# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=459 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 460 --- ## [I Think I Have Depression. Now What?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-have-depression-now-what/816411)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-have-depression-now-what/816411 "2018-06-26T15:53:15Z")
First, a language question. “Have depression,” “suffer from…,” “am afflicted with…,” “am depressed?” What’s the common or preferred usage? If my self-diagnosis is correct, it’s not severe or crippling. No suicidal ideat… --- ## [I saw a western tiger swallowtail today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-western-tiger-swallowtail-today/816597)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2018, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-western-tiger-swallowtail-today/816597 "2018-06-26T14:13:40Z")
Or at least I’m fairly certainthat’s what it was. I’ve never seen one before, and certainly not here in Portland. We usually see these pretty boring white butterflies with some dots on them, not something as large and sh… --- ## [What changed the drug scene in the 60's/70's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-changed-the-drug-scene-in-the-60s-70s/816658)
**Author:** [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-changed-the-drug-scene-in-the-60s-70s/816658 "2018-06-26T13:39:12Z")
I’ve never had any desire to do drugs, took a couple of puffs (toke, hit?) of weed a couple of times in my teens (didn’t do a thing for me). But my memory of the 60’s and 70’s was that drugs were communally shared and wh… --- ## [Ask the guy that had a hemorrhoidectomy \[TMI for sure\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-that-had-a-hemorrhoidectomy-tmi-for-sure/816689)
**Author:** [@Labor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labor)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2018, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-that-had-a-hemorrhoidectomy-tmi-for-sure/816689 "2018-06-26T11:11:05Z")
First off IANAD. For about a week I had been nursing a hemorrhoid. On Friday for a reason unknown to me it really started to be painful. By Saturday morning it was unbearable, if I moved wrong it about brought me to tea… --- ## [Ridiculous! $2.5M for an 897 sqft home in Palo Alto CA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-2-5m-for-an-897-sqft-home-in-palo-alto-ca/816141)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2018, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-2-5m-for-an-897-sqft-home-in-palo-alto-ca/816141 "2018-06-26T03:10:11Z")
The lot is 4,360 sqfr. 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. Zillow calls it a “charming bungalow” Map, 128 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto CA Ridiculous --- ## [45 years ago today (gay bar fire in New Orleans)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/45-years-ago-today-gay-bar-fire-in-new-orleans/816692)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2018, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/45-years-ago-today-gay-bar-fire-in-new-orleans/816692 "2018-06-26T00:39:26Z")
June 24, 1973. Here’s the story. Arson at a gay bar in New Orleans killed 32. It’s funny but I have no memory of this as a news story. I was nearly 24 at the time, and still in the closet, still feeling shame, probably … --- ## [Left turn area for bicycles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-turn-area-for-bicycles/816393)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2018, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-turn-area-for-bicycles/816393 "2018-06-25T23:12:02Z")
There’s an intersection I occasionally cycle through that has what looks like left turn areas for bicycles. Here’s a street view of it. (The green area that that cyclist is not using.) This is the only one I’ve ever seen… --- ## [Weird "small world" personal or family connections that you've uncovered through Googling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-small-world-personal-or-family-connections-that-youve-uncovered-through-googling/816626)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-small-world-personal-or-family-connections-that-youve-uncovered-through-googling/816626 "2018-06-25T22:34:21Z")
I recently learned that the ranking FBI officer at the Wounded Knee Incident, Joseph Trimbach, was previously my great-uncle’s CO in the Marine Corps during the Korean War (stateside.) When my uncle died, my dad gave me… --- ## [Supreme Court Clears Way for Sales Taxes on Internet Merchants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-clears-way-for-sales-taxes-on-internet-merchants/816513)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-clears-way-for-sales-taxes-on-internet-merchants/816513 "2018-06-25T18:56:43Z")
I have mixed feelings about this. The arguments for this include states’ loss of tax dollars and the impact of online sales on local brick and mortar businesses. I understand that states are missing out on a lot of r… --- ## [There is not some mystical bar/nightclub/condo complex that caters to hot girls and your bros](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-not-some-mystical-bar-nightclub-condo-complex-that-caters-to-hot-girls-and-your-bros/816553)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2018, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-not-some-mystical-bar-nightclub-condo-complex-that-caters-to-hot-girls-and-your-bros/816553 "2018-06-25T13:04:46Z")
