# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=455 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 456 --- ## [Skunked!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skunked/817787)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skunked/817787 "2018-07-13T14:00:51Z")
Since this is the place to post mundane pointless stuff, I thought I’d share the following: Every morning I walk the dogs for about an hour in the woods on various trails. Romeo my sweet, fun-loving boxer managed to ge… --- ## [What to do with Mom (ALZ related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-mom-alz-related/817474)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2018, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-mom-alz-related/817474 "2018-07-13T06:42:06Z")
She in probably mid-late stages. In a facility but she’s wants to go out with us (her kids). OK, but what to do once I’ve picked her up? A nice lunch is almost out, she barely eats and throws half chewed food on the floo… --- ## [Mixing ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mixing-ashes/817698)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2018, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mixing-ashes/817698 "2018-07-13T05:26:50Z")
My girlfriend who recently passed was very adamant about having our ashes put together. I doubt I will have a lot of control over that when the time final comes. It occurred to me that I could save up my hair from the ne… --- ## [What is the longest you've ever waited to be seen in a hospital?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-longest-youve-ever-waited-to-be-seen-in-a-hospital/814622)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2018, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-longest-youve-ever-waited-to-be-seen-in-a-hospital/814622 "2018-07-12T05:57:54Z")
Not the reception area, but after you’ve been taken to a room and told “The doctor will be with you shortly”? Many years ago in the middle of a Seattle winter, when I still lived on the streets, I had chest and sinus co… --- ## [It's going to be a First World problem kinda day ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-going-to-be-a-first-world-problem-kinda-day/817682)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-going-to-be-a-first-world-problem-kinda-day/817682 "2018-07-11T22:20:54Z")
It’s cold. 4C. Coldest morning this year. Literally not a cloud, not the merest breathe of a breeze. Middle of school winter holidays so the commuter belt is somnolent. The Traffic Management centre reports that the o… --- ## [RobinCam!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robincam/787568)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robincam/787568 "2018-07-11T17:08:19Z")
I made the mistake of leaving a stepladder on my porch after doing some outside house-work. Before I stored the 6-ft stepladder, a robin built a nest on the top. I have taken the high road, and for as long as this work… --- ## [Thanks from a lurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-from-a-lurker/817670)
**Author:** [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-from-a-lurker/817670 "2018-07-11T17:00:41Z")
I’ve lurked here off-and-on over the years, but I never got around to joining the board until now. Mostly because I didn’t feel like I had much to contribute. I’m a middle-aged, middle-America, straight, white guy; a c… --- ## [Confused Graffitti Artist, Hilarious Results!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confused-graffitti-artist-hilarious-results/817492)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confused-graffitti-artist-hilarious-results/817492 "2018-07-11T16:17:38Z")
The State built a beautiful new highway out in my area, going from a two-lane to a four-lane divided road, and in the process, built a nice big tunnel underneath for the wild horses to go North/South without killing peop… --- ## [French expressions in English](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-expressions-in-english/817523)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-expressions-in-english/817523 "2018-07-11T16:10:49Z")
Wiki has an interesting page on French expressions in English. Of course I knew there were quite a few, but I was surprised just how many I was familiar with. How many did you know? Did they miss any that you know? W… --- ## [What if 0.999... does not equal 1?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-0-999-does-not-equal-1/817305)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2018, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-0-999-does-not-equal-1/817305 "2018-07-11T06:14:55Z")
THE STUPID NUMBERS Introduction: The stupid numbers, S, form a set which may or may not be a field. The size of the set S has not been determined and S may be the empty set. There are two binary operations on S, addi… --- ## [US stuns at WHO over breastfeeding.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-stuns-at-who-over-breastfeeding/817529)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-stuns-at-who-over-breastfeeding/817529 "2018-07-10T23:46:34Z")
Wow! I don’t think anyone expected this. They’d rather support Nestles profits over promotion of breastfeeding in developing countries. Sales of substitute formula has flattened in most developed countries. So they need… --- ## [I was asked for directions today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-asked-for-directions-today/817524)
**Author:** [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-asked-for-directions-today/817524 "2018-07-09T22:50:06Z")
Walking the dog early this morning, and a guy in an SUV stopped and asked me if there was a hotel/motel close by. As luck would have it, he just needed to turn around, take a left at the 4-way stop, and he would find one… --- ## [How did the Civil War affect your family?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-civil-war-affect-your-family/817486)
**Author:** [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-civil-war-affect-your-family/817486 "2018-07-09T22:48:30Z")
The horror of the Civil War really hit home when I started researching my genealogy. My great-great-grandfather volunteered to join the Union Army, leaving his pregnant wife and seven children behind. He mustered in Se… --- ## [Excavation of 1500 year old Temple in Lower Galilee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excavation-of-1500-year-old-temple-in-lower-galilee/817603)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excavation-of-1500-year-old-temple-in-lower-galilee/817603 "2018-07-09T22:30:31Z")
Cool discovery changing the views we had of Judiasm in a time of expanding Christianity. In an unrelated note, if only it could be politically possible to excavate the Temple Mount. What glorious history must be burie… --- ## [How We Handle Grief](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-we-handle-grief/817242)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-we-handle-grief/817242 "2018-07-09T14:09:26Z")
As many of you know I lost my significant other last week. It is funny how our brain works. All I find myself focusing on is the good parts of our relationship. My honey was a hopeless alcoholic and prescription drug abu… --- ## [Tokyo Sarin Gas Attack Leader Executed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tokyo-sarin-gas-attack-leader-executed/817361)
