# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=406 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 407 --- ## [ive finally solved the ancient mysteries and no it wasnt aliens or gods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-finally-solved-the-ancient-mysteries-and-no-it-wasnt-aliens-or-gods/831593)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-finally-solved-the-ancient-mysteries-and-no-it-wasnt-aliens-or-gods/831593 "2019-03-28T22:34:28Z")
or all that other bunk that’s been spouted since before the 70s …… See before mankind even existed there was a omnipotent power on the earth that had land air and sea travel mastered …… that helped foster peace and un… --- ## [Negative Two to the x Power](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/negative-two-to-the-x-power/831437)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2019, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/negative-two-to-the-x-power/831437 "2019-03-28T20:32:06Z")
I have seen several references that said I cannot have an exponential function in which the base is less than zero. When I saw that I thought to myself, “Oh yeah, well \*\*\*\* u. Watch this m\*\* \*\*\*\*\*\*.” Then I came up wit… --- ## [QUIT saying "Here's why!" ... and here's why](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-saying-heres-why-and-heres-why/831677)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-saying-heres-why-and-heres-why/831677 "2019-03-28T20:27:16Z")
You are writing the teaser headline for an online article. A piece, an article, a column, a blog. An informative body of writing, be it factual or opinion. This article, by definition, contains the “here’s why.” It IS t… --- ## [One of the combination McDonald's / Shell Stations closed in my area.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-combination-mcdonalds-shell-stations-closed-in-my-area/831475)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-combination-mcdonalds-shell-stations-closed-in-my-area/831475 "2019-03-27T21:15:04Z")
I remember when they built the combination McDonald’s / Shell Station in the mid 90’s. It’s a half mile down the road from the original McDonald’s built in the 1960’s. Went by there today and all the gas pumps were gone… --- ## [We will build a Wall between the US and Mexico.... and an Artist Will Pay for It](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-will-build-a-wall-between-the-us-and-mexico-and-an-artist-will-pay-for-it/831525)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-will-build-a-wall-between-the-us-and-mexico-and-an-artist-will-pay-for-it/831525 "2019-03-27T20:15:47Z")
Artist Cosimo Cavallaro is building a wall between the US and Mexico. It will only be a quarter of a mile long, but it will be notable. It’s going to be made of cheese. --- ## [Sex problems in marriage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-problems-in-marriage/575503)
**Author:** [@Osiris\_the\_1st](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osiris_the_1st)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-problems-in-marriage/575503 "2011-03-28T02:06:22Z")
I don’t know what to do about this, talking with my wife doesn’t really seem to help. For several years now my wife’s libido has taken a severe down-swing. It’s gotten to the point where we may go months without having … --- ## [Happy Birthday to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-me/831556)
**Author:** [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-me/831556 "2019-03-26T21:05:44Z")
Today is my 79th birthday. I think I must have learned something in 79 years but I don’t know what it was. Nor do I know what I want to be when (or if) I grow up. Anyway, it’s a happy birthday for me and I hope the rest … --- ## [Airliner Mistakes Edinburgh for Germany](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airliner-mistakes-edinburgh-for-germany/831537)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airliner-mistakes-edinburgh-for-germany/831537 "2019-03-26T18:08:37Z")
(Thread subject slightly distorted to make title fit) A British Airways flight scheduled to go to Dusseldorf mistakenly flew to Edinburghwith the pilots being unaware of the error. I have to ask, with the multitude of … --- ## [Scam mail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-mail/831516)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2019, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-mail/831516 "2019-03-26T07:13:06Z")
Here’s a unique twist to those scam email that you receive. I live in the USA. Someone with my last name died in London, Ontario, Canada, with an estate of $9.2 million USD. The mail purports to come from Sam Avis, an… --- ## [Venebles and Thompson: Where is Thompson now? Theories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venebles-and-thompson-where-is-thompson-now-theories/831318)
