# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=452 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 453 --- ## [Godspeed, MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godspeed-monkeymensch/818184)
**Author:** [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2018, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godspeed-monkeymensch/818184 "2018-07-30T03:24:19Z")
My brother Pat, known hereabouts as MonkeyMensch, died earlier today. He had glioblastoma multiforme\*. As he pointed out, if you get to choose which cancer you’re going to get, this is NOT the one to pick. I know he rea… --- ## [My beeless Bess Balm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-beeless-bess-balm/818766)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-beeless-bess-balm/818766 "2018-07-29T23:53:54Z")
Maybe it’s just a local fluke, or due to current and recent local weather, but my Bee Balm is beeless and it bothers me. My Bee Balm (official name Monarda) is usually swarming with bees this time of year, all of whom a… --- ## [I've done X so many times, you'd think I'd be better at it than I am](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-done-x-so-many-times-youd-think-id-be-better-at-it-than-i-am/817967)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-done-x-so-many-times-youd-think-id-be-better-at-it-than-i-am/817967 "2018-07-29T23:11:56Z")
Looking for skills/activities/etc. that you’re a little disappointed or surprised you are not better at than you are, considering how much practice you’ve had. I have two, and they are both sports related: \*Bowling. I’… --- ## [Cats are wonderful people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-are-wonderful-people/818659)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2018, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-are-wonderful-people/818659 "2018-07-29T04:44:13Z")
Our cat Hermes has been a bachelor for years. He used to wander far and wide, but after a run-in with a car, he stays closer to home now. About a year ago, he made the acquaintance of a local stray/feral kitty whom we e… --- ## [How do kids from "open" parents, rebel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-kids-from-open-parents-rebel/818350)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2018, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-kids-from-open-parents-rebel/818350 "2018-07-29T02:13:56Z")
Its normal and expected for teenagers to rebel against the values of their parents. However that usually only implies the parents are “conservative” (in that I’m meaning say old fashioned, buttoned down) and the kids act… --- ## [Inspired by Randy Rainbow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspired-by-randy-rainbow/818693)
**Author:** [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2018, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspired-by-randy-rainbow/818693 "2018-07-29T01:00:41Z")
Got this far and ran of of inspiration. I sent it to Randy Rainbow in the hopes he could run with it. When You’re a Trump When you’re a Trump You’re a Trump all the way From your first sleazy deal To your sentencin… --- ## [Mysterious "covered amount" by insurance company for hearing aids.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-covered-amount-by-insurance-company-for-hearing-aids/818701)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-covered-amount-by-insurance-company-for-hearing-aids/818701 "2018-07-28T18:57:21Z")
I wear hearing aids. My insurance (a retiree plan) just started to provide coverage for hearing aids, describing the coverage as “100% of the covered amount.” Yay!! Can they tell me what the covered amount is so I can… --- ## [Did you have a BB or pellet gun as a kid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-a-bb-or-pellet-gun-as-a-kid/818519)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-a-bb-or-pellet-gun-as-a-kid/818519 "2018-07-28T13:46:02Z")
I started doing really well in school in about 3th grade. As a reward for perfect marks for 2 straight years, in 1976 I was gifted with a Sheridan Bluestreak 5mm pellet gun. Shortly after I demonstrated I could shoot i… --- ## [Zoo in Egypt paints donkey to look like a zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoo-in-egypt-paints-donkey-to-look-like-a-zebra/818674)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoo-in-egypt-paints-donkey-to-look-like-a-zebra/818674 "2018-07-27T15:16:04Z")
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-44968509 Ya know, painting a donkey can’t be easy. If you are going to go through that much work, you think they would do a little research first. Note the lines on the faces of t… --- ## [Famous or notable people your or your family has seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-or-notable-people-your-or-your-family-has-seen/814230)
**Author:** [@laurieb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/laurieb)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-or-notable-people-your-or-your-family-has-seen/814230 "2018-07-27T14:07:25Z")
I remember seeing Jennifer Aniston in California once at a café. Also saw Mark Wahlberg at a bar once too, in Boston. This last one was a strange one. My dad traveled a lot back in the 80’s and 90’s for business, and we… --- ## [Question to those who’ve accidentally mistreated their electronic devices?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-to-those-who-ve-accidentally-mistreated-their-electronic-devices/818564)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-to-those-who-ve-accidentally-mistreated-their-electronic-devices/818564 "2018-07-26T15:58:13Z")
