# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=422 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 423 --- ## [Santa Claus is coming to the MMP!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-claus-is-coming-to-the-mmp/826621)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2019, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-claus-is-coming-to-the-mmp/826621 "2019-01-01T04:42:13Z")
Ho Ho HO!!! The Jolly Old Elf will be visiting us - how shall we welcome him? Naturally, we’ll set out milk and cookies - using a proper coaster, of course. Or beer and pretzels… :smiley: I dunno - my folks never di… --- ## [Canadope Café 2018: Chatting Around the Campfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666)
**Author:** [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Replies:** 426\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2019, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666 "2019-01-01T04:04:36Z")
Canadope Café 2018: Chatting Around the Campfire Pull up a chair, toss a branch on the fire, and let your hair down. You’re among friends, and no matter how cold is it out there, the warmth of the campfire – the fire … --- ## [Thwacked my shin, massive bruise on my ankle??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thwacked-my-shin-massive-bruise-on-my-ankle/826914)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thwacked-my-shin-massive-bruise-on-my-ankle/826914 "2018-12-31T20:41:33Z")
About a week ago, I was stupid enough to walk into the kitchen in the dark…and my shins found the dishwasher open. :eek: And since then of course, my shin has been hurting. But TODAY I noticed a massive bruise, on my … --- ## [Have you ever known a child who’s not gettin’ nuttin’ for Xmas because of behavior?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-known-a-child-who-s-not-gettin-nuttin-for-xmas-because-of-behavior/826705)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-known-a-child-who-s-not-gettin-nuttin-for-xmas-because-of-behavior/826705 "2018-12-31T20:37:14Z")
I’m not talking a kid in Juvie or homeless or with parents living in poverty. I’m talking about an otherwise abled parent carrying through on their threat to not give their kids presents on Christmas because of their be… --- ## [life just is crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-just-is-crap/826487)
**Author:** [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-just-is-crap/826487 "2018-12-31T19:58:10Z")
Why does life just suck during the whole thing? (dont give me Heaven is waiting for me stuff) I keep getting handed pound after pound put upon my shoulders with no relief in site. Its hard to keep going. I really dont … --- ## [Ideology or witticism.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideology-or-witticism/826990)
**Author:** [@mrka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrka)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideology-or-witticism/826990 "2018-12-31T18:28:51Z")
Witticism or ideology?? My last thread got shut down. There’s absolutely no reason to argue. I liked the idea that Marxism could be mistaken to be a witticism. But I bow down to the pressure. Politics in general are… --- ## [OK, I am now officially Mother Nature's XXXch! (just purchased a snow blower)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-am-now-officially-mother-natures-xxxch-just-purchased-a-snow-blower/826792)
**Author:** [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-am-now-officially-mother-natures-xxxch-just-purchased-a-snow-blower/826792 "2018-12-31T15:17:26Z")
We’ve had more snow so far this season than we’ve had in the last two years combined. I’m sick of it and tired of fighting it with a shovel. We’re normally pretty dry out here in the central plains of the US but enough i… --- ## [has anyone seen or heard from spice weasel recently?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-or-heard-from-spice-weasel-recently/826764)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2018, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-or-heard-from-spice-weasel-recently/826764 "2018-12-30T13:53:17Z")
Just wonderin cause I haven’t seen any post since she resigned from being a mod and she was detailing her experiences in adoption among other things and being one of my more favored posters ……. --- ## [Any San Franciscan Dopers/Samaritans out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-san-franciscan-dopers-samaritans-out-there/826918)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2018, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-san-franciscan-dopers-samaritans-out-there/826918 "2018-12-30T11:33:37Z")
G’day! #2 of 3 of the PT clan is the adventurous one. As previously posted, she’s done a couple of stints in Spain and so is the only known member of my family who can speak a second language. She also has a keen inte… --- ## [Any particular reason the dow is dropping so fast lately](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-particular-reason-the-dow-is-dropping-so-fast-lately/826655)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-particular-reason-the-dow-is-dropping-so-fast-lately/826655 "2018-12-29T15:24:41Z")
