# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=399 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 400 --- ## [Mystery pooper in deep doo-doo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-pooper-in-deep-doo-doo/813527)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2019, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-pooper-in-deep-doo-doo/813527 "2019-05-03T23:07:16Z")
A “mystery pooper” who had been leaving “presents” on or near the football/track field at Holmdel High School in in New Jersey turned out to be the superintendent of a nearby school district. No motive has yet to be rev… --- ## [If it weren't for... unintended consequences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-werent-for-unintended-consequences/833361)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-werent-for-unintended-consequences/833361 "2019-05-03T19:29:09Z")
What people or events caused consequences beyond what was intended? First: If it weren’t for Lee Harvey Oswald, we’d still be using half-dollar coins bearing Benjamin Franklin’s portrait. --- ## [Charter member subscriptions coming due!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-subscriptions-coming-due/833355)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2019, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-subscriptions-coming-due/833355 "2019-05-03T01:26:20Z")
Just a reminder - late May is usually the anniversary date for Charter member subscriptions! --- ## [In which Sicks Ate does a thing that ends up costing him $12,500.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-sicks-ate-does-a-thing-that-ends-up-costing-him-12-500/833177)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-sicks-ate-does-a-thing-that-ends-up-costing-him-12-500/833177 "2019-05-03T00:02:22Z")
Backstory pt. 1, every couple years I have to have my sewer main rooted. It’s 70 year-old clay tile, so that’s to be expected I guess. The last time they ran a camera through it, it actually didn’t look too bad. There… --- ## [Mundane pointless birthday trivia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-birthday-trivia/833350)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-birthday-trivia/833350 "2019-05-02T20:47:23Z")
My Gregorian-calendar birthday, May 4th, is coming up on Saturday. My Hebrew-calendar birthday, Nissan 29, is coming up on… also Saturday. I don’t know how frequently the dates intersect like that, but the cycle linkin… --- ## [LA terror plot stopped in LA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-terror-plot-stopped-in-la/833240)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-terror-plot-stopped-in-la/833240 "2019-05-02T18:26:32Z")
Per CNN, a man has been arrested on suspicion of planning multiple terrorist attacks across LA. It appears that he was stopped before he could his plans into action. --- ## [Canada has a new $10 banknote -- and it's gorgeous.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-has-a-new-10-banknote-and-its-gorgeous/810252)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2019, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-has-a-new-10-banknote-and-its-gorgeous/810252 "2019-05-02T07:28:10Z")
The Bank of Canada today unveiled a new $10 banknote, featuring Viola Desmond. I haven’t seen one of these notes in person yet, but if the pictures in the news stories are any indication, they are gorgeous and may be th… --- ## [So I found out my grandad died, a year and a half ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-found-out-my-grandad-died-a-year-and-a-half-ago/833285)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2019, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-found-out-my-grandad-died-a-year-and-a-half-ago/833285 "2019-05-02T04:57:51Z")
Me and my brother, found out through an ancestry website, that my Grandfather died around Christmas 2017, and my father didn’t tell us, and didn’t confirm it until I asked him about it. His excuse was that my grandfather… --- ## [is there any way to develop a “support system” when you’re middle-aged and “set in your ways”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-develop-a-support-system-when-you-re-middle-aged-and-set-in-your-ways/833204)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2019, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-develop-a-support-system-when-you-re-middle-aged-and-set-in-your-ways/833204 "2019-05-02T01:24:45Z")
I recently binge-watched Season 1 of a TV show online (ABC’s “A Million Little Things”), about four random guys who meet up and become friends after they get stuck in an elevator together for 20 minutes. Without spoilin… --- ## [Hurray, hurray! It's the first of May! (NSFW).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-hurray-its-the-first-of-may-nsfw/833305)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2019, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-hurray-its-the-first-of-may-nsfw/833305 "2019-05-02T01:23:01Z")
