# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=385 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 386 --- ## [Follow Apollo 11 in real time with all audio and video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-apollo-11-in-real-time-with-all-audio-and-video/835566)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2019, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-apollo-11-in-real-time-with-all-audio-and-video/835566 "2019-07-18T08:49:54Z")
I missed the 50th anniversary of the launch yesterday, but I just learned about this web site, Apollo 11 in Real Time: It’s one of the more complex web sites I’ve seen. At the moment (50 years ago) Apollo11 is orbitin… --- ## [After five years, it's finally here.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-five-years-its-finally-here/837033)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2019, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-five-years-its-finally-here/837033 "2019-07-18T06:52:28Z")
Today, the USPS delivered the Randall Model 1 that I ordered and paid for several years ago. Mine is not quite plain vanilla, or I’d have skipped the wait and paid a little more to get one from the dealer. I opted for … --- ## [Beckdawrek flips the script (I have good, good, good, Cats)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-flips-the-script-i-have-good-good-good-cats/836985)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2019, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-flips-the-script-i-have-good-good-good-cats/836985 "2019-07-18T00:32:08Z")
Yes, really. The 2 snootiest, uppity, finicky pair of Siamese you’ll ever meet did me a huge favor. They wake me every morning at the ass-crack of dawn. For their precious breakfast. I’ve said it before, there’s nothing… --- ## [Shout out to Beckdawrek, are you okay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shout-out-to-beckdawrek-are-you-okay/837168)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shout-out-to-beckdawrek-are-you-okay/837168 "2019-07-18T00:26:25Z")
Lady, the Eastern storms have been relentless! Please tell us your house is on a hill! With love and concern, ~VOW --- ## [Retired Justice John Paul Stevens dies age 99](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retired-justice-john-paul-stevens-dies-age-99/837196)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retired-justice-john-paul-stevens-dies-age-99/837196 "2019-07-17T19:52:08Z")
No more bow ties.:frowning: Retired Supreme Court Justice Johhn Paul Stevens dies at 99 Complications from a stroke yesterday. --- ## [Ever been "in" a high speed car chase?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-in-a-high-speed-car-chase/837207)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-in-a-high-speed-car-chase/837207 "2019-07-17T17:38:20Z")
No, not expecting anyone to post about their efforts to elude police, but instead, wondering if anyone else has been a “bystander” as a chase (or other police action) took place around you. Monday evening, we were drivi… --- ## [Amazon Issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-issues/837166)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-issues/837166 "2019-07-17T16:50:15Z")
I have Amazon Prime and, for the most part, in truly rocks. I can buy stuff so fast that I could do while in line to get my morning coffee, and it literally arrives the next day. Any issues I’ve had are with 3rd party … --- ## [Nike is truly everywhere.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nike-is-truly-everywhere/837180)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2019, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nike-is-truly-everywhere/837180 "2019-07-17T12:14:42Z")
\*\* Nike is truly everywhere! \*\* Does the Taliban know about this?! LOL --- ## [Antifa terrorist attacks ICE detention center, gets killed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antifa-terrorist-attacks-ice-detention-center-gets-killed/837053)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2019, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antifa-terrorist-attacks-ice-detention-center-gets-killed/837053 "2019-07-17T04:50:39Z")
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/tacoma-police-armed-man-throwing-incendiary-devices-shot-outside-ice-detention-center/ Guy had bombs / incendiary devices and a rifle. Not his first run-in with law enforc… --- ## [George Takei: not dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takei-not-dead/837177)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2019, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takei-not-dead/837177 "2019-07-17T02:37:55Z")
The front page of the Washington Post online right now has a black & white picture of George Takei, looking pensive. That’s usually SOP for them when someone has passed away. Thankfully, it’s just a story about him (and… --- ## [Just for seniors: IRS introduces form 1040-SR.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-seniors-irs-introduces-form-1040-sr/836992)
**Author:** [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-seniors-irs-introduces-form-1040-sr/836992 "2019-07-16T20:46:34Z")
Because Congress thought that the new postcard Form 1040 was still too difficult for seniors to fill out, the 2018 Bipartisan Budget Act ordered the IRS to create a new tax form just for Senior Citizens (taxpayers aged 6… --- ## [A surprising amount of modern technology is almost totally useless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-amount-of-modern-technology-is-almost-totally-useless/355868)
**Author:** [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2019, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-amount-of-modern-technology-is-almost-totally-useless/355868 "2019-07-16T20:05:44Z")
As I sit here, drinking my coffee (with a shot of Kahlua in it, no less), typing away on the SDMB, I find my gaze wandering to my cellphone, the wonder of modern technology that it is. It’s a Motorola V1050 3G Videophon… --- ## [Burger King Manager Defends Staff From Customers’ Racist Comments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-manager-defends-staff-from-customers-racist-comments/837051)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2019, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-manager-defends-staff-from-customers-racist-comments/837051 "2019-07-16T12:14:02Z")
That’s actually the title of the 3 minute video. I think this guy shows excellent control of himself and I applaud his actions whole-heartedly. Gotta call it out when it happens. GOTTA. I am so sad that people like t… --- ## [Alan Turing - Posthumous Pardon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-turing-posthumous-pardon/664002)
**Author:** [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-turing-posthumous-pardon/664002 "2019-07-15T17:21:55Z")
This is very good, I suppose, although I do always wonder about this “pardon” business, when Great Big Official Apology would be better. --- ## [BREAKING NEWS: Power outage in NYC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-power-outage-in-nyc/837045)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-power-outage-in-nyc/837045 "2019-07-15T15:59:19Z")
Supposedly not a big area, but it seems to have hit Radio City, Broadway, and Lincoln Center among other places. --- ## [Carhartt 1889 Scarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carhartt-1889-scarf/837070)
