# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=472 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 473 --- ## [Notable deaths on your birthday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-deaths-on-your-birthday/812901)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2018, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-deaths-on-your-birthday/812901 "2018-04-26T11:21:04Z")
Anyone significant die on the anniversary of your birth? Could be a famous person, an infamous event where people died (9/11, mass shooting, etc), a relative whose death was a major blow to you/the family, etc. I’m not … --- ## [In Memory of Corn chips and Potato chips of days long ago...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memory-of-corn-chips-and-potato-chips-of-days-long-ago/812888)
**Author:** [@Qwakkeddup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwakkeddup)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memory-of-corn-chips-and-potato-chips-of-days-long-ago/812888 "2018-04-25T19:50:34Z")
Not foodie enough for Cafe Society, Not enough rant for the Pit. I remember when you could dip corn chips of almost any variety into cement like bean dip, straight from the fridge. Potato chips that could actually be u… --- ## [Interactive maps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interactive-maps/812866)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interactive-maps/812866 "2018-04-25T19:49:24Z")
Here’s a couple specialized (not general maps like Googlemaps, Mapquest, etc.) interactive maps I know of: Dams removed in the US Wind turbines in the US (you have to click on the launch button) Roundabouts (originall… --- ## [My Wife found a Dead Guy in our Driveway.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-found-a-dead-guy-in-our-driveway/813045)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2018, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-found-a-dead-guy-in-our-driveway/813045 "2018-04-25T14:11:55Z")
Our neighbor across the street lost his wife a couple of years ago. They were in their late seventies. He took it hard. When my wife got home the other day there were police cars all over the place. A coroner’s truck ha… --- ## [Well, canned tuna apparently won't make your guts explode](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-canned-tuna-apparently-wont-make-your-guts-explode/812861)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2018, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-canned-tuna-apparently-wont-make-your-guts-explode/812861 "2018-04-25T14:11:00Z")
A newly released study suggested that high levels of zinc in canned tuna could “wreak havoc” on the human gastrointestinal tract. News outlets including the Daily \[del\]Fail\[/del\] Mail went wild with the story. Turns out… --- ## [A mouse crawled onto my arm.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mouse-crawled-onto-my-arm/812835)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mouse-crawled-onto-my-arm/812835 "2018-04-25T13:39:13Z")
Mickey, dear, I realize that you are just a mouse and not real bright, but earlier you were pushing around a snapped trap that I haven’t reset. The very trap that I used to dispatch a couple of your kin. Yeah, maybe yo… --- ## [Lies you tell your pets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-you-tell-your-pets/812745)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2018, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-you-tell-your-pets/812745 "2018-04-25T12:23:40Z")
We cut leftover meat or inexpensive cuts of meat into bite size pieces and freeze them for cookies or treats for the dog. When I take her to her crate for the night, I tell her, “I have cookies freshly frozen for your d… --- ## [Where Countries Are Tinderboxes and Facebook Is a Match](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-countries-are-tinderboxes-and-facebook-is-a-match/812882)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2018, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-countries-are-tinderboxes-and-facebook-is-a-match/812882 "2018-04-25T11:02:12Z")
Hopefully these countries will ban Facebook. --- ## [It's possible that Spring is finally coming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-possible-that-spring-is-finally-coming/812735)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2018, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-possible-that-spring-is-finally-coming/812735 "2018-04-25T04:54:32Z")
Yesterday I looked up and saw thousands of Canada Geese heading North. I think, I hope, that is, well, this MAY mean that SPRING IS COMING. Of course, it was snowing in the foothills just yesterday, but still, it’s a sig… --- ## [I found a new career: Overpricing stuff on eBay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-new-career-overpricing-stuff-on-ebay/812874)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-new-career-overpricing-stuff-on-ebay/812874 "2018-04-25T01:20:25Z")
