# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=393 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 394 --- ## [We Have Pigeon Eggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-pigeon-eggs/449131)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 2264\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2018, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-pigeon-eggs/449131 "2018-05-08T05:57:29Z")
So the wife and I just returned from a trip up North. We were gone nine days. Got home about 8:30 last night (Monday night). Turned on the lights, opened the curtains to the balcony. When I opened the curtains, a pigeon … --- ## [Tossing coins into jet engines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tossing-coins-into-jet-engines/835027)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tossing-coins-into-jet-engines/835027 "2019-06-04T18:56:56Z")
This apparently has become a problem in China. It boggles the mind that this could come to be considered a way to create good luck. --- ## [Today's "Wild Kingdom" encounter.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-wild-kingdom-encounter/834532)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2019, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-wild-kingdom-encounter/834532 "2019-06-04T07:46:39Z")
I was weed whacking the grass growing along the small lake I live on. I was getting ready to do the last little stretch when I noticed a 6-8" bullhead (catfish) laying in the grass maybe 6" from shore. Obviously still al… --- ## [Nursing homes: as sleazy as ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nursing-homes-as-sleazy-as-ever/833944)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2019, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nursing-homes-as-sleazy-as-ever/833944 "2019-06-03T23:08:11Z")
Last Monday my PCP was going to talk to the social worker about my exit plans. Yesterday she was talking about me becoming a permanent resident. She’s worried about me needing fulltime nursing care. Huh? All I need is to… --- ## [Attending any weddings this summer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attending-any-weddings-this-summer/834412)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attending-any-weddings-this-summer/834412 "2019-06-03T19:15:40Z")
This weekend is the first of 4 weddings we will be attending between now and the week after Labor Day. Looking forward to a fun summer - tho it DOES kinda dictate our vacation schedule/budget! :smack: All 4 are my nie… --- ## [ICC Cricket Champions Vs Ice Cricket Champions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icc-cricket-champions-vs-ice-cricket-champions/834960)
**Author:** [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icc-cricket-champions-vs-ice-cricket-champions/834960 "2019-06-03T15:39:17Z")
I’ve been flicking through the TV listings and keep seeing ICC Cricket Championship, but my mind keeps reading it as Ice Cricket Championships. I’d like to watch the second one. (Mundane, Pointless, but I Must Share) --- ## [It's the memorial day charlie brown MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-memorial-day-charlie-brown-mmp/834588)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2019, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-memorial-day-charlie-brown-mmp/834588 "2019-06-03T03:00:42Z")
WEll if ya read my posts in the previous MMP tomorrow is going to be crappy bbq wise but I decided to start this weeks before i go to bed … so since its memorial day anyone have anyone special you’ll be remembering ? A… --- ## [Forty years ago today I saw a plume of smoke rising near O'Hare Field](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forty-years-ago-today-i-saw-a-plume-of-smoke-rising-near-ohare-field/834507)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forty-years-ago-today-i-saw-a-plume-of-smoke-rising-near-ohare-field/834507 "2019-06-02T23:58:05Z")
I thought it was a tire fire at a junkyard around Higgins and Elmhurst Rd, but a coworker said, “No, a plane just crashed.” Specifically American Flight 191 went in at a trailer park by the junkyard, killing all 271 onb… --- ## [Turkish authorities misidentifies modern souvenir as historical artifact?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkish-authorities-misidentifies-modern-souvenir-as-historical-artifact/834834)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkish-authorities-misidentifies-modern-souvenir-as-historical-artifact/834834 "2019-06-02T23:45:35Z")
An English language propaganda “newspaper” in Turkey just published this story about a 1200-year-old statuette of Odin being seized in Central Turkey. The statuette pictured is absolutely not a 1200-year old Norse artif… --- ## [Propane powered cannon mouse trap.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propane-powered-cannon-mouse-trap/834887)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2019, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propane-powered-cannon-mouse-trap/834887 "2019-06-02T21:48:24Z")
