# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=365 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 366 --- ## [Trump is at the Ala v LSU Game!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-at-the-ala-v-lsu-game/843218)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2019, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-at-the-ala-v-lsu-game/843218 "2019-11-10T07:00:44Z")
…and sitting in the first row of an upper level. What a tragedy it would be if he lost his balance…:stuck\_out\_tongue: Joke, I think. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk --- ## [SDMB Discord Server](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-discord-server/843231)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2019, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-discord-server/843231 "2019-11-10T05:47:58Z")
Hi, due to some interest in another thread I created an (unofficial) SDMB Discord. What’s Discord? It’s a chat platform that allows for realtime text and voice communication. It’s more useful for just hanging out and ha… --- ## [Blood sugar creeping up relentlessly...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-sugar-creeping-up-relentlessly/842867)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2019, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-sugar-creeping-up-relentlessly/842867 "2019-11-10T02:12:11Z")
A few months ago, my fasting blood sugar was at 89. Recently, it clocked in at 110. I adjusted my diet (cut out almost all carbs, avoided sugar, ate more protein and fiber,) tried sleeping more, exercising more. Took b… --- ## [I made an ecosphere.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-an-ecosphere/837378)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2019, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-an-ecosphere/837378 "2019-11-10T01:40:46Z")
I really enjoy watching videos of people making ecospheres in jars and have wanted to make one for quite a long time and decided to finally do it. I bought a 2 liter jar of pickles in preparation and have been eating lot… --- ## [Grocery store electric scooters for Shabbat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grocery-store-electric-scooters-for-shabbat/843155)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2019, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grocery-store-electric-scooters-for-shabbat/843155 "2019-11-09T21:42:06Z")
Amigo, the company that makes most of those motorized scooters with baskets for Walmart and other stores has two recent innovations. Yeah, I use them as the old knees won’t make it around the store anymore. In fact I lo… --- ## [Anyone else crosshanded cause you use your dominate hand as a 'steadier'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-crosshanded-cause-you-use-your-dominate-hand-as-a-steadier/843147)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-crosshanded-cause-you-use-your-dominate-hand-as-a-steadier/843147 "2019-11-09T20:44:54Z")
I shoot a rifle (but not a revolver)…play guitar, and use a juice-squeezer left handed because i use my dominate hand to keep the item steady. And in the case of a guitar need my dominate hand to do what i consider to be… --- ## [Tomorrow I shall be homeless.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-i-shall-be-homeless/843110)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-i-shall-be-homeless/843110 "2019-11-09T20:28:10Z")
Well, technically anyway. I’ll still have a roof of sorts over my head if that counts. Long story, I live with my daughter and grandsons, we are originally from Vic Australia. Four-odd months ago she was offered a wun… --- ## [What could make a parked car burst into flames in the dead of night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-make-a-parked-car-burst-into-flames-in-the-dead-of-night/843134)
**Author:** [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2019, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-make-a-parked-car-burst-into-flames-in-the-dead-of-night/843134 "2019-11-09T13:04:37Z")
So. I live in a condo complex. We all have our own designated parking spots. This morning, just before four, I was awakened by a car horn. I thought it was a car alarm, but it was droning, as if someone were leaning on… --- ## [I haz Deagle (for now)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-haz-deagle-for-now/843184)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2019, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-haz-deagle-for-now/843184 "2019-11-09T11:26:57Z")
While out exploring the wilds of central PA today, I stopped at a quaint little country gunne shoppe. They had a NIB Desert Eagle pistol with both .50AE and .44 magnum barrels and magazines at a crazy low price. We’re … --- ## [Moving to Wisconsin...tips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-wisconsin-tips/843007)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-wisconsin-tips/843007 "2019-11-08T23:34:50Z")
