# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=463 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 464 --- ## [14th Human Foot washes ashore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-human-foot-washes-ashore/814134)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2018, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-human-foot-washes-ashore/814134 "2018-06-07T13:19:37Z")
A 14th human foot — this one in a hiking boot — washes ashore in Canada Seriously, wasn’t this a Bones episode? --- ## [Insurance question, cuz I’m an idiot...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-question-cuz-i-m-an-idiot/814038)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2018, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-question-cuz-i-m-an-idiot/814038 "2018-06-07T09:31:52Z")
So my renter’s insurance is lapsing tomorrow (Sunday) for non-payment, because I’m a moron and thought I had automatic payments on it, like I do my car insurance (and because I’ve had this issue in the past for the same … --- ## [Odometer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odometer/815503)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2018, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odometer/815503 "2018-06-07T02:59:53Z")
Woo hoo! Two things I’ve told people today: I’m never going to drive this car again. I’m going to try to sell it to a computer programmer and convince him it has only 63 miles on i… --- ## [Trump gives full pardon to conservative fraudster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-gives-full-pardon-to-conservative-fraudster/815200)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-gives-full-pardon-to-conservative-fraudster/815200 "2018-06-07T01:45:59Z")
He gave a full pardon to yet another conservative criminal, Dinesh Dsouza, who was …and as usual Trump did not go through the department’s Office of Pardon Attorney. Interesting, but not surprising, It’s good to be … --- ## [I’m shocked and don’t know what to do \[kids and internet activity\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-shocked-and-don-t-know-what-to-do-kids-and-internet-activity/815329)
**Author:** [@Telli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telli)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-shocked-and-don-t-know-what-to-do-kids-and-internet-activity/815329 "2018-06-06T20:58:59Z")
I found out that my 15 year old teenage son has been using an app called discord. I went on the computer and found his account where he has been chatting with friends and using swear words and horrible language. I think … --- ## [Memorial weekend beat down courtesy of the New Jersey police.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-weekend-beat-down-courtesy-of-the-new-jersey-police/814961)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-weekend-beat-down-courtesy-of-the-new-jersey-police/814961 "2018-06-06T18:56:36Z")
Couple disturbing things here. Why were the cops on that beach in the first place? It was quiet. The person who took the video had been asleep. People were quietly sunning on the beach. Any drinking that took place was n… --- ## [Why do men like Bill Clinton take terrible risks with their sex life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-like-bill-clinton-take-terrible-risks-with-their-sex-life/815331)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-like-bill-clinton-take-terrible-risks-with-their-sex-life/815331 "2018-06-06T16:30:11Z")
I’m watching “Clinton” on PBS/Amazon Prime and am in the middle of the Lewinsky affair. I don’t want this thread to become political and I’m not (in this thread) criticizing Clinton’s politics. However, in this documen… --- ## [Wild fire has my dogs BUGGIN!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-fire-has-my-dogs-buggin/815396)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-fire-has-my-dogs-buggin/815396 "2018-06-06T15:45:39Z")
Big ole’ wildfire burning in the hills behind my house. Pretty close, actually. I was off-roading out with the dogs earlier, and the ridge just ahead was crowning, but the wind was a stiff west-to-east and it couldn’t ad… --- ## [Free stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-stuff/792918)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-stuff/792918 "2018-06-06T00:35:23Z")
Friday we got two new windows. Milgard, double-paned, and the side window opens (Yay!). The glazers would ordinarily haul off the old windows and trash them, but I hate it when useful things are destroyed and dumped. … --- ## [Is there anything more grueling to sit through than a high school graduation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-more-grueling-to-sit-through-than-a-high-school-graduation/814645)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-more-grueling-to-sit-through-than-a-high-school-graduation/814645 "2018-06-05T21:53:40Z")
I attended a high school graduation on Saturday. I’ve had dental appointments that were more enjoyable. Speaker after speaker after speaker, all long-winded, and all peppered with trite expressions, random quotations, a… --- ## [It's Billie Joe McAllister Day 2018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-billie-joe-mcallister-day-2018/815344)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-billie-joe-mcallister-day-2018/815344 "2018-06-05T16:42:58Z")
I’ve got 5 more acres in the lower 40 to plow… That sultry Bobbie Gentry video --- ## [Dutch company trains eagles to intercept hostile drones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-company-trains-eagles-to-intercept-hostile-drones/815364)
**Author:** [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-company-trains-eagles-to-intercept-hostile-drones/815364 "2018-06-05T11:04:26Z")
http://guardfromabove.com/ I was reading the very interesting Time special report on drones and there was a mention of this company. I am skeptical about whether there is a practical business model here but it’s a cool … --- ## [Self stuck any advice or general comments appreciated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-stuck-any-advice-or-general-comments-appreciated/815370)
**Author:** [@Cartesian\_Rationalist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartesian_Rationalist)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-stuck-any-advice-or-general-comments-appreciated/815370 "2018-06-05T07:24:40Z")
I’m going to try and not think much and just say what I think I should say, though it seems evident to me that I’ll come off as a spoiled-brat, which is in no doubt true, at least in part. I’ve been born pretty well off … --- ## [Getting over a relationship...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-over-a-relationship/815326)
**Author:** [@alliw76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alliw76)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-over-a-relationship/815326 "2018-06-05T03:59:33Z")
How long should it take someone to get over a long term relationship…Especially one that ended badly?? I was with him for seven years and the end was horrible. He cheated and broke me. But, I still miss the “good“ sides… --- ## [B-25 bomber for sale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-25-bomber-for-sale/814929)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-25-bomber-for-sale/814929 "2018-06-05T03:45:06Z")
