# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=39 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 40 --- ## [Electric scooters, the scourge of residential neighborhoods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-scooters-the-scourge-of-residential-neighborhoods/1023970)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-scooters-the-scourge-of-residential-neighborhoods/1023970 "2025-11-04T22:40:32Z")
As I type, there are two abandoned electric scooters from different companies sitting on sidewalks on my block. This is very common. I suspect just one person is leaving them around, but I don’t know, because we don’t ha… --- ## [Help me fix my arcade machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-fix-my-arcade-machine/1024314)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-fix-my-arcade-machine/1024314 "2025-11-04T20:45:28Z")
Have had this guy for over 20 years… Now it’s doing this (you may have to click as this is a video (the sounds you hear are NOT from the machine): Any suggest… --- ## [Cars named after geological features](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-named-after-geological-features/1024281)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-named-after-geological-features/1024281 "2025-11-04T16:30:25Z")
Another weird list. Looking for cars named after geological features, not just geographical. So far I have: Chrysler Pacifica Several companies made Atlantic or Atlantique cars GMC Sierra Pontiac Bonneville (the salt… --- ## [The Day My Smart Vacuum Turned Against Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-my-smart-vacuum-turned-against-me/1024447)
**Author:** [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-my-smart-vacuum-turned-against-me/1024447 "2025-11-04T16:02:17Z")
Here’s a link to a blog post with that title. The summary is that a tech-savvy guy noticed that his $300 smart vacuum was sending a lot of internet traffic over his WiFi network. He decided to block the data-logging; a… --- ## [Lost a 6th Grade Student](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-a-6th-grade-student/1024530)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2025, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-a-6th-grade-student/1024530 "2025-11-04T12:39:35Z")
It turns out that, over the weekend, one of our 6th grade students was killed in an automobile accident and his 3 siblings were left without a mother. We were called together at 8:00 am and given the news. It was reall… --- ## [Nanotyrannus is back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nanotyrannus-is-back/1024495)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nanotyrannus-is-back/1024495 "2025-11-04T02:32:07Z")
For a long time now, the debate over the identity of Nanotyrannus has, to my understanding, leaned towards it being a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex rather than a separate species. Now, a new study looking at the famous D… --- ## [(Old) The spooooookiest MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-spooooookiest-mmp/1024322)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 349\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-spooooookiest-mmp/1024322 "2025-11-03T19:08:20Z")
Oh, c’mon, you’re doing something for Halloween, even if it is just turning off the porch light and huddling behind closed curtains. So whatcha doin’? Takin’ the kids out? Buying candy “for the children” and then eatin… --- ## [9 people critically injured after a mass stabbing attack in England](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-people-critically-injured-after-a-mass-stabbing-attack-in-england/1024496)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-people-critically-injured-after-a-mass-stabbing-attack-in-england/1024496 "2025-11-03T15:42:43Z")
BBC link above. Not too much information yet, other than that two attackers who are apparently in custody. There might also be at least one additional victim who isn’t in as serious condition? --- ## [Overnight, Google Gemini becomes a know-it-all a-hole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overnight-google-gemini-becomes-a-know-it-all-a-hole/1022821)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overnight-google-gemini-becomes-a-know-it-all-a-hole/1022821 "2025-11-03T02:27:30Z")
I guess humans have some pretty powerful pattern recognition. I was chatting with Gemini today, and something seemed really off. It was confidently making pronouncements without its usual subtlety, gentleness, and diplom… --- ## [Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean (10/2025)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-melissa-in-the-caribbean-10-2025/1024289)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-melissa-in-the-caribbean-10-2025/1024289 "2025-11-01T19:17:12Z")
I sure hope nobody here is in the path, and if you are, you can get out or find shelter. Many models are predicting that this will be worse for Jamaica than Maria was for Puerto Rico a few years ago. Hispaniola and Cub… --- ## [Tardive Dyskinesia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tardive-dyskinesia/1024280)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tardive-dyskinesia/1024280 "2025-11-01T18:15:48Z")
