# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=480 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 481 --- ## [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 … --- ## [Honestly? I love my job!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honestly-i-love-my-job/810698)
**Author:** [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honestly-i-love-my-job/810698 "2018-03-17T01:42:00Z")
Truth. It’s not the best-paying job, I won’t be able to retire at 55. But it pays the bills, and more importantly, I love it. I’ve been working as the Office Manager at a mental health clinic for over a year now. Some p… --- ## [Strange possible hack of Verizon Mobile account](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-possible-hack-of-verizon-mobile-account/810646)
**Author:** [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-possible-hack-of-verizon-mobile-account/810646 "2018-03-17T00:21:52Z")
For the past 12 hours my mobile phone has been receiving the following text message every 3-5 minutes from an ID number displayed as 900080004000 (a total of more than 70 such messages so far): “Free VZW Msg: Your bill … --- ## [30 years for manslaughter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-years-for-manslaughter/810642)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-years-for-manslaughter/810642 "2018-03-16T22:41:32Z")
Ron Gasser (white) shot unarmed Joe McKnight (black football player), got manslaughter conviction instead of 2nd degree murder, sentenced to 30 years. I have two comments. Now there is someone whose face was really w… --- ## [The Flight of the Crow: a Great Escape that actually worked.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flight-of-the-crow-a-great-escape-that-actually-worked/810667)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flight-of-the-crow-a-great-escape-that-actually-worked/810667 "2018-03-16T20:49:00Z")
100 POWs escaped from a WW2 camp and survived. Their story is told here. It’s a good tale. --- ## [Snitches Get Skritches - Beware of Sgt. Fuzz!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snitches-get-skritches-beware-of-sgt-fuzz/810674)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snitches-get-skritches-beware-of-sgt-fuzz/810674 "2018-03-16T17:16:57Z")
The latest addition to the St. Paul police department is tasked with \[list=A\]\[li\]Support for police officers, and\[/li\]\[li\]community relations and outreach.\[/list\]Requirements for the position appear to consist of being … --- ## [Happy "PI Day" Everyone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day-everyone/810568)
**Author:** [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day-everyone/810568 "2018-03-16T16:24:39Z")
I trust someone else has NOT beaten me to posting this. Yes, I am sending this “PI Day” greeting well into PI Day. (Heck, it’s more than half over!!) It’s sad that the legendary Stephen Hawking passed away on this day,… --- ## [I had congestive heart failure at 51. Here's my story.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-congestive-heart-failure-at-51-heres-my-story/800739)
**Author:** [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-congestive-heart-failure-at-51-heres-my-story/800739 "2018-03-16T13:12:05Z")
Yes, I’ve been thru a bad health patch. One that turned out worse than I or my doctors expected. Back in August I was a bit run down and had a bout with (what everyone thought was) pneumonia. Thing was, nothing touched … --- ## [What's with all the foxes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-foxes/810623)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-foxes/810623 "2018-03-16T03:22:53Z")
For the first 35 years of my life I MIGHT have seen an actual wild fox - I don’t know, maybe three times. Maybe. I remember stumbling across one with my ex wife once about ten or twelve years ago and being legitimately… --- ## [Who else masturbates with their non-dominant hand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-masturbates-with-their-non-dominant-hand/810152)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-masturbates-with-their-non-dominant-hand/810152 "2018-03-16T02:51:00Z")
I’m right handed but I’ve always masturbated with my left hand. I’ve long assumed it was because my left hand felt so different than my right hand, it was closer to the sensations of another person’s hand. What about … --- ## [Monkeymonger makes mock malfeasance.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkeymonger-makes-mock-malfeasance/810619)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkeymonger-makes-mock-malfeasance/810619 "2018-03-16T01:13:31Z")
Two threads in quick succession, but one of the side stories at the bridge article just has to be pointed out. So this guy is a monkey importer who receives an envelope of white power from an animal rights group, but it … --- ## [Should I be friends with this person in the seduction community?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-friends-with-this-person-in-the-seduction-community/810416)
