# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=344 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 345 --- ## [Missing six year old girl found dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-six-year-old-girl-found-dead/847937)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-six-year-old-girl-found-dead/847937 "2020-02-14T19:40:57Z")
Six year old Faye Swetlik, who disappeared from her South Carolina front yard on Monday, has been found dead, police announced yesterday. Her body was found near that of an unidentified male. Police are investigating her… --- ## [I think my cats are probably going to die. ;(](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-cats-are-probably-going-to-die/847714)
**Author:** [@Anxious\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anxious_Squirrel)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-cats-are-probably-going-to-die/847714 "2020-02-14T15:49:11Z")
At the end of May we’re going to be moving from Hawaii back to the mainland. It’s going to be a 5 hour flight, plus a flight change in San Francisco. We have to take our two cats with us, but my parents won’t pay for the… --- ## [Hello everyone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-everyone/847923)
**Author:** [@Dude111](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dude111)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2020, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-everyone/847923 "2020-02-14T06:41:26Z")
Its been awhile guys… I had forgotton about this place and the other day i just tried it and saw its still on the same good VBB version as it was when I joined :slight\_smile: I hope everyone had a good Christmas/Chanuka… --- ## [More viruses on Macs than Windows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-viruses-on-macs-than-windows/847871)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-viruses-on-macs-than-windows/847871 "2020-02-14T02:26:01Z")
I guess the guy who thought he was so smart he did not need doctors to treat cancer is rolling over in his grave. Sorry, Mac owners, a new report says Windows PCs are safer from malware | Mashable I expect the Apple fa… --- ## [These darn Cats! (Siamese Cats are mean!!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-darn-cats-siamese-cats-are-mean/847419)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-darn-cats-siamese-cats-are-mean/847419 "2020-02-13T22:16:02Z")
I had a full house watching the Super Bowl. (Rah!) :smack: Son-of-a-wrek did a crawfish boil on my deck. The food was great. Lots of kids running around. These people are really Sons and DILs friends. I’ve known them f… --- ## [Hip replacement. Dammit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-replacement-dammit/840990)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-replacement-dammit/840990 "2020-02-13T22:13:30Z")
Hi all you good folks. It’s looking like I’m going to have my right hip replaced (it feels odd to even say that). I have had some experience with it as my Mom has gone through it (with poor results). I do know that it… --- ## [Why is the gap between income and net worth so large for the top 1%](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-gap-between-income-and-net-worth-so-large-for-the-top-1/847710)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-gap-between-income-and-net-worth-so-large-for-the-top-1/847710 "2020-02-13T18:47:56Z")
Income to be in the top 1% is about 515,371. Well and good, that is about the income of a pair of physicians, or highly paid couple who work in law or business. But the cutoff for the top 1% of wealth is 10.4 million.… --- ## [Have you ever found money that you had previously stashed and had forgotten about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-found-money-that-you-had-previously-stashed-and-had-forgotten-about/847621)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-found-money-that-you-had-previously-stashed-and-had-forgotten-about/847621 "2020-02-13T17:21:02Z")
Some time ago I was awarded a portion of a class action lawsuit. When the check came, I cashed it and shoved the money it in an envelope thinking I would do something with it at some point. I put the envelope in a pile o… --- ## [My Sipping Dilemma (What To Drink All Day).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sipping-dilemma-what-to-drink-all-day/847666)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sipping-dilemma-what-to-drink-all-day/847666 "2020-02-13T16:34:05Z")
Interesting discussion I had with one of my doctors not to long ago. You see I have this problem, call it a nervous condition. I have to be sipping something all day long. I eat on and off too. But sipping some liquid is… --- ## [Done with my sons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/done-with-my-sons/845609)
