# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=448 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 449 --- ## [OOOH! PEEVED! Torn Seam in Leather Armchair.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oooh-peeved-torn-seam-in-leather-armchair/819892)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oooh-peeved-torn-seam-in-leather-armchair/819892 "2018-08-21T20:42:38Z")
I bought a new leather recliner in '15. This evening, after chatting with my brother on the phone, I walk into the living room, and there is a six inch team in the upholstery! Seam burst! DAMMIT! Anybody know how muc… --- ## [The me too movement is being expanded into the private sector.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-me-too-movement-is-being-expanded-into-the-private-sector/819963)
**Author:** [@a\_dudes\_thought\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_dudes_thought_s)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-me-too-movement-is-being-expanded-into-the-private-sector/819963 "2018-08-21T20:17:26Z")
So apparently the me too movement is looking to branch out into the private sector.They have created a fund that will assist average woman working your normal 9 to 5 job. Personally I think this an interesting idea,but w… --- ## [Senate: unanimous resolution that the press is not the enemy of the people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-unanimous-resolution-that-the-press-is-not-the-enemy-of-the-people/819771)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-unanimous-resolution-that-the-press-is-not-the-enemy-of-the-people/819771 "2018-08-21T16:23:46Z")
Story on CBS News here. Am I naïve to find this very encouraging? In addition to the 300 newspaper editorials today, the Senate passed this resolution unanimously. I hope it makes 45 re-think his strategy at least, and… --- ## [Ridiculously Unfortunate Coincidences...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-unfortunate-coincidences/819781)
**Author:** [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-unfortunate-coincidences/819781 "2018-08-21T13:59:52Z")
… aka “Sometimes the Universe is really trying to make you look like complete tool”. First, I must point out that since I have a very small social circle, I rarely get phone calls. A couple per week is plenty. This is i… --- ## [Declining an invite - do you feel you must give a reason?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declining-an-invite-do-you-feel-you-must-give-a-reason/819861)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declining-an-invite-do-you-feel-you-must-give-a-reason/819861 "2018-08-21T13:41:22Z")
I’m not talking about a wedding invitation or an audience with the pope. I’m talking about everyday, casual invitations to watch the game, come over for a swim, attend an after hours work gathering, or come to little Sus… --- ## [Book about Conservative Jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-about-conservative-jokes/819707)
**Author:** [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2018, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-about-conservative-jokes/819707 "2018-08-21T12:08:48Z")
So I was reading this Cracked article and besides the fact that there were a lot of funny word plays, the author mentioned this book - Elect Me If I’m Wrong: A Collection of Conservative Comedy. The “jokes” in that book… --- ## [Tribute to a Schoolie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tribute-to-a-schoolie/819831)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2018, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tribute-to-a-schoolie/819831 "2018-08-21T04:28:39Z")
Schoolies are the drudges of the horse world. They’re the horses folks learn to ride on, treading endless circles around dusty arenas, carrying every level of skill from clueless beginners to intermediates working toward… --- ## [Move over Alexa, there's a holographic anime in town.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-alexa-theres-a-holographic-anime-in-town/819809)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-alexa-theres-a-holographic-anime-in-town/819809 "2018-08-21T03:57:40Z")
There’s a new digital assistant entering the market. What do you think? I’d prefer a different character. Maybe a frumpy middle aged school teacher. :wink: Someone who wouldn’t be a distraction. It’s only a matter of … --- ## [Negative aspects of marijuana](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/negative-aspects-of-marijuana/819549)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2018, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/negative-aspects-of-marijuana/819549 "2018-08-20T19:17:22Z")
Inspired by this post/thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21140372&postcount=36 When I was younger and experimented with marijuana, a couple of times, I became paranoid as hell. The very last t… --- ## [Apple says their building is worth $200](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-says-their-building-is-worth-200/819659)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-says-their-building-is-worth-200/819659 "2018-08-20T16:57:23Z")
Maybe Cook got this idea when he met Trump last week? --- ## [Severe dental phobia... Help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severe-dental-phobia-help/819790)
**Author:** [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severe-dental-phobia-help/819790 "2018-08-20T14:36:24Z")
Short story: dentists scare the crap out of me, but I have a broken tooth and need to go to the dentist tomorrow. I can’t even think straight today because of the anxiety. Long story: I’ve never taken great care of my … --- ## [All drugstores have the entry on the corner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-drugstores-have-the-entry-on-the-corner/819802)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2018, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-drugstores-have-the-entry-on-the-corner/819802 "2018-08-20T11:42:02Z")
Here in NE Ohio all the drugstores I can think of have the entryway on the corner of the store. Most have an actual clipped corner with the doors on the diagonal wall. Even an existing store in Lakewood that got remodel… --- ## [Anyone know this math trick? Involves a grid with 16 squares.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-this-math-trick-involves-a-grid-with-16-squares/819891)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2018, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-this-math-trick-involves-a-grid-with-16-squares/819891 "2018-08-20T09:41:13Z")
At least I think it does. My memory is really foggy, so bear with me. It may be called a Magic Square (?). But Googling that has just given me some number puzzles. This is more of a magic trick. You ask the spectator … --- ## [Back on the road again: an MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-the-road-again-an-mmp/819512)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2018, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-the-road-again-an-mmp/819512 "2018-08-20T01:43:59Z")
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Heading due South (ish). Talk amongst yourselves while I drive. From the previous MMP: Gordie has a toy box (actually the bottom of the cat tree). He does not destroy them. Physically. I’… --- ## [I'm Getting Another Son In Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-another-son-in-law/819855)
