# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=412 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 413 --- ## [Nearly All Abortions after 6 Weeks of Pregnancy to Be Banned in Iowa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearly-all-abortions-after-6-weeks-of-pregnancy-to-be-banned-in-iowa/813603)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearly-all-abortions-after-6-weeks-of-pregnancy-to-be-banned-in-iowa/813603 "2019-02-19T00:00:40Z")
Depressing news. Iowa used to be a moderate state politically. --- ## [Go hunting for Bigfoot with Jose Canseco -- only $5,000!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-hunting-for-bigfoot-with-jose-canseco-only-5-000/829701)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-hunting-for-bigfoot-with-jose-canseco-only-5-000/829701 "2019-02-18T23:11:29Z")
From the Huffpost article: (note: article has autoplay video) “Spend the weekend with Jose for $5000 cash. Only 5 lucky individuals will get a golden ticket. Oompa loompas ain’t got nothing on Bigfoot. Travel in his cus… --- ## [Airports and wheelchairs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airports-and-wheelchairs/829462)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airports-and-wheelchairs/829462 "2019-02-18T16:56:12Z")
Is it customary to give someone that pushes your wheelchair a tip? Thanks. --- ## [Sleeping in, a sunriseless MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-a-sunriseless-mmp/829331)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2019, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-a-sunriseless-mmp/829331 "2019-02-18T04:32:53Z")
It’s only slightly joking when I say I look forward to Moanday morning when I can sleep in…& go to irk. Usually that more true in the summer months but it was true this weekend too. Fri night/Sat morn, I was out all ni… --- ## [It's Like Rain on Your Wedding Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-like-rain-on-your-wedding-day/829741)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-like-rain-on-your-wedding-day/829741 "2019-02-17T23:52:36Z")
Here’s the story: Fire heavily damages warehouse where items damaged in fires were kept. It’s one of those companies that does “disaster restoration” after fires, floods, etc. How do you figure an insurance claim for so… --- ## [Woooo, heading off traveling tomorrow!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woooo-heading-off-traveling-tomorrow/829712)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woooo-heading-off-traveling-tomorrow/829712 "2019-02-17T19:18:01Z")
I came up for Long Service Leave in Australia, means I get about 9 weeks PAID holiday. So last year booked a fucken ridiculously cheap airfare to Kuala Lumpur and tomorrow, well,I go! Ten days in Malaysia, then another… --- ## [Cirrhosis? WT Everloving F?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cirrhosis-wt-everloving-f/824229)
**Author:** [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cirrhosis-wt-everloving-f/824229 "2019-02-17T13:53:22Z")
I don’t normally parade my personal issues before the Board, but this one has me a bit shocked. I’m 64 and have been a moderate drinker (like, about one to two drinks a week) for most of my life (there were maybe a coupl… --- ## [Best Sound (.wav) Files to Replace Windows Sound Chimes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sound-wav-files-to-replace-windows-sound-chimes/280945)
**Author:** [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sound-wav-files-to-replace-windows-sound-chimes/280945 "2019-02-17T13:07:42Z")
In a quest to “fun up” my computer at home and at work, I’ve replaced some of the chimes that Windows uses when a certain prompt/statement/action has occurred. You can go to Start/Control Panel/Sounds and Multimedia to … --- ## [Worst skyscraper ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-skyscraper-ever/828146)
**Author:** [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2019, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-skyscraper-ever/828146 "2019-02-17T06:42:38Z")
I watched a movie in which Criminal Mastermind proposes to stage a superhuman cage fight on top of a skyscraper. He’s also planning some destruction involving a chemical lab, also located in the skyscraper. I thought it … --- ## [Airbus A380 Super Jumbo arrives at Dulles Airport & it's a monster plane!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airbus-a380-super-jumbo-arrives-at-dulles-airport-its-a-monster-plane/700441)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2019, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airbus-a380-super-jumbo-arrives-at-dulles-airport-its-a-monster-plane/700441 "2019-02-17T03:02:21Z")
