# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=348 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 349 --- ## [So, what'd I miss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whatd-i-miss/846877)
**Author:** [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whatd-i-miss/846877 "2020-01-25T17:24:06Z")
Hi folks - I see to my astonishment that it’s been like 5 or 6 YEARS since I posted on the SDMB. How are you all doing? --- ## [Lucking into Greatness (the right teacher)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucking-into-greatness-the-right-teacher/846880)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucking-into-greatness-the-right-teacher/846880 "2020-01-25T17:22:52Z")
I can’t share this on Facebook. He’d be embarrassed. But it’s sort of washing over me. Some of you may know I’ve played in bands. Mostly guitar but some other things. But back in May 2000 I stopped playing altogethe… --- ## [Suicide by Text girl convicted.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suicide-by-text-girl-convicted/789166)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 273\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suicide-by-text-girl-convicted/789166 "2020-01-25T16:53:57Z")
I followed this case and read a few of the texts. She was constantly berating the guy to kill himself. Even telling him to get back in the truck when he wanted to abort his suicide. Roy obviously had his own serious pr… --- ## [Tiny Flying Insects](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-flying-insects/845929)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-flying-insects/845929 "2020-01-25T15:56:57Z")
I have lived in the same place for more than 20 years and I’ve had pretty much the same habits when it comes to cleaning and to handling food. About ten days ago, I started noticing tiny flying insects in my home. They … --- ## [What's your 2020 calendar all about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-2020-calendar-all-about/845925)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-2020-calendar-all-about/845925 "2020-01-25T15:54:16Z")
A little late, but I got my wall calendars for 2020 today. I always get a Toronto Blue Jays calendar, because I’ve been a fan of the Jays since their inception. I also like cats, and typically get a calendar featuring … --- ## [I need tough riddles and puzzles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-tough-riddles-and-puzzles/846930)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2020, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-tough-riddles-and-puzzles/846930 "2020-01-25T12:29:51Z")
I’ve been doing prison ministry for some time now (writing letters to inmates) and many of them are intelligent brains being wasted behind bars. One wants tough, fun riddles and puzzles to solve. What are some riddles o… --- ## [The Holidays Are Over and Life Can Get Back to Normal MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-holidays-are-over-and-life-can-get-back-to-normal-mmp/846348)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2020, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-holidays-are-over-and-life-can-get-back-to-normal-mmp/846348 "2020-01-25T06:34:41Z")
Happy Moonday! It’s a chilly 34 degrees outside, supposed to get up to 54. The pups are wiped out from yesterday, not bugging me to go to the park this morning. Ripple didn’t even want to get out of bed. Anyway, for … --- ## [Memory Triggers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memory-triggers/846615)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2020, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memory-triggers/846615 "2020-01-25T04:58:51Z")
If you have something you’re trying to remember, but don’t have anything particular in mind to associate with that memory, do you have a “go to” image or smell or sound or some other “trick” to start the process of remem… --- ## [Gun Control At Work (Sorta) Just Happened To Myself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-control-at-work-sorta-just-happened-to-myself/846152)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-control-at-work-sorta-just-happened-to-myself/846152 "2020-01-25T00:42:33Z")
Well- 45 minutes ago (now an hour, I AM long-winded), there was a knock at my apartment door. I live in the eastern time zone, so like 6:45. It’s dark. My son was alarmed at a tall stranger at the door. I’m obviously wo… --- ## [I have a doctor's appointment on Friday and I'm worried](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-doctors-appointment-on-friday-and-im-worried/846826)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-doctors-appointment-on-friday-and-im-worried/846826 "2020-01-25T00:23:47Z")
On Saturday I thought the three day weekend would be a great time to go through the bins above the kitchen cabinets. I’d sort out stuff to bring to the Salvation Army, and put away my cat’s mats and dishes so I’d be a li… --- ## [Breaking news: Great Lakes Naval Station on lockdown after unauthorized entry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-great-lakes-naval-station-on-lockdown-after-unauthorized-entry/846899)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-great-lakes-naval-station-on-lockdown-after-unauthorized-entry/846899 "2020-01-24T21:45:30Z")
\[The Naval Station Great Lakes was on lockdown Friday morning as authorities looked for a “gate runner” just before a graduation ceremony was set to take place. The station posted a message on Facebook urging people “ta… --- ## [Baby name: Foccacia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-name-foccacia/846725)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-name-foccacia/846725 "2020-01-24T18:11:31Z")
My friend posted to Facebook today, “I wonder if anyone had ever named their child Foccacia?” Off-the-wall musings are something of a specialty of hers, but this seems like one that could have a definite answer. My feeli… --- ## [Shackleton's epic voyage - 100th anniversary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shackletons-epic-voyage-100th-anniversary/755258)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shackletons-epic-voyage-100th-anniversary/755258 "2020-01-24T16:20:56Z")
On May 20, 1916, Earnest Shackleton, Frank Worsley and Tom Crean walked into the office of the manager of the Stromness whaling station on South Georgia Island. It was the end of a near-impossible journey in a small boa… --- ## [What's up with the Conways? How does that marriage work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-conways-how-does-that-marriage-work/846825)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-conways-how-does-that-marriage-work/846825 "2020-01-23T23:31:01Z")
I never understood this. --- ## [My Latest Little Critter Rescue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-little-critter-rescue/846836)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-little-critter-rescue/846836 "2020-01-23T20:36:34Z")