So tonight, I’m hanging out on the ferry landing by my apartment and overhear a conversation from some nearby Jersey bros. Best I can figure, the one guy is making a heated argument for finding a place to live in a buil… --- ## [Moanday Means A New MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moanday-means-a-new-mmp/816313)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2018, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moanday-means-a-new-mmp/816313 "2018-06-25T02:27:22Z")
Someone commented that I exhaust them with my schedule. \[ul\] \[li\]In the past THREE days, I’ve seen (& taken photos of) all THREE sunrises & THREE sunsets. \[/li\]\[li\]Had THREE flights. \[/li\]\[li\]Put over THREE hundred m… --- ## [I love and hate menopause.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-and-hate-menopause/816672)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-and-hate-menopause/816672 "2018-06-24T21:12:57Z")
There are many things to hate about menopause but, man, I love when I miss a period! I’ve missed 3 in the last two years and what a treat. It was my birthday a few days ago and I had reservations at a spa that included … --- ## [What the Smith and Jones around the world (most common names)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-smith-and-jones-around-the-world-most-common-names/815338)
**Author:** [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2018, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-smith-and-jones-around-the-world-most-common-names/815338 "2018-06-24T07:40:50Z")
Years ago when a friend found out I was half Okinawan he started calling me “Higa”, one of the the most common Okinawan names. He was a funeral director and when he saw me passing by the door of the chapel (I worked at a… --- ## [My wife saw a fox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-saw-a-fox/816461)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2018, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-saw-a-fox/816461 "2018-06-24T02:18:05Z")
Several, in fact. They’ve never been in our neighborhood before. She’s concerned about the neighborhood cat. --- ## [Welcome to Norway, land of Chlamydia (7-11 billboard)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-norway-land-of-chlamydia-7-11-billboard/816451)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-norway-land-of-chlamydia-7-11-billboard/816451 "2018-06-24T01:39:58Z")
7-Eleven is causing some discussion in Norway with their new PSA/condom sales add. --- ## [Koko the Gorilla "adopted" kittens: skepticism . . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koko-the-gorilla-adopted-kittens-skepticism/816561)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koko-the-gorilla-adopted-kittens-skepticism/816561 "2018-06-23T20:02:08Z")
Disclaimer: over the past 7-8 years my wife and I have fostered and adopted out about 25-30 rescue cats, and have even taken in about 7 ourselves. So maybe my opinion on this in a BIT tainted . . . I’m sure many of you … --- ## [The Accidental Tourist - Jogger arrested for inadvertently crossing U.S. border](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accidental-tourist-jogger-arrested-for-inadvertently-crossing-u-s-border/816618)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accidental-tourist-jogger-arrested-for-inadvertently-crossing-u-s-border/816618 "2018-06-23T18:34:14Z")
Jogger who accidentally crossed U.S. border from B.C. detained for 2 weeks - A woman from France visiting her mom in B.C. says U.S. Border Patrol held her for crossing into Blaine, Wash. A 19-year-old woman from France … --- ## [I like cheese ans chocolate muffins.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-cheese-ans-chocolate-muffins/816625)
**Author:** [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-cheese-ans-chocolate-muffins/816625 "2018-06-23T15:45:05Z")
Yum. Do you also have secret things you like that are politically incorrect? --- ## [Fish and chocolate: My dietary nemeses.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-and-chocolate-my-dietary-nemeses/816611)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2018, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-and-chocolate-my-dietary-nemeses/816611 "2018-06-23T15:25:51Z")
Two of my favourite things in the world give me shocking heartburn, enough to wake me in the middle of the night to hurl my guts up. It’s just not fair. BUT, I do have some handy-dandy meds nowadays…provided I remember… --- ## [SCOTUS rules a warrant is required to search cell provider location data](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-rules-a-warrant-is-required-to-search-cell-provider-location-data/816602)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-rules-a-warrant-is-required-to-search-cell-provider-location-data/816602 "2018-06-23T14:21:02Z")
