# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=353 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 354 --- ## [The person you lost your virginity with: Where are they?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-you-lost-your-virginity-with-where-are-they/845330)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-you-lost-your-virginity-with-where-are-they/845330 "2020-01-01T23:35:31Z")
I’m not looking for salacious content, no sexy time stories. Just this simple question: Where’s the person you lost your virginity with now (if’n you know)? The woman I lost mine with is living in AZ, married with a kid… --- ## [Stores open on Christmas--more common?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stores-open-on-christmas-more-common/845660)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stores-open-on-christmas-more-common/845660 "2020-01-01T23:27:57Z")
I recently returned from seeing my family on Christmas vacation. They live in rural Eastern Washington, and one thing that greatly surprised me is that both grocery stores in their town (one a Safeway, another locally o… --- ## [Sights and sounds of the past you miss...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sights-and-sounds-of-the-past-you-miss/845504)
**Author:** [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sights-and-sounds-of-the-past-you-miss/845504 "2020-01-01T21:27:24Z")
I was posting on a video forum and thought about my beloved professional monitor that made a loud thump when you turned it on because it had a built in degausser. Other sounds I miss: The static when tuning in radio st… --- ## [The mystery of the gift cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-the-gift-cards/845744)
**Author:** [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-the-gift-cards/845744 "2020-01-01T21:16:44Z")
(By the way, I just saw the gold on the side of the road thing… I was going to post this) This morning I was walking the dog on a road with very little foot traffic. At the side of the road I saw a gift card holder. I p… --- ## [So I now know a biological great-great grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-now-know-a-biological-great-great-grandmother/845674)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-now-know-a-biological-great-great-grandmother/845674 "2020-01-01T20:52:56Z")
I’ve know Edie, her mother Effie and her daughter Tina for over 30 years. I used to baby-sit Tina when she was five years old, and remember her having a son whenshe wa 17. but eventually lost touch with the family. Edie… --- ## [does your city have locally-made soda?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-city-have-locally-made-soda/845651)
**Author:** [@fedman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-city-have-locally-made-soda/845651 "2020-01-01T20:23:10Z")
we all know that almost every major city has home brewed beer, but does your city have home soda? In St Louis it was Vess (even had huge soda-bottle sculpture) --- ## [Can we have a NewYears Eve party, People! Post your thoughts!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-a-newyears-eve-party-people-post-your-thoughts/845701)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-a-newyears-eve-party-people-post-your-thoughts/845701 "2020-01-01T14:47:25Z")
I’ll pop the corks…someone get the glasses. (:)) --- ## [Mass Killings in the United States 2019](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-killings-in-the-united-states-2019/828304)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2020, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-killings-in-the-united-states-2019/828304 "2020-01-01T09:23:32Z")
Mass killings in the United States, 2019. Four or more dead (Suicides Indicated by an asterisk) By a single killer By any criminal means ==2019== 6 January 2019 Lexington KY 6\* killed (DWI/vehicular homicide) (htt… --- ## [Weight loss plans that actually work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-loss-plans-that-actually-work/845594)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2020, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-loss-plans-that-actually-work/845594 "2020-01-01T04:29:08Z")
So the neighbor wants us to go with her to Y and be workout buddies after the New Year and lose weight together. I’m feeling lukewarm about this idea as I’ve never once succeeded with any NY resolution that involved losi… --- ## [the dickens was wrong so bah humbug mmp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dickens-was-wrong-so-bah-humbug-mmp/845284)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2020, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dickens-was-wrong-so-bah-humbug-mmp/845284 "2020-01-01T03:47:17Z")
as ive stated before this hasnt been the merriest of seasons so i hope everyone is having a better time of it than I and ev3n tho scrooge was an ass about it he had a point about letting every one celebrate or not in th… --- ## [The Island of Missed Dope time (Dec.25th, 2019)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-island-of-missed-dope-time-dec-25th-2019/845432)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-island-of-missed-dope-time-dec-25th-2019/845432 "2019-12-31T21:05:26Z")
