# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=429 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 430 --- ## [I get why they call the South "Dixie"...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-why-they-call-the-south-dixie/825013)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-why-they-call-the-south-dixie/825013 "2018-11-27T21:45:21Z")
It’s because of the Mason-Dixon Line. So why don’t we call the North Masonie? --- ## [What ethnic customs / superstitions doe you follow/do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ethnic-customs-superstitions-doe-you-follow-do/824988)
**Author:** [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ethnic-customs-superstitions-doe-you-follow-do/824988 "2018-11-27T20:32:42Z")
Okay, another useless trivia thread that I hope you’ll contribute to. :slight\_smile: Japanese When you cook (Japanese food), your ingredient count must be an odd number, but not 9. - In Japanese (and I know China, and … --- ## [InSight has landed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insight-has-landed/825125)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insight-has-landed/825125 "2018-11-27T20:30:47Z")
Just watched the last ~290 min of the NASA broadcast The Marcos locked on to the signal, which was not a sure thing. Brian --- ## [any Dopers want to create an intro sequence for a web series?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-want-to-create-an-intro-sequence-for-a-web-series/825012)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-want-to-create-an-intro-sequence-for-a-web-series/825012 "2018-11-27T20:18:36Z")
I’m going to start producing short YouTube videos on topics in information security. These will be 5 or 6 minutes long and will try to explain a security topic or news story to a general audience. This is to market my bu… --- ## [An Otter Disaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-otter-disaster/825117)
**Author:** [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-otter-disaster/825117 "2018-11-27T18:19:06Z")
In Vancouver, a river otter has managed to get into the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden and is eating all the koi. At $1,000 to $5,000 per fish, that’s gonna be one hell of a sushi tab. --- ## [40th anniversary of Jonestown tragedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40th-anniversary-of-jonestown-tragedy/824701)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40th-anniversary-of-jonestown-tragedy/824701 "2018-11-27T15:42:35Z")
I’m sure many of us have seen the movie, but this article really hits home about how awful Jonestown was. In college orientation, we had an cult awareness presentation among the many presentations we were required to… --- ## [How are school lockdowns these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-school-lockdowns-these-days/825055)
**Author:** [@smokey78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smokey78)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-school-lockdowns-these-days/825055 "2018-11-27T15:23:03Z")
So are schools completely closed off during school hours to prevent random folks coming in. I was thinking about the time I went back to my high school (early 00s); I was in college, but I could not think of any profess… --- ## [Lords Of The Sky- Dan Hampton](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lords-of-the-sky-dan-hampton/825150)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lords-of-the-sky-dan-hampton/825150 "2018-11-27T11:27:58Z")
Despite all the blurbs I had doubts about the book given some inaccuracies. However the deeper you get into it the more the cherry picking becomes obvious. And then at almost page 400 he admits that RAF bombing destro… --- ## [When is sunrise & sunset where you are today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-sunrise-sunset-where-you-are-today/824498)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-sunrise-sunset-where-you-are-today/824498 "2018-11-27T10:30:12Z")
Now that daylight saving time has ended, we’ve entered a depressing stretch of months in the northeast with very, very, short days that end while it’s still afternoon…I know, I know we’re just cutting off the bottom of t… --- ## [theres a war on cash ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-war-on-cash/824324)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-war-on-cash/824324 "2018-11-27T03:28:09Z")
ok abc/disney freefall is contractually obligated to run the 700 club twice the day and a relative was watching the nightmare before Christmas last night and it came on after wards and before I changed it they showed a… --- ## [So... what's new?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-new/824721)
**Author:** [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-new/824721 "2018-11-27T03:06:52Z")
It appears that I haven’t been around here for, oh, 9 1/2 years. And even then I think it was probably just a brief wave hello. (Really sorry to the two people who sent me private messages in March 2009 – I promise I was… --- ## [Horse-drawn Wagons and Pick-up Trucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-drawn-wagons-and-pick-up-trucks/824776)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-drawn-wagons-and-pick-up-trucks/824776 "2018-11-27T01:56:52Z")
I was musing about transportation back in the time of horses and considered that, probably, the majority of vehicles constructed were wagons or carts, not carriages or chariots or anything. And, in modern day, we see th… --- ## [Unhelpful responses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhelpful-responses/824646)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhelpful-responses/824646 "2018-11-27T01:28:57Z")
Seems to be happening a lot lately: I send an email that includes what I believe are clear, specific and easy-to-answer questions; the reply does not contain answers. Today, a small variation of this theme: An eBay sell… --- ## [Karl Marx's great-great-great-grandson is a YouTuber](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-marxs-great-great-great-grandson-is-a-youtuber/825070)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-marxs-great-great-great-grandson-is-a-youtuber/825070 "2018-11-27T00:55:30Z")
23 year old Joseph Marx does parkour on YouTube, and recently spent a week homeless with a couple of friends to publicize how the homeless have to live. Some of his stunts: --- ## [Please tell me good things about three legged cats.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-good-things-about-three-legged-cats/824717)
**Author:** [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-good-things-about-three-legged-cats/824717 "2018-11-26T18:01:58Z")
So I’ve been advised that one of my cats need a back leg amputating and with heavy heart I have to agree. The Dood, my former feral Black Smoke has a wound on his leg, near his foot, that won’t heal. Two operations later… --- ## [Middle age metabolic changes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-age-metabolic-changes/825109)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-age-metabolic-changes/825109 "2018-11-26T17:41:40Z")
