# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=453 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 454 --- ## [Trust Busting (not the Teddy Roosevelt kind)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trust-busting-not-the-teddy-roosevelt-kind/818412)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trust-busting-not-the-teddy-roosevelt-kind/818412 "2018-07-24T16:38:35Z")
I am analyzing a trust and am reaching into my brain for the relevant legal principle that is bouncing in my head from Wills and Estates Class. In this hypo, mean old aunt (MOA) died in the 1960s leaving only one heir, … --- ## [Clickbait shocker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clickbait-shocker/818390)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clickbait-shocker/818390 "2018-07-24T13:15:36Z")
I saw this today: Barbara Eden turns 86 & Is Definitely Not Like We Remembered. --- ## [Owners of old dogs: assemble!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owners-of-old-dogs-assemble/818162)
**Author:** [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owners-of-old-dogs-assemble/818162 "2018-07-24T10:22:43Z")
I’ve got an old man dog who’s 11 this year, and just starting to really show/feel it. He’s a cattle dog mix, who had a rough start as a puppy (we rescued him when he was 5 months old), so between breed characteristics an… --- ## [Dozens of "zombie" raccoons found dead in New York City's Central Park](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dozens-of-zombie-raccoons-found-dead-in-new-york-citys-central-park/818470)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dozens-of-zombie-raccoons-found-dead-in-new-york-citys-central-park/818470 "2018-07-24T04:05:00Z")
Story here I know NYC is the place that has everything. Apparently even zombie raccoons? --- ## ["So we were out walking the iguana today..." and other rare sentences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-were-out-walking-the-iguana-today-and-other-rare-sentences/816807)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-were-out-walking-the-iguana-today-and-other-rare-sentences/816807 "2018-07-24T03:09:21Z")
I’m trying to causally work the above into a conversation somehow- “So anyway, we were out walking the iguana when such-and-such occurred”- because how often do you get to start a sentence like that? Unfortunately, nothi… --- ## [Wherein Piper Cub defends the Queen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-piper-cub-defends-the-queen/817982)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-piper-cub-defends-the-queen/817982 "2018-07-23T21:38:52Z")
As is the habit chez Pipers, we were chatting about current events today. Mrs Piper mentioned that President Trump had been walking in front of the Queen, which is a big no-no. Piper Cub chirped up, in a tone of outrag… --- ## [Shipwreck champagne, raised (and drinkable) decades later](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shipwreck-champagne-raised-and-drinkable-decades-later/818202)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shipwreck-champagne-raised-and-drinkable-decades-later/818202 "2018-07-23T20:32:18Z")
See the “Shipwrecked bottles” subheading. Whodathunkit? That article includes a link to this similar salvage incident: Föglö wreck - Wikipedia The biggest sale at auction was 30,000 euros for a single bottle (US$34,… --- ## [Mysterious black sarcophagus opened in Egypt, releasing hideous (possibly toxic) stench](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-black-sarcophagus-opened-in-egypt-releasing-hideous-possibly-toxic-stench/818234)
**Author:** [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-black-sarcophagus-opened-in-egypt-releasing-hideous-possibly-toxic-stench/818234 "2018-07-23T20:26:10Z")
From the BBC: Egypt sarcophagus: Mystery black tomb opened in Alexandria :dubious: Oh, of course you’re “fine”, Mr. Waziri! It’s the rest of us who are doomed–doomed, I tell you, DOOMED! (Even more so than we already… --- ## [More than 90 deaths in Quebec Due to Heat Wave](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-90-deaths-in-quebec-due-to-heat-wave/818245)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-90-deaths-in-quebec-due-to-heat-wave/818245 "2018-07-23T18:37:09Z")
I found this quite surprising as I consider Quebec to be too far north to have such extreme heat. But doing some research there have been worse heatwaves in Canadian history; the worst apparently being in 1936 killing… --- ## [Bayard is now Defensive Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bayard-is-now-defensive-indifference/817762)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bayard-is-now-defensive-indifference/817762 "2018-07-23T14:16:21Z")
I’m a pretty minor poster around here, and you’ve probably never paid much attention to me one way or another. But, in the unlikely event that you find yourself wondering “What would Bayard do?”, know that I’m now Defens… --- ## [Valsartan recall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valsartan-recall/818367)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valsartan-recall/818367 "2018-07-23T09:48:12Z")