You know I just gotta post this once a year. :smiley: --- ## [Winnie the Pooh and the 50 Acre Wood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winnie-the-pooh-and-the-50-acre-wood/833298)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winnie-the-pooh-and-the-50-acre-wood/833298 "2019-05-02T00:18:48Z")
Couldn’t decide whether to post here or in Cafe Society, but I decided it’s too mundane and pointless for CS. The forest that inspired A.A. Milne to write about the Hundred Acre Wood is on fire, with about 50 acres alre… --- ## [Kick sense into Purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-sense-into-purplehorseshoe/832593)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-sense-into-purplehorseshoe/832593 "2019-05-02T00:12:31Z")
I hate multi-posting on the same topic in the monthly mini-rants thread, so here I am. (Shit, last time I did this, my husband was sick. That didn’t end well.\*) Guys, I really need your help; I need a kick in the ass, or… --- ## [I replicated my cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-replicated-my-cat/833297)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2019, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-replicated-my-cat/833297 "2019-05-01T21:42:02Z")
A little under a year ago, I adopted a tuxedo kitty, who has since grown up to be this charming cat. Her name is Zoey. The only problem is that, as I get busier in my new life here in Hawaii and am not at home as often … --- ## [Your best spur of the moment one-liners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-spur-of-the-moment-one-liners/830352)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-spur-of-the-moment-one-liners/830352 "2019-05-01T20:02:00Z")
I’m not usually quick-witted enough to come up with witty one-liners on the spur of the moment, but I’ve got a couple. I was talking with my father-in-law Tim and his cousin Bob. Bob is fond of poking fun at Tim with … --- ## [Amazing model ship building- using cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-model-ship-building-using-cardboard/833206)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-model-ship-building-using-cardboard/833206 "2019-05-01T19:12:03Z")
I just had to sharethis. Pretty cool! --- ## [Raisin cain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raisin-cain/833130)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raisin-cain/833130 "2019-05-01T18:44:04Z")
I had no idea about the wars fought over raisins in this country. Seems like such a harmless and wholesome food, and yet animosities have resulted in death threats and what might be called a raisin mafia. I wasn’t sure w… --- ## [Mr. President, we must not allow a grain silo gap!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-president-we-must-not-allow-a-grain-silo-gap/833328)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-president-we-must-not-allow-a-grain-silo-gap/833328 "2019-05-01T16:19:45Z")
This morning our local NPR station aired a discussion about Burger King’s Incredible Whopper and other beef substitutes. The highlight was their agricultural environmental scientist expert who sounded exactly like Dr. St… --- ## [PSA: Medicare Supplement Plan F is on the way out, unless grandfathered before 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-medicare-supplement-plan-f-is-on-the-way-out-unless-grandfathered-before-2020/833289)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-medicare-supplement-plan-f-is-on-the-way-out-unless-grandfathered-before-2020/833289 "2019-05-01T15:15:13Z")
I know some members of the board skew older and I haven’t seen a thread to this effect. It has been brought to my attention that Medicare Supplement Plan F will be phased out for new Medicare beneficiaries starting on Ja… --- ## [Lost my job, our nanny quit, so now I have to take my own kids to school like some jerk!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-job-our-nanny-quit-so-now-i-have-to-take-my-own-kids-to-school-like-some-jerk/833061)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-job-our-nanny-quit-so-now-i-have-to-take-my-own-kids-to-school-like-some-jerk/833061 "2019-05-01T15:12:19Z")
Ok, granted my life is more Mr Mom than The Pursuit of Happyness in that I don’t have to sleep with my kids in a PATH station bathroom. The fun part was when the back wheel fell off the stroller six blocks from home. T… --- ## [Do Canadians get offended if they are mistaken for Americans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-canadians-get-offended-if-they-are-mistaken-for-americans/832734)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2019, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-canadians-get-offended-if-they-are-mistaken-for-americans/832734 "2019-05-01T12:34:18Z")
