# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=433 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 434 --- ## [Tesla reliability](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-reliability/824162)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-reliability/824162 "2018-11-07T22:36:18Z")
The latest issue of Consumer Reports has a report on car reliability. The highest reliability score of the 190 cars in the list is the Lexus GX (95 of 100). The 3 lowest scores are the Ram 3500 (score 9), the Volvo S90 … --- ## [Small pleasures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-pleasures/823923)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-pleasures/823923 "2018-11-07T18:10:14Z")
I want to share a small pleasure, so I’m starting this thread. We have lived in this house for 14 years. We have a nice view out the back, even though the hill on the other side of the ravine is Daly City. The view is n… --- ## [Banana hanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banana-hanger/823993)
**Author:** [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banana-hanger/823993 "2018-11-07T01:39:23Z")
I recently “inherited” a wire stand for hanging bananas on. It’s great; the only flaw is you can’t actually hang bananas on it, because when the bananas are just right, they start self-peeling under their own weight. --- ## [The ozone hole is closing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ozone-hole-is-closing/369494)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ozone-hole-is-closing/369494 "2018-11-06T21:04:00Z")
Article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060818/sc\_nm/environment\_ozone\_dc\_1 I didn’t know that it could close. I mean, I didn’t know that it could close until after humanity had all died of AIDS and skin cancer and heavy … --- ## [Time Travel is Confusing (a.k.a. DST)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-is-confusing-a-k-a-dst/823921)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-is-confusing-a-k-a-dst/823921 "2018-11-06T17:33:33Z")
For most of my wife’s lifetime she lived in a state that never changed their clocks. She is an incredibly smart person but for some reason she just can’t get her arms around the time change coming up this weekend. She ke… --- ## [Cat Dilemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-dilemma/824027)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Ecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ecks)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2018, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-dilemma/824027 "2018-11-06T10:25:55Z")
Recently, two cats have moved into the Barn. Of course, I’ve been feeding them, easy mark that I am. They are unfriendly, but have been slowly adjusting to my presence as they eat. They look like unneutered males. Th… --- ## [3 siblings killed by car while boarding school bus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-siblings-killed-by-car-while-boarding-school-bus/823787)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-siblings-killed-by-car-while-boarding-school-bus/823787 "2018-11-06T00:45:38Z")
Story here. It’s impossible to even imagine what the family is going through. A fourth child (unrelated) was badly injured and has already had to undergo several surgeries. A fourth sibling survived because she was st… --- ## [New shingles vaccine, bad reaction to second dose.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-shingles-vaccine-bad-reaction-to-second-dose/818421)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2018, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-shingles-vaccine-bad-reaction-to-second-dose/818421 "2018-11-06T00:43:30Z")
First one, nothing, just breezed thru it. Waited the specified amt. of time (like 3 mos. I think) and got second dose yesterday. Woke up midnite so achy I could almost not roll over and after that I certainly didn’t get… --- ## [To Kris, an Uber driver.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-kris-an-uber-driver/823983)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-kris-an-uber-driver/823983 "2018-11-05T20:35:24Z")
The day before Labor Day, I fell and had to be taken to the hospital, leaving my dog, Justice, all alone in the house. I called a friend who collected Justice from the house and took him to her home and took care of him … --- ## [Something I have noticed in the last year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-have-noticed-in-the-last-year/824006)
**Author:** [@catflea12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catflea12)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-have-noticed-in-the-last-year/824006 "2018-11-05T14:37:31Z")
I have the same turtle mouth as AG Sessions, although I don’t look like him otherwise. :smack: --- ## [King Ahab and similarities to the Kavanaugh case.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-ahab-and-similarities-to-the-kavanaugh-case/823717)
**Author:** [@a\_dudes\_thought\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_dudes_thought_s)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2018, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-ahab-and-similarities-to-the-kavanaugh-case/823717 "2018-11-05T12:19:36Z")
I was looking at the Kavanaugh case and the me too movement. These type of situation interest me a great deal because they can have a huge ripple effect on laws and regulation in any nation. King Ahab is a very interesti… --- ## [Neighbors Silly "Squabble"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-silly-squabble/823848)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-silly-squabble/823848 "2018-11-05T03:35:43Z")
We live in the boonies on a private road with two neighbors. Chuck and his wife are retired, as are Rick and his wife. As some retired folks are prone to do, they spend much of their time caring for their yards. We all … --- ## [The Trick or Treat MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trick-or-treat-mmp/823668)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trick-or-treat-mmp/823668 "2018-11-05T03:09:14Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 62 Amurrkin out and clear (dark actually) with a predicted high of 79 and N.O.S. for the day. I guess we can call this an early Fall day in the southern U.S. of A. Today… --- ## [Well, I'm drunk.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-im-drunk/823918)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2018, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-im-drunk/823918 "2018-11-05T01:13:55Z")
I rarely drink alcohol. But tonight we went out for Mexican food and I had two ‘Cadillac’ margaritas (José Cuervo and Grand Marnier). Definitely feeling it. Mrs. L.A. made ma e rum/orange juice/grenadine drink (but I … --- ## [Quips unappreciated in their time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quips-unappreciated-in-their-time/823546)
**Author:** [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quips-unappreciated-in-their-time/823546 "2018-11-05T00:09:41Z")
I have a friend who is traveling in New Zealand on vacation. She posted a picture on Facebook of herself in front of one of the houses in Hobbiton and said how much she loved it. I responded that if she liked it, then sh… --- ## [Is it a bad time to take a day trip to Canada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-bad-time-to-take-a-day-trip-to-canada/823275)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2018, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-bad-time-to-take-a-day-trip-to-canada/823275 "2018-11-04T22:23:24Z")
