# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=426 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 427 --- ## [German firemen on the Hershey Highway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-firemen-on-the-hershey-highway/826040)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-firemen-on-the-hershey-highway/826040 "2018-12-13T21:44:56Z")
No, that is not a blog soon to disappear from Tumblr, it is a major spill at a chocolate factory. --- ## [This Resume Building Stuff is HARD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-resume-building-stuff-is-hard/825850)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-resume-building-stuff-is-hard/825850 "2018-12-13T17:53:36Z")
As you may have heard, I was laid off last month. My former employer was gracious enough to pay for a three month service with an outplacement agency. I’ve done their resume development webinar and their LinkedIn webin… --- ## [They really got his goat.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-really-got-his-goat/825903)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-really-got-his-goat/825903 "2018-12-13T17:26:56Z")
I suppose that pretty much any able-bodied person would be capable of sneaking onto a farm and stealing a goat. But stealing 60 of them? That takes some effort. I wonder if they have already been broken down for parts? --- ## [Tell me about your slightly later in life epiphanies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-slightly-later-in-life-epiphanies/825698)
**Author:** [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-slightly-later-in-life-epiphanies/825698 "2018-12-13T16:29:26Z")
Hey - I am at a bit of a crossroads and may be making a huge life change. This is a bit nerve-wracking because while I am not ancient, I am also not a Spring Chicken anymore. I want to hear about YOUR experiences making… --- ## [The BBC on the Earthrise photo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bbc-on-the-earthrise-photo/825992)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bbc-on-the-earthrise-photo/825992 "2018-12-13T14:14:41Z")
Original footage plus an interview - well worth the 4 minutes of your time. --- ## [Oh say can you seeEEEeee...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-say-can-you-seeeeeeee/825694)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-say-can-you-seeeeeeee/825694 "2018-12-13T04:53:23Z")
…that this teacher’s insane? In the latest “teachers behaving badly” news, a high-school teacher begins cutting a student’s hair while singing The Star-Spangled Banner. --- ## [Need advice about migraine headaches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-about-migraine-headaches/825810)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-about-migraine-headaches/825810 "2018-12-12T23:52:11Z")
Not for me, but for my mom, who is eighty-six. Her health is generally good, although she tires easily. She also has a hand tremor in her dominant hand, so she sees a neurologist periodlcally. She’s had the migraines … --- ## [Do you know who created the Word Processor? Hint, she recently died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-created-the-word-processor-hint-she-recently-died/826022)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-created-the-word-processor-hint-she-recently-died/826022 "2018-12-12T22:34:10Z")
Who created the Word Processor? This would make a great Jeopardy question. I doubt anyone would get it right. I’d love to see how this actually operated. How efficient it was in writing letters. The description sounds … --- ## [The Camp Fire Thread -or- Northern Cali Is Like SOOO Hot Right Now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-camp-fire-thread-or-northern-cali-is-like-sooo-hot-right-now/824216)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2018, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-camp-fire-thread-or-northern-cali-is-like-sooo-hot-right-now/824216 "2018-12-12T21:23:00Z")
The AP is reporting that tens of thousands are fleeing, some thru walls of flame. It sounds really urgent and really fucking bad. --- ## [The tech support scam is alive and well, supported by my neighbors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tech-support-scam-is-alive-and-well-supported-by-my-neighbors/825668)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tech-support-scam-is-alive-and-well-supported-by-my-neighbors/825668 "2018-12-12T19:56:24Z")
No wonder I get so many calls offering to remove the virus from my computer. This scam is alive, well, and highly profitable. And not all of the loot is transferred through iTunes cards, but in cash. A local shipping … --- ## [My People are Gaslighting Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-people-are-gaslighting-me/825784)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2018, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-people-are-gaslighting-me/825784 "2018-12-12T04:23:22Z")