My medication insurance coverer and pharmacy informed me today that various versions of Valsartan (a medicine for blood pressure among other things) are being recalled due to an imperfection in one of its ingredients. Th… --- ## [Make Puerto Rico Great Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-puerto-rico-great-again/818400)
**Author:** [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-puerto-rico-great-again/818400 "2018-07-23T02:36:24Z")
The irony of all ironies: The official State (Commonwealth) Flower of Puerto Rico is the MAGA! --- ## [Poor Sleeping in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-sleeping-in-the-mmp/817989)
**Author:** [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-sleeping-in-the-mmp/817989 "2018-07-23T02:12:43Z")
Well, again I took a much longer nap in the afternoon (from 5-9PM) which finds me awake at this hour to start the MMP (it’s 0020 here). So this is the week to complain about too little (or on the rare occasions, too muc… --- ## [Did you hear the good news/Have you got any good news?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-good-news-have-you-got-any-good-news/817190)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-good-news-have-you-got-any-good-news/817190 "2018-07-22T21:55:27Z")
This thread is for posting good news. Please, no politics or crap intending to piss off others-Just sincere good news that you want to share, be it a news story you read or heard, or something closer to home that happen… --- ## [Julian Assange (Wikileaks) in UK Ecuador Embassy almost a Year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julian-assange-wikileaks-in-uk-ecuador-embassy-almost-a-year/658790)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2018, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julian-assange-wikileaks-in-uk-ecuador-embassy-almost-a-year/658790 "2018-07-22T12:38:56Z")
"He has been hiding from the law in a cramped basement room at the embassy for nearly a year. By the time the anniversary falls on June 19, policing costs are expected to have gone beyond £4.2million. There are believed… --- ## [Facts that you thought were true, but were found to be false, but ended up being true again.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-that-you-thought-were-true-but-were-found-to-be-false-but-ended-up-being-true-again/818341)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2018, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-that-you-thought-were-true-but-were-found-to-be-false-but-ended-up-being-true-again/818341 "2018-07-22T10:29:44Z")
Fast! Lucky Lindy was the first Man to fly across the Atlantic! America wins! False! Our British friends always point out that actually eight years earlier, in June 1919, the British aviators Alcock and Brown made the f… --- ## [Jenny McCarthy Encounters A Ghost (or some other entity beyond her comprehension)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jenny-mccarthy-encounters-a-ghost-or-some-other-entity-beyond-her-comprehension/818239)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jenny-mccarthy-encounters-a-ghost-or-some-other-entity-beyond-her-comprehension/818239 "2018-07-21T14:20:14Z")
ONOZ A GHOST!! :eek: Is it the Spirit of Christmas Past? The Ghost of Hamlet’s father? The vengeful poltergeist of a child dead as a result of the anti-vax idiocy echoing through and occasionally issuing from Jenny Mc… --- ## [I believe my window etiquette is correct](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-believe-my-window-etiquette-is-correct/818182)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2018, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-believe-my-window-etiquette-is-correct/818182 "2018-07-21T11:30:35Z")
I will just openly gloat that I have an awesome couch in my condo rather than be suspected of humblebragging. I have a lot of long work days or am otherwise frequently away from home, so when the chance finally presents … --- ## [Identify this sound?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-sound/818079)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2018, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-sound/818079 "2018-07-21T04:25:49Z")
It was a dark and moonless night, with no wind. Just before midnight, I was awakened by a loud noise outside. I know that some animals (like rabbits) can make strange squeals if they are captured by a predator, and tha… --- ## [Groper charged](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groper-charged/818304)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2018, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groper-charged/818304 "2018-07-21T02:27:30Z")
Not really pit material but fuck this asshole. Hope he gets the book thrown at him. --- ## [I just got back from the emergency vet clinic; my dog is dead.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-back-from-the-emergency-vet-clinic-my-dog-is-dead/817983)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-back-from-the-emergency-vet-clinic-my-dog-is-dead/817983 "2018-07-21T00:36:36Z")
