# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=37 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 38 --- ## [The DAR and elitism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dar-and-elitism/1024606)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dar-and-elitism/1024606 "2025-11-23T11:49:50Z")
A few weeks ago, Mrs. Cardigan and I took a guided tour through a museum dedicated to the local history of the town we were visiting. The tour really was both informative and enjoyable. At the end, we lingered to ask the… --- ## [Preventing home title fraud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preventing-home-title-fraud/1024943)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preventing-home-title-fraud/1024943 "2025-11-21T23:32:27Z")
This latest scam is to used forged documents to file a title to your home and then use it to sell your house out from under you or take out a loan using it as collateral. It’s insidious because you don’t know it happened… --- ## [Marvelous Ripoffs found on the Internet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-ripoffs-found-on-the-internet/1024986)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-ripoffs-found-on-the-internet/1024986 "2025-11-21T16:52:01Z")
Usually finding ripoffs on the internet pisses me off just a bit, but once in a while I come across one that is just so brazen in it’s claims that you know that the stupid people ordering it just might deserve what they … --- ## [USA - execution by firing squad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-execution-by-firing-squad/1015273)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-execution-by-firing-squad/1015273 "2025-11-21T13:17:47Z")
I’m surprised at how many states allow execution by firing squad. I though Utah was the only one (remember Gary Gilmore - Wikipedia? A South Carolina man is scheduled to be executed in the manner tonight (March 7). He al… --- ## [Research suggests Sperm whales shared tactics to avoid whaling ships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/research-suggests-sperm-whales-shared-tactics-to-avoid-whaling-ships/938809)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/research-suggests-sperm-whales-shared-tactics-to-avoid-whaling-ships/938809 "2025-11-21T01:54:21Z")
Guardian article: Sperm whales in 19th century shared ship attack information Study abstract: Adaptation of sperm whales to open-boat whalers: rapid social learning on a large scale? Researchers studying whaler’s logbo… --- ## [Micro preemie was born at less than 2 pounds, in April, she’s now at home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-preemie-was-born-at-less-than-2-pounds-in-april-she-s-now-at-home/1024568)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2025, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-preemie-was-born-at-less-than-2-pounds-in-april-she-s-now-at-home/1024568 "2025-11-20T06:41:54Z")
Welcome Trinity! Trinity the micro preemie, on Long Island NY. Amazing story ➜ Micro-preemie heads home after spending nea… --- ## [Hitler's DNA shows he had an incomplete puberty, may have had a micropenis, and was likely schizophrenic and/or bipolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-dna-shows-he-had-an-incomplete-puberty-may-have-had-a-micropenis-and-was-likely-schizophrenic-and-or-bipolar/1024822)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-dna-shows-he-had-an-incomplete-puberty-may-have-had-a-micropenis-and-was-likely-schizophrenic-and-or-bipolar/1024822 "2025-11-20T02:46:05Z")
So says a new study to be detailed in an upcoming documentary. A 1923 medical examination of Hitler, which was uncovered in 2015, showed that the Nazi leader did indeed have an undescended testicle but, while we do n… --- ## [1/31/2025: Small plane crashes in residential neighborhood in Philadelphia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-31-2025-small-plane-crashes-in-residential-neighborhood-in-philadelphia/1013699)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-31-2025-small-plane-crashes-in-residential-neighborhood-in-philadelphia/1013699 "2025-11-19T03:18:19Z")
There is very sketchy information, because it just happened, but there are already multiple known casualties. The first story I heard said it was near a shopping mall, and maybe it was but some houses are on fire. --- ## [Not mincing words, so much](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-mincing-words-so-much/1024864)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-mincing-words-so-much/1024864 "2025-11-18T14:35:27Z")
Not many things, at this point, I really covet. It’s deer season. Mid-dau, DiL and myself(to a lesser degree) are sending pies down to the camp. We had a request for mincemeat pies. No “None-such” here. Mid-dau wasn’t… --- ## [Mysterious company buys land next to Travis Air Force Base in California. What's going on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-company-buys-land-next-to-travis-air-force-base-in-california-whats-going-on/988479)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-company-buys-land-next-to-travis-air-force-base-in-california-whats-going-on/988479 "2025-11-18T14:10:43Z")
