# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=411 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 412 --- ## [Newbie here, friend of Eve’s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here-friend-of-eve-s/830114)
**Author:** [@Cindycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cindycat)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here-friend-of-eve-s/830114 "2019-02-25T13:38:49Z")
My friend, Eve, recommended I join this site! I used to write about classic Hollywood; now I’m one of the thousands of maligned millennials who crawled back to college to get a second degree. I feel old at school now, a … --- ## [Long time in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-in-the-mmp/829754)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2019, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-in-the-mmp/829754 "2019-02-25T04:44:15Z")
I’m sitting here, way too late, doing a first past thru the pics I took while away this weekend (traversing NY for snow & ice) when an email pops up - “Transaction receipt from \” :confused: I… --- ## [Meet the kitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-kitty/830149)
**Author:** [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2019, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-kitty/830149 "2019-02-25T04:06:21Z")
He moved in a week ago, so I figured it’s high time I introduced Romeo. He likes pats, sitting in laps, and chasing brown bootlaces. Here he is daring the mice to come out from under the stove. --- ## [Tucker Carlson loses his shit in interview with Dutch Historian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-loses-his-shit-in-interview-with-dutch-historian/829930)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2019, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-loses-his-shit-in-interview-with-dutch-historian/829930 "2019-02-25T00:53:34Z")
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman has been a popular figure for many since he told a room full of millionaires and billionaires they should pay more taxes at the World Economic Forum at Davos last month. So for some reason,… --- ## [The Day the Nazis invaded Canada and captured Winnipeg.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-nazis-invaded-canada-and-captured-winnipeg/830057)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-nazis-invaded-canada-and-captured-winnipeg/830057 "2019-02-24T23:34:15Z")
I hadn’t read about “If Day” until recently. There’s nothing like a dose of reality to get people’s attention. The Channel Islands were invaded by Nazis on 30 June 1940 until their peaceful liberation on 9 May 1945. What… --- ## [I fell down last night and it's really bugging me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-down-last-night-and-its-really-bugging-me/830017)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-down-last-night-and-its-really-bugging-me/830017 "2019-02-24T21:27:50Z")
Last night, as I’m watching TV, I get up off my recliner and head to the kitchen. Suddenly, I feel myself getting dizzy. I tried to brace myself on the counter to no avail. I just fell down and busted my shoulder in the … --- ## [No swimming! A vasectomy celebration thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-swimming-a-vasectomy-celebration-thread/829514)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-swimming-a-vasectomy-celebration-thread/829514 "2019-02-24T13:55:29Z")
After waiting waaay too long to get it done, I went under the knife in December and today got back a completely negative sample. So hey, celebrate with me, celebrate your own, turn it in to an AMA, whatever! Today is a… --- ## [Anyone Ever Lose Their House Keys IN Their House?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-lose-their-house-keys-in-their-house/712339)
**Author:** [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2019, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-lose-their-house-keys-in-their-house/712339 "2019-02-24T09:23:33Z")
Yesterday I came home as usual. Then about six hours later I was on my way out and I noticed the house keys were not in their usual place. I keep then in an old glass ashtray next to the front door. So I spent all day l… --- ## [So I've been stringing along a scammer...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-been-stringing-along-a-scammer/830092)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2019, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-been-stringing-along-a-scammer/830092 "2019-02-24T08:33:13Z")
A scammer stole the profile of one of my FB friends and messaged me. I played along. The scammer then had an “agent” (another scammer) message me on FB. Over the past couple of days I’ve been having fun stringing along t… --- ## [Manual typewriters are great!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-typewriters-are-great/829734)
**Author:** [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2019, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-typewriters-are-great/829734 "2019-02-24T03:22:28Z")
For years, I have wanted to try my hand at writing the “Great American Novel”. I’ve gotten several stories started but have a difficult time progressing. I sit and stare at the monitor until I take a break and visit site… --- ## [Stupid vehicle title rules (Ohio)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-vehicle-title-rules-ohio/830014)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-vehicle-title-rules-ohio/830014 "2019-02-24T00:18:24Z")
I’ve lived in a few different states. In Texas, as I understand it, registration goes with the vehicle and not the owner, so a car can be passed around umpteen times without anyone going to the DMV and ownership is dete… --- ## [Latest Big Island Lava Damage Map Released.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-big-island-lava-damage-map-released/829994)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-big-island-lava-damage-map-released/829994 "2019-02-22T23:17:12Z")
Latest map shows where over 700 homes were covered by lava on the southeast corner of the Big Island in Hawaii. Most houses were covered with over 15 feet of lava from the Kilauea Volcano eruption that started in May 201… --- ## [the death of a single-cell organism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-of-a-single-cell-organism/829890)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-of-a-single-cell-organism/829890 "2019-02-22T21:40:21Z")
Microscopic video of a single-cell organism dying: Substantial portions fall off of it within the first 30 seconds while it continues its struggle to survive, and then around 1:10 it just...melts. viewer reactions r… --- ## [A patch for my spare tire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-patch-for-my-spare-tire/828842)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-patch-for-my-spare-tire/828842 "2019-02-22T20:13:38Z")
Well, I have a hernia. Going for surgery in a couple of weeks. I noticed a bulge on my lower abdomen a couple of weeks ago, and had the doctor look at it. It’s not painful, but it does need to be fixed. I think it wa… --- ## [Happy Washington's Birthday!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-washingtons-birthday/438770)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-washingtons-birthday/438770 "2019-02-22T19:09:40Z")
