# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=402 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 403 --- ## [I had psychadelic experience that changed my relationship to food.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-psychadelic-experience-that-changed-my-relationship-to-food/831999)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-psychadelic-experience-that-changed-my-relationship-to-food/831999 "2019-04-19T16:30:47Z")
I wasn’t quite sure where to make this post. None of the other forums seemed appropriate, so I’m defaulting to MPSIMS. But I don’t normally read or post here, so I don’t really know people or the culture. But I wanted to… --- ## [Endless wait for driving lessons. This is pathetic.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/endless-wait-for-driving-lessons-this-is-pathetic/832604)
**Author:** [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2019, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/endless-wait-for-driving-lessons-this-is-pathetic/832604 "2019-04-19T09:52:43Z")
Two ads on the local craigslist elicited zero response. All the driving schools are overbooked and busy until at least end of May. Two further ads in the local community classifieds received null response, too. Finally a… --- ## [Mr. Davies died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-davies-died/832573)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-davies-died/832573 "2019-04-18T22:06:49Z")
Friends, it’s old news, but I just found out that my Dad’s old friend, and by extension, mine, Will Davies, died. I call him “Mr. Davies,” because that is how I always referred to him. He was a friend of my father’s, a… --- ## [Beckdawrek gets a bad, bad, bad CGM.( or how I got schooled)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-gets-a-bad-bad-bad-cgm-or-how-i-got-schooled/832645)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-gets-a-bad-bad-bad-cgm-or-how-i-got-schooled/832645 "2019-04-18T20:16:38Z")
Wake up early. After cats are fed, I eat a yogurt. And we head to the clinic to get my new glucose monitor. The lil’wrekker is riding with me. So attentive to her Moms needs, you might say? Nope. She smells a shopping tr… --- ## [Will my pee-pee get bigger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-pee-pee-get-bigger/370365)
**Author:** [@FormerMarineGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FormerMarineGuy)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-pee-pee-get-bigger/370365 "2018-02-19T13:51:02Z")
For some reason I did not want to use the word penis. It has been covered before, but never got much attention. A co-worker and I were talking today, and the subject of Enzyte came up. I know there might not be many f… --- ## [Board Certified](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-certified/832095)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-certified/832095 "2019-04-18T13:32:12Z")
I work for a doctor and just received a faxed invoice from “BoardCertified” in the amount of $299.00. What a scam! On its face you would think is an invoice for board certification. I happen to know from previous researc… --- ## [Misdirected Two-factor authentication](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misdirected-two-factor-authentication/830707)
**Author:** [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misdirected-two-factor-authentication/830707 "2019-04-18T13:29:12Z")
I do not have a facebook account, yet facebook (or some entity purporting to be facebook) keeps sending me codes for two factor authentication. I’m imagining some poor soul desperately trying to get their facebook fix a… --- ## [Quebec Dopers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quebec-dopers/832647)
**Author:** [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2019, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quebec-dopers/832647 "2019-04-18T12:33:27Z")
Given that Montreal and Quebec city are our oldest cities and they both have cathedrals that are at least a third the age of Notre Dame, what fire prevention measures do they have in place. As in that cannot happen here … --- ## [Mundane Pointless Algebra Problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-algebra-problem/832472)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2019, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-algebra-problem/832472 "2019-04-18T07:06:07Z")
This is not homework. I got a free college algebra book at a library book sale some time ago. The other day I was looking at some of the problems and I came across this problem: “Jim and Pam leave a campsite, Jim biki… --- ## [Help me find a laundry basket/ cart thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-laundry-basket-cart-thing/832575)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2019, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-laundry-basket-cart-thing/832575 "2019-04-18T05:14:54Z")
