# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=421 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 422 --- ## [New Year = Figuring your net worth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-year-figuring-your-net-worth/827111)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2019, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-year-figuring-your-net-worth/827111 "2019-01-07T07:43:57Z")
I’ve never been successful at New Year’s Resolutions. Just never yet kept one. But I have a decades long record of calculating our net worth every January 1st. I get the current balance of every bank account/investmen… --- ## [The last MMP of 2018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-mmp-of-2018/826976)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2019, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-mmp-of-2018/826976 "2019-01-07T03:21:41Z")
Are you a ‘firster’ or a ‘laster’? I’d rather look back at the memories of what isn’t there anymore; therefore, I’m a laster. (now back to sleep with me.) --- ## [of Trash Pandas, Nope Ropes and the like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-trash-pandas-nope-ropes-and-the-like/826000)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-trash-pandas-nope-ropes-and-the-like/826000 "2019-01-06T22:14:30Z")
So I’m familiar with the amusing terms the kids use these days for identifying certain animals: Raccoon = Trash Panda Snake = Nope Rope Ferret = cat snake What other examples for animals can I use to appear hip and a… --- ## ["Microsoft" scams and the elderly (too mild for Pit)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-scams-and-the-elderly-too-mild-for-pit/827201)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-scams-and-the-elderly-too-mild-for-pit/827201 "2019-01-06T19:27:33Z")
So my mother-in-law called earlier this evening. She was beginning to be a bit worried about a call she’d gotten from Microsoft. They needed to issue her a refund (it wasn’t clear for what) - but could NOT send her a che… --- ## [Lunch With Cinnamon Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunch-with-cinnamon-imp/827204)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunch-with-cinnamon-imp/827204 "2019-01-06T16:55:59Z")
After years of friendship with Cinnamon Imp I finally managed to catch up with her and her husband and family in Glasgow, Scotland. My wife and I joined them for lunch at what turned out to be a fantastic venue with far… --- ## [Fitness and exercise thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fitness-and-exercise-thread/819476)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2019, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fitness-and-exercise-thread/819476 "2019-01-06T00:28:28Z")
I know we used to have fitness threads on occasion and I didn’t see any active ones, so I decided to fire one up. For those who exercise regularly, what is your standard or favorite routine? Anyone training for anythin… --- ## [Cat Wars -- A Solution At Last?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-wars-a-solution-at-last/827176)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2019, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-wars-a-solution-at-last/827176 "2019-01-05T21:21:54Z")
For many years I’ve had multiple cats, as many as nine at one time. Over the last four years I’ve had six whittled down to two as disease (kidney, thyroid, lymphoma) took the other four. Stanley and Sally have been goi… --- ## [And now: Purpura- this getting old sucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-purpura-this-getting-old-sucks/827247)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-purpura-this-getting-old-sucks/827247 "2019-01-05T16:57:05Z")
Found a quarter sized area on my arm with 3 very dark spots on it. Like overnite. So off to the dermatologist who said “oh, just purpura.” (blood spots or skin hemorrages on the skin) I since have had more, and now 2 on … --- ## [I Had a Telemarketer Hang Up On Me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-telemarketer-hang-up-on-me/824830)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-telemarketer-hang-up-on-me/824830 "2019-01-05T13:19:08Z")
No shouting, no cursing, no threats. Here’s how it went. HI, THIS IS (someone from some place) AND WE JUST NEED TO VERIFY SOME INFORMATION FOR OUR RECORDS. FIRST. . . Excuse me. I didn’t catch your name. Who is this? M… --- ## [Barber arrested and jailed for bad haircut.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barber-arrested-and-jailed-for-bad-haircut/805458)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2019, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barber-arrested-and-jailed-for-bad-haircut/805458 "2019-01-05T10:17:38Z")
