# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=47 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 48 --- ## [Anybody here have a background in growing corn? Tell me about it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-have-a-background-in-growing-corn-tell-me-about-it/1022541)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-have-a-background-in-growing-corn-tell-me-about-it/1022541 "2025-08-29T22:03:46Z")
So, I’m a total suburban kid from Massachusetts, and know virtually nothing, so enlighten me, please. What I know: there are at least two types of corn. Sweet corn (the stuff we buy by the ear and eat off the cob) and … --- ## [Best Native American name for a lake/place](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-native-american-name-for-a-lake-place/1022536)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-native-american-name-for-a-lake-place/1022536 "2025-08-29T00:13:42Z")
I gotta go with Lake Gichigoomie and I’m glad that Gordon Lightfoot including it in the song. I also thought that “Lightfoot” was a Native American name but it seems it is of Scottish descent. A decent percentage of town… --- ## [Have you ever seen a facekini on the wild?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-facekini-on-the-wild/1022439)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-facekini-on-the-wild/1022439 "2025-08-28T22:10:48Z")
The Chinese government is allegedly not fond of facekinis - a trendy head over to protect from solar radiation. Have you ever seen anyone wearing one? --- ## [The worst small office phone setup I have ever encountered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-small-office-phone-setup-i-have-ever-encountered/1022511)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-small-office-phone-setup-i-have-ever-encountered/1022511 "2025-08-28T21:06:33Z")
My husband’s doctor’s office. They never respond to the pharmacy for renewing prescriptions, the pharmacy tells us, and so I have to try to call them myself (because my husband isn’t good on the phone with English). It s… --- ## [No milk today, my lover's gone away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-milk-today-my-lovers-gone-away/1022271)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-milk-today-my-lovers-gone-away/1022271 "2025-08-28T18:35:36Z")
So, blast from the past on the air today. (Herman’s Hermits, 1968 If anyone wonders. I remember. “The company was gay”? Meant something else then, clearly.) But it left me wondering, how did that kind of home milk de… --- ## [A Blotter is Like a Lazy Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blotter-is-like-a-lazy-dog/1022523)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2025, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blotter-is-like-a-lazy-dog/1022523 "2025-08-28T11:21:46Z")
The thread title derives from a joke that I used to see all the time in printed lists of jokes. I’m sure I never heard anybody ever tell it verbally. I don’t think anyone would want to sit through the time it took to tel… --- ## [Van Houten parole reinstated by appeals court (has been released July 11, 2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-houten-parole-reinstated-by-appeals-court-has-been-released-july-11-2023/984790)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2025, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-houten-parole-reinstated-by-appeals-court-has-been-released-july-11-2023/984790 "2025-08-28T10:22:47Z")
Leslie Van Houten, Manson Family member who participated in the LaBianca murders in 1969 and had her parole rejected four times by the governor of California, could be out of prison soon. Or not. Coincidentally I was … --- ## [Gardening Season 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardening-season-2025/1015086)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardening-season-2025/1015086 "2025-08-27T19:59:15Z")
There is a tradition here of an annual thread on gardening. I see What\_Exit has started a thread on fences to keep rabbits out, and I suppose others are starting to think about their plans for this year–or if far enough … --- ## [Sometimes my brain doesn't brain quite right](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-my-brain-doesnt-brain-quite-right/1021727)
**Author:** [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-my-brain-doesnt-brain-quite-right/1021727 "2025-08-27T13:57:14Z")
When I see words that are jammed together without proper spacing - as you might see in URLs, for instance - I will frequently insert the spacing in the wrong places. For instance, there’s a website urging people to get o… --- ## [I got a US coin in my change. Except it wasn’t](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420 "2025-08-27T04:33:56Z")
I was putting my coins away and saw one that I didn’t recognise. It had a guy’s head on it, so I thought it was an American coin, but it didn’t look right. So I looked at it more closely. It was a Canadian quarter, but … --- ## [International Dog day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-dog-day/1022505)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-dog-day/1022505 "2025-08-27T03:27:01Z")
Yep. It’s today. Get that furry friend a treat or extra play time. I sent my son to buy the big ol’ box of Ol’Roy dog biscuits and take them to the shelter. My dog, Bayliss, is already spoiled, but I did tell him it w… --- ## [DoorDash driver stole my dinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doordash-driver-stole-my-dinner/1009211)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doordash-driver-stole-my-dinner/1009211 "2025-08-27T00:59:01Z")
I was going to post this in the monthly mini-rants thread in the Pit, but it’s kind of a long story, so here we are in MPSIMS. I ordered a pizza from Pizza Hut the other night. They aren’t my favorite, but it’s either t… --- ## [Solon = councilman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solon-councilman/1021517)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solon-councilman/1021517 "2025-08-26T21:58:33Z")
I was reading some newspaper articles from the 1950s and they always referred to the local council men as “solons”. I see that “lawmaker” is indeed a definition for solon but I don’t think I have ever seen it before. Gu… --- ## [Your life - luck or good management](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-luck-or-good-management/1022103)
**Author:** [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-luck-or-good-management/1022103 "2025-08-26T17:22:13Z")
For my part I do believe luck has played a strong role for me as opposed to good management. Very much a grasshopper as opposed to an industrious ant. There is some good management …I founded and ran a small Mac compute… --- ## [Flickers of Kindness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flickers-of-kindness/1022497)