Things like the tariffs have been around for months now. Also the tax cuts were used for stock buybacks, but I thought that was months ago. Is it due to Mattis leaving? Whats the cause? --- ## [Dishwasher? No. Mni-rant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishwasher-no-mni-rant/815622)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishwasher-no-mni-rant/815622 "2018-12-29T14:18:22Z")
For months, I’ve tried to get a dishwasher installed. My kitchen never had one. Last month, I got a guy from the Lee Home Services company (Adam, by name) to come out, take measurements, & give me an estimate. He gave… --- ## [World Trade Center Memories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-trade-center-memories/80997)
**Author:** [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-trade-center-memories/80997 "2018-12-29T12:36:27Z")
The World Trade Towers are Gone! I know that’s sort of an obvious statement, but it’s just hitting me that the Twin Towers, where I worked for two years and in whose shadows I spent virtually all of the remainder of my … --- ## [Here's what happened to Anak-Krakatoa on tsunami night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-happened-to-anak-krakatoa-on-tsunami-night/826858)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2018, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-happened-to-anak-krakatoa-on-tsunami-night/826858 "2018-12-29T05:45:28Z")
I heard on BBC News that the mountain’s height before the landslide was about 340 meters, and now it’s 100 meters. No wonder it caused so much carnage. Here’s a detailed account of what happened, from several perspecti… --- ## [A Century Ago the Guns Fell Silent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-century-ago-the-guns-fell-silent/824348)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2018, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-century-ago-the-guns-fell-silent/824348 "2018-12-29T04:26:06Z")
16,000,000 dead - military and civilians. A permanent Zone Rouge of poisoned and uninhabitable land in France. An Iron Harvest of century-old ordnance every year. Human remains still regularly uncovered. The lost vil… --- ## [as much of a reprehensible liar as she is, I still find Kellyanne Conway physically attractive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-much-of-a-reprehensible-liar-as-she-is-i-still-find-kellyanne-conway-physically-attractive/825792)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-much-of-a-reprehensible-liar-as-she-is-i-still-find-kellyanne-conway-physically-attractive/825792 "2018-12-28T18:47:14Z")
I’d like to think I align with the political beliefs of the majority of the forum in thinking that Trump is a worthless narcissistic scumbag, and that if he and Sean Hannity disappeared to a desert island somewhere, it w… --- ## [Chairman Mao is no longer revered in China?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chairman-mao-is-no-longer-revered-in-china/826837)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chairman-mao-is-no-longer-revered-in-china/826837 "2018-12-28T17:24:12Z")
I can remember when Chairman Mao was the face of China. He was more closely associated with China then Lenin & Stalin in Russia. Now Mao is no longer China’s George Washington? That’s very interesting. China’s secret … --- ## [Choose your one super power](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-your-one-super-power/818050)
**Author:** [@Navigator66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Navigator66)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2018, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-your-one-super-power/818050 "2018-12-28T01:28:29Z")
For me it would be: The ability, by thought alone, to cause any living being to explosively evacuate their bowels. This power to have unlimited range and no limit on the number affected. I could use it on an individual,… --- ## [How to spend my windfall?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-spend-my-windfall/826759)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-spend-my-windfall/826759 "2018-12-28T00:34:35Z")
I got some good advice on how to spend the billions I won from the lottery (although there is still some mix up on how they drew the wrong numbers so I don’t have the cash yet) so I figured I’d get some more advice for m… --- ## [The other gifts of the Season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-gifts-of-the-season/826758)
**Author:** [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-gifts-of-the-season/826758 "2018-12-27T20:42:30Z")
Inspired by this thread What did you give for Christmas? I’ll start: Bottle of Poitin 32-oz red Solo cup Star Trek bathrobe Li’l Bub calendar White chocolate Irish Cream Seashell towels with seahorse toothbrush h… --- ## [I have become anti-ladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-become-anti-ladder/826750)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-become-anti-ladder/826750 "2018-12-27T18:55:37Z")
Ladders are ubiquitous. Every hardware store sells them. Everyone has a couple. They’re so common that you never give a second thought on how f-ing dangerous they are. I have reached the point where I think they’re horr… --- ## [What tourist sites in your own city have you never visited?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tourist-sites-in-your-own-city-have-you-never-visited/826433)