Maybe it’s nothing, but a company is apparently paying unusually high prices for land right next to an Air Force Base in California. I do like a good mystery and I’d love it if there was some skullduggery around this sto… --- ## [Security at the Louvre](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-at-the-louvre/1024951)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-at-the-louvre/1024951 "2025-11-18T13:39:49Z")
To test security at the Louvre - rather than stealing a painting - two pranksters added a painting of themselves near the Mona Lisa. Check out their video (in Dutch): Pranksters outsmart the Louvre’s security​ | Cybern… --- ## [Who owns SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-sdmb/1024931)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-sdmb/1024931 "2025-11-18T06:55:59Z")
I recommend that Dopers read this article, mainly about an alternate paper in Seattle: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/technology/progressive-newspaper-stranger-seattle.html?unlocked\_article\_code=1.108.C9AM.a1AdXSIyaW… --- ## [Software companies: You will work the way I want you to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-companies-you-will-work-the-way-i-want-you-to/1024780)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-companies-you-will-work-the-way-i-want-you-to/1024780 "2025-11-17T20:21:49Z")
I rarely if ever use AI. GPTchat or Copilot or whatever is just not what I do and usually I am able to avoid it. But lately Skynet is taking over. My computer at home is insisting I update Win11 and when I look at the… --- ## [(Old) MMP and Chill - Winter is Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mmp-and-chill-winter-is-here/1024720)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 357\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mmp-and-chill-winter-is-here/1024720 "2025-11-17T15:18:34Z")
Yesterday it was 74, tomorrow it will get down to 34, and half the MMP has had snow already. Is anybody still somewhere warm? In any case, up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave. Make yourself a hot beverage, an… --- ## [Massive bridge collapse in China](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massive-bridge-collapse-in-china/1024791)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2025, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massive-bridge-collapse-in-china/1024791 "2025-11-17T08:40:31Z")
The bridge was opened just a few months ago, but was recently closes due to recent landslides. After you watch the video, you will note the irony of this statement: “Currently, there is no estimated timeline for the r… --- ## [John Oliver Nov 9/25 on "felony murder"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-nov-9-25-on-felony-murder/1024745)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 211\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2025, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-nov-9-25-on-felony-murder/1024745 "2025-11-17T02:11:23Z")
John Oliver’s investigative reports are always worthwhile, but rarely have I seen anything this shocking. Definitely another black eye for the US justice system. “Felony murder” is a strange term that denotes a crime w… --- ## [Sandwich thrower found not guilty of assault](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwich-thrower-found-not-guilty-of-assault/1024657)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwich-thrower-found-not-guilty-of-assault/1024657 "2025-11-16T22:31:00Z")
In late, midnight reading, good news… Man who flung footlong at Feds found “not guilty” of assault. The first charge, filed as a felony was not vinegar-ous enough of a charge to carry an indictment. It was later resub… --- ## [Three Chinese astronauts stranded on Tiangong space station](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-chinese-astronauts-stranded-on-tiangong-space-station/1024632)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2025, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-chinese-astronauts-stranded-on-tiangong-space-station/1024632 "2025-11-16T07:27:16Z")
Due to an impact of space debris on their Shenzhou-20 spacecraft, three Chinese astronauts have been stranded on the Tiangong space station indefinitely, instead of going home Wednesday. The Shenzhou-21 crew had already … --- ## [RIP: @Elbows Husband Has Just Died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-elbows-husband-has-just-died/1024869)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-elbows-husband-has-just-died/1024869 "2025-11-15T23:22:29Z")
In case anyone isn’t following Puzzlegal’s thread about her husband’s illness, @elbows has shared some very sad news: My husband is seriously ill - #160 {moved from this thread by What Exit?} I am sorry to hear this. @… --- ## [My online genealogy service linked me to American Kennel Club's stud book register!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-online-genealogy-service-linked-me-to-american-kennel-clubs-stud-book-register/1024876)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-online-genealogy-service-linked-me-to-american-kennel-clubs-stud-book-register/1024876 "2025-11-15T23:07:41Z")