**Author:** [@Grandknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grandknight)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2019, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venebles-and-thompson-where-is-thompson-now-theories/831318 "2019-03-26T00:19:02Z")
We know Venebales is back in jail and obviously there is a publication ban, so just personal theories about what you think he’s up to now. I’ve read that his mother was very supportive and visited him every Sunday with … --- ## [Have you ever met a cat that learnt what a laser pointer is?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-a-cat-that-learnt-what-a-laser-pointer-is/831442)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-a-cat-that-learnt-what-a-laser-pointer-is/831442 "2019-03-26T00:15:18Z")
Are there any cats that, after enough exposures to a laser pointer, eventually figure out that they’ll never catch it and then ignore them for that point forward or are all cats fascinated by laser pointers no matter how… --- ## [Where's Bricker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862 "2019-03-25T21:02:27Z")
Bricker has been one of the SDMB’s most prolific posters, but hasn’t posted since 15/11/2018. He has however been looking here on the board as recently as 25/12/2018. Where art thou Bricker? :wink: --- ## [Dealing with your Trump supporter friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-your-trump-supporter-friends/831272)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-your-trump-supporter-friends/831272 "2019-03-25T13:52:32Z")
I started reading through Trump from the very beginning or at least before the apprentice. A bullshitter. Later,his staunch assertion that Obama’s birth country was highly questionable, disavowed me of any opinion that… --- ## [MySpace loses all songs uploaded in its first 12 years of existence.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-loses-all-songs-uploaded-in-its-first-12-years-of-existence/831358)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-loses-all-songs-uploaded-in-its-first-12-years-of-existence/831358 "2019-03-25T04:46:47Z")
Yes, it still exists. But, in a server migration this weekend, MySpace is claiming every song uploaded in the first 12 years it was running is now… gone. Kaput. Vanished. Corrupted. https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/18/us/my… --- ## [Terrorist shooting in Utrecht (NL)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-shooting-in-utrecht-nl/831314)
**Author:** [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-shooting-in-utrecht-nl/831314 "2019-03-25T02:02:40Z")
Breaking news: a suspect, provisionally identified as a 37 years old male from Turkish descent, killed 3 and wounded 9 passengers in a streetcar shooting in Utrecht (Netherlands). The suspect is still on the run. Terrori… --- ## [The Vernal Equinox crosses this MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vernal-equinox-crosses-this-mmp/831302)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vernal-equinox-crosses-this-mmp/831302 "2019-03-25T01:24:55Z")
By the end of the week, we’ll start having more daylight hours than night (except for \*\*BatBoy \*\*- sorry…) Whatcha gonna do with all those extra light rays? Happy Moanday! --- ## [Buying cars in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cars-in-the-mmp/830939)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2019, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cars-in-the-mmp/830939 "2019-03-24T04:27:40Z")
My daughter is about to replace her piece of crap car with a newer one. I’ll be going with her when she does the final paperwork, since I’m not so easily swayed by sales folk. That will be my tomorrow. So share your t… --- ## [Nursery rhymes with a twist.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nursery-rhymes-with-a-twist/830663)
**Author:** [@Qwakkeddup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwakkeddup)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nursery-rhymes-with-a-twist/830663 "2019-03-24T01:42:56Z")
Little boy blue come blow your horn, the sheep’s in the meadow, the cow’s in the corn. Where is the boy who looks after the sheep? Why he’s under the haystack, with Little Bo Peep!! --- ## [Phrases your (grand)parents used](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-your-grand-parents-used/504245)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2019, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-your-grand-parents-used/504245 "2019-03-23T22:33:02Z")
The ‘I pit shitty drivers’ BBQ thread (the title – I haven’t opened the thread) instantly made me think ‘I shit driver pits’. This in turn reminded me of a phrase my dad used to use: Shaking like a dog passing peach pi… --- ## [What's the oldest thing you wrote that's still on the Internet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-oldest-thing-you-wrote-thats-still-on-the-internet/831385)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2019, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-oldest-thing-you-wrote-thats-still-on-the-internet/831385 "2019-03-20T08:28:18Z")
Acceptable is some piece of text that you composed and typed with your own two hands, and is now still publicly accessible – you could give someone a URL and they could see it. The oldest I can find for me is a fairly l… --- ## [Any target shooters here. Rifle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-target-shooters-here-rifle/831409)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2019, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-target-shooters-here-rifle/831409 "2019-03-20T08:05:50Z")