I had to to go Petsmart to get food for my birds. I don’t really like Petsmart because most of the animals there are in very rough shape - if they survive at all. But they are the only place within an hours drive where I… --- ## [Just need a way to get stuff off my chest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-need-a-way-to-get-stuff-off-my-chest/846828)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-need-a-way-to-get-stuff-off-my-chest/846828 "2020-01-23T18:19:22Z")
Or why parenting is sometimes heart-wrenchingly shitty. Fuck me. Fuck me and the goat I rode in on. Fucking God Damn I feel like a Piece of Shit. um maybe this needs to be in the pit just for the lingo I’ve been in c… --- ## [I'm trying not to go crazy, but it's bad bad bad...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-not-to-go-crazy-but-its-bad-bad-bad/846600)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-not-to-go-crazy-but-its-bad-bad-bad/846600 "2020-01-23T03:43:42Z")
Mr VOW was taken by ambulance to the hospital with a heart attack. The Daughter and I are waiting while he undergoes cardiac catheterization. Good thoughts, please. ~VOW --- ## [Sage Rat, your time is up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sage-rat-your-time-is-up/846807)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sage-rat-your-time-is-up/846807 "2020-01-22T23:01:42Z")
Hello Sage Rat, Mr and Mrs North America, and all the ships at sea! Back in January of 2017, you made a bet with the now banned Okrahoma in this post: Let’s go with 3 years from now. January 12, 2020. Bets off if he’s… --- ## [ICK!! Cleaning the hinges on a toilet seat. No, seriously](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ick-cleaning-the-hinges-on-a-toilet-seat-no-seriously/846339)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ick-cleaning-the-hinges-on-a-toilet-seat-no-seriously/846339 "2020-01-22T21:46:10Z")
New toilet, called a Toto raised toilet. The hinges are encased in plastic, nice look, no metal. But these hinges get “icky” splashes, for want of a better description. I am not sure how to clean these things - I have be… --- ## [Avatars/User Names Explained](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-user-names-explained/843829)
**Author:** [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-user-names-explained/843829 "2020-01-22T20:05:38Z")
One avatar I’ve seen here appears to be a man (face obscured), molesting a marionette. Someone else has a user name that must be something to do with video games, or anime, but when I looked it up, this is all I got…“Ye… --- ## [Snapple now in plastic bottles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapple-now-in-plastic-bottles/846801)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapple-now-in-plastic-bottles/846801 "2020-01-22T19:29:43Z")
They must think it’s a big deal because it’s right on the label. Maybe the cost is lower or they have a lot of clumsy users who kept breaking the glass bottles. I think in the past glass was cheaper than plastic in… --- ## [Flock of birds dies from collision with.............asphalt road](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flock-of-birds-dies-from-collision-with-asphalt-road/846577)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flock-of-birds-dies-from-collision-with-asphalt-road/846577 "2020-01-22T19:03:00Z")
Yes, two hundred birds committed suicide today, by flying full-speed into the ground. Also, kudos to the articulate British police detective----for just naturally assuming that everybody knows that a flock of starlings… --- ## [On grief, families, and public versus private lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-grief-families-and-public-versus-private-lives/846774)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-grief-families-and-public-versus-private-lives/846774 "2020-01-22T15:07:13Z")
I am inspired to write this post by the recent passing of my mother-in-law. I won’t say much about my relationship with her, other than to say that her private behavior with me and my husband was difficult. She was incon… --- ## [Retail Stupidity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-stupidity/836807)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 563\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-stupidity/836807 "2020-01-22T14:40:54Z")
Yes, this is a thread about stupidly in retail stores. Can be stupid customers, stupid employees, stupid management, stupid architecture… I once had a customer forget what store he was in. Not, “forget which branch o… --- ## [So I’ve been diagnosed...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-ve-been-diagnosed/846790)
**Author:** [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-ve-been-diagnosed/846790 "2020-01-22T14:21:45Z")
Got biopsy results today. Plexiform neurofibroma. My younger daughter is symptomatic. Looking into confirmation and follow ups now and seeking advice Not lid threatening. But it sucks --- ## [Goat vs Cow KO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goat-vs-cow-ko/846718)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goat-vs-cow-ko/846718 "2020-01-22T14:03:19Z")
The animal version of David v Goliath. And a reminder that even though someone/thing might be much smaller physically, heart can overcome bodysize. --- ## [Windows 7 - Do I Really Need to Upgrade?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-7-do-i-really-need-to-upgrade/846679)
**Author:** [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-7-do-i-really-need-to-upgrade/846679 "2020-01-21T21:32:18Z")
And If I Do, What Are the Risks? My primary (desktop) computer is still running Windows 7 which is no longer supported by MicroSoft, and I’ve started getting the big, scary alerts about how I need to upgrade or I’m doom… --- ## [A Hummingbird has started sleeping at the feeder all night.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hummingbird-has-started-sleeping-at-the-feeder-all-night/846595)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hummingbird-has-started-sleeping-at-the-feeder-all-night/846595 "2020-01-21T21:08:49Z")
When it gets cold and there’s a chance that the feeders might freeze, I bring them in at night and then put them back out in the morning. Last night I went out at about 10 to bring them in and wtf, there’s a hummingbird… --- ## [Win 7 to Win 10 upgrade for Free still from Microsoft.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-7-to-win-10-upgrade-for-free-still-from-microsoft/846763)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-7-to-win-10-upgrade-for-free-still-from-microsoft/846763 "2020-01-21T18:28:00Z")
Go to the Download Windows 10 \*\*\*or \*\*\*https://click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=0JlRymcP1YU&mid=24542&murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fsoftware-download%2Fwindows10&u1=cnet%7C0f8ac956-f619-471d-a352-4b0ad… --- ## [John Wayne Grandpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-wayne-grandpa/846683)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-wayne-grandpa/846683 "2020-01-21T13:23:38Z")
This bubbled to the surface of my mind when I was thinking of people who support Donald Trump, and why. It’s not really about my grandpa at all. He looked a bit like John Wayne. Not so much that you’d mistake him on the… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=347) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=349)