It’s amazing what my genealogy service (MyHeritage) finds for me without me even asking. It notified me that via their OldNews service it uncovered pertinent family info for me. This info turned out to be the registrati… --- ## [In Buffalo, NY now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-buffalo-ny-now/1024874)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2025, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-buffalo-ny-now/1024874 "2025-11-15T22:28:21Z")
I was born here. Moved to Arizona, however, with my parents when I was seven and remained there for many decades. Decided to move back here recently, as there was nothing keeping me in Arizona anymore. Main wondering i… --- ## [More iWoz: communicating with his infant son](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-iwoz-communicating-with-his-infant-son/1024809)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-iwoz-communicating-with-his-infant-son/1024809 "2025-11-15T14:46:07Z")
Never heard of people being able to do this– in Chapter 19 “With Jesse, when he was just a few months old I had the most fun with him doing what I called these “flying tours”. I would hold him so that his belly was over… --- ## [Masafumi Saito and the Ice Age Trail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masafumi-saito-and-the-ice-age-trail/1024855)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masafumi-saito-and-the-ice-age-trail/1024855 "2025-11-15T13:09:51Z")
Japanese hiker “Masa” recently (today Nov 14th) finished hiking the Ice Age trail, a ~1000\* mile trail that crosses Wisconsin along glacial boundaries. He has become a minor celebrity, getting plenty of “rail magic”: he… --- ## [City, Suburb and Country living](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-suburb-and-country-living/1001139)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2025, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-suburb-and-country-living/1001139 "2025-11-15T03:42:16Z")
Today I was thinking about my grandpa and how he was raised in the city, moved to one of those postwar picket fence suburbs when he had his own family, then spent the last third of his life living in Amish country with h… --- ## [Coronation imminent: on Friday, Luxembourg gets a new monarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-imminent-on-friday-luxembourg-gets-a-new-monarch/1023553)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-imminent-on-friday-luxembourg-gets-a-new-monarch/1023553 "2025-11-14T16:01:55Z")
As some of you know, I am a resident of the small European country of Luxembourg. And right now, we are all abuzz with the upcoming transfer of power from our currently reigning monarch to his son. Both my kids are among… --- ## [The Inexplicably Unobtainable Hillbilly Crash Helmet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-inexplicably-unobtainable-hillbilly-crash-helmet/1024850)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-inexplicably-unobtainable-hillbilly-crash-helmet/1024850 "2025-11-14T16:00:18Z")
I’m on a tear the last couple of years going to every surf, sixties, retro garage concert I can. I really want a piece of clothing that makes it easy for fellow enthusiasts to find me in a crowd. This is the item I have … --- ## [Tell me some funny WiFi network names you've seen in the wild. .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-some-funny-wifi-network-names-youve-seen-in-the-wild/1024215)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-some-funny-wifi-network-names-youve-seen-in-the-wild/1024215 "2025-11-14T14:31:54Z")
I was doing my ‘Tripler thing’ downtown yesterday, and walking by a little coffee shop, I saw a network: Wu-Tang-LAN Obviously, I didn’t connect to it, but it made me snerk. It reminded me of two more I’ve seen: Rout… --- ## ["Nepo" Tharoor hack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nepo-tharoor-hack/1024841)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nepo-tharoor-hack/1024841 "2025-11-13T23:32:51Z")
The AI comment summary to “Kazakhstan’s curious journey to the Abraham Accords” by Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, November 10, 2025, was hacked to make his name “Nepo Tharoor.” Ishaan is the son of famous writer Shashi… --- ## [Fictional Birthdays](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-birthdays/1024786)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-birthdays/1024786 "2025-11-13T02:27:34Z")
Celebrating the birthdays of fictional characters, of course. Today is the 113th birthday of Woodrow Wilson Smith, aka Lazarus Long. I would say may he live forever…but that would be redundant. --- ## [Do you use pennies (USA one cent coin)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-pennies-usa-one-cent-coin/1013421)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 249\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-pennies-usa-one-cent-coin/1013421 "2025-11-12T21:38:50Z")
I read recently that a significant number of pennies are not spent. A typical consumer, when they get pennies in change will throw them into a jar or will sometimes throw them in the trash when they get home. The signi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=38)