# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=367 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 368 --- ## [Coincidentally aptly named scientific phenomena, laws or equations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coincidentally-aptly-named-scientific-phenomena-laws-or-equations/838133)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2019, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coincidentally-aptly-named-scientific-phenomena-laws-or-equations/838133 "2019-10-31T21:50:12Z")
I’m watching a program about black holes, and the the Schwarzschild radius came up. I had heard about it, but never was clear if it was named after a person, so I looked it up, and indeed it’s named after the physicist K… --- ## [Remembrance Poppies in America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembrance-poppies-in-america/842625)
**Author:** [@Bassman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bassman)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembrance-poppies-in-america/842625 "2019-10-31T18:47:50Z")
Inspired by the poem “In Flanders Fields” by the Canadian John McCrae in the wake of the First World War, the remembrance poppy has been used to commemorate military personnel who died in war. Although it’s most commonly… --- ## [Happy Fourth of July](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fourth-of-july/817272)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fourth-of-july/817272 "2019-10-31T13:11:57Z")
To all my American friends, I wish you a very happy Fourth of July. No politics. I just wanted to say we love you and remain best friends. --- ## [Anyone else freeze in bars/restaurants in the summer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-freeze-in-bars-restaurants-in-the-summer/836855)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2019, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-freeze-in-bars-restaurants-in-the-summer/836855 "2019-10-31T12:11:36Z")
It’s 30 C (86 F) here right now. I came down to the pub for a couple of beers and can’t stand the air conditioning. I’m wearing a t-shirt, shorts and sandals and am freezing my ass off! This happens to me often. There’s… --- ## [OK, let's talk about the full moon effect](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-lets-talk-about-the-full-moon-effect/830657)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2019, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-lets-talk-about-the-full-moon-effect/830657 "2019-10-31T11:00:56Z")
It’s widely known that full moons affect people. Oh, people act differently, there are more emergency visits, and at worst, you turn in to a warewolf. Honestly, how can anyone believe this? The moon is still the moon, r… --- ## [The Oddest Things Blocked By My Office Internet Filter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-things-blocked-by-my-office-internet-filter/643204)
**Author:** [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-things-blocked-by-my-office-internet-filter/643204 "2012-12-31T00:58:02Z")
\[ol\] \[li\]An article on WWII and the Holocaust. Reason: “hate”.\[/li\]\[li\]Web pages relating to the M48 Apocalypse Tactical Tomahawk. Reason: “weapons”.\[/li\]\[li\]Century Martial Arts, a site that sells karate uniforms a… --- ## [To the Ratmobile, Bobbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-ratmobile-bobbin/842259)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-ratmobile-bobbin/842259 "2019-10-30T14:11:03Z")
News item: Scientists train rats to drive So how long before a rat traffic jam? --- ## [Gecko and crickets facing each other as Roman gladiators](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gecko-and-crickets-facing-each-other-as-roman-gladiators/842658)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gecko-and-crickets-facing-each-other-as-roman-gladiators/842658 "2019-10-30T14:03:39Z")
Rather head-scratching video, but the amount of effort and detail gone into this by the director could only have been an A+. --- ## [Happy 50th Birthday Internet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-50th-birthday-internet/842655)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2019, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-50th-birthday-internet/842655 "2019-10-30T11:43:43Z")
The internet is 50 years old today. I suppose there are other notions of when the internet first started but this was one of the milestones along the way. Check out the Today Show in 1994 with the hosts trying to explai… --- ## [Buying a second car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-second-car/842569)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2019, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-second-car/842569 "2019-10-30T03:30:47Z")
Since moving back to Wisconsin, my husband and I decided to buy a second car.we have a Canyon, but my 84 yo mum can not get in it. Went to a local dealer, a town away. My husband and I were dressed casually. The salesm… --- ## [People you may not know have a patent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-may-not-know-have-a-patent/842250)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-may-not-know-have-a-patent/842250 "2019-10-29T18:04:05Z")
Michael Jackson: Dennis --- ## [America's Little Emperors? / Raking leaves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-little-emperors-raking-leaves/842564)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2019, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-little-emperors-raking-leaves/842564 "2019-10-29T08:09:39Z")
Yes, kind of a strange conglomerate title, sorry. Yesterday was a beautiful day in late October in New England, meaning that all those leaves the leaf-peepers so love are now raining down from the trees and forming ankl… --- ## [Any Photohop Artists Looking for a Small Project?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-photohop-artists-looking-for-a-small-project/822264)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2019, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-photohop-artists-looking-for-a-small-project/822264 "2019-10-07T11:34:14Z")
I had a headshot taken for my job recently. I also plan to use the picture on my professional social media presence and as a headshot for the acting roles I’m applying for. It’s a good picture of me, with one minor pro… --- ## [ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-leader-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-is-dead/842553)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2019, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-leader-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-is-dead/842553 "2019-10-29T04:15:06Z")
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi won’t be reviving ISIS in Syria. It took six years but he’s finally dead. The intelligence materials found at the scene will be a big boost in the continuing fight. --- ## [Beckdawrek and the bad, bad, bad deer camp experience(or another year keeping my mouth shut.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-deer-camp-experience-or-another-year-keeping-my-mouth-shut/842016)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-deer-camp-experience-or-another-year-keeping-my-mouth-shut/842016 "2019-10-28T23:24:28Z")