Like a moron, I dropped my not even year old iPad about two and a half feet onto a hard floor. There is now a very tiny semicircular crack or chip in the very edge, nowhere near the screen. It begins and ends at the ed… --- ## [A strange thing happened on my way to a business trip.......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-strange-thing-happened-on-my-way-to-a-business-trip/816940)
**Author:** [@laurieb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/laurieb)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-strange-thing-happened-on-my-way-to-a-business-trip/816940 "2018-07-26T13:45:43Z")
I was on a business trip to Dubai for the past 2 weeks. Finally back now. Something really weird happened at the TSA checkpoint at O’Hare. Everyone was taking things out of their pockets, shoes off, etc. I had already t… --- ## [Toronto mass shooting.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto-mass-shooting/818407)
**Author:** [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2018, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto-mass-shooting/818407 "2018-07-26T11:41:12Z")
It looks like there’s been a mass shooting in Toronto this evening in the Riverdale neighborhood. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/danforth-logan-shooting-1.4757409/ At least 9 people shot, no idea of their status… --- ## [Bombing at US Embassy in Beijing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombing-at-us-embassy-in-beijing/818604)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2018, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombing-at-us-embassy-in-beijing/818604 "2018-07-26T09:13:13Z")
YouTube video here: Breaking News: Explosion Near US Embassy In Beijing. From other news sites online, it seems that the bomber was no Sandy Kofax. He didn’t get the bomb over the fence and evidently only the bomber suf… --- ## [Does anyone ever sit "bolt upright in bed"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-ever-sit-bolt-upright-in-bed/499206)
**Author:** [@Telcontar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telcontar)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2018, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-ever-sit-bolt-upright-in-bed/499206 "2018-07-26T01:53:31Z")
It happens in movies and it happens in literature, but it’s never happened to me. Does anyone wake to an alarm, nightmare, obscene sexual act, whatever, and automatically throw themselves into an upright seated position?… --- ## [So, I've got cancer. Well that's fucking great.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-got-cancer-well-thats-fucking-great/809875)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-got-cancer-well-thats-fucking-great/809875 "2018-07-26T01:40:51Z")
Classical Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, Nodular Sclerosis Subtype. To be treated with ABVD chemotherapy regimen, starting a few weeks. Turns out what I thought was severe eczema was actually a symptom of the cancer. In a way th… --- ## [Do moms still give the "men are only after one thing" talk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-moms-still-give-the-men-are-only-after-one-thing-talk/818099)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2018, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-moms-still-give-the-men-are-only-after-one-thing-talk/818099 "2018-07-26T01:35:05Z")
I got this talk when I was a teenager. In my case, I’m sure it was an effort to dampen my interest in boys (not that it worked). I don’t have any kids, so I wouldn’t know what parents do nowadays. I would hope that th… --- ## [Rain getting into car with slightly cracked-open window for 2 months (possible)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-getting-into-car-with-slightly-cracked-open-window-for-2-months-possible/818447)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2018, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-getting-into-car-with-slightly-cracked-open-window-for-2-months-possible/818447 "2018-07-25T23:41:59Z")
Could use some advice: So I am going to be out of the country for 2 months but before I left, my SmartCar had a rear window that could not be fully closed no matter what; issues with the latch/lock. There is a noticeabl… --- ## [Friend calls constantly. Any suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-calls-constantly-any-suggestions/818514)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-calls-constantly-any-suggestions/818514 "2018-07-25T23:19:38Z")
I have a friend who calls constantly. Let me state at the outset that he has very real, but very incurable, problems. But he calls at least once a day, often twice, occasionally three times for no other purpose but to … --- ## [US Golden Dollars ($1 Coins) only really being used in Washington DC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-golden-dollars-1-coins-only-really-being-used-in-washington-dc/818303)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-golden-dollars-1-coins-only-really-being-used-in-washington-dc/818303 "2018-07-25T23:18:43Z")