Friends of ours, a hetero couple in their 30s, are moving from Vancouver, BC to Milwaukee for her work. She’s American, he’s Canadian, he has work with a US firm he can do anywhere. Any tips, warnings, helpful hints for … --- ## [No more vaping - until they figure out what's going on, anyway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-vaping-until-they-figure-out-whats-going-on-anyway/839699)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-vaping-until-they-figure-out-whats-going-on-anyway/839699 "2019-11-08T18:38:55Z")
A recent outbreak of severe lung disorders requiring hospitalization and in some cases even medically-induced coma, has been linked to vaping. There are a lot of news articles about it and none of them can really pin dow… --- ## [Anyone Play Scratch Off Lotteries ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-play-scratch-off-lotteries/842718)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Taggart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Taggart)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-play-scratch-off-lotteries/842718 "2019-11-08T18:20:53Z")
Does anyone play scratch off lotteries ? I might have to make a new years resolution to scale back, been dropping 100-125 a week on them, maybe making back around 20. --- ## [Need advice about the needy bitch across the hall.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-about-the-needy-bitch-across-the-hall/842966)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-about-the-needy-bitch-across-the-hall/842966 "2019-11-08T17:35:30Z")
Not in an IMHO manner. Not real medical advice. Bitch isn’t senile, just the center of her universe who thinks the medical staff is hers alone. All day long it’s, “Nurse, help me! Why won’t you help me?” She usually… --- ## [A question for anyone taking tumeric curcumin as a supplement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-anyone-taking-tumeric-curcumin-as-a-supplement/843164)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-anyone-taking-tumeric-curcumin-as-a-supplement/843164 "2019-11-08T09:21:32Z")
Have you had your potassium checked since you started it?? I’m not a fan of “the newest, bestest miracle cure” but he got a rec from a friend, tried it, and his potassium jumped to crazy levels, causing the VA to go ful… --- ## [AAFES and Military Exchanges to Allow Veterans to Shop Online starting Nov. 11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aafes-and-military-exchanges-to-allow-veterans-to-shop-online-starting-nov-11/799155)
**Author:** [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2019, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aafes-and-military-exchanges-to-allow-veterans-to-shop-online-starting-nov-11/799155 "2019-11-07T23:14:36Z")
I thought my fellow veterans would find this helpful: Lowes is now giving a 10% discount to all veterans, and not just those retired, with service connected disability ratings, etc. Home Depot still doesn’t offer the… --- ## [My hot water tank tried to burn down my house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hot-water-tank-tried-to-burn-down-my-house/843054)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2019, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hot-water-tank-tried-to-burn-down-my-house/843054 "2019-11-07T12:52:54Z")
Well that was a close one! I was all ready for work this morning and about to head out the door when I noticed an odor. Took a bit but I pinpointed it to the area around the hot water tank. Looking behind the wall panel… --- ## [Small triumphs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-triumphs/836770)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2019, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-triumphs/836770 "2019-11-07T05:21:06Z")
I once spelled “Nietzsche” correctly on the first try, without looking it up. --- ## [Fountain of youth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fountain-of-youth/843090)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2019, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fountain-of-youth/843090 "2019-11-07T00:51:11Z")
In the 1980’s I owned an interior design company and I took a job redecorating a Temple of an eastern religion that specialized in meditation. During that time I got to know several of the people who were actively involv… --- ## [Hi darling, do you want to hear something ironic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-darling-do-you-want-to-hear-something-ironic/843024)
**Author:** [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-darling-do-you-want-to-hear-something-ironic/843024 "2019-11-06T19:59:12Z")
A month or so ago my GF pleaded to travel abroad about this time of the year for skiing, I told her we couldn’t because I was going to be busy with a job which involved going to China for several days to supervise the sh… --- ## [Playing MOD files](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-mod-files/843052)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-mod-files/843052 "2019-11-06T19:55:17Z")
I couple months ago I started listening to music I hadn’t heard in over two decades. The reason I’d drifted away from listening to it is that the music files are MOD files. I’d updated my OS to MacOS X and didn’t have … --- ## [Shuttlecocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shuttlecocks/843034)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shuttlecocks/843034 "2019-11-06T16:46:46Z")
