# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=371 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 372 --- ## [Changed my location field](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-my-location-field/841012)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-my-location-field/841012 "2019-10-02T21:58:29Z")
See above right. Sigh. (In other news, my pm box is full, my computer isn’t working, and my e-mail on my ancient iPhone is clogged. If you’ve tried to communicate with me recently, carrier pigeon is probably more reli… --- ## [Happy Belated Birthday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-belated-birthday/841053)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-belated-birthday/841053 "2019-10-02T18:05:21Z")
Too mundane and pointless to qualify as even a mini-rant. For years, people have been missing the date to wish one of their friends “Happy Birthday.” When they did this, it was the custom to send said friend a greeting … --- ## [Best/Worst Typo/Spell-Check Error You've Seen Lately](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-worst-typo-spell-check-error-youve-seen-lately/725157)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-worst-typo-spell-check-error-youve-seen-lately/725157 "2019-10-02T17:44:52Z")
Thought-provoking and totally Mundane. Based on a thread in GQ, I was wondering about any observations regarding typos. Are there even editors at major publications anymore? Personally, I will not admit to anything u… --- ## [Hundreds of thousands of people plan to rush Area 51 so they can see aliens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hundreds-of-thousands-of-people-plan-to-rush-area-51-so-they-can-see-aliens/836988)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2019, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hundreds-of-thousands-of-people-plan-to-rush-area-51-so-they-can-see-aliens/836988 "2019-10-02T12:34:51Z")
Unlikely that any more than a dozen would actually show up, but several hundred thousand people plan to storm the Area 51 facility in September to get a look at those aliens in freezers. There are also Facebook planning… --- ## [Does anyone know anything about Legion solar or companies like it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-anything-about-legion-solar-or-companies-like-it/841016)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-anything-about-legion-solar-or-companies-like-it/841016 "2019-10-01T22:08:33Z")
In America, solar costs have declined but that is mostly because the solar panels themselves have declined in price. Panels went from about $3-5 a watt down to around $0.50 a watt over the last 15 years. … --- ## [Some people online today, are profoundly mentally ill!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-online-today-are-profoundly-mentally-ill/840965)
**Author:** [@Peter\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_A)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-online-today-are-profoundly-mentally-ill/840965 "2019-09-30T21:24:33Z")
So I go on quite a number of forums, normally to talk about games, and movies. Maybe music too, but I don’t bother talking about music that much any more, as my taste is probably a bit too niche for most youngsters. I’m … --- ## [Health Insurers and Step Therapy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-insurers-and-step-therapy/838679)
**Author:** [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-insurers-and-step-therapy/838679 "2019-08-23T02:54:56Z")
In this thread, Ann Hedonia states: This is referred to as “step therapy,” and like many issues, it’s more complicated than this. For starters, drug pricing is arbitrary and set by what the market will bear. Why does o… --- ## [Identify this beautiful insect pupa?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-beautiful-insect-pupa/840717)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-beautiful-insect-pupa/840717 "2019-09-30T15:17:58Z")
So we found this attached to some leafy greens. No idea who this will become, if the pupa’s even still viable. But it’s very pretty, pearlescent green with, I kid you not, metallic gold highlights. Dorsal view \[Side… --- ## [Change of seasons in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-of-seasons-in-the-mmp/840690)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-of-seasons-in-the-mmp/840690 "2019-09-30T02:42:09Z")
It’s autumn, at least according to the calendar. Locally, we’re expecting temps in the low 90s. That’s so wrong!!! I’m ready to put away the shorts and pull out the hoodies. But, of course, there’s no climate change - … --- ## [Spring massacre killer Ron haskell should be put into a tank with general population with about 85 p](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-massacre-killer-ron-haskell-should-be-put-into-a-tank-with-general-population-with-about-85-p/840943)
**Author:** [@Bornvillan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bornvillan)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-massacre-killer-ron-haskell-should-be-put-into-a-tank-with-general-population-with-about-85-p/840943 "2019-09-29T22:39:05Z")
I hate a fat family killer --- ## [Odd Compliment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-compliment/840986)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-compliment/840986 "2019-09-29T17:52:22Z")
Got a very odd compliment today. Took my son (who will be 13 in 3 weeks, and needs to eat about every 45 minutes) to a fast food place that shall remain unnamed for French fries and chocolate milk. I ordered a light lemo… --- ## [Have you ever officiated at a wedding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-officiated-at-a-wedding/840321)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2019, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-officiated-at-a-wedding/840321 "2019-09-29T17:47:23Z")
I have been asked to officiate at a good friend’s wedding at the end of this month, due to the fact that she remembered that I had joined the Universal Life Church recently. Has anyone here officiated at a wedding befor… --- ## [Gone Sailing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gone-sailing/840995)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gone-sailing/840995 "2019-09-29T15:53:49Z")
“We clear the harbor and the wind catches her sails and my beautiful ship leans over ever so gracefully, and her elegant bow cuts cleanly into the increasing chop of the waves. I take a deep breath and my chest expands a… --- ## [best memory of Mom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-memory-of-mom/840863)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2019, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-memory-of-mom/840863 "2019-09-29T13:01:33Z")
My best memory of Mom happened over a two week or so span about 40 or so years ago. I was hospitalized for a long time and the way that I remember it, my mom came to visit me every single day that I was hospitalized. … --- ## [In California, even the bears are wine snobs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-california-even-the-bears-are-wine-snobs/840961)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-california-even-the-bears-are-wine-snobs/840961 "2019-09-29T00:15:51Z")
But of course: California bear with refined palate munches only on pinot noir grapes --- ## [Heavy Trash Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-trash-day/840636)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-trash-day/840636 "2019-09-28T18:20:08Z")
