# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=449 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 450 --- ## [steady increasing inflation-ever happened in US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steady-increasing-inflation-ever-happened-in-us/819657)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2018, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steady-increasing-inflation-ever-happened-in-us/819657 "2018-08-16T13:34:26Z")
I have been tracking the monthly inflation rate (I use http://inflationdata.com/inflation/inflation\_rate/historicalinflation.aspx . not because I particularly like his economic theories but his data is accurate) and I no… --- ## [Child damages artwork, parents get bill for $132K](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-damages-artwork-parents-get-bill-for-132k/816187)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2018, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-damages-artwork-parents-get-bill-for-132k/816187 "2018-08-16T12:12:55Z")
Story here. An unsupervised child knocks over a piece of artwork when trying to climb on it, and the parents are shocked to get a bill from the insurance company for the damages. The mother, who sounds like a real piec… --- ## [Is anyone clever enough to reinvent Ben's Method for improving disk performance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-clever-enough-to-reinvent-bens-method-for-improving-disk-performance/819265)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2018, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-clever-enough-to-reinvent-bens-method-for-improving-disk-performance/819265 "2018-08-16T11:45:12Z")
In the late 1980’s I came across a fun idea in the domain of disk storage design for computers. I’ll call it “Ben’s Method” because Ben was the inventor’s name. (Yes, it is a Method, not an Apparatus.) I thought “Aha!… --- ## [Long Distance Relationship--Disaster? Or can it work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-distance-relationship-disaster-or-can-it-work/819545)
**Author:** [@alliw76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alliw76)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-distance-relationship-disaster-or-can-it-work/819545 "2018-08-15T20:52:43Z")
I’ve been seeing someone for a few months now and things are going really well. Last week, he was offered a job that will result in him relocating. It will be about 2.5 to 3 hours away. We talked and both agree that we w… --- ## [Small acts of kindness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-acts-of-kindness/819604)
**Author:** [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-acts-of-kindness/819604 "2018-08-15T19:55:09Z")
I was preparing a rant against dementia (I know it’s been done many times), but I decided to focus instead on the kindnesses of people I meet. My wife was diagnosed with early-onset dementia at 52. She is approaching or … --- ## [Assessment essay gems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assessment-essay-gems/813490)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2018, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assessment-essay-gems/813490 "2018-05-20T03:38:27Z")
I can’t find my thread, so I am starting another one. Here are a couple more gems from a recent batch of college placement test essays: Albert Einstein invented electricity to power light sources. During Kennedy’s pr… --- ## [A mom is arrested for having one glass of wine on Emirates Airline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mom-is-arrested-for-having-one-glass-of-wine-on-emirates-airline/819386)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2018, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mom-is-arrested-for-having-one-glass-of-wine-on-emirates-airline/819386 "2018-08-15T06:20:28Z")
Outrage but I couldn’t work up the froth for the pit. This kind of stuff is just too much. --- ## [Help finding a traffic stop video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-traffic-stop-video/819561)
**Author:** [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-traffic-stop-video/819561 "2018-08-15T02:46:43Z")
Looked for about an hour, can’t find it. A woman gets pulled over, refuses to get out of the car, and starts spouting off laws. I just remember her saying " show me the (something)". It ends by the police smashing in… --- ## [They don't cover theft on the Voight-Kampff.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-dont-cover-theft-on-the-voight-kampff/819410)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2018, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-dont-cover-theft-on-the-voight-kampff/819410 "2018-08-15T02:17:58Z")
Introducing Sean Young, computer thief. --- ## [Intransitive Orderings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intransitive-orderings/819575)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intransitive-orderings/819575 "2018-08-14T16:54:04Z")
Is anyone else intrigued by intransitive orderings? The most well-known intransitive ordering may be Rock beats Scissors, which beat Paper, which beats Rock. I remember a claimed intransitive ordering among the boxers… --- ## [People you're retty sure don't spark up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youre-retty-sure-dont-spark-up/819584)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youre-retty-sure-dont-spark-up/819584 "2018-08-14T15:35:15Z")
Reading some comments in the negative aspects of mary jane thread got me wondering - Fred Rogers almost certainly did not partake. Because if he did so you can be sure adventures to the Magic Kingdom of Imagination would… --- ## [Cat-lovin' Dopers: ...And Newman makes three!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-lovin-dopers-and-newman-makes-three/819366)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-lovin-dopers-and-newman-makes-three/819366 "2018-08-14T15:08:53Z")
The Story of Newman: Several months ago, my cousin/housemate N and I noticed that a lovely kitty kept coming around to play with our two cats but he always went back across the street at night. We thought he lived ther… --- ## [Is it just me that finds relationships suffocating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-that-finds-relationships-suffocating/819374)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2018, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-that-finds-relationships-suffocating/819374 "2018-08-14T07:30:11Z")
I’ll keep it brief because I know these personal stories are not interesting, but just trying to get some advice: My relationships all end the same way: gradually the time we spend together creeps up and up until I rese… --- ## [Something I learned today: I cannot binge watch shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-learned-today-i-cannot-binge-watch-shows/819246)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-learned-today-i-cannot-binge-watch-shows/819246 "2018-08-13T23:16:29Z")
Much to my dismay, my co-workers have a “cats away, mice will play” mentality, so when our bosses are gone it’s a bit of a free for all. This usually means working at the center table and turning on Netflix and that anno… --- ## [Update on Monastic Life From the Wannabe Nun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-on-monastic-life-from-the-wannabe-nun/468123)
