# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=380 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 381 --- ## [Make-Up Recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-recommendations/506342)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-recommendations/506342 "2009-08-17T23:14:48Z")
Any dopers have make up that they absolutely swear by (or against)? In the thread on overhyped products, Maybelline’s mascara got several pluses. I like it, but as I said in the other thread, pretty much all mascara se… --- ## [The old socket set](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-socket-set/838188)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-socket-set/838188 "2019-08-13T02:19:36Z")
Dad bought a new Toyota Corona Mk II wagon in 1972. He also bought a metric socket set. As a teen, I used it to work on my motorcycles (mostly changing spark plugs in those two-stroke engines). I don’t know when I, erm… --- ## [Oahu homesharing (VRBO, Airbnb) in peril](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oahu-homesharing-vrbo-airbnb-in-peril/838564)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oahu-homesharing-vrbo-airbnb-in-peril/838564 "2019-08-13T01:51:15Z")
A couple of years ago we stayed at a lovely cottage in Lanikai on the island of Oahu, and we mean to stay there again. We just received an email from the owner stating that a new law passed in Oahu charging huge fines f… --- ## [Wire transfer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wire-transfer/838574)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2019, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wire-transfer/838574 "2019-08-12T23:42:58Z")
Anyone with experience with receiving a wire transfer payment? I’m going to be receiving some money via wire transfer pretty soon. I know it costs me a fee to receive money this way. Anything else I should look out for?… --- ## [Meet a Mod (and an Admin) for lunch on Saturday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-a-mod-and-an-admin-for-lunch-on-saturday/837980)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-a-mod-and-an-admin-for-lunch-on-saturday/837980 "2019-08-12T20:40:19Z")
Atlanta area Dopers: Ric Wayman (your Mod Rico) will be making a lunchtime visit on Saturday as he’s passing through town. Sorry for the short notice, but anybody want to meet us at the home of “What’ll ya have?” (The… --- ## [Trump mocks SK’s accent, among other things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-mocks-sk-s-accent-among-other-things/838531)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-mocks-sk-s-accent-among-other-things/838531 "2019-08-12T20:17:52Z")
Sorry, screwed up post. Link anyway: Trump Used Asian Accent to Mock US Allies at Fundraiser – Rolling Stone --- ## [This Is Why You Need A Dashcam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-you-need-a-dashcam/685953)
**Author:** [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2014, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-you-need-a-dashcam/685953 "2014-09-24T12:49:40Z")
Having video of your own accident can be useful in court. --- ## [Downed Vietnam era pilot returned home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downed-vietnam-era-pilot-returned-home/838438)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downed-vietnam-era-pilot-returned-home/838438 "2019-08-12T13:34:34Z")
Story here: Vietnam War pilot's remains flown home to Texas by his son, a Southwest pilot Excerpt: “The remains of a U.S. Air Force pilot who died while serving in the Vietnam War were personally flown home by the man’… --- ## [Most Mentally Ill Are NOT Violent.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-mentally-ill-are-not-violent/838378)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2019, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-mentally-ill-are-not-violent/838378 "2019-08-12T05:57:09Z")
As I write this, we’ve had two more incidents of mass shootings. And it has us taking again about many important issues, which is good. And many politicians have chimed in, not surprisingly, which can be good (more on th… --- ## ["Sympathetic" news articles that los you right off the bat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathetic-news-articles-that-los-you-right-off-the-bat/837626)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2019, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathetic-news-articles-that-los-you-right-off-the-bat/837626 "2019-08-12T05:11:16Z")
Read a newspaper article yesterday (Chicago Trib - sorry, can’t find a link), that was discussing whether even $15/hr was a “living wage.” I tend to be a supporter of wage/wealth parity, and am concerned about the types… --- ## [Good evening - a VERY late MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-evening-a-very-late-mmp/838194)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2019, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-evening-a-very-late-mmp/838194 "2019-08-12T04:23:56Z")
