# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=377 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 378 --- ## [A nerd figures out what 9/11 was really about](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nerd-figures-out-what-9-11-was-really-about/839431)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nerd-figures-out-what-9-11-was-really-about/839431 "2019-08-29T23:55:10Z")
It wasn’t about religion. It wasn’t about oil. It was about me. People say I’m self-centered but I’m really pretty sure about this. In April 2001, I visited New York with some family members. We got to the World Trade … --- ## [You are eventually going to stub your toe again on a very hard surface and it's going to hurt a lot.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-eventually-going-to-stub-your-toe-again-on-a-very-hard-surface-and-its-going-to-hurt-a-lot/839276)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2019, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-eventually-going-to-stub-your-toe-again-on-a-very-hard-surface-and-its-going-to-hurt-a-lot/839276 "2019-08-29T19:31:23Z")
It will happen someday and all you can do is wait. --- ## [Surprising info you found out about an historical figure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-info-you-found-out-about-an-historical-figure/838861)
**Author:** [@mako88sb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mako88sb)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-info-you-found-out-about-an-historical-figure/838861 "2019-08-29T18:08:24Z")
I’ve always been interested in the age of sail naval battles which of course included the Napoleonic wars but never really read much about the land battles. I stumbled upon Simon Scarrow’s “Young Bloods” series and decid… --- ## [My year (and a bit) of living stupidly….is OVER! (longish)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-year-and-a-bit-of-living-stupidly-is-over-longish/839344)
**Author:** [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2019, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-year-and-a-bit-of-living-stupidly-is-over-longish/839344 "2019-08-29T07:01:45Z")
April 9, 2018, I walked into my supervisor’s office at work before the stat of my shift and told him I was quitting…now. No notice, here’s my badge……bye. I had been a solid employee there for more than seventeen years, k… --- ## [Show me your Pet Videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-your-pet-videos/839326)
**Author:** [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-your-pet-videos/839326 "2019-08-28T19:38:26Z")
Hey Guys, What do you have for pet videos? I hope I am posting this in the right forum, I did some checking, lol. Here is mine. Just for fun, not commercial. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W\_zGVKTsQCE The music “D… --- ## [\[Parody\] The iPhone turns out to have evolved naturally](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parody-the-iphone-turns-out-to-have-evolved-naturally/791937)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parody-the-iphone-turns-out-to-have-evolved-naturally/791937 "2019-08-28T13:39:14Z")
This is from a site that’s basically the Christian equivalent of the Onion. --- ## [Woman Uses Power Saw To Break Into Botox Clinic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-uses-power-saw-to-break-into-botox-clinic/839323)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-uses-power-saw-to-break-into-botox-clinic/839323 "2019-08-27T20:18:08Z")
Boy, I remember when, if a woman wanted the appearance of perpetual youth, she had to steal a man’s pituitary gland. Now all you need is a power saw, and you don’t have to kill anybody. Where’s the fun in that? --- ## [What is your favorite star name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-star-name/839195)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-star-name/839195 "2019-08-27T18:56:48Z")
I’m kind of partial to Arcturus. To me it sounds a little ominous. I also like Antares. Sounds 50s sci-fi. --- ## [Home Security alarms - can be a PITA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-security-alarms-can-be-a-pita/839230)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-security-alarms-can-be-a-pita/839230 "2019-08-27T18:23:23Z")
I would never own a house alarm that stealthily rang police. Oh hell No!!! Absolutely not. My mom’s alarm company always calls first and we provide a code. The men in blue are not called and life peacefully goes on. … --- ## [I need a double-sided clipboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269 "2019-08-27T18:07:36Z")
I am looking for a double-sided clipboard-a simple fiberboard or plastic board with a clip at the top of both sides. No compartments, no folding, no built-in calculator, no metal or plastic box with a clip attached some… --- ## [Remember the "IRS Scandal"? Never happened.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-irs-scandal-never-happened/839123)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-irs-scandal-never-happened/839123 "2019-08-27T17:59:17Z")
Like most of the Right’s arguments, it was based on a lie and now definitively proven to have never happened. People (like me) have been saying that for years but the final report was released and that’s that. I will awa… --- ## [RIP Al Haynes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-al-haynes/839263)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2019, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-al-haynes/839263 "2019-08-27T12:23:34Z")
Al Haynes, pilot of Flight 232 that crash landed in Sioux City in 1989, dies at age 87 He did a hell of a job of flying. --- ## [The new Gillette ad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-gillette-ad/827873)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2019, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-gillette-ad/827873 "2019-08-27T10:35:21Z")
Been hearing about all the hubbub cause by their new ad. So I watched it. Meh. So I went online to read about all of the opposing views. Almost without exception, every ad buried in the online articles was for Harry’s Ra… --- ## [Brit Dopers - thoughts on Lembit Öpik?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dopers-thoughts-on-lembit-opik/839160)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2019, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dopers-thoughts-on-lembit-opik/839160 "2019-08-27T07:47:20Z")
So for some reason, this article from the UK popped up on my feed: “Lembit Öpik just got dumped on Twitter - and it was pretty brutal.” So, intrigued by the name, and the idea of some one named Öpik being a former MP… --- ## [Interesting iMessage - gotta be a scam, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-imessage-gotta-be-a-scam-right/838905)
**Author:** [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2019, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-imessage-gotta-be-a-scam-right/838905 "2019-08-27T02:01:28Z")
I got an iMessage from a gmail account that looked like an address that a real person might use. It said, There is like a one in a million shot that this guy got an old iPhone of mine from eBay. I don’t think so, but r… --- ## [Trump Headlines: As God is my witness, I couldn't tell which was the satire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-headlines-as-god-is-my-witness-i-couldnt-tell-which-was-the-satire/838829)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2019, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-headlines-as-god-is-my-witness-i-couldnt-tell-which-was-the-satire/838829 "2019-08-27T01:10:54Z")