I started target shooting when I got my first .22 when I was 9 years old. I haven’t shot for about 5 years. We do live remote, but not that remote. Don’t want to bug people (though every year I hear people sighting in… --- ## [Why are some eBay items suspiciously cheap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-ebay-items-suspiciously-cheap/831348)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2019, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-ebay-items-suspiciously-cheap/831348 "2019-03-20T04:40:49Z")
I noticed that some eBay items - such as genuine precious-metal jewelry that is selling for just $1. Which leads to suspicion that maybe it’s something fake like plastic, but the seller(s) have high ratings, a track rec… --- ## [Most metal binomial names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-metal-binomial-names/831347)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2019, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-metal-binomial-names/831347 "2019-03-20T03:49:08Z")
There’s a (relatively\*) pint-sized tyrannosaur fossil that’s been in the science news lately, and because it’s a precursor to the more famous Rex, it’s been given the name Moros intrepidus. That translates, apparently, t… --- ## [Anyone ever hear this phrase: "If you mean to do a thing..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hear-this-phrase-if-you-mean-to-do-a-thing/831380)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hear-this-phrase-if-you-mean-to-do-a-thing/831380 "2019-03-20T00:22:30Z")
Another thread asked about things your grandparents used to say. I only knew 1 of my grandparents - my mom’s dad, who died when I was 8. He used to say something that I remember as: “If you mean to do a thing, and wi… --- ## [Do YOU tip at Sonics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-tip-at-sonics/831277)
**Author:** [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2019, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-tip-at-sonics/831277 "2019-03-19T23:59:28Z")
As many have probably heard, the entire staff of three locations of Sonics in Ohio quit. The issue was a new corporate owner buying the franchise and changing minimum wage from $8.55 to the “restaurant server” minimum of… --- ## [My favorite thread: New and Unimproved Workplace Rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-thread-new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/831384)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-thread-new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/831384 "2019-03-19T20:04:05Z")
Every time I log on here, I go first to my favorite thread: “New and Unimproved Workplace Rants”, over in the BBQ Pit. I was laid off from the World’s Second-Best Selling Commercial Jet Airplane Company a couple years … --- ## [Most menial job description you've seen where a degree is required??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-menial-job-description-youve-seen-where-a-degree-is-required/831254)
**Author:** [@scarface54345](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scarface54345)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-menial-job-description-youve-seen-where-a-degree-is-required/831254 "2019-03-19T19:18:18Z")
So I saw a job listing for a cashier at McDonalds. The job description for this cashier position said that a bachelor’s (4-yr) degree is REQUIRED. Yes, they want a 4-yr degree just for an employee to say “Would you like … --- ## [Most ridiculous brand extension](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-brand-extension/831163)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-brand-extension/831163 "2019-03-19T18:37:52Z")
Marketers have long realized the “power” of extending a product line by adding new flavours, healthier versions, or making other minor changes. This gives the product more shelf space and presumably increases sales. I … --- ## [Why did the Cow Cross the Road? To go to Chick-Fil-A](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-cow-cross-the-road-to-go-to-chick-fil-a/831364)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-cow-cross-the-road-to-go-to-chick-fil-a/831364 "2019-03-19T15:35:58Z")
https://kutv.com/news/offbeat/cow-runs-away-from-indiana-police-blocks-traffic-and-goes-to-chik-fil-a --- ## [The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring (Tra la!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flowers-that-bloom-in-the-spring-tra-la/831248)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flowers-that-bloom-in-the-spring-tra-la/831248 "2019-03-19T15:20:34Z")
Arizona had an unusually cool and wet winter, and we are having quite a nice bloom of wildflowers. My wife and I went to Peridot Mesa, an old cinder cone on the San Carlos Apache reservation today to take photos: … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=405) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=407)