A child of the 70s, I grew up in an early twentieth century home with a clothes chute. It ran from the second floor bath to the basement. Our dirty clothes would drop into a laundry cart of sorts that I will describe: I… --- ## [Former president of Peru, Alan Garcia, kills himself before arrest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-of-peru-alan-garcia-kills-himself-before-arrest/832689)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-of-peru-alan-garcia-kills-himself-before-arrest/832689 "2019-04-18T00:05:05Z")
Alan Garcia, former president of Peru (twice: 1985-1990 and 2006-2011) shot himself in the head when police went to his home to arrest him on charges of corruption related to the Odebrecht scandal (Brazilian company went… --- ## [Just a normal real estate listing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-normal-real-estate-listing/832657)
**Author:** [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-normal-real-estate-listing/832657 "2019-04-17T19:51:06Z")
There’s a house up for auction in Padstow, NSW (a suburb of Sydney). Here’s a link to the listing, and a direct link to the video…tour of the house. I have to admit, it’s going to get a lot of attention for the house, … --- ## [Total MPSIMS: Cooking Show Waste](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-mpsims-cooking-show-waste/832635)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-mpsims-cooking-show-waste/832635 "2019-04-17T15:32:29Z")
Maybe once a month I bust out the food processor to do some bulk grinding (mostly nuts, crackers and cookies for baking purposes). I am not a power-user by any stretch of the imagination. Yet the bowl of the Cuisinart … --- ## [Freemasonry, lies, and Jesus Christ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freemasonry-lies-and-jesus-christ/832521)
**Author:** [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2019, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freemasonry-lies-and-jesus-christ/832521 "2019-04-17T01:12:45Z")
When I finally had need of a mason, I was sad to learn that he in fact meant to charge for his services. Free mason, my ass. Since his desired compensation bordered on the extortionate, I decided to do the job myself. N… --- ## [Velocity's bad, bad, bad Instagram Russia hack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/velocitys-bad-bad-bad-instagram-russia-hack/832586)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2019, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/velocitys-bad-bad-bad-instagram-russia-hack/832586 "2019-04-16T01:40:44Z")
OK, maybe not that bad, but I logged into Instagram for the first time in years to find…in my “Edit Profile,” my email address has been replaced by a mysterious unrecognizable Russian email address, ending in “.Ru.” I c… --- ## [Sneezing All Over The MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-all-over-the-mmp/832208)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 211\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-all-over-the-mmp/832208 "2019-04-15T02:46:07Z")
ACHOO!!! Good Mornin’ Y’all! ACHOO!!! Up and caffeinatin’. ACHOO!!! YAWN ‘Tis 67 Amurrkin out and cloudy (well, dark) with a predicted high of 83 and rain/tstorms/apocalypse this afternoon and evenin’. ACHOO!!! I shall s… --- ## [Thanks for preparing for 3 days on this job interview but ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-preparing-for-3-days-on-this-job-interview-but/830270)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2019, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-preparing-for-3-days-on-this-job-interview-but/830270 "2019-04-15T01:40:09Z")
we have already decided we are going to hire an internal candidate. Yeah, that happened to Mrs. Cad. They required a Powerpoint for the interview so she spent 3 days researching the given topic and preparing a portfoli… --- ## [So I think I've got a job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-think-ive-got-a-job/832443)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-think-ive-got-a-job/832443 "2019-04-14T21:27:25Z")
I’ve been looking for a real job like a real person has, and the Department of Disability Service sent over a nice job coach to help me find places and drive me around and talk about his pet tarantulas. So we’ve been loo… --- ## [Get a load of my Birthday Cake!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-load-of-my-birthday-cake/832392)
**Author:** [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-load-of-my-birthday-cake/832392 "2019-04-14T19:47:00Z")
Today I’m 10-1/2 in dog years! burpette got me a cake from Publix and JUST LOOK AT THAT EXCELLENT ARTWORK! The bakery salesperson (not the Artiste) had to admire it, then when b got up to the register, the cashier had t… --- ## [Computer generated questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-generated-questions/832527)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2019, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-generated-questions/832527 "2019-04-14T09:35:07Z")
Earlier today I was looking for a new place to live. Have to move for reasons that aren’t important here. At one point, I had to apply for a credit or background check and the web page wanted to be certain I was me and n… --- ## [Video on hate and hope (White Nationalism)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-on-hate-and-hope-white-nationalism/832508)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-on-hate-and-hope-white-nationalism/832508 "2019-04-14T00:05:41Z")