Kind of a poll, kind of a general observation. Mundane on both counts. . . I’m on a business trip to Washington, D.C. this week, and used the Metro. To get my Metro card, I added paper money to the vending kiosk, and go… --- ## [Poop time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poop-time/818494)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poop-time/818494 "2018-07-25T22:54:08Z")
Mundane? Check. Pointless? Check. And vaguely interesting. How long does it take to digest food — from the time you eat it to the time you excrete it? After you eat, it takes about six to eight hours for food to pass … --- ## [Underground lake of liquid water found on Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underground-lake-of-liquid-water-found-on-mars/818555)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underground-lake-of-liquid-water-found-on-mars/818555 "2018-07-25T17:28:17Z")
Awesome! In short, ground-penetrating radar on Mars Express discovered a presumably very salty and very cold lake about a mile beneath the surface near the South Pole on Mars. I imagine it’d be extremely difficult to… --- ## [Help me find youtube animation from about 10 or 12 years ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-youtube-animation-from-about-10-or-12-years-ago/816687)
**Author:** [@wellanuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wellanuff)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-youtube-animation-from-about-10-or-12-years-ago/816687 "2018-07-25T14:40:20Z")
I think it was a student animation (maybe out of the UK) that started off like it was from a typical kids short set in a kitchen with anthropomorphic appliances and fruits and foods. It was sing-songy and bright. … --- ## [Darwin Awards Omnibus Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darwin-awards-omnibus-thread/818365)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darwin-awards-omnibus-thread/818365 "2018-07-25T02:07:14Z")
I will start this off with an Iowan who went out with a bang instead of a whimper during Fourth of July celebrations: None of the mass media go into any details of how the accident happened and you can reasonably say… --- ## [Japan records all-time record high temperature on 7/22/18](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-records-all-time-record-high-temperature-on-7-22-18/818468)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2018, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-records-all-time-record-high-temperature-on-7-22-18/818468 "2018-07-25T00:56:28Z")
As a companion piece to the Quebec heat wave thread, Japan has recorded a record-breaking high of 41.1 degrees yesterday (106 Fahrenheit). Thousands of people have gone to hospitals and 77 people have died. I understan… --- ## [My Arab Spring story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-arab-spring-story/816935)
**Author:** [@laurieb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/laurieb)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-arab-spring-story/816935 "2018-07-25T00:11:18Z")
Been waiting a while to post this. I was in Cairo on a solo trip when the Egyptian Revolution broke out in February of 2011. I was stranded in my hotel for some days. It was by far one of the scariest times of my life. … --- ## [Strange vision phenomenon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-vision-phenomenon/818417)
**Author:** [@Man\_About\_Town](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_About_Town)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-vision-phenomenon/818417 "2018-07-24T23:08:12Z")
Why, when you close your eyes after gathering berries, fruit, ets all day, do you see the image of those berries, fruit?:slight\_smile: Have anyone experienced that? Or is it just me?:confused: --- ## [My laundry just spontaneously combusted (LIFESAVING ADVICE)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-laundry-just-spontaneously-combusted-lifesaving-advice/818500)
**Author:** [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-laundry-just-spontaneously-combusted-lifesaving-advice/818500 "2018-07-24T21:54:23Z")
When my wife took it out of the dryer, it had a burnt sort of smell to it, but we found what appeared to be a partially burnt item of clothing on the surface, threw it away, and assumed the basket’s smell was just linger… --- ## [Is it true?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true/818452)
**Author:** [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true/818452 "2018-07-24T17:26:25Z")
Well is it? It could be anything - but IS IT TRUE? For example, it is not true that pineapples grow on bushes that say “Nee” - no sir, they grow on pineapple trees that have become shrubberies. I have learned that sec… --- ## [Viagra: fatal for the unborn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viagra-fatal-for-the-unborn/818505)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viagra-fatal-for-the-unborn/818505 "2018-07-24T17:09:05Z")
Eleven children have died from lung development issues after their mothers took part in a medical trial during pregnancy. I’m glad the trial was being monitored so closely that they were able to stop it so quickly but … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=451) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=453)