# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=334 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 335 --- ## [This is Why We Have No Hand Sanitizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-we-have-no-hand-sanitizer/849535)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-we-have-no-hand-sanitizer/849535 "2020-04-04T17:35:21Z")
They started buying it up after the first US death. Then Amazon and Ebay shut them down for price-gouging. I’m sure these pillars of the community will donate all their supplies, right? Right? --- ## [Truck full of toilet paper crashes and catches on fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-full-of-toilet-paper-crashes-and-catches-on-fire/850813)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-full-of-toilet-paper-crashes-and-catches-on-fire/850813 "2020-04-04T15:33:49Z")
You know, just a couple of months ago this would have just been a minor crash that no one who didn’t have to drive in that area would have cared about. --- ## [Now's the time to take a cruise!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nows-the-time-to-take-a-cruise/850900)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nows-the-time-to-take-a-cruise/850900 "2020-04-04T11:35:22Z")
After all, we all know that a cruise is a nice, quiet relaxing way to spend a nice vacation. And in these tense days, surely you want to join me on a nice cruise ship,right? There are plenty of options available: Here… --- ## [Dating in your 40s when You Sexually Inexperienced.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-in-your-40s-when-you-sexually-inexperienced/831271)
**Author:** [@Momentum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Momentum)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2019, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-in-your-40s-when-you-sexually-inexperienced/831271 "2019-03-20T01:47:15Z")
I’m a gay male in my 40s entering the dating scene. Contrary to the stereotype I‘m a sexual conservative I don’t believe in one night stands much less casual (often anonymous) hook-ups. While it appears that nowadays w… --- ## [A \[what were you thinking?\] in memory of....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-what-were-you-thinking-in-memory-of/851008)
**Author:** [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-what-were-you-thinking-in-memory-of/851008 "2020-04-04T00:19:15Z")
An old, dear friend passed away this week, and we are thinking of watching many hours of Star Trek in honor of him\*. I started thinking of memorials and things done in honor of a deceased loved one. Most of the time, t… --- ## [My Mom died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-died/850753)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-died/850753 "2020-04-03T18:22:28Z")
No, not from COVID-19. She passed away on January 5 at the age of 78. She had had a series of small strokes several years ago which left her physically frail. She then developed severe COPD (she’d been a heavy smoker … --- ## [Amazing item new to the Rochester Museum and Science Center!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-item-new-to-the-rochester-museum-and-science-center/850805)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-item-new-to-the-rochester-museum-and-science-center/850805 "2020-04-03T00:31:22Z")
The New York museum has just added a rare item to its collection: the last remaining piece of the iceberg hit by the Titanic! In almost perfect condition. See images here. --- ## [Colorized photos from Battle of the Bulge.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorized-photos-from-battle-of-the-bulge/850847)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorized-photos-from-battle-of-the-bulge/850847 "2020-04-02T21:56:58Z")
No, this isn’t Facebook postings at a Weight Watchers convention. :wink: I knew the Battle of the Bulge was a winter battle. The photo of Bastogne, Belgium drives home just how much snow troops had to contend with. The… --- ## [Well, that was that! --aborted vacation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-that-aborted-vacation/840354)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-that-aborted-vacation/840354 "2020-04-02T21:44:00Z")
Seven days ago, Mrs R and I boarded the Amtrak Empire Builder for Milwaukee. In Milwaukee we planned to rent a car and see the major East Coast historical sites: The Henry Ford museum, Independence Hall, Gettysburg, Wa… --- ## [Earthquake in Idaho, Really](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-idaho-really/850776)
**Author:** [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-idaho-really/850776 "2020-04-02T20:17:11Z")
We’re FaceTiming with the Duckling who is now in Boise, Idaho. Oh my gosh, she says. Earthquake. So we watched real time footage of a 10 second earthquake. Probably not that bad, but they were shaking for a while. Just i… --- ## [Cricket Wireless TV ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-wireless-tv-ads/850888)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-wireless-tv-ads/850888 "2020-04-02T18:13:49Z")
I can’t watch these anymore. It looks as if the Phlegm Globs from the Mucinex commercials are trying to sell me Internet Service. I don’t need my computer to be covered in boogers. --- ## [Sudden glut of contoso.com emails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-glut-of-contoso-com-emails/850880)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-glut-of-contoso-com-emails/850880 "2020-04-02T16:10:40Z")
I have a hotmail account - the first email I ever had - and it is suddenly getting tons of emails from various senders, ending in contoso.com. But they only come to the hotmail account, and it just began maybe a month ag… --- ## [Do you have any stories of things that happened due to misunderstandings, weird coincidences, or luc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-stories-of-things-that-happened-due-to-misunderstandings-weird-coincidences-or-luc/850890)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-stories-of-things-that-happened-due-to-misunderstandings-weird-coincidences-or-luc/850890 "2020-04-02T15:49:59Z")
Well I was wondering if there are any stories that happened to people due to misunderstandings, weird coincidences or sheer bad luck to people in fact? I remember a time someone I know was out walking at a waterfall and … --- ## [007 vs. CoVID-19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-vs-covid-19/850766)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-vs-covid-19/850766 "2020-04-02T15:30:14Z")
This popped into my head, and I had to write it down. Bond took the trick, winning the last hand of Chemin0de-fer, and he was heartily sick of it. If he’d had actual cards in his hand, he’d have thrown them at the table… --- ## [A regretful farewell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-regretful-farewell/843288)
**Author:** [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-regretful-farewell/843288 "2020-04-02T13:20:52Z")
Am departing from SDMB and from logging-on thereto – in all probability, for keeps. Not any kind of “upset” or “quarrel” situation between me and the site: just, an urgent necessity found – in the wake of a recent for me… --- ## [New dog, and I hope a new love](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-and-i-hope-a-new-love/564440)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-and-i-hope-a-new-love/564440 "2010-12-20T03:05:37Z")