In Carpenter v. United States, the Court by a 5-4 (Roberts with the 4 libs) overturned the conviction of a man who was connected to the scene of a robbery by the warrantless search (subpoena) of his cell phone records … --- ## [June 30 "Families Belong Together" Events](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-30-families-belong-together-events/816492)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2018, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-30-families-belong-together-events/816492 "2018-06-23T02:35:58Z")
For those that are interested, there are nationwide events planned June 30 to protest Trump administration policies that have created the situation with children and parents separated on our borders. Trump may have signe… --- ## [Cross border minor crimes between U.S. and Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-border-minor-crimes-between-u-s-and-canada/816531)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-border-minor-crimes-between-u-s-and-canada/816531 "2018-06-23T02:01:14Z")
Somewhat inspired by the immigration debates, but I really don’t want to rehash those. Suppose as a U.S. citizen I am on vacation in Niagara Falls, ON. I make the poor choice to shoplift, beat on my wife in the hotel r… --- ## [ROAD TRIP. Heh.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-heh/816194)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-heh/816194 "2018-06-23T00:57:59Z")
Well, not even sure why I’m sharing. But you guys are good folks. My dear Wife and I are doing a pretty major road trip in the fall. To visit her family in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas. We will be leaving from the ce… --- ## [Those Social Security benefit online calculators](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-social-security-benefit-online-calculators/816115)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2018, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-social-security-benefit-online-calculators/816115 "2018-06-23T00:50:24Z")
Like this one: Social Security Quick Calculator I’m curious if they’re accurate. This one, for instance, has no place to enter any employment gaps. My husband, at age 67, is working now, but he has had gaps in his ca… --- ## [Great Thread starters I've forgotten](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-thread-starters-ive-forgotten/816593)
**Author:** [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2018, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-thread-starters-ive-forgotten/816593 "2018-06-22T22:57:43Z")
I have had many instances where I would have a thought and think, “Hmm. That would be a good discussion on MPSIMS.” When I finally get in front a a keyboard, I have almost no idea what the thought was, or I remember wh… --- ## [Adjusting the volume on different tabs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adjusting-the-volume-on-different-tabs/816525)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adjusting-the-volume-on-different-tabs/816525 "2018-06-22T20:46:17Z")
I am always streaming music. If I am on the computer, there is always music playing. Mostly streaming NPR. While watching a game or viewing a news video, I would like to lower the volume on the music. But, it is all or … --- ## [Charles Krauthammer has died (title update)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-krauthammer-has-died-title-update/815923)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-krauthammer-has-died-title-update/815923 "2018-06-22T20:35:21Z")
This is sad news indeed. He has been a lion of the conservative movement for many years. I have enjoyed his columns. One example of his writing: “In explaining any puzzling Washington phenomenon, always choose stup… --- ## [Freezer suddenly has white clouds upon opening door (need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freezer-suddenly-has-white-clouds-upon-opening-door-need-answer-fast/816548)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freezer-suddenly-has-white-clouds-upon-opening-door-need-answer-fast/816548 "2018-06-22T20:28:43Z")
So, I open my freezer door tonight and there are these white clouds of vapor wafting about. Never happened before. Can’t figure out if it’s water vapor (then why never before,) or if it means there is an ammonia/nitrogen… --- ## [What's the wallpaper on your digital devices?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wallpaper-on-your-digital-devices/816422)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2018, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wallpaper-on-your-digital-devices/816422 "2018-06-22T15:13:58Z")
Home computer - Death Star trench run Work computer - Tron light cycles Phone - My 14 year old beagle, Ginger, wants some popcorn Tablet - A cool cosmic space/time digital thing --- ## [Children taken at the Border When Parents are Charged with Misdemeanors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-taken-at-the-border-when-parents-are-charged-with-misdemeanors/816247)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2018, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-taken-at-the-border-when-parents-are-charged-with-misdemeanors/816247 "2018-06-22T12:26:06Z")
Breaking news from Chris Hayes on MCNBC: (CBP - Customs & Border Patrol) This situation gets worse the more we learn about it. Does anyone know if any protests are planned against the separation of children from their… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=458) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=460)