# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=458 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 459 --- ## [Alternatives to The Straight Dope column](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-the-straight-dope-column/816923)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-the-straight-dope-column/816923 "2018-06-29T18:24:13Z")
Since The Straight Dope is calling it quits, I was wondering about alternatives that capture the feel/facts/snark that Cecil Adams has given us throughout the years. Here in Portland we have Marty Smith’s Dr. Know colum… --- ## [Eleanor Mustangs...Like 'em?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleanor-mustangs-like-em/816728)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleanor-mustangs-like-em/816728 "2018-06-29T18:19:15Z")
All- For some reason I am infatuated with the Eleanor-style Mustang resto-mods. I’ve never been a huge fan of period-correct restorations in many cases, as I much prefer modern amenities, like a built motor, brakes, whe… --- ## [Flight diverted due to the unbearable stench of a passenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-diverted-due-to-the-unbearable-stench-of-a-passenger/815604)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-diverted-due-to-the-unbearable-stench-of-a-passenger/815604 "2018-06-29T17:00:31Z")
I have been checking to see if anybody had talked about this here, but I haven’t seen any comments, soooo… opening this thread! :slight\_smile: This is a piece of news from a few days ago. A Transavia flight from the Can… --- ## [Creamsicle is sick \[RIP Creamsicle\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamsicle-is-sick-rip-creamsicle/816325)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamsicle-is-sick-rip-creamsicle/816325 "2018-06-29T16:59:51Z")
The vet is usually open Saturdays. Occasionally they take a Saturday off. Of COURSE it had to be this one. Creamsicle has been lethargic since Friday. Her temperature seems to be elevated. We haven’t seen her use the lit… --- ## [The stinky plane passenger has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stinky-plane-passenger-has-died/816971)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stinky-plane-passenger-has-died/816971 "2018-06-29T14:56:09Z")
https://wowway.net/news/read/article/newser-his\_odor\_grounded\_a\_plane\_a\_month\_later\_he\_died-rnewsersyn/category/news Turns out he had a disease that caused his body tissues to die. Dennis --- ## [The AP is reporting 575 arrested at Senate office building](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ap-is-reporting-575-arrested-at-senate-office-building/816953)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ap-is-reporting-575-arrested-at-senate-office-building/816953 "2018-06-29T02:45:01Z")
I can’t even provide aline yet; it’s a Breaking News banner on their main page. ETA: It might be 630 people, mostly women. x.com --- ## [Legal question: How is a dog "provoked"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-how-is-a-dog-provoked/816889)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2018, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-how-is-a-dog-provoked/816889 "2018-06-29T02:08:57Z")
Inspired by a real case, but no details provided. My state law says that a dog is to be destroyed if he attacks a person and causes more than $2k worth of medical injuries, “unless provoked.” There are no cases in my s… --- ## [Expedia/Travelocity preferred airlines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expedia-travelocity-preferred-airlines/816957)
**Author:** [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expedia-travelocity-preferred-airlines/816957 "2018-06-29T00:34:03Z")
I usually book through Travelocity. Recently used Expedia. Travelocity seems to have the best deals on American, Expedia favors United. Is there some agreement/contract involved? --- ## [That's what banks are for, nimwit!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-banks-are-for-nimwit/816709)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-banks-are-for-nimwit/816709 "2018-06-28T23:33:20Z")
So I work at Walmart. (pause for expressions of sympathy and/or derision) Yesterday, a guy came in with his girlfriend, and they bought ~$50 worth of stuff and took it to the Lawn and Garden Center, where I work. So he… --- ## [Help with design of space station (for short story)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-design-of-space-station-for-short-story/816542)
**Author:** [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-design-of-space-station-for-short-story/816542 "2018-06-28T21:25:29Z")
I am starting to write a short story that involves a space station with a wagon-wheel design for centrifugal gravity. I used this site, SpinCalc, and came up with a station with a circumference of 4800 feet, diameter of… --- ## [Please help me with a simple research project: 3 minutes of your time, max.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-a-simple-research-project-3-minutes-of-your-time-max/816810)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-a-simple-research-project-3-minutes-of-your-time-max/816810 "2018-06-28T15:22:36Z")
Please enter the following in a Google search box: Restaurants near 2415 (Put a space after the 5.) Copy or note the first response or two that Google autocomplete fills in. You don’t have to hit “search.” I’m not int… --- ## [Body discovered in NY Giants quarterback Janoris Jenkins's house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-discovered-in-ny-giants-quarterback-janoris-jenkinss-house/816833)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-discovered-in-ny-giants-quarterback-janoris-jenkinss-house/816833 "2018-06-28T14:22:46Z")
Story here The police suspect homicide. It’s going to be interesting to see how this plays out. --- ## [Why I don't rely on Text Messaging](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-dont-rely-on-text-messaging/816788)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-dont-rely-on-text-messaging/816788 "2018-06-28T12:51:26Z")
I am on Verizon Wireless, and while the phone service is great, far too many times the messages I send and receive are slightly delayed. For instance, a message I sent My Beloved at 10am just now was delivered to her at… --- ## [America the second-most inclusive country in the world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-the-second-most-inclusive-country-in-the-world/816822)
**Author:** [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-the-second-most-inclusive-country-in-the-world/816822 "2018-06-28T12:46:45Z")
After Canada. According to IPSOS Read this in the papers this morning and thought it was good news worth sharing with you guys. Particularly in the Age 'O Trump. The segment you did best in? Inclusiveness to naturalis… --- ## [Shakespeare in Quarto is the best thing ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-in-quarto-is-the-best-thing-ever/816899)
