# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=413 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 414 --- ## [GPS: four men who changed the world honoured.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gps-four-men-who-changed-the-world-honoured/829451)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gps-four-men-who-changed-the-world-honoured/829451 "2019-02-14T15:10:06Z")
Four Americans who were behind GPS have been honoured with the Queen Elizabeth Prize for engineering. GPS was originally military but since being opened up for civilian use it really has changed the world. Satnavs, dash… --- ## [What happens when someone abandons a property and it falls into disrepair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-someone-abandons-a-property-and-it-falls-into-disrepair/828560)
**Author:** [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-someone-abandons-a-property-and-it-falls-into-disrepair/828560 "2019-02-14T13:16:12Z")
My next door neighbor moved out back in October, walking away from his mortgage and essentially abandoning the property. The house is in terrible shape (it always has been), and this weekend we called the police when we… --- ## [Fun with pareidolia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-pareidolia/829416)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-pareidolia/829416 "2019-02-14T04:14:20Z")
Spuddy Ducky, you’re the one You make mealtimes so much fun Spuddy Ducky, you’re all fulla starch, it’s true… --- ## [Childhood Hijinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-hijinx/829414)
**Author:** [@Stuntman\_Mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuntman_Mike)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-hijinx/829414 "2019-02-14T03:59:26Z")
I was a classic latchkey kid, and a bit of a terror. For years my dad would complain about the black tire stretch marks on the street in front of our house, but never could figure out where they were coming from. :smac… --- ## [It's getting harder and harder to get Doctor Appointments.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-getting-harder-and-harder-to-get-doctor-appointments/829342)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-getting-harder-and-harder-to-get-doctor-appointments/829342 "2019-02-13T22:06:46Z")
My left ear decided to stop up ten days ago. I was experiencing a bad allergy attack. That happens sometimes because of the super dry air in my heated house. Tried Zyrtec first and then switched to Claritin to get relief… --- ## [Ask a nonbinary (agender) person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-nonbinary-agender-person/828678)
**Author:** [@Hapax\_Legomenon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hapax_Legomenon)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-nonbinary-agender-person/828678 "2019-02-12T17:57:23Z")
Since there have a few threads lately touching on nonbinary gender identities, I figure some people might have questions about what it’s like from the inside, so to speak. To start off: I’m agender. (“Don’t have a gen… --- ## [Do all these different strains of marijuana really have such wide ranging, unique effects](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-these-different-strains-of-marijuana-really-have-such-wide-ranging-unique-effects/829379)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-these-different-strains-of-marijuana-really-have-such-wide-ranging-unique-effects/829379 "2019-02-12T17:01:57Z")
Looking at websites that list various strains, you’d think you were taking totally different drugs based on the effects of the strain. But isn’t weed at root just THC & CBD? Is this like coffee where you have 100 diffe… --- ## [As a kid, were you afraid of the dark?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-kid-were-you-afraid-of-the-dark/829317)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-kid-were-you-afraid-of-the-dark/829317 "2019-02-12T13:11:39Z")
Or maybe later in life? Were you afraid of real-world threats or supernatural/ghosts/paranormal? If you were afraid, how did you cope? Did you have strategies for dealing with this fear? Did you confide in anyone? I was… --- ## [A video of the green nude eel!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-video-of-the-green-nude-eel/829378)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2019, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-video-of-the-green-nude-eel/829378 "2019-02-12T06:28:22Z")
You’ve all been hearing of it, now here it is! --- ## [Ekemom diagnosed with pneumonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ekemom-diagnosed-with-pneumonia/829387)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2019, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ekemom-diagnosed-with-pneumonia/829387 "2019-02-12T05:12:58Z")
