# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=489 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 490 --- ## [Happy Imbolc Day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-imbolc-day/807969)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-imbolc-day/807969 "2018-02-02T15:22:59Z")
Wake up, world! --- ## [Dating an older woman.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-an-older-woman/807832)
**Author:** [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-an-older-woman/807832 "2018-02-02T14:04:35Z")
Are there any pitfalls or minefields I should be aware of? I’ve noticed a 50-year-old woman who volunteers for the same organization I do has started to find reasons to be where I am. This is not unwelcome; in fact, I’m … --- ## [I'm 19 and the thought of turning 20 scares me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-19-and-the-thought-of-turning-20-scares-me/807637)
**Author:** [@BloodStalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BloodStalk)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2018, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-19-and-the-thought-of-turning-20-scares-me/807637 "2018-02-02T10:20:46Z")
I’m currently 19 years old and honestly, the thought of being 20 is kind of making me feel anxious. I mean then, I won’t be a teenager anymore and as a result, I feel like my youth is kind of over and I won’t be able to … --- ## [I need your communitites help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-your-communitites-help/808001)
**Author:** [@TeardropJulio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeardropJulio)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2018, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-your-communitites-help/808001 "2018-02-02T07:08:48Z")
First let me introduce myself, My name is Julio, 25 of age, Married with two kids and proudly served our United States in the USAR. Second let me thank this community for allowing me to register and join your online mess… --- ## [\#METOO backlash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metoo-backlash/807766)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2018, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metoo-backlash/807766 "2018-02-02T04:44:14Z")
Right at the outset, I’ll say that I don’t know the answer to this. I absolutely believe the women who are telling their stories of sexual harrassment, violence, abuse, and even rape at work, school, and in other situati… --- ## [Heh, I'm world famous and didn't even know it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-world-famous-and-didnt-even-know-it/807978)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2018, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-world-famous-and-didnt-even-know-it/807978 "2018-02-01T22:30:29Z")
At work, we have this age old SMS system. Some 20+ years ago, I got bored and decided to make a calendar on it. And every year since then, I would update it. Until this year. I figured “What’s the point? We all have int… --- ## [I know everything! Ask me questions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-everything-ask-me-questions/807836)
**Author:** [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-everything-ask-me-questions/807836 "2018-02-01T21:37:00Z")
You meet a being that knows everything there is to know and always tells the truth. You are convinced this is true of it. This being gives you five minutes to ask three yes or no questions, which will be answered in ord… --- ## [Segregation in Anniston Alabama Schools](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/segregation-in-anniston-alabama-schools/807575)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/segregation-in-anniston-alabama-schools/807575 "2018-02-01T21:34:05Z")
Having made a list for Wikipedia, I might as well include it here: Anniston City Population 51.5% Black The Donoho School (private) 7.5% (not White or Hispanic, I assume they mean Black) Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathol… --- ## [Annoying computer mouse behavior](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-computer-mouse-behavior/807958)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-computer-mouse-behavior/807958 "2018-02-01T19:39:58Z")
I have a Logitec M510, and it’s been flawless except for one thing. I use it on the arm of my recliner, and occasionally it’ll slide down onto the seat and in doing so, the window will close. I’ve tried to simulate the s… --- ## [Popcorn time at the House of Commons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popcorn-time-at-the-house-of-commons/807968)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popcorn-time-at-the-house-of-commons/807968 "2018-02-01T19:07:11Z")
From the Sun (Murdoch tabloid alert!): Shades of Geoffrey Howe. And this comes just after May said she wasn’t a quitter. Hmm… Could be fun times ahead! --- ## [Birthday and International Date Line](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-and-international-date-line/807715)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-and-international-date-line/807715 "2018-02-01T17:01:50Z")
The date of my birth was the 26th. But I have now moved across the International Date line, so on most of the 26th, it is still the 25th at the place I was born. So does my age advance on the date of birth at my place… --- ## [Train full of Republicans hits truck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/train-full-of-republicans-hits-truck/807892)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2018, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/train-full-of-republicans-hits-truck/807892 "2018-02-01T08:53:23Z")
Breaking right now. Memberrs of Congress on the train to go to a conference in Greenbrier. --- ## [The Moon is Eclipsing! The Moon is Eclipsing!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moon-is-eclipsing-the-moon-is-eclipsing/807875)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2018, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moon-is-eclipsing-the-moon-is-eclipsing/807875 "2018-02-01T05:31:30Z")
This morning the moon was huge, full and silver. A lovely sight. Just now it is orange and the cusps are facing up. An eclipse + a “super moon,” + a blue moon. Way cool. This sort of thing fascinates me. I managed to c… --- ## [Fellow Dopers...Please Help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-dopers-please-help/805987)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2018, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-dopers-please-help/805987 "2018-02-01T04:10:05Z")
To my fellow Dopers: I find myself in a situation that I have never had to deal with before, that is to say, my abject poverty. I need help, and by help I mean of a financial nature. Guys, I realize that I have express… --- ## [Did you ever laugh so hard at something . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-laugh-so-hard-at-something/807462)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-laugh-so-hard-at-something/807462 "2018-01-31T20:26:03Z")
. . . that it made you seriously question who you are? --- ## [That was faster than expected(tax return accepted)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-faster-than-expected-tax-return-accepted/807764)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-faster-than-expected-tax-return-accepted/807764 "2018-01-31T18:20:10Z")