**Author:** [@BloodStalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BloodStalk)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2018, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-friends-with-this-person-in-the-seduction-community/810416 "2018-03-15T15:13:51Z")
So I’ve been chatting with someone for some time now and I recently found out they are a part of the ‘seduction’ community. I hear that community has a bad rep due to its views on women. However, he says he doesn’t hold … --- ## [Samsung Galaxy S7 keyboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samsung-galaxy-s7-keyboard/810574)
**Author:** [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samsung-galaxy-s7-keyboard/810574 "2018-03-15T14:59:25Z")
I have two phones: an iPhone and an S7. I am totally comfortable with the iPhone keyboard, and as for the S7… something something passion of a thousand suns. (And not in a good way.) The spellcheck is terrible, always … --- ## [Stephen Hawking becomes a virtual particle at 76](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-hawking-becomes-a-virtual-particle-at-76/810531)
**Author:** [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-hawking-becomes-a-virtual-particle-at-76/810531 "2018-03-15T13:46:46Z")
Too new for any details. --- ## [I was a witness in a traffic case but the officer didn't show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-a-witness-in-a-traffic-case-but-the-officer-didnt-show/810489)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-a-witness-in-a-traffic-case-but-the-officer-didnt-show/810489 "2018-03-14T18:28:42Z")
I was a witness to a traffic accident in January. Fortunately no one was injured, but a fraction of a second would have changed that. I was at a red light behind one other car, a Camry. When the light turned green, he p… --- ## [Kris Kobach - super lawyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kris-kobach-super-lawyer/810344)
**Author:** [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kris-kobach-super-lawyer/810344 "2018-03-14T17:22:37Z")
I was thinking ‘Stupid Republican’ thread, but Kris Kobach is about as pointless as a person should be, so I give you the ACLU lawsuit against hisKS voter ID law Or fromthe local paper: Note that Kobach himself and h… --- ## [Changing the tire was easy - but getting the jack back down...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-the-tire-was-easy-but-getting-the-jack-back-down/810544)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-the-tire-was-easy-but-getting-the-jack-back-down/810544 "2018-03-14T16:46:51Z")
I had a flat tire yesterday - fortunately, it was detected in my office’s parking lot, so I didn’t have to worry about changing it by the side of the road (what, you don’t change your own flat tires?). It was the first … --- ## [I have Dupuytren's contracture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-dupuytrens-contracture/810204)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-dupuytrens-contracture/810204 "2018-03-14T15:54:03Z")
Today I was told by a fellow Dupuytren’s contracture “sufferer” (who is otherwise a complete stranger) that it means I am 100% Aryan! Yippee! --- ## ["Do you have any comment on the book?" -- Random scam phone call?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-comment-on-the-book-random-scam-phone-call/810345)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2018, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-comment-on-the-book-random-scam-phone-call/810345 "2018-03-14T12:56:39Z")
“Hi Tripler, this is Joe Bag O’Donuts from the Associated Press. Do you have any comment on the book that was just recently published detailing your account of events?” – random phone call from Moriarty, NM. I just go… --- ## [Women's clothing and where one's eyes fall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-clothing-and-where-ones-eyes-fall/810316)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2018, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-clothing-and-where-ones-eyes-fall/810316 "2018-03-14T05:42:05Z")
I really try to respect everyone’s right to be free from harassment, even passive harassment (if I can phrase it that way). On the other hand, I have always been bothered by women whose work attire shows, for example, a … --- ## [I have an Apple Watch on my wrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-apple-watch-on-my-wrist/722539)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2018, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-apple-watch-on-my-wrist/722539 "2018-03-14T03:42:19Z")
