# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=332 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 333 --- ## [Two phone numbers; one phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-phone-numbers-one-phone/851801)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-phone-numbers-one-phone/851801 "2020-04-17T13:53:13Z")
Yeah, this is not about some perverted video. I, like a lot of people I know, have carried two cell phones, one for personal and one for work. You know, keeping church and state separate. Mainly because I’ve had the s… --- ## [musings on a mostly unused charter membership](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musings-on-a-mostly-unused-charter-membership/851871)
**Author:** [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musings-on-a-mostly-unused-charter-membership/851871 "2020-04-17T04:36:34Z")
I just renewed my charter membership for another two years, even though I’m almost never here anymore. It feels like letting go of my charter membership would be letting go of an important part of my past. I used to be … --- ## [Share a childhood memory - just for fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-childhood-memory-just-for-fun/851123)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-childhood-memory-just-for-fun/851123 "2020-04-17T02:30:15Z")
Let’s take a break from the current insanity and reminisce. I’ll start. This happened in '63 or '64, I think - I was 9 or 10. My friend, Agnes, had to go get something from the bakery for her mom (a real, stand-alone b… --- ## [U.S. Southerners: Are you ok?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-southerners-are-you-ok/851684)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-southerners-are-you-ok/851684 "2020-04-16T02:23:32Z")
With all the tornadoes in the South, how about y’all check in here and let us know how you’re doing? (special shoutout to Beck) --- ## [Corvid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corvid/851745)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corvid/851745 "2020-04-15T19:59:48Z")
When they first gave the corona virus the name “COVID 19”, I said “Oh, so that’s where they think it came from, huh? Not bats like they said the other day?” Partner looks at me quizzically. I say “Umm, that’s a kind of… --- ## [Prostate, again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prostate-again/849694)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prostate-again/849694 "2020-04-15T15:19:35Z")
Having learned the difference between Kegels and Kugel, I am now worried that I’ll bulk up so much that the upcoming surgery may be impeded :rolleyes: Am also starting to tell people I’m becoming a Mormon in case I need … --- ## [Beck is having a bad, bad, bad telephone experience.(actual talking)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-having-a-bad-bad-bad-telephone-experience-actual-talking/851579)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-having-a-bad-bad-bad-telephone-experience-actual-talking/851579 "2020-04-15T14:35:03Z")
I live in a place that has never has land lines run through (or anything else really). We’ve had cel service as long as we’ve lived here. Started off pretty bad, got better over the years. Never for voice calls, though. … --- ## [Ladies, tips for growing out bangs lest I go mad. please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-tips-for-growing-out-bangs-lest-i-go-mad-please/851746)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-tips-for-growing-out-bangs-lest-i-go-mad-please/851746 "2020-04-15T06:23:33Z")
Always have had bangs, now, for various reasons, I’d like to grow them out. but bobby pins, barrettes, nothing seems to keep this effen hair out of my eyes. And sheesh, talk about not touching your face?? Please let me k… --- ## [RIP John Horton Conway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-john-horton-conway/851649)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-john-horton-conway/851649 "2020-04-15T06:10:16Z")
The mathematician who invented the Game of Life (Conway's Game of Life - Wikipedia not the Milton Bradley game!) passed away yesterday of Covid 19 COVID-19 Kills Renowned Princeton Mathematician, 'Game Of Life' Inventor … --- ## [Ain't I a stinker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-i-a-stinker/851813)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-i-a-stinker/851813 "2020-04-15T05:51:41Z")
Today I got it into my head to change “the” to “buttocks” on my mom’s phone. She’s 70 and she’s having a fit right now. I was laughing so much I had to take my asthma medication. She called me over to show me and I start… --- ## [The Shaving Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shaving-thread/816301)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shaving-thread/816301 "2018-06-29T18:50:11Z")
One of the things I found, cleaning out the storage trailer over the weekend, was a Merkur safety razor I’d given to my dad for a birthday present in the late-'80s or early-'90s. Twenty minutes ago I put in a new Wilkin… --- ## [Former Radio Shack CEO is now ER doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-radio-shack-ceo-is-now-er-doctor/851568)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-radio-shack-ceo-is-now-er-doctor/851568 "2020-04-15T04:03:34Z")
Props to him for not just hanging out and counting his money. --- ## [Best (or worst) looking license plates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-or-worst-looking-license-plates/851704)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-or-worst-looking-license-plates/851704 "2020-04-15T03:46:51Z")
Putting the mundane in MPSIMS:) This week I saw a car from Alaska that sported a great looking license plate (although the photo doesn’t give it justice). It’s a special Northern Lights license plate, not the normal o… --- ## [New crime in Illinois - Wearing a medical mask while Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-crime-in-illinois-wearing-a-medical-mask-while-black/851506)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-crime-in-illinois-wearing-a-medical-mask-while-black/851506 "2020-04-15T02:50:49Z")
Story here It’s like cops aren’t even trying to hide their racism anymore. The police chief supported the officer saying he misunderstood the policy of wearing masks in the Walmart which means one of two things must ha… --- ## [When did models get so expensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-models-get-so-expensive/851636)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-models-get-so-expensive/851636 "2020-04-14T16:15:01Z")
Someone on FB posted a vintage photo of a Thomas Morse S-4C Scout. Of course I had a Guillow’s flying model of it when I was a kid. Wait… What? The price of the kit at Amazon it $65.00! :eek: The Guillow’s website s… --- ## [An aural illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-aural-illusion/851768)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-aural-illusion/851768 "2020-04-14T15:47:26Z")
