# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=479 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 480 --- ## [I think it's "time" for one of my cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-time-for-one-of-my-cats/810927)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2018, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-time-for-one-of-my-cats/810927 "2018-03-22T02:55:18Z")
Tuxedo is about 18 years old, and has lost a lot of weight in recent months and has spent most of his time sleeping just over the last couple of days. I scratched his back earlier today, and there was no fat under his s… --- ## [Lead Kills Over 400,000 People Per Year in the U.S.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lead-kills-over-400-000-people-per-year-in-the-u-s/810891)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lead-kills-over-400-000-people-per-year-in-the-u-s/810891 "2018-03-22T01:01:19Z")
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(18)30043-4/fulltext Lancet is one of the top medical journals in the world. Wow! While most of us have known for many years about the effect of lead on ch… --- ## [Student Marches against Gun Violence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-marches-against-gun-violence/810609)
**Author:** [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2018, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-marches-against-gun-violence/810609 "2018-03-22T00:12:23Z")
What happened in your town? Yesterday, a month after the Parkman shootings, all four of the Middle and High Schools here observed 17 minutes of silence and then marched to the local courthouse. Their 17 year old spokes… --- ## [I need a bag.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-bag/810943)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2018, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-bag/810943 "2018-03-21T22:52:36Z")
This is not a particularly serious question so I put it here instead of GQ. It’s certainly pointless. I need a bag or bags. You know the size of bag you carried your lunch in? Like that or a little bigger. It’s got to d… --- ## [Is debating/trying to change the mind of racist/bigots worth it or a lost cause?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-debating-trying-to-change-the-mind-of-racist-bigots-worth-it-or-a-lost-cause/810560)
**Author:** [@BloodStalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BloodStalk)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-debating-trying-to-change-the-mind-of-racist-bigots-worth-it-or-a-lost-cause/810560 "2018-03-21T22:45:50Z")
Do you think it’s worth it trying to deal with these people or are they too far gone? Is there any chance to get through them? --- ## [Wait, what? Inigo Montoya is back? When did that happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-what-inigo-montoya-is-back-when-did-that-happen/810880)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2018, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-what-inigo-montoya-is-back-when-did-that-happen/810880 "2018-03-21T22:39:25Z")
In the John Oliver/Mike Pence thread, I noticed a post from long-time poster Inigo Montoya. I had to check to make sure I wasn’t looking at a zombie thread (which didn’t make sense anyway… the subject was too recent) and… --- ## [Why I stopped playing the big lotteries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-stopped-playing-the-big-lotteries/810681)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-stopped-playing-the-big-lotteries/810681 "2018-03-21T21:12:50Z")
I am sure you all are going to laugh at this, but I actually stopped playing the big lotteries because the odds got worse.\* Case in point for Power-ball: In 2011, each 1 dollar ticket gave you 1:195,249,054 odds of winn… --- ## [Police worker mistakenly fines himself over untaxed car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-worker-mistakenly-fines-himself-over-untaxed-car/810987)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-worker-mistakenly-fines-himself-over-untaxed-car/810987 "2018-03-21T20:07:57Z")
This deserves a chuckle. Maybe even a double chuckle. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Free time in San Francisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-time-in-san-francisco/810865)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-time-in-san-francisco/810865 "2018-03-21T20:00:52Z")
I’ll be in San Francisco with nothing to do on the evening of 31 March and all day 1 April. Any good metal shows those nights? Any once-a-year events like a gran prix or a kayak regatta? And now that King of Falafel i… --- ## [D’OH!! UK driver caught with fake driver’s license in the name of Homer Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-oh-uk-driver-caught-with-fake-driver-s-license-in-the-name-of-homer-simpson/810984)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-oh-uk-driver-caught-with-fake-driver-s-license-in-the-name-of-homer-simpson/810984 "2018-03-21T19:57:02Z")