**Author:** [@Declanium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declanium)\ **Replies:** 377\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/done-with-my-sons/845609 "2020-02-13T15:22:20Z")
Ok, so Im a stay at home mom with two sons, 15 and 17. I’m the one who bakes cookies, plans parties for their accomplishments etc and so forth. On Christmas Day, I find out that they have been smoking and vaping weed si… --- ## [Do nicotine cravings ever go away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-nicotine-cravings-ever-go-away/847686)
**Author:** [@Oswald\_Bastable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oswald_Bastable)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2020, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-nicotine-cravings-ever-go-away/847686 "2020-02-13T11:12:38Z")
Argh! This year I’ve been 10 years (mostly) cigarette free but there still isn’t a day goes by when I don’t have some sort of nicotine craving. Admittedly, it’s not like it was for the first few years, where my every wak… --- ## [Fastest subsonic trans-Atlantic crossing - 4' 56](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fastest-subsonic-trans-atlantic-crossing-4-56/847709)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fastest-subsonic-trans-atlantic-crossing-4-56/847709 "2020-02-13T03:22:57Z")
By using a spectacular jet stream, they cut well over an hour off the time from NY to London. They may have been traveling over 800 MPH ground speed. 4 hours and 56 minutes! --- ## [My Pebble (smart watch) is here!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pebble-smart-watch-is-here/666806)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pebble-smart-watch-is-here/666806 "2020-02-12T21:17:47Z")
I first learned about the Pebble back in March, via an MIT Technology Review article: I’m not usually an early adopter for things like this, but for some reason the idea really struck a chord with me and as soon as I fin… --- ## [I'm upset with my dealer (Car)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-upset-with-my-dealer-car/847696)
**Author:** [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-upset-with-my-dealer-car/847696 "2020-02-12T15:07:06Z")
Last year my wife and I bought a new Subaru. Technically my wife did because the loan was only in her name because my credit was too poor to be approved for a joint loan (that’s another story) The last few weeks I’ve ha… --- ## [Just had my tongue cut out.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-my-tongue-cut-out/847519)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-my-tongue-cut-out/847519 "2020-02-12T14:59:56Z")
Well, a part of it, anyway. I noticed a lump on my tongue about a month ago. The specialist thought it was likely a Pyogenic granuloma, which sounds far more scary that it is – basically just a benign group of capillari… --- ## [I was driving by REI and got an email saying they had a package for me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-driving-by-rei-and-got-an-email-saying-they-had-a-package-for-me/847766)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-driving-by-rei-and-got-an-email-saying-they-had-a-package-for-me/847766 "2020-02-12T14:30:28Z")
What are the odds of that? I plan to buy lottery tickets. :slight\_smile: --- ## [February in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/february-in-the-mmp/847423)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/february-in-the-mmp/847423 "2020-02-12T14:03:44Z")
In case you missed it, January is over and we’re in the second month of this year. That’s all I’ve got for now. Happy Moanday!! --- ## [My band BTWN is going to be on the radio today and you can listen!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-band-btwn-is-going-to-be-on-the-radio-today-and-you-can-listen/847674)
**Author:** [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-band-btwn-is-going-to-be-on-the-radio-today-and-you-can-listen/847674 "2020-02-12T01:40:08Z")
Hello Everyone! I’m really happy to announce that my band BTWN is going to have three songs featured on the radio through out Western Colorado and Eastern Utah, and parts of New Mexico. The time it is scheduled for play… --- ## [mind brain problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-brain-problem/847735)
**Author:** [@john\_price](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/john_price)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-brain-problem/847735 "2020-02-11T22:21:48Z")
My hypothesis is that our mind, both conscious and unconscious, in all its aspects, is the functioning of our brain,no more, no less. But there is some brain function that is not mind. Is this true, and how could it b… --- ## [I guess you really can't go home again, can you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-you-really-cant-go-home-again-can-you/847585)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2020, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-you-really-cant-go-home-again-can-you/847585 "2020-02-11T11:40:21Z")
