# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=425 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 426 --- ## [I'm not superstitious, but I'm starting to think Cats DO have Nine Lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-superstitious-but-im-starting-to-think-cats-do-have-nine-lives/826101)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-superstitious-but-im-starting-to-think-cats-do-have-nine-lives/826101 "2018-12-18T20:02:24Z")
Our ‘barn’ cat turns up listless and lifeless, near frozen to death a couple days ago. Wife is distraught. As usual. In the house comes the cat. :rolleyes: Let’s review this cat… Found her somewhere, don’t even remembe… --- ## [Cool new diamond discovered in Canada.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-new-diamond-discovered-in-canada/826277)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-new-diamond-discovered-in-canada/826277 "2018-12-18T17:21:34Z")
552 carat yellow, gem quality. I like it the way it is, uncut. (Please don’t make this into a circumcision thread.) --- ## [Coping, or not, with your spouse’s (SO’s) challenges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coping-or-not-with-your-spouse-s-so-s-challenges/826002)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coping-or-not-with-your-spouse-s-so-s-challenges/826002 "2018-12-18T14:12:47Z")
In sickness or in health, for richer for poorer… this isn’t just for married couples but for any committed couple — what challenges from your spouse / significant other, health or habits or otherwise, are you dealing wit… --- ## [I went to the dentist today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-the-dentist-today/631725)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-the-dentist-today/631725 "2012-08-17T00:48:05Z")
For the first time. Ever. When I was a kid, my family was poor and we couldn’t afford doctors or dentists. Bad teeth run in my family, so they were already pretty messed up by the time I grew up and started making money… --- ## [I now have a 2-cat household](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-have-a-2-cat-household/825450)
**Author:** [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2018, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-have-a-2-cat-household/825450 "2018-12-18T05:13:18Z")
I understand that according to the standing rules and bylaws of the SDMB, I am required to post cat pictures. I am somewhat delayed in completing this task, but am still within 1 month of the adoption of aforementioned c… --- ## [Using parachutes: why jumping to conclusions was wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-parachutes-why-jumping-to-conclusions-was-wrong/826247)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-parachutes-why-jumping-to-conclusions-was-wrong/826247 "2018-12-18T02:07:15Z")
It has long been taken for granted that people jumping from airplanes wearing (and deploying) parachutes suffer less trauma than those without parachutes. This kind of anecdotal evidence lacks scientific rigor. Finally,… --- ## [Maria Butina; What's Up with Her?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-butina-whats-up-with-her/826200)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-butina-whats-up-with-her/826200 "2018-12-17T20:47:33Z")
She has to be a spy. She has confessed to being a spy. She did spy stuff. On the other hand, spies are not supposed to confess. They are supposed to sit in solitary for a five or six years until they are ordered to talk … --- ## [Beam me up, Scotty. There are no Friskies here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beam-me-up-scotty-there-are-no-friskies-here/826281)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beam-me-up-scotty-there-are-no-friskies-here/826281 "2018-12-17T19:13:48Z")
Our cat Hermes – who I’ve often described as very clever, if not actually smart – is trying to use the Star Trek Communicator. And doing it pretty successfully. This year, like the previous one, we let our daughter and… --- ## [Dead guy on the freeway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-guy-on-the-freeway/818925)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-guy-on-the-freeway/818925 "2018-12-17T18:39:38Z")
One dies in fatal accident on I-5 near Meridian Street I was coming home from Seattle yesterday and drove by this northbound (non-crash side of the freeway). As I passed, I saw the body under a sheet. I knew it was a… --- ## [New footage of Buncefield fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-footage-of-buncefield-fire/826226)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2018, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-footage-of-buncefield-fire/826226 "2018-12-17T11:57:48Z")
Buncefield was an oil storage depot which blew up in 2005. The BBC have some new footage recorded at the time by some idiotic (their term) teenagers and only released now. Classic British understatement! I lived in Lu… --- ## [Brain farts in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-farts-in-the-mmp/825889)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 211\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2018, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-farts-in-the-mmp/825889 "2018-12-17T03:43:29Z")
Very appropriate because as I was driving to work this morning, I had a brain fart, and I decided I’d share it and start the MMP. But I’ve forgotten what it was. Happy Moanday! --- ## [Fashion, Baybay, yeah!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-baybay-yeah/826046)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2018, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-baybay-yeah/826046 "2018-12-16T03:03:46Z")
So these puffer coats are selling out. I would kindly ask the gang here to report when they actually see one. Dennis --- ## [Where is a good store buy a bungee cord?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-a-good-store-buy-a-bungee-cord/825964)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-a-good-store-buy-a-bungee-cord/825964 "2018-12-15T20:09:55Z")
I have a lumbar pillow and the clips on that to secure it to the back don’t reach around the back of the chair. So I want to get a small bungee cord to use to hook the lumbar pillow on the chair. I know Walmart would ca… --- ## [I'm dieting I guess](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-dieting-i-guess/826126)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-dieting-i-guess/826126 "2018-12-15T13:50:24Z")
And it sucks. I’ve always been slim, and at 6’ and 168lbs I suppose I still am. But I’m a whole 13 lbs heavier than when I shipped off to basic training many years ago and almost all of that extra weight seems to have … --- ## [The SDMB, 20 years from now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-20-years-from-now/14837)
**Author:** [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2018, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-20-years-from-now/14837 "2018-12-15T06:52:48Z")
What will the SDMB look like twenty years from now? Will you still be posting here? Will it even exist? I’m betting that it will still be around. Here’s my view of the SDMB in 20 years. This Week’s Column - Why do AI co… --- ## [Famous people born in your home town.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-born-in-your-home-town/813241)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2018, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-born-in-your-home-town/813241 "2018-12-15T05:13:38Z")