I have had this condition since early adulthood but it was so minor I never gave it much thought. It became a little more pronounced in my 40’s following my divorce and has slowly progressed into my late 70s. In the last… --- ## [Halloween 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-2025/1023942)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-2025/1023942 "2025-11-01T18:07:45Z")
Got any good thoughts to share? We are having a costume contest at work this year. I’m waiting for inspiration to strike. I could go as Cinderella, in her raggedy phase. Then if these other ladies want to do a group … --- ## [King James VI: Conflict of Interest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-james-vi-conflict-of-interest/1024452)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-james-vi-conflict-of-interest/1024452 "2025-11-01T14:51:27Z")
He \[James VI\] was King of England, Scotland and Ireland \[he also used the nominal title of King of France\]. England (with Wales) and Scotland were two separate legal entities, and Ireland was a client kingdom of England… --- ## [Man drove truck into, shot up, set church on fire (Sept 28, 2025, Grand Blanc, MI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-drove-truck-into-shot-up-set-church-on-fire-sept-28-2025-grand-blanc-mi/1023461)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2025, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-drove-truck-into-shot-up-set-church-on-fire-sept-28-2025-grand-blanc-mi/1023461 "2025-11-01T05:16:36Z")
Shooting at a Mormon church north of Detroit this morning, right now three are dead (including shooter) and nine hospitalized. A Wikipedia page is already up: On the morning of September 28, 2025, a mass shooting\[1\] o… --- ## [What does this mean? ‘Give your money away, shorties’](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean-give-your-money-away-shorties/1024441)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean-give-your-money-away-shorties/1024441 "2025-10-31T23:11:26Z")
She proceeded to deliver a blunt call to action directly to the heavy hitters in the room. “I’d say if you have money, it would be great to use it for good things and give it to some people that need it,” Eilish told … --- ## [Introducing new cat Molly. Um...Milo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-new-cat-molly-um-milo/1024409)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-new-cat-molly-um-milo/1024409 "2025-10-31T18:55:30Z")
Saturday I picked up a stray cat from a rescuer. Molly is a very sweet and cuddly Siamese mix. Today was her first vet visit for a check up, scan for a chip, FIV & FLeuk tests, vax and deworming. And to see if they could… --- ## [People who like to practice their pursuasion skills/“recreational gaslighting”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-like-to-practice-their-pursuasion-skills-recreational-gaslighting/1024377)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-like-to-practice-their-pursuasion-skills-recreational-gaslighting/1024377 "2025-10-29T16:19:02Z")
I have two ex-friends who did this. An example: We were drinking in a bar. I mentioned that I was going to a wedding the next day. He asked me whether I had ordered flowers. Puzzled, I said no. “You have to bring flowe… --- ## [Mini-Raves (Happy Little Moments)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-raves-happy-little-moments/1024419)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-raves-happy-little-moments/1024419 "2025-10-30T14:19:55Z")
Hey, I love mini-rants as much as the next woman, but I thought I would give us a place to share those little moments of joy. Here’s mine: I recently found a new e-mail processing technique, it’s great. It requires usi… --- ## [Judge Orders Environmental Review Of Controversial Dakota Access Pipeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-orders-environmental-review-of-controversial-dakota-access-pipeline/850295)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-orders-environmental-review-of-controversial-dakota-access-pipeline/850295 "2025-10-30T01:16:49Z")
Not mundane or (I hope) pointless; but I don’t see where else to put it. Judge Orders Environmental Review Of Controversial Dakota Access Pipeline --- ## [Where are all the "beardos" referred to by Pete Hegseth in his speech?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-beardos-referred-to-by-pete-hegseth-in-his-speech/1024265)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-beardos-referred-to-by-pete-hegseth-in-his-speech/1024265 "2025-10-30T00:35:43Z")
On 30 September, US Secretary of War and Donald Trump crony Pete Hegseth gave an address to a massive summoned party of Generals and Flag Officers at Quantico, Virginia,where he gave his vision for re-branding the US mil… --- ## [Why did Quebec pass a law that apparently penalizes doctors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-quebec-pass-a-law-that-apparently-penalizes-doctors/1024397)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-quebec-pass-a-law-that-apparently-penalizes-doctors/1024397 "2025-10-29T21:41:00Z")