Thats what we call the day when you can put out most of your junk like old furniture, mattresses, and such and they pick up darn near anything. They also allow you to haul truckloads of construction debris to the dump fo… --- ## [Surprising etymology: carnival](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-etymology-carnival/840875)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-etymology-carnival/840875 "2019-09-28T15:51:00Z")
I knew that carnival derives from the Italian carnevale and I had always assumed that that word simply amalgamated the words for meat and goodbye. Makes perfect sense, no? It may make sense but that is not the origin. … --- ## [Your experience with becoming allergic to shellfish as an adult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experience-with-becoming-allergic-to-shellfish-as-an-adult/840886)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2019, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experience-with-becoming-allergic-to-shellfish-as-an-adult/840886 "2019-09-28T09:06:00Z")
Today for lunch I had a bowl of shrimp wonton soup. I’ve eaten shrimp all my life without any problem, including as recently as just a few weeks ago. Today, however, was different. About an hour after I ate I started exp… --- ## [Influence Peddling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/influence-peddling/840922)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2019, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/influence-peddling/840922 "2019-09-28T05:23:56Z")
There is a good article on the Atlantic website about how it has become acceptable for connected people to become directors because they have access to power due to their names or former positions. The article gives an … --- ## [Greta Thunberg helpline for angry adults](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greta-thunberg-helpline-for-angry-adults/840913)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greta-thunberg-helpline-for-angry-adults/840913 "2019-09-28T02:54:51Z")
Are you an adult angry at a child? Trained operators are here to tolerate you. This video from an Australian comedian is worth watching: https://twitter.com/markhumphries/status/1177178666402365440 --- ## [Our Oak Tree -- RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-oak-tree-rip/840712)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-oak-tree-rip/840712 "2019-09-27T17:23:31Z")
Sad to say, the huge Oak tree that stands behind our house, sheltering it from the summer sun, giving the squirrels a place to retreat from our cats, and holding up one end of our clothesline, is no more. This morning a … --- ## [I Climbed the Manitou Incline - Ask Me Anything!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-climbed-the-manitou-incline-ask-me-anything/840743)
**Author:** [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-climbed-the-manitou-incline-ask-me-anything/840743 "2019-09-27T16:56:08Z")
Don’t actually ask me anything, but I do feel a little proud of this one. I just moved to town a few weeks ago, and all of the hiking around Colorado Springs has been taunting me. I stopped working out about five years… --- ## [Beckdawreks bad, bad, bad Alien visitation. (Or WTH? did you see that)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-alien-visitation-or-wth-did-you-see-that/840029)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-alien-visitation-or-wth-did-you-see-that/840029 "2019-09-27T15:15:28Z")
Spurred on by an unfortunate spillage of milk, instead of crying I washed my hair. This is harder than you would think. I’m working with less than optimal use of my arms and I just had stitches removed from my forehead. … --- ## [What's so bad about a dumpster fire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-a-dumpster-fire/840719)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-a-dumpster-fire/840719 "2019-09-27T13:02:15Z")
Everything that’s terrible these days gets labeled a “dumpster fire.” But what’s so terrible about a dumpster fire? It’s a fire in a steel box with a lid, so it’s self-contained and easy to put out. What’s more, the onl… --- ## [A new Darwin Award honorable mention](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-darwin-award-honorable-mention/840740)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2019, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-darwin-award-honorable-mention/840740 "2019-09-27T04:01:34Z")
Whenever you think that people can’t get any more stupid, the world is happy to prove you wrong. Fortunately for the child, the cat was too severely injured to actually do anything. I fully expect to see this woman … --- ## [Roads on the border -- portmanteaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roads-on-the-border-portmanteaus/840658)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roads-on-the-border-portmanteaus/840658 "2019-09-27T01:39:24Z")
I’ve recently found a couple examples of roads that run along township lines and that have a name that’s a portmanteau of those townships’ names. I already knew of a few other road names composed this way, and I strongly… --- ## [Any Franklin Planner users here? (help finding a Franklin product)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-franklin-planner-users-here-help-finding-a-franklin-product/840858)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-franklin-planner-users-here-help-finding-a-franklin-product/840858 "2019-09-26T21:25:07Z")
I have an old Franklin Quest cover, pocket size (pages are 3.5” x 6”), that was not for a planner, it is dedicated for notes. The cover looks like a checkbook cover but a little bit bigger. I’m looking for a notepad refi… --- ## [Belgian F16 pilot stuck on high voltage line after ejecting.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgian-f16-pilot-stuck-on-high-voltage-line-after-ejecting/840489)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2019, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgian-f16-pilot-stuck-on-high-voltage-line-after-ejecting/840489 "2019-09-26T13:09:07Z")
Hope the police don’t charge him with anything. All in all a pretty lousy if electrifying morning for the fella. --- ## [Any one else in a bad job situation they can't afford to leave?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-one-else-in-a-bad-job-situation-they-cant-afford-to-leave/840469)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2019, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-one-else-in-a-bad-job-situation-they-cant-afford-to-leave/840469 "2019-09-26T11:58:40Z")
I’ve been a school librarian for 14 years, after an equal amount of time in academic/public libraries. The rigid schedule would have burnt me out after 6-8 years if I hadn’t landed in a school where I had an open schedu… --- ## [If you’re going to be a pedant, you’d better actually be correct!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-re-going-to-be-a-pedant-you-d-better-actually-be-correct/840825)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2019, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-re-going-to-be-a-pedant-you-d-better-actually-be-correct/840825 "2019-09-26T07:44:17Z")
:smack: Even if there were no issue about a predicate nominative, I would argue that a transitive verb would take the entire clause as its object and therefore the “whoever” would still be nominative. But I can see t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=370) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=372)