His name was Max. He was a miniature dachshund and lived to be 18 years old. Around 8pm he started seizing and never really stopped until he was sedated. I’m pretty sure he had a stroke too. He was declining for awhi… --- ## [Good Morning, Sunshine! What(or who) woke you up today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-morning-sunshine-what-or-who-woke-you-up-today/818094)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-morning-sunshine-what-or-who-woke-you-up-today/818094 "2018-07-21T00:13:41Z")
What gets you up in the morning? A particular song or radio station? The cat and/or dog? A swift kick from your significant other(s)? The ringing of a wind-up alarm clock? The noise of the garbagemen tossing your cans … --- ## [I found a white mantis yesterday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-white-mantis-yesterday/818271)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2018, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-white-mantis-yesterday/818271 "2018-07-20T23:03:08Z")
See here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-geo-images/75a09f8e-47d8-448e-aeed-2b8d30365156.jpeg Just molted? Albino? Either way it was pretty cool. Pretty good size too. --- ## [Help me choose anti-Trump car magnets for my family’s road trip to Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-anti-trump-car-magnets-for-my-family-s-road-trip-to-canada/817029)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-anti-trump-car-magnets-for-my-family-s-road-trip-to-canada/817029 "2018-07-20T18:18:40Z")
As we prepare to start a 4,000+ mile family car trip that includes a significant leg in Canada, I’m looking at car magnets (not stickers as my wife is a non-tenured teacher in a red state; we purposefully live across the… --- ## ["Embellishing" US currency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embellishing-us-currency/818069)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2018, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embellishing-us-currency/818069 "2018-07-20T11:56:08Z")
I recently started a new position at the big box store where I work. Essentially, I balance the books for the store on a daily basis (actually, only a couple days a week - the rest of the time I’m still a cashier - basi… --- ## [A full day's work, in the palm of my hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-full-days-work-in-the-palm-of-my-hand/817980)
**Author:** [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2018, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-full-days-work-in-the-palm-of-my-hand/817980 "2018-07-20T04:49:49Z")
Mundane and pointless to be sure… I was going to go upstairs to show off the fruits of my labors in the machine shop this Sunday, and it struck me as how absolutely trivial the small pile of metal in my palm seems, for … --- ## [I Got Some Excellent Headphones At the Dollar Tree.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-some-excellent-headphones-at-the-dollar-tree/818210)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-some-excellent-headphones-at-the-dollar-tree/818210 "2018-07-20T02:41:32Z")
I have to tell you all, the dollar store is not the best place to get electronics. That is an established fact, we all know. But the other day, I decided just as a lark, to get some headphones there. You see my new comp… --- ## [Help! Civil War Vet's Book Needs To Find His Family.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-civil-war-vets-book-needs-to-find-his-family/817306)
**Author:** [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2018, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-civil-war-vets-book-needs-to-find-his-family/817306 "2018-07-20T00:53:07Z")
In cleaning out my dad’s library last month I came across a copy of Casey’s Infantry Tactics, Vol II; by authority August 1862. Both the front and rear inside pages have fountain pen writing of a name and location dated … --- ## [I'm going to China--but I don't like Chinese Food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-china-but-i-dont-like-chinese-food/815817)
**Author:** [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2018, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-china-but-i-dont-like-chinese-food/815817 "2018-07-20T00:08:13Z")
Like the title says; I am one of those fussy eaters who is very picky and narrow on what they eat. Basically Beef, Pork or Chicken, but not to seasoned or mixed with ‘other’ stuff. Don’t like hot (spicy) foods. Now I … --- ## [Finally, the World Has a Giant, Shirtless Jeff Goldblum Statue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-the-world-has-a-giant-shirtless-jeff-goldblum-statue/818161)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2018, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-the-world-has-a-giant-shirtless-jeff-goldblum-statue/818161 "2018-07-19T23:30:11Z")
\[I figured this was waaaaaay too pointless for Cafe Society, but I had to share it\](Finally, the World Has a Giant, Shirtless Jeff Goldblum Statue). :stuck\_out\_tongue: :smiley: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=452) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=454)