# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=483 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 484 --- ## [Saw My First Rocket Launch Yesterday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-my-first-rocket-launch-yesterday/809906)
**Author:** [@SHARKBITEATTACK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SHARKBITEATTACK)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-my-first-rocket-launch-yesterday/809906 "2018-03-02T18:38:22Z")
Pretty cool and I think I did a decent job of tracking it with my camera. Payload was an advanced weather sattelite. --- ## [How to get IPhone AT&T BOGO deal (existing customers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-iphone-at-t-bogo-deal-existing-customers/809870)
**Author:** [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-iphone-at-t-bogo-deal-existing-customers/809870 "2018-03-02T15:11:15Z")
We are current AT&T customers. We have 5 lines, and two of us want to get new iPhone 8 phones. The AT&T BOGO deal requires you to add a line, but we don’t want 5 lines. Is there a workaround to qualify for the deal, Pr… --- ## [Local news in the US: are all stations this Jesusy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-news-in-the-us-are-all-stations-this-jesusy/789195)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2018, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-news-in-the-us-are-all-stations-this-jesusy/789195 "2018-03-02T12:27:23Z")
On my local news stations, on stories involving someone missing, someone found, someone who survives a tragedy, or someone who doesn’t survive a tragedy, they will almost always air a clip of someone leading a prayer for… --- ## [I lost a friend and co-worker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-friend-and-co-worker/809695)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-friend-and-co-worker/809695 "2018-03-02T01:45:32Z")
On Sunday night friend and co-worker went to work…and never made it to 1am. Ben Lyons died of multiple sharp AND blunt force injuries. Why the fuck should an 83 year old man have to put on a uniform and work through th… --- ## [This is my 30 Wedding Anniversary !](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-my-30-wedding-anniversary/809827)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2018, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-my-30-wedding-anniversary/809827 "2018-03-01T23:06:57Z")
Actually we were married on 29 February 1988. But we celebrate two days on the non leap years! It’s been wonderful…most times. --- ## [Anyone having issues with DISH network right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-having-issues-with-dish-network-right-now/809753)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-having-issues-with-dish-network-right-now/809753 "2018-03-01T16:37:26Z")
It wasn’t working when my husband came home from work yesterday. We’re getting messages from the equipment that something might be in the way of the dish, yet we see nothing there. Deeper exploration says that the dish… --- ## [Just blowing off steam: different working styles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-blowing-off-steam-different-working-styles/809692)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-blowing-off-steam-different-working-styles/809692 "2018-03-01T16:34:08Z")
Just gotta blow off some steam before my FOURTH meeting of the day :frowning: I’ve been working with a colleague on a huge, amorphous, ongoing-forever higher ed project. I am more of a “forest” person, the colleague I’… --- ## [My wife has died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-died/809268)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-died/809268 "2018-03-01T15:46:12Z")
She was in declining health for several years. About two weeks ago, her blood sugar crashed(she was a diabetic) and yo-yoed up and down for two days. When it stabilized, she was foggy and unwilling to eat or drink. I fin… --- ## [How would you categorize your dreams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-categorize-your-dreams/809587)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-categorize-your-dreams/809587 "2018-03-01T02:12:13Z")
I was participating in a “dreaming about TV shows” thread when I realized the few dreams I remember involve getting fired from work. (I used to have the infamous “test dreams” for years, but not in about 5 years). That… --- ## [Anyone else ever have a case of the Meat Sweats? NO? How about water intoxication?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-ever-have-a-case-of-the-meat-sweats-no-how-about-water-intoxication/809701)