Has anyone else returned to the “old neighborhood” after a long absence? Were you surprised at what you found? As a retiree, I can now attend the family superbowl party a few states away and having no schedule worries,… --- ## [Smithsonian was founded with money from an English guy who never visited the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smithsonian-was-founded-with-money-from-an-english-guy-who-never-visited-the-us/847737)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smithsonian-was-founded-with-money-from-an-english-guy-who-never-visited-the-us/847737 "2020-02-10T23:00:44Z")
He had no wife or children to leave his money to. --- ## [A bad, bad, bad Sing-song Sunday in the Wrek house!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bad-bad-bad-sing-song-sunday-in-the-wrek-house/847690)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bad-bad-bad-sing-song-sunday-in-the-wrek-house/847690 "2020-02-10T21:57:37Z")
My 1/2 bath toilet has been singing for a week. You know, that watery song that sez the guts ain’t workin’ good. My Siamese cat’s are disturbed by this. That bathroom is theirs. (I let guests use it to, :eek: it’s impec… --- ## [When am I going to get my brain back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-am-i-going-to-get-my-brain-back/847463)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-am-i-going-to-get-my-brain-back/847463 "2020-02-10T19:30:18Z")
So a few months ago, I face-planted while rushing to work and broke my nose and orbital bone. Luckily, I didn’t need surgery, and they seemed to have healed okay. However, the much bigger problem turned out to be the co… --- ## [Favorite Words/Phrases/Quotes and Sayings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248)
**Author:** [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248 "2020-02-10T16:58:01Z")
How about a fun thread.:slight\_smile: I love military jargon: SNAFU FUBAR TARFU (Things are really effed up!), or the Brit’s version (Totally and royally fouled up!) Totally unrelated… Chiffarobe --- ## [PSA: Excedrin is being temporarily discontinued again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-excedrin-is-being-temporarily-discontinued-again/847732)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-excedrin-is-being-temporarily-discontinued-again/847732 "2020-02-10T15:22:31Z")
https://www.goodrx.com/blog/excedrin-temporarily-discontinued/ If you’re like me and sometimes rely on it to function, it’s time to stock up. --- ## [Lawyer dopers, some "homework" help re judicial construction of a statute](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyer-dopers-some-homework-help-re-judicial-construction-of-a-statute/847573)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyer-dopers-some-homework-help-re-judicial-construction-of-a-statute/847573 "2020-02-10T04:15:34Z")
I am writing a brief and I want a cite to a very straightforward proposition. That when the constitutionality of a statute is addressed it should include both the plain text of the statute, plus any gloss that a state S… --- ## [Infomercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infomercials/847376)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infomercials/847376 "2020-02-10T03:01:56Z")
Ahhh. I love infomercials! They are a riot to watch! I’m so glad I don’t do things the old fashioned way anymore!!! --- ## [What happens if there's a cash shortfall on a sale at a car dealership?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-theres-a-cash-shortfall-on-a-sale-at-a-car-dealership/816463)
**Author:** [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-theres-a-cash-shortfall-on-a-sale-at-a-car-dealership/816463 "2020-02-10T02:10:04Z")
This isn’t important enough to warrant a post to GQ, but it’s a factual question of sorts (though maybe the answers will depend on the dealer or situation), so I’ll go MPSIMS. About eight years ago, I bought a late-mode… --- ## [Some libraries used to chain books to prevent theft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-libraries-used-to-chain-books-to-prevent-theft/847678)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-libraries-used-to-chain-books-to-prevent-theft/847678 "2020-02-09T16:57:52Z")
one still does https://twitter.com/DrLindseyFitz/status/1226167987956338689 --- ## [Coronavirus accelerating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-accelerating/847471)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2020, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-accelerating/847471 "2020-02-09T06:59:36Z")
\[URL=“article”\]https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-virus-death-toll-posts-grim-record-rise-passes-400/ar-BBZCynr The gist is that there is an increase in the rate of increase of the death toll. \[URL=“article”\]ht… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=343) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=345)