# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=495 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 496 --- ## [Wikipedia: I cracked the top 10,000!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-i-cracked-the-top-10-000/805307)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-i-cracked-the-top-10-000/805307 "2018-01-04T17:11:55Z")
I’ve never felt so accepted in all my life. These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the number of posts I’ve made. \ Wikipedians Top 10,000 --- ## [The Saudis raised the Price of Gasoline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saudis-raised-the-price-of-gasoline/805687)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saudis-raised-the-price-of-gasoline/805687 "2018-01-04T17:08:27Z")
The raised it at midnight last night showing an absolutely Prussian adherence to secrecy. Now I got half a tank and will have to pay an 85% price increase in a few days. They raised it to US$1.40/gallon. --- ## [Help me build a kick ass Valentine’s Day kit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-kick-ass-valentine-s-day-kit/805827)
**Author:** [@Mrdeals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrdeals)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-kick-ass-valentine-s-day-kit/805827 "2018-01-04T16:04:51Z")
I’ve been kicking around the idea for a month now, instead of people buying all their Valentine’s Day stuff at a few stores, why not bundle it together into a package deal. So my target price i want to advertise is $99.… --- ## [Why do restaurant servers screw up so often?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-restaurant-servers-screw-up-so-often/805477)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2018, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-restaurant-servers-screw-up-so-often/805477 "2018-01-04T01:59:40Z")
I am not ragging on restaurant servers here. I know they have a hard job and are criminally underpaid. Furthermore, I always tip 20% to 25%, even when the service is mediocre. I never complain and I always treat restaura… --- ## [I Could Use Some Advice: I Am At The End Of My Rope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-use-some-advice-i-am-at-the-end-of-my-rope/805478)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2018, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-use-some-advice-i-am-at-the-end-of-my-rope/805478 "2018-01-03T23:08:51Z")
\[OP requests you now check post #43 for an update- ITD\] Here’s the situation: my wife and I are this close to being destitute. She will. not. work. She could get a job at a preschool tomorrow and bring in some much-need… --- ## [Friend claimed I ruined his late grandma's reupholstered chair. Wants me to pay for damages.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-claimed-i-ruined-his-late-grandmas-reupholstered-chair-wants-me-to-pay-for-damages/805602)
**Author:** [@DkTrdGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DkTrdGuy)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2018, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-claimed-i-ruined-his-late-grandmas-reupholstered-chair-wants-me-to-pay-for-damages/805602 "2018-01-03T21:17:27Z")
One of my friends grandma’s died somewhat recently. She was a sweet old lady who left behind two awesome vintage chairs. While they were awesome, they were a bit worn. So, my friend had them reupholstered It was long pr… --- ## [New Year plans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-year-plans/805639)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-year-plans/805639 "2018-01-03T20:47:09Z")
Oddly, I don’t see a thread for this yet. NYE: a good walk, traditional fondue for dinner and maybe go see the zoo lights. We don’t stay up late or go see fireworks, so that’s it. NYD: traditional biscuits and gravy fo… --- ## [Chidope, Fall 2017?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-fall-2017/798699)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-fall-2017/798699 "2018-01-03T18:43:26Z")
It’s been a while. Any suggestions of venue? In town or suburban? Any takers? My ethnicity is Suburban, but I’m open to suggestions. --- ## [Who's going to CES next week?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-going-to-ces-next-week/805804)
**Author:** [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2018, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-going-to-ces-next-week/805804 "2018-01-03T17:42:11Z")
And what do you want to see there? I’ll be there and definitely will be checking out the latest TVs, especially LG’s 8G model. Never thought much of LG as a TV maker, but I don’t know who’s the best these days. I stil… --- ## [2017 Mass Killings in the United States](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-mass-killings-in-the-united-states/776508)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-mass-killings-in-the-united-states/776508 "2018-01-03T16:37:59Z")