Yesterday, for the first time in her life, my mother was diagnosed with pneumonia. She’d been having flu-like symptoms for a couple of weeks, and finally we went to an Urgent Care place and had an X-ray done. She’s bee… --- ## [World's most embarrassing mother?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-most-embarrassing-mother/829375)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2019, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-most-embarrassing-mother/829375 "2019-02-12T03:53:23Z")
There is a woman wandering around on a college campus showing girls a photo of her son and asking them if they would date him. --- ## [Do as I say. . .oops.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-as-i-say-oops/829183)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-as-i-say-oops/829183 "2019-02-11T23:10:10Z")
I made candy for the first time. But not on purpose. I put a pot on the stove with water and sugar to make hummingbird nectar, then promptly forgot I had done so. Next thing I know, the smoke alarms are shrieking like ma… --- ## [T-Fal makes the worst stuff. (Too mild for Pit)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-fal-makes-the-worst-stuff-too-mild-for-pit/829304)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-fal-makes-the-worst-stuff-too-mild-for-pit/829304 "2019-02-11T22:43:50Z")
In fact it is the $#!^tiest stuff I’ve ever bought. Bought a skillet/pan set and The rivets holding the handles break causing the handles to fall off The non-stick coating sticks as bad as stainless steel The pans hav… --- ## [Google Maps finds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-finds/829022)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-finds/829022 "2019-02-11T21:48:20Z")
A while ago I was searching around Florida before a trip down there and randomly found in the Pinecastle Bombing Range somebody with probably too much free time on their hands, presumably “Fred,” had used shipping contai… --- ## [Anyone know much about Triumph Cars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-much-about-triumph-cars/829158)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-much-about-triumph-cars/829158 "2019-02-11T19:26:24Z")
I saw a small Triumph Car at a parking lot today- beautifully restored. It is quite small and seems like a convertible. The radiator is like a small gnarly mouth but I can’t find an image of a Triumph that tends to suit … --- ## [Don't hurt yourself in the MMP!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hurt-yourself-in-the-mmp/828937)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hurt-yourself-in-the-mmp/828937 "2019-02-11T16:20:46Z")
It was a painful weekend - I’ve got 3 new boo-boos on my right hand, all accidentally self-inflicted. There’s a gash on one knuckle (I caught it with a fingernail), a cut on another knuckle (no idea where that one cam… --- ## [Any vloggers here?? Need tips and hints.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-vloggers-here-need-tips-and-hints/829328)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-vloggers-here-need-tips-and-hints/829328 "2019-02-11T06:36:50Z")
Simple question, any vloggers here? Need tips and hints. :slight\_smile: --- ## [LA plane crash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-plane-crash/828952)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-plane-crash/828952 "2019-02-11T04:25:44Z")
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-plane-into-house-yorba-linda-20190203-story.html%3FoutputType=amp A small plane slammed into a two-story house in Yorba Linda on Sunday, killing five peo… --- ## [Help Me Find a Specific Watch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-specific-watch/829246)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-specific-watch/829246 "2019-02-11T04:14:03Z")
I was browsing watches online a month or so ago and I came across one I can no longer find but I’m interested in purchasing… This was a gold-plated Seiko 5 automatic but the thing that made it unique was the dial face. … --- ## [Observe the book: it fornicates and other AFC-A sayings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/observe-the-book-it-fornicates-and-other-afc-a-sayings/829251)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/observe-the-book-it-fornicates-and-other-afc-a-sayings/829251 "2019-02-11T03:59:07Z")
This used to be a regular expression on alt.fan.cecil-adams but I don’t recall seeing it here. Usually written as OTB:IF Another old expression was “umscribe” first used when a thin skinned poster wanted to unsubscribe … --- ## [Dealing with a Coke Head, WWYD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-a-coke-head-wwyd/829150)