**Author:** [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tourist-sites-in-your-own-city-have-you-never-visited/826433 "2018-12-27T13:37:15Z")
I’ve lived near Washington DC for more than ten years, and I have been to quite a few museums and monuments. But I have never been to the top of the Washington Monument, inside the White House, or the Capitol Building. … --- ## [Things I Must Remember ... Next Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-must-remember-next-time/825868)
**Author:** [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-must-remember-next-time/825868 "2018-12-27T13:05:53Z")
When baking, do not confuse the baking powder and the custard powder. … Anyone else got anything they really ought to remember, next time? --- ## [50th Anniversary of Apollo 8](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50th-anniversary-of-apollo-8/826378)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2018, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50th-anniversary-of-apollo-8/826378 "2018-12-27T07:53:50Z")
This Friday, December 21, is the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 8, the first manned space flight to orbit the moon. From the AP: Everybody makes a big deal about Apollo 11, and quite reasonably so, but this … --- ## [Anyone else working today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-working-today/826691)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2018, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-working-today/826691 "2018-12-27T04:48:29Z")
I have to work Monday through Friday without exception, so I very rarely get any holidays off. The only excitement so far was a high-speed car chase at about 8:40 this morning going by my complex. A small coupe whizzing… --- ## [Happy Festivus: The airing of the grievances](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-festivus-the-airing-of-the-grievances/478497)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-festivus-the-airing-of-the-grievances/478497 "2018-12-27T01:41:06Z")
Ways people have disappointed me in the past year. Names left out to protect the innocent. You send me too much racist, ignorant chain email. You stink. Take a shower daily and wear deodorant. You voted for John McCain… --- ## [Christmas Eve Supper Chez Pipers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-eve-supper-chez-pipers/826665)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2018, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-eve-supper-chez-pipers/826665 "2018-12-27T01:13:58Z")
Onions and bacon have been fried in butter. Perogies are boiling up. Cabbage rolls are being heated. Sour cream at the ready. Linus and Lucy playing A glass of Chardonnay. Merry Christmas, my Doper friends! --- ## [My house is beeping.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-is-beeping/599956)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2018, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-is-beeping/599956 "2018-12-26T23:08:26Z")
Something is beeping in my house, and I can’t figure out what it is. It sounds very much like a smoke alarm, but we have three (two upstairs and one down), and I’ve stood under all three of them while the beep goes off i… --- ## [So I saw a Jeep today that appeared painted entirely in truck bed spray in liner today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-saw-a-jeep-today-that-appeared-painted-entirely-in-truck-bed-spray-in-liner-today/826612)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-saw-a-jeep-today-that-appeared-painted-entirely-in-truck-bed-spray-in-liner-today/826612 "2018-12-26T20:14:33Z")
No, not matte paint. I wish I had taken pictures to show. It was black and actually looked pretty cool. A bit rough to the touch, but had a bit of a post apocalyptic edge to it. I might consider it if I had a Jeep and th… --- ## [Would a land based invasion of Russia with modern technology cause major problems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-land-based-invasion-of-russia-with-modern-technology-cause-major-problems/826647)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-land-based-invasion-of-russia-with-modern-technology-cause-major-problems/826647 "2018-12-26T20:07:53Z")
When Napoleon invaded Russia in the winter it caused a ton of problems for his military. Same with the Nazis. But technology has advanced. If the modern armies of western europe did a land invasion of Russia in winter w… --- ## [Whats the highest level math courses you can take in public high school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highest-level-math-courses-you-can-take-in-public-high-school/826464)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highest-level-math-courses-you-can-take-in-public-high-school/826464 "2018-12-26T19:22:07Z")
I think at my high school, the highest level course was calculus I and II, and physics I and II. They may not have offered any physics courses at my high school, but some classmates in college said they took it. Then aga… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=421) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=423)