Shawn Woods, who has a mouse catching channel called Mouse Trap Monday on YouTube, posted a video of a new mouse trap that is a cannon powered by propane fuel. It shoots the mice at a net and they drop into a kitty litte… --- ## [Beckdawrek's bad, bad, bad wardrobe. (Or, oh shit, I need to go shopping)!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-wardrobe-or-oh-shit-i-need-to-go-shopping/834300)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-wardrobe-or-oh-shit-i-need-to-go-shopping/834300 "2019-06-02T19:42:15Z")
So, it’s getting warm here in the southland. I’m digging out shorts and lightweight tee-shirts. Every shirt I look at is either stained, torn or shrunk. Shorts are in worse condition. Cut off jeans eventually just ravel … --- ## [Tour boat sunk on the Danube](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-boat-sunk-on-the-danube/834801)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-boat-sunk-on-the-danube/834801 "2019-06-02T17:13:57Z")
Hungary boat capsizes: Seven South Koreans die on Danube Much more at the link. Some of you may also remember the Sewol disaster five years ago. --- ## [Just saw this on Reddit... It made me think Trump can't have an account there](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-this-on-reddit-it-made-me-think-trump-cant-have-an-account-there/834877)
**Author:** [@Kimera757](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimera757)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2019, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-this-on-reddit-it-made-me-think-trump-cant-have-an-account-there/834877 "2019-06-02T03:11:21Z")
Is it wrong that it caused me to think this question? “This is why Donald Trump doesn’t have a Reddit account.” --- ## [Paul Allen just rolled out the world’s largest airplane.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-allen-just-rolled-out-the-world-s-largest-airplane/787802)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2019, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-allen-just-rolled-out-the-world-s-largest-airplane/787802 "2019-06-02T03:04:12Z")
Called Stratolaunch, the plane has some impressive stats: a wingspan of 385 feet, or longer than a football field, a height of 50 feet. Unfueled, it weighs 500,000 pounds. But it can carry 250,000 pounds of fuel, and its… --- ## [Drink tired posting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-tired-posting/834864)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2019, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-tired-posting/834864 "2019-06-02T00:29:21Z")
Thid is dorkvader goinh all drunk max (caise im too tiree to be mad) and takin ya for a ride down the angry weasel road after working from730 am to 130 am pack inventory and load 21000 punds of someone elses stuff with n… --- ## [I adopted kittens!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-adopted-kittens/834899)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-adopted-kittens/834899 "2019-06-02T00:06:48Z")
I’m so happy! I adopted a brother and sister from a litter of six. They’re 12-week-old tabbies with white bibs and white anklet socks on front legs, knee-high socks on back legs. The male has a congenital deformity: his … --- ## [What a collection of characters (faces of Roosevelt's Rough Riders 1898)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-collection-of-characters-faces-of-roosevelts-rough-riders-1898/834827)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-collection-of-characters-faces-of-roosevelts-rough-riders-1898/834827 "2019-06-01T20:25:29Z")
Now I know you can’t judge a book by its cover. But considering that they were policemen and sheriffs, cowboys come back from ‘The West’ to lend a hand, Ivy Leaguers, and star athletes, and that they had all volunteered … --- ## [Category 3 Hurricane Michael to Hit Florida Panhandle Wednesday \[Oct 2018\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/category-3-hurricane-michael-to-hit-florida-panhandle-wednesday-oct-2018/822721)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/category-3-hurricane-michael-to-hit-florida-panhandle-wednesday-oct-2018/822721 "2019-06-01T18:19:01Z")
https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2018-10-09-hurricane-michael-forecast-gulf-coast-florida-georgia-carolinas And the Carolinas will be hit with more rain later on. Any Dopers live in the area affected? --- ## [Turn off water to house before leaving on vacation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-water-to-house-before-leaving-on-vacation/834566)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-water-to-house-before-leaving-on-vacation/834566 "2019-06-01T13:44:50Z")
A friend of mine went on vacation for a week. While he was on vacation, the supply line to one of the toilets ruptured. When he returned he found this. --- ## [How do people who hike multi hundred mile trails prevent blisters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-who-hike-multi-hundred-mile-trails-prevent-blisters/834768)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-who-hike-multi-hundred-mile-trails-prevent-blisters/834768 "2019-06-01T13:23:08Z")
I’ve been reading books and watching movies about people hiking long trails, mostly the Appalachian and pacific crest. How do these people prevent blisters? I know good shoes are a must but there has to be more to it th… --- ## [Have you ever competed in a Spelling Bee? How did you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-competed-in-a-spelling-bee-how-did-you-do/834824)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2019, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-competed-in-a-spelling-bee-how-did-you-do/834824 "2019-06-01T09:21:06Z")