Sounds like a really silly joke, but it is true… ^.^ --- ## [The most meta subreddit: r/outside](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-meta-subreddit-r-outside/810933)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-meta-subreddit-r-outside/810933 "2018-03-21T19:49:07Z")
Basically, it pretends like real life and the real world is a MMORPG. And they really, get into it. I mean like really, really, really get into it. The most mundane details of life, along with the weirdest oddities,… --- ## [My Mom Died Today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-died-today/810855)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2018, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-died-today/810855 "2018-03-21T19:06:36Z")
I was there beside her when it happened. Two other patients shared her room in the nursing home/rehab/hospice and both had visitors. I was talking with her long time caretaker, who I shared duties with when Mom was at h… --- ## [RIP Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sudan/810892)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sudan/810892 "2018-03-21T18:32:38Z")
I hardly knew you. :frowning: --- ## [20 Years Doesn't Seem That Long Ago.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-years-doesnt-seem-that-long-ago/810869)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-years-doesnt-seem-that-long-ago/810869 "2018-03-21T18:30:30Z")
Back when I was a young child, time moved by slowly. And every year was a major milestone. I remember there was this kid in my neighborhood that was 8 years younger than me. And that seemed like such a big difference. H… --- ## [Ides of March came early.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ides-of-march-came-early/810555)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ides-of-march-came-early/810555 "2018-03-21T18:12:42Z")
What a fucking day. Thing 1: I never do this because I pride myself on always being situationally aware. Against my better judgement, I was listening to a podcast on my way to work on the Metro. I’m so into this Dan … --- ## [Did I do the right thing by not getting into this affair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-do-the-right-thing-by-not-getting-into-this-affair/810868)
**Author:** [@T-Minus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T-Minus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-do-the-right-thing-by-not-getting-into-this-affair/810868 "2018-03-21T16:57:25Z")
Hello guys, I wanted to know your guys opinion on this. There was this lady who used to live down the street from me. My sister used to play with her daughter and me and her met at one of the parties. She was super frien… --- ## [Battle of the Seth Rich Conspiracy Crackpots!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-of-the-seth-rich-conspiracy-crackpots/810935)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-of-the-seth-rich-conspiracy-crackpots/810935 "2018-03-21T01:50:52Z")
Competition to be the One True Patriot who blows the lid off the “Deep State Coverup” has escalated to an honest-to-goodness shooting with a vehicular homicide backup plan: Pulling out enough quotes to adequately summa… --- ## [The hoopoe bird came rapping at my chamber door](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hoopoe-bird-came-rapping-at-my-chamber-door/744553)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2018, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hoopoe-bird-came-rapping-at-my-chamber-door/744553 "2018-03-20T12:41:06Z")
It was three years ago (:eek: \*) I first mentioned the pair of hoopoe birds that have taken up residence near our house, evidently loving my wife’s garden. They keep making nests in the same rain gutter at the corner of… --- ## [It happened to me: medical oddities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-happened-to-me-medical-oddities/810311)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2018, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-happened-to-me-medical-oddities/810311 "2018-03-20T06:20:44Z")
Sometimes we get little medical quirks that don’t really mean much; but they can be perplexing at times. At three different times in my life, my internal thermostat has gone wildly haywire for a few hours. It happens, … --- ## [Probably my last topic regarding my beef with social and political issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probably-my-last-topic-regarding-my-beef-with-social-and-political-issues/810716)
**Author:** [@Luciano700](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Luciano700)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2018, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probably-my-last-topic-regarding-my-beef-with-social-and-political-issues/810716 "2018-03-20T04:20:05Z")
I am not an alt-righter, not even close But I will say I am anti-intersectionality, even some libs find this shit confusing as hell I will admit intersectionality itself is a very interesting dynamic, since it basicall… --- ## [My son-dog is in the hospital.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-dog-is-in-the-hospital/810693)
