# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=438 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 439 --- ## [My fat lil dawg and her pain problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fat-lil-dawg-and-her-pain-problem/822791)
**Author:** [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2018, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fat-lil-dawg-and-her-pain-problem/822791 "2018-10-11T12:40:45Z")
I have a full bred but backyard bred 9 year old Chihuahua who is overweight and is on her second bought of Prednisone. Daisy I think is a dwarf of some type but her vets disagree. I met her parents and a full brother b… --- ## [What is it with those ole gray smokies anyway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-those-ole-gray-smokies-anyway/822656)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2018, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-those-ole-gray-smokies-anyway/822656 "2018-10-11T06:46:38Z")
No, not moldy sausages. After seeing the pic in this post I was reminded of a little critter that likes to jump up on the hood of my truck at one of my worksites, and just sits there, sometimes rolling on its back, or j… --- ## [Sears about to file for bankruptcy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sears-about-to-file-for-bankruptcy/822743)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sears-about-to-file-for-bankruptcy/822743 "2018-10-11T03:15:03Z")
The end of an era, it would seem. https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/sears-hires-advisers-to-prepare-bankruptcy-filing-report There was a time when you could order custom made houses from this place. I remember Crafts… --- ## [Do you remember eye colors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-eye-colors/822764)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2018, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-eye-colors/822764 "2018-10-10T22:38:58Z")
My whole life, I’ve never taken much notice of people’s eye color. I almost never remember people’s eye color, even people I’m very familiar with. Thinking of my 5 closest friends, one of whom I’ve known for over 30 year… --- ## [Peggy Sue Dead at 78](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peggy-sue-dead-at-78/822352)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peggy-sue-dead-at-78/822352 "2018-10-10T16:59:04Z")
Peggy Sue Gerron, that is. THE Peggy Sue of the Buddy Holly song. Story here. RIP, Peggy Sue. :frowning: --- ## [The US is different: The D vs R divide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-is-different-the-d-vs-r-divide/822246)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2018, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-is-different-the-d-vs-r-divide/822246 "2018-10-10T07:27:35Z")
I’m Australian. I reckon I know which side one of my sisters votes on the left/right divide. That’s probably because she told me many years ago. For the rest of my family, I wouldn’t have a clue…nor do I care really. … --- ## [Auto Fellatio - A guy at work said he can.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-fellatio-a-guy-at-work-said-he-can/123445)
**Author:** [@flapcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flapcats)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2018, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-fellatio-a-guy-at-work-said-he-can/123445 "2018-10-10T01:49:20Z")
Allegedly a member of our staff can give himself a blow-job. Though I didn’t witness him saying so. A week ago the rumour was ‘Someone in the studio can…’ but now I know who it is I wish I didn’t. Since no-one has appr… --- ## [In Memoriam \[George Taliaferro\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam-george-taliaferro/822695)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam-george-taliaferro/822695 "2018-10-09T21:37:39Z")
George Taliaferro dies; was first African-American picked in NFL draft. So much has always been made of Jackie Robinson being the first Black major leaguer, and rightfully so, but this man has existed in relative anonym… --- ## [When the interviewer says 'we have more interviews, we'll let you know in a week'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-interviewer-says-we-have-more-interviews-well-let-you-know-in-a-week/822541)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-interviewer-says-we-have-more-interviews-well-let-you-know-in-a-week/822541 "2018-10-09T18:28:09Z")
I haven’t been on a ton of job interviews in my life (maybe 10-15 in person interviews overall), but I think for every job I’ve been hired for I was hired either the day of or the day after the interview. And in every i… --- ## [Camera in my Airbnb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camera-in-my-airbnb/822626)
**Author:** [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camera-in-my-airbnb/822626 "2018-10-09T14:08:49Z")
I’m currently staying in an Airbnb, and I just found a camera. I should state that it wasn’t hidden or anything, but it’s up high and I didn’t notice it until we’d been staying here for a few days. I have no idea if it… --- ## [Cat Jesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-jesus/822590)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-jesus/822590 "2018-10-09T02:10:22Z")
Does cat Jesus have 10 lives or 18? --- ## [The General GOOGLE+ Thread for tips, tricks, questions, etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-general-google-thread-for-tips-tricks-questions-etc/588595)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-general-google-thread-for-tips-tricks-questions-etc/588595 "2018-10-08T20:25:11Z")
There is already a thread for getting invites, I figured it might be nice to have a thread for other things. For one thing, for linking to your Google+ profile so we can find each other. Also for figuring out how to do s… --- ## [Trump boards plane with paper stuck to his shoe.......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-boards-plane-with-paper-stuck-to-his-shoe/822495)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-boards-plane-with-paper-stuck-to-his-shoe/822495 "2018-10-08T19:21:50Z")
…the best piece of paper ever to be stuck to the shoe of a president. Probably. Video: Trump boards plane with paper stuck to his shoe - BBC News At time of writing I haven’t seen an explanation as to why this was a mo… --- ## [Why are we all the same age today 2018 these things add up to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-all-the-same-age-today-2018-these-things-add-up-to/822339)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-all-the-same-age-today-2018-these-things-add-up-to/822339 "2018-10-08T18:19:32Z")
Well I just saw on Facebook that apparently if you add your current age and the year you were born together you get 2018 and this happens once every 2000 years or something like that. Search on Google for this if you wan… --- ## [The secret MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-mmp/822242)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 229\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2018, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-mmp/822242 "2018-10-08T11:05:23Z")