Witness the Codi A09008 Capacitive Stylus with a low, low Buy it Now price of $32.98USD and a shipping price (USA only) of $11.44. It can be purchased on Amazon for a mere $27.57 with free shipping! CODi is a brand nam… --- ## [Caps and gowns and tassels, Oh My!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caps-and-gowns-and-tassels-oh-my/813019)
**Author:** [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caps-and-gowns-and-tassels-oh-my/813019 "2018-04-24T19:56:58Z")
Do I wear my NTHS tassel in addition to or instead of my graduation tassel? --- ## [How long w/o junkfood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-w-o-junkfood/812975)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-w-o-junkfood/812975 "2018-04-24T19:30:49Z")
Well, first off - do you regularly eat food which you know is of little/no nutritional value? Cookies, chips, candy, ice cream… Even in small amounts? We buy some of the above on most of our weekly grocery buying trip… --- ## [Anybody old enough to remember priveys...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-old-enough-to-remember-priveys/812233)
**Author:** [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-old-enough-to-remember-priveys/812233 "2018-04-24T14:41:45Z")
…let alone use them? I grew up during the Great Depression, and my parents were divorced when I was about three years old. So, my mom did the best she could, always moving about. She kept a record of all the places we … --- ## [New Nickname: " Money Laundering Sean"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-nickname-money-laundering-sean/812930)
**Author:** [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2018, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-nickname-money-laundering-sean/812930 "2018-04-24T12:20:57Z")
Man, that Sean Hannity is a sneaky, lying snake. He “maybe” only slid Trump’s “fixer-attorney” ten dollars to hear Cohen’s views on “real estate”. It’s becoming very clear now that “real estate” means “money laundering” … --- ## [What are your favorite places that you've traveled to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-places-that-youve-traveled-to/810530)
**Author:** [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2018, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-places-that-youve-traveled-to/810530 "2018-04-24T12:05:37Z")
Hi Dopers, as I stare at the nearly two feet of snow outside hoping that it doesn’t pulverize the car as it falls off the roof I cannot help but daydream of nicer climates. Where are some of the favorite places that you’… --- ## [Car radio plays same song as finale of concert](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-radio-plays-same-song-as-finale-of-concert/812925)
**Author:** [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-radio-plays-same-song-as-finale-of-concert/812925 "2018-04-24T04:37:30Z")
Has anyone been to a musical event and when they returned to their car, the radio was playing the same song that the event finished with? Because now I have. I went to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s Women Rock, featur… --- ## [Former first lady Barbara Bush has decided to end medical treatment... \[Update: RIP\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-first-lady-barbara-bush-has-decided-to-end-medical-treatment-update-rip/812458)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-first-lady-barbara-bush-has-decided-to-end-medical-treatment-update-rip/812458 "2018-04-24T03:11:33Z")
Sad news. --- ## [Folks, PLEASE do not let your doggies run free in dense urban neighborhoods.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-please-do-not-let-your-doggies-run-free-in-dense-urban-neighborhoods/812928)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-please-do-not-let-your-doggies-run-free-in-dense-urban-neighborhoods/812928 "2018-04-23T22:35:13Z")
I just saw a very sweet doggie get hit by a car a block from our house, right in front of its family, by a friend of theirs. The poor doggie. It was such a helpless feeling, and I can’t imagine how it was for them - I d… --- ## [Hero Doesn't Consider Himself a Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hero-doesnt-consider-himself-a-hero/812989)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hero-doesnt-consider-himself-a-hero/812989 "2018-04-23T18:46:53Z")
‘It was life or death’: Hero bystander jumped gunman, snatched AR-15 at Nashville Waffle House I’m sure what this guy says is technically true, but nonetheless, many people in his situation wouldn’t have the ability t… --- ## [Frustration with our "Home" phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frustration-with-our-home-phone/812659)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2018, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frustration-with-our-home-phone/812659 "2018-04-23T15:49:38Z")
Just a vent. Like most people for years we only had ONE phone number. Our landline. We always gave that out. However we probably have had cell numbers for the past 10-15 years. Over time we quit giving out our “home” nu… --- ## [I Learned \[Amazon\] order history can be downloaded into a csv file. Very helpful.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-learned-amazon-order-history-can-be-downloaded-into-a-csv-file-very-helpful/812811)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2018, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-learned-amazon-order-history-can-be-downloaded-into-a-csv-file-very-helpful/812811 "2018-04-23T05:30:46Z")