I guess the Cops didn’t have anything better to do that day. This seems like a Civil Matter to me. The customer should sue his barber for the damage. He’ll easily get a few thousand $$$ in small claims court. The photo … --- ## [The Most Influential Bell-ends of 2018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-influential-bell-ends-of-2018/827175)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2019, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-influential-bell-ends-of-2018/827175 "2019-01-05T06:02:35Z")
The Daily Mash (a satire site) has a little list. --- ## [Durgin-Park to Close!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/durgin-park-to-close/827190)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2019, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/durgin-park-to-close/827190 "2019-01-05T00:55:29Z")
If you’re from outside the Boston area you may never have heard of it, but the Durgin-Park restaurant, located in the Quincy Marketplace by Faneuil Hall just announced that it will be closing on January 12, in just over … --- ## [gifts for kids whose parents you hate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gifts-for-kids-whose-parents-you-hate/827082)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2019, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gifts-for-kids-whose-parents-you-hate/827082 "2019-01-05T00:50:10Z")
I have a seven year old son and five year old daughter. This year for Christmas, they received a number of lovely and thoughtful gifts from their grandparents, aunt, and uncles. Then, there were those gifts that either w… --- ## [All-time best opening line in a news story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-best-opening-line-in-a-news-story/827192)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-best-opening-line-in-a-news-story/827192 "2019-01-04T18:08:50Z")
The headline is pretty fabulous too, but it’s hard to beat the following sentence as an attention-grabber: “A murder-for-hire suspect till the end, John Litchfield - the longtime lover of a fellow Galveston cruise ship … --- ## [How about another secret thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-another-secret-thread/826805)
**Author:** [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-another-secret-thread/826805 "2019-01-04T16:37:22Z")
I’m bored and remember these being fun. You can PM or email your secret to be posted without any identifying information. Email is omegaglory2 @ gmail. The pm/email will be deleted right afterward. Past threads - https:… --- ## [Testing the originality of your thoughts/ideas – any examples?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-the-originality-of-your-thoughts-ideas-any-examples/827164)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-the-originality-of-your-thoughts-ideas-any-examples/827164 "2019-01-04T12:38:51Z")
This may be a bit weird but do you do this? We live in a world where it’s very easy. Just Google ‘em. Here are the test results for a couple of mine – both of them deriving from my rage at Brexit, so apologies in advanc… --- ## [Returning stuff left behind, a query.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/returning-stuff-left-behind-a-query/827131)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/returning-stuff-left-behind-a-query/827131 "2019-01-03T23:41:14Z")
My sister got married last week. My parent’s place was filled with guests, over 20 (and yes it was packed like sardines, thanks for asking), from what seemed like the four corners of the globe. The guests have (almost) … --- ## [How many phone cameras is enough?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-phone-cameras-is-enough/822809)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-phone-cameras-is-enough/822809 "2019-01-03T23:21:58Z")
Samsung is coming out with a new phone with 4 rear cameras. Is this enough? Will it stop there, or will somebody decide that they need more, such as 8 so that you can do everything in 3D? --- ## [If I had a Monty Python-inspired username, it just might be....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-had-a-monty-python-inspired-username-it-just-might-be/821402)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 263\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-had-a-monty-python-inspired-username-it-just-might-be/821402 "2019-01-03T22:35:40Z")
Post as often as you like, but only one name per post, please. HM Minister of Silly Walks --- ## [Keep your fingers crossed for Abby Sunderland (16 y.o. lost on round-the-world sail attempt)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-your-fingers-crossed-for-abby-sunderland-16-y-o-lost-on-round-the-world-sail-attempt/542682)
**Author:** [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-your-fingers-crossed-for-abby-sunderland-16-y-o-lost-on-round-the-world-sail-attempt/542682 "2019-01-03T19:24:57Z")
I don’t think I’d let my 16 year-old go sail around the world by herself but I was also rooting for her. I hope they find her. --- ## [The Big Yin on his approaching death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-yin-on-his-approaching-death/827148)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-yin-on-his-approaching-death/827148 "2019-01-03T16:59:44Z")
