# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=415 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 416 --- ## [God help me... my son got his driver’s license today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-help-me-my-son-got-his-driver-s-license-today/828854)
**Author:** [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2019, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-help-me-my-son-got-his-driver-s-license-today/828854 "2019-02-05T00:57:42Z")
This is a terrifying day for me. I actually have to let him go and trust him to do the right thing. But on Monday he gets into his car and drives off to high school, and all I can do is hope for the best. He’s not unsafe… --- ## [There goes the Galileo thermometer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-goes-the-galileo-thermometer/828576)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-goes-the-galileo-thermometer/828576 "2019-02-04T23:36:35Z")
Christmas, 2017, my boss gave me a Galileo thermometer. I’d always wanted one, and Mrs. L.A. liked them too. So it’s the end of January. Time to take down the Christmas stuff and put the pictures back up. Mrs. L.A. w… --- ## [Quebec bill to ban non-Christian religious symbols](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quebec-bill-to-ban-non-christian-religious-symbols/828728)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quebec-bill-to-ban-non-christian-religious-symbols/828728 "2019-02-04T23:08:29Z")
The government of Quebec is about to pass the so-called religious neutrality act to ban all people working in “public service” from wearing religious symbols other than crosses. Public service includes all government em… --- ## [High tech gadgets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-tech-gadgets/828967)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-tech-gadgets/828967 "2019-02-04T21:04:30Z")
I was reading a magazine while waiting, I think it was Men Outdoors. They had the top high tech toys of the year. Two that stood out as probably frivolous but pretty cool. One was a free standing wood burner for your ba… --- ## [This and that](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-and-that/828948)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-and-that/828948 "2019-02-04T17:23:28Z")
A couple of mundane and pointless random observations from a scattershot brain: Ha! We all get those annoying spam calls, right? That say just a city name, not a person, or spoof a person’s identity in Caller ID; hell… --- ## [Please help me with my oven burner...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-my-oven-burner/828869)
**Author:** [@paulreallyisdeceased](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulreallyisdeceased)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-my-oven-burner/828869 "2019-02-04T14:51:30Z")
I need deep help. I am reaching out- please help me. I cook something in a pot or pan- let’s say the burner control is at 3 o’clock. I go to turn it off- do I turn it directly to ‘off’ in a counter-clockwise motion, o… --- ## [Wrapping up January in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-up-january-in-the-mmp/828546)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-up-january-in-the-mmp/828546 "2019-02-04T05:24:43Z")
The year is almost 1/12 over - that’s just over 8%! Where has the time gone!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: I’m guessing by now, most new year’s resolutions have been forgotten, tho local gyms are… --- ## [Ultra-sound scanner for your mobile phone.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultra-sound-scanner-for-your-mobile-phone/827866)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultra-sound-scanner-for-your-mobile-phone/827866 "2019-02-04T03:35:22Z")
This (video) looks really cool. With economies of scale, I’m sure the Chinese will have it under $100 in no time. --- ## [Why won't my toilets flush?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-my-toilets-flush/828415)
**Author:** [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-my-toilets-flush/828415 "2019-02-03T23:50:29Z")
Ok, so new homeowner, and having issues with all three johns in the house. Two upstairs, one downstairs. When you flush, assuming there’s much of anything in the bowl, they clog. Watching it, it’s like everything is… --- ## [Cool new words you've learned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-new-words-youve-learned/827722)
**Author:** [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2019, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-new-words-youve-learned/827722 "2019-02-03T23:44:55Z")
Today I learned the word “yedasentience” It refers to “an internally generated feeling of knowing which provides a phenomenological sign of goal-attainment”. It was coined by researchers into OCD, who hypothesise that O… --- ## [Most excellent birthday present](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-excellent-birthday-present/828850)
**Author:** [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-excellent-birthday-present/828850 "2019-02-03T19:32:26Z")
My kids got together, and got tickets for me to go see John Cleese before he dies. One of my kids is also going. (The daughter I’m going with is as big a Monty Python fan as I am.) I am so excited, and as fast as the tic… --- ## [Manuel Oliver (Parkland parent) takes a shot at Loius CK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manuel-oliver-parkland-parent-takes-a-shot-at-loius-ck/828875)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manuel-oliver-parkland-parent-takes-a-shot-at-loius-ck/828875 "2019-02-03T18:29:17Z")
Manuel Oliver did a short comedy special taking the piss out of Louis CK. The set is fairly short, and very much worth watching, but for those who can’t, here’s a transcript: Yikes. That’s a clapback. --- ## [Google+ Closing Down in April](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-closing-down-in-april/825925)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-closing-down-in-april/825925 "2019-02-03T13:29:28Z")
I was never interested in Google+ because of its real name policy, although I see back in 2011 several Dopers were very interested in getting Invites: --- ## [1/28/1986 Challenger 33 years on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-28-1986-challenger-33-years-on/828556)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-28-1986-challenger-33-years-on/828556 "2019-02-03T02:28:08Z")
Dick Scobee Ronald McNair Christa McAuliffe Ellison Onizuka Michael J. Smith Judith Resnick Gregory Jarvis Lest We Forget. --- ## [The temperature is negative 7 °F, not minus 7 °F!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-temperature-is-negative-7-f-not-minus-7-f/828673)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-temperature-is-negative-7-f-not-minus-7-f/828673 "2019-02-03T00:18:20Z")
Am I the only one who is annoyed by this? --- ## [Canadian landscaper serial killer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-landscaper-serial-killer/807752)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-landscaper-serial-killer/807752 "2019-02-02T15:52:04Z")