**Author:** [@Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallet)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flickers-of-kindness/1022497 "2025-08-26T17:10:52Z")
Things in my life have been kind of bleak lately. I don’t leave the house, I mostly just sit and cry. But yesterday a friend forced me to go out with her and get lunch. She talked about anything and everything, and had … --- ## [My niece is a Fulbright Scholar!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-niece-is-a-fulbright-scholar/1018689)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-niece-is-a-fulbright-scholar/1018689 "2025-08-26T12:49:19Z")
For those of you who follow me, more or less, yes, this is the same niece who has gone to Indonesia twice, as part of two different exchange programs. She will be teaching English in Slovakia during the next academic ye… --- ## [Acronyms in common use with multiple meanings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-in-common-use-with-multiple-meanings/490337)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-in-common-use-with-multiple-meanings/490337 "2025-08-25T20:30:41Z")
A current thread is dealing with AWB (Assault Weapons Ban) and I assumed (before the mouseover) that is was about Average White Band(showing my age, I’m sure). Thus this thread. AWB (second sense) may not qualify for the… --- ## [The 2008 Pepsi logo change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2008-pepsi-logo-change/1022455)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2008-pepsi-logo-change/1022455 "2025-08-25T17:56:17Z")
There wasn’t all that much of a change. You can look for yourself should you choose. However. . . The consulting group who designed it had a 27-page pdf describing the change in which they reference such stuff as the … --- ## [Does anyone else say "wol-ef" instead of "wolf"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-say-wol-ef-instead-of-wolf/1022445)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-say-wol-ef-instead-of-wolf/1022445 "2025-08-25T16:38:50Z")
But only when I talk to my dog. He likes the way it sounds and he cocks his head intently. The thing is, I have heard other dog owners say it the same way! --- ## [Well I almost died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-almost-died/1020704)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-almost-died/1020704 "2025-08-25T13:32:48Z")
A friend and I went for a planned camp/hike/summit three days ago. The hike in was great. Warm, sunny and clear. I had obsessively checked the forecast for the area on weather.com which was mistake number one. I’ve since… --- ## [(Old) Imagine a world with no MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-imagine-a-world-with-no-mmp/1022207)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 304\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-imagine-a-world-with-no-mmp/1022207 "2025-08-25T12:17:37Z")
The horror! The horror!! What would we do?? Happy Moanday anyway! --- ## [Who am I, when was I born? Apple ID amnesia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-when-was-i-born-apple-id-amnesia/1022402)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-when-was-i-born-apple-id-amnesia/1022402 "2025-08-25T00:01:46Z")
I have a work iphone that they manage; install all software & push updates, etc. I now need two (free) apps for work that they don’t handle, this means I need to create an apple ID to have access to the play store to do… --- ## [Does this hat exist, or do I have to invent it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-hat-exist-or-do-i-have-to-invent-it/1022299)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-hat-exist-or-do-i-have-to-invent-it/1022299 "2025-08-24T18:43:23Z")
The hat would be purple and would say “Make America Grape Again”. Where can I get one? --- ## [Parking garage collapse in Lower Manhattan \[2023-04-18\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-garage-collapse-in-lower-manhattan-2023-04-18/982874)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-garage-collapse-in-lower-manhattan-2023-04-18/982874 "2025-08-24T16:20:02Z")
A parking garage has collapsed. --- ## [I asked Alexa a question, and she cited Straightdope.com!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-asked-alexa-a-question-and-she-cited-straightdope-com/1022428)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-asked-alexa-a-question-and-she-cited-straightdope-com/1022428 "2025-08-24T13:59:59Z")
For those who love to prove that we are still relevant in the modern age, I’m including a recent question I asked Alexa as I was cooking dinner, after driving home from the movies in the rain: “alexa are compact sedans… --- ## [MSNBC changing its name to MSNOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msnbc-changing-its-name-to-msnow/1022243)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msnbc-changing-its-name-to-msnow/1022243 "2025-08-24T06:09:30Z")
It’s due to a recent “corporate divorce” from NBC, and MSNOW will stand for “My Source News Opinion World.” Name and logo changes should be occurring soon. --- ## [Biblical trash talking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biblical-trash-talking/1022404)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biblical-trash-talking/1022404 "2025-08-24T01:06:30Z")
In the Biblical story of Lot and his daughters, they end up out in the wilderness alone. The daughters want to have kids, but the only man around is daddy. So they get their father drunk and lay with him. The offspring a… --- ## [Emmett Till's accuser dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmett-tills-accuser-dies/983282)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmett-tills-accuser-dies/983282 "2025-08-23T13:06:09Z")
Carolyn Bryant has died at age 88. In recent years, there were renewed calls for law enforcement officials to question her about her shifting and dubious accusations that led to the brutal murder of Emmett Till in Missi… --- ## [My son just had hip replacement surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-just-had-hip-replacement-surgery/1022324)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-just-had-hip-replacement-surgery/1022324 "2025-08-22T16:39:38Z")
My son had hip replacement surgery yesterday, which naturally had me in fits of worry, both about the surgery and the recovery process. It’s pretty much the most major surgery anyone in the immediate family has had in r… --- ## [Our health insurance has been paused](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-health-insurance-has-been-paused/1022365)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-health-insurance-has-been-paused/1022365 "2025-08-21T21:25:17Z")
I retired in June, and got my last paycheck on July 28. My pension hasn’t kicked in yet, so we’re without insurance (I elected to keep our plan, since it would be a lot less expensive than ACA. Because DC retirement bo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=46) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=48)