Creating csv files to import into Excel or Access is a routine part of my job. It’s nice to learn Amazon will create a csv file very easily. It imports in Excel or Access. Acesss is your best choice if you take the time… --- ## [The last person who was alive in the 19th century just died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-person-who-was-alive-in-the-19th-century-just-died/784537)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2018, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-person-who-was-alive-in-the-19th-century-just-died/784537 "2018-04-23T04:30:56Z")
Thats an odd thought, that nobody on earth who was alive before 1900 is alive now. --- ## [Sleeping in in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-in-the-mmp/812498)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2018, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-in-the-mmp/812498 "2018-04-23T03:07:02Z")
Ahhh, Moanday, a day I get to ‘sleep in’…& go to irk??? :confused: 'Cept we’re getting deluged (1-2" of windy rain. What do I mean by sleep in & go to irk? Sat alarm was 4am & Yestidy was 5am since I ended up spending… --- ## [I just found this forum while googling why my Tylenol 3s aren't helping my toothache](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-this-forum-while-googling-why-my-tylenol-3s-arent-helping-my-toothache/812851)
**Author:** [@nexopia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nexopia)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-this-forum-while-googling-why-my-tylenol-3s-arent-helping-my-toothache/812851 "2018-04-23T01:46:07Z")
It’s so oldschool :eek: I find it so hard to find oldschool forums these days. Google doesn’t like to show them on the first page usually --- ## [Android audio codec problems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-audio-codec-problems/812919)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2018, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-audio-codec-problems/812919 "2018-04-23T01:29:10Z")
I was looking around at modern TV series that involved humanoid robots and found a BBC series called Eve which is pretty much a modern\* Small Wonder\* (as opposed to the American modern Small Wonder, which is\* I am Franki… --- ## [‘Ain’t Nobody Got Time for This’](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ain-t-nobody-got-time-for-this/768436)
**Author:** [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ain-t-nobody-got-time-for-this/768436 "2018-04-22T23:43:11Z")
I was inspired by this story: http://ktla.com/2016/10/13/911-operator-accused-of-hanging-up-on-callers-aint-nobody-got-time-for-this/ Post something you ain’t got time for: I’ll start: I ain’t got time for rememberin… --- ## [Welcome, Chazzy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-chazzy/812877)
**Author:** [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-chazzy/812877 "2018-04-22T19:37:15Z")
Let me explain…no, there is too much. Let me sum up. For the last 13-odd years, we’ve had a trio of cats, a faded calico, a gray tabby and a little black cat. The calico and tabby were actual littermates, but the three … --- ## [Kids these days - new way to talk on the cell phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-these-days-new-way-to-talk-on-the-cell-phone/812366)
**Author:** [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-these-days-new-way-to-talk-on-the-cell-phone/812366 "2018-04-22T13:26:30Z")
So, this is something I see with increasing frequency - people talking on their cell phones by holding them 3 inches in front of their mouth, usually at about a 30 degree angle, and using the speaker to hear (or not). W… --- ## [Invasion of the Tumbleweeds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-tumbleweeds/812700)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2018, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-tumbleweeds/812700 "2018-04-22T06:05:22Z")
Go to the linked site – there are lots of pictures. We’ve seen this story before. They did it on the original Outer Limits in 1964 in an episode titled “City of Silence”, about a couple traveling cross-country when t… --- ## [Belief in Santa and Easter bunny required in Ontario](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-in-santa-and-easter-bunny-required-in-ontario/784387)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-in-santa-and-easter-bunny-required-in-ontario/784387 "2018-04-21T20:53:22Z")
Well, maybe the title is not actually accurate, but a Hamilton Ont. couple with two foster children children (aged 3 and 4) had the children removed because the child protection authorities says “Canadian values” require… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=471) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=473)