And I don’t like it! :mad: Second time in a few months, both related to “lost stuff”. The details are boring, but Dammit! I know when I’m being conned! Today, while getting ready to ski, I dig into my gear bag and find… --- ## [Anyone Else in the Mid-Atlantic Snowstorm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-in-the-mid-atlantic-snowstorm/825855)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-in-the-mid-atlantic-snowstorm/825855 "2018-12-11T20:54:27Z")
Yesterday’s forecast was a dusting from snow showers. Later in the day it was 1 to 3 inches. Then it was 3 to 5. Last night they upped it from 4 to 8 inches. It started snowing heavily a few hours ago. We already have 5 … --- ## [Power efficiency guide - Perpetual Motion and Energy Freedom.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-efficiency-guide-perpetual-motion-and-energy-freedom/825954)
**Author:** [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-efficiency-guide-perpetual-motion-and-energy-freedom/825954 "2018-12-11T20:35:55Z")
I got to the website https://powerefficiencyguide.com (not a clickable link) through a click bait link from a respectable website like Washington Post or something, I was surfing. Of course, it is a scam. It is basical… --- ## [The eel-huffing epidemic in young seals.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eel-huffing-epidemic-in-young-seals/825721)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eel-huffing-epidemic-in-young-seals/825721 "2018-12-11T17:28:48Z")
Apparently an increasing number of young monk seals are being discovered with eels jammed up their noses. Scientists don’t know why this keeps happening, but conciser it fishy. --- ## [A "Progressive" mystery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-progressive-mystery/825581)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-progressive-mystery/825581 "2018-12-11T16:48:29Z")
I got a call from Progressive Insurance today. Somebody has filed a claim against my policy… the one I opened only three weeks ago. Supposedly someone was driving my car Monday, and there was an accident. I told the lady… --- ## [“Gunnar’s Wheels” needs you, Dopers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-s-wheels-needs-you-dopers/784203)
**Author:** [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-s-wheels-needs-you-dopers/784203 "2018-12-11T15:44:44Z")
\[Moderator approved for your dancing and dining pleasure.\] Gunnar’s Wheels \[\<–Facebook link\] is a non-profit, husband & wife team (Jason & Stephanie Parker) that — since Aug. 2016 — secures and provides wheelchairs for … --- ## [InspiroBot inspires me to laugh my bot off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspirobot-inspires-me-to-laugh-my-bot-off/824946)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspirobot-inspires-me-to-laugh-my-bot-off/824946 "2018-12-11T14:03:53Z")
InspiroBot is, as its home page puts it, “an artificial intelligence dedicated to generating unlimited amounts of unique inspirational quotes for endless enrichment of pointless human existence.” Very unique inspirationa… --- ## [man coughs up perfect cast of bronchial tree](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-coughs-up-perfect-cast-of-bronchial-tree/825729)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-coughs-up-perfect-cast-of-bronchial-tree/825729 "2018-12-11T06:15:18Z")
In the disgusting-but-amazing department (beware, vivid color photo at link): Cast of the Right Bronchial Tree :eek: --- ## [Hanging of Presidential Portraits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanging-of-presidential-portraits/825927)
**Author:** [@Lubricious\_Integument](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lubricious_Integument)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanging-of-presidential-portraits/825927 "2018-12-11T04:22:25Z")
You may or may not like George W. Bush or Barack Obama, but on most people’s meters they were at least wrong within normal parameters \[P.J. O’Rourke\]. Nevertheless they seem to like one another, and even seemed so six a… --- ## [Worst example of clickbait](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-example-of-clickbait/825785)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-example-of-clickbait/825785 "2018-12-11T03:07:35Z")
On BBC news website today I saw a story that on the front page is labelled as “Is the dystopian future of water shortages already here?” Click on it, and you finda story about… how some restaurants in a relatively dry r… --- ## [Autopilot prevents a drunk driver from crashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autopilot-prevents-a-drunk-driver-from-crashing/825421)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autopilot-prevents-a-drunk-driver-from-crashing/825421 "2018-12-11T00:36:40Z")