Story here with video It was interesting how much the wings flexed in the video when it landed. Specs here --- ## [First world problems: my tv died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-world-problems-my-tv-died/829481)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2019, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-world-problems-my-tv-died/829481 "2019-02-17T01:54:34Z")
Exactly 10.3 years ago I got a Panasonic VIERA 42" flat screen television. It wasn’t top of the line a decade ago and it certainly isn’t today. I don’t remember what I paid for it, but I want to say it was maybe around $… --- ## [Bragging on my new motorcycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bragging-on-my-new-motorcycle/829562)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bragging-on-my-new-motorcycle/829562 "2019-02-16T18:48:22Z")
Too cold to ride it, so I’ll write about it. My last bike got stolen last year. It was an ‘03 VFR 800, and truthfully,at 6’3” it wasn’t the most comfortable long distance ride. Enter the ‘15 Yamaha Super Tenere. This thi… --- ## [Scoring low marks in hagiography](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scoring-low-marks-in-hagiography/829531)
**Author:** [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2019, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scoring-low-marks-in-hagiography/829531 "2019-02-16T11:12:21Z")
I’m not Catholic; and would seem to have a tendency to get mixed-up as regards saints – even very well-known ones. Was thinking of making a lighthearted post in the IMHO thread “Being Single on Valentine’s day?”, to the… --- ## [What should they play at your funeral?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-they-play-at-your-funeral/829572)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2019, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-they-play-at-your-funeral/829572 "2019-02-16T05:35:39Z")
I want The Ecstasy of Gold. That is all. --- ## [Stumbled on a video online of me as a child being bullied](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stumbled-on-a-video-online-of-me-as-a-child-being-bullied/829530)
**Author:** [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2019, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stumbled-on-a-video-online-of-me-as-a-child-being-bullied/829530 "2019-02-16T05:30:26Z")
I was a troubled kid. I was very “sensitive” and did not react well to taunting and bullying that I suffered from ages 5 to 10. My family struggled trying to figure out what was wrong with me, I tried to articulate it as… --- ## [Remembering Flaherty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-flaherty/829466)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2019, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-flaherty/829466 "2019-02-16T01:36:21Z")
Some time ago, I posted this. Now she’s gone. I’ve been through losing cats before. It never gets easier. --- ## ["No shirt, Shitlock!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-shirt-shitlock/828278)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2019, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-shirt-shitlock/828278 "2019-02-16T01:12:23Z")
Am I the only one who is absolutely convinced that he came up this with on his own? Because I did. No shit, Sherlock! --- ## [Cougar tracks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cougar-tracks/829295)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cougar-tracks/829295 "2019-02-15T23:00:47Z")
Bah. We get Black Bear and Fox. Coyote once in a while. Deer a lot, but they go downhill in the winter. Moose are our friends, they mow our ‘lawn’. Moose are good friends. Just don’t get too friendly with them, the… --- ## [Last Survivor of Stalag Luft III "Great Escape" dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-survivor-of-stalag-luft-iii-great-escape-dies/542419)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2019, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-survivor-of-stalag-luft-iii-great-escape-dies/542419 "2019-02-15T22:28:05Z")
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100608/ap\_on\_re\_eu/eu\_britain\_obit\_great\_escape I hadn’t realized the others were all gone. Heck, they’d had a reunion when I was in grad school. I read and re-read my copy of Brickhill’s b… --- ## [RIP, Opportunity.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-opportunity/829507)
**Author:** [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-opportunity/829507 "2019-02-15T19:55:12Z")
After well over 5,000 days (or rather, sols) of active service, the 90-day mission of NASA’s Opportunity rover on Mars has officially come to an end. Ave aqtue vale, Opportunity. You were a very good robot. The xkcd ca… --- ## [Finally, thigh chafe days are over (thinking about summer dresses, yay!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-thigh-chafe-days-are-over-thinking-about-summer-dresses-yay/829582)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-thigh-chafe-days-are-over-thinking-about-summer-dresses-yay/829582 "2019-02-15T19:49:37Z")