It’s now October & I’ve got lots of secrets this month. Though many of them won’t be secrets for much longer. Oh no, I won’t spill the beans, I’m good at keeping secrets; are you? Someone else, a cow-orker, is going t… --- ## [Should the Soapbox Derby be run on Brachistochrone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-soapbox-derby-be-run-on-brachistochrone/822615)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2018, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-soapbox-derby-be-run-on-brachistochrone/822615 "2018-10-08T06:38:19Z")
I just learned about Brachistochrones. Just thought I’d share! --- ## [The world laughs at Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-laughs-at-trump/821930)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-laughs-at-trump/821930 "2018-10-07T23:13:04Z")
Well, maybe not the whole world but certainly the UN: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/people-actually-laughed-at-a-president-at-un-speech-trump-suffers-the-fate-he-always-feared/2018… --- ## [Chicago police shooting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-police-shooting/739140)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-police-shooting/739140 "2018-10-07T18:19:01Z")
No thread on this yet? I saw this news report on the shooting of Laquan McDonald and, holy crap! The guy is probably high, but he’s just walking down the street obliviously. It doesn’t look like he even knew the polic… --- ## [Trump inadvertently commands dogs to sit down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-inadvertently-commands-dogs-to-sit-down/822585)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-inadvertently-commands-dogs-to-sit-down/822585 "2018-10-07T17:01:00Z")
Hope this stays apolitical: --- ## [Why you need to reboot your fridge...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-need-to-reboot-your-fridge/822532)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2018, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-need-to-reboot-your-fridge/822532 "2018-10-07T11:31:22Z")
Inspired by this thread. I design “embedded controllers.” These are the small computer systems which are now ubiquitous. Typically, I write my code as “bare metal” - there is no operating system, and I try to even avoi… --- ## [Female Nobelist only an associate professor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-nobelist-only-an-associate-professor/822398)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2018, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-nobelist-only-an-associate-professor/822398 "2018-10-07T06:12:38Z")
I just read the NY Times story on Nobelist Donna Strickland. Only the third female physicist to win a Nobel the article mentioned that she was an associate professor at the University of Waterloo. Perfect illustration … --- ## [Need Medical Advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-medical-advice/822581)
**Author:** [@poweroftheglory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poweroftheglory)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-medical-advice/822581 "2018-10-06T21:59:19Z")
A few weeks ago, I noticed a strong fishy smell coming from my armpits. I tried cleaning myself and trying different deodorants, but nothing seemed to help. I started having weird dreams about a deep underwater city of… --- ## [What happened to the test of the warning system?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-test-of-the-warning-system/822385)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2018, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-test-of-the-warning-system/822385 "2018-10-06T05:29:57Z")
You know, the one where all our phones were supposed to get a test message at 2:18pm EDT today. My phone was turned on, the ringer was on, no message of any sort. Not that I have a problem with that, just wondering. --- ## ["Mormon Tabernacle Choir" is History](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mormon-tabernacle-choir-is-history/822507)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2018, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mormon-tabernacle-choir-is-history/822507 "2018-10-06T02:35:06Z")
There’s a new name for the historic choir. It’s now "“The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square”. See more on the rationale for the name change in the link. --- ## [I am looking for a triangle donut maker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-looking-for-a-triangle-donut-maker/822016)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-looking-for-a-triangle-donut-maker/822016 "2018-10-05T22:24:42Z")
When I was growing up my father would make donuts using a Brown Bobby Donut Machine. They were baked six at a time, and I loved them. I’ve been searching for info about this contraption for many years and just found out… --- ## [Weirded out by sister's email address](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirded-out-by-sisters-email-address/822252)
**Author:** [@ticker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ticker)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirded-out-by-sisters-email-address/822252 "2018-10-05T21:08:31Z")
My sister is an intelligent, professional woman in her mid 50s. Her husband, 10 years her senior, hasn’t worked since before she met him in the mid 1980s so, apart from some money he inherited from his late father, he ha… --- ## [Yoko Ono and John David Chapman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yoko-ono-and-john-david-chapman/822409)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yoko-ono-and-john-david-chapman/822409 "2018-10-05T19:50:26Z")
Strange story I once heard. I heard it on TV, so sorry, no cite. But as the story went, John Lennon and Yoko Ono were protesting against a certain prison. Cruel and inhumane, I guess was their argument. But the protest … --- ## [I saw a "Princess Bride" license plate today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-princess-bride-license-plate-today/822471)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-princess-bride-license-plate-today/822471 "2018-10-05T15:33:29Z")
…or, maybe not. It said “TBLEV,” which I immediately read as “To Blave.” Then I noticed that it was on an “In God We Trust” plate, and I realized that they were not true believers after all. --- ## [A Day in Your Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-in-your-life/822496)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-in-your-life/822496 "2018-10-05T14:08:25Z")
The thread regarding “holes in our memories” got me thinking about the past. I wish I could watch an entire day of my life during different parts of my life. Not the days that had any big events or something outstandin… --- ## [Angry drill instructors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-drill-instructors/822244)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2018, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-drill-instructors/822244 "2018-10-05T08:47:11Z")
Basic training, as anyone who has been there or even heard of it knows, involves a lot of yelling and getting smoked a lot. This is to be expected, given that when you enter the military, you start out not knowing too mu… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=437) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=439)