**Author:** [@interestingtwist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interestingtwist)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-a-coke-head-wwyd/829150 "2019-02-11T01:14:36Z")
We are in a wealthy part of town on a sports team where most of the parents on the team are high level officers and directors for large corporations. One of the parents invited a bunch of the kids over to his house for a… --- ## [Hawaii--bill to rase age to buy cigs to 100.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaii-bill-to-rase-age-to-buy-cigs-to-100/829036)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaii-bill-to-rase-age-to-buy-cigs-to-100/829036 "2019-02-11T00:59:07Z")
Article here. Of course, they could give out free vape thingies, which can sharply curtail future smoking. --- ## [Median income and standard of living in your country, compared to USA? How do you feel about that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/median-income-and-standard-of-living-in-your-country-compared-to-usa-how-do-you-feel-about-that/829227)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/median-income-and-standard-of-living-in-your-country-compared-to-usa-how-do-you-feel-about-that/829227 "2019-02-11T00:46:36Z")
The tax-filing thread got me looking up some statistics about average income in teh US and the Netherlands. Another reason for doing this is that on thse boards, it seemed that Dutch amount so money are tiny compared to … --- ## [My 2018 tax filing fit on a postcard.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-2018-tax-filing-fit-on-a-postcard/829305)
**Author:** [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-2018-tax-filing-fit-on-a-postcard/829305 "2019-02-10T22:00:30Z")
The Republican Party has long been promising the country’s downtrodden taxpayers the ability to file their tax returns on a postcard. That day has come! My 2018 tax filing fit on a postcard. (This is not my work. I s… --- ## [Add human trafficking to the list of crimes Trump needs to be investigated for](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-human-trafficking-to-the-list-of-crimes-trump-needs-to-be-investigated-for/829261)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-human-trafficking-to-the-list-of-crimes-trump-needs-to-be-investigated-for/829261 "2019-02-10T21:14:17Z")
--- ## [The most that you would pay for a box of fireworks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-that-you-would-pay-for-a-box-of-fireworks/829298)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-that-you-would-pay-for-a-box-of-fireworks/829298 "2019-02-10T20:40:14Z")
I was at Sparky’s earlier today and noticed some of their boxed fireworks assortments. Some of them could–standing 4 or so feet tall–at a glance be mistaken for a small vending machines and had prices of $800, $1000, $1… --- ## [Strange voicemail message: what was the caller's motivation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-voicemail-message-what-was-the-callers-motivation/829190)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-voicemail-message-what-was-the-callers-motivation/829190 "2019-02-10T15:38:39Z")
A couple of days ago, I got a call on my phone from the area code of the city where I grew up. The message went something like this: “Hello, Ponch8 (using my actual name). My name is so-and-so. I used to work with yo… --- ## [Who knew a barbie doll could lead to a genuie "WTF?!" moment, just from reading the instructions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knew-a-barbie-doll-could-lead-to-a-genuie-wtf-moment-just-from-reading-the-instructions/829216)
**Author:** [@dstarfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dstarfire)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knew-a-barbie-doll-could-lead-to-a-genuie-wtf-moment-just-from-reading-the-instructions/829216 "2019-02-10T01:07:20Z")
Stumbled across this interesting video of Scot unboxing a plastic Japanese doll. Which came with some rather unusual instructions. Watch till the end or you’ll miss the best part. slightly NSFW \[spoiler\] --- ## [Bear kept 3-year-old boy safe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-kept-3-year-old-boy-safe/828574)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-kept-3-year-old-boy-safe/828574 "2019-02-09T22:38:49Z")
Bear kept 3-year-old boy safe. The article cites two other instances, one in 1888 and the other in 1955, where 2-year-olds were kept warm/were fed by by bears. If true, I wonder what was going on. Bear lost her cub, … --- ## [Earth Pig Chinese New Year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-pig-chinese-new-year/829002)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-pig-chinese-new-year/829002 "2019-02-09T21:15:16Z")
I was born Earth Pig 己亥, so today begins my 60th year (even though I won’t be 60 until September), the 60-year cycle having spun all the way around for me. Gong xi fa cai! Gung hey fat choy! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=412) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=414)