# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=362 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 363 --- ## [If everything is on the internet, how come I can't find...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-everything-is-on-the-internet-how-come-i-cant-find/843725)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-everything-is-on-the-internet-how-come-i-cant-find/843725 "2019-11-22T17:27:16Z")
I’m inviting folk to share their experiences in which they had difficulty finding something on the internet they thought should have been easy to find. I was inspired to write this by an experience yesterday. My dtr sa… --- ## [Many, many more "Nazca" line Figures Found!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-many-more-nazca-line-figures-found/843789)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2019, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-many-more-nazca-line-figures-found/843789 "2019-11-22T16:43:23Z")
Japanese researchers found 143 more “Nazca”-like “geoglyphs”. Only about 30 had been recognized until now at Nazca https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/20/world/geoglyphs-discovery-peru-scn-trnd/index.html --- ## [Unusual, clever, or just all-around great gift ideas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-clever-or-just-all-around-great-gift-ideas/843659)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2019, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-clever-or-just-all-around-great-gift-ideas/843659 "2019-11-22T02:59:56Z")
Some people are great at selecting gifts. I expect some of you may have received or witnessed the reception of such gifts. Would you share your stories for the benefit of those of us who are tired of picking up gift ca… --- ## [So the Secret Service may be stopping by for a visit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-secret-service-may-be-stopping-by-for-a-visit/843252)
**Author:** [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-secret-service-may-be-stopping-by-for-a-visit/843252 "2019-11-21T21:24:28Z")
A few months ago Lincoln (my friend) found several pieces of a hundred dollar bill. I sent them into the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP). Well, they were from a counterfeit bill and have been turned over to the S… --- ## [Describe yourself in 3 words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-yourself-in-3-words/843279)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-yourself-in-3-words/843279 "2019-11-21T18:16:21Z")
Lazy. :smiley: What new ones have you heard lately? --- ## [Creepy slimy coffee cup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-slimy-coffee-cup/843755)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-slimy-coffee-cup/843755 "2019-11-21T15:08:33Z")
My guy has a couple of coffee mugs he takes to work each morning that look somewhat like this - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Travel-Coffee-Mug-Cup-Stainless-Steel-Thermal-Insulated-Large-To-Go-Portable-/401751458498 Knowing… --- ## [Random thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-thoughts/842234)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2019, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-thoughts/842234 "2019-11-21T07:51:07Z")
Please feel free to post your own mental detritus here. What is up with people painting around switchplates? I can’t understand why someone would put all the effort into painting a room to make it look nicer, but not t… --- ## [The 2019 fitness and exercise thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2019-fitness-and-exercise-thread/827277)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2019, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2019-fitness-and-exercise-thread/827277 "2019-11-21T04:00:24Z")
2019 is upon us, so time for new fitness and exercise thread! As before in previous threads, here is the place to share your fitness goals, routines, post questions etc. No accomplishment too big or too small, these a… --- ## [£500 Christmas Crackers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/500-christmas-crackers/843531)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2019, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/500-christmas-crackers/843531 "2019-11-21T00:41:48Z")
Harrods is in the news. They are charging to see Santa this year. So I went over to their website. The Christmas grotto is fully booked for the year, by the way. I ended up looking at their best Christmas crackers. A li… --- ## [Fiat rattle fixed (at least temporarily)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiat-rattle-fixed-at-least-temporarily/843642)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiat-rattle-fixed-at-least-temporarily/843642 "2019-11-20T23:43:36Z")
My 2016 Fiat 500, which I just love to drive despite its various peccadillos, developed a nasty buzzing rattle coming from the dashboard at about 2800 RPM. I had asked Mrs R to put her hand on the defroster vent once, a… --- ## [South Dakota is on meth, and they want everyone to know](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-dakota-is-on-meth-and-they-want-everyone-to-know/843655)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2019, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-dakota-is-on-meth-and-they-want-everyone-to-know/843655 "2019-11-20T23:26:26Z")
:smack::smack::smack::smack::smack: --- ## [Beckdawreks bad, bad, bad im-PEACH-ment fun & games.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-im-peach-ment-fun-games/843557)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2019, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-im-peach-ment-fun-games/843557 "2019-11-20T22:49:02Z")
As y’all know the deer camp is buzzing with activity. Many guys have been there for weeks and some for days. Mr.Wrekker is always looking for ways to feed the bunch. I suspect there’s between 20 and 30 guys, most days. … --- ## [Do you keep a journal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-keep-a-journal/843545)
**Author:** [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-keep-a-journal/843545 "2019-11-20T21:15:19Z")
I kept a journal all through my single 30s, until Mr. singular moved in with me in the 80s. Because there were things in there that would hurt him, I shredded it (by hand!) before he moved in, and now I really regret it.… --- ## [Something strange about a town you know](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-strange-about-a-town-you-know/843588)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-strange-about-a-town-you-know/843588 "2019-11-20T18:24:45Z")
I was going to say a local town, but I don’t want to compromise anyone’s anonymity. So let’s just say: a town you know. Here’s a few odd or unusual things about a couple of towns in Sussex (UK), not far from me. Burgess… --- ## [How dangerous is a chainsaw to use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dangerous-is-a-chainsaw-to-use/831850)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dangerous-is-a-chainsaw-to-use/831850 "2019-11-20T17:19:48Z")
