# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=439 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 440 --- ## [My facebook news feed is apparently dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-facebook-news-feed-is-apparently-dead/817138)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2018, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-facebook-news-feed-is-apparently-dead/817138 "2018-10-05T02:33:42Z")
I have had lots of problems in the past, with different posts appearing and then disappearing and then appearing again. I have complained, and they are really sorry this is happening to me. This morning there were zero … --- ## [Guy gives his 97 year old grandpa a ride in his Tesla](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-gives-his-97-year-old-grandpa-a-ride-in-his-tesla/822347)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2018, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-gives-his-97-year-old-grandpa-a-ride-in-his-tesla/822347 "2018-10-05T01:13:10Z")
Welcome to the future, grandpa. --- ## ["GoNoodle" - scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gonoodle-scam/822404)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2018, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gonoodle-scam/822404 "2018-10-05T00:33:49Z")
So I got two emails informing me that I had recently created a “free family GoNoodle account” - something I definitely did not do. It also said “we send confirmation emails to parents because we care about kid safety onl… --- ## [My Mother](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother/821611)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2018, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother/821611 "2018-10-04T22:51:56Z")
Her body misbehaved and flung clots. Some lodged in the brain and messed up motor and sensory, a little bit of cognitive, all of which she’ll probably bounce back from. One lodged in her right calf muscle and they had … --- ## [Spooky Halloween themed speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spooky-halloween-themed-speech/822421)
**Author:** [@HotDogWater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HotDogWater)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spooky-halloween-themed-speech/822421 "2018-10-04T22:01:58Z")
I have been invited to the local Toastmasters Club https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toastmasters\_International meeting to give a prepared speech. They asked that it be Halloween themed, spooky if possible. I find the easie… --- ## [Scientists create most powerful indoor magnetic field, blow up own lab](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-create-most-powerful-indoor-magnetic-field-blow-up-own-lab/822092)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2018, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-create-most-powerful-indoor-magnetic-field-blow-up-own-lab/822092 "2018-10-04T21:24:38Z")
Link Who says scientists don’t know how to have fun? I thought this kind of thing only happened in bad sci-fi movies. --- ## [1964 Beetle driven only 23 miles is offered for $1 million.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1964-beetle-driven-only-23-miles-is-offered-for-1-million/822444)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1964-beetle-driven-only-23-miles-is-offered-for-1-million/822444 "2018-10-04T19:43:16Z")
Quite a interesting story. My dad had a 1962 or 63 Beetle. I remember riding in it. It’s some of my best memories with my dad. Seems unlikely these sellers will get a million bucks. The record selling price is 150k for … --- ## [Hurricane Florence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-florence/821003)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-florence/821003 "2018-10-04T17:33:26Z")
It’s days away and may not even hit the United States at all, but I am nervous. We live in Faber, Virginia in Nelson County at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains. All summer it has rained and the ground is saturated. A… --- ## [The Lion Sleeps Tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lion-sleeps-tonight/822356)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lion-sleeps-tonight/822356 "2018-10-04T13:39:37Z")
A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight Ok, it’s daylight but the lions are sleeping. … --- ## [Lorry driver gets 5 years for causing death crash while using mobile phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lorry-driver-gets-5-years-for-causing-death-crash-while-using-mobile-phone/822104)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lorry-driver-gets-5-years-for-causing-death-crash-while-using-mobile-phone/822104 "2018-10-04T02:05:11Z")
BBC article here. Warning: the video in the article is SFW but shows the actual crash. The driver has been sentenced to 5 years in prison. I think that’s far too low for such grossly irresponsible behaviour. Note that … --- ## [Ever break up with someone while you still loved them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-break-up-with-someone-while-you-still-loved-them/822313)
**Author:** [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2018, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-break-up-with-someone-while-you-still-loved-them/822313 "2018-10-04T00:37:35Z")
It’s been almost two years since I left my ex-fiancee. I’m involved in a better relationship now, with someone I really care about. What has surprised me is just how persistent that old relationship has been in the back … --- ## [A delicious image of Trump shopped with a naughty carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-delicious-image-of-trump-shopped-with-a-naughty-carrot/822358)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2018, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-delicious-image-of-trump-shopped-with-a-naughty-carrot/822358 "2018-10-03T23:45:43Z")
Site in spoiler is NSFW! I got sent it in an email and Google Image Search threw up the above source. Allegedly it’s also on Reddit but that isn’t working for me. --- ## [I don't think my FitBit really knows what sleep stage I'm in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-my-fitbit-really-knows-what-sleep-stage-im-in/822031)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-my-fitbit-really-knows-what-sleep-stage-im-in/822031 "2018-10-03T20:31:46Z")
For Christmas I got a FitBit Alta HR. This model will estimate your sleep stages (light, deep, REM) if you wear it while you sleep. So I have been, and the news hasn’t been all good: it tells me I get a lot less REM than… --- ## [Old calendars--- where is yours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-calendars-where-is-yours/822014)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-calendars-where-is-yours/822014 "2018-10-03T18:10:17Z")
Now, I ain’t no candidate for the Supreme Court. And actually, I ain’t never done nothin’ that would make people wanna investigate my 17th year of life. (which was about a half century ago). And I don’t particularly w… --- ## [Ask the 25 Year Old with Dentures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-25-year-old-with-dentures/651097)
