat behavioral question I was wondering about...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-behavioral-question-i-was-wondering-about/853007)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-behavioral-question-i-was-wondering-about/853007 "2020-05-02T05:04:26Z")
So I got pointed to this dude on Twitter who found that a pregnant cat had snuck into his home and given birth there. He ended up falling so in love that he decided to keep the entire family: mom and all four kittens (no… --- ## [Can you clean with a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser that is itself dirty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-clean-with-a-mr-clean-magic-eraser-that-is-itself-dirty/852928)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-clean-with-a-mr-clean-magic-eraser-that-is-itself-dirty/852928 "2020-05-02T04:28:47Z")
I’ve been wondering this for a while. These things are handy, no doubt about it, but it feels wrong to wipe it across surfaces with the intent of cleaning when the surface of the sponge itself is grody, and it doesn’t se… --- ## [Happy Beltane!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-beltane/852960)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-beltane/852960 "2020-05-02T03:05:43Z")
Whilst doing some early morning web browsing before I start my at-home workday, I was reminded today is Beltane! For those of you who aren’t familiar, Beltane is the Gaelic May Day festival, predating Christianity: It… --- ## [Anyone heard from Drunky (Smurf)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-heard-from-drunky-smurf/852880)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-heard-from-drunky-smurf/852880 "2020-05-01T22:50:20Z")
Haven’t seen him 'round these parts for a while, and searching found his last post was in early Dec 2019. Who’s got our Drunky hostage? --- ## [King of the boards.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-boards/852940)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-boards/852940 "2020-05-01T19:43:29Z")
Right at this moment, I am the most recent poster on 4 forums. Beat that. --- ## [Question About Nutritional Daily Value](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-nutritional-daily-value/852770)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-nutritional-daily-value/852770 "2020-05-01T19:28:55Z")
Let’s say one glass 8 oz. glass of orange juice is 100% Vitamin C (daily value). Well, obviously it doesn’t just reset after 24 hours, or at midnight. If I only have a fixed amount, say one bottle, would it be more heal… --- ## [In which Rocketeer's troubleshooting skills are not in evidence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rocketeers-troubleshooting-skills-are-not-in-evidence/852793)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rocketeers-troubleshooting-skills-are-not-in-evidence/852793 "2020-05-01T18:31:48Z")
This afternoon I got out the lawn tractor to mow the lawn. Everything went well, until I stopped to cut some blackberry vines. The engine died while I was nipping vines. Hop back on the tractor, turn the ignition key,… --- ## [Forehead Thermometers, Accurate? How to use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forehead-thermometers-accurate-how-to-use/852991)
**Author:** [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forehead-thermometers-accurate-how-to-use/852991 "2020-05-01T17:57:07Z")
We’re going to open up our office this coming Monday (May 4th), in addition to the usual precautions we are going to require all employees take their temperatures upon arrival. The boss got a forehead thermometer for th… --- ## [Buzzwords that I'm totally over - "vulnerable"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629)
**Author:** [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzwords-that-im-totally-over-vulnerable/851629 "2020-05-01T17:26:45Z")
It seems like over the last few months my reading list has been swamped people extolling the virtues of being “vulnerable”. Sometimes “raw and vulnerable”. Sometimes “real and vulnerable” In fact, these two phrases roll … --- ## [Perfect Name For a Gay Bar.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-name-for-a-gay-bar/852484)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-name-for-a-gay-bar/852484 "2020-05-01T14:35:15Z")
Actually, I was thinking and wondering. I think ‘Utopia Planitia’ would be a great name for a gay bar. Does anyone else agree with me? Perhaps I should give a little background on the name. It is a plain on Mars where t… --- ## [Weed Spam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weed-spam/852723)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weed-spam/852723 "2020-04-28T12:28:36Z")
Lately, I’ve been seeing spam for “weed by mail”. One, in particular, claims to be based in California and will mail you one of about a thousand varieties of marijuana. I’m assuming this is just an outright scam to get y… --- ## [What's the deal with gas prices in the short term?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-gas-prices-in-the-short-term/852931)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-gas-prices-in-the-short-term/852931 "2020-05-01T03:09:53Z")
From the news reports, it looks like there is too much oil in the world, at least above ground, and no place to store it. Before I offered my bathtub for storage, I checked gasbuddy.com for automobile gas (petrol for yo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=327) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=329)