**Author:** [@MissMossie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMossie)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-on-monastic-life-from-the-wannabe-nun/468123 "2018-08-13T21:12:29Z")
Several people have inquired how life in the monastery is going for me. For those of you who didn’t read past threads, I am a twenty-three year old Catholic lesbian who is discerning life as a Benedictine nun. Right no… --- ## [Aggressive "I'm sorry" (but not apologetic) Fake Apology attacks: Is this universal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aggressive-im-sorry-but-not-apologetic-fake-apology-attacks-is-this-universal/819347)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2018, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aggressive-im-sorry-but-not-apologetic-fake-apology-attacks-is-this-universal/819347 "2018-08-13T19:15:01Z")
I notice that the average person seems to say “I’m sorry?” in a sort of fake question tone that veers between puzzled or contemptuous whenever they perceive they are insulted or hear something they don’t like. I guess it… --- ## [NOT a thread about Melania.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-thread-about-melania/819513)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-thread-about-melania/819513 "2018-08-13T18:40:00Z")
But here’s a recent picture of her anyway. Does it remind you of anything? This maybe? Or is it just me. --- ## [22 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/22-years/819451)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/22-years/819451 "2018-08-13T17:48:18Z")
Ms. P and I have been married. I’m still amazed it actually happened. Just when I thought there was no hope, “come in, she said, I’ll give ya shelter from the storm.” --- ## [The Perseids are coming! The Perseids are coming! (meteor shower, a spectacular show)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perseids-are-coming-the-perseids-are-coming-meteor-shower-a-spectacular-show/818323)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2018, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perseids-are-coming-the-perseids-are-coming-meteor-shower-a-spectacular-show/818323 "2018-08-13T13:02:51Z")
Next month, on Sat 11 Aug, the peak of the Perseid meteor shower coincides with a weekend and a new moon (no moon = dark night skies). If you’ve seen a meteor shower before, you know how spectacular it is — meteorites ev… --- ## [Strange creature caught on my phone!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-creature-caught-on-my-phone/816984)
**Author:** [@sabernode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sabernode)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2018, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-creature-caught-on-my-phone/816984 "2018-08-13T04:19:50Z")
I do not know if you believe in strange creatures…We are in our new house and out of curiosity, I took some photo of a ghost or strange creature. I 'm not aware of it because my husband can’t see it on my phone. He keep… --- ## [Off!- A vacation MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-a-vacation-mmp/819163)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 261\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2018, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-a-vacation-mmp/819163 "2018-08-13T00:25:35Z")
Well, there’s 14 hours of work between me and vacation, but the light at the end of the tunnel is in view.:slight\_smile: Talk amongst your selves --- ## [Sequential threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983)
**Author:** [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Replies:** 2056\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983 "2018-08-12T02:12:11Z")
I haven’t seen a sequential thread thread for a while. This struck me as funny in Comments on Cecil’s Columns/Staff Reports today: “One in nine Americans over age 12 takes antidepressants” “I like circus peanuts” --- ## [Light My Fire Knife](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-my-fire-knife/819449)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2018, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-my-fire-knife/819449 "2018-08-11T22:51:33Z")
http://lightmyfire.com/products/products/swedish-fireknife.aspx I grabbed one of these off Woot for a few bucks in the Spring. I took it with me on my annual two week vacation in the Outer Banks. There, the deal is st… --- ## [Anxiety Issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anxiety-issues/818856)
**Author:** [@sabernode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sabernode)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anxiety-issues/818856 "2018-08-11T19:50:37Z")
My partner has been experiencing a lot of anxiety lately. On some occasions, he’s gone through panic attacks. I’ve never really had any experience with this sort of stuff. During a panic attack, what am I supposed to do… --- ## [My sexual encounter with a physiotherapist.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sexual-encounter-with-a-physiotherapist/19071)
**Author:** [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sexual-encounter-with-a-physiotherapist/19071 "2018-08-10T23:42:12Z")
Yesterday morning at quarter to ten, I had my first physio. appointment. It went a bit like this: I was sitting in the little room in my jeans, tank-top and sweater, freezing to death when the physiotherapist came in an… --- ## [A glitch in the Matrix!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-glitch-in-the-matrix/810301)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-glitch-in-the-matrix/810301 "2018-08-10T23:04:35Z")
Today I was rolling along in the left lane of a two-lane street when a little blue SUV started tailgating me (I was going 50, the speed limit). I’m an obsessive blind spot/lane change checker, I have blind spot concave … --- ## [Stupid criminals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-criminals/810585)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-criminals/810585 "2018-08-10T22:58:03Z")
From the “There’s a fine line between persistence and stubbornness” and “How stupid do you have to be?” departments– https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/utah-woman-found-guilty-of-trying-to-hire-hit-man-charged-with-s… --- ## [Can you scare the shit out of yourself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-scare-the-shit-out-of-yourself/819213)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-scare-the-shit-out-of-yourself/819213 "2018-08-10T22:49:48Z")
Ever tried? I’m big on not drowning. So, if I shut my eyes, hold my breath while in a nice high-pressure shower, with my head under the stream of water, imagine myself caught in the bowels of a sinking ship or submarine… --- ## [Your car's tool kit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-cars-tool-kit/819289)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-cars-tool-kit/819289 "2018-08-10T21:40:26Z")
The MGB is running and is being painted. Soon I’ll be driving it again. One time when I drove it to Seattle, the fan belt broke because the pulleys were mis-aligned. When I drove it a couple of weeks ago, the fan belt… --- ## [I used to make fun of people who.... and now I am one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-make-fun-of-people-who-and-now-i-am-one/819128)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-make-fun-of-people-who-and-now-i-am-one/819128 "2018-08-10T21:29:59Z")
When I was younger, I’d drive down the street and see some old lady putting out the trash or raking leaves in an tacky housedress or baggy pants, mismatched socks, scarf on her head, and say to myself, “Geez, doesn’t she… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=448) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=450)