At least it’s still Moanday - at least at my house. Happy Moanday! --- ## [Looking for a baby blue acylic woven 1970s satin trim blanket](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-baby-blue-acylic-woven-1970s-satin-trim-blanket/838344)
**Author:** [@MehJewl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MehJewl)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-baby-blue-acylic-woven-1970s-satin-trim-blanket/838344 "2019-08-11T20:27:11Z")
I had one when I was a baby and carried it with me everywhere. I had it till it literally fell apart several years ago. I have been looking for a replacement for several years now. I found a couple on Ebay similar but pe… --- ## [Deported man dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deported-man-dies/838419)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deported-man-dies/838419 "2019-08-11T14:23:33Z")
Jimmy Aldaoud, a diabetic with mental issues and a minor criminal past, was deported from the United States to Iran. He was born in Greece, and never been to Iran, didn’t speak Arabic. “Wesam Yako, a U.S. Army veteran w… --- ## [Question for Police Officers or those that know the answer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-police-officers-or-those-that-know-the-answer/838490)
**Author:** [@Tempe\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tempe_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-police-officers-or-those-that-know-the-answer/838490 "2019-08-11T12:36:53Z")
Our Metro area occasionally has an Officer die in the line of duty and, fundraiser spring up immediately for the family left behind. What typical benefits does the immediate family get for a work-related death in your ar… --- ## [Write a letter to your past self \[Hypothetical\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-letter-to-your-past-self-hypothetical/838253)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2019, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-letter-to-your-past-self-hypothetical/838253 "2019-08-11T03:43:31Z")
Due to shenanigans you have been given the opportunity to write a traditional physical letter to your past self, namely it will pop through the letterbox of wherever you happened to be residing on your 10th birthday. Edi… --- ## [How often do you see transgendered people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-see-transgendered-people/838333)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2019, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-see-transgendered-people/838333 "2019-08-11T02:12:08Z")
While at Safeway today, I was pleasantly surprised that my checkout person was transgendered. (And if you wonder how I knew, she had her preferred pronoun pin on her apron.) I’m a crossdresser myself, and this was only… --- ## [Retirees - what made you say good-bye to your job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirees-what-made-you-say-good-bye-to-your-job/838054)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2019, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirees-what-made-you-say-good-bye-to-your-job/838054 "2019-08-11T00:36:51Z")
Everyone has that moment, right? The realization that it’s time to kick back and enjoy the theoretical golden years - time to travel or take up a full-time hobby or just veg and enjoy idleness. What was your trigger? … --- ## [What are you an expert in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-an-expert-in/838391)
**Author:** [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-an-expert-in/838391 "2019-08-10T20:26:42Z")
So, school starts soon, and educators are talking about what they will do this year to get kids interested in school. Our district is going with Deep Learning; today was the first time I heard about this iteration of th… --- ## [New house construction- flood insurance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-house-construction-flood-insurance/838376)
**Author:** [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-house-construction-flood-insurance/838376 "2019-08-10T18:16:08Z")
My son owns a lot, is about to have a house built. He was offered (optional) flood insurance to cover the period of construction. One time premium of $300, deductible of $25,000. This sounds really bizarre. Anyone with i… --- ## [Beckdawrek is having a bad, bad, bad sale!(you want it, you know you do)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-having-a-bad-bad-bad-sale-you-want-it-you-know-you-do/838351)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-having-a-bad-bad-bad-sale-you-want-it-you-know-you-do/838351 "2019-08-10T16:36:49Z")
FOR SALE (or giveaway) Two almost 3 year old Siamese cats. Bro/Sis pair. Beautiful and smart. Blue eyes like cool pools of water. Long pedigrees. Low milage (still won’t wear harnesses to go on walkies) Loudest me… --- ## [After 29 Years of Service, First Mountie to Wear a Turban Retires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-29-years-of-service-first-mountie-to-wear-a-turban-retires/838392)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-29-years-of-service-first-mountie-to-wear-a-turban-retires/838392 "2019-08-10T15:48:50Z")
