# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=345 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 346 --- ## [65 years old, blind, suffering from dementia, and now crippled...\[update: passed away\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/65-years-old-blind-suffering-from-dementia-and-now-crippled-update-passed-away/820450)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2020, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/65-years-old-blind-suffering-from-dementia-and-now-crippled-update-passed-away/820450 "2020-02-09T04:48:04Z")
Not sure if this is a Pit rant, or an MPSIMS post. Not sure if I’m going to post it after I finish writing it. I’ve been composing it inside my head for weeks. Maybe I’ll write it out, then decide to C&P it to a documen… --- ## [My daughter has breast cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-has-breast-cancer/847481)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-has-breast-cancer/847481 "2020-02-09T03:14:20Z")
She’s 30 years old, athletic, and otherwise in excellent health, and now she is facing surgery, possibly chemotherapy, and decisions that will effect her future chances of having a child. Fuck. She discovered a lump in … --- ## [Babysitting mishaps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babysitting-mishaps/847560)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2020, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babysitting-mishaps/847560 "2020-02-09T01:25:53Z")
Finding a good sitter can be quite challenging. Often (but not always) you get what you pay for. One time we went to an awards banquet and hired a babysitter that came highly recommended by multiple sources. She was in h… --- ## [Gee-whiz date trivia about today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-date-trivia-about-today/847638)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-date-trivia-about-today/847638 "2020-02-08T20:46:29Z")
Those familiar with the notion of Julian Day (JD) – Continuous count of days since the beginning of the Julian Period, on 1 Jan. 4713 BCE in the proleptic Gregorian calendar – ( Browse the Glossary - J - WhatIs ) – wi… --- ## [Headline on Buzzfeed I can't begin to interpret...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headline-on-buzzfeed-i-cant-begin-to-interpret/847624)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headline-on-buzzfeed-i-cant-begin-to-interpret/847624 "2020-02-08T18:33:49Z")
Anastasia Beverly Hills Will No Longer Work With Rodan + Fields After A Ton Of Fan Backlash “Time to dump your Brow-wiz and Dip Brow for supporting pyramid schemes.” What in the world are they talking about? I have clo… --- ## [Three name people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-name-people/847310)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-name-people/847310 "2020-02-08T18:07:44Z")
I’ve noticed that some people have gone down in history by three names. You may be uncertain who George Carver, James Cooper, John Jones, and Martin King are, but the names George Washington Carver, James Fenimore Cooper… --- ## [An appeal for Doper assistances \[update: Kaylasmom has passed\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-appeal-for-doper-assistances-update-kaylasmom-has-passed/847468)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2020, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-appeal-for-doper-assistances-update-kaylasmom-has-passed/847468 "2020-02-08T05:41:44Z")
If you’ve been following my MPSIMS thread about kaylasmom’s dementia, you may have encountered this post, detailing the meeting leading up to Kayla’s need to travel soon. Post 109 describes the beginning of this crisis p… --- ## [Electric Vehicle critics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-vehicle-critics/842254)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 1462\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2020, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-vehicle-critics/842254 "2020-02-08T04:50:20Z")
Electric vehicles (EV’s) are becoming more and more common on the roads. Many companies are moving towards an “electric future”, including major US companies like Ford (F150 electric truck anyone?) Whenever I see a new… --- ## [Expensive grocery store going bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expensive-grocery-store-going-bust/847433)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expensive-grocery-store-going-bust/847433 "2020-02-08T00:41:48Z")
Hard to believe but they were even more expensive than Whole Paycheck. They have a location right near me. I guess they could not compete with Whole Paycheck after Amazon bought them. --- ## [I got a push poll last night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-push-poll-last-night/847607)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-push-poll-last-night/847607 "2020-02-08T00:19:53Z")
My town wants to build a new rec centre with a year-round swimming pool. So there will be a referendum next week on a 27.8 M bond issue. Last night I got what purported to be a poll (why bother? We’ll soon know). Afte… --- ## [Motorcycle endorsement brain teaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcycle-endorsement-brain-teaser/847193)
**Author:** [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcycle-endorsement-brain-teaser/847193 "2020-02-07T10:28:23Z")
First person that can answer wins! Well, that person wins bragging rights. No prize given. If your answer works and it’s not the answer I thought of, you still win. This is a question I thought up after reading about so… --- ## [How effective is non firearm armed combat against trained unarmed combat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-effective-is-non-firearm-armed-combat-against-trained-unarmed-combat/847352)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-effective-is-non-firearm-armed-combat-against-trained-unarmed-combat/847352 "2020-02-07T03:12:55Z")
If an average person or someone with only moderate training with a weapon (knife, brass knuckle, lead pipe) fights someone trained in unarmed combat, does the person with the weapon have an advantage or are they still at… --- ## [Need help.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help/847396)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help/847396 "2020-02-07T02:22:11Z")
I had a complicated relationship with a woman I simply loved as much as family - we were together for two years, broke up, met each other again though Facebook, (this time she had a daughter of the age of 3 I believe, wh… --- ## [What's that bad, bad, bad picture of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-bad-bad-bad-picture-of/847472)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-bad-bad-bad-picture-of/847472 "2020-02-07T01:13:40Z")
Hey, If you take pictures with your phone and you open up your images what’s the first pix of? You don’t need to show them, just describe them. Add a backstory if you wish. Mine is: A large Sonic cup on my deck rail. … --- ## [WTF bumper sticker.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bumper-sticker/847470)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bumper-sticker/847470 "2020-02-06T13:09:48Z")
