# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=354 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 355 --- ## [Profile of the Leader of the New World Order](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-of-the-leader-of-the-new-world-order/845550)
**Author:** [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-of-the-leader-of-the-new-world-order/845550 "2019-12-30T17:00:39Z")
Normal people are left to wonder whether psychopathy is real or not. Empathy and theory of mind start to break down exactly at the point at which you try to empathize with someone who supposedly doesn’t have empathy. It’… --- ## [Previously anonymous U.S. Ebola patient comes forward (there's more to the story)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/previously-anonymous-u-s-ebola-patient-comes-forward-theres-more-to-the-story/845579)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2019, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/previously-anonymous-u-s-ebola-patient-comes-forward-theres-more-to-the-story/845579 "2019-12-30T09:22:33Z")
In early 2015, as the west African Ebola outbreak was fizzling out, an unidentified American was medevaced to the National Institutes of Health facility outside Washington, DC where his main physician, Dr. Anthony Fauci,… --- ## [I woke up today and the trees were on fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-woke-up-today-and-the-trees-were-on-fire/845057)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2019, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-woke-up-today-and-the-trees-were-on-fire/845057 "2019-12-30T06:33:51Z")
One the whole, myopia is pain in the eyeball. You will not generally hear me saying, “Wow, I’m so glad I can’t see” (unless the floor is really disgusting). But. But the thing is, nearsightedness doesn’t just make things… --- ## [Back to the Nutcracker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-nutcracker/845524)
**Author:** [@nanancyy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nanancyy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-nutcracker/845524 "2019-12-30T02:19:58Z")
I asked recently about the ballet “The Nutcracker Suite.” I got a lot of comments about the Mandela effect, but not a lot about “The Nutcracker.” I would like a response from only those who have seen the performance fir… --- ## [The SIL, again....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sil-again/845490)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2019, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sil-again/845490 "2019-12-30T00:55:10Z")
I have moaned and whinged about my SIL before, and I beg your indulgence to do so again. The SIL is the wife of my wife’s brother. She has spent over the last 3 years thousands \[sic\]of dollars on medicines, trainers, cam… --- ## [Looking for suggestions on places to move to and live](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-suggestions-on-places-to-move-to-and-live/845510)
**Author:** [@LivingMDB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LivingMDB)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2019, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-suggestions-on-places-to-move-to-and-live/845510 "2019-12-30T00:45:23Z")
This is rather odd to share on a message board, but it looks like my marriage has just fallen apart. I am 61 years old. I don’t have a great job or any reason to stay in the town where I currently live. I do have a colle… --- ## [About some of the Threads I've Posted in IMHO in the Past Few Months](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-some-of-the-threads-ive-posted-in-imho-in-the-past-few-months/845507)
**Author:** [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-some-of-the-threads-ive-posted-in-imho-in-the-past-few-months/845507 "2019-12-29T20:40:12Z")
Some of the threads about my personal life I’ve posted recently in IMHO have been met with a fair amount of (understandable) confusion, skepticism and offense. I promised to write a clarification thread in order to exp… --- ## [Precious Memory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/precious-memory/845525)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/precious-memory/845525 "2019-12-29T20:31:07Z")
When I was a teen, these many moons ago, I had a friend. His name was Geoffrey. In freshman year he tried out for cheerleader with us girls and, lo and behold he got on the squad with us. He always hung out with the gir… --- ## [Baby's Own soap discontinued?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babys-own-soap-discontinued/535596)
**Author:** [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babys-own-soap-discontinued/535596 "2019-12-29T18:44:12Z")
My fiancee introduced me to this wonderful soap - it is extremely gentle, and non-drying. She has been using it for years, since anything else seems to make her break out in a rash. Lately I haven’t been able to find i… --- ## [Mary Oliver RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-oliver-rip/845523)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-oliver-rip/845523 "2019-12-29T17:35:25Z")
A little late maybe, but I just found out Mary Oliver died this year. One of my very favorite poets. The Journey, as read by David Whyte. --- ## [What are these items a friend found?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-items-a-friend-found/845538)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-items-a-friend-found/845538 "2019-12-29T15:59:34Z")
\[Album\] imgur.com My friend has a 16 year old daughter and sent me… --- ## [Good Samaritans on Christmas Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-samaritans-on-christmas-eve/845391)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-samaritans-on-christmas-eve/845391 "2019-12-29T15:58:15Z")
I had the day off, but Mrs P was working until 3 pm. I left home after 2:30 to pick her up. I’m driving along one of the main downtown streets and go into the turning lane to turn towards her building, about a block awa… --- ## [can someone walk me through the A-to-Z of having carpet laid down in your entire house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-walk-me-through-the-a-to-z-of-having-carpet-laid-down-in-your-entire-house/845494)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-walk-me-through-the-a-to-z-of-having-carpet-laid-down-in-your-entire-house/845494 "2019-12-29T15:19:30Z")
Single guy (non-smoker, never had any pets residing here), I bought the house as soon as it was built in 2006, and in the meantime I’ve probably run the vacuum cleaner maybe 15 - 20 times at most (depending on whether or… --- ## [South east star](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-east-star/845514)
**Author:** [@nanancyy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nanancyy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-east-star/845514 "2019-12-29T02:36:16Z")
I live in New Jersey. For a few months or so, I have noticed a star from the south east. It’s brighter than the North Star ever was. What is it? Was it always there? --- ## [Monopoly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly/783284)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly/783284 "2019-12-28T23:25:28Z")