Well I find it difficult to tell the difference between a Canadian accent and an American accent so I was wondering if Canadians get offended if they are mistaken for Americans. And how they feel about it if it happens w… --- ## [A lotta bald drivers in your area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lotta-bald-drivers-in-your-area/833269)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2019, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lotta-bald-drivers-in-your-area/833269 "2019-05-01T00:53:32Z")
There is a stretch of road I drive pretty regularly - I-294 in the Chicago area from the Eisenhower to O’Hare. The road has TONS of billboards. Conservatively, I would estimate that 5% of them are for a single hair res… --- ## [Shooting at a Maryland Newspaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-a-maryland-newspaper/816947)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2019, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-a-maryland-newspaper/816947 "2019-05-01T00:39:39Z")
Multiple fatalities, suspect is under arrest. More info. --- ## [Venezuela continues its race up the list of "shittiest places on Earth"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venezuela-continues-its-race-up-the-list-of-shittiest-places-on-earth/801651)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venezuela-continues-its-race-up-the-list-of-shittiest-places-on-earth/801651 "2019-04-30T22:29:21Z")
CNN: Venezuela just defaulted, moving deeper into crisis We’re now a LONG ways (well, four years anyways) from “Hugo Chavez’s economic miracle” that Salon raved about back in 2013. --- ## [Help me persuade two feral kittens to like humans.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-persuade-two-feral-kittens-to-like-humans/832541)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2019, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-persuade-two-feral-kittens-to-like-humans/832541 "2019-04-30T21:42:51Z")
They are siblings, male and female about 6 weeks old. Their mama was killed. Wearing gloves I am trying to comfort them. One is letting me pet it. The other is quite defensive. How long should these attempts to comfort… --- ## [Decipher this license plate and help me catch a bad guy.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decipher-this-license-plate-and-help-me-catch-a-bad-guy/833280)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decipher-this-license-plate-and-help-me-catch-a-bad-guy/833280 "2019-04-30T21:24:11Z")
I live out in the boonies and we have a serious problem with illegal dumpers. People dumb all sorts of crap from fridges to animal carcasses out here and I caught someone in the act. I took a very quick photo of their v… --- ## [My Creepy Walk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-creepy-walk/833246)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-creepy-walk/833246 "2019-04-30T18:46:21Z")
It felt like I was in some sort of horror movie today while on my walk. I was walking my dog on an old logging road with forest on either side. It’s a bit windy and hilly so you can’t always see very far in front of you. … --- ## [Grandchildlandia!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandchildlandia/832303)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandchildlandia/832303 "2019-04-30T14:41:33Z")
Welcome to the Universe that is centered upon our grandchildren! It’s been said that grandchildren are Life’s reward for surviving your children. Or maybe it’s letting your children survive…hmmm… Talk about the smartes… --- ## [Crane collapse in Seattle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crane-collapse-in-seattle/833152)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crane-collapse-in-seattle/833152 "2019-04-30T13:30:01Z")
4 dead, 4 injured after crane collapsed on several cars in South Lake Union --- ## [John Havlicek has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-havlicek-has-died/833063)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2019, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-havlicek-has-died/833063 "2019-04-30T12:15:18Z")
John Havlicek, a Dynamo in Two Eras of Celtics Glory, Dies at 79 :frowning: I saw him play often in the late 70s. He was brilliant. --- ## [Serving dinner at a soup kitchen is very rewarding.....and potentially humbling.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serving-dinner-at-a-soup-kitchen-is-very-rewarding-and-potentially-humbling/833062)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2019, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serving-dinner-at-a-soup-kitchen-is-very-rewarding-and-potentially-humbling/833062 "2019-04-30T06:56:08Z")
This evening, I joined a group from my church to do this. I’ve done it many times before and thought I knew what to expect. I did not expect to see someone I knew there, and not this person either. He seemed to recogn… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=398) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=400)