# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=471 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 472 --- ## [In case you were wondering, Lyft sucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-you-were-wondering-lyft-sucks/713802)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2018, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-you-were-wondering-lyft-sucks/713802 "2018-05-02T05:38:05Z")
You probably weren’t since you use Uber like a normal person, but I signed up because my friend had some promo offer for a $20 ride credit, and “free” is my favorite four-letter f word, despite the frequency with which I… --- ## [Our backyard shed sprouted kittens (again)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-backyard-shed-sprouted-kittens-again/813250)
**Author:** [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2018, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-backyard-shed-sprouted-kittens-again/813250 "2018-05-02T05:34:27Z")
Fellow cat lovers may remember my thread about the orange kitten who took up residence under our backyard shed last winter. I fattened up this kitten I didn’t want and didn’t name Donald, and then one day his doppelgange… --- ## [Give me some good ways to think about job rejection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-good-ways-to-think-about-job-rejection/813442)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2018, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-good-ways-to-think-about-job-rejection/813442 "2018-05-02T01:29:25Z")
A shitty day . . . I was an internal candidate for a job I was kind of ambivalent about, but at least wanted to be offered it! I was actually interviewed twice for this job in the past and was the number two candidate bo… --- ## [Do you know where these fuzzy lint balls on my sheets come from?? Could it be from pet fur?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-where-these-fuzzy-lint-balls-on-my-sheets-come-from-could-it-be-from-pet-fur/813327)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-where-these-fuzzy-lint-balls-on-my-sheets-come-from-could-it-be-from-pet-fur/813327 "2018-05-01T15:40:25Z")
Has anyone experienced this stupid problem? I’ve been sleeping a couple of weeks in the spare room on cheap cotton sheets that develop biggish bits of grayish lint on them. I wash them, put them back on, sleep there, … --- ## [Ontario Court of Appeal upholds police officer's conviction for shooting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ontario-court-of-appeal-upholds-police-officers-conviction-for-shooting/813361)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2018, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ontario-court-of-appeal-upholds-police-officers-conviction-for-shooting/813361 "2018-05-01T04:55:39Z")
There’s been at least one previous thread about this killing. Sammy Yatim was on a Toronto street car with a knife and acting oddly. The police were called and the matter all videoed by bystanders. Yatim started comin… --- ## [Is it rude to ask your age?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-ask-your-age/812935)
**Author:** [@nexopia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nexopia)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2018, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-ask-your-age/812935 "2018-05-01T00:46:30Z")
I’m very curious lmao It seems like I’ve come across a forum for 50+ \<.\< \>.\> Have I? --- ## [Do people still use radar detectors in their vehicles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-use-radar-detectors-in-their-vehicles/813247)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-use-radar-detectors-in-their-vehicles/813247 "2018-04-30T17:30:42Z")
They were all the rage in the 1990s. Haven’t seen too many over the past 10 or 15 years. Just curious. --- ## [How are you feeling? And can I beat you up for that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-feeling-and-can-i-beat-you-up-for-that/813202)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-feeling-and-can-i-beat-you-up-for-that/813202 "2018-04-30T15:57:07Z")
TL : DR It’s long and about abuse. Not particularly well written, but it’s mundane, perhaps pointless and I though I’d share: “Tokyo, how are you feeling?” What a seemingly normal, perhaps even banal query in a normal … --- ## [Here was a first-rate opportunity for a Gilbert & Sullivan fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-was-a-first-rate-opportunity-for-a-gilbert-sullivan-fan/813319)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-was-a-first-rate-opportunity-for-a-gilbert-sullivan-fan/813319 "2018-04-30T14:37:12Z")
Yesterday Möpsin and me had our wedding in church (the registry office wedding was three weeks ago). Quite apart from the joy of having the question that I asked her almost six years ago, at least answered in the affirm… --- ## [Favorite Post World War II First Lady ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-post-world-war-ii-first-lady/812939)