The Daily Mirror has an interesting article here about Sir Billy Connolly’s attitude to Parkinson’s, growing old, and death. It’s good to see such positivity in the face of adversity. I wouldn’t wish Parkinson’s on any… --- ## [Keep your fingers crossed for me: Christmas without a furnace](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-your-fingers-crossed-for-me-christmas-without-a-furnace/826688)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-your-fingers-crossed-for-me-christmas-without-a-furnace/826688 "2019-01-03T12:35:27Z")
The warranty company did manage to get a technician down here yesterday to diagnose my furnace, which, the news is, isn’t working. We need a part, some kind of motor. They can’t tell me when it will be available. Meanwh… --- ## [Difference between malum in se and malum prohibitum in law and how does it matter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-malum-in-se-and-malum-prohibitum-in-law-and-how-does-it-matter/827100)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-malum-in-se-and-malum-prohibitum-in-law-and-how-does-it-matter/827100 "2019-01-03T05:58:14Z")
A brief summary: For some reason, the law makes a distinction between laws as follows: Malum in se–meaning that the thing is bad in and of itself. Murder for example, is not bad because my state has enacted a law ag… --- ## [Where the hell did my Chinese Gooseberries (kiwifruit) go??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-did-my-chinese-gooseberries-kiwifruit-go/826709)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-did-my-chinese-gooseberries-kiwifruit-go/826709 "2019-01-02T22:37:41Z")
Christmas day was a bit of a schemozzle here, so today finally got around to decorating the traditional pavlova. Conscripted the littlest grandie to chop bananas and strawberries while I gathered the kiwifruit from thei… --- ## [This Time Last Year, I Posted That I Was At The End Of My Rope: An Update](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-time-last-year-i-posted-that-i-was-at-the-end-of-my-rope-an-update/827044)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-time-last-year-i-posted-that-i-was-at-the-end-of-my-rope-an-update/827044 "2019-01-02T21:56:24Z")
Hello Doper friends. I just wanted to provide a year-in-review sort of update to this thread from last year. A lot has happened since then. I’ll give just the general highlights. For one thing, I took my therapist’s ad… --- ## [Mundane accomplishment, I can fold up my legs again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-accomplishment-i-can-fold-up-my-legs-again/826882)
**Author:** [@smokey78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smokey78)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-accomplishment-i-can-fold-up-my-legs-again/826882 "2019-01-02T15:01:57Z")
So for the past year I had such muscle strain from not stretching/working in office job, that I had long physical therapy. My arm was so bad I could barely lift it up to turn the radio knob on my car radio. And Could bar… --- ## [2018 Mass Killings in the United States](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-mass-killings-in-the-united-states/807029)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-mass-killings-in-the-united-states/807029 "2019-01-02T14:06:07Z")
Mass killings in the United States. Four or more dead (including suicides) By a single killer By any criminal means ==2018== 5 January 2018, Santa Clarita CA, 4 killed (shot) (4 killed, including young boy, in shoo… --- ## [Farmers Only dot com](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmers-only-dot-com/827002)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2019, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farmers-only-dot-com/827002 "2019-01-01T22:21:56Z")
So I’m watching one of the TVs at a sports bar (so it is impossible to hear the dialogue on this one). A commercial comes on with an outdoorsy type standing by his pickup and shooting with a bow and arrow. A sedan drive… --- ## [North Korea almost robs $1 billion from Bangladesh Central Bank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-almost-robs-1-billion-from-bangladesh-central-bank/826996)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-almost-robs-1-billion-from-bangladesh-central-bank/826996 "2019-01-01T16:29:06Z")
I found this 14-minute YouTube documentary to be very interesting. It explains in detail how hackers created 35 fake bank transfers totaling $951 million U.S. The timing of the hack was exquisite: Bangladesh is Muslim… --- ## [The gifts of the season.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gifts-of-the-season/826716)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2019, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gifts-of-the-season/826716 "2019-01-01T07:42:23Z")
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