# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=360 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 361 --- ## [Solar Freaking Roadways... again.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-freaking-roadways-again/787051)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-freaking-roadways-again/787051 "2019-12-04T13:33:50Z")
Will this nonsense never go away? The supposed plan now is to pave route 66. http://u.pw/293k0u7?s=p As in the past, they’ll start small with a sidewalk or two and it will go nowhere beyond that. I wonder how much the… --- ## [I met a homless guy yesterday.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-homless-guy-yesterday/843915)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2019, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-homless-guy-yesterday/843915 "2019-12-04T07:50:57Z")
I stopped in at a local sports bar to grab lunch and play some Buzztime Trivia. Guy sitting next to me was pretty much like me - older, casually dressed, offering up the occasional comment on a football game. Walking do… --- ## [Did half the town Rape this girl?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-half-the-town-rape-this-girl/574070)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 313\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2019, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-half-the-town-rape-this-girl/574070 "2019-12-04T05:30:47Z")
Wow, this story keeps getting bigger and bigger. Cleveland Texas only has 7,600 people. So far, they’ve arrested over 20 people for raping this 11 year old girl. :eek: It isn’t over yet either. The police are still inv… --- ## [27 hour surgery to separate conjoned twins.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-hour-surgery-to-separate-conjoned-twins/768545)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2019, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-hour-surgery-to-separate-conjoned-twins/768545 "2019-12-04T05:01:32Z")
Conjoined twins separated Because they shared a small portion of brain, they had undergone 3 previous operations to begin the separation process. --- ## [Small Town with 37 Traffic Camera](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-town-with-37-traffic-camera/844195)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-town-with-37-traffic-camera/844195 "2019-12-03T20:55:54Z")
I have no idea how I wandered over to this story. There is a nice little town called Mount Juliet, Tennessee. The population is about 24,000 and they have their own police department. I like any police department that h… --- ## [Please don't give me \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ for Christmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-give-me-________-for-christmas/844159)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-give-me-________-for-christmas/844159 "2019-12-03T17:46:00Z")
Framed pictures of your kids. I’m not Granny, I’m just an aunt, your kids are OK, but I am not hanging pictures of them in my house, I don’t have room and if you give me framed (cheaply framed) photos every year, they go… --- ## [Are there any exterior CHrismas lights that last anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-exterior-chrismas-lights-that-last-anymore/844271)
**Author:** [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-exterior-chrismas-lights-that-last-anymore/844271 "2019-12-02T21:19:32Z")
A few years ago I bit the bullet and tossed my C9 exterior Christmas light strings and bought LED ones. The following year I put them up, and they didn’t work anymore – the sockets had all rusted out. I bought new ones… --- ## [the BURN turkey BURN ! mmp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-burn-turkey-burn-mmp/843954)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 264\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-burn-turkey-burn-mmp/843954 "2019-12-02T18:47:22Z")
so in honor of thanksiving this weeks topic is : whats the worst thing youve eaten on thanksgiving? or the worst thanksgiving youve had? or hell the worst thing or meal youve made your self … share and discuss… --- ## [Hard wooden chairs and no butt meat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-wooden-chairs-and-no-butt-meat/843333)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-wooden-chairs-and-no-butt-meat/843333 "2019-12-02T18:37:06Z")
I recently lost 80 pounds. And now I have Noassatal. When at home my chairs are comfy. However, many restaurants here have wooden chairs and after 10 minutes my tailbone hurts. I have viewed seven pages of Amazon’s seat… --- ## [We Need Built-in Dash Cams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-built-in-dash-cams/843473)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-built-in-dash-cams/843473 "2019-12-02T16:39:03Z")
I am doing my Christmas shopping online. For some reason I am looking at a page of dash cams. These are the sort of thing that make the news when some crazy policeman pulls a gun. They are cool, but they all seem to be … --- ## ["How make door work?" (or: I think my cat might be stupid)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-make-door-work-or-i-think-my-cat-might-be-stupid/844224)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-make-door-work-or-i-think-my-cat-might-be-stupid/844224 "2019-12-02T13:30:03Z")