I nearly died of missing the misfits around here yesterday. As busy as my day was, I was lonesome for all you jerks. I kept going back and looking for the Dope. I’m glad you were all rescued. Safe and sound back on my… --- ## [Do most singers or sportspeople think they're better than they really are alot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-most-singers-or-sportspeople-think-theyre-better-than-they-really-are-alot/845370)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-most-singers-or-sportspeople-think-theyre-better-than-they-really-are-alot/845370 "2019-12-31T20:55:05Z")
Well now I have this idea that alot of singers and sportspeople think they are better than they actually are and if you take someone like Paul McCartney or Ed Sheeran or some snooker players like Ronnie OSullivan or golf… --- ## [Did you know people that despite not seeming like much of a "catch" easily found sex partners?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-people-that-despite-not-seeming-like-much-of-a-catch-easily-found-sex-partners/845269)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-people-that-despite-not-seeming-like-much-of-a-catch-easily-found-sex-partners/845269 "2019-12-31T20:38:56Z")
I was looking through Pete Davidson YT videos because of this thread in CS and it reminded me of people I’ve known that didn’t seem to have a lot going on but never lacked for sexual companionship. At the top of the list… --- ## [A real "I Am My Own Grandpa"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-real-i-am-my-own-grandpa/845611)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-real-i-am-my-own-grandpa/845611 "2019-12-31T18:21:36Z")
I was reading this 15 year old article on NBC News. Near the bottom it states: “William Jasper Martin died on July 8, 1931. Two months later, Alberta Martin married her late husband’s grandson, Charlie Martin.” Wow. … --- ## [Good Night, Shamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-night-shamus/845577)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-night-shamus/845577 "2019-12-31T15:18:35Z")
2019 has been a hard year for me, and it shouldn’t come as such a surprise that it would draw to a close on yet another awful note, but here we are. Today my sweet Maine Coon, Shamus, had what the vet thinks was a seriou… --- ## [Strange names you had for your elders/relatives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-names-you-had-for-your-elders-relatives/845532)
**Author:** [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-names-you-had-for-your-elders-relatives/845532 "2019-12-31T14:12:39Z")
I won’t got into specifics because that would clearly identify me to some who know my family (want to remain anonymous), but we had some strange names for some of my extended family, both directly and indirectly related. … --- ## [New Member in The Crew: Killer-In-Training (New Puppy, with pix)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-in-the-crew-killer-in-training-new-puppy-with-pix/843723)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2019, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-in-the-crew-killer-in-training-new-puppy-with-pix/843723 "2019-12-31T06:08:04Z")
For reasons I don’t fully understand, a new puppy arrived at the house a couple weeks ago. Another Dachshund, this one puts the Dap in Dappled. Cute and feisty, supposed to wind up on the larger end of Weenie dogs, about… --- ## [What all sources of revenue do/did newspapers have](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-all-sources-of-revenue-do-did-newspapers-have/845220)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2019, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-all-sources-of-revenue-do-did-newspapers-have/845220 "2019-12-31T06:06:27Z")
How did newspapers make money in their heyday? I’m guessing they had multiple revenue streams. Subscriptions and purchase price. Ad revenue Classifieds ads revenue. Do newspapers charge stores who put their flyers in… --- ## [Measles: worse than you thought.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/measles-worse-than-you-thought/845571)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2019, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/measles-worse-than-you-thought/845571 "2019-12-31T04:38:27Z")
This is not pointless, nor entirely mundane but it is also not a question so this seems to be the only appropriate forum. Watch this segment of Quirks & Quarks, the Canadian science show: Measles sabotages the immune sy… --- ## [How do I change a tire on a car with a TPMS system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-a-tire-on-a-car-with-a-tpms-system/844959)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2019, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-a-tire-on-a-car-with-a-tpms-system/844959 "2019-12-31T03:39:56Z")
I’ve never had a car with TPMS before, with my car there is a full size spare in the back whose sidewall is damaged, causing the TPMS alarm to go off on the dashboard. When I get a new tire at a place like costco, do I … --- ## [What I did on Christmas day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-did-on-christmas-day/845499)