Story about how it took police 7 miles to stop the car: here. This is good news. (Except for the guy who now faces DUI charges, of course.) Without the Autopilot, there’d have been a crash with potential injuries. The o… --- ## [Your Side of the Mountain: Describe your childhood dream of surviving in isolation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-side-of-the-mountain-describe-your-childhood-dream-of-surviving-in-isolation/825297)
**Author:** [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-side-of-the-mountain-describe-your-childhood-dream-of-surviving-in-isolation/825297 "2018-12-11T00:07:13Z")
My Side of the Mountain. Island of the Blue Dolphins. Julie of the Wolves. Brian’s Saga. Farther back, The Swiss Family Robinson and Robinson Crusoe. And so on. Young readers in particular have always been captivated … --- ## [Insane Bell Ringers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insane-bell-ringers/825762)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insane-bell-ringers/825762 "2018-12-10T17:23:37Z")
The Salvation Army has a representative ringing a bell outside Kroger and causing guilty people to contribute. I buy a TV dinner for lunch at work. One Christmas I gave them the change from my purchase. One woman insiste… --- ## [Guess I'll start the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-ill-start-the-mmp/825489)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-ill-start-the-mmp/825489 "2018-12-10T04:55:56Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 59 Amurrkin out and rainy with a predicted high of 68 and rainy for the day. I have an appointment with the doc at eleven this mornin’. I remembered it last night and ph… --- ## [McNamara's Morons, aka Project 100,000 (recruiting mentally challenged people during Vietnam)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcnamaras-morons-aka-project-100-000-recruiting-mentally-challenged-people-during-vietnam/823872)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcnamaras-morons-aka-project-100-000-recruiting-mentally-challenged-people-during-vietnam/823872 "2018-12-09T20:14:55Z")
I had never heard of this until last night; in short, during the Vietnam era, and to a lesser extent in the Iraq/Afghanistan era, the military lowered their standards to a point where people with significantly subnormal … --- ## [Secret Santa is paying off layaway items again this season.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-is-paying-off-layaway-items-again-this-season/825856)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-is-paying-off-layaway-items-again-this-season/825856 "2018-12-09T18:08:54Z")
What a wonderful surprise for any family. Here’s a Google search that will put a huge smile on your face. https://www.google.com/search?q=secret+santa+paying+off+layaway&oq=santa+paying+lay&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0.9565j1j7&… --- ## [Long time no see!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-no-see/824530)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-no-see/824530 "2018-12-09T14:16:49Z")
Do you ever use that phrase? Well guess what? You are a racist! --- ## [Getting off public transport](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-off-public-transport/825453)
**Author:** [@HeiLo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeiLo)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2018, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-off-public-transport/825453 "2018-12-09T03:22:27Z")
This is a factual question, but it seemed too mundane for GQ. I recently started wondering about a detail of everyday life, and now want some more data points: When you take a public bus, are there buttons to let the dr… --- ## [Lawyer turns informer...shenanigans abound!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyer-turns-informer-shenanigans-abound/825661)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2018, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyer-turns-informer-shenanigans-abound/825661 "2018-12-08T07:34:31Z")
Here in Melbourne, Aus, there had been a long-running ‘gangland’ war. For many years you would have been a fool to have a latte on Lygon St Carlton without a bullet-proof vest. Lots of killings, lots of drugs. lots of … --- ## [Re: How would you act if given absolute power over an alien civilization?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-how-would-you-act-if-given-absolute-power-over-an-alien-civilization/825609)
**Author:** [@jakeyjake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jakeyjake)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2018, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-how-would-you-act-if-given-absolute-power-over-an-alien-civilization/825609 "2018-12-08T05:34:43Z")
This thread is inspired by an old thread I made about whether or not it is wrong to step on bugs, but with a different subject. There is an episode of the Twilight Zone called the Little People where a couple astronauts … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=425) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=427)