There is a CS thread about the 8-way tie in the National Spelling Bee, which got me to wondering how many Dopers we have who have competed in spelling bees. When I was in 8th grade I placed second in our school’s spelli… --- ## [What is your E bike experience ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-e-bike-experience/834847)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2019, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-e-bike-experience/834847 "2019-06-01T07:07:06Z")
I’m starting to get serious about buying an Electric bike. There are many options available such as cadence and torque drives as well as throttle drives. I’m 69 years old and shortly will be limited financially to old… --- ## [How many non-family weddings have you attended?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-non-family-weddings-have-you-attended/834419)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2019, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-non-family-weddings-have-you-attended/834419 "2019-06-01T04:41:09Z")
Dinsdale’s thread reminded me that I wanted to ask this question. How many weddings have you attended where you weren’t related to either of the happy couple? I’ve been to 1 - a friend from the Navy. She married in th… --- ## [Improving traffic lights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improving-traffic-lights/834629)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2019, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improving-traffic-lights/834629 "2019-06-01T02:32:58Z")
OK, someone developed a traffic signal improvement that recognizes that a pedestrian wants to cross the street. Great! It’ll save people 3 or 4 seconds and the onerous task of pushing a button. You’ll be able to tell fu… --- ## [I don't think NRCC will call anymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-nrcc-will-call-anymore/834563)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-nrcc-will-call-anymore/834563 "2019-05-31T23:43:55Z")
We keep getting calls from NRCC, with a Washington DC area code. Today I looked up NRCC to find that they are the National Republican Congressional Committee. They called back immediately, and I answered. They wanted … --- ## [I Believe My \[Adult\] Cat Recognizes His Mother And Hangs Out With Her](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-believe-my-adult-cat-recognizes-his-mother-and-hangs-out-with-her/833511)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-believe-my-adult-cat-recognizes-his-mother-and-hangs-out-with-her/833511 "2019-05-31T22:01:25Z")
Maui was the only survivor of a litter borne by a neighborhood stray, Shadow. Shadow has now been adopted by a family across the street. Both cats are indoor/outdoor cats. From time to time, we’ll let Maui out, and Shad… --- ## [Cool garage sale/estate sale finds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-garage-sale-estate-sale-finds/834478)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2019, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-garage-sale-estate-sale-finds/834478 "2019-05-31T21:59:25Z")
A week or so ago my wife and I stopped at house nearby with a hand lettered sign by the road reading “Antique/Estate Sale”. It turned out that the “estate” was stuff that belonged to an antique dealer who had died some … --- ## [replacing an air filter in a fridge ..was sears trying to sell me some BS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-an-air-filter-in-a-fridge-was-sears-trying-to-sell-me-some-bs/834849)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-an-air-filter-in-a-fridge-was-sears-trying-to-sell-me-some-bs/834849 "2019-05-31T21:17:54Z")
Ok aunt has a fridge from sears that requires a water filter to be replaced every year or so for her icemaker/water setup Well when i called to order said filter and he completed the purchase for her the “sales techni… --- ## [Elevator to the Top or Mt. Everest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elevator-to-the-top-or-mt-everest/834690)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2019, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elevator-to-the-top-or-mt-everest/834690 "2019-05-31T21:11:21Z")
I pose this question in MPSIMS because any answer will be speculation. Will the day come before man’s extinction when one can ride an elevator to the top of Mt. Everest? Imagine a pressurized restaurant and a pressuriz… --- ## [The Strange Case of Klaus von Bulow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-case-of-klaus-von-bulow/5357)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-case-of-klaus-von-bulow/5357 "2019-05-31T20:52:29Z")
So what happened? Did a guilty man go free, or did an accident cause his wife’s death? It’s been a long time, and all that I remember is that you had one set of doctors saying, “It’s possible that he killed her,” and t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=392) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=394)