**Author:** [@rat\_avatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rat_avatar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-in-quarto-is-the-best-thing-ever/816899 "2018-06-28T06:32:18Z")
Well maybe not if you like well edited manuscripts…but far nicer than most of the previous first folio options online. Check it out if the long s (ſ) blocked you from reading the typeset versions. Hamlet, First Quarto,… --- ## [the house that was literatly in the middle of the street](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-house-that-was-literatly-in-the-middle-of-the-street/816876)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-house-that-was-literatly-in-the-middle-of-the-street/816876 "2018-06-28T03:19:36Z")
Apparently someone hauling a house just left there after it unhooked …. they don’t know if was done on purpose or not … they closed the road for the rest of the week but since it was a back road they don’t have any idea… --- ## [The "all things summer" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-things-summer-thread/816605)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-things-summer-thread/816605 "2018-06-28T02:50:03Z")
Happy Summer! This is the place for summer songs, summer movies, summer vacations, summer school, summer jobs, love summer, hate summer…all of that stuff. So slap on some sunscreen, put on your shades and join in! I’l… --- ## [I can haz new kitteh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-haz-new-kitteh/816756)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-haz-new-kitteh/816756 "2018-06-27T23:05:07Z")
Now that I’m settled into my house permanently, one of the first orders of business was a visit to the local Humane Society to adopt a feline. They said the kitty was male, and I wanted a male, so I adopted “him.” But wh… --- ## [Founding of the IWW on this day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/founding-of-the-iww-on-this-day/816853)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/founding-of-the-iww-on-this-day/816853 "2018-06-27T20:16:02Z")
June 27, 1905, Big Bill Haywood pounded on the lecture and called to order the founding convention of the Industrial Workers of the World, aka the Wobblies. MR. HAYWOOD:“Fellow Workers: This is the Continental Congress o… --- ## [Justice Anthony Kennedy announces retirement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-anthony-kennedy-announces-retirement/816855)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-anthony-kennedy-announces-retirement/816855 "2018-06-27T20:01:23Z")
Well, this outta start an Epic Shitstorm. --- ## [Time Magazine Spreading Fake News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-magazine-spreading-fake-news/816592)
**Author:** [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-magazine-spreading-fake-news/816592 "2018-06-27T17:14:12Z")
The Time Magazine 02-JUL-2018 issue does not show a child separated from her mother. --- ## [Migrant children at LR Air Force base.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migrant-children-at-lr-air-force-base/816455)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migrant-children-at-lr-air-force-base/816455 "2018-06-27T16:59:26Z")
LRAFB is being considered as a place to house migrant children. That is just great, another bad mark for a state without enough Representatives. Carter housed escaped Cubans here, and now we take on these poor kids. --- ## [Private monitors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-monitors/816842)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-monitors/816842 "2018-06-27T15:09:43Z")
I was watching a YouTube video and this instructional video was in the “up next” column–basically, showing how to peel the polarizing filter off an LCD monitor then view it through polarized glasses–if you aren’t wearing… --- ## [FDA approves marijuana-related drug](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fda-approves-marijuana-related-drug/816804)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fda-approves-marijuana-related-drug/816804 "2018-06-27T14:38:25Z")
A LOT of people in Colorado have waited a long time for something like this to happen. http://gazette.com/article/1628309 --- ## [Whither the "-ly" adverb?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whither-the-ly-adverb/791996)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2018, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whither-the-ly-adverb/791996 "2018-06-27T11:32:06Z")
Ok I’m just too darn lazy to search for any related topics, so feel free to float by a link if there is one. In regular, random conversations over the last, say, what, 15? years or so, I hear more and more folks not usi… --- ## [Maxine Waters Says Budget Impasse Could Cost 170 Million Jobs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maxine-waters-says-budget-impasse-could-cost-170-million-jobs/651701)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maxine-waters-says-budget-impasse-could-cost-170-million-jobs/651701 "2018-06-27T03:31:12Z")
Really? I am trying to understand how someone as stupid as this could ever be elected to Congress. Oh, I do remember her comments about the Mars Rover (how it could see the flag…planted on the moon. As always, people… --- ## [May ask bosses for 2-3 months of unpaid leave....advice requested](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-ask-bosses-for-2-3-months-of-unpaid-leave-advice-requested/816691)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2018, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-ask-bosses-for-2-3-months-of-unpaid-leave-advice-requested/816691 "2018-06-27T01:57:16Z")
Long story short: Due to burnout, prolonged stress, physical weariness (often sleep-deprivation related) and years of mental-health issues, I am considering asking my company for several months of unpaid leave. There is… --- ## [Name for a certain, stoic facial greeting of acknowledgement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-a-certain-stoic-facial-greeting-of-acknowledgement/816750)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-a-certain-stoic-facial-greeting-of-acknowledgement/816750 "2018-06-26T21:18:38Z")
Too lame for GQ, but a question nonetheless; I’m wondering if there’s a description or name for a particular facial expression. It’s that facial expression when you’re walking past someone down a hallway at work, or out… --- ## [I have neighbours from hell.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-neighbours-from-hell/806871)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-neighbours-from-hell/806871 "2018-06-26T18:52:29Z")
When we first moved in to our house, approx 2 years ago, the neighbours to either side were lovely, quiet, clean families and a pleasure to live beside. Then, about 9 months ago, the neighbours on one side moved away and… --- ## [I am tempted...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-tempted/816385)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-tempted/816385 "2018-06-26T15:57:26Z")
…to congratulate Loachon his 24,000th post, which was a post to close a thread celebrating a 5000th post. But apparently that sort of post is frowned up on so I won’t do that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=457) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=459)