# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=440 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 441 --- ## [My wife found a radiosonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-found-a-radiosonde/822195)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-found-a-radiosonde/822195 "2018-09-30T15:00:27Z")
We have a house about 25 miles to the west of Flagstaff. My wife was up there last week, while I stayed home with the dogs. She texted me, and sent my a photo of this “strange thing” she found on the property. I said “Co… --- ## [Who's Experienced a Torn Labrum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-experienced-a-torn-labrum/822189)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2018, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-experienced-a-torn-labrum/822189 "2018-09-30T10:16:36Z")
It’s not certain until I have an MRI on Thursday, but the doc is pretty sure that’s what I have. There’s no pain unless I move my arm the wrong way; for instance, sometimes I forget and try to reach back for the seat b… --- ## [A FULL List of -Mas's...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-full-list-of-mass/505498)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2018, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-full-list-of-mass/505498 "2018-09-30T01:29:05Z")
Naturally when I was a child I wasn’t too impressed by the word “Christmas”. It was an acceptable word, if not too creative. Then when I got into high school we read a Sherlock Holmes story, The Hound of the Baskervilles … --- ## [Recommend me books to help me sleep](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-books-to-help-me-sleep/821774)
**Author:** [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-books-to-help-me-sleep/821774 "2018-09-29T21:22:13Z")
Been having a bit of insomnia lately. Too lazy to exercise. Cant focus enough to count sheep (cant get past 10). Don’t like electronic devices emitting radiation at night. So, I have decided to explore the immense potent… --- ## [Stupid poll options](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-poll-options/822037)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-poll-options/822037 "2018-09-29T19:44:39Z")
An editorial in today’s New York Times referenced a Pew poll in which a number of people expressed anti-Muslim sentiments. I’m not going to get into that here, because I think we can agree that, duh, bigotry is bad. Noth… --- ## [So tell me about you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-you/821801)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2018, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-you/821801 "2018-09-29T12:27:38Z")
I start. Fair enough? I am a semi-retied white male. Since retiring I stay up all night surfing the SDMB and what-not and listening to tunes long past their expiration date and sipping some Jack Daniels. I have been all… --- ## [Antique Dopers--Book Title Needed--Oatmeal Glasswear/Oatmeal China](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antique-dopers-book-title-needed-oatmeal-glasswear-oatmeal-china/822150)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2018, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antique-dopers-book-title-needed-oatmeal-glasswear-oatmeal-china/822150 "2018-09-29T11:34:04Z")
At one time, Quaker Oats had the greatest prize-in-the-cereal-box ever : actual china or glass wear. From the late 19th Century to 1960, they included rather nice china or glass wear in each box. I’m interested. Does … --- ## [Weird Coincidences: Doggone Strange Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-coincidences-doggone-strange-edition/822112)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2018, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-coincidences-doggone-strange-edition/822112 "2018-09-29T00:18:42Z")
Waiting at the vet’s yesterday with my cat Tikva. A woman comes in with a huge, shaggy dog. “Oh, wow, she’s beautiful. What kind of dog is she?” “A Bernese Mountain dog.” “What’s her name?” “Bailey.” The woman has b… --- ## [Test questions to visit the International Space Station (ISS). Can you pass?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-questions-to-visit-the-international-space-station-iss-can-you-pass/822140)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-questions-to-visit-the-international-space-station-iss-can-you-pass/822140 "2018-09-28T22:13:15Z")
Some of these are pretty difficult. 1 is super easy if you remember ohms law and recognize this is a series circuit. Current is the same throughout. The test provides only 10 seconds for a pattern recognition puzzle? T… --- ## [What3Words - problem.seeking.solution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what3words-problem-seeking-solution/822015)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2018, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what3words-problem-seeking-solution/822015 "2018-09-28T21:23:31Z")
I keep seeing ads for a service called What 3 Words. they’ve divided the whole world up into 3 metre squares, and assigned each one an address that comprises three English words, separated by a dot. Apparently, this is… --- ## [Looks like I'm anemic - diet advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-im-anemic-diet-advice/822081)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-im-anemic-diet-advice/822081 "2018-09-28T19:21:38Z")
About two weeks ago I saw my doctor over some concerns I’ve had that I might be prediabetic, and today I got my blood test results in the mail from the lab. My glucose was 115, but stupid me wasn’t fasting when I took th… --- ## [Most Annoying & Alarming Americans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-alarming-americans/821820)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-alarming-americans/821820 "2018-09-28T04:37:16Z")
With my sudden day off I am devoting my time to memorizing The Destruction of Semmacherib and compiling a list of the most annoying & alarming Americans of 2018. (I am not letting the day go to waste! Carpe Diem!) So fa… --- ## [Bad day in the neighborhood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-day-in-the-neighborhood/822074)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2018, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-day-in-the-neighborhood/822074 "2018-09-28T01:36:13Z")
So today we have a fatal plane crash a few miles away from me in one direction and a minor tornado a few miles away in another… --- ## [Dunkin' Donuts changing to just Dunkin' (yes, with the apostrophe)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunkin-donuts-changing-to-just-dunkin-yes-with-the-apostrophe/821911)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2018, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunkin-donuts-changing-to-just-dunkin-yes-with-the-apostrophe/821911 "2018-09-28T00:49:35Z")
AP Story here. I still think they make the best donuts. When they finally opened stores here 10 or 12 years ago, I was there an hour early for the Grand Opening. I was the 3rd car in the lot, too. But now, holy cow:… --- ## [Company/corporate Hanky Panky at conventions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-corporate-hanky-panky-at-conventions/821887)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2018, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-corporate-hanky-panky-at-conventions/821887 "2018-09-27T22:29:46Z")
