# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=436 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 437 --- ## [Breaking News - Paul Bernardo denied parole - what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-paul-bernardo-denied-parole-what/823104)
**Author:** [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-paul-bernardo-denied-parole-what/823104 "2018-10-21T19:26:42Z")
I was browsing the news and saw - BREAKING News Convicted rapist and killer Paul Bernardo denied parole. I read it again thinking maybe it said granted parole. That would be news. Denied? Of course he was denied! It… --- ## [We knew it was coming - Google Classic Maps is gone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-knew-it-was-coming-google-classic-maps-is-gone/718825)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-knew-it-was-coming-google-classic-maps-is-gone/718825 "2018-10-21T18:34:10Z")
I like to use the “street view” guy to explore around the world. In Classic Maps, you could have open simultaneously the street view and a view of an infinitely zoom-outable map. Now the simultaneous zoomable map is th… --- ## [Rebooting the refrigerator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebooting-the-refrigerator/822457)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebooting-the-refrigerator/822457 "2018-10-21T18:32:51Z")
This example of modern life and first-world problems (solved) is about as mundane and pointless as it gets. We got a new LG refrigerator a few months ago, and the other night the ice and water dispenser on the front doo… --- ## [Meet Akiko - The world's most perfect puppy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-akiko-the-worlds-most-perfect-puppy/823050)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-akiko-the-worlds-most-perfect-puppy/823050 "2018-10-21T16:41:09Z")
I would like to introduce you all to Akiko, the world’s most perfect puppy. You know how puppy’s always look so soft, but then their fur is really kind of rough? Akiko’s is like rabbit fur. Akiko has fun, no matter wha… --- ## [Does this mean that she is the true and rightful king?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461)
**Author:** [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2018, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461 "2018-10-21T06:50:21Z")
From the BBC: Girl, 8, pulls a 1,500-year-old sword from a lake in Sweden On the other hand: --- ## [Choose a Superpower...first come, first served!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-superpower-first-come-first-served/822822)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-superpower-first-come-first-served/822822 "2018-10-20T21:34:32Z")
For the purposes of plot I have access to a device that is capable of giving people comic-book style superpowers, its simple and painless to use, the catch is that its only able to give a specific superpower to a single … --- ## [The ancient pact between man and beast has been rent asunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ancient-pact-between-man-and-beast-has-been-rent-asunder/823158)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ancient-pact-between-man-and-beast-has-been-rent-asunder/823158 "2018-10-20T15:00:49Z")
Long ago, in the misty dawn of 2012, my beloved and I moved into our present abode, deep in the heart of the Courthouse neighborhood of Arlington, VA. Comfortable and in love, we thought we were alone in our two bedroom… --- ## [Class action suit - what'd you buy 10-15 years ago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/class-action-suit-whatd-you-buy-10-15-years-ago/823219)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/class-action-suit-whatd-you-buy-10-15-years-ago/823219 "2018-10-20T14:29:30Z")
I got an official looking email overnight. I cautiously opened it but of course did not click on any of the links. However, google brought up a number of hits, including a press release from last week which included th… --- ## [YouTube down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-down/823077)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2018, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-down/823077 "2018-10-20T02:50:15Z")
Can’t get it to load. Apparently 500 trained monkeys have been dispatched to fix it. --- ## [When did people start and stop making physical copies of pirated media](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-people-start-and-stop-making-physical-copies-of-pirated-media/823111)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-people-start-and-stop-making-physical-copies-of-pirated-media/823111 "2018-10-20T02:05:33Z")
I remember the movie Borat and the album ‘steal this album’ by system of a down were designed to look like a pirated DVD and pirated CD. But I can’t remember the last time I saw a pirated DVD or pirated CD. Does anyone … --- ## [Graduating Texas High School students required to complete traffic stop interaction class.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graduating-texas-high-school-students-required-to-complete-traffic-stop-interaction-class/823125)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graduating-texas-high-school-students-required-to-complete-traffic-stop-interaction-class/823125 "2018-10-19T21:53:25Z")
Seems like a great idea. Traffic stops can be stressful for everybody. It makes sense to educate young people so they understand how to respond and what are their rights. IIRC we covered this in my driver’s ed class thi… --- ## [Creepy, creepier, creepiest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-creepier-creepiest/823149)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-creepier-creepiest/823149 "2018-10-19T21:25:33Z")
Creepy: An 11 year old girl woke up to find a strange man sitting on her bed. The family wisely fled the house and called the police. Creepier: When the police arrived, they found the man in the girl’s bed, under the co… --- ## [Just updated my subscription, then found warning email from 8 hours earlier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-updated-my-subscription-then-found-warning-email-from-8-hours-earlier/823155)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-updated-my-subscription-then-found-warning-email-from-8-hours-earlier/823155 "2018-10-19T18:40:12Z")
This morning it occurred to me that it had been a while since I checked my SDMB subscription, so I did, and it was about to expire. So, I bought another 2 year subscription. Hours later, I happened to look at my email a… --- ## [School shooting in Crimea - 21 dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-shooting-in-crimea-21-dead/823197)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-shooting-in-crimea-21-dead/823197 "2018-10-19T17:07:29Z")
I have searched the boards for any mention of this incident, and haven’t found any, so I am starting this thread as “breaking news”. On October 17, an 18-year old student of the Polytechnic College in Kerch, Crimea, kil… --- ## [Electrons are extremely round](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrons-are-extremely-round/823165)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrons-are-extremely-round/823165 "2018-10-19T14:24:00Z")