**Author:** [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-dog-is-in-the-hospital/810693 "2018-03-19T17:06:09Z")
First my father died, then we lost our house, and now my 3-year-old dog is in the hospital with gastrointestinal blockage or pancreatitis, we’re waiting to hear which one. This is all within a 5-month period. So far be… --- ## [So My Car Got Stolen...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-car-got-stolen/810553)
**Author:** [@MonkeyCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyCat)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-car-got-stolen/810553 "2018-03-19T14:58:53Z")
Not sure how Ambivalid feels about me sharing something personal like this, but I don’t think he’ll be too upset. (We live together.) A few weeks back, we had a Tinder girl over. We swing, from time to time. He once kne… --- ## [Trump admits to making it up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-admits-to-making-it-up/810601)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-admits-to-making-it-up/810601 "2018-03-19T13:33:18Z")
According to a tape obtained by The Washington Post, Trump admitted to a closed fund-raiser in St. Louis that when talking about trade with Justin Trudeau, he had made up the “fact” that the US had a trade deficit with C… --- ## [Coronation Street (soap opera) tackles male rape](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-street-soap-opera-tackles-male-rape/810723)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-street-soap-opera-tackles-male-rape/810723 "2018-03-19T12:36:42Z")
One of Britain’s favourite soap operas, Coronation Street, is tackling the subject of male rape. (It actually aired last night.) I didn’t see it, but I hope it will raise awareness that men too can be victims. It’s b… --- ## [Dealing with sleeplessness in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-sleeplessness-in-the-mmp/810421)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 246\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-sleeplessness-in-the-mmp/810421 "2018-03-19T02:05:33Z")
Yeah, I had one of those nights. I’ve been up since midnight:30 and I’m exhausted. My usual fall-asleep tricks didn’t work, and it was too late to take melatonin and expect to wake up at 5. Do you have any special tec… --- ## [One-hand words?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hand-words/810800)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hand-words/810800 "2018-03-19T02:05:26Z")
Recently while doing a search on “Star Wars Rebels” I noticed how except for a single letter the whole thing is typed by the left hand. Conscious of this, I noticed in a later search on “Stargate” the whole thing was a l… --- ## [Is listening to videogame music on youtube illegal/stealing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-listening-to-videogame-music-on-youtube-illegal-stealing/810756)
**Author:** [@BloodStalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BloodStalk)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2018, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-listening-to-videogame-music-on-youtube-illegal-stealing/810756 "2018-03-18T19:15:41Z")
A lot of people upload game music there and I was wondering, is it illegal or not? Am I doing copyright infringement while listening to it and thus, stealing? --- ## [Former Russian spy, and two others, poisoned with nerve agent in UK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-russian-spy-and-two-others-poisoned-with-nerve-agent-in-uk/810219)
**Author:** [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-russian-spy-and-two-others-poisoned-with-nerve-agent-in-uk/810219 "2018-03-17T20:25:56Z")
On a bench outside a shopping centre in Salisbury, UK, sit an an older guy and a younger woman. They attract the attention of those around them as there is something not quite right about these two people. The younger wo… --- ## [Jeopardy: What if the question is a question?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-what-if-the-question-is-a-question/490646)
**Author:** [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-what-if-the-question-is-a-question/490646 "2018-03-17T17:08:15Z")
Responses must be in the form of a question. But what if the right response is already a question? For example: Pete Townsend’s group did this song about an identity crisis. What is Who are you? Do you need the “What… --- ## [Amazon has started using No Name Regional Shipping Carriers. It's one big mess.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-has-started-using-no-name-regional-shipping-carriers-its-one-big-mess/810495)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2018, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-has-started-using-no-name-regional-shipping-carriers-its-one-big-mess/810495 "2018-03-17T05:49:56Z")
I may have to rethink using Amazon in the future. I’ve been left waiting over two weeks for an order of chair cushions. It was supposed to be in stock. Instead the tracking shows it leaving China. Two weeks wasted and … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=478) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=480)