I don’t know if we’ve done this thread before, but how many famous people have been born in the same town as you? Obviously, lots of people have been born in large cities such as New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles, but my… --- ## [Sleeping with glasses on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-with-glasses-on/18362)
**Author:** [@Sentinel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sentinel)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2018, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-with-glasses-on/18362 "2018-12-15T03:20:47Z")
How many people out there, who wear glasses, – not just for reading either – sleep with them on? I spotted a cartoon concerning Bill Gates asleep and it commented that he slept with his glasses on. So do I. I got into … --- ## [Don't grab the queen's stick, apparently.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-grab-the-queens-stick-apparently/826156)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2018, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-grab-the-queens-stick-apparently/826156 "2018-12-15T03:18:47Z")
In a Hail Queen Mary attempt to disrupt the UK Parliament, an honourable gentleman grabs the official UK mace and hoofs it for the exit. This displeased his colleagues --- ## [This still exists?? Your moments right out of the past.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-still-exists-your-moments-right-out-of-the-past/825565)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-still-exists-your-moments-right-out-of-the-past/825565 "2018-12-14T22:41:24Z")
About a week ago a few of us visited friends in Canterbury, fifty or sixty miles South East of London. We went out to a village pub for lunch, driving out in two cars. As we drove into the village, we were stopped by a … --- ## [Help Me Find a Bookcase Hook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-bookcase-hook/826132)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-bookcase-hook/826132 "2018-12-14T21:09:55Z")
I have two bookcases in my office (at work) that are pretty great at being bookcases, but if I could hang a jacket or something on the side they would be even better. The catch is that I can’t mount anything permanently … --- ## [Weight loss success!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-loss-success/826081)
**Author:** [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-loss-success/826081 "2018-12-14T21:09:27Z")
As of this morning, I have lost over forty pounds since the beginning of November! I started with a two-week water-only fast, and since then I have kept to a fairly strict keto-friendly diet, and have been in ketosis fo… --- ## [Somebody stole my christmas tree](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-stole-my-christmas-tree/826063)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-stole-my-christmas-tree/826063 "2018-12-14T20:47:09Z")
Well not the one at home. While I was decorating the house a few weeks ago, and on a run to Home Depot, I noticed they had small potted Christmas trees about 2 feet tall, for about $12. I grabbed one on the way to the … --- ## [Beware of new phishing scam targeting small business owners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-new-phishing-scam-targeting-small-business-owners/826119)
**Author:** [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-new-phishing-scam-targeting-small-business-owners/826119 "2018-12-14T20:35:41Z")
My husband works in the finance industry. One of his clients, a small business owner, asked for their assistance in getting some records for the IRS. He said that he was being targeted for an audit by the IRS and that … --- ## [Advertisements not working! Yeah!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertisements-not-working-yeah/826133)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertisements-not-working-yeah/826133 "2018-12-14T19:52:12Z")
I use a variety of old computers, old operating systems, and old browsers. I’m constantly limited in what I can see, what I can use, where I can visit :frowning: And today, the advertising is telling me “Error loading p… --- ## [Ancient Swedes didn't Beat The Reaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-swedes-didnt-beat-the-reaper/826115)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-swedes-didnt-beat-the-reaper/826115 "2018-12-14T18:52:19Z")
“According to my careful prosthesis, you’ve got The Plague.” - Firesign Theatre Turns out a bunch of Swedes probably died of the Plague roughly 5000 years ago: --- ## [I think I've totaled my car.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-totaled-my-car/668676)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-totaled-my-car/668676 "2018-12-14T13:12:04Z")
A spider crawled at eye level across the inside of my windshield this morning, and my attention was diverted. Traffic stopped suddenly. I was too late on the brakes. The lower part of the plastic bumper of the SUV ahe… --- ## [Rubber Clothing (Fetish)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubber-clothing-fetish/721727)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubber-clothing-fetish/721727 "2018-12-14T06:33:36Z")
This is surely one of the strangest fetishes I have heard of. It must be very uncomfortable to wear (you probably sweat heavily). Plus, it must be hotter than a wool body suit. So what is the attraction of rubber? --- ## [I saw an Osprey aircraft today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-an-osprey-aircraft-today/693916)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-an-osprey-aircraft-today/693916 "2018-12-14T05:12:12Z")
I live in the Bay Area and I saw an Osprey (check out the 1:58 mark) trailing what appeared to be a Marine One type helicopter today. (The President is in town). The Osprey’s wings were in the near vertical position. Bot… --- ## [I have a lump in my chest and I'm not too worried (fingers crossed)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-lump-in-my-chest-and-im-not-too-worried-fingers-crossed/826098)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-lump-in-my-chest-and-im-not-too-worried-fingers-crossed/826098 "2018-12-14T05:07:13Z")
It feels like it’s located near/at the former/renewed joint between my xiphoid process and the main part of my sternum (down at the bottom of my breast bone for you new to busting ribs). It’s roughly 32mm x 6mm, oriente… --- ## [Five years sober](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-years-sober/825999)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-years-sober/825999 "2018-12-14T01:23:17Z")
I used to have a pretty bad drinking problem. I wasn’t a full-time alcoholic, but it was definitely a problem. I did cut down on drinking, and tried to tell myself it wasn’t a problem anymore, but five years ago around … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=424) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=426)