# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=498 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 499 --- ## [President Trump's Seven Deadly Words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trumps-seven-deadly-words/804610)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trumps-seven-deadly-words/804610 "2017-12-19T22:19:58Z")
Check it out: The Trump administration has given a list of banned words to the CDC. “Vulnerable,” “entitlement,” “diversity,” “transgender,” “fetus,” “evidence-based” and “science-based”…with “honor”, “integrity” and “s… --- ## [Weirdest unsolicited mail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-unsolicited-mail/804582)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-unsolicited-mail/804582 "2017-12-19T21:32:45Z")
I just saw a commercial on TV for “miracle spring water” (similar to this one, but I think shorter.) It reminded me of how in my childhood my family used to get chain mail and other similar junk mail, including some send… --- ## [Beef, whats for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-whats-for-breakfast-lunch-and-dinner/804619)
**Author:** [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-whats-for-breakfast-lunch-and-dinner/804619 "2017-12-19T21:28:14Z")
How quick can ONE average human being devour a whole beef, not a SIDE of beef. Could be a cow or a steer…but, the whole animal, eviscerated and cleaned into 1/4’s ? I have an opinion…my room mate has one too. How long… --- ## [The physics of slicing cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-physics-of-slicing-cheese/804612)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-physics-of-slicing-cheese/804612 "2017-12-19T21:22:54Z")
Hard-ish cheeses, like supermarket cheddar, are hard to slice with a knife. I know this to be true from experience, but I don’t know why. But the bigger puzzle to me is why, when you slice a nice square block of superma… --- ## [2% humidity - how is that possible??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-humidity-how-is-that-possible/804325)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-humidity-how-is-that-possible/804325 "2017-12-19T21:18:36Z")
So the Weather Channel says the current temp in Southern California is 83F, with relative humidity at TWO percent. How is that even possible? It’s been hovering around 5 to 6 percent since last week, and even that’s be… --- ## [My first bout, of Gout](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-bout-of-gout/800001)
**Author:** [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-bout-of-gout/800001 "2017-12-19T20:58:20Z")
Yesterday morning i woke about 4am in excruciating pain, my left hand, middle finger was also slightly inflamed. Move forward 24 hours, my finger is swollen to what look about twice normal size, the knuckles are RED and… --- ## [I went to listen to Hillary Clinton last night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-listen-to-hillary-clinton-last-night/804397)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-listen-to-hillary-clinton-last-night/804397 "2017-12-19T20:53:24Z")
She’s here on her book tour. I have to say that I was a reluctant attendee. My wife bought tickets some time ago, but I was foot-dragging yesterday. My image of Hillary was from the campaign trail, and while her message … --- ## [Rarely do I make headline, but when I do, it is big](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rarely-do-i-make-headline-but-when-i-do-it-is-big/804840)
**Author:** [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rarely-do-i-make-headline-but-when-i-do-it-is-big/804840 "2017-12-19T20:31:37Z")
ThisSpaceForRent TSFR --- ## [Mexican guy on talk show meme](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexican-guy-on-talk-show-meme/804860)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexican-guy-on-talk-show-meme/804860 "2017-12-19T19:51:16Z")
I saw this video over at a friend’s and laughed my cookies off. It’s called “Apple Engineer Talks About New 2016 Macbook Pro.” Now that I’m sober, I suspect this guy really isn’t an Apple Engineer, but he’s so crazy and … --- ## [Act before the end of 2017 to preserve your 2018 tax deductions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/act-before-the-end-of-2017-to-preserve-your-2018-tax-deductions/804601)
**Author:** [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/act-before-the-end-of-2017-to-preserve-your-2018-tax-deductions/804601 "2017-12-19T19:46:13Z")
The new tax bill now seems certain to pass. The new law will severely reduce your ability to take itemized deductions on your federal tax returns in 2018 and beyond. And even if you can still take itemized deductions, … --- ## [Too Much White Stuff - a Snowy MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-much-white-stuff-a-snowy-mmp/804179)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-much-white-stuff-a-snowy-mmp/804179 "2017-12-19T19:01:40Z")
Morning all! We had a significant amount of snow where I live - unusual for us, the last time we had this level of snow was about 5 years ago. It’s a well-known fact that the UK is always completely unprepared for bad … --- ## [Judge Kozinski resigns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-kozinski-resigns/804781)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-kozinski-resigns/804781 "2017-12-18T23:13:47Z")
