# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=356 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 357 --- ## [In which a couple simple repairs are attempted, with happy results](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-a-couple-simple-repairs-are-attempted-with-happy-results/845230)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-a-couple-simple-repairs-are-attempted-with-happy-results/845230 "2019-12-23T21:23:16Z")
The other night I looked down at my Fiat’s heater controls and thought, “Hey! Aren’t the temperature dial and the fan speed knob supposed to be lighted?” Some quick Internet browsing told me that either 1. The backlig… --- ## [Happy Festivus, Straight Dopers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-festivus-straight-dopers/845300)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-festivus-straight-dopers/845300 "2019-12-23T21:02:18Z")
Today, December 23, is Festivus, a day to reject the excesses of the holiday season. \*'Twas the night before Festivus and all through Queens, Not a Costanza was yelling…as strange as it seems. The family was sleeping,… --- ## [12 bad, bad, bad, days of Christmas !](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-bad-bad-bad-days-of-christmas/844875)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-bad-bad-bad-days-of-christmas/844875 "2019-12-23T20:19:22Z")
On the first day of Christmas my truelove gave to me: A feral hog in a sweetgum tree… (Add your own:)) --- ## [How is the weather where you are?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-weather-where-you-are/843825)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-weather-where-you-are/843825 "2019-12-23T18:18:25Z")
Portland, Oregon-38 degrees F, a few clouds, no wind. Not bad for mid November. --- ## [Terms for Bos Taurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-for-bos-taurus/845211)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-for-bos-taurus/845211 "2019-12-23T14:42:23Z")
A cow that identifies a bull is a transbull. And a bull that identifies as a cow is a transcow. But what would you call a non-binary agendered Bos Taurus? (I don’t think freemartin is the word I’m looking for; that te… --- ## [Jimmy Hoffa Final Interview - Talks About Getting Whacked!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-hoffa-final-interview-talks-about-getting-whacked/844886)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2019, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-hoffa-final-interview-talks-about-getting-whacked/844886 "2019-12-23T13:06:46Z")
Playboy interview. I just bought it, and just uploaded it. Shouldn’t be taken down, but I’ll stress urgency. This is an amazing interview. I don’t want to give any spoilers, but I don’t want to be accused … --- ## [Tired of "news" articles based on tweets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tired-of-news-articles-based-on-tweets/845180)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2019, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tired-of-news-articles-based-on-tweets/845180 "2019-12-23T09:35:34Z")
Seems that every day I see an article that starts with something like: Twitter erupts! Twitter goes wild! Twitter reacts! I guess news people are so lazy now they need their “news” handed to them. --- ## [Arsonist filmed setting the fire!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arsonist-filmed-setting-the-fire/845223)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2019, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arsonist-filmed-setting-the-fire/845223 "2019-12-23T06:48:39Z")
This guy was on camera before he even set the blaze as a neighbor filmed him dousing the house with gas and setting it afire. Hey Bennie, watcha doing? Dennis --- ## [The I can't sleep so I might as well start the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-cant-sleep-so-i-might-as-well-start-the-mmp/844934)
**Author:** [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2019, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-cant-sleep-so-i-might-as-well-start-the-mmp/844934 "2019-12-23T04:20:07Z")
It’s about 2am local time and I’m awake again, woke up about 1:30 and could no get back to sleep. No position seemed comfortable, the comforter that I’ve slept under for years seems uncomfortable all of a sudden, and si… --- ## [There are 2 different versions of the foot (12 inches)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-2-different-versions-of-the-foot-12-inches/844897)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2019, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-2-different-versions-of-the-foot-12-inches/844897 "2019-12-23T01:33:03Z")
but soon the US will use the version everyone else does which probably doesn’t matter since almost everyone else uses the metric system https://www.wral.com/us-finally-giving-boot-to-official-foot-measurement/18832708/ --- ## [My oldest sprung an announcement on me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-oldest-sprung-an-announcement-on-me/845010)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-oldest-sprung-an-announcement-on-me/845010 "2019-12-22T14:55:02Z")
Out of the clear blue she said, “I just want you to know that S. (her roommate) and I aren’t lovers. She pays half the rent and I’m a free babysitter for her son.” To the limited extent that I had given it any thought … --- ## [Who has baby Jesus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-baby-jesus/826224)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-baby-jesus/826224 "2019-12-22T14:41:57Z")
I was awakened by a commotion. Cats are on my bed, no wait, they are on my pillow. One claw dangerously close to my left eyebrow. Now there are 2 reasons why my cats do this: starvating hunger or an extra turd in the ca… --- ## [What kind of animal steals toys donated for charity? Police reveal it's one of their own.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-steals-toys-donated-for-charity-police-reveal-its-one-of-their-own/845203)
**Author:** [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2019, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-steals-toys-donated-for-charity-police-reveal-its-one-of-their-own/845203 "2019-12-22T11:18:38Z")
Toys donated for charity have been disappearing from the offices of the Franklin, Massachusetts, police department. Officers doggedly pursued their suspect and finally caught him in the act. It turns out the pawpetrator… --- ## [I've got a secret.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-secret/845068)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-secret/845068 "2019-12-21T18:16:01Z")
I do. This is so secret I can never tell it. I have to go to my grave not telling. How AM I gonna do this? I have to go to the dentist in January, what if I blab it under the gas? :smack: --- ## [Woo Hoo, off work until after New Years!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-off-work-until-after-new-years/845168)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-off-work-until-after-new-years/845168 "2019-12-21T16:28:13Z")
I go back Jan. 3rd, I think. Been really busy at work lately, end of the year orders. However, I had a lot of vacation days left to burn and I’ve been taking them around Thanksgiving and now Christmas-New Years. Actually… --- ## [Foods with State Names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-state-names/844624)