Earlier this month, two headlines popped up on my news feed. I had a feeling that one of them had to be satire, but I couldn’t tell which one, without opening both and reading them: Trump Demands Facebook Investigate W… --- ## [Just got scolded from the chef for a YELP review!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-scolded-from-the-chef-for-a-yelp-review/652093)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-scolded-from-the-chef-for-a-yelp-review/652093 "2013-03-06T23:32:17Z")
Yikes! He told me NEVER come back because the problems I had with the service and food was my fault…okay then. :rolleyes: --- ## [My cat has a rightful owner after all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-has-a-rightful-owner-after-all/839251)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-has-a-rightful-owner-after-all/839251 "2019-08-26T19:13:50Z")
About 5 years ago, a coworker posted on Facebook that he had found a cat, very affectionate but a bit lanky, and had determined that the cat was homeless. He was posting because winter was coming and he couldn’t take the… --- ## [Ice water & other missed things in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-water-other-missed-things-in-the-mmp/838862)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2019, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-water-other-missed-things-in-the-mmp/838862 "2019-08-26T03:22:30Z")
(Hey, it’s well into Moanday for me.) I get to go home this week, despite a 24-hourish day & three continents my plan is to stop at the bar & get a big glass of ice water. Oh how I’ve missed that soooo much. I’m serio… --- ## [Beckdawrek is bad, bad, bad, yet once again. (or: my life was spared once again)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-bad-bad-bad-yet-once-again-or-my-life-was-spared-once-again/839035)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2019, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-bad-bad-bad-yet-once-again-or-my-life-was-spared-once-again/839035 "2019-08-26T01:57:36Z")
Yesterday was a good day. Until. Until my Continuous Glucose Monitor crapped out. It was displaying ‘System-error’. It alarmed and between me jerking the thingy off my upper arm and trying to remove batteries from the m… --- ## ["A new high school will have ... places to hide from a mass shooter"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-high-school-will-have-places-to-hide-from-a-mass-shooter/839114)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2019, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-high-school-will-have-places-to-hide-from-a-mass-shooter/839114 "2019-08-26T00:53:43Z")
“A new high school will have sleek classrooms — and places to hide from a mass shooter” This is where we are now. :frowning: --- ## [So, Whatcha doing today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whatcha-doing-today/839155)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whatcha-doing-today/839155 "2019-08-25T23:43:14Z")
It’s Saturday and that means a Soccer Game for my grandson. He’s five and quite the natural little athlete. Then probably some swimming since it’s going to be close to 100 degrees here. Not terribly exciting, but it’s… --- ## [I have retired.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-retired/836447)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2019, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-retired/836447 "2019-08-25T21:26:49Z")
At the risk of boring those who’ve read my other posts, in May I decided I had spent enough of my life working. A variety of events, including a few heart problems, and a co-worker who tragically won’t get to retire – p… --- ## [I don't think I want my brother in my life anymore.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-want-my-brother-in-my-life-anymore/762528)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-want-my-brother-in-my-life-anymore/762528 "2019-08-25T21:01:19Z")
I don’t think I want my brother in my life anymore. It makes me very sad to come to that realization but if I’m honest I just don’t want someone like him in my life. It’s hard because it’s my brother, you know? We’re ve… --- ## [Phishers aren't even trying anymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phishers-arent-even-trying-anymore/839135)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phishers-arent-even-trying-anymore/839135 "2019-08-25T17:29:35Z")
I’d highlight the errors, but they’re blatant. I don’t suppose their college offered a course in using Spell Check. --- ## [Video in public buildings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-in-public-buildings/839154)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2019, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-in-public-buildings/839154 "2019-08-25T11:30:53Z")
Something kinda weird going on in Colorado. Some group is going around to public/government buildings with video cameras and walking into any place or office that is not posted as ‘Authorized personnel only’ and videoin… --- ## [So, My Retirement is Over](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-retirement-is-over/838850)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2019, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-retirement-is-over/838850 "2019-08-25T09:15:04Z")
As of this past Monday, I am now once again gainfully employed. It happened fast, too! Long story short, I connected with someone on LinkedIn who put me in touch with a local someone else who forwarded my resume over t… --- ## [TSA require your U.S. driver's license to have a star to fly in 2020...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-require-your-u-s-drivers-license-to-have-a-star-to-fly-in-2020/834496)
**Author:** [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Replies:** 263\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2019, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-require-your-u-s-drivers-license-to-have-a-star-to-fly-in-2020/834496 "2019-08-25T03:02:03Z")
Just heard from my boss that TSA will require driver’s licenses to be REAL ID complaint to fly in 2020. The identifying mark will be a star on the top right of the ID. Hmmm…remember the last time a star was used to iden… --- ## [Bummed. Big kidney stone.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bummed-big-kidney-stone/838569)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bummed-big-kidney-stone/838569 "2019-08-24T14:21:35Z")
Urologist: “We have the results of your X-Ray, and you have a stone on the left side. The size is one point seven…” Napier (thinking): (Oh, easy, a one point seven millimeter stone could pass without me even noticing it… --- ## [Now Charles is "The Judd" \[David Koch dead at 79\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-charles-is-the-judd-david-koch-dead-at-79/839100)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2019, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-charles-is-the-judd-david-koch-dead-at-79/839100 "2019-08-24T11:59:46Z")
David Koch dead at 79. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=376) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=378)