# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=465 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 466 --- ## [I just bought a new Kia Soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-new-kia-soul/688747)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-new-kia-soul/688747 "2018-05-30T15:26:15Z")
And it’s freaking awesome. I’ve been researching and waiting for over a year to be sure I was making a good decision, and boy was it worth the wait. I never would have considered one but I ran across it while searching… --- ## [The Swiss Schindler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-swiss-schindler/815078)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2018, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-swiss-schindler/815078 "2018-05-30T08:36:29Z")
Read the story of how Swiss diplomat Carl Lutz saved thousands of Jews. --- ## [Man rescues child in Paris](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-rescues-child-in-paris/815008)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2018, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-rescues-child-in-paris/815008 "2018-05-30T06:23:23Z")
This article tells how an illegal immigrant to France is now offered French citizenship for the rescue of a child in Paris. The kid is dangling from an apartment balcony four stories up. The Immigrant from Mali pulls… --- ## [Well, scramble my ass and call me an omelet! We're damned near GRANDPARENTS!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-scramble-my-ass-and-call-me-an-omelet-were-damned-near-grandparents/814790)
**Author:** [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2018, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-scramble-my-ass-and-call-me-an-omelet-were-damned-near-grandparents/814790 "2018-05-30T03:49:33Z")
I suppose it started with the jingle ball situation about two weeks ago, when Maggie (by dint of some intense, aggro workouts on the hanging rings) detached the little plastic jingle-bell-ball-thing from said rings. Of c… --- ## [“ILLEGAL”: what is happening with this building?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegal-what-is-happening-with-this-building/815037)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegal-what-is-happening-with-this-building/815037 "2018-05-29T21:26:56Z")
I am, as I tweeted, so very confused by this: :confused: I wasn’t even sure whether to post here or in GQ, but ultimately I decided the likelihood of anyone being familiar with the actual facts in this remote Minneso… --- ## [In all seriousness, what is the deal with Trump's hair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-all-seriousness-what-is-the-deal-with-trumps-hair/814754)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-all-seriousness-what-is-the-deal-with-trumps-hair/814754 "2018-05-29T16:27:25Z")
I’m quite certain I’ve never seen another human with that 'do. The sides sweep in a wing-like fashion toward the back of the bean, presumably held in place horizontally by a spray that must be available by prescription o… --- ## [Victorinox Rocks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victorinox-rocks/813921)
**Author:** [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victorinox-rocks/813921 "2018-05-29T15:36:29Z")
I’ve had a SAK in some form or another since I was 8 years old, and my last two have been the Rucksack , which was AFAIK one of the first large locking blade versions. The one I sent has been with me for close to 20 yea… --- ## [Time travel and copyright.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-and-copyright/814866)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-and-copyright/814866 "2018-05-29T15:28:16Z")
A freak accident hurls me back in time 25 years. Unable to return to 2018 and without a job in 1993, I have to have a way to make a living. At the time I had my accident, I happened to be holding a tablet computer with a… --- ## [Closing in on the "Unofficial Start of Summer" in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-in-on-the-unofficial-start-of-summer-in-the-mmp/814549)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-in-on-the-unofficial-start-of-summer-in-the-mmp/814549 "2018-05-29T13:58:09Z")
Next weekend is Memorial Day weekend in the US, marking, for most places, the end of the school year and the start of summer vacation months. Funny how that’s pretty meaningless when you or your kids are no longer in sc… --- ## [Help us find magnetic flames](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-find-magnetic-flames/814806)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-find-magnetic-flames/814806 "2018-05-28T21:29:20Z")
Some years back I gave my brother a motorcycle. When I rode it I had put (approximately 5 X 3 inch) magnetic flames on the tank, one on each side. Kind of hokey I know, but it was a cheap and easy way to add some flare t… --- ## [North Korean Summit back on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-summit-back-on/814927)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-summit-back-on/814927 "2018-05-28T17:49:11Z")
I was just looking at Trump’s twitter stream, and I noticed this: Didn’t he put out a letter a few days ago cancelling the summit? I found one article, on the Washington Post, that mentions his tweet. It has no explan… --- ## [A left-handed girl throw](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-left-handed-girl-throw/814945)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2018, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-left-handed-girl-throw/814945 "2018-05-28T05:26:56Z")
But da-yum, Kelsey Plum! This is a year old but I didn’t see it posted: - YouTube Nice one handed catch too. --- ## [Help me get my new computer up and running, if you please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-my-new-computer-up-and-running-if-you-please/814883)
**Author:** [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2018, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-my-new-computer-up-and-running-if-you-please/814883 "2018-05-28T02:14:12Z")
I got a good deal from a guy on a fairly new Dell XPS 13 laptop computer, running Windows 10. Everything’s great, except I haven’t bought a new computer in a while, and I’m experiencing problems no doubt stemming from t… --- ## [Cute, Pretty or Beautiful?...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-pretty-or-beautiful/814660)
**Author:** [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-pretty-or-beautiful/814660 "2018-05-27T18:34:18Z")
I think I’ve posted in the one of the threads that I’ve female friends (including my ex) ask me if they’re pretty and I’ve replied, “Nope, you’re cute and can’t be pretty, but that’s good because I like cute!”. My expla… --- ## [Posts you are stealing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-you-are-stealing/814850)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2018, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-you-are-stealing/814850 "2018-05-27T03:56:39Z")
