# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=437 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 438 --- ## [New Phone Annoyances](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-phone-annoyances/822801)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-phone-annoyances/822801 "2018-10-16T15:49:48Z")
Ended up getting a new phone recently because my old one died unexpectedly. I am liking it but a few things about it annoy me. The main one is on my old phone the volume controls allowed separate volumes for the ring vs… --- ## [iPhone Reminders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-reminders/822987)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-reminders/822987 "2018-10-16T15:06:52Z")
I was reminded of a question I have after reading another thread about reminder apps. The iPhone calendar works fine for me to alert me for my haircut, hockey games, etc. But my question is - is there a way to be alert… --- ## [Dude goes skinny-dipping in a shark tank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-goes-skinny-dipping-in-a-shark-tank/823016)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-goes-skinny-dipping-in-a-shark-tank/823016 "2018-10-16T14:38:01Z")
…at the aquarium in Toronto. I… don’t know what to think. --- ## [A new level in spam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-level-in-spam/822899)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-level-in-spam/822899 "2018-10-16T13:37:05Z")
I just received this from a .ru address, and it’s too good not to share. I’m also hoping someone can tell me if this is a real language or not: What I’m able to glean is that someone wants to give me two million Briti… --- ## [Huge risk if global warming passes 1.5C, warns landmark UN report](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-risk-if-global-warming-passes-1-5c-warns-landmark-un-report/822641)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-risk-if-global-warming-passes-1-5c-warns-landmark-un-report/822641 "2018-10-16T13:27:18Z")
Previous reports emphasized the 2C limit, so the situation is even worse than many of us thought. And with Trump and the Republicans cutting back even the limited things Obama did the situation looks quite bad. --- ## [Belgian Mechanic Accidentally Destroys F-16 with Cannon on Another F-16](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgian-mechanic-accidentally-destroys-f-16-with-cannon-on-another-f-16/823006)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgian-mechanic-accidentally-destroys-f-16-with-cannon-on-another-f-16/823006 "2018-10-16T12:42:59Z")
Now if any of us here had designed the weapons system we would have built in safety features to prevent accidental firing and if we were repairing this cannon we would unload/disconnect the ammunition first… --- ## [Pough Chan would have been 12 yesterday.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pough-chan-would-have-been-12-yesterday/821673)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pough-chan-would-have-been-12-yesterday/821673 "2018-10-16T06:37:05Z")
It seems we are getting fewer people left here on the boards from 12 years ago. But for those who were there, Pough Chan would have been 12 years old yesterday. I always get sad around this time of year, but this time ha… --- ## [Now: SPAM texts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-spam-texts/822900)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-spam-texts/822900 "2018-10-16T01:47:01Z")
Is this new? Well, new to me. Half from groups/cos./people who keep trying to call me. --- ## [I saw the Cat Detector van!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-cat-detector-van/822917)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-cat-detector-van/822917 "2018-10-16T00:01:10Z")
Driving down my street. I’ve never seen so many bleedin’ aerials (I counted at least 6, although the photo doesn’t show them all). --- ## [The holes in our old memories. Does it frustrate you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-holes-in-our-old-memories-does-it-frustrate-you/822038)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-holes-in-our-old-memories-does-it-frustrate-you/822038 "2018-10-15T22:12:19Z")
Memory is such an unpredictable thing. I can remember my ninth grade classes. Algebra, Civics, English, Speech, Orchestra, and I worked in the school office (it counted as a business experience class). But I can’t reme… --- ## [What's with homosexual insults?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-homosexual-insults/822831)
**Author:** [@vperry1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vperry1)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-homosexual-insults/822831 "2018-10-15T19:41:02Z")
I’m not talking about insults directed at homosexuals, but insults slung by one straight guy to another. In other words (foul language ahead. Please ask your kids to leave the room), why, when guy1, pisses off guy2, doe… --- ## [Ageing up in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ageing-up-in-the-mmp/822647)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2018, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ageing-up-in-the-mmp/822647 "2018-10-15T00:56:01Z")
aka Medal Monday MMP Most world class athletes are in their 20’s or even early 30’s (with the exception of the invertibrates who do gymnastics). In general, as you age you slow down & lose muscle mass. To keep the pub… --- ## [States with a county for every letter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-with-a-county-for-every-letter/822939)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-with-a-county-for-every-letter/822939 "2018-10-14T20:35:05Z")
Ohio comes close. We are missing counties starting with I, Q, X, Y and Z. Darn Youngstown could have given us one more. Can any other state beat this? Dennis --- ## [Most pointless warranties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-pointless-warranties/822919)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-pointless-warranties/822919 "2018-10-14T19:51:35Z")
So at some point I’m browing through some old papers at home and find the warranty card for my mother’s burial vault. Seems that it is guaranteed to not leak for something like 100 years. I thought this was pretty much a… --- ## [It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's super-squirrel!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bird-its-a-plane-no-its-super-squirrel/822909)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bird-its-a-plane-no-its-super-squirrel/822909 "2018-10-14T19:40:15Z")
Okay, so it’s the Daily Mail, but there are some gorgeous pictures of a leaping squirrel. --- ## [F1's forgotten star: Helle Nice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f1s-forgotten-star-helle-nice/822928)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f1s-forgotten-star-helle-nice/822928 "2018-10-14T16:33:03Z")