“A tiff with the nation” Thirty years ago, a young Canadian was accepted by Canada’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police as a cadet. But he walked away from the offer. Baltej Dhillon was a Sikh, which requires male adherents… --- ## [Did Live Science change their layout?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-live-science-change-their-layout/838440)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-live-science-change-their-layout/838440 "2019-08-10T14:39:16Z")
As the title asks, or is there something goofy going on with my browser? Yesterday it was the scrolling handful of articles at the top with the various sections underneath. Today it’s a totally different layout, more “… --- ## [Jeffrey Epsteins arrest for child sex-trafficking.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffrey-epsteins-arrest-for-child-sex-trafficking/836751)
**Author:** [@Tempe\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tempe_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffrey-epsteins-arrest-for-child-sex-trafficking/836751 "2019-08-10T13:48:43Z")
I see Bill Clinton was a ‘frequent-flyer’ with him to various locales. I wonder who else has been serviced by Mr. Epsteins ‘Lolitas’ ? Should be interesting, to say the least. --- ## [NYC Dopefest Saturday August 10?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest-saturday-august-10/835985)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest-saturday-august-10/835985 "2019-08-10T13:23:36Z")
I will be in Manhattan for the day on Saturday 10 Aug. I’ll be arriving by Amtrak in the morning and leaving in the evening, accompanying my wife who will be at a conference all day. Generally I use these day trips as … --- ## [I Almost Saw a Child Die Last Saturday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-almost-saw-a-child-die-last-saturday/838241)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2019, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-almost-saw-a-child-die-last-saturday/838241 "2019-08-09T22:56:31Z")
Now if you’ve followed a few of my threads, you’ll know I am not someone who goes all melty over children. I avoid them if I can, but if they annoy me, I will post a complaint thread here, because people get all pissed … --- ## [Jim Carrey Deepfake Of The Shining](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-carrey-deepfake-of-the-shining/836803)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-carrey-deepfake-of-the-shining/836803 "2019-08-09T16:26:37Z")
This is Jim Carrey’s face digitally overlaid on Jack Nicholson’s performance in The Shining. It’s entirely computer generated aside from the input data. Here’s more information about Deepfake, the technology used to cre… --- ## [Porn is gradually becoming ridiculous](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-is-gradually-becoming-ridiculous/834868)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-is-gradually-becoming-ridiculous/834868 "2019-08-09T15:25:10Z")
I’ve noticed that porn is being infilterated by cartoon / henta porn. Which is simultaneously pornagraphic and not anatomically accurate. Which know reminds me of those nature documentaries where some bug/bird/animal is… --- ## [I've started a YouTube channel focused on cybersecurity.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-started-a-youtube-channel-focused-on-cybersecurity/834055)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-started-a-youtube-channel-focused-on-cybersecurity/834055 "2019-08-09T14:49:18Z")
Posted with permission of the mods. Because I don’t have enough side projects in my life, I’ve gone and started a YouTube channel! The channel is called “Cyber What?”, and the goal is to explain cybersecurity topics to … --- ## [August 8th is International Cat Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-8th-is-international-cat-day/838379)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-8th-is-international-cat-day/838379 "2019-08-09T13:34:24Z")
Despite my Doper Name, I had no idea. Now, I have to think of something special for my three meowzers. My youngest just lost his milk fangs. Today is also the 31st anniversary of the lights coming on at Wrigley Field. … --- ## [NYC Taxis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-taxis/838346)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2019, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-taxis/838346 "2019-08-09T07:53:52Z")
I despise the tv screens in the NYC taxis. You can turn them off but after a few minutes they turn themselves back on. So obnoxious and they wonder why we are all moving to ridesbares. Just needed to bitch. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=379) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=381)