Now look, I have germ issues. I realize it’s usually unwarranted. But the deer camp. It’s not sanitary, hell, it’s one step up from the dump. They do burn the actual garbage in a barrel that wwwwaaaayyyyy too close to wh… --- ## [name your bio of the Trump administration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-bio-of-the-trump-administration/842510)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-bio-of-the-trump-administration/842510 "2019-10-28T21:18:50Z")
Clusterfuck is not allowed. Here is mine - No Quid Pro Quo: The Presidency of Donald Trump. He Didn’t Give The US Anything, and the US Didn’t Get Anything (Except a Whole Lot of Trouble) --- ## [Cat hoarding situation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-hoarding-situation/842501)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-hoarding-situation/842501 "2019-10-28T18:51:47Z")
I have friends who need help with cat hoarding. This one guy was my dad’s best friend. Years ago he remarried after a divorce. They are okay together, she’s a nice lady, but gradually developed a problem of keeping t… --- ## [Instant bridge--just add disaster.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-bridge-just-add-disaster/810618)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-bridge-just-add-disaster/810618 "2019-10-28T04:13:00Z")
Florida International University installs an “instant bridge” in one morning. It lasts a whole 5 days before it falls on cars and pedestrians, killing an unknown number of people. --- ## [Icing down the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icing-down-the-mmp/842080)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icing-down-the-mmp/842080 "2019-10-28T02:19:00Z")
Last week, we were smokin’ - this week, let’s be cool! Ice in beverages - yea or nay? How much? What beverages? I prefer my glass about 1/3 full of ice, and the rest with soda or lemonade or whatever. If I’m just ha… --- ## [Something very big has just happened](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-very-big-has-just-happened/842534)
**Author:** [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2019, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-very-big-has-just-happened/842534 "2019-10-27T23:16:59Z")
According to our beloved President, “Something very big has just happened!” Like all good storytellers, he’s not giving too much away. Is it a natural disaster? Are we at war? Are the elder gods so disgusted that they’v… --- ## [PBS Passport](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-passport/842562)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2019, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-passport/842562 "2019-10-27T21:52:58Z")
I have PBS Passport, gives access to tons of great content. American Experience, NOVA, historical dramas, Austin City Limits and more. Pay what you want, I pay $5 a month. Today I’m nailing it watching Antiques Roadshow… --- ## [Where's the Antarctic Monster-Truck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-antarctic-monster-truck/842301)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-antarctic-monster-truck/842301 "2019-10-26T17:01:06Z")
For the third Antarctic Expedition, Admiral Byrd had constructed a “Snow Cruiser” to transverse the coldest place on earth. https://www.google.com/search?q=“Snow+Cruiser”&client=firefox-b-1-d&sxsrf=ACYBGNQdInGLiiCMGqJdx… --- ## [What will the future be like for Edward Snowden?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-future-be-like-for-edward-snowden/669150)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2019, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-future-be-like-for-edward-snowden/669150 "2019-10-26T14:01:43Z")
Edward Snowden is now living in Russia on a year to year asylum. Needless to say what he has done was a major life changing event for him. To my understanding Russia was not his first choice for asylum. Now, it appear… --- ## [Jane Fonda has been clapped in irons again!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jane-fonda-has-been-clapped-in-irons-again/841714)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2019, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jane-fonda-has-been-clapped-in-irons-again/841714 "2019-10-26T05:27:12Z")
(I didn’t see a thread on this.) Jane Fonda was arrested Friday near the U.S. Capitol for protesting inaction on climate change. Jane Fonda arrested at climate change protest - YouTube Her eighty-second birthday is co… --- ## [Sigh, Sometimes life just sucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-sometimes-life-just-sucks/842110)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-sometimes-life-just-sucks/842110 "2019-10-25T23:42:15Z")
Promising thread title isn’t it? Yeah, it doesn’t get any better. So my question is this(have I asked this already?) How does one cope? With the loss of companionship, intimacy, the difference in the feel of an empty… --- ## [Humans will never live on another planet, says Michel Mayor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humans-will-never-live-on-another-planet-says-michel-mayor/841778)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humans-will-never-live-on-another-planet-says-michel-mayor/841778 "2019-10-25T22:17:29Z")
Michel Mayor has just attacked a tenet of atheist mythology by stating that humans will never be able to use science to colonize celestial bodies and thus conquer the universe. (source) I grew up in a communist society … --- ## [Was this guy part of some sort of sect, or merely eccentric?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-guy-part-of-some-sort-of-sect-or-merely-eccentric/842107)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-guy-part-of-some-sort-of-sect-or-merely-eccentric/842107 "2019-10-25T18:23:31Z")
We had a layover in Chicago’s O’Hare a few days ago and decided to treat ourselves to some comfort at the “Admiral Lounge”. A guy walked in, dressed from head to toe in what I can only describe as extreme 60s hippy attir… --- ## [Needle workers volunteer to finish dead woman's quilt.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needle-workers-volunteer-to-finish-dead-womans-quilt/842277)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needle-workers-volunteer-to-finish-dead-womans-quilt/842277 "2019-10-25T17:24:22Z")
Both of my grandmother’s made quilts. But nothing this elaborate. Every square requires hand embroidery and then the quilting is done. Downey knew she needed a lot of help to finish a project of this scale. She’s turne… --- ## [Diversity training](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diversity-training/841847)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diversity-training/841847 "2019-10-25T13:26:24Z")
My workplace is undergoing mandatory diversity training over the next couple of months. It looks like we’re going to take evaluations, get phone apps, and other incidental prizes for participating. I’m a white male, and… --- ## [What Keeps You Awake At Night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-you-awake-at-night/841892)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-you-awake-at-night/841892 "2019-10-25T03:19:33Z")
Unless you’re one of those people who prefer to be up sll night. Tonight, well this morning really, sitting here wondering why I’ve lost weight. I can’t afford to, I don’t have any extra. Normally I weigh between 165is… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=366) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=368)