So the law will impose huge penalties(up to 500,000 per day) on doctors who don’t help enough people. Why? Is there something I’m missing? On the surface it sounds dumb but I’m no expert. --- ## [No no no. Just...NO! (Supplement question..so many questions)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-no-just-no-supplement-question-so-many-questions/995116)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-no-just-no-supplement-question-so-many-questions/995116 "2025-10-28T23:37:00Z")
ARMRA colostrum? (Second R is backwards) WTF? I’m not using this supplement. Ever. That just sounds wrong. So wrong. ARMRA sounds alittle too close to Armour. Is this a byproduct I don’t wanna think about? Nope nope… --- ## [I'm curious about the ethnicity of an ambiguous TikToker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-about-the-ethnicity-of-an-ambiguous-tiktoker/1024369)
**Author:** [@SaSaLeLe2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaSaLeLe2011)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-about-the-ethnicity-of-an-ambiguous-tiktoker/1024369 "2025-10-28T20:18:13Z")
So I was watching TikTok, and I saw this one guy named Neurodivergent Nate. This is kind of silly, but I want you to tell me what ethnicity he looks like, because he’s very ambiguous in my opinion. I’m not being racist o… --- ## [I've been having weird dreams lately](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-having-weird-dreams-lately/1020271)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-having-weird-dreams-lately/1020271 "2025-10-28T17:31:16Z")
Okay, the dreams where I realize I forgot to take an important class and my degree is retroactively voided, or where I’m in a maze from which I cannot escape despite clearly marked exits, those I get, but what’s with the… --- ## [Curling beard hair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curling-beard-hair/1024353)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curling-beard-hair/1024353 "2025-10-28T11:40:29Z")
My rare OPs are typically somewhat odd. But here is another one. Lying in bed, idlly stroking my 10cm/3inch beard, it occured to me that the sides and the chin all grow twisted in the same direction. From my perspective… --- ## [So, why has Queen Camilla been forced to "step back"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-has-queen-camilla-been-forced-to-step-back/1024295)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-has-queen-camilla-been-forced-to-step-back/1024295 "2025-10-28T01:25:31Z")
A couple days ago someone pointed me to a story on Facebook that some British royal treasures had been ‘retrieved’ from one of her residences, in what sounds like a pre-dawn sort of emergency raid that involved Prince Wi… --- ## [For the first time in over 35 years, I have no cats in my home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-first-time-in-over-35-years-i-have-no-cats-in-my-home/1024290)
**Author:** [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-first-time-in-over-35-years-i-have-no-cats-in-my-home/1024290 "2025-10-27T19:02:26Z")
Our dear Kit-Kat rested on Wednesday evening at the kitty ER after an unexpectedly long bout of throwing up. She was alive when we started driving; 10 minutes later she likely had already died as we hurried up to the cou… --- ## [In total what length of hair do I grow in a day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-total-what-length-of-hair-do-i-grow-in-a-day/1023982)
**Author:** [@Sooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sooner)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-total-what-length-of-hair-do-i-grow-in-a-day/1023982 "2025-10-27T11:31:30Z")
I have a very full head of (mostly grey) hair. Only moderately hairy over the remainder of my body. Seems I am always shaving, trimming and such and still find stray long hairs on occasion. So … on a typical day, what i… --- ## [(Old) A Routine MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-routine-mmp/1024122)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-routine-mmp/1024122 "2025-10-27T03:09:27Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 51 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 74 and sunny. This is Fall weather for these parts. I have a doc appointment at ten-thirty a.m. I wanted it for first … --- ## [Men, let's talk Prostate Glands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-lets-talk-prostate-glands/1021530)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-lets-talk-prostate-glands/1021530 "2025-10-26T19:39:32Z")
\*\* Usual Disclaimer– I am aware that the SDMB is not a medical advice site and opinions are just that-opinions. \*\* Okay then. I’m 63. Got a pretty advanced case of Benign Prostate Hyperplasia. In laymen’s terms, an enla… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=38) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=40)