For the record: I am not casting aspersions on my feline overlords for not being able to figure out doorknobs. Closed doors are, well, a closed door to cats, and I completely understand that they would be baffled by such… --- ## [I was in the 2018 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade - thanks to an awesome Doper!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-in-the-2018-macy-s-thanksgiving-day-parade-thanks-to-an-awesome-doper/825090)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2019, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-in-the-2018-macy-s-thanksgiving-day-parade-thanks-to-an-awesome-doper/825090 "2019-12-02T12:11:39Z")
Last spring, there was an IMHO thread “What silly thing is on your bucket list?” I posted that I always wanted to be a balloon handler in the Macy’s Parade. I was very surprised when I received a PM from a ‘doper (who wi… --- ## [Screw it, we ain't cooking this year!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-it-we-aint-cooking-this-year/844093)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-it-we-aint-cooking-this-year/844093 "2019-12-02T01:39:55Z")
The wife and I just picked up our pre-cooked, ready to reheat Thanksgiving dinners. Turkey, stuffing, gravy, sweet potatoes,and mashed potatoes. We also have a small pumpkin pie, apple pie, and ice cream. We won’t even … --- ## [Girl you can never have](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-you-can-never-have/667973)
**Author:** [@CMG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CMG)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-you-can-never-have/667973 "2019-12-02T01:30:44Z")
This could be long post. I really really need advice on how to deal with girl i am in to but know deep down i cant have. We’ve been roomates for the past few years. Shes in her 20s and i am in my early 30s. We are comple… --- ## [If you were to change your user name. what would it be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-to-change-your-user-name-what-would-it-be/844107)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2019, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-to-change-your-user-name-what-would-it-be/844107 "2019-12-02T00:23:36Z")
Now, I kinda like “armedmonkey”, it kinda fits me. But I think we all have multiple ideas for whatever our usernames could be. This is that thread. So, for the duration of this thread, call me “Enoch Root”. (or not … --- ## [Help me with a plausible lie to get out of a holiday get-together](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-plausible-lie-to-get-out-of-a-holiday-get-together/843969)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-plausible-lie-to-get-out-of-a-holiday-get-together/843969 "2019-12-01T19:19:54Z")
I thought I’d solved this, my SO and my tradition, which the family knows, is that we volunteer on T-day. Problem solved. Then we come home and eat nachos. We’re not gregarious people, we prefer each other’s company, re… --- ## [Fourth Soviet spy at Manhattan (A bomb )project revealed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-soviet-spy-at-manhattan-a-bomb-project-revealed/844234)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-soviet-spy-at-manhattan-a-bomb-project-revealed/844234 "2019-12-01T18:11:58Z")
He managed to escape to Moscow and was never arrested. --- ## ["A load off my mind" and other expressions that are older than they appear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-load-off-my-mind-and-other-expressions-that-are-older-than-they-appear/837305)
**Author:** [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-load-off-my-mind-and-other-expressions-that-are-older-than-they-appear/837305 "2019-12-01T17:24:57Z")
Reading Bleak House by Charles Dickens, published in 1866, and ran across the sentence “What a load off my mind!” Used in the sense of “That’s a relief!” I wold have thought that “a load off my mind” had its origin much… --- ## [whats the worst thing youve cooked or eaten for a holiday? or the worst holiday you've had?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-thing-youve-cooked-or-eaten-for-a-holiday-or-the-worst-holiday-youve-had/844002)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2019, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-thing-youve-cooked-or-eaten-for-a-holiday-or-the-worst-holiday-youve-had/844002 "2019-12-01T08:47:52Z")
ok A asked a version of the title questions in the BURN turkey Burn thread (started here:https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=885886) and found the responses so funny i thought id extend the original pre… --- ## [Here's a question for you! Mouse repellent, maybe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-question-for-you-mouse-repellent-maybe/844067)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-question-for-you-mouse-repellent-maybe/844067 "2019-11-30T18:58:24Z")