$1.4M. Not a bad price, really. http://courtesyaircraft.com/aircraft/n9079z-north-american-tb-25n/ --- ## [MS Corporation -- MS = Must SPAM?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-corporation-ms-must-spam/814825)
**Author:** [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-corporation-ms-must-spam/814825 "2018-06-05T00:35:42Z")
Warning: This is Grestarian and he’s rambling as usual. Be forewarned. So one day the new boss said “You might brush up on Windows PowerShell since you’ll be using it with the systemic automation scripting tool you’ll… --- ## [Don't yell at me, Argentina](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-yell-at-me-argentina/815374)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-yell-at-me-argentina/815374 "2018-06-04T20:13:04Z")
Protip: if you ever gain any official position in Argentina, never, ever eat part of a life-sized Jesus cake. --- ## [I am a pedalphile, and I am not ashamed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-pedalphile-and-i-am-not-ashamed/815273)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-pedalphile-and-i-am-not-ashamed/815273 "2018-06-04T18:39:58Z")
I could look at them all day, and when I put my body on them and move around my heart races and I even start sweating. Such a variety to choose from! --- ## [The Memorial Day MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memorial-day-mmp/814959)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memorial-day-mmp/814959 "2018-06-04T18:39:46Z")
Where are all y’all slackers today? Happy Moonday! It’s cool and cloudy this morning. It’s 66 degrees now and supposed to get up to 77. I hate starting the MMPs cause I never have much to say. I \*could \*say a lot, w… --- ## [Odd Halloween treats.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-halloween-treats/815265)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-halloween-treats/815265 "2018-06-04T17:30:44Z")
Be creative. They can be home made. Your suggestions must fall into one of these categories. More than just boxes of raisins (ii) or tooth brushes (ii) A. Kids love it, parents hate it. ii. Kids hate it, parents love i… --- ## [Close encounters of the ‘you’ve got to be kidding’ kind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-of-the-you-ve-got-to-be-kidding-kind/815080)
**Author:** [@Alonzo\_John\_Blitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alonzo_John_Blitz)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-of-the-you-ve-got-to-be-kidding-kind/815080 "2018-06-04T17:15:19Z")
When I moved out on my own at the age of seventeen I didn’t have a car, and the apartment building didn’t have laundry facilities. So when at last my dirty duds confronted me in their stinking righteousness I’d haul the… --- ## [It is REALLY hard to learn left-foot braking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-really-hard-to-learn-left-foot-braking/815270)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-really-hard-to-learn-left-foot-braking/815270 "2018-06-04T16:58:29Z")
Or, more accurately, to un-learn decades of right-foot only between the throttle and the brake. I’ve accomplished the braking technique on a track straightaway, but my brain struggles when it’s anything but a straight l… --- ## [What's your masturbation technique?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-masturbation-technique/814766)
**Author:** [@Major\_Major\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Major_Major_1)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-masturbation-technique/814766 "2018-06-04T16:39:43Z")
Up until maybe the last 3 - 5 years I was a right-hand wanker, my right hand being my dominant hand. Somewhere along the line I changed to left hand and I’ve masturbated with my left hand exclusively since then. Not sur… --- ## [Do they say anything about people with two LAST names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-say-anything-about-people-with-two-last-names/815168)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-say-anything-about-people-with-two-last-names/815168 "2018-06-04T16:00:31Z")
Like Baker Mayfield and Hunter Strickland, the two examples that shot off the top of my head. --- ## [Design your flashlights so they don't get screwed up by pocket change!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-your-flashlights-so-they-dont-get-screwed-up-by-pocket-change/815256)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-your-flashlights-so-they-dont-get-screwed-up-by-pocket-change/815256 "2018-06-04T14:27:55Z")
this is a pretty petty rant, but it annoys me because this should never be an issue. I loved my Maglite. I purchased my first one when going on a river trip, and a needed a sturdy, waterproof flashlight. the Maglight wa… --- ## [I love Puerto Ricans: then I ran into THIS fucking guy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-puerto-ricans-then-i-ran-into-this-fucking-guy/815349)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-puerto-ricans-then-i-ran-into-this-fucking-guy/815349 "2018-06-04T11:45:49Z")
To set this up, I donated money to the Puerto Rican Red Cross hurricane relief effort, and have debated multiple assholes who have argued the Puerto Rico hurricane disaster is all Puerto Ricos fault, even bringing up 200… --- ## [World Value Survey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-value-survey/815397)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-value-survey/815397 "2018-06-04T06:22:15Z")
I’d never heard of the World Value Survey until recently. But I just downloaded their “Wave 6” raw data of 90,350 people surveyed from 2010-2014. 2232 of these surveyees are from the U.S.A. There is much data: each en… --- ## [A Fifth Dachshund! With pictures!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fifth-dachshund-with-pictures/815330)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fifth-dachshund-with-pictures/815330 "2018-06-04T05:43:46Z")
I guess 4 weren’t enough. The wife comes home with this: melissa and doug dog stuffed animal - Bing :smiley: Named her “Fauxie” (pronounced Foxy). Now part of the crew with Doxie, Dixie and the rest. I use her to torme… --- ## [Beautiful summer evening here...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-summer-evening-here/815339)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2018, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-summer-evening-here/815339 "2018-06-03T03:46:15Z")
Cooled off some, from the crazy, unseasonably hot weather we’ve been having. I have a fire going, trying to burn some brush I cut last fall. Sadly, not seeing many bats this year. I know there is a “bat plague” that’s be… --- ## [Alternative word for "brainstorm"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-word-for-brainstorm/815092)
**Author:** [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-word-for-brainstorm/815092 "2018-06-02T20:58:06Z")
I don’t care for the word “brainstorm.” As a former epilepsy patient, the word has negative connotations for me. Looking at a thesaurus hasn’t given us any words we do like. So, does anyone have any suggestions for a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=462) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=464)