# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=403 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 404 --- ## [Sudden losses. So many. Share the grief.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-losses-so-many-share-the-grief/832202)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2019, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-losses-so-many-share-the-grief/832202 "2019-04-12T02:56:31Z")
I know–it’s a real bummer of a thread title. I just lost one of my beloved cats/fur babies yesterday–and another one last November. Two of my long-time pen pals died within a couple of years of each other–past year or… --- ## ["If you wish to leave you may"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-wish-to-leave-you-may/832369)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2019, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-wish-to-leave-you-may/832369 "2019-04-12T02:47:30Z")
Better than late night. Maxine Waters bangs down her gravel on Mnuchin. --- ## [Farewell, Georgie! You were a great dog!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-georgie-you-were-a-great-dog/832291)
**Author:** [@txjim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txjim)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2019, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-georgie-you-were-a-great-dog/832291 "2019-04-12T02:08:45Z")
My wife and I took our dog Georgie to be put down earlier today. It was her time and, I truly believe, she knew it as well. She was adopted in 2002 as, what was stated, a Shepherd/Lab mix. I don’t believe this was tru… --- ## [Best $10 squirrel repellent ever!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-10-squirrel-repellent-ever/832087)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-10-squirrel-repellent-ever/832087 "2019-04-11T21:58:29Z")
Couldn’t keep the damn squirrels off my bird feeder! It’s hanging on a slender metal pole, which stymied them for while, but they discovered that they can climb it with some difficulty. Must be worth it, because once th… --- ## [long-term residents in hotels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-term-residents-in-hotels/832174)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-term-residents-in-hotels/832174 "2019-04-11T16:27:36Z")
I am just curious, are there any facilities (hotels, apartment buildings, condos) where one can establish a semi-permanent residence where the actual room/apartment floats but one’s possessions are held in storage when o… --- ## [Yesterday I hadn't heard of a physiatrist.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-i-hadnt-heard-of-a-physiatrist/831993)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-i-hadnt-heard-of-a-physiatrist/831993 "2019-04-11T15:52:44Z")
Now I have one who promises to jab my poor, arthritic knees with cortisone when I’m done with my antibiotics, all without seeing me, just my X-rays. I could be outta here in a week! --- ## [Gun supporter makes argument against guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-supporter-makes-argument-against-guns/832395)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-supporter-makes-argument-against-guns/832395 "2019-04-11T15:29:24Z")
After gun activist shows up at lawmakers’ houses, Texas representative declares his “constitutional carry” bill dead snerk And I consider it an aptonym that the activist involved is named “McNutt” --- ## [Contractor Dopers: Fisher proposal to build border wall: Is this \*technically\* feasible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contractor-dopers-fisher-proposal-to-build-border-wall-is-this-technically-feasible/832261)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contractor-dopers-fisher-proposal-to-build-border-wall-is-this-technically-feasible/832261 "2019-04-11T14:16:16Z")
\*\*Not \*\*a thread about the politics of the border wall, but, rather, a purely technical/practical thread: Fisher Sand and Gravel has offered to build a large section of the US-Mexico border wall for just $3.3 billion. … --- ## [I knew it! They've been slipping me diuretic mickeys!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-it-theyve-been-slipping-me-diuretic-mickeys/832347)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-it-theyve-been-slipping-me-diuretic-mickeys/832347 "2019-04-11T12:36:47Z")
“No, I haven’t been giving you diuretics!” No? Then why is my urine so clear and there’s so much of it on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays? I don’t fill a one-liter urinal in 45 minutes normally. But one of my manifo… --- ## [Gun hater makes argument for guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-hater-makes-argument-for-guns/832337)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-hater-makes-argument-for-guns/832337 "2019-04-11T12:28:18Z")