**Author:** [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2019, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-state-names/844624 "2019-12-21T02:10:10Z")
Not sure why this question came to mind. Anyway, do all 50 U.S. states have a food with that name? I do not mean cities - there are plenty of those. Just states (or provinces, if you are so inclined). California roll T… --- ## [My kitties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kitties/845012)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kitties/845012 "2019-12-21T01:51:30Z")
I know a lot of folks have posted photos of their pets. Here are our 4 umm, sweet little things. From the top: Sam the Siamese (she’s a girl). Friendly and silent, the opposite of every other Siamese. Seuar (Thai word … --- ## [Can we stop calling things done intentionally "mistakes?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-stop-calling-things-done-intentionally-mistakes/844859)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2019, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-stop-calling-things-done-intentionally-mistakes/844859 "2019-12-21T00:39:34Z")
I just finished reading this article ( https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/14/us/man-slaps-reporter-arrest.html?action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage ) about a man in a foot race spanking a (female) reporters butt as he… --- ## [Uncle Urban, I need pads...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncle-urban-i-need-pads/844825)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2019, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncle-urban-i-need-pads/844825 "2019-12-20T23:20:40Z")
Wanted to share this. Over Thanksgiving we were down seeing my wifes brothers family and my wife and I volunteered to go to Walmart and one of my nieces (about 11?) wanted to come along. So it was me and the niece buyin… --- ## [Omg, the thing that just came out of my nose.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-the-thing-that-just-came-out-of-my-nose/845092)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-the-thing-that-just-came-out-of-my-nose/845092 "2019-12-20T19:22:22Z")
Very gross story, you’ve been warned. I’ve had a cold for about a week now and I’m at the point where I’m blowing thick, green snot out of my nose. Had a shower this morning and that got things moving a bit deep in my s… --- ## [THE STRAIGHT DOPE WANTS YOU! But probably not me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-wants-you-but-probably-not-me/844927)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-wants-you-but-probably-not-me/844927 "2019-12-20T16:05:22Z")
Why I’m not volunteering to be a mod: \[ol\] \[li\]I’m too lazy.\[/li\]\[li\]I have a collection of deserved warnings and suspensions.\[/li\]\[li\]It would require me to.follow threads that don’t interest me.\[/li\]\[li\]I’m lazy.\[/li… --- ## [Wakanda Forever!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wakanda-forever/845103)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2019, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wakanda-forever/845103 "2019-12-20T05:46:48Z")
Wakanda, the fictitional home country of Marvel’s Black Panther has been removed from the U. S.'s list of free trade partners after it was discovered the country was put on the list as a test of the USDA Tariff Tracker. … --- ## [You can tell me. It won't hurt my feelings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-tell-me-it-wont-hurt-my-feelings/845101)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2019, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-tell-me-it-wont-hurt-my-feelings/845101 "2019-12-20T04:33:37Z")
Am I a confusing, stream of chaotic conscious writer? --- ## [Does the US Mint Prey on Old People?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-us-mint-prey-on-old-people/845011)
**Author:** [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2019, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-us-mint-prey-on-old-people/845011 "2019-12-20T00:19:34Z")
I was looking through a dead relative’s old coins and such they had stored away. Not sure if it’s as common now but there were just boxes and boxes of coins sold by the mint. Proof sets, commemorative coins, special edit… --- ## [Spy Kids seek Canadian Citizenship in Supreme Court of Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spy-kids-seek-canadian-citizenship-in-supreme-court-of-canada/825726)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spy-kids-seek-canadian-citizenship-in-supreme-court-of-canada/825726 "2019-12-19T19:32:30Z")
Interesting case was heard in the Supreme Court of Canada today: Vavilov v Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. Alexander Vavilov and his younger brother Timothy were both born in Canada. Their parents were a Russia… --- ## [Belated obit for original Earl “Snakehips” Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belated-obit-for-original-earl-snakehips-tucker/845052)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belated-obit-for-original-earl-snakehips-tucker/845052 "2019-12-19T18:38:10Z")
The NY Times has just published an obituary of Earl Snakehips Tucker, who died in 1937, aged 31, part of its “overlooked no more” series --- ## [Snappy responses to "OK boomer"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snappy-responses-to-ok-boomer/843651)
**Author:** [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snappy-responses-to-ok-boomer/843651 "2019-12-19T17:06:53Z")
Your mom’s a boomer! :slight\_smile: --- ## [... it ain't half hot Mum!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-aint-half-hot-mum/845026)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2019, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-aint-half-hot-mum/845026 "2019-12-19T11:39:36Z")
Cugel posted this snippet in another thread but IMHO it’s news worthy of it’s own. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology recorded the average maximum across the continent as 40.9C or 105.6F. That’s across a land mass not… --- ## [No, the cat was not peeing on the kitchen floor.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-the-cat-was-not-peeing-on-the-kitchen-floor/845045)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2019, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-the-cat-was-not-peeing-on-the-kitchen-floor/845045 "2019-12-19T11:25:37Z")
I have the world’s most problem-free cat. She eats, drinks, poops, pees, sleeps, and spends her time either curled up at my feet or at my side when I’m watching tv. Never complains about anything or gets into trouble. Sh… --- ## [Beckdawrek Dances. (Too, bad, bad, bad!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-dances-too-bad-bad-bad/844970)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2019, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-dances-too-bad-bad-bad/844970 "2019-12-18T23:48:26Z")
I was sitting there thinking: I’m gonna dance around like I don’t care. I told them at the clinic all these bad things they’re doing to me is not ruining my happy and cheerful disposition. I’ll puke and laugh and keep d… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=355) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=357)