**Author:** [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2019, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-did-on-christmas-day/845499 "2019-12-31T02:44:21Z")
Board was down, so Merry Christmas to all So on to the festivities, and what I was doing. Bingeing on the Sharpe series and so far into season four. One of the things that bothered me about the series, is the artillery… --- ## [I do crossword puzzles everyday.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-crossword-puzzles-everyday/845479)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2019, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-crossword-puzzles-everyday/845479 "2019-12-31T01:49:26Z")
Why is Yoko Ono in fully 1/3 of the puzzles I do? Doesn’t that seem a lot? Other examples: Everytime I turn on the little radio in my kitchen to hear the local weather conditions the song ‘El Paso’ is playing or about … --- ## [Will you rake/mulch your freaking leaves already?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-rake-mulch-your-freaking-leaves-already/843781)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-rake-mulch-your-freaking-leaves-already/843781 "2019-12-30T23:23:46Z")
Pretty sure we’ve done this before, but just wanted to (mildly) vent about the challenges of wrangling leaves in the midwestern fall, when your neighbors don’t do much w/ their lawns. I guess a part of me can respect so… --- ## [Hello from Longyearbyen (and other stuff)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-from-longyearbyen-and-other-stuff/845602)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-from-longyearbyen-and-other-stuff/845602 "2019-12-30T21:24:05Z")
Hello from the above- we left Australia about 11 days ago and the temperature was over 40 degrees Celsius. Tonight it was minus 24.7 Celsius. Just a bit of housekeeping- last night in Oslo we caught up with Gukumatz, th… --- ## [Create your own "Fake News"....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-your-own-fake-news/845568)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-your-own-fake-news/845568 "2019-12-30T20:53:43Z")
Trump admits to being a Space Alien from Neptune June 6, 2019 - Jonathan Chait Photo: Marcus Villa/Pool/Getty Images In a CBS interview Tuesday night, President Trump admitted that, yes, he could be a space alien, the… --- ## [Neil Innes has died. Ron Nasty says good riddance.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-innes-has-died-ron-nasty-says-good-riddance/845615)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-innes-has-died-ron-nasty-says-good-riddance/845615 "2019-12-30T20:29:19Z")
Story - Neil Innes (Bonzo Dog Band, the Rutles, Monty Python) Dead at 75 His parodies (pastiches? original songs inspired by) of Beatles songs were nothing short of brilliant: I Must Be In Love Doubleback Alley --- ## [Anything That Moves dept: ancient humans breeding habits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-that-moves-dept-ancient-humans-breeding-habits/845548)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-that-moves-dept-ancient-humans-breeding-habits/845548 "2019-12-30T19:26:48Z")
A randy group we were, apparently. This article claims interbreeding with at least 4 other species. Interesting. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.inverse.com/amp/article/58180-ancient-human-sex-death-babies --- ## [Enjoy every sandwich \_ Warren Zevon and the meaning of life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoy-every-sandwich-_-warren-zevon-and-the-meaning-of-life/845215)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2019, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoy-every-sandwich-_-warren-zevon-and-the-meaning-of-life/845215 "2019-12-30T19:04:10Z")
Warren Zevon, best known, for those who don’t know or remember, Werewolves of London, suddenly found out he had cancer and was going to die within a year. This was on the Letterman show- \*Zevon’s answer was more serious… --- ## [Donald Trump cameo cut from airing of "Home Alone 2".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-cameo-cut-from-airing-of-home-alone-2/845496)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-cameo-cut-from-airing-of-home-alone-2/845496 "2019-12-30T18:54:48Z")
The Canadian Broadcasting Company recently aired the 1992 movie Home Alone 2: Lost In New York. One scene that was noticeably missing from the broadcast was a cameo appearance by real estate tycoon Donald Trump. In respo… --- ## [Best way to rehome old LPs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-rehome-old-lps/833924)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-rehome-old-lps/833924 "2019-12-30T18:15:53Z")
I was debating whether to post this in MPSIMS or IMHO, but I happened to be at the MPSIMS home page so here it is! We have a lot of records that predate the dawn of CDs. A few were ones we’d collected, many / most are o… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=352) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=354)