Who would have thought so much testing goes into each shuttlecock? Assembled by hand from individually measured duck feathers each one undergoes wind tunnel testing for stability - twice. The final test is to have it tos… --- ## [Argh the English Language, Part LXVII](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argh-the-english-language-part-lxvii/843002)
**Author:** [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argh-the-english-language-part-lxvii/843002 "2019-11-06T14:13:58Z")
So, an “employer” “employs” (v.t.) an “employee.” That’s simple enough. But a “guarantor” (as on a debt) makes a promise to a person or agency (the debt holder) who is not called the “guarantee”, nor does that term “gua… --- ## [11 foot 8 -- The end of an era](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-foot-8-the-end-of-an-era/842953)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2019, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-foot-8-the-end-of-an-era/842953 "2019-11-06T04:41:38Z")
The infamous 11’ 8" underpass in Durham has been raised eight inches. The guy who runs the website and YouTube channel was, of course, on hand. After a lot of prep work the railroad bridge was jacked up and shims place… --- ## [Purple is moving to .. somewhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-is-moving-to-somewhere/842550)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-is-moving-to-somewhere/842550 "2019-11-05T20:11:23Z")
Decided to get off the endless merry-go-round of the same damn arguments & frustrations, and broke up with my I.T.Guy and - like any good drunk who’s swearing off it for good - this time, I mean it! I want to get out of… --- ## [My dog HATES the time change!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-hates-the-time-change/843003)
**Author:** [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-hates-the-time-change/843003 "2019-11-05T18:55:06Z")
I’ve never had a dog who easily adjusted to the time change, especially the change at this time of year, when the clock moves back an hour. We’ve always had dachshunds, and they’re real chow hounds. Not quite as extreme … --- ## [BBC Report: The UK's First Chick-fil-A is to close amid LGBT rights row](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-report-the-uks-first-chick-fil-a-is-to-close-amid-lgbt-rights-row/841957)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-report-the-uks-first-chick-fil-a-is-to-close-amid-lgbt-rights-row/841957 "2019-11-05T18:04:40Z")
Link here: to be honest, I had not the faintest idea that there was a Chick-fil-A in the UK; and I’m not surprised that a chain with Chick-fil-A’s reputation ran into difficulty. For reference: Reading is an ugly sprawl… --- ## [Do people know details of things that happened years ago at school or university or camps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-know-details-of-things-that-happened-years-ago-at-school-or-university-or-camps/843011)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-know-details-of-things-that-happened-years-ago-at-school-or-university-or-camps/843011 "2019-11-05T17:26:11Z")
Well I want to know if there are any things that happened years ago at schools or universities or camps that wouldn’t happen today perhaps of boisterous play between pupils and teachers or campers and leaders. I think th… --- ## [Do women who wear leotards and swimsuits have to take them off before peeing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-who-wear-leotards-and-swimsuits-have-to-take-them-off-before-peeing/842821)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-who-wear-leotards-and-swimsuits-have-to-take-them-off-before-peeing/842821 "2019-11-05T16:58:43Z")
Well I have a few things I want to know about women who wear leotards or swimsuits and if they have to take them off if they are peeing. I get that putting on a leotard or swimsuit is very similar and I gather that peopl… --- ## [What Is It With Women And Back Pocket Cellphone Storage Lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-women-and-back-pocket-cellphone-storage-lately/799090)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-women-and-back-pocket-cellphone-storage-lately/799090 "2019-11-05T15:08:07Z")
This is a modern phenomenon. Sure, the back pocket provides easy storage and quick removal for calls, notifications, etc, but…men don’t do this, I mean, at ALL. So I started thinking about it, and I cannot help but thin… --- ## [Love/Hate relationship with where you live](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-hate-relationship-with-where-you-live/842839)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-hate-relationship-with-where-you-live/842839 "2019-11-05T01:07:04Z")
Ever feel that way about your town? What do you love about where you live, and what about that place makes you want to naw your own face off just to escape? In Boise, the scenery is (imho) beautiful, the people are mos… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=364) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=366)