# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=329 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 330 --- ## [Turning 100 at least](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-100-at-least/852941)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-100-at-least/852941 "2020-05-01T02:03:21Z")
I didn’t want to hijack this thread by cochrane: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=895309 Major Tom is amazing!!! But I just ran across this guy on YouTube, who turned 100 in March. I’d never heard… --- ## [The universe and everything in it - younger than we thought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-universe-and-everything-in-it-younger-than-we-thought/852790)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-universe-and-everything-in-it-younger-than-we-thought/852790 "2020-04-30T20:41:49Z")
I remember a scientist saying: “We’re estimating age, not determining it.” Well, based on the Hubble Constant, the age of the universe used to be estimated at a value of 13.7 billion years. There has been a lot of restl… --- ## [Well! Slap me. I'm a new Mother...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-slap-me-im-a-new-mother/852823)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-slap-me-im-a-new-mother/852823 "2020-04-30T07:17:58Z")
Don’t you dare add another word to my title! (I got my eye on you) I have visiting Chihuahuas. My Mid-daughters horrible, un-disciplined, not reliably potty-trained, mean, nasty, loud, and nearly un-lovable 2 little sno… --- ## [Snakes Alive! Are you afraid of snakes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-alive-are-you-afraid-of-snakes/728282)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-alive-are-you-afraid-of-snakes/728282 "2020-04-30T05:19:52Z")
I just read an interesting article about snake phobia and how it may be an evolutionary fear (i.e., when humans lived in the wild they had to avoid venomous bites; the unbitten survive and so on). I’d really like to hea… --- ## [Tupac Shakur files for unemployment compensation in Kentucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupac-shakur-files-for-unemployment-compensation-in-kentucky/852776)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupac-shakur-files-for-unemployment-compensation-in-kentucky/852776 "2020-04-29T21:27:12Z")
…and that really pissed off Governor Andy Beshear. At his daily news conference on Covid-19 and related matters\*, Beshear noted that the state is busy processing 70,000 new unemployment claims and doesn’t need prankster… --- ## [Trying to explain the dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-explain-the-dope/852707)
**Author:** [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-explain-the-dope/852707 "2020-04-29T17:25:40Z")
I just got into the most ridiculous not-an-argument-really with mr. singular1 about the dope - about user names, about being loyal to a user name and a history on a a message board. This place has been a part of my life … --- ## [Well, I hope yesterday was the worst day of my life.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-hope-yesterday-was-the-worst-day-of-my-life/852223)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-hope-yesterday-was-the-worst-day-of-my-life/852223 "2020-04-29T16:28:51Z")
I hope it never gets worse than that. Yesterday, Mr. Rilch woke up with stomach pains. Since this is a frequent occurrence with him, and he has his ways of dealing with it, I mixed him up some psyllium husk and went on … --- ## [beard trimmer haircut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beard-trimmer-haircut/852644)
**Author:** [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beard-trimmer-haircut/852644 "2020-04-29T03:38:35Z")
Just got a haircut using my beard trimmer. Turned out really good! I guess I can scratch that off from my pandemic bucket list… --- ## [When wikipedia misses the true story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-wikipedia-misses-the-true-story/852651)
**Author:** [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-wikipedia-misses-the-true-story/852651 "2020-04-29T02:50:16Z")
I was reading about Ignace Pleyel. He was a composer and piano builder in the Classical and early Romantic era of music, and he shows up a lot, even if a little tangentially, in the stories of many of the great composers… --- ## [I've become a slave to rechargable batteries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-become-a-slave-to-rechargable-batteries/852704)
**Author:** [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-become-a-slave-to-rechargable-batteries/852704 "2020-04-28T21:41:10Z")
There’s my phone, sports watch, tablet, a couple of laptops, an old phone I only use as music stream source, my earbuds, and finally this silly little light up plastic flower my wife bought that recharges by a solar cell… --- ## [Shooting in Nova Scotia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-in-nova-scotia/852146)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-in-nova-scotia/852146 "2020-04-28T19:31:55Z")
Holy shit. Impersonating an RCMP officer and killing 14 people. A denturist. Horrible news. Sleepy Dartmouth Nova Scotia. Why? --- ## [Bad, bad, bad housekeeping advice.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-housekeeping-advice/852576)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-housekeeping-advice/852576 "2020-04-28T19:21:37Z")
Sitting at the dinner table, my girls decide it’s time to set me straight on a few things. First: why do they think I really change my behaviour when they decide I must? Maybe twice in the last few years I’ve really don… --- ## [Tech question: Firefox and passwords](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tech-question-firefox-and-passwords/852711)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tech-question-firefox-and-passwords/852711 "2020-04-28T18:49:51Z")
So I got one of those extortion scam emails (that I have no intent of paying, to be clear). As “proof” of their hack, they included an account password that sounded familiar, and like something I might have used. Suspici… --- ## [On Medical Aid in Dying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-medical-aid-in-dying/810627)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-medical-aid-in-dying/810627 "2020-04-28T18:20:49Z")
Some time ago I mentioned that a terminally ill friend was pursuing medical aid in dying (MAD), and asked if any Dopers personally knew someone who had done so. I know MAD (an unfortunate acronym, but so be it) is an exc… --- ## [Airline with just one flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-with-just-one-flight/852670)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-with-just-one-flight/852670 "2020-04-28T05:22:46Z")
Cairo to Tel Aviv. Until this year they did not have a website. No markings on the plane. --- ## [Switching Bodies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-bodies/849186)