I have a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains with a wood stove. There are a number of dead trees on my property that I would like to cut up for firewood, but I’ve never used a chainsaw. Talk me into, or out of getting one… --- ## [Hazards of liquid nitrogen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hazards-of-liquid-nitrogen/661549)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2019, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hazards-of-liquid-nitrogen/661549 "2019-11-20T09:21:54Z")
A recent XKCD What If made me go “huh?” when it said that hazards associated with liquid nitrogen include “violent reactions with organic materials” and “severe clothing fire”. Since nitrogen is pretty inert most of the … --- ## [Breaking News - SW Flight Engine Failure, 1 Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-sw-flight-engine-failure-1-dead/812600)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2019, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-sw-flight-engine-failure-1-dead/812600 "2019-11-20T03:25:13Z")
Here is a link to CNN’s Live Update Page. This is a link to a summary article. Southwest Flight 1380 from La Guardia to Dallas suffered engine failure about 30 minutes into flight today. Shrapnel from the engine blew ou… --- ## [Stargreens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargreens/843579)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2019, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargreens/843579 "2019-11-20T01:56:01Z")
I had a terrible dream last night. I dreamed that in the night, a terrible marriage of madness was consummated, and that a corporate merger gave birth to a hideous eldritch corpobomination. In this dream, somehow, all … --- ## [Chainsaw Memories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chainsaw-memories/843578)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chainsaw-memories/843578 "2019-11-19T23:33:46Z")
I think I was nineteen when I first saw The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The original, not the remakes or the sequels. In fact, I think when I was nineteen, there WERE no remakes or sequels yet. The WAY I saw it, though, wa… --- ## [Small/subtle human trends & behaviors that have slowly subsided since the 70s/80s.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-subtle-human-trends-behaviors-that-have-slowly-subsided-since-the-70s-80s/839516)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 457\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2019, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-subtle-human-trends-behaviors-that-have-slowly-subsided-since-the-70s-80s/839516 "2019-11-19T22:18:19Z")
I’m 52. Every now and then I suddenly realize I don’t see something anymore. Just last week I saw a man jogging without a shirt on. Back in the 1970s it was very common to see a man walking around bare chested. Today it… --- ## [Breaking News: Multiple Fatalities in Oklahoma Walmart Mass Shooting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-multiple-fatalities-in-oklahoma-walmart-mass-shooting/843620)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2019, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-multiple-fatalities-in-oklahoma-walmart-mass-shooting/843620 "2019-11-19T20:05:16Z")
Current reports are three dead, attacker still at large. --- ## [2016 TV "Comedy-Drama" series BrainDead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-tv-comedy-drama-series-braindead/843653)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-tv-comedy-drama-series-braindead/843653 "2019-11-19T17:29:49Z")
As I am watching the House Impeachment Hearings, I keep having flashes of a TV show that was intended to be a hiatus filler between seasons. That show was a very deliberate, irreverent jab at US politics as a whole. Com… --- ## [Share your favoritef classic funny threads!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favoritef-classic-funny-threads/429253)
**Author:** [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favoritef-classic-funny-threads/429253 "2019-11-19T14:42:59Z")
I’ll start off with the guy who played a big part in me joining the SDMB, Master Wang-Ka: A Christmas collection The Subtle Tortures of the Vlork Ka-BOOM! The Horror of Toobs --- ## [My toes are happy in my comfy warm socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toes-are-happy-in-my-comfy-warm-socks/843245)
**Author:** [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2019, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toes-are-happy-in-my-comfy-warm-socks/843245 "2019-11-19T05:25:55Z")
This is good, as winter approaches. You should get yourselves some nice warm socks. It is good. --- ## [Ford Mustang Mach-E (electric)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-mustang-mach-e-electric/843484)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-mustang-mach-e-electric/843484 "2019-11-19T00:05:36Z")
Ford’s finally getting into the long range EV game. Prices go from ~$44k to $60k. The higher-end versions get 300 miles of range–comparable to Tesla. Prices seem roughly comparable to a Tesla Model 3, but we’ll have… --- ## [I check the Thread Games everyday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-check-the-thread-games-everyday/843623)
**Author:** [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-check-the-thread-games-everyday/843623 "2019-11-18T23:35:37Z")
to see if there is a new feud. --- ## [it just wasn't my weekend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-just-wasnt-my-weekend/843587)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-just-wasnt-my-weekend/843587 "2019-11-18T22:40:45Z")
Come home and have no internet. Router has no power. After a five minute discussion with the customer service rep who wants to do troubleshooting (it has no power, what are you going to do, send a cosmic ray to zap elect… --- ## [My lucid dream is messing with me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lucid-dream-is-messing-with-me/843575)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lucid-dream-is-messing-with-me/843575 "2019-11-18T20:48:01Z")
I had a lucid dream. BORing you say. Bear with me. In the dream I was in flying over a strange city. I marveled at the 1080p clarity of the city. Remarked to my dream self how well my mind modeled it. But that’s not the… --- ## [I never realized how useful a Wi-Fi thermostat can be.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-realized-how-useful-a-wi-fi-thermostat-can-be/843540)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-realized-how-useful-a-wi-fi-thermostat-can-be/843540 "2019-11-18T19:48:40Z")
My old Carrier HVAC finally rusted out. I get it serviced on contract twice a year. The techs were concerned they’d find a hole in the heat exchanger and have to condemn it. (state law) I got a new Carrier 48VG unit ins… --- ## [I don't really want a new car, but I think I should buy one. Tell me if I am thinking clearly.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-really-want-a-new-car-but-i-think-i-should-buy-one-tell-me-if-i-am-thinking-clearly/843225)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-really-want-a-new-car-but-i-think-i-should-buy-one-tell-me-if-i-am-thinking-clearly/843225 "2019-11-18T19:01:37Z")
I drive a 2007 vehicle with 130,000 miles on it that I purchased new 12 years ago. I maintain it well and it’s never given me significant trouble. I am totally happy driving it and I consider it perfect for my needs. Bu… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=361) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=363)