I just wanted to share this with the Dopers. I just connected my new computer to my reciever and then had a Zoom session with my son. When he was speaking, the sound appeared to come from the computer which was directl… --- ## [High jumping dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-jumping-dog/851730)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-jumping-dog/851730 "2020-04-14T05:11:25Z")
In case you are wondering the twitter user is Will Wheaton’s wife. https://twitter.com/i/status/1249755450767097856 --- ## [This dump has a Coronal positive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-dump-has-a-coronal-positive/851727)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-dump-has-a-coronal-positive/851727 "2020-04-14T05:06:51Z")
Details to come. Oldest got a call from here. I didn’t. --- ## [5G caused the Coronavirus pandemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5g-caused-the-coronavirus-pandemic/851498)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5g-caused-the-coronavirus-pandemic/851498 "2020-04-13T17:30:31Z")
Or so goes the newest conspiracy theory. It’s light on reasoning but basically science=bad. Even Woody Harrelson and John Cusack are pushing it on social media. I don’t understand idiots. --- ## [A lot of silver was used to help build the first Atomic bomb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-silver-was-used-to-help-build-the-first-atomic-bomb/851544)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-silver-was-used-to-help-build-the-first-atomic-bomb/851544 "2020-04-13T15:26:56Z")
They used 430,000,000 troy ounces of silver because copper was in short supply due to WW 2. Calutron - Wikipedia Almost all of it was given back to the Treasury dept when they stopped using the Calutrons to make enrich… --- ## [Fresh air and sunshine in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-and-sunshine-in-the-mmp/851179)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 262\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-and-sunshine-in-the-mmp/851179 "2020-04-13T11:57:50Z")
On one level, the stay-at-home orders haven’t changed my life a whole lot. I’m retired - where am I going to go??? :smiley: Yeah, I miss going to restaurants and taking Roxy to Wiggle-Giggle, but apart from that, I was… --- ## [SCOTUS: Car owned by person with a suspended license enough for a stop.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-car-owned-by-person-with-a-suspended-license-enough-for-a-stop/851244)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-car-owned-by-person-with-a-suspended-license-enough-for-a-stop/851244 "2020-04-12T21:10:03Z")
8-1 (Sotomayor) The short version is that if the police see a car owned by a person with a suspended driver’s license, that fact alone, without more is enough reasonable articulable suspicion for a stop. I agree with… --- ## [It's been forty-five years and the magic is gone.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-forty-five-years-and-the-magic-is-gone/851569)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-forty-five-years-and-the-magic-is-gone/851569 "2020-04-12T20:16:55Z")
Setting up Facebook on new computer. Oh look! A message from an old girlfriend, with her phone number, when to call, and everything. I call and learn that whatever magic we had in 1975 is no more. I look at the dates… --- ## [Rare film of FDR walking while president](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-film-of-fdr-walking-while-president/851530)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-film-of-fdr-walking-while-president/851530 "2020-04-12T17:58:26Z")
The article is about the polio vaccine , FDR suffered from polio. --- ## [Oh, noes! The lil'wrekker is now being bad, bad, bad.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-noes-the-lilwrekker-is-now-being-bad-bad-bad/851604)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-noes-the-lilwrekker-is-now-being-bad-bad-bad/851604 "2020-04-12T17:30:56Z")
She has decided no one has had a worse life than her. The Pandemic has ruined her life. Can’t take her long dreamed of trip to Japan to study, it is cancelled. Her Senior year at her University is gonna be all screwed up… --- ## [Forty years ago today, Terry Fox dipped his artificial leg in the Atlantic ocean ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forty-years-ago-today-terry-fox-dipped-his-artificial-leg-in-the-atlantic-ocean/851619)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forty-years-ago-today-terry-fox-dipped-his-artificial-leg-in-the-atlantic-ocean/851619 "2020-04-12T12:23:19Z")
… in St John’s harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, and began the Marathon of Hope to raise money for cancer treatment. He ran the equivalent of a marathon every day, across the four Atlantic provinces, Quebec and almost… --- ## ["The most Passover of Passovers I've ever had"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-passover-of-passovers-ive-ever-had/851538)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-passover-of-passovers-ive-ever-had/851538 "2020-04-12T08:59:14Z")
This beautiful essay appeared in my local newspaper today. Love it! https://www.thetelegraph.com/living/article/VIRUS-DIARY-The-most-Passover-of-Passovers-I-ve-15189900.php --- ## [Unexpected windfall courtesy of Congress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-windfall-courtesy-of-congress/851553)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-windfall-courtesy-of-congress/851553 "2020-04-12T04:39:37Z")
Apparently I did not read the CARES ACT thoroughly. I knew about the personal stimulus checks. I knew that I could get a small business loan that would be forgiven as long as 75% of it was used for payroll. I even kne… --- ## [Feeling Lazy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-lazy/851436)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-lazy/851436 "2020-04-12T01:47:20Z")
Anyone else out there feeling lazy while they’re self-quarantined? I’m going into work only as needed - I went in Tuesday to process payroll. I have to go in to do proposals and send out billings occasionally. So I only… --- ## [IRS (and Turbotax) Set Up Online Portal to Get Stimulus Checks Faster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irs-and-turbotax-set-up-online-portal-to-get-stimulus-checks-faster/851461)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irs-and-turbotax-set-up-online-portal-to-get-stimulus-checks-faster/851461 "2020-04-11T23:58:56Z")
The site is at: While Turbotax is naturally including an option to file taxes with Turbotax, if you ignore that option the site gives you the option of entering your banking direct deposit information (a bank direct… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=331) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=333)