Read this. Well done, Alison! You’ve just given a great example of one of the primary reasons Americans want guns. --- ## [Was there a time when only the well off could afford luxury cars and status symbol cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-time-when-only-the-well-off-could-afford-luxury-cars-and-status-symbol-cars/832246)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-time-when-only-the-well-off-could-afford-luxury-cars-and-status-symbol-cars/832246 "2019-04-11T11:55:11Z")
With 7 year car loans and a gigantic used car market increasing competition and price transparency, it seems almost anyone can get a luxury car now (as long as its used). BMW, Benz, Lincoln, Cadillac, Porsche, Lexus, etc… --- ## [Bipatisan effort in Congress to ban free tax filing from IRS.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bipatisan-effort-in-congress-to-ban-free-tax-filing-from-irs/832305)
**Author:** [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bipatisan-effort-in-congress-to-ban-free-tax-filing-from-irs/832305 "2019-04-11T04:03:47Z")
Congress Is About to Ban the Government From Offering Free Online Tax Filing. Thank TurboTax. “Taxpayer First Act” – I chuckle. Note: Despite what people think, the FreeFillableForms web site is NOT sponsored or ma… --- ## [My brain! It is WORKING!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brain-it-is-working/832275)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brain-it-is-working/832275 "2019-04-11T02:42:43Z")
Some of it is the Abilify they started me on first day in the hospital. It’s aptly named because I didn’t know I was getting it but immediately started feeling more able. But some seems to be down to the antibiotics th… --- ## [We're having Beef Dementia tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-having-beef-dementia-tonight/831902)
**Author:** [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-having-beef-dementia-tonight/831902 "2019-04-11T01:37:21Z")
No thanks Mom, I think I’ll pass. Sounds a little like Mad Cow Disease. My mom came up with that one a little while ago. She’s 87 and has been in declining health, both physically and mentally, for some time now. We jus… --- ## [New Google Doodle partway through today honors picture of black hole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-google-doodle-partway-through-today-honors-picture-of-black-hole/832356)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-google-doodle-partway-through-today-honors-picture-of-black-hole/832356 "2019-04-11T00:56:15Z")
This is the first time I’ve seen the Google Doodle change partway through the day. It’s so new, in fact, that I can’t link to it except through the Google website itself. It honors the picture of the Black Hole just publ… --- ## [Anyone here have a fire pit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-have-a-fire-pit/832173)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-have-a-fire-pit/832173 "2019-04-10T23:20:47Z")
I built one in my back yard a couple of years ago, and every so often make a bonfire for the heck of it. Yesterday was a cold grey day, very depressing; so I cheered myself up sitting in a lawn chair near the fire. --- ## [Move over, Hobbits. Make way for the Gnomes. (homo luzonensis)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-hobbits-make-way-for-the-gnomes-homo-luzonensis/832360)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-hobbits-make-way-for-the-gnomes-homo-luzonensis/832360 "2019-04-10T22:02:05Z")
I don’t have a question, but maybe others do. I just thought this was cool. An Ancient Human Species Is Discovered in a Philippine Cave --- ## [I've fallen in love with a shopkeeper's accent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-fallen-in-love-with-a-shopkeepers-accent/832342)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-fallen-in-love-with-a-shopkeepers-accent/832342 "2019-04-10T20:57:57Z")
Last week my wife and I were at the local shopping mall looking at luggage and we stopped in at a travel goods store. I had been there before, but this time the person keeping the shop was someone new, an elderly woman … --- ## [When my knees and feet feel better I plan to have some fun.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-my-knees-and-feet-feel-better-i-plan-to-have-some-fun/832151)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-my-knees-and-feet-feel-better-i-plan-to-have-some-fun/832151 "2019-04-10T01:20:47Z")
I love to ride and work on bicycles. On my carport there’s the one by brother built that’s always been too big for me, but it’s fast and just needs the shifting fixed. There’re three what belong to my kids, two should … --- ## [A crappy start to the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-crappy-start-to-the-day/832290)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-crappy-start-to-the-day/832290 "2019-04-09T23:50:58Z")