As some of you may know, our lovely spot out in the middle of nowhere in NE AZ has a mouse…“problem.” We have engaged an exterminator, who visits regularly. Even so, one or two brave little shits still manage to find n… --- ## [..., or no? Weird sentence structure.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/or-no-weird-sentence-structure/844188)
**Author:** [@Tempe\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tempe_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2019, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/or-no-weird-sentence-structure/844188 "2019-11-30T18:33:08Z")
Here’s a phrase I’ve been hearing a lot of recently. Can you do (whatever thing), or no? Or, alternatively can I do (whatever thing) or no? It’s not only clumsy phrasing but, additional work for the speaker. Why do it? I… --- ## [Things that don't bother you, but seem to bother everyone else](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-bother-you-but-seem-to-bother-everyone-else/843451)
**Author:** [@KellyCriterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyCriterion)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-bother-you-but-seem-to-bother-everyone-else/843451 "2019-11-30T14:35:47Z")
Inspired by this post in another thread. What are things that seem to bother most other people, but not you? For me it’s definitely personal/invasive questions. I couldn’t bother me less. I might politely decline to an… --- ## [Who's got the day after Thanksgiving off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-got-the-day-after-thanksgiving-off/844168)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2019, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-got-the-day-after-thanksgiving-off/844168 "2019-11-30T11:31:10Z")
I do. Where I work, we have some groups on the federal holiday schedule, and others on the corporate holiday schedule. I’m on the corporate schedule, so while I don’t get the day off for MLK Day, Columbus Day, and Veter… --- ## [All Lists of Mass Killings in the United States](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-lists-of-mass-killings-in-the-united-states/844193)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-lists-of-mass-killings-in-the-united-states/844193 "2019-11-30T08:08:29Z")
Are now in one convenient place. I have got to get a better hobby. --- ## [All the surviving members of my family are Trumpy and we got together for Thanksgiving.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-surviving-members-of-my-family-are-trumpy-and-we-got-together-for-thanksgiving/844185)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-surviving-members-of-my-family-are-trumpy-and-we-got-together-for-thanksgiving/844185 "2019-11-30T02:33:52Z")
Not one word of a political nature was spoken. Zero, unless you count me explaining the difference between the Russian pronunciation of Kiev versus the Ukrainian. Had a good meal, nobody approached the “third rail”. It’s… --- ## [Wowbagger the Mercotan, Hero Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wowbagger-the-mercotan-hero-cat/843902)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2019, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wowbagger-the-mercotan-hero-cat/843902 "2019-11-30T01:03:53Z")
It was a typical Friday night in stately Mercotan manor yesterday, with me sitting in the loo, on my throne and enjoying the bidet seat. At least, until I heard a shriek from a distant part of the house. Mrs. Mercotan … --- ## [Shame on Starbucks; no newspapers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-starbucks-no-newspapers/844034)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-starbucks-no-newspapers/844034 "2019-11-29T18:21:38Z")
I had gotten accustomed to the fact that wherever I was in the US I could find the NY Times at the nearest Starbucks. So I am visiting my son in a Boston suburb and walked over this morning to the local Starbucks only t… --- ## [Are you amused by (traditionally) depressing thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-amused-by-traditionally-depressing-thoughts/844158)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-amused-by-traditionally-depressing-thoughts/844158 "2019-11-29T18:10:12Z")
Warning: you might not want to read this thread if you are currently depressed. A colleague and I like to come up with depressing thoughts (that apply to everyone; nothing that applies to anyone special) and have a chuc… --- ## [New centrist candidates shake up the Presidential race](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-centrist-candidates-shake-up-the-presidential-race/844104)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-centrist-candidates-shake-up-the-presidential-race/844104 "2019-11-29T14:52:15Z")
(Reuters News Service) – Springfield Surprise roiled the already unpredictable Democratic Primary race on Wednesday when C. Montgomery Burns, a billionaire corporate executive and power plant owner, announced that he wa… --- ## [MMP? Here it is.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-here-it-is/839926)
**Author:** [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2019, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-here-it-is/839926 "2019-11-28T09:00:53Z")
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