Sometimes on tv they show when employees are at corporate events like conventions or out of town meetings, their is some “fooling around” that happens when employees are away from their spouses and their is some alcohol … --- ## [Is there any way to get rid of squirrels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-get-rid-of-squirrels/821735)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-get-rid-of-squirrels/821735 "2018-09-27T21:43:56Z")
My parents have a squirrel problem. The squirrels eat through the wires in their cars, get into the house and chew through things, etc. What can be done to prevent them from destroying the property? They don’t want to … --- ## [Glyphosate contributes to colony collapse disorder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glyphosate-contributes-to-colony-collapse-disorder/821932)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glyphosate-contributes-to-colony-collapse-disorder/821932 "2018-09-27T18:46:26Z")
According to a study posted on PNAS, the most popular herbicide in the world (Roundup and derived products) causes disruption in the microbiome of honeybees, shortening their lifespans considerably. Monsanto, of course, … --- ## [Bill Cosby: Guilty!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-guilty/813174)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-guilty/813174 "2018-09-27T18:15:14Z")
Just in: Guilty of three counts of Aggravated Indecent Assult Each count could earn him 10 years in the clink. Sometimes the system works. --- ## ["Girls Ruin Everything"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-ruin-everything/822026)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-ruin-everything/822026 "2018-09-27T15:26:04Z")
\*\*Tennessee High School A.D. put on administrative leave after sexist you.tube video. \*\* The troglodytes are everywhere. So, do you censor them here completely, or do you allow them to demonstrate their sexist stupidi… --- ## [Halloween Pumpkins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-pumpkins/821702)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2018, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-pumpkins/821702 "2018-09-26T22:03:01Z")
I noticed today that my neighbor had put up a couple plastic Halloween pumpkin figures in her yard and was thinking that when I was young it was traditional to get pumpkins from the grocery store and carve them. Any Dop… --- ## [Goodbye to my dog, Pooka Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-to-my-dog-pooka-bear/821326)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-to-my-dog-pooka-bear/821326 "2018-09-26T19:38:41Z")
Today I euthanized by dog, Pooka. He was an 11 y.o. Newfoundland in poor health, and it was time. He leaves a large hole in my life, as befits a large, gentle soul. I will share some tales of Pooka Bear. Pooka AKA Poo… --- ## [Kangaroo Escape!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kangaroo-escape/821963)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kangaroo-escape/821963 "2018-09-26T19:03:16Z")
On Headline News Network. Law enforcement officials are out looking for the critter, and are prepared to use a tranquilizing dart to subdue. I for one would welcome a shot or two myself, but I haven’t escape this compo… --- ## [Damned monkeys.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-monkeys/820712)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2018, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-monkeys/820712 "2018-09-26T18:33:51Z")
Here’s a localish story. A woman was caught in someone’s house trying to steal their baby because the monkeys were out to get her. No word on as to how the baby was going to help in the situation. --- ## [Dating at 70](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-at-70/821896)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-at-70/821896 "2018-09-26T18:27:20Z")
As some of you might recall I recently lost my mate. Still missing her I still find myself getting lonely and a few weeks ago I decided I would start some casual dating. Dinners, movies, or maybe even daytime outings wit… --- ## [An uplifting story: wedding reception hosted at a soup kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-uplifting-story-wedding-reception-hosted-at-a-soup-kitchen/821878)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-uplifting-story-wedding-reception-hosted-at-a-soup-kitchen/821878 "2018-09-26T17:58:58Z")
Want to make your wedding more meaningful? We hosted a reception at a soup kitchen An orthodox Jewish couple held their reception an a kosher soup kitchen. A good time was had by all. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Reality bites two charged with dog cruelty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-bites-two-charged-with-dog-cruelty/821912)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-bites-two-charged-with-dog-cruelty/821912 "2018-09-26T16:55:21Z")
A couple of locals have been in the news lately for dog cruelty charges. The prosecutor has changed the charges a few times, from a high misdemeanor to a lower one, then all the way to a felony. At the latest hearing wh… --- ## [The Great British English vs US English Playoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-british-english-vs-us-english-playoff/821123)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 282\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2018, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-british-english-vs-us-english-playoff/821123 "2018-09-26T13:11:26Z")
Brit. action replay US instant replay Result: US win Reason: The Don Hartman Song Brit. agony aunt US advice columnist \*\*Result: \*\* US win Reason: agony aunt would have won this but the UK loses for being outd… --- ## [When did we really get seious about teen sexual assault?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-we-really-get-seious-about-teen-sexual-assault/821850)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2018, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-we-really-get-seious-about-teen-sexual-assault/821850 "2018-09-25T21:20:17Z")
Going back to my other thread, I look back to my time in the 80’s. Obviously we knew it wasnt right to force yourself on a girl but… I cant say we were taught it wasnt either. Quite frankly the “No means No” thing, I can… --- ## [What would you do to your 17 year old son?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-to-your-17-year-old-son/821577)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-to-your-17-year-old-son/821577 "2018-09-25T18:27:01Z")
If you found out he had attempted to rape a 15 year old girl? Yes, I am referring to the Kavanaugh case. But really. Lets say you are a parent of a 17 year old boy. You find out thru sources he did it, you confront him… --- ## [Online Family Rosters Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-family-rosters-question/821875)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-family-rosters-question/821875 "2018-09-25T14:35:34Z")
My mother used to keep current a family roster and sent it out to everyone in the family. She kept that up until shortly before her death last year. Mom sent it out in the mail to everyone and also sent an MS Word docume… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=439) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=441)