**Author:** [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2018, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-another-son-in-law/819855 "2018-08-19T12:49:03Z")
The lummox finally proposed to Younger Daughter after five years of dating. He asked her at the same Con that they first met at. He’s good for her, she’s good for him, and I approve. Lift a drink for the addition to my… --- ## [India attempts to expand health care to the poor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-attempts-to-expand-health-care-to-the-poor/819805)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2018, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-attempts-to-expand-health-care-to-the-poor/819805 "2018-08-19T09:51:30Z")
Granted, $7200 in coverage a year is nothing in the United states. But in India that’ll probably cover a major surgery. Plus I believe India manufactures patented medications at a much lower cost, so $7200 can go a lo… --- ## [My neohew’s 11. How long do I have for him to keep liking me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neohew-s-11-how-long-do-i-have-for-him-to-keep-liking-me/819846)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2018, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neohew-s-11-how-long-do-i-have-for-him-to-keep-liking-me/819846 "2018-08-19T00:46:16Z")
My older nephew just started middle school. I got him into video games; he always used to watch me when he was little. He thought of me before Santa as the Christmas visitor, as I’ve posted here before. Everyone seems to… --- ## [I Almost Died (probably not)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-almost-died-probably-not/819772)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-almost-died-probably-not/819772 "2018-08-18T17:12:17Z")
Driving home the other day, I feel something on my right arm. I look over to see what it was and notice a caterpillar, but not just any caterpillar, an American Dagger Catepillar (the little fuzzy hairs on them are toxic… --- ## [Wouldn't 13 twenty eight day months make a better calendar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-13-twenty-eight-day-months-make-a-better-calendar/819447)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-13-twenty-eight-day-months-make-a-better-calendar/819447 "2018-08-18T16:41:43Z")
It wouldn’t be perfect, but you would always know which day of the week the date was. For example, Sundays would always fall on the first, eighth, fifteenth and twenty second of each month. Thirteen (months) times twen… --- ## [If I have to take a few vacation days to get some rain around here...alright, I'll do it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-have-to-take-a-few-vacation-days-to-get-some-rain-around-here-alright-ill-do-it/819769)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2018, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-have-to-take-a-few-vacation-days-to-get-some-rain-around-here-alright-ill-do-it/819769 "2018-08-18T04:49:37Z")
Mission accomplished. Scheduled days off a month ago when it was dry as a bone and sure enough two days of rain so far. It’s OK, we need it. --- ## [Of mice and men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-mice-and-men/819813)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2018, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-mice-and-men/819813 "2018-08-18T02:38:27Z")
Warning: a little bit of gruesomeness, and a long MPSIMS ramble. A while back I posted about our cat’s propensity for depositing live mice in our bed. The good news lately is that there’s been less of that; the bad news… --- ## [Teaching my kid to drive a stick...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-my-kid-to-drive-a-stick/819685)
**Author:** [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-my-kid-to-drive-a-stick/819685 "2018-08-17T20:54:22Z")
I like driving. I like driving a manual transmission car. I learned to drive on a manual. I had fully intended to teach the Kiddo to drive on my manual transmission Outback. From the time he was old enough to even think … --- ## [Major fail on Britains's National Cycle to Work Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-fail-on-britainss-national-cycle-to-work-day/819760)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-fail-on-britainss-national-cycle-to-work-day/819760 "2018-08-17T18:34:14Z")
From here: --- ## [What were your kicks in 1976?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-kicks-in-1976/818684)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-kicks-in-1976/818684 "2018-08-17T17:10:47Z")
The year of the Bicentennial, the year I graduated, and the year I joined the U.S.A.F. Instead of the school colors(green and gold), we were forced to wear alternating red, white and blue gowns…but we came down the aisl… --- ## [Are there any mob-rule message boards out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-mob-rule-message-boards-out-there/819748)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-mob-rule-message-boards-out-there/819748 "2018-08-17T17:02:14Z")
Are there any message boards out there where there are no assigned moderators, and the rules and enforcement of the rules are done by general consensus? --- ## [Question for older sisters of younger brothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-older-sisters-of-younger-brothers/818391)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2018, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-older-sisters-of-younger-brothers/818391 "2018-08-17T07:55:43Z")
Are older sisters of younger brothers as protective as older brothers would be of younger sisters when it comes to dating and sex? I mean I have known a family of 4 kids. Four older brothers and the last one a sister. W… --- ## [The entire West Virginia Supreme Court has been impeached](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-entire-west-virginia-supreme-court-has-been-impeached/819607)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-entire-west-virginia-supreme-court-has-been-impeached/819607 "2018-08-17T02:12:59Z")
This isn’t elections, and not really a pit story, so I guess I’ll put it here. The West Virginia legislature has voted to impeach every member of the state’s Supreme Court over financial fraud and misuse of tax money. … --- ## [Animals everywhere! Who made your roster this week?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-everywhere-who-made-your-roster-this-week/819403)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-everywhere-who-made-your-roster-this-week/819403 "2018-08-16T22:08:49Z")
Over the last week, in my backyard and the field behind it, we’ve seen the following animals (suburban NJ): A fox family A bunny family A herd of eight deer A very large turtle A groundhog in a tree (just a few feet… --- ## [Pistol target shooting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pistol-target-shooting/819703)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2018, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pistol-target-shooting/819703 "2018-08-16T16:38:27Z")
I took a new 1911A1 to a range Monday, the first time I shot at a range instead of a target nailed to a tree at my little place in the woods. I put 18 of 20 into the target’s chest at fifty feet. 10% of the time, if I o… --- ## [Urgent Care and antibiotic overuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urgent-care-and-antibiotic-overuse/819032)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urgent-care-and-antibiotic-overuse/819032 "2018-08-16T15:30:52Z")
Urgent care for health care is a growth industry and is in some ways at least hurting the health of our population. Wired had a good summary of the situation that I thought worth sharing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=447) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=449)