I got it last Friday. So far, I’m still learning all that it can do - it’s an amazingly deep device. I just got my first call when I was wearing it, and my iPhone was in another room. I took the call Dick Tracy-style, a… --- ## [Icons on my Macbook's desktop keep moving on their own - what to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icons-on-my-macbooks-desktop-keep-moving-on-their-own-what-to-do/810475)
**Author:** [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icons-on-my-macbooks-desktop-keep-moving-on-their-own-what-to-do/810475 "2018-03-14T03:12:04Z")
So I’m on a 13-inch, early 2015 MacBook Pro running High Sierra 10.13.3. I have some Word documents on my desktop, arranged in a certain pattern that I like. Now here’s my problem: Every time I edit these documents and… --- ## [WaPo and the San Diego City Attorney are extremely ignorant of firearms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wapo-and-the-san-diego-city-attorney-are-extremely-ignorant-of-firearms/810270)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2018, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wapo-and-the-san-diego-city-attorney-are-extremely-ignorant-of-firearms/810270 "2018-03-13T23:40:15Z")
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/03/08/heres-a-gun-control-measure-both-sides-can-get-behind-and-it-works/?utm\_term=.95c2dbaa4171 originally described a .28mm pistol. How that got published at W… --- ## [NativLang's YouTube animated short vids on language](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nativlangs-youtube-animated-short-vids-on-language/810502)
**Author:** [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nativlangs-youtube-animated-short-vids-on-language/810502 "2018-03-13T19:09:57Z")
Many Dopers will enjoy the forty-odd short (5- to 15-minute) YouTube video lessons by NativLang, all about languages. They’re fun and informative (though the presenter’s forced chuckle occasionally grates). In the “Cauca… --- ## [Have to admit it, I am a very change-resistant person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-admit-it-i-am-a-very-change-resistant-person/810169)
**Author:** [@Luciano700](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Luciano700)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-admit-it-i-am-a-very-change-resistant-person/810169 "2018-03-13T18:59:09Z")
At least on a personal level, I could even say so on a societal level. Idk, I guess I am growing up in a very dark generation. And my lifestyle is getting more sedentary for me. Which I am trying to fight Is funny beca… --- ## [French village finds messages from WWI-era US soldiers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-village-finds-messages-from-wwi-era-us-soldiers/810460)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-village-finds-messages-from-wwi-era-us-soldiers/810460 "2018-03-13T18:26:27Z")
Given that most Dopers are American, I thought \[-20180312-\[contenu\]-1000314095180"\]this France 24 article\](http://www.france24.com/en/20180311-france-village-charmoy-wwi-war-us-soldiers-history?xtor=EPR-300-\[Info) might … --- ## [I'll send an S.O.S. to the world...131 years from now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-send-an-s-o-s-to-the-world-131-years-from-now/810233)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-send-an-s-o-s-to-the-world-131-years-from-now/810233 "2018-03-13T18:23:20Z")
After 131 Years, Message in a Bottle Found on Australian Beach --- ## [A stitch in time...medical mishaps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stitch-in-time-medical-mishaps/810473)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stitch-in-time-medical-mishaps/810473 "2018-03-13T16:52:10Z")
A couple of months ago I had minor surgery to remove two skin cancers (non-melanomas), one on my face and one on the back of my hand. The surgery itself went well, but within a week or so they had both developed infecti… --- ## [I somehow really lucked out with this Snow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-somehow-really-lucked-out-with-this-snow/810247)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2018, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-somehow-really-lucked-out-with-this-snow/810247 "2018-03-13T16:14:35Z")
NJ got hit with a really bad snow storm yesterday. Parts of North Jersey got as much as two feet and lots of places got over a foot. And this was a really wet, heavy March snow. But not my neighborhood. It rained for mo… --- ## [I Had a Weird Dream Last Night.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-weird-dream-last-night/810355)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2018, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-weird-dream-last-night/810355 "2018-03-13T10:30:08Z")
So weird, I felt compelled to share it for some reason. I live in NW Detroit. And in my dream, I had this African American roommate. I guess he was average looking. But in my dream, for some reason, I wondered if he was… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=479) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=481)