# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=363 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 364 --- ## [Semper Fi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semper-fi/843248)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semper-fi/843248 "2019-11-18T17:35:55Z")
Marine Corps, Daughter, 2× Sister, Aunt, Mom! That’s me Happy Birthday! --- ## [D'oh!! A deer!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-a-deer/843369)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-a-deer/843369 "2019-11-18T17:25:05Z")
@ 35mph THUDDDD!! :eek: SONOFAFUCKIN’BITCH! :mad: Good news: I was in my son’s truck and not my far lower, far more expensive sport sedan where it surely would have come over the hood and into the windshield. I wasn’t… --- ## [Quantum experiment supposedly shows that objective reality doesn't exist.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-experiment-supposedly-shows-that-objective-reality-doesnt-exist/843555)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-experiment-supposedly-shows-that-objective-reality-doesnt-exist/843555 "2019-11-18T16:17:34Z")
I’m not sure what to make of this, or if I even completely understand it. The claim is that different observers can have different objective realities. The claim is about things at the quantum level and not at our day to… --- ## [Cheap and Cheesy Action Movie Night at the Sports Bar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-and-cheesy-action-movie-night-at-the-sports-bar/843603)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-and-cheesy-action-movie-night-at-the-sports-bar/843603 "2019-11-18T16:02:51Z")
Not sure where this should go, but it’s mundane and pointless, so I thought I’d try here first. If the mods determine that it goes better in Cafe Society or The Game Room, let it go there. Anyway, my local sports bar h… --- ## [Any members of wordorigins.org forums?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-members-of-wordorigins-org-forums/843604)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-members-of-wordorigins-org-forums/843604 "2019-11-18T15:51:06Z")
Is anyone here a member of the wordorigins.org forums? I used to be a member of them years ago, but somehow my account got disabled. It wasn’t that I got banned or anything bad like that. It was some technical glitch tha… --- ## [The Start of The MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-start-of-the-mmp/843282)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-start-of-the-mmp/843282 "2019-11-18T08:29:45Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 40 Amurrkin out and N.O.S. with a predicted high of 75 and mostly N.O.S. for the day. I shall spiff da cave today and this evenin’ I have Vestry meetin’ over to the chur… --- ## [Can someone please explain this whole chicken sandwich thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-whole-chicken-sandwich-thing/843061)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-whole-chicken-sandwich-thing/843061 "2019-11-18T05:58:46Z")
As a vegetarian, I’ve been ignoring whatever is going on with this chicken sandwich war or whatever it is. But now I see someone in Maryland has been stabbed to death over it. Could someone kindly explain the whole mess?… --- ## [Crazy car concepts to confuse customers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-car-concepts-to-confuse-customers/843597)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-car-concepts-to-confuse-customers/843597 "2019-11-18T04:43:59Z")
Based on Ford deciding to call their next small electric crossover a “Mustang”, I think it’d be fun to make up fictional concept cars designed to cause confusion… Toyota; Prius Rudolf - a Prius with a detuned Diesel eng… --- ## [It is raining](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-raining/843534)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-raining/843534 "2019-11-18T02:28:47Z")
Raindrops in the dust are about a half-inch apart. This is the first rain this season. “Film at eleven.” --- ## [Losing the "essential" employee at work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/losing-the-essential-employee-at-work/843381)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/losing-the-essential-employee-at-work/843381 "2019-11-18T01:55:42Z")
I work for the government. I have long learned that no employee is essential. Time and time again an employee has left, and folk have wailed, “How will we go on?” But, somehow or another, you do. So I’m sure the same… --- ## [Will there be a SDMB gift exchange this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-a-sdmb-gift-exchange-this-year/843481)
**Author:** [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-a-sdmb-gift-exchange-this-year/843481 "2019-11-18T00:59:37Z")
I looked around but didn’t see any announcements one way or the other. I do look forward to it every year, I would be sad if the tradition doesn’t continue. --- ## [Let's see how bad, bad, bad Beck can be confined to a hospital bed!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-bad-bad-bad-beck-can-be-confined-to-a-hospital-bed/843293)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-bad-bad-bad-beck-can-be-confined-to-a-hospital-bed/843293 "2019-11-17T23:47:39Z")
Well, I lived through admissions. That was thoroughly UN-fun. To much talking. Admt.Lady couldn’t locate my admission orders. 2 Doctors signed off on it. Lost to the underbelly of a huge hospital. No matter she’ll just … --- ## [Why is online dating, along with trying to meet someone in person, frustrating at times?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-online-dating-along-with-trying-to-meet-someone-in-person-frustrating-at-times/841378)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2019, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-online-dating-along-with-trying-to-meet-someone-in-person-frustrating-at-times/841378 "2019-11-17T08:48:53Z")
For example, I find that certain people on dating apps lose interest quickly even after talking/hanging out with them. This applies for meeting people offline as well. I know that complaining about this makes me sound l… --- ## [Vehicle warranty expiration crisis (need answer super fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vehicle-warranty-expiration-crisis-need-answer-super-fast/843438)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vehicle-warranty-expiration-crisis-need-answer-super-fast/843438 "2019-11-17T02:03:24Z")
A terrible thing just happened. A nice gentleman called to tell me that the warranty on the car I bought eight years ago from a used car dealer (a nice used Toyota with 195,000 miles) was ABOUT TO EXPIRE! And here I didn… --- ## [Car crashes into 2nd floor of building.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-crashes-into-2nd-floor-of-building/843551)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-crashes-into-2nd-floor-of-building/843551 "2019-11-16T21:56:31Z")
