# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=477 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 478 --- ## [How To Get Blood Sodium Levels Up and Stay Hydrated...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-blood-sodium-levels-up-and-stay-hydrated/811538)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-blood-sodium-levels-up-and-stay-hydrated/811538 "2018-04-01T18:10:41Z")
As many of you know, I have liver cirrhosis. Now I seem to have developed refractory ascites, which means fluid keeps accumulating in my abdomen and I have to get it drained every week or every other now. This was after … --- ## [Birdsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birdsong/811541)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2018, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birdsong/811541 "2018-04-01T07:20:14Z")
I know many people aren’t fond of mockingbirds. Their voices are clear and pure, and they tend to wake up hella early, waking oneself in the process. But for me, there are few pleasures more treasured than waking up on … --- ## [The crying nazi Chris Cantwell is back in the news](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crying-nazi-chris-cantwell-is-back-in-the-news/811546)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crying-nazi-chris-cantwell-is-back-in-the-news/811546 "2018-03-31T21:45:10Z")
Remember this guy? https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=833962 He’s now claiming to be an FBI informant against Antifa. This is confusing. Wouldn’t he have to be a member of Antifa to be an informan… --- ## [Please tell me how I might survive raising a teenager](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-how-i-might-survive-raising-a-teenager/811100)
**Author:** [@tuesdayweld](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tuesdayweld)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-how-i-might-survive-raising-a-teenager/811100 "2018-03-31T20:09:19Z")
I’m turning to the SDMB for wisdom. Nothing tongue-in-cheek about this topic - I’m very much dreading the next four years of my life. I have a 14 year old whose level of disrespect and etc., etc., etc., is already more t… --- ## [Oregon & Uranus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-uranus/810968)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-uranus/810968 "2018-03-31T17:30:18Z")
Sorry if this has already been brought up at some time, but it’s been bugging me. I seem to remember growing up in the '60’s and '70’s that the last syllable of “Oregon” was pronounced like the word “gone”. Suddenly in… --- ## [working in tall buildings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-in-tall-buildings/10863)
**Author:** [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-in-tall-buildings/10863 "2018-03-31T14:40:07Z")
I have no experience myself, but I don’t much like tall hotels even, so I’d hate to work on a 30th floor. Anyone? Is there some floor limit beyond which nobody really likes to work? I hear that great parts of the Sears… --- ## [Supper's done, and a nice glass of port by the fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppers-done-and-a-nice-glass-of-port-by-the-fire/811497)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppers-done-and-a-nice-glass-of-port-by-the-fire/811497 "2018-03-31T10:54:32Z")
Nice way to end a busy week. :slight\_smile: --- ## [I'm making matzoh balls for the first time!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-matzoh-balls-for-the-first-time/811486)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-matzoh-balls-for-the-first-time/811486 "2018-03-30T22:37:34Z")
Wish me luck. With they be zinkers or schvimmers? Stay tuned… --- ## [Stampeding cattle...thru the Vatican](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stampeding-cattle-thru-the-vatican/811384)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stampeding-cattle-thru-the-vatican/811384 "2018-03-30T22:29:38Z")
I always thought that famous scene was part of Mel Brooks genius. Seem that it may not be an original idea. --- ## [Problems with \*69 phone callback?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-69-phone-callback/811487)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-69-phone-callback/811487 "2018-03-30T18:40:24Z")
As I’m sure most of you know, the USA telephone code \*69 works for most venues to identify the last call received on that number, announcing the digits by voice, and offering the option of pressing “1” to return the call… --- ## [Oscar Wilde quote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-wilde-quote/811477)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-wilde-quote/811477 "2018-03-30T14:15:13Z")
I recall hearing a story about how a friend of Oscar Wilde’s once caught him amorously chasing a young man around the room who was in his employ. Mr. Wilde had sworn earlier he’d refrain from this activity in the future … --- ## [Thinking of moving to Detroit in the future](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-moving-to-detroit-in-the-future/811180)
**Author:** [@Marcus\_Flavius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marcus_Flavius)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-moving-to-detroit-in-the-future/811180 "2018-03-30T13:53:37Z")
Many of you might think I’m crazy for considering to voluntarily move into what is widely considered to be the worst major city in America, but hear me out. All I want from life now is just enough to get by. I have no fa… --- ## [Firefox is outbound pinging 'Angelfire.'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-is-outbound-pinging-angelfire/811346)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-is-outbound-pinging-angelfire/811346 "2018-03-30T13:00:43Z")
With the Malware sticky thread that was somewhere around these parts, I thought I’d ask here about something going on with my FireFox. I’m running Win 10 on a desktop, with Malwarebytes blocking outbound traffic from Fi… --- ## [Out-of-the-box idea to deal with school shootings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-the-box-idea-to-deal-with-school-shootings/811363)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-the-box-idea-to-deal-with-school-shootings/811363 "2018-03-30T01:44:50Z")
What if all students (at least those beyond a certain age) kept paintball guns under their chairs, and were taught to aim them at an assailant’s face? And then when he (always a he) is blinded and disoriented, rush him … --- ## [Oh no! the big six-oh! (warning drunk post alert!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-the-big-six-oh-warning-drunk-post-alert/810975)
**Author:** [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-the-big-six-oh-warning-drunk-post-alert/810975 "2018-03-30T00:43:09Z")
It’s in the post and arriving this weekend. Does anyone have a Groupon for Dignitas? Their fees pretty high! Crap this is depressing:( --- ## [The Blerrgghh Line: Not sick enough to stay home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blerrgghh-line-not-sick-enough-to-stay-home/811299)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blerrgghh-line-not-sick-enough-to-stay-home/811299 "2018-03-30T00:19:52Z")