What might cause a sudden change in metabolism? I say ‘sudden’ but maybe that’s relative. Like many people I gradually gained weight during my 30’s, 40’s, and early 50’s. During that period my weight would go up and down… --- ## [I thought I knew better](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-i-knew-better/825108)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-i-knew-better/825108 "2018-11-26T17:12:39Z")
After 2 1/2 months I finally got my unwanted house guest out of my house. It cost me some money but my piece of mind is worth it. Someone please shoot me if I offer to let a homeless person stay for a few days while thei… --- ## [My window had to be rebooted the other day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-window-had-to-be-rebooted-the-other-day/824995)
**Author:** [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-window-had-to-be-rebooted-the-other-day/824995 "2018-11-26T13:24:32Z")
I have a Prius, and its 12 volt battery is quite dinky. When I was away it got drained, and I couldn’t keep it charged. So I took it to the dealer. I’ve had problems before, so they looked at it and did a full charge. A… --- ## [I want to be a doctor!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-be-a-doctor/443582)
**Author:** [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-be-a-doctor/443582 "2008-04-06T16:41:43Z")
Yes, I’ve finally decided what I want to be when I grow up. Maybe. My husband says I’ve been watching too much House. Perhaps. But the fact of the matter is that I think I actually want to become a doctor. So I’m ap… --- ## [Camino de Santiago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camino-de-santiago/796331)
**Author:** [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2018, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camino-de-santiago/796331 "2018-11-26T06:14:55Z")
A friend and I are in Spain walking the Camino Dr Santigo. At the moment we are some 300 km into it. We started in Pamplona and are now in Fromista. I have had a couple of blister problems, nothing too serious. But on th… --- ## [Black Friday and other crazy consumerism in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-friday-and-other-crazy-consumerism-in-the-mmp/824780)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2018, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-friday-and-other-crazy-consumerism-in-the-mmp/824780 "2018-11-26T03:24:29Z")
In light of the pending shopping insanity, I’m moved to ask about the times you risked life and limb to get a great deal… or to be the first one to own \[x\], be it a giant TV or tickets to see a favorite performer. I’ll… --- ## [Can the origin of this (probably military) "challenge coin" be identified?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-origin-of-this-probably-military-challenge-coin-be-identified/825032)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-origin-of-this-probably-military-challenge-coin-be-identified/825032 "2018-11-26T00:32:05Z")
I found this coin (side 1, side 2), and was wondering if there’s any way to tell more about where/when it came from? I’m assuming it was issued by a branch of the military. \[Moderator Note\] The above links are google t… --- ## [Banghazi and Khashoggi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banghazi-and-khashoggi/825077)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banghazi-and-khashoggi/825077 "2018-11-25T22:32:27Z")
My far-right uncle has been sharing a meme that appears to be justification for not caring about Jamal Khashoggi. ‘I’m so sick of Liberals beating on this murder \[photo of Khashoggi\]’ ‘They didn’t give two shits about … --- ## [Lone Vermont peacock runs off with a flock of turkeys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lone-vermont-peacock-runs-off-with-a-flock-of-turkeys/824982)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lone-vermont-peacock-runs-off-with-a-flock-of-turkeys/824982 "2018-11-25T21:14:50Z")
Just when you thought you’d heard it all: Lone Vermont peacock runs off with a flock of turkeys --- ## [Happy Stir-up Sunday!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-stir-up-sunday/825069)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-stir-up-sunday/825069 "2018-11-25T20:11:35Z")
Get those puddings going! From the Book of Common Prayer, the Sunday next before Advent: " Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good wor… --- ## [Weird kids and funny events you remember from school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-kids-and-funny-events-you-remember-from-school/824572)
**Author:** [@Stuntman\_Mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuntman_Mike)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-kids-and-funny-events-you-remember-from-school/824572 "2018-11-25T15:12:02Z")
One kid in 2nd grade named Matthew was an odd duck, even among kids. Once outside at recess he casually picked a boogie out of his nose, walked over to another kid named Billy, and wiped it right inside Billy’s mouth. … --- ## [porch pirate gets wormy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porch-pirate-gets-wormy/824994)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porch-pirate-gets-wormy/824994 "2018-11-25T15:07:12Z")
apparently this chick decided to do xmas shopping by snatching something that’s already bought but gets a box of literal worms on camera https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/woman-caught-on-camera-stealing-package-off-… --- ## [Prom night story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prom-night-story/824818)
**Author:** [@Stuntman\_Mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuntman_Mike)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2018, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prom-night-story/824818 "2018-11-24T23:12:55Z")
Four of us took the obligatory limo to our high school senior prom, my girlfriend and I, and another couple. After the prom, we stopped at an IHOP for some munchies, still in our tuxedos and dresses. Surprisingly, the … --- ## [Good News Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-thread/824231)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-thread/824231 "2018-11-24T14:54:51Z")
After watching the unfolding debacle with the US elections, hearing about mass killings, wildfires in California, a deadly rampage in my own home city, I needed something to lift my depression. AND I FOUND IT!! A few w… --- ## [Gunmen storm Chinese Consulate in Karachi, killing 2 police officers; smoke seen rising from buildin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunmen-storm-chinese-consulate-in-karachi-killing-2-police-officers-smoke-seen-rising-from-buildin/824974)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunmen-storm-chinese-consulate-in-karachi-killing-2-police-officers-smoke-seen-rising-from-buildin/824974 "2018-11-24T02:07:37Z")
Any guesses on who would want to storm the Chinese Consulate? It seems like an unusual target for an attack in Pakistan. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=428) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=430)