# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=346 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 347 --- ## [Federal judge rules Obamacare is now invalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-judge-rules-obamacare-is-now-invalid/826159)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-judge-rules-obamacare-is-now-invalid/826159 "2020-02-03T18:42:03Z")
I admit I haven’t seen the actual ruling yet, just this story on the AP. Well duh. :rolleyes: --- ## [the middle of winter mmp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-middle-of-winter-mmp/847043)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-middle-of-winter-mmp/847043 "2020-02-03T18:41:30Z")
here tis the middle of winter … and im ready for it to be over … and it doesn’t help its been actually almost 70 degrees here i know ts gonna get cold and possibly rainy so i say bring on the permanent warmth … anyway… --- ## [TRUECAR: How to find prices actually paid for a given new car make/model...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truecar-how-to-find-prices-actually-paid-for-a-given-new-car-make-model/847230)
**Author:** [@fjs1fs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fjs1fs)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truecar-how-to-find-prices-actually-paid-for-a-given-new-car-make-model/847230 "2020-02-03T15:42:27Z")
They advertise that they’ll show you actual prices paid in your area. But when I go to the website, I can’t figure out how to get this information. Instead, there’s a button to click which gives my info out to dealers … --- ## [Happy Palindrome Day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-palindrome-day/847395)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-palindrome-day/847395 "2020-02-03T15:10:13Z")
Today is 02/02/2020, the same when read forwards and backwards. At just after 2 a.m., it was 02:02:20 on 02/02/2020. The previous palindrome date in all formats came 909 years ago on 11/11/1111. The next will come in 10… --- ## [Like, this is shocking, man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-this-is-shocking-man/847335)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2020, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-this-is-shocking-man/847335 "2020-02-03T12:54:21Z")
Scandal at the University of Central Florida: three professors fired for helping a PhD student get their degree in return for grant money. \*""That’s crazy. It makes you think like, ‘aw man, maybe not all the degrees you… --- ## [Things Could Have Turned Out Worse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-could-have-turned-out-worse/847389)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2020, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-could-have-turned-out-worse/847389 "2020-02-03T03:47:41Z")
Last week I bought what I thought was two slices of bacon for Sunday breakfast. Today I opened the package and there were three slices of bacon. I had to eat three slices of bacon with breakfast! --- ## [Am I now the crazy Lady in the state of Arkansas' weirdest little town?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-now-the-crazy-lady-in-the-state-of-arkansas-weirdest-little-town/847279)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-now-the-crazy-lady-in-the-state-of-arkansas-weirdest-little-town/847279 "2020-02-03T00:47:26Z")
I drive into this little villiage. I wanna go in the Dollar General. I just need a few things. This dollar store is a recent addition. Like the Great Pyramids along the Nile, this place was welcomed with great Fanfare. I… --- ## [Remember to call it the Big Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-to-call-it-the-big-game/846531)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-to-call-it-the-big-game/846531 "2020-02-02T20:24:18Z")
If you haven’t paid the NFL to use that other name for the NFL championship. :slight\_smile: --- ## [The most useless accessory in my car is now even more useless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-useless-accessory-in-my-car-is-now-even-more-useless/614612)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-useless-accessory-in-my-car-is-now-even-more-useless/614612 "2020-02-02T14:36:42Z")
My car has this date display which I think is the most completely useless accessory possible. It’s not part of the clock - the clock is part of the radio display. This date display is a separate LED display built into th… --- ## [Delaware getting commercial airline flights again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-getting-commercial-airline-flights-again/847282)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-getting-commercial-airline-flights-again/847282 "2020-02-02T03:22:09Z")
Right now they are the only state without commercial flights. Probably because Wilmington is only 32 miles from Philly --- ## [Can you offer any tips or suggestions to lower car insurance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-offer-any-tips-or-suggestions-to-lower-car-insurance/847082)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2020, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-offer-any-tips-or-suggestions-to-lower-car-insurance/847082 "2020-02-02T03:13:24Z")
Do any of you have any good tips or suggestions for lowering car insurance rates? I just renewed my car ins and was very pleasantly surprised when they told me my cost for the second year was substantially less than the … --- ## [how does a 57 year old single man make friends?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-57-year-old-single-man-make-friends/846680)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2020, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-57-year-old-single-man-make-friends/846680 "2020-02-01T10:32:16Z")
Used to have a number of friends when I lived in NYC with my wife, now deceased, from 1995 to 2009. She had a terminal disease so we moved to Rhode Island in 2009, where she was born and had family. Made some friends the… --- ## [I NEED a major change of employment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-major-change-of-employment/843861)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2020, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-major-change-of-employment/843861 "2020-02-01T05:33:37Z")
I really do. I’ve been an academic for a few decades now. I’ve taught students by the thousands, read countless assessment/placement essays, worked on committees and task forces, been active in the faculty union, attend… --- ## [Heart attack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-attack/847208)
**Author:** [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-attack/847208 "2020-01-31T23:29:28Z")
I’m a 63 year-old white male. I’m about 30 lbs overweight. I am too sedentary, spending a lot of time working on the computer. I eat whatever I want. I don’t drink much now, but I partied very hard in my 20s and 30s and … --- ## [Haunted house question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haunted-house-question/847157)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haunted-house-question/847157 "2020-01-31T21:46:40Z")
Lets say you live in a house with all kinds of paranormal activity. I mean real spooky things that scare your family, pets, and even visitors. Well lets say it bothers you so bad you want to sell the house and just move… --- ## [How do you use math as an adult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-math-as-an-adult/846618)