Electrons are extremely round … and some physicists are not pleased about it. --- ## [So, did anyone else watch Trump on "60 Minutes" last night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-did-anyone-else-watch-trump-on-60-minutes-last-night/823001)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2018, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-did-anyone-else-watch-trump-on-60-minutes-last-night/823001 "2018-10-19T10:57:52Z")
I didn’t either. I really had no desire to, like, get sick or anything. (Move this through if you see fit.) --- ## [New (old) robocall scam alert](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-old-robocall-scam-alert/821842)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2018, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-old-robocall-scam-alert/821842 "2018-10-19T07:44:41Z")
I’ve just received a telephone call on my mobile from a scammer. I disconnected at this point. Needless to say I have not been involved in an accident. Anyway, the interesting this is that the caller was not a person b… --- ## [Junkyard Good Fortune](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junkyard-good-fortune/823128)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junkyard-good-fortune/823128 "2018-10-19T02:32:28Z")
Went prowling around the junkyard today. Here’s what I found: A mini-van, with about 100 CD’s in a big ole case. Guy had some damn good taste in music. Got about 40 CD’s, lots of “Greatest Hits” stuff, including Motorhe… --- ## [How can I become more opinionated? Newbie asking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-become-more-opinionated-newbie-asking/823060)
**Author:** [@Riyali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riyali)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2018, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-become-more-opinionated-newbie-asking/823060 "2018-10-18T21:23:37Z")
First of all: Hello, I’m new. I just signed up today. Secondly: I wanted to ask for advice. I’ve always enjoyed reading and exploring foreign worlds, but until a week ago this has always been confined to my mind. I cam… --- ## [South Pole Station](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-pole-station/823081)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-pole-station/823081 "2018-10-18T21:07:21Z")
An interesting video. It’s a tour inside the South Pole Station. --- ## [Robocall phishing credit card scam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robocall-phishing-credit-card-scam/823098)
**Author:** [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robocall-phishing-credit-card-scam/823098 "2018-10-18T20:42:01Z")
(Variations on this scam have probably been posted but this was so clever and dangerous, I will post again) Last weekend, I got a landline call from a credit card company that went to the answering machine. It was a vo… --- ## [My word of the day: variolation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-word-of-the-day-variolation/823159)
**Author:** [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-word-of-the-day-variolation/823159 "2018-10-18T19:07:40Z")
I saw a quote on Facebook from Benjamin Franklin about the importance of vaccination. It seemed too good to be real, so I researched it and found out the quote was legit. And, while researching, I learned a new word: va… --- ## [Buying an electric shaver!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-an-electric-shaver/823160)
**Author:** [@marttin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marttin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-an-electric-shaver/823160 "2018-10-18T19:03:27Z")
Hello. I am looking for a good electric shaver. In the old days I used a Philips dry shaver, which I actually liked. I know that there is the eternal “dispute” between Braun and Philips :wink: Maybe someone can recomme… --- ## [Hi Hunni I'm home! ( RCC back)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-hunni-im-home-rcc-back/823106)
**Author:** [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2018, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-hunni-im-home-rcc-back/823106 "2018-10-18T10:12:54Z")
Hey wait! That wasn’t supposed to happen. You were contained in the capsule, your adjacent adrenal glands were clear, wrapped and popped in a tray away next to the diseased kidney, finally the near distant lymph nodes w… --- ## [Chipmunk(s)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipmunk-s/823054)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipmunk-s/823054 "2018-10-17T22:20:23Z")
I’ve lived on the coast of NW Washington for almost 15 years. In that time I’ve seen raccoons, dead opossums, lots of birds – including the resident bald eagles and great blue herons, the occasional skunk, and the rare … --- ## [Lights out, candles, hot chamomile tea, and Mazzy Star.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lights-out-candles-hot-chamomile-tea-and-mazzy-star/822895)
**Author:** [@spidercat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spidercat)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lights-out-candles-hot-chamomile-tea-and-mazzy-star/822895 "2018-10-17T19:33:51Z")
How do you relax at night before bed? --- ## [Paul Allen co-founder of Microsoft died at 65](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-allen-co-founder-of-microsoft-died-at-65/823002)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-allen-co-founder-of-microsoft-died-at-65/823002 "2018-10-17T17:20:23Z")
Also owned the Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trailblazers He left MS very early due to cancer --- ## [Our Robot Overlords Have Mad Moves.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-robot-overlords-have-mad-moves/823071)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-robot-overlords-have-mad-moves/823071 "2018-10-17T15:54:40Z")
Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot busts a move in latest video. I’m sure there’s a joke about being entertained while we’re slaving in the silicon mines, but it evades me for now. --- ## [Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador has been canonized](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archbishop-oscar-romero-of-el-salvador-has-been-canonized/822984)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archbishop-oscar-romero-of-el-salvador-has-been-canonized/822984 "2018-10-17T12:39:47Z")
I’ve always admired him. A brave, faithful and conscientious man, struck down too soon. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/salvadorans-journey-rome-archbishop-oscar-romero-s-canonization-catholic-saint-n919481 --- ## [Piercings and airport security](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piercings-and-airport-security/822894)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piercings-and-airport-security/822894 "2018-10-16T22:57:32Z")
Once, at the airport, I witnessed a young punk-styled fellow have some trouble repeatedly setting off the metal detectors. He sported a lot of visible piercings and jewellery everywhere, as well as clothes adorned with s… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=435) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=437)