# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=382 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 383 --- ## [Paypal Will Let The Merchant Update Your CC Data](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-will-let-the-merchant-update-your-cc-data/838099)
**Author:** [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-will-let-the-merchant-update-your-cc-data/838099 "2019-08-03T13:49:35Z")
This from a Paypal update they emailed me a link to today; ‘When made available, Account Updater will allow merchants to update their U.S. customers’ eligible card data stored with PayPal to enable the seamless processin… --- ## [Lost... and found (the hard way)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-and-found-the-hard-way/837806)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2019, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-and-found-the-hard-way/837806 "2019-08-02T22:18:34Z")
Inspired by this thread where Two Many Cats loses her wallet, only to discover it was in her other hand the whole time. What are some things that you have lost, and later found, although not in ways or places that you wo… --- ## [I haven't returned an item to the library](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-returned-an-item-to-the-library/837924)
**Author:** [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-returned-an-item-to-the-library/837924 "2019-08-02T20:51:36Z")
In the ‘70s I borrowed a cassette tape of Tapestry by Carole King from the library, and haven’t returned it yet. I believe it’s tucked away in a box somewhere at my parents’ house. It’s over 40 years overdue. --- ## [Help get rid of the stink under my watch!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-get-rid-of-the-stink-under-my-watch/68846)
**Author:** [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2019, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-get-rid-of-the-stink-under-my-watch/68846 "2019-08-02T11:45:12Z")
First, let me say that I am not a stinky person by nature. I guess I’m just blessed that way or something. :rolleyes: :wink: Ok, so here’s my predicament: Near the end of a typical workday, I can occasionally catch a w… --- ## [Autocorrect question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autocorrect-question/837851)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2019, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autocorrect-question/837851 "2019-08-02T04:32:35Z")
I have an iPhone, not sure if this applies to all smart phones… Sometimes when I’m typing (like here, for example) and misspell a word it will display it as I typed it but put a red line underneath it. But when I tap th… --- ## [How do those ventilators that measure resting metabolic rate account for hyperventilation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-those-ventilators-that-measure-resting-metabolic-rate-account-for-hyperventilation/838034)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2019, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-those-ventilators-that-measure-resting-metabolic-rate-account-for-hyperventilation/838034 "2019-08-02T02:05:26Z")
I recently had my RMR tested using a ventilator. The guy measured a baseline reading for maybe 5 minutes, then had me breathe into it for 20 minutes. My RMR is a little over 10 calories per lb of bodyweight according to… --- ## [My wife is giving up. (Long, boring, bloggy)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-giving-up-long-boring-bloggy/661249)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-giving-up-long-boring-bloggy/661249 "2019-08-02T01:30:06Z")
We have had this idea that it is my wife’s “turn” to pursue something past her useless bachelor’s degree, to go in whatever direction she wants with it. She put me through eight years, she deserves the same in return. Ha… --- ## [My condo is falling apart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-condo-is-falling-apart/835896)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-condo-is-falling-apart/835896 "2019-08-01T21:28:16Z")
Old water damage. $1500 of damage has escalated into $5100. I’m losing my mind. 1 day of work = 3 days, now. I have no leave days left at work. --- ## [Pencil sharpener museum.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pencil-sharpener-museum/837961)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2019, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pencil-sharpener-museum/837961 "2019-08-01T20:03:47Z")
I run across strange things fairly often. Here is a neat one, 3400 pencil sharpeners: --- ## [Beckdawrek has a bad, bad, bad infestation. (Or, damn-it!!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-has-a-bad-bad-bad-infestation-or-damn-it/837853)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2019, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-has-a-bad-bad-bad-infestation-or-damn-it/837853 "2019-08-01T06:52:03Z")
Last Friday was a momentous day. Mr.Wrekker came home from the lake as we were leaving to go for my latest adventure in Diabetic nonsense. He said, I quote “I killed 2 snakes on the driveway just now” and “Bye” What? … --- ## [Hi all, been a while](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all-been-a-while/837958)
**Author:** [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2019, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all-been-a-while/837958 "2019-08-01T06:01:32Z")
Hey ya Dopers. Just wanted to check in and say hi. --- ## ["Jeffrey Epstein Hoped to Seed Human Race With His DNA"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffrey-epstein-hoped-to-seed-human-race-with-his-dna/837971)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2019, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffrey-epstein-hoped-to-seed-human-race-with-his-dna/837971 "2019-08-01T05:16:49Z")
“Jeffrey Epstein Hoped to Seed Human Race With His DNA” Ok. That’s it. Check, please. Beam me up, Scottie. --- ## [To match.com or not to match.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-match-com-or-not-to-match-com/837320)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2019, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-match-com-or-not-to-match-com/837320 "2019-08-01T04:31:14Z")
I signed up for this a couple of months ago, because you can’t even look at the site until you sign up. But you can’t look at any messages until you pay them money and cost = ouch! They want a credit card. I want to … --- ## [U.S/Mexico Border See-Saws For Kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-mexico-border-see-saws-for-kids/837933)
**Author:** [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-mexico-border-see-saws-for-kids/837933 "2019-07-31T22:05:10Z")
“Two California professors created seesaws at the United States-Mexico border wall to allow children in both countries to play with each other.” (Video at link) --- ## [Anyone Ever Had Bunion Surgery? How Did It Go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-had-bunion-surgery-how-did-it-go/837885)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2019, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-had-bunion-surgery-how-did-it-go/837885 "2019-07-31T21:31:35Z")