Perhaps in part because guns are not freely available here, white nationalism is not as much of an issue in Canada as it is the US, and that may be why the video in the link below may not be as remarkable to many Dopers … --- ## [Is texas trying to make it illegal to carpool to go voting or is it hyperbole?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-texas-trying-to-make-it-illegal-to-carpool-to-go-voting-or-is-it-hyperbole/832375)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2019, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-texas-trying-to-make-it-illegal-to-carpool-to-go-voting-or-is-it-hyperbole/832375 "2019-04-13T22:26:58Z")
Someone on facebook mentioned how Texas is considering a voting law that would, among other things, make carpooling illegal as a way to get people to vote. So I tried to find out if snopes had investigated this or not, … --- ## [Sexual heresies.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-heresies/832295)
**Author:** [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2019, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-heresies/832295 "2019-04-13T09:48:24Z")
heresy (noun): any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs, customs, etc. Gulp here goes … \*“When a man sleeps around he’s called a stud …” \* - I have never in my life seen a man express … --- ## [PSA: Don't update Windows right now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-dont-update-windows-right-now/832489)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2019, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-dont-update-windows-right-now/832489 "2019-04-13T09:46:49Z")
It seems that there are widespread problems with this latest update interacting with third-party antiviruses. I know it may be too late, but I recommend you don’t update just yet if you haven’t (always wait at least a w… --- ## [This could make for a horror story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-could-make-for-a-horror-story/832415)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2019, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-could-make-for-a-horror-story/832415 "2019-04-13T04:24:33Z")
Kim Kardashian hopes to practice law and start her legal career in 2022. Kim explains how she now wants to help as many people as possible ever since she inspired herself by managing to get Alice Johnson freed by Trump. … --- ## [Fantastic phone calls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantastic-phone-calls/832389)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2019, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantastic-phone-calls/832389 "2019-04-13T03:24:17Z")
Everyone who has my number knows I do not answer calls, though I’m great with texts. So, last night I got a text from my daughter’s boyfriend. They’ve been together through college, then his medical school and residency… --- ## [Gas explosion in Durham North Carolina](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-explosion-in-durham-north-carolina/832346)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-explosion-in-durham-north-carolina/832346 "2019-04-12T14:14:00Z")
Thankfully only 1 person killed, but many injuries. Lot of damage to surrounding buildings. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/04/10/us/durham-explosion-north-carolina/index.html --- ## [Frozen Dopers: Who is caught in the 2019 Polar Vortex and freezing their tushies off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-dopers-who-is-caught-in-the-2019-polar-vortex-and-freezing-their-tushies-off/828648)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-dopers-who-is-caught-in-the-2019-polar-vortex-and-freezing-their-tushies-off/828648 "2019-04-12T14:04:09Z")
It’s not going to reach down here to South Texas. Don’t envy y’all one bit. How bad is it? \ --- ## [Banks outside the reach of US laws? Do they exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banks-outside-the-reach-of-us-laws-do-they-exist/832331)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banks-outside-the-reach-of-us-laws-do-they-exist/832331 "2019-04-12T12:45:31Z")
I see that the British Bank Standard Charter had to shell out a billion in fines because of complicity in violating US sanctions laws. It go me wondering about banks in general. Only large international banks make the ne… --- ## [Beckdawrek is sleeping in a bad, bad, bad way.(Ambien is a cruel mistress)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-sleeping-in-a-bad-bad-bad-way-ambien-is-a-cruel-mistress/832196)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2019, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-sleeping-in-a-bad-bad-bad-way-ambien-is-a-cruel-mistress/832196 "2019-04-12T07:32:04Z")
You’ve heard of my miracle rescue. I’m here on borrowed time, as it were. Look, I love living. I wake up in a new world everyday. Well…I wake up if I ever sleep, that is. Doc sez, “You need to sleep regularly, therefor… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=401) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=403)