# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=493 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 494 --- ## [Have you ever had a dream about someone...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-about-someone/806238)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2018, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-about-someone/806238 "2018-01-14T00:18:12Z")
Have you ever had a dream about someone (who doesn’t exist in real life) and been disappointed when you wake up and discover they are were only a figment of your dreams? Last night I dreamed I stayed in a hotel and form… --- ## [Edgar Ray Killen: Guilty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-ray-killen-guilty/309214)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-ray-killen-guilty/309214 "2018-01-13T18:57:23Z")
Edgar Ray Killen has been found guilty of three counts of manslaughter for planning the killings of three Civil Rights workers in 1964. --- ## [Recreational marijuana for Vermont!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-marijuana-for-vermont/806365)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2018, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-marijuana-for-vermont/806365 "2018-01-13T08:57:28Z")
Vermont senate passes bill to legalize marijuana use I didn’t see any other threads on this news so light one up for me! (In July) :slight\_smile: --- ## [What THE HELL is this Japanese web site?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-this-japanese-web-site/806498)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2018, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-this-japanese-web-site/806498 "2018-01-13T04:06:46Z")
Thanks to a thread in GQ reminding me, I was just looking for the web site for a company that made a volumetric display a number of years back. But the URL has been taken over by…something. And I want to know what it is. … --- ## [Interesting Political Film from the 40s, Strangely Relevant Today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-political-film-from-the-40s-strangely-relevant-today/806501)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-political-film-from-the-40s-strangely-relevant-today/806501 "2018-01-13T03:57:22Z")
Hi Everyone I wasn’t sure what forum to put this in. While wasting time on YouTube, I came across this old anti-fascist video from the late 40s. At first it was just one of those ham-fisted cheesey mid century governme… --- ## [Just figured out the true nature of The Universe.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-figured-out-the-true-nature-of-the-universe/806460)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-figured-out-the-true-nature-of-the-universe/806460 "2018-01-12T19:27:06Z")
We are all in a simulation that prepares us and gives us a history lesson prior to the Singularity. Yeah yeah…cool story bro. --- ## [Unshared cultural knowledge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unshared-cultural-knowledge/806000)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unshared-cultural-knowledge/806000 "2018-01-12T19:13:15Z")
I was with a group of friends a few nights ago. The owner of the house had a grandfather clock that he had just gotten working. I mentioned that the term “grandfather clock” came from the song, and was surprised that no … --- ## [I lost my house key](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-house-key/806347)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-house-key/806347 "2018-01-12T18:58:27Z")
In the house! I keep two small rings on a carabiner, one ring has car key and key fob. The other ring had my door key, a card from the store, and a miniature library card. Also a dog tag from years ago. I come in the doo… --- ## [The Fed's and their income tax forms!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feds-and-their-income-tax-forms/806462)
**Author:** [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2018, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feds-and-their-income-tax-forms/806462 "2018-01-12T17:42:17Z")
For the first time in a while we’re able to file early, right now in fact, but the US government and all their stupid things, their 1040’s are not ready for release?? Anyone filed yet without a filing service?? :mad:… --- ## [Poll Tax In England?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-tax-in-england/806323)
**Author:** [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2018, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-tax-in-england/806323 "2018-01-12T16:40:33Z")
Yet another question that comes from a Britcom, I’m watching called “Birds of a Feather.” It seems the two sisters, Sharon is living with her sister Tracey. Now Tracey said she can vote because she paid the ‘rates’ on h… --- ## [100 female French writers, academics... negative on new “puritanism” sparked by sexual harassment...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-female-french-writers-academics-negative-on-new-puritanism-sparked-by-sexual-harassment/806295)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-female-french-writers-academics-negative-on-new-puritanism-sparked-by-sexual-harassment/806295 "2018-01-12T14:50:14Z")
Here is the letter in French: You can use Google to translate–or perhaps someone has found a good translation? I think the letter has a lot of merit; although the problem of course is when the man is in a position … --- ## [Strange Christmas card](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-christmas-card/806049)
**Author:** [@Clothes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothes)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2018, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-christmas-card/806049 "2018-01-12T01:22:44Z")
This could be a General Question of the “what is it?” variety, but I’m posting it at Mundane Pointless because I’m not sure there’s a definitive answer, and I’m not sure I care if there is. A friend sent me this image o… --- ## [Wrong number lady...30 min later STILL on the call.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-number-lady-30-min-later-still-on-the-call/804609)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-number-lady-30-min-later-still-on-the-call/804609 "2018-01-12T00:21:23Z")
So my mobile phone rings today with a number I don’t recognise, but as I’m not the paranoid type (like just about everyone else I see here or among my circle of acquaintances) I ANSWERED the call. :smiley: And a lady a… --- ## [Vettery? Anyone have any experience with them good? bad? indifferent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vettery-anyone-have-any-experience-with-them-good-bad-indifferent/806411)
**Author:** [@curious11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious11)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vettery-anyone-have-any-experience-with-them-good-bad-indifferent/806411 "2018-01-11T18:31:33Z")
Hey All, Vettery appears to be a new recruiting company that wants to help me find my dream job. I’m happy with my present position’s challenges, salary, PTO, and zero travel for 10+ years. Working from home would be an … --- ## [How much rain did you get this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-rain-did-you-get-this-year/805648)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-rain-did-you-get-this-year/805648 "2018-01-11T13:15:25Z")
Here in Honomu, HI we got 182.15 inches this year, way down from 2016 when we got 232.70 inches. At least we don’t have to ever water the yard. --- ## [Getting Married in Vietnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-married-in-vietnam/806253)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-married-in-vietnam/806253 "2018-01-11T07:18:36Z")