Is this a real thing? And if so who the hell is change their mind about abandoning another human being because they read a bumper sticker? Please tell me this is a joke. --- ## [I got another Maine Coon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-another-maine-coon/847421)
**Author:** [@Scougs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scougs)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-another-maine-coon/847421 "2020-02-05T07:21:04Z")
Two and half years ago, I posted this thread: So, I got a Maine Coon kitten Last October, my 16 year old little black moggie, Meg, was diagnosed with a large abdominal tumour, so euthanasia it was. Sheldon was not hap… --- ## [drugs found in possession of stupid person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drugs-found-in-possession-of-stupid-person/847487)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drugs-found-in-possession-of-stupid-person/847487 "2020-02-05T03:55:00Z")
I haven’t even read this, but I HAD to post it, too funny. --- ## [I think I am too steeped in the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-am-too-steeped-in-the-sdmb/847397)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-am-too-steeped-in-the-sdmb/847397 "2020-02-05T03:50:38Z")
Stuck in traffic the other day and noticed that the plate for the car ahead of me was «### LHD». My immediate thought: «Wonder how Left Hand of Dorkness is doing?» I may need a wider IRL social circle. :smiley: --- ## [Cheddar cheese!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheddar-cheese/847508)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheddar-cheese/847508 "2020-02-05T01:54:28Z")
Just tried a 9 year old cheddar…magnificent! It is to 5 year cheddar what 5 year cheddar is to “medium” cheddar. QtM, now that I have friends in Milwaukee, I’m planning to raid your cheddar chest! And you can make me an … --- ## [Self-confidence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-confidence/847291)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-confidence/847291 "2020-02-04T20:27:46Z")
Is there any way to help someone else acquire self-confidence or is self-doubt and insecurity a personality characteristic some people - whether through nature or nurture - will always possess no matter how they struggle… --- ## [Whittier , AK Almost everyone lives in one building](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whittier-ak-almost-everyone-lives-in-one-building/847330)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whittier-ak-almost-everyone-lives-in-one-building/847330 "2020-02-04T19:15:20Z")
Only 205 people but it’s still a very odd place . A few people live outside the main building. Whittier, Alaska - Wikipedia --- ## [I'm in Physical Therapy. Yay!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-physical-therapy-yay/847406)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-physical-therapy-yay/847406 "2020-02-04T16:15:33Z")
Y’all will be happy that I had my first PT session today. They are being a bit assholish, the boss gave me shit that I hadn’t shaved like she had ordered me to Friday. When we got back the therapist told my nurse that … --- ## [Road Trippin' in the MPSIMS (and across a few states)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trippin-in-the-mpsims-and-across-a-few-states/847328)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trippin-in-the-mpsims-and-across-a-few-states/847328 "2020-02-04T16:04:11Z")
Today I packed my cat, two snakes, a couple dozen rodents, and as many plants as I could stuff into my little car among the quilts and assorted warm clothes and snacks, and finally hit the highway. I’m moving! All by my… --- ## [New car!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-car/847021)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-car/847021 "2020-02-04T14:39:29Z")
Yesterday, I bought a 2020 BMW M240i. :slight\_smile: Black exterior and interior (with aluminum trim), manual transmission, RWD, 18” wheels with all-season run-flat tires, and all of the features I wanted: heated seats,… --- ## [Risks Digest: A $60,000,000,000 fraud and other horrors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risks-digest-a-60-000-000-000-fraud-and-other-horrors/847426)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risks-digest-a-60-000-000-000-fraud-and-other-horrors/847426 "2020-02-04T08:44:45Z")
How many Dopers are aware of The Forum (newsletter) on Risks to the Public in Computers and Related Systems ? The link will take you to the latest issue. I just edit the URL (e.g. change the final ‘55’ to ‘54’) to get … --- ## [@OMG \[dropzone in hospital\]. My personal life saving hero nearly croaks!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-dropzone-in-hospital-my-personal-life-saving-hero-nearly-croaks/847149)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-dropzone-in-hospital-my-personal-life-saving-hero-nearly-croaks/847149 "2020-02-04T02:08:33Z")
Our own dear \*\*dropzone \*\* was nearly killed in his nursing home bed. He choked and it took 10+ minutes for that place to call 911. He’s in the hospital now. He needs well wishes and virtual hugs. Circle the wagons Dop… --- ## [Whole plaine parachute saves aircraft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-plaine-parachute-saves-aircraft/847416)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-plaine-parachute-saves-aircraft/847416 "2020-02-03T21:53:41Z")
According to the article the system has saved 422 lives so far: Dennis --- ## [In order to self-diagnose accurately, what are the symptoms of Corona Virus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-order-to-self-diagnose-accurately-what-are-the-symptoms-of-corona-virus/847381)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-order-to-self-diagnose-accurately-what-are-the-symptoms-of-corona-virus/847381 "2020-02-03T21:50:35Z")
West Nile Virus was easy: a vaguely flu-like illness and all my crows died (the park across the street was Ground Zero in Illinois). This new one could be harder since I live around a bunch of old people, and God only … --- ## [MH370: 4 Years Later; Theories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mh370-4-years-later-theories/811689)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mh370-4-years-later-theories/811689 "2020-02-03T20:04:42Z")
Cockpit doors were made more secure after 9/11. Do any of the flight attendants, or anyone else outside of the cockpit during flight, have a key or other means to open the cockpit door from the outside? Some leading the… --- ## [Please leave me alone, creepy neighbor man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-leave-me-alone-creepy-neighbor-man/847061)
**Author:** [@Kovitlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kovitlac)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-leave-me-alone-creepy-neighbor-man/847061 "2020-02-03T19:22:45Z")
For the record, I’m not looking for advice so much as I am to vent. I made a similar post on reddit and got a lot of, “take a picture and report him, DUH”-style comments. Because taking a photo of someone has never once … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=344) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=346)