**Author:** [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-post-world-war-ii-first-lady/812939 "2018-04-30T08:35:01Z")
With Barbara Bush’s recent passing, I watched coverage of her funeral in Houston, Texas, which was attended by former presidents and first ladies(sans the Carters), including current position holder, Melania Trump. This … --- ## [So, I got a Maine Coon kitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-a-maine-coon-kitten/799150)
**Author:** [@Scougs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scougs)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-a-maine-coon-kitten/799150 "2018-04-30T07:26:21Z")
Background: I’ve had moggy rescue cats my whole life. I had three indoor cats from March 2003 to August 2016, when my dear old Ghost had to be euthanased, aged nearly 19. Down to two cats. In early July this year, I … --- ## [Galactic pile-up! Astronomers discover a cluster of 14 colliding galaxies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galactic-pile-up-astronomers-discover-a-cluster-of-14-colliding-galaxies/813196)
**Author:** [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galactic-pile-up-astronomers-discover-a-cluster-of-14-colliding-galaxies/813196 "2018-04-30T06:39:03Z")
The ALMA telescope in Chile has revealed that a smudge of light originally spotted in 2010 is actually a cluster of 14 galaxies, which will eventually merge and become the largest structure in the universe. From Science… --- ## [Who knows what a "gully washer" is?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-what-a-gully-washer-is/813193)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-what-a-gully-washer-is/813193 "2018-04-30T05:13:49Z")
…well anybody? --- ## [Back in the office in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-in-the-office-in-the-mmp/812961)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-in-the-office-in-the-mmp/812961 "2018-04-30T02:26:50Z")
I consider it to be a major accomplishment when returning to the office after an absence toremember my password. I also got “my” parking space this morning - no, they’re not assigned, but since I’m here so early, I usua… --- ## [Just have to share why my mind is completely blown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-have-to-share-why-my-mind-is-completely-blown/812991)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-have-to-share-why-my-mind-is-completely-blown/812991 "2018-04-29T14:50:56Z")
So I work for a fairly staid, conservative company. We are undergoing a culture change, which I like, but… what’s happening today might be a little too far, too fast. Not sure. So I’m in a two-day meeting with extern… --- ## [Did you have play clothes as a kid? Do/does your kid(s)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-play-clothes-as-a-kid-do-does-your-kid-s/813129)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2018, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-play-clothes-as-a-kid-do-does-your-kid-s/813129 "2018-04-28T23:14:21Z")
Not clothes to play dress up in, mind you. When I was from about the ages of 3 and maybe 8, I wasn’t allowed to go out and play in the clothes I wore to preschool and then elementary school. Instead I had a few changes … --- ## [Is there a way to boost cell phone signal at home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-boost-cell-phone-signal-at-home/813280)
**Author:** [@sara20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sara20)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-boost-cell-phone-signal-at-home/813280 "2018-04-28T21:12:03Z")
At home I always have 1 bar with ATT, is there a way to boost signal so I have more bars? --- ## [So Trump Tower is on fire.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-trump-tower-is-on-fire/812003)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-trump-tower-is-on-fire/812003 "2018-04-28T16:53:05Z")
On the 50th floor, I think they said (on CBS news, just now.) Apparently it is getting worse. (I’m sure there will be any number of links that can be found in the hours and days to come.) --- ## [I've had better Tuesday afternoons....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-better-tuesday-afternoons/813095)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2018, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-better-tuesday-afternoons/813095 "2018-04-28T04:27:31Z")
Well, this sucks. A couple of days ago, in the morning as I was lying in bed, strangling Schooner away from shoving his cold wet whiskery nose in my face (“Breakfast time! LOVE you! Lovelovelove FEED ME!”) I noticed … --- ## [Finding your SDMB posts on other websites.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-your-sdmb-posts-on-other-websites/813052)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2018, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-your-sdmb-posts-on-other-websites/813052 "2018-04-27T23:49:43Z")
I don’t even remember what rabbit hole I was down that caused me to come across this: It’s from a thread on the pronunciation of “divisive”: I am quoted on there saying how I pronounce it with the soft “I” sound ra… --- ## [Vehicle attack in Toronto](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vehicle-attack-in-toronto/812997)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vehicle-attack-in-toronto/812997 "2018-04-27T22:13:17Z")