This list is the tenth of the series. I have usually posted it on Reddit and elsewhere. It is, I think unique and might even be important. I shall update it throughout the year. 2017 Mass Killings in USA 4 or more kill… --- ## [Squash update: He escaped!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squash-update-he-escaped/805673)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2018, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squash-update-he-escaped/805673 "2018-01-03T05:58:50Z")
Back in October I posted about having to confine my eldest cat in a large cage complex, for his own safety; the post and resulting thread are here. In the intervening months Squash has thrived in his private realm, been… --- ## [Anybody Ever Had An Umbilical Hernia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-had-an-umbilical-hernia/805672)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2018, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-had-an-umbilical-hernia/805672 "2018-01-03T05:24:42Z")
I have an umbilical hernia due to the accumulation of fluid in my abdomen, the result of ascites from liver cirrhosis. They drained 7 litres of fluid during a paracentesis procedure I had in March after the discovery of … --- ## [Funniest or strangest New Year's Resolution (includes "just kidding")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-or-strangest-new-years-resolution-includes-just-kidding/805738)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-or-strangest-new-years-resolution-includes-just-kidding/805738 "2018-01-02T19:03:58Z")
I just saw one that said “Drink more light blue Gatorade.” :stuck\_out\_tongue: People who do that look like they’re drinking Windex. FTR, I never do them. I don’t follow them, and if I want to change something, I star… --- ## [How Cold Will it Be When the New Year Arrives at Your Location?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-will-it-be-when-the-new-year-arrives-at-your-location/805498)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2018, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-will-it-be-when-the-new-year-arrives-at-your-location/805498 "2018-01-02T01:10:50Z")
Go to: http://forecast.weather.gov Enter your location, then Hourly Weather Forecast on the right side of the page then Forward Two Days. Find the 12 am temperature on January 1. For me the forecast is 14 degrees belo… --- ## [SDMB Post of Mine Quoted Elsewhere on the Interwebs!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-post-of-mine-quoted-elsewhere-on-the-interwebs/805669)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2018, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-post-of-mine-quoted-elsewhere-on-the-interwebs/805669 "2018-01-02T01:09:29Z")
Well, it would seem the internet has officially become the Kevin Bacon Game. A friend of mine hosts a weekly podcast, I am a frequent guest panelist. It’s a music themed podcast, each episode has a specific topic. Prior… --- ## [Ever done NYE in Times Square? Would you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-done-nye-in-times-square-would-you/805505)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-done-nye-in-times-square-would-you/805505 "2018-01-01T22:56:25Z")
Listening to the NPR report on security this AM, I don’t think I’d ever try going there. It’s cold and crowded and scary. Why do people? Just for a shot a being on TV? --- ## [You Thought Reality Was Terrifying....Here's Reality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-reality-was-terrifying-heres-reality/805207)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-reality-was-terrifying-heres-reality/805207 "2018-01-01T22:11:55Z")
This is extremely believable. Even if you’re a nutter, this is within the realm of reason. We’re not far away from this already. Goodbye, privacy! --- ## [Agoraphobia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agoraphobia/805677)
**Author:** [@Mrdeals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrdeals)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agoraphobia/805677 "2018-01-01T18:59:05Z")
Do any dopers have experience, or maybe even suffer from it? I have since I was 10 or 11. The severity seems to come and go in phases. I spent the last three years being able to go and do anything. No I feel myself slip… --- ## [Fall of the House of Sequential Threads, Part MXLVII](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 468\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631 "2018-01-01T18:29:09Z")
Do you say “su-PREM-a-cist” or “su-PREM-ist”? What were your high school’s colors? Confederate gray. Booor-ing. --- ## [Fraud alert MAPCO-EXPRESS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fraud-alert-mapco-express/805688)