So I’m playing monopoly with my son and he gets the card “bank error in your favor” He asks me what that means and I tell him that the bank makes a mistake and puts extra money in your account so you get $15. Then he s… --- ## [Cat Nicknames](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-nicknames/845427)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-nicknames/845427 "2019-12-28T18:54:04Z")
Has anyone ever had cats which are almost always referred to by a nickname despite having an official name? Following are some I have been associated with (official name - “nickname”): Rusty - “Rustipher” Izmerelda - … --- ## [Batsinma Belfry/Hillbilly Queen Has Died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batsinma-belfry-hillbilly-queen-has-died/845472)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batsinma-belfry-hillbilly-queen-has-died/845472 "2019-12-28T18:37:32Z")
According to a “friends only” post by her husband on FB. She passed on Christmas Eve due to complications related to cancer. Two years ago she’d messaged me and told me that she’d undergone treatment for breast cancer.… --- ## [So, what did I get Mrs Piper for Christmas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-i-get-mrs-piper-for-christmas/845333)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-i-get-mrs-piper-for-christmas/845333 "2019-12-28T18:29:28Z")
Picked it up tonight and snuck it into the hall cupboard, behind the coats, because the fellow I bought it from warned me not to keep it someplace cold, like the garage. “It’s not the highest quality,” he sez, " but col… --- ## [Just remembered after almost 50 years, we used to pray in school!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-remembered-after-almost-50-years-we-used-to-pray-in-school/845378)
**Author:** [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-remembered-after-almost-50-years-we-used-to-pray-in-school/845378 "2019-12-28T15:57:14Z")
I generally ignore the debates about prayer in school, but a random memory just came to me, we used to pray before lunch in school! I don’t know if it was a specific teacher, but when we ate lunch in class, which was on… --- ## [Geico "Sequels: Return of the Savings"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geico-sequels-return-of-the-savings/845445)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2019, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geico-sequels-return-of-the-savings/845445 "2019-12-28T04:40:07Z")
Saw the commercial for this a bunch of times but kept forgetting to look it up. Apparently it’s a new marketing campaign built heavily around social media. Link here. Lessee… Coffee / Lumber - I’m reminded of the roy… --- ## [Any positive experiences with timeshares?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-positive-experiences-with-timeshares/845143)
**Author:** [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2019, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-positive-experiences-with-timeshares/845143 "2019-12-28T01:20:29Z")
In the lost money thread, a couple of posters mentioned that the worst financial decision they ever made was to buy a timeshare. And I see ads on TV for firms that you can pay to extract you from timeshare agreements. S… --- ## [Fed (up) Ex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-up-ex/845349)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2019, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-up-ex/845349 "2019-12-28T00:32:58Z")
What is with Fed Ex. My wife order something from Land’s End. She ordered it 12 days before we went away for two weeks. She was assured that was plenty of time. She tracked it and the next day it was across the borde… --- ## [Relatives phony offers of hospitality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relatives-phony-offers-of-hospitality/845435)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2019, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relatives-phony-offers-of-hospitality/845435 "2019-12-28T00:31:43Z")
Almost every year my wife’s family stops by early evening to my wife’s cousins Christmas get together after dinner time. This year there was a mixup and somehow we arrived 30 minutes before their dinner. The entire visi… --- ## [Harper’s Index](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harper-s-index/845464)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harper-s-index/845464 "2019-12-28T00:18:18Z")
Every month, Harper’s magazine lists a bunch of random statistics. Most of them like seem reasonable numbers, even though some of them are (as meant) slightly surprising or shocking. The January list: Number of suspec… --- ## [Caroline on Christmas Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caroline-on-christmas-day/845408)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caroline-on-christmas-day/845408 "2019-12-27T23:13:57Z")
My good friend Caroline lost her husband John just a few years back. He was a good and gentile man married to a good and gentle woman, but instead of grieving endlessly when he died she decided to celebrate enough for th… --- ## [Santa Claus! You're a bad, bad, bad man!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-claus-youre-a-bad-bad-bad-man/845394)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-claus-youre-a-bad-bad-bad-man/845394 "2019-12-27T19:54:09Z")
Don’t dare me. I swear I’ll post it for everyone to see… I mean it. I have no compunction about sharing TMI. Okay, then. I’m doing this: Well, maybe I shouldn’t, after all. (;)) --- ## [A family member got two free Samsung tablets from Amazon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-family-member-got-two-free-samsung-tablets-from-amazon/845414)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-family-member-got-two-free-samsung-tablets-from-amazon/845414 "2019-12-27T16:14:33Z")
A family member of mine a few weeks ago was sorting through her Amazon boxes and found new brand new Samsung tablets in one. She had not ordered them. She inspected the box and her name and address was on a mailing lab… --- ## [Retail niceties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-niceties/837134)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-niceties/837134 "2019-12-27T14:16:17Z")
The opposite of Retail stupidity What nice things have you seen at the checkout line? The major one that will stay with me forever is ringing up a big purchase for a person and asking her if she was a teacher. She was.… --- ## [I had a lovely Christmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-lovely-christmas/845431)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2019, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-lovely-christmas/845431 "2019-12-27T07:41:41Z")
Up at 7 AM in my shorts, enjoying the garden and watering the trees. Walked barefoot up to the in-laws for brunch and presents. BBQ at my Sister’s place with friends and my Mother in the afternoon. In my mind summer at… --- ## [My daughters think I need something to cuddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughters-think-i-need-something-to-cuddle/845418)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2019, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughters-think-i-need-something-to-cuddle/845418 "2019-12-27T03:27:22Z")
As mentioned before, a local church gave me a Beanie Baby to cuddle. I.passed it along to a nephew. He gave it a big kiss, so I suggested they bring him to the zoo one evening when the real snow leopards are awake so h… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=353) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=355)