So every morning my dog wakes up about ten minutes before my alarm. He whines to get out of his crate, so I open the door and lounge in bed for a few more minutes. The dog stretches, gets some water, chases the cat and t… --- ## [Why you cannot take someone else's ball(s) and go home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-cannot-take-someone-elses-ball-s-and-go-home/832226)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-cannot-take-someone-elses-ball-s-and-go-home/832226 "2019-04-09T19:27:30Z")
While penile transplants can and do happen, I found out that testicle transplants can but won’t happen because if the transplant is successful it will produce the sperm of the donor and not the recipient, and doctors are… --- ## [I'm working myself into a temper tantrum.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-working-myself-into-a-temper-tantrum/832238)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-working-myself-into-a-temper-tantrum/832238 "2019-04-09T19:17:58Z")
I had a little extra money, and instead of putting it in my pocket, I chose to treat my grandchildren. I’d seen the TV commercials for the Chinese Shen Yun dancers, and I thought the bright colored costumes and synchroni… --- ## [Boy in Police hugging photo dead :(](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-in-police-hugging-photo-dead/811429)
**Author:** [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-in-police-hugging-photo-dead/811429 "2019-04-09T13:42:16Z")
I’m not normally the feeling having type, but this just made me sad: Boy in viral 2014 protest photo among 8 family members dead in California cliff crash :frowning: --- ## [Musing: why do people think someone "chooses" to be gay (or straight)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musing-why-do-people-think-someone-chooses-to-be-gay-or-straight/831880)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musing-why-do-people-think-someone-chooses-to-be-gay-or-straight/831880 "2019-04-09T12:36:06Z")
Haven’t they noticed that no one chooses what individual they’re going to be sexually (or otherwise) attracted to? And that if you aren’t sexually attracted to someone, you just aren’t. You might be able to go through th… --- ## [Oskar Myer is Hiring People to Drive the Wienermobile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oskar-myer-is-hiring-people-to-drive-the-wienermobile/828266)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oskar-myer-is-hiring-people-to-drive-the-wienermobile/828266 "2019-04-09T02:50:12Z")
I want you to know if I land the gig I will remember who my friends are. Linky --- ## [We just installed a Ring doorbell. Got any tips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-installed-a-ring-doorbell-got-any-tips/832199)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-installed-a-ring-doorbell-got-any-tips/832199 "2019-04-08T23:30:19Z")
There have been a growing number of break-ins in our quiet town, coinciding with the growing number of homeless. We held off for quite awhile, but finally put in a Ring doorbell. We’re still figuring out all the bells … --- ## [Gardening season begins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardening-season-begins/832186)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardening-season-begins/832186 "2019-04-08T20:25:57Z")
Last week I pruned the epimedia, and cleaned the leaves out of the beds. This week I planted an apple tree, some parsley, and pansies, and put up the peony cages. The daffodils will be in bloom soon. Gardening season … --- ## [Karma's a bitch, eh, poacher?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karmas-a-bitch-eh-poacher/832171)
**Author:** [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karmas-a-bitch-eh-poacher/832171 "2019-04-08T19:52:18Z")
Suspected rhino poacher killed by elephants, body eaten by lions. --- ## [We're getting a St. Bernard!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-getting-a-st-bernard/612814)
**Author:** [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-getting-a-st-bernard/612814 "2012-02-16T20:51:22Z")
I don’t start threads often, but this seems to merit one: Last week, our pug of ten years had to be put to sleep. The bones in her back were contacting and rubbing against one another, such that she threw up from the p… --- ## [Interesting link about the pyrotechnics of the Apollo spacecraft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-link-about-the-pyrotechnics-of-the-apollo-spacecraft/831867)
**Author:** [@mako88sb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mako88sb)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-link-about-the-pyrotechnics-of-the-apollo-spacecraft/831867 "2019-04-08T16:58:39Z")
Kind of stumbled across this and found it to be pretty fascinating. I’ve read quite a about everything involved with the Apollo program and was always amazed at the number of time explosive devices were mentioned: https… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=402) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=404)