Inspired by don’t mind me, as quoted below. This thread is for posts you like enough to re-post, share with other, and shamelessly steal. Please share them here. We want them too. :smiley: --- ## [What decade does it become too risky to use your time machine to kill Hitler?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-decade-does-it-become-too-risky-to-use-your-time-machine-to-kill-hitler/814821)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-decade-does-it-become-too-risky-to-use-your-time-machine-to-kill-hitler/814821 "2018-05-27T03:54:15Z")
In 1946, easy call. 1956, still probably a go. But in 2018? I’d be too afraid it would remove me or other people I care about from existence. KWIM? --- ## [RIP Alan Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-alan-bean/814877)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-alan-bean/814877 "2018-05-27T02:41:02Z")
Alan Bean, Apollo 12 Astronaut Who Walked On The Moon, Dies At 86 :frowning: --- ## [Russians hack US routers - FBI advises users to reboot now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russians-hack-us-routers-fbi-advises-users-to-reboot-now/814830)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2018, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russians-hack-us-routers-fbi-advises-users-to-reboot-now/814830 "2018-05-27T01:24:25Z")
From arstechnica (and other sources), new malware from Russia has been found on an estimated American 500K devices. The FBI issued the following statement on what to do to protect yourself: Note that this is not a p… --- ## [how to get a urine stain out of car seat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-a-urine-stain-out-of-car-seat/814525)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2018, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-a-urine-stain-out-of-car-seat/814525 "2018-05-26T02:26:17Z")
This is so MPSIMS-ish that I’m not going to put it in GQ - there is now a fresh (human) urine stain in my car. (smartCar, for what it’s worth.) If I don’t get rid of it, what’s the worst that could happen? (Other than o… --- ## ["Summa cum laude" graduation cake design rejected due to perceived vulgarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summa-cum-laude-graduation-cake-design-rejected-due-to-perceived-vulgarity/814619)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2018, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summa-cum-laude-graduation-cake-design-rejected-due-to-perceived-vulgarity/814619 "2018-05-26T01:25:41Z")
Sad sad sad. --- ## [Personal Holy Grail's you've found...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-holy-grails-youve-found/814782)
**Author:** [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2018, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-holy-grails-youve-found/814782 "2018-05-25T22:23:55Z")
As I get older, I realize I’ve found several personal Holy Grail’s in my life… Music - Cream (Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker). As I’ve posted in in another thread, I’ve been listening to the same Cream songs … --- ## [Yard appliances that have both an electric or internal combustion power source](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yard-appliances-that-have-both-an-electric-or-internal-combustion-power-source/814681)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yard-appliances-that-have-both-an-electric-or-internal-combustion-power-source/814681 "2018-05-25T21:48:39Z")
Someone I know has a house with a small yard. All their tools are internal combustion. Personally if it were me I’d probably stick with the internal combustion lawnmower but have everything else be electric due to how sm… --- ## [Shooting at Indiana middle school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-indiana-middle-school/814795)
**Author:** [@Ionizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ionizer)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-indiana-middle-school/814795 "2018-05-25T19:52:38Z")
Its still being sorted out, but apparently someone started shooting at Noblesville West Middle School in (?city/town) Indiana. So far, reports say that one adult and one student are in critical condition (IIRC)… More a… --- ## [The origin of "Political Correctness"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origin-of-political-correctness/814729)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origin-of-political-correctness/814729 "2018-05-25T16:53:46Z")
I have developed a theory on the origin of excessive “Political Correctness”. Now, I am not opposed to some form of delicacy when dealing with other people, whose values, religion or whatnot are different from ones own:… --- ## [The joys of volunteering to help with a school trip.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-volunteering-to-help-with-a-school-trip/814638)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2018, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-volunteering-to-help-with-a-school-trip/814638 "2018-05-25T00:19:04Z")
Grab your cup of tea or coffee, sit down, and read this hilarious tale of woe told in a long series of tweets. --- ## [Do you rotate the wearing of any of your clothes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697 "2018-05-24T22:59:07Z")
Just wondering how weird I am. My underwear is lined up neatly in my drawer, single file. I retrieve the closest pair when in need, and place newly laundered and folded skivvies at the back of the row to wait their turn… --- ## [Unfortunate names of real people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names-of-real-people/577705)
**Author:** [@NetTrekker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NetTrekker)\ **Replies:** 334\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names-of-real-people/577705 "2018-05-24T21:51:11Z")
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772\_3-20050585-52.html by Daniel Terdiman I wonder what he got called at school, poor guy. He probably just got used to it eventually. --- ## [Dog attacked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-attacked/814028)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-attacked/814028 "2018-05-24T21:23:18Z")
This evening while my sister-in-law was walking her Australian shepherd Sadie, a pit bull attacked and ripped Sadie’s chest open. She is in triage right now, but it doesn’t look good. --- ## [Tesla Powerwall 2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-powerwall-2-0/792182)
**Author:** [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-powerwall-2-0/792182 "2018-05-24T18:43:02Z")
Guess who got a Tesla Powerwall 2.0? ^----- This guy. It just got installed, so technically we’re not supposed to even turn it on until it gets inspected by the city and the local utility company. I got that instruct… --- ## [I think my new, used Prius is awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-new-used-prius-is-awesome/814653)
**Author:** [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-new-used-prius-is-awesome/814653 "2018-05-24T17:27:28Z")
Finally got a car that isn’t from last century and manufactured before I graduated high school. I bought a 2012 Prius with 84k miles on it for $9500. Paid cash. To me, the textured plastics inside that make this thing… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=464) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=466)