**Author:** [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-ever-have-a-case-of-the-meat-sweats-no-how-about-water-intoxication/809701 "2018-02-28T22:09:54Z")
This past weekend I ate a big bowl of BBQ pulled pork, ate the whole thing in one sitting, and according to the label that was the equivalent of several servings. I didn’t think anything of it until a couple of hours lat… --- ## [Epic takedown of Herbalife as a pyramid scheme scam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-takedown-of-herbalife-as-a-pyramid-scheme-scam/644949)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-takedown-of-herbalife-as-a-pyramid-scheme-scam/644949 "2018-02-28T21:10:45Z")
We Have Never Seen Anything Like Bill Ackman’s Dizzying Takedown Of Herbalife Warning - long presentation, but fascinating. Ackman Interview with Bloomberg Herbalife bulls push back --- ## [Of plasma donation and emergency room visits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-plasma-donation-and-emergency-room-visits/809581)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-plasma-donation-and-emergency-room-visits/809581 "2018-02-28T19:38:14Z")
I’m mostly writing this to have reasonably contemporaneous documentation of events occurring on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, as best as I recall. My husband and I are in a financial bind right now, admittedly largely self-i… --- ## [My new theory of American politics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-theory-of-american-politics/809768)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-theory-of-american-politics/809768 "2018-02-28T18:59:55Z")
I’ve finally figured out who is really in charge. The evidence was always there. The Democrats have the raw numbers, but their voters don’t vote. The Republicans get their folks to the polls, but they don’t have the ra… --- ## [CanadaDope 2017: Celebrating the Sesquicentennial - "... and loving it!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 417\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045 "2018-02-28T17:35:39Z")
Hello my fellow Canadian Dopers (and occasional lookers-in from other countries). Happy New Year, Bonne Année, and welcome to Canada’s Sesquicentennial Year! July 1st is the 150th anniversary of Confederation. It’s a g… --- ## [Methylene chloride has me moving out (for now)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/methylene-chloride-has-me-moving-out-for-now/809737)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/methylene-chloride-has-me-moving-out-for-now/809737 "2018-02-28T15:15:48Z")
Downstairs neighbor moved out and his bathtub is being resurfaced with methylene chloride (MC). Unfortunately, for some reason, the vapor is going into MY apartment. It is a smell like nail-polish remover. Apparently, i… --- ## [My Mother is going into Hospice...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-is-going-into-hospice/809628)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-is-going-into-hospice/809628 "2018-02-28T07:48:15Z")
Not feeling great myself right now. Not sure what to do or how to do it. The last time a parent died, it was over relatively quickly, and money matters were more certain then. I’m just got the call an hour ago that th… --- ## [GA Lt. Governor says he will abuse power](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ga-lt-governor-says-he-will-abuse-power/809626)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ga-lt-governor-says-he-will-abuse-power/809626 "2018-02-28T00:45:54Z")
No debate, no rants, just sharing: Georgia’s Lt. Governor intends to abuse the power of his office to punish a private company: --- ## [The price of a newspaper is now $2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-a-newspaper-is-now-2/809446)
**Author:** [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-a-newspaper-is-now-2/809446 "2018-02-27T21:45:08Z")
Today the price of the local metropolitan newspaper went up to $2 from $1.50. It’s too much. I like to read the newspaper while I eat lunch at a restaurant, but it’s too much. Over the last ten years or so, the paper… --- ## [Amelia Earhart mystery solved at last!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amelia-earhart-mystery-solved-at-last/809679)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amelia-earhart-mystery-solved-at-last/809679 "2018-02-27T18:31:21Z")
They found her car that was stolen last week. --- ## [Who Marjory Stoneman Douglas is (of the Name of Florida High School where the Shootings Occurred)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-marjory-stoneman-douglas-is-of-the-name-of-florida-high-school-where-the-shootings-occurred/809564)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-marjory-stoneman-douglas-is-of-the-name-of-florida-high-school-where-the-shootings-occurred/809564 "2018-02-27T18:20:30Z")
On reading about the Florida school tragedy there was a reference to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and I started wondering who she was: --- ## [Impending landslide near Yakima](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impending-landslide-near-yakima/806946)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impending-landslide-near-yakima/806946 "2018-02-27T17:34:41Z")