I’m visiting my family next week and they live close to Montreal. And I was thinking I hadn’t been up to Montreal in a couple of years and was planning on driving up there for a day. But now a thought occurs to me. If I… --- ## [Is it time to leave yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-to-leave-yet/823748)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-to-leave-yet/823748 "2018-11-04T21:56:37Z")
I have lived happily in the US my entire 64 years. I love my country and all it stands for… or I should say stood for, but now it seems the lunatics are running the asylum. For all of you that love Trump, and what he an… --- ## [Has anyone heard from Quasimodem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-from-quasimodem/823959)
**Author:** [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-from-quasimodem/823959 "2018-11-04T19:54:56Z")
I happened to think about this poster today, and checked and saw that it has been exactly one year since his last post. His last several posts moved my heart – obviously he was dealing with some severe challenges, and I… --- ## [Juicy family secrets you learned as an adult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juicy-family-secrets-you-learned-as-an-adult/807329)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juicy-family-secrets-you-learned-as-an-adult/807329 "2018-11-04T17:57:05Z")
My grandparents were dyed-in-the-wool fundie Utah Mormons. As a kid, I sometimes got the feeling there were things I didn’t know about them. In my late twenties I got the story: -Grandma had pre-marital sex and got pre… --- ## [Men who carry handkerchiefs...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-carry-handkerchiefs/823594)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-carry-handkerchiefs/823594 "2018-11-04T16:54:11Z")
…and use them to blow their noses. There are few things more disgusting than pulling an already snotty piece of cloth out of your pocket, searching momentarily for an unused corner, and blowing even more snot into it be… --- ## [Trick or Treat 2018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-or-treat-2018/823806)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2018, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-or-treat-2018/823806 "2018-11-04T04:02:41Z")
Well, we are 30 minutes into the 3 hour window for kids to Trick or Treat. I just had my first two. We live in a neighborhood that has lots of kids and it is very safe and no traffic to speak of. It is always a crap sho… --- ## [Ok... So, I'm getting an iPhone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-im-getting-an-iphone/822033)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2018, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-im-getting-an-iphone/822033 "2018-11-04T02:53:57Z")
Last week Mrs. L.A. accidentally knocked my crappy LG Tribute phone off the counter and it landed in the cat’s water dish. It seemed to be OK, but it has started acting up. So I’ve ordered a ‘Certified Pre-loved’ iPhon… --- ## ["Whites don't kill whites..." Shooting at Kentucky Kroger supermarket](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whites-dont-kill-whites-shooting-at-kentucky-kroger-supermarket/823496)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whites-dont-kill-whites-shooting-at-kentucky-kroger-supermarket/823496 "2018-11-03T20:54:13Z")
Assuming MPSIMS because it’s a late-breaking event. A white man walked into a Kroger and shot two black patrons (one was in the parking lot). A late arriving white citizen, armed with a civilian gun, confronted the s… --- ## [It's code--THE CODE--The Code Of...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-code-the-code-the-code-of/823916)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2018, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-code-the-code-the-code-of/823916 "2018-11-03T17:09:31Z")
THE\_WEST! :slight\_smile: --- ## [what man made artifact can be seen from the Moon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-man-made-artifact-can-be-seen-from-the-moon/823909)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2018, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-man-made-artifact-can-be-seen-from-the-moon/823909 "2018-11-03T11:33:39Z")
QI asked this, and also did it in their book. However while they got the wrong answer correct, they were wrong about the\* right \*answer. Oh SBMBers, which is the right answer? Are we smarter than QI or dumber than Alan… --- ## [America tied for 8th-best nation in the world to be an atheist in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-tied-for-8th-best-nation-in-the-world-to-be-an-atheist-in/823849)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2018, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-tied-for-8th-best-nation-in-the-world-to-be-an-atheist-in/823849 "2018-11-03T08:21:46Z")
Survey released by the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU.) --- ## [It looks like I need back surgery! What can I expect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-looks-like-i-need-back-surgery-what-can-i-expect/823915)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2018, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-looks-like-i-need-back-surgery-what-can-i-expect/823915 "2018-11-03T06:02:12Z")
I have been diagnosed with Osteo something or another. Not Osteoporosis. The doctor mentioned weakening bones and I think he said spine twisting? I’m not sure, but it’s not the sciatica I thought I was experiencing. T… --- ## [Gender roles in a small business and overnight trips](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-roles-in-a-small-business-and-overnight-trips/823757)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2018, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-roles-in-a-small-business-and-overnight-trips/823757 "2018-11-03T04:40:55Z")
I’m not trying to make this too personal and I am not looking for personal advice, so let’s assume all of the following is true, but some is not to protect the innocent: I have a small law firm with only one paralegal. … --- ## [Odd job interview process. Is this some sort of scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-job-interview-process-is-this-some-sort-of-scam/823878)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2018, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-job-interview-process-is-this-some-sort-of-scam/823878 "2018-11-03T02:51:16Z")
I’ve apparently made it to “round 2” in the hiring process for a remote position as a web developer. Those of you who’ve been following my saga will know how important this could be for me. It’s a fully remote position a… --- ## [Yosemite Slam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-slam/823781)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-slam/823781 "2018-11-02T23:50:08Z")
There was this couple who was trying to make themselves Internet Famous by taking lots of travel photos, especially “daredevilly” ones standing near the edge of things–in one post they said: So recently someone finds a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=432) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=434)