There are several threads on the Dope about the problem of the inside of thighs chafing in summer. Men have the problem as well, but they have hairs, and Gold Bond powder, (used by cyclists). Women have… well, they can … --- ## [Happy Valentine's Day, my Doper chums!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-valentines-day-my-doper-chums/829541)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-valentines-day-my-doper-chums/829541 "2019-02-15T16:28:11Z")
I really like this song - worth watching through to the end: Michael Bublé - Close Your Eyes \[Official Music Video\] - YouTube Very best wishes to you all for a day filled with love, laughter and smiles. --- ## [Man Bests Mountain Lion In Epic Hand to Paw Combat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-bests-mountain-lion-in-epic-hand-to-paw-combat/829595)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-bests-mountain-lion-in-epic-hand-to-paw-combat/829595 "2019-02-15T16:08:41Z")
I was totally in awe of this guy—getting ambushed by, and nevertheless besting, a mountain lion with his bare hands! But then: My cat weighs 17. This guy slew a cocker spaniel-sized kitten. I think this city slicker… --- ## [Do kids still exchange valentines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-kids-still-exchange-valentines/829536)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2019, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-kids-still-exchange-valentines/829536 "2019-02-15T05:26:37Z")
When I was in grade school (Chicago - 1960s), kids exchanged valentines at school. Very inexpensive little cards, generally with cartoon characters or something. I seem to recall you were required to bring enough to gi… --- ## [Amazon HQ2 Deadline Tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-hq2-deadline-tonight/799374)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2019, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-hq2-deadline-tonight/799374 "2019-02-15T04:39:15Z")
I would bet on Rochester. Lots of educated people, lots of empty office space. What do you think? --- ## [For the Second Time in Less Than Three Months, My Debit Card Has Been Hacked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-second-time-in-less-than-three-months-my-debit-card-has-been-hacked/829371)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-second-time-in-less-than-three-months-my-debit-card-has-been-hacked/829371 "2019-02-14T21:43:45Z")
First time was shortly after I got laid off. I went to pay for a pedicure, card declined. Fortunately Ivylad was with me, so he covered the charge. I called the bank, they said there was some fraudulent activity in Te… --- ## [the mystery of the magazine subscriptions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-the-magazine-subscriptions/829422)
**Author:** [@Eyes\_of\_Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyes_of_Seven)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-the-magazine-subscriptions/829422 "2019-02-14T20:42:02Z")
My mom is over 65 years old. Last year she got two new magazine subscriptions, and then this year she got two more. Not only does she have no memory of ever ordering them, but they are types of magazines she would neve… --- ## [Thinking Back and Wondering......Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-back-and-wondering-why/829544)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-back-and-wondering-why/829544 "2019-02-14T17:54:22Z")
My sisters and I always ask “Why?” about this; When we were in elementary school (60s & 70s) we would often have classroom parties - Valentine’s Day, Halloween, etc. Kids would bring treats - homemade stuff back then!!:… --- ## [in NZ the sock monster is real (sort of)!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-nz-the-sock-monster-is-real-sort-of/829396)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-nz-the-sock-monster-is-real-sort-of/829396 "2019-02-14T17:50:41Z")
a lady in new Zealand catches a real life sock monster after years of missing socks and gets a big surprise https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/a-womans-socks-kept-disappearing-then-she-had-a-brilliant-… --- ## [Solutions for elderly relative who won't hang up phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solutions-for-elderly-relative-who-wont-hang-up-phone/829429)
**Author:** [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solutions-for-elderly-relative-who-wont-hang-up-phone/829429 "2019-02-14T16:30:41Z")
I have an elderly relative with mild dementia who doesn’t remember to use the end call button, making her unreachable for long periods of time. I was hoping to find a cordless phone that hangs up the old fashioned way, b… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=411) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=413)