How did this happen? I haven’t mapped it, but is there an elevated road next to the building or something? --- ## [14 years ago, a 9-year-old found a 700-year-old coin...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-years-ago-a-9-year-old-found-a-700-year-old-coin/843331)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-years-ago-a-9-year-old-found-a-700-year-old-coin/843331 "2019-11-16T17:53:56Z")
…and didn’t tell anyone. Until recently. --- ## [Dang and blast! (Airbrush woes)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dang-and-blast-airbrush-woes/842929)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dang-and-blast-airbrush-woes/842929 "2019-11-16T14:13:55Z")
I finally got up the energy to do some tedious airbrushing on a Von Braun Moon Lander kit I’m building (30, yes, 30 rocket nozzles, each to be painted with three colors). Dumped the first color into the airbrush cup, sq… --- ## [... but I didn't buy a Highlander...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-i-didnt-buy-a-highlander/843429)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2019, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-i-didnt-buy-a-highlander/843429 "2019-11-16T05:37:55Z")
I’ve gotten several emails in the last few days from the local Toyota dealer congratulating me on my recent purchase of a Highlander. No, I didn’t buy one. In fact, I’ve never bought a Toyota… well, except for the VER… --- ## [Active shooter in high school in Santa Clarita, CA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-in-high-school-in-santa-clarita-ca/843426)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2019, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-in-high-school-in-santa-clarita-ca/843426 "2019-11-16T02:02:12Z")
MSNBC broke away from Nancy Pelosi to announce a school shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California. Very limited details right now. --- ## [Real Warning Signs that deliver the message and a smile.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-warning-signs-that-deliver-the-message-and-a-smile/843380)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-warning-signs-that-deliver-the-message-and-a-smile/843380 "2019-11-15T23:31:36Z")
I don’t think these are photo shopped. I’ve seen similar warning signs in my local area. My personal favorite… This property is protected 24/7 By security cameras and 20 or more wolves Yup, that drives home the poi… --- ## [I'm going to have to bring her in, aren't I?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-have-to-bring-her-in-arent-i/843307)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-have-to-bring-her-in-arent-i/843307 "2019-11-15T20:31:27Z")
For years I’ve been feeding numerous neighbor kitties who all originate from the hoarder’s house behind mine. It started when I had a cat who had eating issues and rather than waste food she wouldn’t eat (my others didn… --- ## [Notre Dame on fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notre-dame-on-fire/832584)
**Author:** [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Replies:** 305\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notre-dame-on-fire/832584 "2019-11-15T16:12:58Z")
The pictures look awful. :frowning: --- ## [Epstein Suicide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-suicide/838451)
**Author:** [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-suicide/838451 "2019-11-15T13:44:06Z")
This just in NY Times --- ## [Feel good story, automotive division](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-story-automotive-division/843460)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2019, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-story-automotive-division/843460 "2019-11-15T11:48:22Z")
This from today’s Montreal Gazette. A car was idling near a busy intersection when he noticed a car heading straight towards a sidewalk with a bunch of pedestrians and construction workers. Without hesitating, he drove… --- ## [Bus driver kicks little kid off the bus into the bitter cold](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-driver-kicks-little-kid-off-the-bus-into-the-bitter-cold/843459)
**Author:** [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-driver-kicks-little-kid-off-the-bus-into-the-bitter-cold/843459 "2019-11-15T00:52:42Z")
I promise this video doesn’t go the way you expect it to go: https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=9dkCc\_1573592995 --- ## [Happy Birthday Mr. Carter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-mr-carter/841116)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2019, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-mr-carter/841116 "2019-11-15T00:37:24Z")
Former President Jimmy Carter turned 95 today, already the longest-lived person to have held that office. Have yourself a handful of peanuts in his honor. --- ## [Hearing colors - seeing sounds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hearing-colors-seeing-sounds/842901)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hearing-colors-seeing-sounds/842901 "2019-11-14T23:28:10Z")
This is the strangest condition I have ever heard of. It is called synesthesia and takes many forms. I hate to simply post a link but it is too far reaching to summarize. This just fascinates me as I try to imagine it ha… --- ## [It’s baaaack - the Black Death plague!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-baaaack-the-black-death-plague/843378)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-baaaack-the-black-death-plague/843378 "2019-11-14T21:47:47Z")
I know this stuff pops up occasionally, but this part of the story caught my eye. Quoth CNN: “in May, a Mongolian couple died from bubonic plague after eating the raw kidney of a marmot” https://www.google.com/amp/s/a… --- ## [Université de Montréal announces discovery about MS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universite-de-montreal-announces-discovery-about-ms/843400)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2019, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universite-de-montreal-announces-discovery-about-ms/843400 "2019-11-14T21:20:44Z")
U de M researchers have announced they’ve found a molecule which may slow the progression of Multiple Sclerosis, without the side effects of increased infections and higher cancer risks that current treatments have. Sou… --- ## [OK Boomer!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-boomer/843162)
**Author:** [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Replies:** 249\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-boomer/843162 "2019-11-14T20:54:43Z")
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