**Author:** [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-25-year-old-with-dentures/651097 "2018-10-03T18:04:45Z")
Go ahead, ask me. I’m a 25 year old male, in good general health. Due in part to poor dental coverage, problems with dentists, resulting fear of dentists, and accidents, I am 25 years old and rely on dentures. I do this… --- ## [Overweight sex is dangerous!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overweight-sex-is-dangerous/822209)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2018, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overweight-sex-is-dangerous/822209 "2018-10-03T05:47:00Z")
Not so much “I’m coming!” but “We’re falling!” :slight\_smile: You’ve got to both empathise and laugh. --- ## [The Stupid Joke Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-joke-thread/821464)
**Author:** [@Mumberthax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mumberthax)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2018, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-joke-thread/821464 "2018-10-03T01:25:17Z")
We all know stupid jokes that are so bad, they’re actually good. What are your faves? Here, I’ll start: What is a witch’s favorite subject in school? Spelling! :D:D:D:D:D --- ## [Got anything nice to say?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-anything-nice-to-say/822100)
**Author:** [@blob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blob)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2018, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-anything-nice-to-say/822100 "2018-10-03T00:43:23Z")
I’m a bit fed up at the moment. :frowning: Sick of all the unpleasantness and knowing that there is such “stuff” in the world. Anyone got any good news? The wedding at the soup kitchen sounded fun. I’ve always wante… --- ## [Amway founder/Betsy's FIL Richard DeVos dead at 92](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amway-founder-betsys-fil-richard-devos-dead-at-92/820893)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2018, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amway-founder-betsys-fil-richard-devos-dead-at-92/820893 "2018-10-02T23:48:26Z")
I didn’t know that this was how her family made their fortune, or maybe I heard and didn’t care. Some news sources referred to him as a philanthropist, and I do know that they endowed a museum in Michigan. I guess th… --- ## [Tell me about Omaha please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-omaha-please/822012)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-omaha-please/822012 "2018-10-02T19:41:08Z")
I might be moving to the Omaha area. I know little more about it then it is a fairly large city (about 500,000) that sprawls between the Missouri River and the Platte River. It has a well known and liked zoo and was a co… --- ## [An Inflammatory Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-inflammatory-thread/822127)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-inflammatory-thread/822127 "2018-10-02T19:33:44Z")
Got a lot piling up on me lately, stress from moving house & prepping the old one for sale, work, dogs, kids, politics. Being maladjusted, I am running out of temper to deal with these things and it is time I lash out a… --- ## [Anyone ever gone to military school?(High school)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-gone-to-military-school-high-school/822272)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-gone-to-military-school-high-school/822272 "2018-10-02T03:12:21Z")
I spent three years in two different military schools, Riverside Military Academy and Kemper Military school. The differences and traditions of the two schools got me fascinated with how different military schools do thi… --- ## [Jehova's Witnesses step up their game.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jehovas-witnesses-step-up-their-game/821990)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jehovas-witnesses-step-up-their-game/821990 "2018-10-02T02:46:21Z")
No longer content to settle for passing out issues of The Watchtower, these JWs show up at your door naked and kidnap you. --- ## [Going to the library](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-the-library/821835)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-the-library/821835 "2018-10-01T16:05:00Z")
A few days ago, I went to the library to pick up a book (“Nine Black Doves: volume 5, the collected stories of Roger Zelazny”) I’d requested. When I’d looked it up online, I found it wasn’t in my local library’s collecti… --- ## [Local firm Brewdog doesn't like Trump...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-firm-brewdog-doesnt-like-trump/822228)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2018, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-firm-brewdog-doesnt-like-trump/822228 "2018-10-01T12:20:20Z")
… and puts its money where its mouth is. Well done! --- ## [Falling Into The MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falling-into-the-mmp/821824)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2018, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falling-into-the-mmp/821824 "2018-10-01T03:38:39Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN 'Tis 74 Amurrkin out and clear (true, I see the moon and stars!), with a predicted high of 92 and possible rain/tstorms/apocalypse this afternoon. TWPTB said that yestiddy b… --- ## [End of the world has finally come for Harold Camping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-the-world-has-finally-come-for-harold-camping/676641)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-the-world-has-finally-come-for-harold-camping/676641 "2018-10-01T02:01:04Z")
You remember him - he’s the guy who kept predicting the Rapture, only to be wrong time after time. Apparently he’s had his only personal rapture. StG --- ## [I had bona fide auditory hallucinations a few morning ago...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-bona-fide-auditory-hallucinations-a-few-morning-ago/822207)
**Author:** [@nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-bona-fide-auditory-hallucinations-a-few-morning-ago/822207 "2018-09-30T23:42:59Z")
To preface this, I have been prescribed adderall taking the recommended doses for each day and I went a day without (this is a common occurrence, if one if wondering) and this happened that night/next morning when I woke… --- ## [Tree kangaroo extinct?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tree-kangaroo-extinct/822170)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tree-kangaroo-extinct/822170 "2018-09-30T22:54:16Z")
Nope. 90 years later they found and photographed one: https://www.google.com/amp/s/relay.nationalgeographic.com/proxy/distribution/public/amp/animals/2018/09/rare-wondiwoi-tree-kangaroo-discovered-mammals-animals Cool! … --- ## [So, now I use a walker.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-i-use-a-walker/822184)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-i-use-a-walker/822184 "2018-09-30T19:20:30Z")
My knees are shite. A few weeks ago I was getting around well enough with a single cane. Then it was two, then last week I reclaimed Wife’s walker from church. Since then I’ve fallen several times, mostly in the parki… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=438) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=440)