**Author:** [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fraud-alert-mapco-express/805688 "2018-01-01T15:40:15Z")
Anyone ever heard of this Tennessee outfit? My credit card fraud dept., just notified me they had tried to ding my account twice yesterday. Glad they’re on the ball. Just wonder how they got the cc number. --- ## [In which Piper Cub becomes suspicious of my bona fides \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-piper-cub-becomes-suspicious-of-my-bona-fides-edited-title/805535)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-piper-cub-becomes-suspicious-of-my-bona-fides-edited-title/805535 "2018-01-01T07:52:17Z")
Date: Boxing Day Scene: Piper Kitchen Discovered on the floor: Northern Piper and Piper Cub, putting together a radio controlled car from Santa Cub: The car takes AA batteries. We’ve got a big packet of those! Cub … --- ## [Even If It Is Christmas We Must Have A MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-it-is-christmas-we-must-have-a-mmp/805267)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-it-is-christmas-we-must-have-a-mmp/805267 "2018-01-01T04:23:55Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 38 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 53 and N.O.S. for the day. Winter is back I reckon. Today I shall go feast with JDD, Partner, and assorted others. I t… --- ## [Bad Lip Reading’s hilarious Trump Christmas tune](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-lip-reading-s-hilarious-trump-christmas-tune/805520)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-lip-reading-s-hilarious-trump-christmas-tune/805520 "2018-01-01T00:07:41Z")
I love love love this! --- ## [Boy, do I feel like an idiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-do-i-feel-like-an-idiot/804595)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-do-i-feel-like-an-idiot/804595 "2017-12-31T23:00:35Z")
As a companion thread to Tales of clumsiness, here’s a thread where you admit to being a complete idiot. A boob. A dimwit. A knucklehead. A nincompoop. You get the idea. I’ve been eating Trader Joe’s French Onion S… --- ## [Voyager record image decoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyager-record-image-decoder/805514)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyager-record-image-decoder/805514 "2017-12-31T20:47:53Z")
In the late 70s NASA launched a pair of robot probes to study our Solar System. it was realized that the probes would eventually keep going deep into interstellar space…and some extraterrestrial intelligence may encount… --- ## [Your favorite contradictory (or other interesting) business signs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-contradictory-or-other-interesting-business-signs/805377)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-contradictory-or-other-interesting-business-signs/805377 "2017-12-31T16:30:56Z")
At the Jets gas station by me there is a deal of “Unlimited car washes” for a month for $24.99\*. \*Limit 1 wash per day. :smack: Then it’s not unlimited, is it! At the PDQ station there is a sign ontop every pump that s… --- ## [Resolution Check-In: Results for Last's Years' Promises](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolution-check-in-results-for-lasts-years-promises/805518)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolution-check-in-results-for-lasts-years-promises/805518 "2017-12-31T16:28:35Z")
As I’ve mentioned on this board, my one New Year’s Resolution for 2017 was: I would become more positive. And at the end of this year I have to report, I think I actually have become more positive. Not to the extent t… --- ## [Taking a break from the Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-dope/801306)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2017, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-dope/801306 "2017-12-31T03:30:00Z")
I’ve been participating for many years now, and it’s time to take a rest. There are many reasons, of course. I have other things to do. There’s a lot of mud been slung unfairly in my direction recently and I’ve been taki… --- ## [Japan is considering purchase of F-35Bs. China's gonna be pissed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-is-considering-purchase-of-f-35bs-chinas-gonna-be-pissed/805404)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2017, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-is-considering-purchase-of-f-35bs-chinas-gonna-be-pissed/805404 "2017-12-31T02:55:13Z")
According to the Japan Times: “the Defense Ministry is mulling a plan to buy F-35B stealth fighter jets for use on its helicopter carriers”. Their constitution says “Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign r… --- ## [The Braggin' Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-braggin-thread/804947)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2017, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-braggin-thread/804947 "2017-12-31T02:08:45Z")
I wanted to brag, and I didn’t want to do it alone. So this is the place for you to post your recent accomplishments. Drop on in for a pat on the back and an 'Attaboy or 'Attagirl! Back on October 27, I went to the do… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=494) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=496)