The BBC have an article on this remarkable woman here. And how sad her post-WW2 comeback was ruined by false accusations of having been a Gestapo spy and that she was rejected by her family. --- ## [Soyuz MS-10 failure, crew safe.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soyuz-ms-10-failure-crew-safe/822799)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soyuz-ms-10-failure-crew-safe/822799 "2018-10-14T16:00:45Z")
Today’s Soyuz MS-10, with one American and one Russian cosmonaut suffered a booster failure and the spacecraft returned to the ground on a ballistic trajectory. If the spacecraft reached above the Karmen line then its t… --- ## [Well, I likely have cancer \[update: no, I don't\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-likely-have-cancer-update-no-i-dont/821197)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2018, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-likely-have-cancer-update-no-i-dont/821197 "2018-10-13T18:44:59Z")
The good news is that it’s one of the best kinds to have in terms of its treatability (testicular), and that we likely caught it early. I discovered a lump under a testicle a while ago and figured it was nothing. But it… --- ## [Kavanaugh Hires Female Clerks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kavanaugh-hires-female-clerks/822710)
**Author:** [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kavanaugh-hires-female-clerks/822710 "2018-10-13T15:29:32Z")
Article here. He’s being lauded for it. I don’t know but…for some reason this really makes me feel dirty and angry and just…I can’t even explain how it makes me feel. That someone like him, accused of what he was accused… --- ## [Share your "blackout while drunk" stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-blackout-while-drunk-stories/822219)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-blackout-while-drunk-stories/822219 "2018-10-13T14:53:24Z")
These could be yours or a family member’s or a \ friend’s. Recent or in the dark, distant past. Dates & places must be changed to protect the guilty. Possible questions to answer: Was the blackout part of a serious … --- ## [Where did you meet your partner or SO and things like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-meet-your-partner-or-so-and-things-like-this/822544)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2018, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-meet-your-partner-or-so-and-things-like-this/822544 "2018-10-13T12:56:16Z")
Well I was just curious to know how people here met their partner or husband or SO and I would also like to know if there are any funny stories and who asked who to go out in a relationship also with them. And is it the … --- ## [Grown adult neighbour bullying me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grown-adult-neighbour-bullying-me/820876)
**Author:** [@Telli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telli)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grown-adult-neighbour-bullying-me/820876 "2018-10-13T01:47:28Z")
I was out for a walk today and the neighbour’s dog was on the loose, ran after me and was jumping on me. When it stopped jumping on me the owner came out after it. I told her that she should put her dog on a leash becaus… --- ## [Ignacio Echeverria to be awarded George Medal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignacio-echeverria-to-be-awarded-george-medal/822803)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignacio-echeverria-to-be-awarded-george-medal/822803 "2018-10-12T21:59:49Z")
This is the man who confronted armed terrorists with a skateboard. Wikipedia has an article on the George Medal here. A brave man. How sad that the medal is posthumous. --- ## [Who Is RitterSport again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-rittersport-again/822850)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-rittersport-again/822850 "2018-10-12T20:49:57Z")
Scumpup’s apparent self-pitting in the BBQ pit has prompted me to finally post this self-indulgent thread. Half or more of the responses there are “who are you again?”, and I’ve been wondering if anyone has any impressi… --- ## [Can't get car wiper to stop wiping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-get-car-wiper-to-stop-wiping/822819)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-get-car-wiper-to-stop-wiping/822819 "2018-10-12T20:21:03Z")
I have a 2009 SmartCar and it decided a few days ago that its rear wiper was not going to stop wiping. No amount of fiddling with the controls stops it. Anyone have any ideas? --- ## [Who's the most famous person you've seen in real life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-famous-person-youve-seen-in-real-life/822340)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2018, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-famous-person-youve-seen-in-real-life/822340 "2018-10-12T00:50:12Z")
Well I’ve seen a few like Derren Brown and I would say Britney Spears would be the most famous. I saw her at her Femme Fatale tour in 2011 and I was actually standing about 10 rows from the front waving the programme! It… --- ## [HMS Queen Elizabeth Supercarrier launching and recovering F-35's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hms-queen-elizabeth-supercarrier-launching-and-recovering-f-35s/822691)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2018, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hms-queen-elizabeth-supercarrier-launching-and-recovering-f-35s/822691 "2018-10-11T22:25:54Z")
Just a video (set to music) of the new HMS Queen Elizabeth launching and recovering F-35’s. I thought it was pretty cool and had been waiting for the UK to get it’s shipment and get them starting to do operations on the… --- ## [Found a bunny with a broken leg!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-bunny-with-a-broken-leg/822729)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-bunny-with-a-broken-leg/822729 "2018-10-11T20:35:10Z")
(Not sure if this should go in MPSIMS or IMHO) So this morning while heading out to the car, Husband found a small white bunny in the parking lot. The bun had his right rear leg out at a bad angle from his body. Husba… --- ## [Have you ever been in or near a war zone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-in-or-near-a-war-zone/821749)
**Author:** [@laurieb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/laurieb)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-in-or-near-a-war-zone/821749 "2018-10-11T19:19:10Z")
Aside from the Arab Spring trauma I went through, which wasn’t really a war zone (discussed in a previous post), there’s only one other “war zone” I’ve been dead close to. I was vacationing in Beirut during the 2006 Leb… --- ## [I just threw a tantrum...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-threw-a-tantrum/822806)
**Author:** [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-threw-a-tantrum/822806 "2018-10-11T16:53:28Z")
Over my bank’s process for disputing a charge. Not entirely proud of it but, well. They’re dummy poopoo heads! :mad: There’s a charge on my account that I didn’t authorize. My daughter (10) purchased a VIP membership o… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=436) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=438)