**Author:** [@Lewis47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lewis47)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-bodies/849186 "2020-04-28T02:31:34Z")
If you had the power to switch bodies with someone you know personally, who would it be and what would you do after swapping? Also, how long would you like the swap to last for? --- ## [Quirky individuals in history](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-individuals-in-history/852705)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-individuals-in-history/852705 "2020-04-28T02:10:22Z")
I’m thinking of less-than-famous people who were both unusual and notable in various ways. Here are a couple I’ve run across: John Ledyard (1751 - 1789): Born in Connecticut Attended Dartmouth briefly - ran away in a… --- ## [Why Does Almost Everyone Get this Question Wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-almost-everyone-get-this-question-wrong/852239)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-almost-everyone-get-this-question-wrong/852239 "2020-04-27T23:06:07Z")
I first saw this question here on the SDMB: John buys two pencils, a cheap pencil and an expensive pencil. There is no sales tax. John spends a total of $1.10 for the two pencils. The expensive pencil costs $1.00 more… --- ## [Do you Know Where Brussel Sprouts Come From?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-where-brussel-sprouts-come-from/852339)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-where-brussel-sprouts-come-from/852339 "2020-04-27T20:36:27Z")
Famously, a few years ago a number of Dopers admitted they thought pineapples came from trees. Funny how some little bits of knowledge passes us by. My wife and I were just talking about the new, tastier cultivars of bru… --- ## [Social Distancing -- your personal best?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-distancing-your-personal-best/852604)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-distancing-your-personal-best/852604 "2020-04-27T18:34:03Z")
When were you most isolated from the rest of humanity, in terms of time or distance? Obvious recent events have me thinking about this. I’m curious about your stories of the furthest distance or longest time away from … --- ## [Asteroid 1998 OR2, Approaching Earth, is wearing a Face Mask](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-1998-or2-approaching-earth-is-wearing-a-face-mask/852666)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-1998-or2-approaching-earth-is-wearing-a-face-mask/852666 "2020-04-27T16:14:11Z")
--- ## [A Chronicly Early MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chronicly-early-mmp/852166)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 287\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chronicly-early-mmp/852166 "2020-04-27T10:27:42Z")
It’s 4/20 today, in the month of 4/20. So in the spirit of Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart, partake if it’s legal, or just bake something if it’s not.:smiley: Which reminds me of my Dollar Tree Days. If you are buying 1… --- ## [The most mundane pointless thing I know](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008 "2020-04-27T08:20:14Z")
If you eat in a Jersey Mike’s sub shop, you might notice the giant reproduction of a vintage postcard from Point Pleasant, New Jersey. That card was postmarked 20 days before my 10th birthday. Thank you and have a pleas… --- ## [Trouble with a friend who has very different 'closeness' needs than I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-with-a-friend-who-has-very-different-closeness-needs-than-i-do/852467)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-with-a-friend-who-has-very-different-closeness-needs-than-i-do/852467 "2020-04-27T00:47:15Z")
I’m having trouble thinking of a good title to get my meaning across, hopefully something better will occur to me before I post. Anyway. I admit I am way on the introvert side when it comes to interpersonal relationshi… --- ## [My nephew killed himelf today \[update: nephew's 2 year old son drowned\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nephew-killed-himelf-today-update-nephews-2-year-old-son-drowned/836327)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nephew-killed-himelf-today-update-nephews-2-year-old-son-drowned/836327 "2020-04-27T00:31:05Z")
Aged 22. Married with two kids. He was riding in a car with his wife, his brother and his brother’s girlfriend, and opened the car door and jumped into oncoming interstate traffic. I’m so sorry, not only for him, but for… --- ## [TV newscasters working from home and their bookshelves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-newscasters-working-from-home-and-their-bookshelves/851358)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-newscasters-working-from-home-and-their-bookshelves/851358 "2020-04-26T22:40:17Z")
I can’t be the only Doper who does this. When I see a working-from-home newscaster, they are usually filmed standing in front of a shelf full of books. I always concentrate more on which books are on the shelves and wh… --- ## [Greetings!(new member)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-new-member/852286)
**Author:** [@Happytree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happytree)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-new-member/852286 "2020-04-26T22:21:38Z")
Hello all. I’ve been meaning to create an account here for some time, i just usually forget what the heck i wanted to comment on and put off or get frustrated trying to set up an account on my cellphone. Come to think o… --- ## [Lensbaby Velvet is a real lens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lensbaby-velvet-is-a-real-lens/852619)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lensbaby-velvet-is-a-real-lens/852619 "2020-04-26T21:08:11Z")
Sounds like something for a hooker. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1554229-REG/lensbaby\_lbv28c\_velvet\_28mm\_f\_2\_5\_lens.html --- ## [Should Amazon Prime give partial refunds to customers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-amazon-prime-give-partial-refunds-to-customers/852084)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-amazon-prime-give-partial-refunds-to-customers/852084 "2020-04-26T15:05:19Z")
I signed up for Amazon Prime with the promise that I get next day delivery on Prime items for a nominal fee and free second day delivery on these items. Now we are in a pandemic and Amazon has delayed these shipments, u… --- ## [The Most Dangerous Place in the History of Earth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-dangerous-place-in-the-history-of-earth/852573)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-dangerous-place-in-the-history-of-earth/852573 "2020-04-26T15:03:48Z")
No, not Huntington Beach, Ca Thousands of Californians flock to open beaches despite Gov. Newsom's pleas for them to stay home | Daily Mail Online but what would become Morocco. Scientists pinpoint 'most dangerous place… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=328) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=330)