Anyone? I am contemplating it but man it sounds like a rough recovery for some people. I am on my feet all day at work by and large and I am not sure if I want to struggle through recovery while being here. Some people … --- ## [School shooter dies in car wreck.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-shooter-dies-in-car-wreck/837824)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-shooter-dies-in-car-wreck/837824 "2019-07-31T19:41:29Z")
I’m not sure how many people here remember the 1998 school shooters at the middle school school in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Two teens pulled the fire alarm and shot up a schoolyard of kids with rifles. A loophole in the law… --- ## [I killed a carrion fly in my nursing home room](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-killed-a-carrion-fly-in-my-nursing-home-room/837754)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2019, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-killed-a-carrion-fly-in-my-nursing-home-room/837754 "2019-07-31T19:33:56Z")
Specifically a Green Bottle Fly. Right purty, but as she breathed her last I said, “Wrong room,” in my best James Bond. --- ## [Teaching nuns -- all ogresses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-nuns-all-ogresses/837537)
**Author:** [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-nuns-all-ogresses/837537 "2019-07-31T18:39:05Z")
Prompted by several posts in the current Ways Around Jewish Sabbath Restrictions thread on General Questions (if this post not appropriate for MPSIMS, mods please relocate). A theme which I find showing up on the Dope w… --- ## [In a fight for your life, what are the limits, if any of what you could/would do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-fight-for-your-life-what-are-the-limits-if-any-of-what-you-could-would-do/837587)
**Author:** [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-fight-for-your-life-what-are-the-limits-if-any-of-what-you-could-would-do/837587 "2019-07-31T16:23:54Z")
Years ago, I found out the hard way that when male rabbits fight, they go for the testicles of their opponent, literally biting them out. Sorry Doody. :frowning: Is not grabbing/punching your opponent, male or female, … --- ## [My Wallet is GONE!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wallet-is-gone/837762)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2019, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wallet-is-gone/837762 "2019-07-31T13:59:19Z")
I was in line, waiting to pay for my breakfast at a local restaurant, so I reached my right hand down into my shoulder strap purse to get my wallet. I rummaged around. There was the smooth leather of my phone case, the… --- ## [Raspberry Pi kits are super cheap. Talk me out of it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspberry-pi-kits-are-super-cheap-talk-me-out-of-it/837727)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2019, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspberry-pi-kits-are-super-cheap-talk-me-out-of-it/837727 "2019-07-30T22:55:15Z")
I don’t need one but I want one. I would get bored with it an hour after I got it running, but I still want it. Talk me out of it. Not entirely relying on you geeks, my daughter is bringing over my TRS-80 Model 100 fo… --- ## [Cannot Log Into Microsoft Accounts.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannot-log-into-microsoft-accounts/837900)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2019, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannot-log-into-microsoft-accounts/837900 "2019-07-30T21:39:40Z")
Very odd. I cannot get into my Hotmail Account, although I can use my computer at home. Microsoft’s servers having issues? --- ## [Crush on Co-Worker---How to Cope ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crush-on-co-worker-how-to-cope/837369)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Taggart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Taggart)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crush-on-co-worker-how-to-cope/837369 "2019-07-30T18:52:14Z")
I have a mad crush on a co-worker (she’s married so nothing will happen), I can’t leave the job because of the high pay, I feel like a school boy with this. Any ideas ? --- ## [Lake Michigan drownings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-michigan-drownings/837780)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-michigan-drownings/837780 "2019-07-30T17:57:59Z")
So it seems every summer here in West Michigan, the news is full of stories of swimmers drowning in Lake Michigan. The lake is big, has rip currents and and longshore currents, and people just don’t expect a lake to be a… --- ## [Paying with a foreign credit card on American sites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-with-a-foreign-credit-card-on-american-sites/836521)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-with-a-foreign-credit-card-on-american-sites/836521 "2019-07-30T15:59:01Z")
I’m trying to buy a gift card for someone in the US for Golden Corral online. For some reason they do accept Visa, but you are only allowed to use US billing addresses. Is there some service that can allow me to circumve… --- ## [Ed Zotti Chicago editorial / article](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-chicago-editorial-article/837845)
**Author:** [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-chicago-editorial-article/837845 "2019-07-30T15:49:34Z")
I came across this editorial shortly ago and thought some might be interested is seeing new work from Ed. Or just seeing Ed, there’s a photo. --- ## [Pssst! Do not tell him about the birthday surprise party!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-do-not-tell-him-about-the-birthday-surprise-party/837485)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-do-not-tell-him-about-the-birthday-surprise-party/837485 "2019-07-30T02:03:44Z")
Five years ago I started the following thread: Birthday Party on the Dope for swampbear!!! - Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS) - Straight Dope Message Board It was for swampies 60th birthday. Well. shortl… --- ## [Friend advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-advice/837822)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2019, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-advice/837822 "2019-07-30T01:02:30Z")
My family is good friends with our next door neighbors. She’s a single mom with a son the same age as ours. She had just gotten a divorce from an abusive relationship when she moved in next door several years ago. Recent… --- ## [Family of skunks greet cyclist.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-of-skunks-greet-cyclist/837772)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-of-skunks-greet-cyclist/837772 "2019-07-29T17:27:04Z")
You won’t believe what happens next! --- ## [Wonderfully funny business names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonderfully-funny-business-names/834655)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2019, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonderfully-funny-business-names/834655 "2019-07-29T05:23:58Z")
Nothing delights me more than a really clever funny business name. just the other day I saw a truck for a landscaping firm called simply “Mowtown,” which is great. It’s not the best in town though. Just minutes from m… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=381) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=383)