**Author:** [@molten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/molten)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carhartt-1889-scarf/837070 "2019-07-15T13:42:05Z")
I got this a few yrs ago, best scarf I ever had. But I lost it and they stopped selling. Will any of you sell me yours of how do I get this or something identical? --- ## [Groundhog in the house.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groundhog-in-the-house/837086)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groundhog-in-the-house/837086 "2019-07-15T13:39:50Z")
We are moving next week. Not far, just a couple miles and we are moving some of the more fragile items ourselves. So yesterday we spent a good deal of the day with the doors open (to the house, to garage, from the gara… --- ## [Here - taste this in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-taste-this-in-the-mmp/836704)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2019, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-taste-this-in-the-mmp/836704 "2019-07-15T04:13:39Z")
Someone you know and trust comes up to you with something you don’t recognize and says “Taste this.” Do you? How big a taste do you take? A coworker brought in some of theselast week. She’s a very sweet person, so I… --- ## [Sex, the traveling show.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-the-traveling-show/673086)
**Author:** [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-the-traveling-show/673086 "2019-07-14T20:08:45Z")
Having just returned from a month in Europe Ms Hook and I have added greatly to the number of countries in which we have done the deed. This got me to wondering how our total stacks up with other dopers. So how about i… --- ## [Dear Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mockingbird/836967)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mockingbird/836967 "2019-07-14T19:20:28Z")
Dear Mockingbird, I hope this letter finds you well. I should think so, judging by your singing outside my window at seven minutes 'til five this morning. May I complement you on the quality of your mimicry? Had I no… --- ## [How to make $500,000 per year and still struggle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-500-000-per-year-and-still-struggle/836866)
**Author:** [@Garak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garak)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-500-000-per-year-and-still-struggle/836866 "2019-07-14T16:53:15Z")
it’s sad that people can make so much income and still have trouble making ends meet :confused: --- ## ["Par-MEE-zyun" cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/par-mee-zyun-cheese/837032)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/par-mee-zyun-cheese/837032 "2019-07-14T14:44:24Z")
When I was a kid (in the 60s/ 70s) my family pronounced parmesan as “par-MEE-zyun.” My spouse grew up two states away and her family did the same. Why did we do that? --- ## [Twitter question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-question/837022)
**Author:** [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2019, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-question/837022 "2019-07-14T06:18:44Z")
There is a person I follow on Twitter. He has not blocked me. I am trying to see if he has muted me. I ALREADY HAVE TRIED Tweetdeck, and by that method it appears that he has not muted me. But he hasn’t responded to me … --- ## [My Fellow Americans: Your Smartphone is (Probably) Illegal!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fellow-americans-your-smartphone-is-probably-illegal/836726)
**Author:** [@Bassman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bassman)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2019, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fellow-americans-your-smartphone-is-probably-illegal/836726 "2019-07-14T02:59:30Z")
In addition to the United States’ Global Positioning System (GPS), there are a number of other global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) in our world. The three others that have global or near-global service are Russia’… --- ## [Interesting road trip video, Lewiston, Me. to Alexandria, Va. in a Chevy Bolt EV...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-road-trip-video-lewiston-me-to-alexandria-va-in-a-chevy-bolt-ev/837041)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2019, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-road-trip-video-lewiston-me-to-alexandria-va-in-a-chevy-bolt-ev/837041 "2019-07-13T23:09:24Z")
I was watching an interesting YouTube vid about a fellow New Englander (who lives in Lewiston Maine) who did a road trip from Lewiston to just outside of Alexandria, Va. in his Chevy Bolt EV, to “prove” tha… --- ## [Microsoft Closes The Book On Its E-Library, Erasing All User Content](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-closes-the-book-on-its-e-library-erasing-all-user-content/836708)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2019, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-closes-the-book-on-its-e-library-erasing-all-user-content/836708 "2019-07-13T22:42:41Z")
If you really want to keep something, get a hardcopy. Microsoft Closes The Book On Its E-Library, Erasing All User Content --- ## [Man Caught Walking Into New York Cathedral With Full Gas Cans, Lighters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-caught-walking-into-new-york-cathedral-with-full-gas-cans-lighters/832715)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-caught-walking-into-new-york-cathedral-with-full-gas-cans-lighters/832715 "2019-07-13T22:40:35Z")
Clearly, to some people, the news about the fire at Notre Dame starts them thinking “You know, that’s not a bad idea.” Two full cans of gasoline, lighter fluid, and matches? He obviously wasn’t trying for subtle. I … --- ## [Nicole Brown Simpson died 25 years ago today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicole-brown-simpson-died-25-years-ago-today/835446)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicole-brown-simpson-died-25-years-ago-today/835446 "2019-07-13T20:59:19Z")
And so did Ronald Goldman. I can’t believe I just heard this on my local news, or maybe I should. :dubious: When OJ kicks off, I predict that the news departments will interrupt network programming, the way NBC did wi… --- ## [Trump can't block critics on Twitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cant-block-critics-on-twitter/836817)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cant-block-critics-on-twitter/836817 "2019-07-13T14:19:35Z")
A Federal appeals court just ruled that Trump cannot block people from his Twitter account just because the criticize him or mock him. And it’s not just Trump: --- ## [Watching videos on the internet contributes to climate change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-videos-on-the-internet-contributes-to-climate-change/836991)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2019, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-videos-on-the-internet-contributes-to-climate-change/836991 "2019-07-13T12:38:13Z")
I was listening to this on the NPR/PRI program The World this afternoon, and apparently you can’t listen to it online yet. Since I was driving I didn’t get the name of the organization/spokesperson, you should be able to… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=384) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=386)