# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=4 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 5 --- ## [Roadside America co-founder Ken Smith RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roadside-america-co-founder-ken-smith-rip/1032822)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2026, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roadside-america-co-founder-ken-smith-rip/1032822 "2026-09-05T02:24:49Z")
Roadside America Announces the Passing of Co-founder Ken Smith From the news release: Smith had a ceaseless passion to explore the American roadside and document offbeat attractions. His friendly and curious nature eng… --- ## [More trouble for Dan Ariely](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-trouble-for-dan-ariely/1009453)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2026, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-trouble-for-dan-ariely/1009453 "2026-09-05T00:23:47Z")
You might know Dan from his book Predictively Irrational, which was a huge pop science success about behavioral economics/general science. I never loved the book because his conclusions were too glib, and the studies sta… --- ## [20 yrs ago today: R.I.P., Steve Irwin, 04 Sep 2006](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-yrs-ago-today-r-i-p-steve-irwin-04-sep-2006/1032821)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-yrs-ago-today-r-i-p-steve-irwin-04-sep-2006/1032821 "2026-09-04T21:34:10Z")
Hard to believe it’s been 20 years. Crikey! I’m watching this documentary, a 60 Minutes Australia documentary segment (47 mins), and I’m only a few minutes in and it looks really good. ➜ https://youtu.be/sRhJtsUH5VI ■ … --- ## [Buc-ee's - world's largest service plaza](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buc-ees-worlds-largest-service-plaza/986309)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 265\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buc-ees-worlds-largest-service-plaza/986309 "2026-09-04T15:02:54Z")
Anybody been there? Looks crazy big. 120 gas pumps, 350 employees, their own Bar B Que restaurant, bakery, etc. A wall of soda dispensers. Gift shops and who knows what else. Voted the best bathrooms. No trucks allowed. … --- ## [Meta \[Facebook\] and Numerous States Settle Lawsuit about Child Safety](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meta-facebook-and-numerous-states-settle-lawsuit-about-child-safety/1032567)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meta-facebook-and-numerous-states-settle-lawsuit-about-child-safety/1032567 "2026-09-04T14:07:25Z")
California says states, Meta agree to $17 billion settlement in child safety trial https://www.npr.org/2026/08/26/nx-s1-5944781/meta-settlement-child-safety-lawsuit The important thing is not the money but that: “Met… --- ## [Unexpected root canal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-root-canal/1032815)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2026, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-root-canal/1032815 "2026-09-04T04:42:29Z")
Yesterday, I was SUPPOSED TO BE fitted for a bridge for my teeth. Instead, a root canal. And it took three times longer than normal, with my dentist saying it was a tough one. I feel like my face was punched. --- ## [Giant Rock, and other anomalous places you’ve been](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-rock-and-other-anomalous-places-you-ve-been/1030917)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2026, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-rock-and-other-anomalous-places-you-ve-been/1030917 "2026-09-03T20:44:40Z")
Got any anomalous places that you’ve been to? This is named Giant Rock. We stopped by the other day. Located in the Mojave Desert north of Palm Springs, near Yucca Valley… --- ## [Is it hot out there or is it just me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-hot-out-there-or-is-it-just-me/1028563)
**Author:** [@doomtastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doomtastic)\ **Replies:** 240\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-hot-out-there-or-is-it-just-me/1028563 "2026-09-03T18:06:10Z")
So, this is currently happening in the western US (hopefully I’ve linked it properly so it will embed): Summer. In March. Quite possibly the most absurd example of clima… --- ## [What do you want to wear to your own funeral?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-to-wear-to-your-own-funeral/1029498)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2026, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-to-wear-to-your-own-funeral/1029498 "2026-09-03T03:50:22Z")
Inspired by the recently revived Cross-dressing Men thread. Provided you are open to an open casket funeral and manglization of your body is somewhat repairable, what do you want to wear to your own funeral? Conventiona… --- ## [Anyone experience with postpartum preeclampsia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-experience-with-postpartum-preeclampsia/1032638)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2026, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-experience-with-postpartum-preeclampsia/1032638 "2026-09-03T03:02:34Z")
My 35 year old daughter gave birth to a beautiful healthy baby girl on 8/22/26. Since roughly 2 days after the birth daughter swelled up like a water balloon, has a headache, visual disturbances, protein in her urine tha… --- ## [Did I Register a Dying Child?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-register-a-dying-child/1029672)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2026, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-register-a-dying-child/1029672 "2026-09-03T01:09:26Z")
In April, we have 3 Tuesdays in a row where we focus on registering kindergarteners for the upcoming school year. This past Tuesday, I was in the process with a child and reached the category, “Health Information”. We n… --- ## [Maltese journalist killed by a bomb placed in her car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maltese-journalist-killed-by-a-bomb-placed-in-her-car/799221)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2026, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maltese-journalist-killed-by-a-bomb-placed-in-her-car/799221 "2026-09-02T21:17:07Z")
On October 16th, Daphne Caruana Galizia, Maltese journalist who was a very harsh critic of the Maltese government and had constantly exposed corruption scandals in her country, mostly related to the “Panama Papers”, died… --- ## [Weird Things you've Stumbled Across on the Internet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-things-youve-stumbled-across-on-the-internet/1032715)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-things-youve-stumbled-across-on-the-internet/1032715 "2026-09-01T18:41:47Z")
Sometimes, on my way somewhere else, I come across something weird or downright bizarre on the internet. I store the URLs in a file devoted to such stuff. Over the weekend I came across this weird stained glass-or-ename… --- ## [Rabbit rabbit!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-rabbit/983420)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-rabbit/983420 "2026-09-01T16:50:24Z")