**Author:** [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-math-as-an-adult/846618 "2020-01-31T18:58:42Z")
I teach 2nd graders and I also tutor at a nationwide company. I have been assigned tutoring students who are studying secondary level algebra, and I can only help them so much. No problem with the lessons on the compan… --- ## [This thread is different, really, not lying!(It's still bad, bad, bad)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-different-really-not-lying-its-still-bad-bad-bad/847133)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-different-really-not-lying-its-still-bad-bad-bad/847133 "2020-01-31T13:47:25Z")
I’m kinda sickly. My creative/magnificent brain hasn’t got ANYTHING to add the the universe. Sorry. (Don’t weep, you’re getting me all soggy) So…Everyone tell ol’beck how bad, bad, bad you are. I need crazy, whacked out… --- ## [Beck, You're a bad, bad, bad person! (Come on people! I ain't dead yet)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-youre-a-bad-bad-bad-person-come-on-people-i-aint-dead-yet/846972)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2020, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-youre-a-bad-bad-bad-person-come-on-people-i-aint-dead-yet/846972 "2020-01-31T09:23:51Z")
I’m horrible! I’m going straight to hell. Yea, verily! I was in dream land. Cutting some real zzzZZZs! Dreaming a very good dream, I might add. Something was ‘off’, I opened my eyes and closed them really quick. “What?… --- ## [Black Beans Are Now Officially Whitelisted for Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-beans-are-now-officially-whitelisted-for-me/847110)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2020, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-beans-are-now-officially-whitelisted-for-me/847110 "2020-01-31T07:09:55Z")
I have a long list of food allergies which is frustrating. They include multiple legumes, so I became wary of the entire category. It doesn’t help that medical advice sometimes is issued as “Oh, you’re allergic to an it… --- ## [Plane dumps fuel on Elementary school playground.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-dumps-fuel-on-elementary-school-playground/846428)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-dumps-fuel-on-elementary-school-playground/846428 "2020-01-31T00:15:07Z")
Well, they should be thankful it wasn’t the sewage tank. :wink: I’ve gotten gas spilled on me disconnecting the fuel line on cars. Runs down the hand to the armpit. Not pleasant, but it’s not painful. IIRC Jet Fuel is … --- ## [Trump wall solution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632 "2020-01-30T21:17:30Z")
Oh FFS, just tell Trump he gets funding for his wall (lie to him). Build a 3 mile stretch of intimidating wall at the border. It can look like a wall from our side, and on the other side maybe it’s a solar array to pro… --- ## [Support Vexit!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-vexit/847165)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-vexit/847165 "2020-01-30T20:54:57Z")
In case nobody has been following, there has been some (I think) playful suggestions that Frederick County, VA (containing Winchester) should become part of the State of West Virginia. Now, I know this isn’t happening, … --- ## [Most Calamitous Observation of Impeachment Hearing (not political, really!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-calamitous-observation-of-impeachment-hearing-not-political-really/847235)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-calamitous-observation-of-impeachment-hearing-not-political-really/847235 "2020-01-30T20:46:00Z")
I’ve lost count of how many BAD combovers I’ve seen in these televised hearings! Because the cameras are positioned in the viewing gallery and must point downward to the business end of the room, almost every man who get… --- ## [MSNBC anchor says Los Angeles Ni\*\*ers on air](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msnbc-anchor-says-los-angeles-ni-ers-on-air/847225)
**Author:** [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msnbc-anchor-says-los-angeles-ni-ers-on-air/847225 "2020-01-30T20:43:07Z")
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Edq-4i7yHOg Wow I bet the guy that accidentally said Martin Luther Coon was pissed that this lady got to keep her job after he was fired. It seemed like his mistake was more of a news story… --- ## [I saw the green flash!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-green-flash/847080)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-green-flash/847080 "2020-01-30T14:29:44Z")
I have been in Costa Rica with the Mrs for over a week now. Our balcony overlooks the Pacific and every chance we have had, I have watched the sun set, looking for the green flash. Finally last night I saw it! It laste… --- ## [I noticed powerade comes in 28oz bottles now instead of 32oz bottles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-noticed-powerade-comes-in-28oz-bottles-now-instead-of-32oz-bottles/847128)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-noticed-powerade-comes-in-28oz-bottles-now-instead-of-32oz-bottles/847128 "2020-01-30T13:28:15Z")
Rest assured, I was on the internet within minutes, registering my disgust throughout the world. Guess I’ll switch to gatorade. It costs a little more but it is still 32oz and tastes better anyway. --- ## [Snake flu?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-flu/847175)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2020, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-flu/847175 "2020-01-30T13:12:48Z")
I understand the coronavirus could have started with snakes. Which makes me sssomewhat concerned about the sssymptoms of my current chest cold. I have developed a terrible hissssing cough. Last night I was rolling aroun… --- ## [Do most people who have bad treatment from a business get someone fired from their job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-most-people-who-have-bad-treatment-from-a-business-get-someone-fired-from-their-job/847033)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2020, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-most-people-who-have-bad-treatment-from-a-business-get-someone-fired-from-their-job/847033 "2020-01-30T11:47:42Z")
Well I think one of the things that people assume is that some people think they can get someone fired from their job for bad service or treatment from a business and they would say I am going to complain to your manager… --- ## [A sip from a forbidden cup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sip-from-a-forbidden-cup/847018)
**Author:** [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2020, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sip-from-a-forbidden-cup/847018 "2020-01-30T06:53:05Z")
From early childhood the Incomparable Sunflower was not allowed to even touch her Mom’s prized crystal. When she turned ten, her Mom allowed her to help wash it once a year or so and then stow it back away to keep it saf… --- ## [Dinosaurs fell in love...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaurs-fell-in-love/847212)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2020, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaurs-fell-in-love/847212 "2020-01-30T04:53:28Z")
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