How unsettling would it be to have the police knock on your door and ask if you had any large potted plants in your backyard? :eek: --- ## [Kind of gross - you have been warned - sinus irrigation without a Neti pot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kind-of-gross-you-have-been-warned-sinus-irrigation-without-a-neti-pot/828830)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kind-of-gross-you-have-been-warned-sinus-irrigation-without-a-neti-pot/828830 "2019-02-02T14:58:23Z")
There is an existing thread on whether one should use sterile water in a Neti pot. I don’t have a Neti, but I regularly do a quick nasal irrigation using tap water; I snort it up from my cupped hand and nasally expel it… --- ## [How is the bump stock ban supported by law?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-bump-stock-ban-supported-by-law/828483)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-bump-stock-ban-supported-by-law/828483 "2019-02-01T21:24:11Z")
I don’t really have a strong opinion about the bump stock ban either way. I think that they are goofy items and frankly I have other issues that ping my outrage meter more. However, looking into it, I don’t see how the… --- ## [Polar vortex sufferers, what's your extreme cold weather garb?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polar-vortex-sufferers-whats-your-extreme-cold-weather-garb/828701)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polar-vortex-sufferers-whats-your-extreme-cold-weather-garb/828701 "2019-02-01T17:29:32Z")
I work in a heated warehouse so I need to be comfortable indoors with a quick gear up for extreme cold outdoor weather. Today, -15F when I left for work, this was my setup. Normal underwear and socks. Jeans, long sleeve… --- ## [Beckdawrek is a bad, bad, bad person!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-a-bad-bad-bad-person/828462)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-a-bad-bad-bad-person/828462 "2019-02-01T13:39:52Z")
I’ve had my new car exactly one week. Now, I didn’t want this new car. Mr.Wrekker took it upon himself to purchase it. Well, hell, Thank you very much. What are you gonna do? Refuse such a thing? Nope. I’m stuck with it.… --- ## [1/30/19: USPS service suspended in Iowa, Minnesota, western WI and IL due to weather](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-30-19-usps-service-suspended-in-iowa-minnesota-western-wi-and-il-due-to-weather/828642)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2019, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-30-19-usps-service-suspended-in-iowa-minnesota-western-wi-and-il-due-to-weather/828642 "2019-02-01T03:56:13Z")
Just thought I’d let all of you who live in these regions know that the mail will not arrive tomorrow due to extreme weather conditions. I live in the affected region, and think it’s a very good idea. --- ## [Read the anti-racism post that got me banned from twitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-the-anti-racism-post-that-got-me-banned-from-twitter/816287)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2019, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-the-anti-racism-post-that-got-me-banned-from-twitter/816287 "2019-02-01T00:33:17Z")
After I posted this message, twitter sent me a demand for my phone number so that they can text me for verification. So it’s not quite a ban. Twitter message follows: I add dashes to a vulgar word: \[INDENT\]\[INDENT\]\[INDE… --- ## ["Well, I won't be going back to THAT restaurant any time soon!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-wont-be-going-back-to-that-restaurant-any-time-soon/828698)
**Author:** [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-wont-be-going-back-to-that-restaurant-any-time-soon/828698 "2019-01-31T22:53:29Z")
Says this outraged patron. The, er, money quote: Damn, I wish I was that limber. --- ## [Home invasion in Texas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-invasion-in-texas/828190)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-invasion-in-texas/828190 "2019-01-31T22:31:59Z")
Wow. An armed homeowner saw off 5 attackers, killing three and wounding two. That’s some good shooting. --- ## [Oh, dear...I think I might have just agreed to a 13 mile marathon.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-i-think-i-might-have-just-agreed-to-a-13-mile-marathon/192173)
**Author:** [@Aries28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aries28)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2003, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-i-think-i-might-have-just-agreed-to-a-13-mile-marathon/192173 "2003-07-31T23:52:18Z")
So I get this email earlier from our HR department talking about a Half Walk/Run Marathon coming up in February 2004. I think to myself that Hey…that might be fun so I jot off a response and say I will be happy to parti… --- ## [Right Wing Murders in 2018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-murders-in-2018/828719)
**Author:** [@JB99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JB99)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-murders-in-2018/828719 "2019-01-31T11:06:06Z")
ADL body count for Americans killed by politically motivated extremists in 2018- Right Wing Extemists: 50 Left Wing Extremists: 0 https://www.adl.org/murder-and-extremism-2018 Let’s look at that number again. Ame… --- ## [You guys and Donald Trump invaded my dreams last night!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-guys-and-donald-trump-invaded-my-dreams-last-night/828625)
**Author:** [@Anxious\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anxious_Squirrel)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-guys-and-donald-trump-invaded-my-dreams-last-night/828625 "2019-01-31T09:24:37Z")
I had one of those really long nights with lots of weird dreams, but not much tossing and turning so as not to disturb kitty. In one of those dreams, I was watching Trump get arrested, and I remember thinking, "wow, I be… --- ## [The temperature is -45](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-temperature-is-45/828700)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-temperature-is-45/828700 "2019-01-31T05:28:05Z")
If you have not had the pleasure, that is actually pretty cold. As in, you need to take precautions to keep all your bits you started with, as in you should avoid taking deep breaths, as in the kind of weather Jack Londo… --- ## [A possible breakthrough regarding Alzheimer's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-possible-breakthrough-regarding-alzheimers/828495)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-possible-breakthrough-regarding-alzheimers/828495 "2019-01-31T03:12:53Z")
I’m a little surprised that nobody has posted this yet. Obviously, more research will have to be done. But if this finding holds up, this could very well be a true turning point in dealing with Alzheimer’s. --- ## [Sphynx cat fights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sphynx-cat-fights/828634)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sphynx-cat-fights/828634 "2019-01-31T02:03:17Z")
So early today I was attempting to relax and read a little in bed before heading for work, but was also the territory for a heated battle between two kittens, rapidly smacking the heck out of each other. Every once in a … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=414) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=416)