There are threads from '02, '03, and '04 seeking etymology, but I don’t care about etymology. I’m just here to say it! (does anyone else say it?) Rabbit rabbit! --- ## [Bringing my dog's ashes home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-my-dogs-ashes-home/1032685)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-my-dogs-ashes-home/1032685 "2026-09-01T10:49:08Z")
First, thanks to everyone who already chipped in. I love you all. Second, feel a little stupid doing this, but I have no pride left, and there’s a slight urgency since the vet texted that my dog’s ashes are ready to be … --- ## [NSA and the Cold War Computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsa-and-the-cold-war-computer/1032705)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsa-and-the-cold-war-computer/1032705 "2026-09-01T03:48:51Z")
Harvest, Stretch, and Tractor. NSA’s cryptographic computer system. --- ## [Who's missing that you really want to see on the Board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 1241\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010 "2026-09-01T00:25:40Z")
Title says it all. --- ## [The Scale Modeling Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scale-modeling-thread/954812)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scale-modeling-thread/954812 "2026-08-31T23:44:59Z")
I loved building models as a kid/teenager/young adult and have decided to get back into it. As I love battleships, I have begun work on a 1/350 model of HMS Prince of Wales, the King George V class ship that met an unfo… --- ## [Extreme flooding in Nepal and into China](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-flooding-in-nepal-and-into-china/1032587)
**Author:** [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-flooding-in-nepal-and-into-china/1032587 "2026-08-31T22:43:17Z")
Videos are showing spectacular devastation - 20-meter-high walls of water. Cause unclear - may be the collapse of a glacial lake. --- ## [Silly Signs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-signs/112808)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-signs/112808 "2026-08-31T20:05:05Z")
Anyone ever seen any signs/notices/instructions which were funny in the sense that they could have the wrong meaning taken from them or were stupid? I have a few: On a Japanese road: Stop. Drive Sideways. On a chainsa… --- ## [Cat cat the Barn Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-cat-the-barn-cat/1032695)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-cat-the-barn-cat/1032695 "2026-08-31T19:19:04Z")
She died. Was here when we built the barn. Some 18 years ago. She just appeared. Tiny fuzz ball with an attitude. She’d park herself right in your way and hiss at you for inconveniencing her. We could never get our ha… --- ## [I wish I had a tail!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-had-a-tail/1032671)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-had-a-tail/1032671 "2026-08-31T18:58:31Z")
I wish I had a tail! Well, not just me. That’d be weird. I wish people had tails! Young women would have big bushy ones. Adults would envy their lushness. Celebrities would have memorable ones. Weird “freaks” woul… --- ## [Confirm Or deny rumor on the Internet, please? (Do web ads all contain spyware?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirm-or-deny-rumor-on-the-internet-please-do-web-ads-all-contain-spyware/1032706)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirm-or-deny-rumor-on-the-internet-please-do-web-ads-all-contain-spyware/1032706 "2026-08-31T18:29:56Z")
The Rumor–that some, or all, web ads now contain spyware to monitor you, put there by law enforcement at the Federal, State or Local level. --- ## [Anyone else a high school Bicentennial Class of 1976 alum? Anything going (or gone to) to a 50th reunion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-a-high-school-bicentennial-class-of-1976-alum-anything-going-or-gone-to-to-a-50th-reunion/1031663)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-a-high-school-bicentennial-class-of-1976-alum-anything-going-or-gone-to-to-a-50th-reunion/1031663 "2026-08-31T10:08:35Z")
My 50th reunion is coming up in a couple weeks. There is a Facebook page dedicated to it, and it is interesting to see some preliminary photos of (so far) just the planning committee. Anyway, I’ve never been to a reunio… --- ## [(Old) Dark Skies in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-dark-skies-in-the-mmp/1032523)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 321\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-dark-skies-in-the-mmp/1032523 "2026-08-31T05:52:32Z")
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 16c/61f with a predicted high of 22c/71f and sunny. Weather app says “The fucking sun is shining like diamonds in a goat’s ass. Which is fucking fun to google.” Following on from last… --- ## [Discoveries made via a rabbit hole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discoveries-made-via-a-rabbit-hole/1032639)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2026, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discoveries-made-via-a-rabbit-hole/1032639 "2026-08-30T20:44:54Z")
A group name COW. I started out googling Gen Alpha. That led me to Cult of the Dead Cow And then to COW, and their second album Daddy Has A Tail! Anyone else been down a hole lately? --- ## [Ghislaine Maxwell convicted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghislaine-maxwell-convicted/956879)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghislaine-maxwell-convicted/956879 "2026-08-30T17:20:23Z")
--- ## [My dog died yesterday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-died-yesterday/1032501)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2026, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-died-yesterday/1032501 "2026-08-30T07:48:36Z")
Yeah, I know people write about this all the time. I don’t have much to add, except there was something right about is being Dorothy Parker’s birthday. Yes, I know it is also the day Richard III died at Bosworth, and en… --- ## [Bronze Age Enigma Tablets--Unreadable Messages From Pre-History](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bronze-age-enigma-tablets-unreadable-messages-from-pre-history/1032673)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2026, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bronze-age-enigma-tablets-unreadable-messages-from-pre-history/1032673 "2026-08-30T04:23:34Z")
Looks like we have a new Roman Dodecahedron -level mystery. Mysterious clay or stone tablets, covered in dots, square & triangles, from before recorded history. https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/76785 The table… --- ## [I'm Blocking Gmail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-blocking-gmail/1032470)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2026, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-blocking-gmail/1032470 "2026-08-30T04:20:52Z")
I’ve been inundated with spam aimed at authors. Spammers pretending to be publishers, literary agents, publicists, book club organizers, radio station honchos, movie moguls, library system administrators, etc. They all… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=5)