source No official word yet on casualties, but the witness descriptions seem to indicate at least several fatalities. ETA: I don’t want to run afoul of prohibition against political jabs in a breaking news thread, but… --- ## [Ways you've chosen to remember a beloved pet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-youve-chosen-to-remember-a-beloved-pet/812094)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2018, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-youve-chosen-to-remember-a-beloved-pet/812094 "2018-04-27T20:24:19Z")
For the first time in my adult life, I pet that I’d been with for a significant amount of years passed away. I got to live with Cuthbert when my now-wife moved in with me seven years ago. I definitely tend to run on the … --- ## [Need an Android smartphone that won't overheat for once](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-android-smartphone-that-wont-overheat-for-once/813009)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-android-smartphone-that-wont-overheat-for-once/813009 "2018-04-27T18:45:05Z")
I’ve used three different Android smartphones over the past five years (HTC One X, LG G3, LG Tribute) and they all had overheating problems. With the last one, I’m not sure it can even last 2-3 more days without somethin… --- ## [Detroit in the news for something good: truckers deter suicide jumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-in-the-news-for-something-good-truckers-deter-suicide-jumper/813093)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-in-the-news-for-something-good-truckers-deter-suicide-jumper/813093 "2018-04-27T17:07:08Z")
On a suburban Detroit highway, a bunch of truck drivers helped keep a guy from jumping to his death. at the request of police, the truckers parked their vehicles in a tight formation under the bridge, the idea being to … --- ## [Justin the metro chess master.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-the-metro-chess-master/813222)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-the-metro-chess-master/813222 "2018-04-27T16:49:40Z")
It’s a rainy day, and I like those, but today I’m stressed with a work deadline and feeling out of sorts, physically and mentally. Just one of those days, y’know? Sitting on metro on the ride in to work, I’m playing a … --- ## [Literally doing a figure of speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literally-doing-a-figure-of-speech/813164)
**Author:** [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2018, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literally-doing-a-figure-of-speech/813164 "2018-04-27T11:14:43Z")
I just literally did a back-of-an-envelope calculation using a pen, grade 8 math skills and, well, the back of an envelope. When was the last time did something similar? --- ## [anyone ever hear from "MeanOldLady" anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hear-from-meanoldlady-anymore/805898)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2018, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hear-from-meanoldlady-anymore/805898 "2018-04-27T01:51:38Z")
I was much more active around here 2 - 3 years ago, but one poster who always made me think, or gave me a chuckle, was MeanOldLady. Truth be told, I hadn’t even thought specifically of her in a number of months, but ton… --- ## [What are the boundaries of the crime of solicitation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-boundaries-of-the-crime-of-solicitation/813059)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-boundaries-of-the-crime-of-solicitation/813059 "2018-04-26T19:28:06Z")
I understand that in the United States there will be 52 different answers and that there are many nuances, but I am trying to wrap my head around it. Several principles come to mind (and correct me if I am wrong about t… --- ## [Ah, young love... or, people (perhaps stupidly) getting married young.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-young-love-or-people-perhaps-stupidly-getting-married-young/812798)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-young-love-or-people-perhaps-stupidly-getting-married-young/812798 "2018-04-26T17:35:02Z")
I’m hoping y’all will share anecdotes of people getting married young and/or after a brief courtship. I’m hoping to find stories of successful relationships but total disasters are welcome too. See, my nephew has decide… --- ## [I'm back!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/813160)
**Author:** [@laurieb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/laurieb)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/813160 "2018-04-26T15:08:51Z")
Hi, most of you probably don’t know or remember me. I’m Laura (my friends call me Laurie). I live here in Chicago with my boyfriend and our two dogs. Been really busy over the past few months, different business trips a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=470) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=472)