I keep a pretty good track of my stuff during the year, and can usually fill out my whole tax return without the official papers, but I wait for them anyway just because I’m a bit wussy about things with prison potential… --- ## [My kid practices gymnastics nine hours a day. Really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kid-practices-gymnastics-nine-hours-a-day-really/807487)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2018, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kid-practices-gymnastics-nine-hours-a-day-really/807487 "2018-01-31T14:13:55Z")
I heard an NPR story about how a mother came to discover her 12yo daughter was being sexually abused by her gymnastics teacher. The daughter is now an attorney specializing in sexual abuse cases. It was an empowering and… --- ## [When you were in school, were you glad when your birthday fell on a weekend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-in-school-were-you-glad-when-your-birthday-fell-on-a-weekend/807555)
**Author:** [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2018, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-in-school-were-you-glad-when-your-birthday-fell-on-a-weekend/807555 "2018-01-31T09:02:44Z")
And do you think it’s relative to how popular you were? Looking back (I’m talking about middle school/junior high/early high school), I remember being bummed when my birthday fell on a weekend, because I wasn’t very pop… --- ## [Need help getting started with simple 3d programming task](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-getting-started-with-simple-3d-programming-task/807703)
**Author:** [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2018, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-getting-started-with-simple-3d-programming-task/807703 "2018-01-31T05:31:58Z")
What I want to do: I want to display various colored blocks with various lines connecting them in a 3d space. A couple hundred or so blocks, 2 to 8 or so lines out of each. Groups of blocks will form things line triangle… --- ## [Anagrams in the news](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anagrams-in-the-news/807499)
**Author:** [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2018, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anagrams-in-the-news/807499 "2018-01-31T03:43:49Z")
I’ve been finding some amusing/appropriate anagrams of various names and phrases in the news recently. Some examples: BUILD THE WALL = DUB IT ‘HELL LAW’ IMPEACH DONALD TRUMP = DETATCH A PLUMP NIMROD ROBERT MUELLER = B… --- ## [Disgraced Glee actor Mark Salling dead in apparent suicide while awaiting child porn sentencing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgraced-glee-actor-mark-salling-dead-in-apparent-suicide-while-awaiting-child-porn-sentencing/807848)
**Author:** [@Luciano700](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Luciano700)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgraced-glee-actor-mark-salling-dead-in-apparent-suicide-while-awaiting-child-porn-sentencing/807848 "2018-01-31T01:41:28Z")
There is something really fishy about this sex abuse scandal. --- ## [I bought an unlocked phone...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-an-unlocked-phone/807751)
**Author:** [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-an-unlocked-phone/807751 "2018-01-30T17:08:03Z")
and it’s GSM compatible. Very nice phone, a Wuawei Honor 6X for $180 and loaded to the gills. Ok I took my SIM card out of my Galaxy on5 and put it in my new phone. I can go online and my calls goes straight to voice ma… --- ## [Post your neighbour stories here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-neighbour-stories-here/791724)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-neighbour-stories-here/791724 "2018-01-30T16:24:37Z")
I’ll start. The Missus and I are hanging out on the deck, when a guy comes around the side of the house to introduce himself. He said he was the drummer for Creed. After he left, I did some googling. His narrative ch… --- ## [Vacation in Tbilisi, Georgia...what do I need to know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacation-in-tbilisi-georgia-what-do-i-need-to-know/807675)
**Author:** [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacation-in-tbilisi-georgia-what-do-i-need-to-know/807675 "2018-01-30T02:01:25Z")
My husband and I booked a room and flights to Tbilisi, Georgia in May. This is my first time traveling internationally and his first travel since his service in the Navy. What do we need to know? Any helpful suggestions? … --- ## [Ask the guy who's been to 41 weddings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-been-to-41-weddings/681269)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2018, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-been-to-41-weddings/681269 "2018-01-30T01:58:56Z")
As a guest, I mean. And that only counts weddings I attended as an adult, and doesn’t include my own. I’m going to #42 on March 1st, and #43 on March 23rd. Lest you wonder why I’ve been to so many, I was in a college fr… --- ## [First time in Paris next month](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-in-paris-next-month/807110)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-in-paris-next-month/807110 "2018-01-30T01:11:17Z")
First time in Europe actually and am very excited. I am staying for a week and would like to take one day for a trip to Normandy to see the D-Day battlefield. I am also interested in history related to the French Revol… --- ## [Took kitty to the vet and now I'm starting to get worried...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/took-kitty-to-the-vet-and-now-im-starting-to-get-worried/807767)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/took-kitty-to-the-vet-and-now-im-starting-to-get-worried/807767 "2018-01-30T00:57:59Z")
Took Sam (my cat) to the vet on Friday after a couple of weeks of having the sniffles. Doc gave him an injection, and gave me some pills for him to take. Today, cat is still sniffling and sneezing. Doesn’t seem to be a… --- ## [Ghosts Haunting the Trump Administration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghosts-haunting-the-trump-administration/807726)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2018, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghosts-haunting-the-trump-administration/807726 "2018-01-29T23:55:31Z")
I keep getting this weird sense of deja vu and disorientation whever I read news about the Trump administration. It’s filled with people bearing the names of famous dead people. Ty Cobb is one of Trump’s lawyers, even t… --- ## [Men in their 40's or above, how do you stay attracted to women your own age?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-their-40s-or-above-how-do-you-stay-attracted-to-women-your-own-age/791623)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 607\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-their-40s-or-above-how-do-you-stay-attracted-to-women-your-own-age/791623 "2018-01-29T20:13:36Z")
This post is going to be offensive to many but I still think it is relevant. I am 44 and do not find the vast majority of women my age attractive at all and I just realized that it is only going to get worse with time. I… --- ## [Secret society announcement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-society-announcement/807466)
**Author:** [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2018, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-society-announcement/807466 "2018-01-29T18:54:33Z")
I would like to set the record straight: I’m part of a secret society that is opposed to Trump. Every once in a while, I join a few other Washingtonians, have drinks, and discuss what a total flaming disaster Trump is. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=488) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=490)