Hi guys, So I am getting married in Vietnam end of the month, the documents they VN government requested I have and they have been legalised by my government, but I am running out of time for them to be legalised by the… --- ## [Hobbiest writer has an alcohol influenced epiphany](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbiest-writer-has-an-alcohol-influenced-epiphany/806370)
**Author:** [@stanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stanger)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbiest-writer-has-an-alcohol-influenced-epiphany/806370 "2018-01-11T01:12:03Z")
Too long – don’t bother or read with caution . . . . . Today started like many others before; get up, go to work, put in some time and effort until noon, then stop for lunch. Because I felt generous with myself, I decid… --- ## [So, then, what's the Real News?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-then-whats-the-real-news/805959)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2018, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-then-whats-the-real-news/805959 "2018-01-10T23:48:08Z")
My wife was looking at her FB news feed tells me about an eleven year old singer on America’s Got Talent. I ask, why don’t you to to a news site, and see what is important? Like what, she asks. So, here are the top tw… --- ## [Intel chips have security design flaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intel-chips-have-security-design-flaw/805815)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intel-chips-have-security-design-flaw/805815 "2018-01-10T19:50:15Z")
There is a massive design flaw found in Intel processors that affects operating systems using Windows, Mac, and Linux. It is also believed that this will affect cell phones as well. Evidently, Mac already pushed pa… --- ## [Hidden messages in Renaissance art](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidden-messages-in-renaissance-art/806208)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidden-messages-in-renaissance-art/806208 "2018-01-10T18:36:24Z")
Michelangelo may have put hidden images of the human brain in some of his religious art. Are there other examples of this, hidden messages or hidden images in art from that period?… --- ## [Frozen Alligator and Iguana on a stick. Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-alligator-and-iguana-on-a-stick-awesome/806299)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-alligator-and-iguana-on-a-stick-awesome/806299 "2018-01-10T16:18:00Z")
I’d always assumed that reptiles died in abnormally frigid weather. I badly misjudged their innate survival instincts. I still suspect a long term climate change would eventually wipe them out. But they can survive a fe… --- ## [The Life Improvement Check-In Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-life-improvement-check-in-thread/789073)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-life-improvement-check-in-thread/789073 "2018-01-10T16:13:12Z")
This thread supports any folks trying to make positive changes in their lives, which may include fitness, weight loss, reading more, getting out of an unhealthy relationship, or improving their productivity. It is about … --- ## [Do You Own Or Rent Council Flats In England?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-or-rent-council-flats-in-england/806322)
**Author:** [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-or-rent-council-flats-in-england/806322 "2018-01-10T15:34:44Z")
I was watching the show “Birds of a Feather,” it’s a UK Britcom and one of the sister’s Sharon lived in a council flat. It’s depicted as quite a slum but she clearly says she pays rent. And later when she moves in with … --- ## [I had a doctor's appointment this morning; my dog had a vet appointment this afternoon.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-doctors-appointment-this-morning-my-dog-had-a-vet-appointment-this-afternoon/806200)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2018, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-doctors-appointment-this-morning-my-dog-had-a-vet-appointment-this-afternoon/806200 "2018-01-10T03:27:11Z")
One of us has his cholesterol under control and got a prescription for Flonaise; the other has senile dementia, arthritis and a neurological condition in his hindquarters. If the steroid injection doesn’t lead to any im… --- ## [Seattle Charging A Hefty Fee For Sugary Drinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-charging-a-hefty-fee-for-sugary-drinks/806119)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2018, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-charging-a-hefty-fee-for-sugary-drinks/806119 "2018-01-09T21:36:59Z")
Just saw this on the news this evening, and it seems pretty damned steep. Any Seattle Dopers care to weigh in? Will there be a popular rebellion by the people of Seattle against the City Council? I was watching the ev… --- ## [State of Oregon has collective freak-out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-oregon-has-collective-freak-out/805834)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-oregon-has-collective-freak-out/805834 "2018-01-09T20:23:34Z")
Here’s the FB comments. You should be able to see the page without being logged in. Some posts are clearly satire. Others it’s difficult to tell. --- ## [You picked a fine time to leave me,Lucille](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-picked-a-fine-time-to-leave-me-lucille/39797)
**Author:** [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-picked-a-fine-time-to-leave-me-lucille/39797 "2018-01-09T16:25:07Z")
Im sorry. I CAN’T be the only one. When I hear this song ( as I just did) I STILL add these lines to the chorus. “You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille.” and I addd " you bitch, you slut, you whore. You suck, you s… --- ## [Am I missing something about smartphones these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-missing-something-about-smartphones-these-days/796765)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2018, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-missing-something-about-smartphones-these-days/796765 "2018-01-09T03:39:44Z")
So I’ve had an AT&T pcs/cell/smartphone for 20 years now. I accept the fact They don’t last all that long and that I am fairly hard on them. So for as long as I can remember every 2-3 years they have had an upgrade optio… --- ## [Companies that push things that don’t work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companies-that-push-things-that-don-t-work/806178)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2018, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companies-that-push-things-that-don-t-work/806178 "2018-01-09T03:02:17Z")
Optimum sucks. I’m sure most of its customers in the NY/NJ area would agree. I left Fios for Optimum only because the latter offers the Spanish language version of Bein Sports, which often broadcasts different games th… --- ## [One fewer man who walked on another world - John Young RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-fewer-man-who-walked-on-another-world-john-young-rip/806021)
**Author:** [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-fewer-man-who-walked-on-another-world-john-young-rip/806021 "2018-01-09T02:01:07Z")
NASA’s longest-active-service astronaut, John Young, passes away. Was part of the Astronaut corps for 42 years… from the first Gemini flight to the Space Shuttle. Now we have a minority of the moonwalkers still living;… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=492) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=494)