In the above thread I chronicled how I acquired and then lost a dog I came to love in a very short time. I don’t know if there is an acceptable length of time for mourning a beloved pet. But I’ve been to the shelter … --- ## [Mad, mad, mad scientist:Beckdawrek (how I grossed out my family)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-mad-mad-scientist-beckdawrek-how-i-grossed-out-my-family/850373)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-mad-mad-scientist-beckdawrek-how-i-grossed-out-my-family/850373 "2020-04-01T19:14:01Z")
Before I went to the hospital for my right kidney Panchos eviction, I asked a butcher I know to procure me a veal or sheep kidney. I got a mayo jar and moonshine and red food coloring. I created a kidney specimen jar. It… --- ## [For Our Veterans, and All Americans, Tomorrow, March 29, is National Vietnam War Veterans Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-our-veterans-and-all-americans-tomorrow-march-29-is-national-vietnam-war-veterans-day/850518)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-our-veterans-and-all-americans-tomorrow-march-29-is-national-vietnam-war-veterans-day/850518 "2020-04-01T17:44:16Z")
This day has been around since 2012. I searched on ‘Vietnam’ in thread titles, and there are zero threads about this out of 238 Vietnam threads. Since 2017 this is an annual National Day here in the US. Brief Hx, rever… --- ## [Voynich manuscript finally deciphered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voynich-manuscript-finally-deciphered/821113)
**Author:** [@MattDHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MattDHat)\ **Replies:** 224\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voynich-manuscript-finally-deciphered/821113 "2020-04-01T17:38:36Z")
I think Cecil hit this one once. Twould appear a lot of folks spent a lot of time looking the wrong way and the wrong place and the wrong century. See: At least at first read, it seems rather conclusive. --- ## [Trump's Gone Gray!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-gone-gray/850760)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-gone-gray/850760 "2020-04-01T16:53:12Z")
As of yesterday’s press conference, you’ll notice that Trump’s unique hair color has been updated to a more statesman like silver. Reason - unknown. An uncharitable person, such as myself, might dismiss it as his latest … --- ## [Movin' cross country. No local friends, little money, tiny car.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movin-cross-country-no-local-friends-little-money-tiny-car/841329)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movin-cross-country-no-local-friends-little-money-tiny-car/841329 "2020-04-01T16:37:23Z")
Gonna either be the worst or the best decision of my life. Probably the former, but I’m a touch pessimistic. My current job (may I keep it despite current troubles) is a WFH gig but the co. only allows workers in certai… --- ## [Heroes are everywhere . At Costco today........](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-are-everywhere-at-costco-today/850781)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-are-everywhere-at-costco-today/850781 "2020-04-01T16:09:28Z")
It was my first trip out to Costco since the self isolation, Two guys with spray bottles and rag lined the entrance lobby presenting freshly sanitized carts. As I moved along the aisles with my wife I couldn’t help but … --- ## [Done your census yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/done-your-census-yet/850565)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/done-your-census-yet/850565 "2020-04-01T01:53:23Z")
Today, I spent less than 5 minutes completing my census form. It was pretty uneventful, with the only questionable thing was that “Hispanic” was not a choice in the race category. I picked “white” instead. So have you… --- ## [Ahh! I stepped on a slug....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahh-i-stepped-on-a-slug/301673)
**Author:** [@Cherry8943](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry8943)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahh-i-stepped-on-a-slug/301673 "2020-03-31T23:40:31Z")
barefoot! :eek: I can still feel the slime on my feet. Ack! --- ## [The brain moves in a mysetrious way](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brain-moves-in-a-mysetrious-way/850226)
**Author:** [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brain-moves-in-a-mysetrious-way/850226 "2020-03-31T21:08:01Z")
I am a very fast but not particularly accurate typist. One of the reasons for my lack of accuracy is that there are some specific words which I have serious difficulty typing. These words usually come out with two adjoin… --- ## [Pope Francis in empty St. Peter's Square](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-francis-in-empty-st-peters-square/850740)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-francis-in-empty-st-peters-square/850740 "2020-03-31T20:18:06Z")
I do have to admire the Pontiff. He kept up his job, even shaking hands with people until after what I would think prudent, and delivering prayers in public, even though they had to effectively close St. Peter’s Square. … --- ## [Over 60 dopers, are you staying home??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-60-dopers-are-you-staying-home/849247)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-60-dopers-are-you-staying-home/849247 "2020-03-31T17:20:56Z")
We pretty much do anyway, maybe venturing out a couple times a week for appts. or shopping. But I know a LOT of over 60’s are working, so how are you handling that? --- ## [Accidentally hilarious NY Times Illustration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidentally-hilarious-ny-times-illustration/850424)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidentally-hilarious-ny-times-illustration/850424 "2020-03-31T16:51:20Z")
This is an poem with an illustration from the NY Times. I can’t believe it got past the editors (spoilered, because it’s potentially NSFW). I’m told it’s a globe with a mask, but I really can’t see the mask, I only se… --- ## [Blackbeard the pirate case makes Supreme Court](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackbeard-the-pirate-case-makes-supreme-court/850222)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackbeard-the-pirate-case-makes-supreme-court/850222 "2020-03-31T16:31:04Z")
It’s a copyright case about images of his ship that was sunk over 300 years ago. 9-0 said that the guy who took the pictures and videos cannot sue the state of NC --- ## [The Census is underway!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-census-is-underway/849313)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-census-is-underway/849313 "2020-03-31T15:50:52Z")
I have a retired friend who applied for one of the census jobs back in November, and was hired in December. The job was supposed to start at the beginning of this month, but she didn’t hear anything until today. Stupidl… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=333) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=335)