**Author:** [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tokyo-sarin-gas-attack-leader-executed/817361 "2018-07-09T14:01:19Z")
Good riddance. --- ## [Your "micro-curses"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-micro-curses/817327)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-micro-curses/817327 "2018-07-09T13:11:59Z")
I am convinced that a witch has cursed me so that no matter which locker I choose at the gym, someone will choose the one right next to mine and will finish up their workout at EXACTLY the same time so that we have to ne… --- ## [Am I a bad person for doing this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-bad-person-for-doing-this/817109)
**Author:** [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-bad-person-for-doing-this/817109 "2018-07-09T11:40:03Z")
So my girlfriend overheard me say nonchalantly a while ago I’d never been to Broadway, and wouldn’t mind going someday. So for my birthday she dropped several hundred $$$ on tickets, and booked a hotel in N. Jersey. This… --- ## [The Independence Day MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-independence-day-mmp/817149)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-independence-day-mmp/817149 "2018-07-09T03:52:20Z")
Happy Moonday! It’s already warm outside and feels muggy. I’ve been awake since 3am, so I have a whopping 3 hours of sleep. Since I’m up I may as well log into irk and start my day. So for those of you who celebrate,… --- ## [Things I'd forgotten cats do.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-id-forgotten-cats-do/817269)
**Author:** [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-id-forgotten-cats-do/817269 "2018-07-09T00:49:05Z")
It’s been a number of years since I’ve owned cats, but I’ve had cats around the house for most of my life. Right now, I’m watching 2 cats for a friend. I’d kind of forgotten how strange they can be. Watching me pee. Jus… --- ## [Protester Climbs Statue of Liberty, Forces Evacuation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protester-climbs-statue-of-liberty-forces-evacuation/817296)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protester-climbs-statue-of-liberty-forces-evacuation/817296 "2018-07-08T20:53:12Z")
That’s the banner on CNN right now. Story here. Looks like a protester has climbed up the outside of the Statue of Liberty to the top of the base or Lady Liberty’s feet. --- ## [Did people ever actually observe "no white after Labor Day"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-ever-actually-observe-no-white-after-labor-day/817428)
**Author:** [@Kennedy1960](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kennedy1960)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-ever-actually-observe-no-white-after-labor-day/817428 "2018-07-08T20:27:25Z")
If so, what were the rules? Like, what month was it okay to wear white again? --- ## [Tonka is becoming more affectionate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonka-is-becoming-more-affectionate/817518)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonka-is-becoming-more-affectionate/817518 "2018-07-08T17:53:57Z")
In 2013 we adopted Tonka. He was about 7 or 8 years old then, which would make him 12 or 13 now. To recap the linked thread, we’d lost Harvey in November of 2012. Mrs. L.A. thought she wasn’t ready for another cat, bu… --- ## [Tell us about something you've done once - and only once - and will never do again.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-something-youve-done-once-and-only-once-and-will-never-do-again/817207)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2018, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-something-youve-done-once-and-only-once-and-will-never-do-again/817207 "2018-07-08T04:47:47Z")
I can think of a few, but I’ll start it off with just one for now. Tubing. That is, being pulled at speed while lying on an inflated tube attached to a boat with a rope. I did it several years ago while on vacation in … --- ## [Trump's visit to the UK - I'm going to miss the fun!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-visit-to-the-uk-im-going-to-miss-the-fun/817393)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2018, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-visit-to-the-uk-im-going-to-miss-the-fun/817393 "2018-07-08T03:41:12Z")
So Trump’s visiting our shores in a week. Unfortunately I’m going to be in the wrong places at the wrong times. He’ll be in London on Friday and Saturday. Unfortunately I’ll be travelling on the Friday and at Goodwood on… --- ## [Halifax Explosion Centennial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halifax-explosion-centennial/803715)
**Author:** [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2018, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halifax-explosion-centennial/803715 "2018-07-08T03:21:44Z")
Just worth noting that today is the 100th anniversary of the Halifax explosion, where an ammunition ship caught fire and blew up, taking out more than half the town and killing at least 2,000 people. It was the largest … --- ## [I am so hot I. . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-hot-i/817388)
**Author:** [@Sveltington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sveltington)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-hot-i/817388 "2018-07-08T01:48:07Z")
I am so hot I changed my thermometer to display Celsius in place of Fahrenheit to make me THINK I must be cool :smiley: --- ## [Cruise to Alaska](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruise-to-alaska/817346)
**Author:** [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruise-to-alaska/817346 "2018-07-07T20:21:42Z")
I just arrived home from a 10 day cruise to Alaska, launching from and returning to San Francisco. Big family trip and was pretty awesome. Also my first cruise so everything was new. Some random observations: I didn’… --- ## [I don't understand why my girlfriend said this to me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-why-my-girlfriend-said-this-to-me/817271)
**Author:** [@T-Minus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T-Minus)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-why-my-girlfriend-said-this-to-me/817271 "2018-07-07T16:44:04Z")
Hey there guys, so I was talking to my girlfriend tonight and I was acting goofy (just laughing and she said this to me: “you know when you act goofy, you kinda make me regret going into a relationship with you…” I sai… --- ## [Restaurant servers who insist on memorizing your complicated order](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-servers-who-insist-on-memorizing-your-complicated-order/817079)
**Author:** [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2018, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-servers-who-insist-on-memorizing-your-complicated-order/817079 "2018-07-07T05:59:15Z")
I’m talking about the person who stares at you blankly while you give a long, convoluted order: “I’ll have the steak and eggs. Steak medium well. Eggs over easy. Hash browns extra crispy. No butter on the pancakes, p… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=454) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=456)