A few miles south of Yakima is Union Gap, on the east side of which is Rattlesnake Ridge. Large cracks have formed there, and seem to be widening at the rate of several inches a day. This looks likely to end with a lar… --- ## [Subtle hints that a listed job isn't all it's cracked up to be](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-hints-that-a-listed-job-isnt-all-its-cracked-up-to-be/809515)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-hints-that-a-listed-job-isnt-all-its-cracked-up-to-be/809515 "2018-02-27T15:53:08Z")
I have a new one for my list of “tells”, thanks to a glossy ad from a job recruiter that arrived in the mail today. This one was coy about location\*, mentioning that the opportunity was in a “bedroom community” of a cer… --- ## [I'm 56, and I've never seen a picture of my grandfather](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-56-and-ive-never-seen-a-picture-of-my-grandfather/809545)
**Author:** [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-56-and-ive-never-seen-a-picture-of-my-grandfather/809545 "2018-02-27T13:16:57Z")
One day last week, I was walking somewhere and the thought popped into my head that I’m 56, and I’ve never seen a picture of my Dad’s father. I have no clue what he looks like. Some background - my Dad was born a few ye… --- ## [Keeping an eye out for Jesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-an-eye-out-for-jesus/809632)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-an-eye-out-for-jesus/809632 "2018-02-27T05:53:15Z")
This happened around 15 miles from me around 3 weeks ago, and I see it is getting national media mention now. 20-year-old gets hopped up on goofballs, goes to church, and decides to take Matthew’s advice to heart, claws … --- ## [The End Is Nigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh/809510)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh/809510 "2018-02-26T23:00:47Z")
My immediate nuclear family is… very diverse in political opinion, let’s say. Like, you’ve got a hard-core Trumpist sitting across the table from a Tumblr-posting liberal. Friday night dinners at my house can be pretty … --- ## [Umbilical Hernia Surgery Monday Morning...Can't Wait...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umbilical-hernia-surgery-monday-morning-cant-wait/809502)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umbilical-hernia-surgery-monday-morning-cant-wait/809502 "2018-02-26T22:12:50Z")
So I am FINALLY getting this fixed, after a bunch of scans and tests to ascertain if my cirrhotic liver can handle the general anesthesia. I NEED this done. My hernia is now so big my once deep “innie” belly button is no… --- ## [Wait... They're still doing the 'Nigerian scam'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-theyre-still-doing-the-nigerian-scam/809546)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-theyre-still-doing-the-nigerian-scam/809546 "2018-02-26T18:28:14Z")
I thought the so-called ‘Nigerian scams’ went away a couple of years ago, due to their being so well-known that they’re a source of humour. But I got one in my spam folder today. This one is from UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZ… --- ## [Spam phone calls threatening legal action](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-phone-calls-threatening-legal-action/808796)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2018, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-phone-calls-threatening-legal-action/808796 "2018-02-26T13:12:39Z")
Is anybody else getting calls like this? A robot, trying hard to sound like a lawyer but failing miserably, suggesting I call them before I get dragged off to jail and/or hauled in to court. Here’s a transcript of a vo… --- ## [Yet Another Mundane and Pointless MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-mundane-and-pointless-mmp/809111)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2018, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-mundane-and-pointless-mmp/809111 "2018-02-26T03:58:00Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 62 Amurrkin out and cloudy/foggy with a predicted high of 80 and mostly N.O.S. this afternoon. It bein’ Moanday I shall defilthyfy da cave. Rah. Tonight is men’s night o… --- ## [I'm Baaack! (Jayrey returns to the Dope...the crowd goes wild!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-baaack-jayrey-returns-to-the-dope-the-crowd-goes-wild/809506)
**Author:** [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-baaack-jayrey-returns-to-the-dope-the-crowd-goes-wild/809506 "2018-02-26T02:41:38Z")
Hi, Dopers! Due to a series of unanticipated life changes (and computer problems I was too lazy to address), I’ve been away from y’all for several months. During that time, I was able to lurk but unable to post. I’m pl… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=482) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=484)