I hate being on the sick boundary line. I’m not sick enough to justify staying home, but feel low-level cruddy at work. It’s a Vague Plague that a lot of people have at work: sniffles, cough, sinus guck, and low fever. I… --- ## [Elon Musk tears us a new A\*-Hole!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-tears-us-a-new-a-hole/811370)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-tears-us-a-new-a-hole/811370 "2018-03-29T22:57:51Z")
\*Atmosphere Huge shockwave carves 900km hole, scientist say it could impact GPS systems on Earth. Thanks? :confused: I wonder, did anybody see this coming? --- ## [Linda Brown dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linda-brown-dead/811436)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linda-brown-dead/811436 "2018-03-29T22:54:58Z")
Definitely neither mundane nor pointless, but I couldn’t figure out where else to place this. --- ## [Explain this T-shirt slogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-t-shirt-slogan/811173)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-t-shirt-slogan/811173 "2018-03-29T21:10:24Z")
At the end of the March 17 SNL as the credits are rolling, Cecily Strong is wearing a T-shirt with the slogan “You got this O” or You got this 0" (last character is either the letter “O” or the digit zero). Does anyone … --- ## [Congress finally does something right...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congress-finally-does-something-right/811342)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congress-finally-does-something-right/811342 "2018-03-29T20:30:01Z")
… in that Congressional Research Service reports will finally be available to the public. They have a staff of 500 and we pay over $100 million a year for some of the best research and analysis on hundreds of topics whi… --- ## [Early Empty Nest Syndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-empty-nest-syndrome/811367)
**Author:** [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-empty-nest-syndrome/811367 "2018-03-29T19:31:55Z")
It’s been just my daughter and me since she was 10 months old. She’s finally, at age 24, moving out - but not until early July. I’m already at a loss without her. And it’s not as if she’s moving to somewhere in the city… --- ## [The problem with this computer is the person sitting in front of it. Acronym/Saying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-problem-with-this-computer-is-the-person-sitting-in-front-of-it-acronym-saying/811245)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-problem-with-this-computer-is-the-person-sitting-in-front-of-it-acronym-saying/811245 "2018-03-29T17:53:43Z")
Not so very many years ago, this was a briefly popular saying or something for tech support people where I worked. I’m pretty sure it was an acronym that the user wouldn’t understand if he didn’t already know it, so the … --- ## [What's my lesson here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-my-lesson-here/810070)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-my-lesson-here/810070 "2018-03-29T15:07:49Z")
Other than being more careful when selecting a flight package online, that is. Back in January I reserved a flight package for a trip to Europe, through a 3rd party travel website. I didn’t notice at the time that there… --- ## [Things that remind you of Home (When you were little)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-remind-you-of-home-when-you-were-little/811167)
**Author:** [@Qwakkeddup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwakkeddup)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-remind-you-of-home-when-you-were-little/811167 "2018-03-29T13:26:54Z")
I learned to cook in the Olde Cast Iron Skillet. I could fry my own bacon and eggs as soon as I could do so without burning off my nose. I used one of those old 2 step step stools with a seat. Had to remember to pick ou… --- ## [I don't understand why someone would pay $30,000 for a cupboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-why-someone-would-pay-30-000-for-a-cupboard/811126)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-why-someone-would-pay-30-000-for-a-cupboard/811126 "2018-03-29T06:26:20Z")
Today I was watching an old episode of the Million Dollar Contractor show and the host was angry because one of his workers had made a mistake while building a $30,000 cupboard. The cupboard was made of wood. It’s true i… --- ## [Walmart drops Cosmopolitan from checkouts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-drops-cosmopolitan-from-checkouts/811356)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-drops-cosmopolitan-from-checkouts/811356 "2018-03-29T04:10:42Z")
They will remain for sale but not in the highly prized checkout counter location. Where am I going to read up on “14 new ways to drive him crazy with lust - using nothing but your tongue and a spatula” while buying my … --- ## [Pure, unadulterated stupid.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-unadulterated-stupid/811030)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-unadulterated-stupid/811030 "2018-03-28T23:29:23Z")
Did you know?: I overheard a guy at work telling another guy, in a hushed, ‘Most people don’t know this but allow me to impart some knowledge on you’, tone, that the word “Dyslexia” comes from the ancient latin meaning “… --- ## [78 years old today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194)
**Author:** [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194 "2018-03-28T21:37:16Z")
I am now 78 years old and I still have no idea what I want to be when I grow up. --- ## [Ask a Conservator- how to care for your antiques and special possesions- museum style](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-conservator-how-to-care-for-your-antiques-and-special-possesions-museum-style/459937)
**Author:** [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-conservator-how-to-care-for-your-antiques-and-special-possesions-museum-style/459937 "2018-03-28T02:06:34Z")
I have worked as a conservation consultant for a number of museums, and used to carry a conservation certificate from the Canadian Canservations Institute (CCI). Got any old or even modern stuff you want to preserve (Ph… --- ## [The Karen McDougal Interview - her read of Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-karen-mcdougal-interview-her-read-of-trump/811064)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-karen-mcdougal-interview-her-read-of-trump/811064 "2018-03-28T00:50:51Z")
I have only seen snippets of it. She seems credible about the facts of the affair. I just don’t know what the end game is for this or the Stormy Daniels lawsuit, in terms of affecting Trump’s presidency. But one poin… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=476) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=478)