Washington’s Monument, February 1885 By Walt Whitman (1819-1892) Ah, not this marble, dead and cold: Far from its base and shaft expanding–the round zones circling, comprehending, Thou, Washington, art all the world’… --- ## [It's snowing! In the desert!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-snowing-in-the-desert/830027)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-snowing-in-the-desert/830027 "2019-02-22T18:47:29Z")
I live in Tucson, and as most of you know, it’s generally a rather warm and arid place. But this morning I saw snow outside the window, and it’s really coming down. Roads are closed, events are canceled. It snows every f… --- ## [Is sex over-rated or under-rated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sex-over-rated-or-under-rated/829644)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sex-over-rated-or-under-rated/829644 "2019-02-22T15:14:03Z")
Some people seem to think that sex is over-rated but I don’t think I have ever met anyone who thinks it is under-rated. So is there anyone here who thinks that sex is better than people make out it to be and I am wonderi… --- ## [Worst font ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-font-ever/829623)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-font-ever/829623 "2019-02-22T01:32:44Z")
Take a look at the font this guy uses on the menu at the top of the page. It is designed to resemble Chinese characters and does it so well they are almost as hard to read as Chinese characters. It’s a tutorial on changi… --- ## [When the apocolypse comes, I'm raising skunks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-apocolypse-comes-im-raising-skunks/829872)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-apocolypse-comes-im-raising-skunks/829872 "2019-02-21T15:10:04Z")
Everyone prepping always talks about “investing in lead”. People also talk about raising wheat germ or starting a worm farm using duct tape or somehting of the sort for surviving the apocolypse. I think those strategies … --- ## [I love my new phone!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-my-new-phone/829907)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-my-new-phone/829907 "2019-02-21T13:34:29Z")
It’s a Nokia 6. It has stereo speakers and a Dolby amplifier for louder sound. I can play music without earphones or using Bluetooth. You can really hear the difference between the two channels. It has 32 gb of internal… --- ## [Falsely attributed to Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falsely-attributed-to-einstein/829654)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2019, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falsely-attributed-to-einstein/829654 "2019-02-21T00:41:56Z")
I get irritated by all the memes on social media with quotations falsely attributed to Einstein. Probably the most common mis-attribution is the one about a fish riding a bicycle. I get that Einstein lends a certain grav… --- ## [How to See the Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-see-the-moon/829694)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-see-the-moon/829694 "2019-02-20T22:00:37Z")
Current article at NBC News on how to see the “biggest brightest supermoon.” My question is, is there anyone out there who does not know how to see the moon? We need an article for this? Hint: Look up at night. --- ## [Mass shooting in Aurora, IL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-aurora-il/829638)
**Author:** [@PackerMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PackerMan)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-aurora-il/829638 "2019-02-20T13:22:51Z")
https://www.google.com/amp/s/abc7chicago.com/amp/live-shooting-in-aurora-il-large-police-presence-reported-kane-county-sheriff-says/5140701/ Multiple casualties, including 4 police officers. No word if any fatalities. … --- ## [I Almost Went Out With A Literal Bang This Weekend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-almost-went-out-with-a-literal-bang-this-weekend/776134)
**Author:** [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-almost-went-out-with-a-literal-bang-this-weekend/776134 "2019-02-20T12:30:14Z")
Forgive me as I’m typing this with one hand. Well I already owned a few guns but I bought a new gun a while back and was looking at it in my car on my property last week. I thought I had emptied all the rounds out, but t… --- ## [What do you do to cheer yourself up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-to-cheer-yourself-up/829593)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-to-cheer-yourself-up/829593 "2019-02-20T09:32:09Z")
So I’ve had some trouble maintaining a reasonably good mood lately, and could use some ideas for a little pick-me-up every now and then. My usual strategies include treating myself to something nice (food or drink, mostl… --- ## [So a suspected murderer was walking the streets in my town Saturday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-suspected-murderer-was-walking-the-streets-in-my-town-saturday/829826)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-suspected-murderer-was-walking-the-streets-in-my-town-saturday/829826 "2019-02-20T01:19:17Z")
Story here A son called the Englewood, NJ police department Saturday morning and asked them to do a wellness check on his parents, who were not answering the phone. No answer at the door, the copes got in through the ga… --- ## [Yorkie almost carried off by large bird.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-almost-carried-off-by-large-bird/829714)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-almost-carried-off-by-large-bird/829714 "2019-02-19T06:33:19Z")
I’ve heard about bird attacks on small dogs. This is the first video that I’ve seen of it happening. Scary. The girl got out there just in time to save her dog. My chihuahua got spooked by something in the sky a few ye… --- ## [NZ national newspaper: police call-out for possum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nz-national-newspaper-police-call-out-for-possum/829809)
**Author:** [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nz-national-newspaper-police-call-out-for-possum/829809 "2019-02-19T04:00:06Z")
Every now and then I see something that reminds me just why I love New Zealand. Seen today in the NZ Herald, the country’s largest circulation newspaper,the thrilling story of how a possum climbed into a woman’s room th… --- ## [This person does not exist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-person-does-not-exist/829569)
**Author:** [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-person-does-not-exist/829569 "2019-02-19T02:15:39Z")
An interesting web site - AI generated, photorealistic human portraits. Refresh the page to get a new image. Article here. --- ## [Daughter in law, pinochle and idiocy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-in-law-pinochle-and-idiocy/755365)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-in-law-pinochle-and-idiocy/755365 "2019-02-19T00:18:16Z")
My new daughter in law in training (DILIT) and Mrs Cad are at 147 with their opponents in the 60s. Just pass the bidding, meld and take a trick right? DILIT takes the contract at 31. She melded a pinochle and a 9 the… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=410) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=412)