As mentioned in another thread: Update: Judge Alex Kozinski steps down effectively immediately. Huh. And now Trump has another federal seat on the bench to fill. Ironic, in a sort of ironic way. --- ## [Chew your food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chew-your-food/804353)
**Author:** [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chew-your-food/804353 "2017-12-18T22:00:34Z")
So, eating a pulled pork sandwich with fried potatoes for supper last night. I occasionally have problems where food seems ‘stuck’, but a solid drink of water clears it. Last night, it didn’t seem to be working, so I dr… --- ## [Do you wear a wrist watch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612 "2017-12-18T21:52:26Z")
Well, I’m no luddite, right now there are these devices that tell the time in my immediate vicinity: the laptop I’m typing this on, my smartphone, my landline phone, my TV and the clock on the wall in my living room, but… --- ## [The Red Barn Murder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-red-barn-murder/804724)
**Author:** [@SeniorCitizen007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeniorCitizen007)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-red-barn-murder/804724 "2017-12-18T19:51:53Z")
In 1827, in Polstead, Suffolk, Maria Marten was murdered by her lover William Corder. Until the 1970s I had no knowledge of my family’s connection to this event. Prior to discovering that my direct line female ancestry… --- ## [OK, this is weird \[website\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-is-weird-website/804699)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-is-weird-website/804699 "2017-12-18T18:14:45Z")
http://batheinmymilk.com What the ever loving fuck? --- ## [Amtrak train derails from bridge onto Interstate 5 near Olympia, Washington](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amtrak-train-derails-from-bridge-onto-interstate-5-near-olympia-washington/804774)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amtrak-train-derails-from-bridge-onto-interstate-5-near-olympia-washington/804774 "2017-12-18T17:53:04Z")
It sounds like they failed to properly check everything was OK before the first run with passengers. --- ## [Adult son having trouble getting a credit card](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-son-having-trouble-getting-a-credit-card/804688)
**Author:** [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2017, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-son-having-trouble-getting-a-credit-card/804688 "2017-12-18T05:42:41Z")
Not a bad credit score - he appears to have none at all. He paid off his student loans early, bought a building lot and paid that off early. Hates debt, but he’s getting a construction loan and the bank wants him to demo… --- ## [One book by Kierkegaard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-book-by-kierkegaard/804602)
**Author:** [@The\_Plutonium\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Plutonium_Kid)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2017, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-book-by-kierkegaard/804602 "2017-12-18T04:08:11Z")
Suppose you have a friend who’s tolerably well educated and well read. He has a BA, and he’s got several undergrad courses in philosophy under his belt, but he’s far from being broadly educated in the subject of philosop… --- ## [Town/City names near you that could be broken up into plausable full names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/town-city-names-near-you-that-could-be-broken-up-into-plausable-full-names/804645)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/town-city-names-near-you-that-could-be-broken-up-into-plausable-full-names/804645 "2017-12-18T01:48:39Z")
In your state, providence, county or whatever geographical unit they break area up to in your country, what place names could be broken in two or three to produce a fairly realistic name for a person? One place name = a… --- ## [And this is how sexism might affect your career guys.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-this-is-how-sexism-might-affect-your-career-guys/804024)
**Author:** [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-this-is-how-sexism-might-affect-your-career-guys/804024 "2017-12-17T23:21:53Z")
Yesterday I went to lunch with a bunch of former coworkers. Another woman and two guys. The two guys are still at the place the four of us worked together at two years ago, the other women and I work together now again… --- ## [We're (probably) getting a dog!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-probably-getting-a-dog/804225)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2017, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-probably-getting-a-dog/804225 "2017-12-17T05:08:54Z")
So on Saturday night, Husband and I were gonna go run an errand, and hit the local Circle K before we left, so Husband could get a soda. While we were there, we saw a pretty little white dog interacting with someone, wh… --- ## [Monkey Deer Love in Japan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkey-deer-love-in-japan/804669)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkey-deer-love-in-japan/804669 "2017-12-16T20:19:47Z")
Traditional sex roles continue to crumble in the 21st century. Adding other mammals to the dating pool can only make things more interesting. I want to find an intelligent attractive dolphin and make a couple mermaids.… --- ## [British Women has an OPEN relationship with Chandeliers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-women-has-an-open-relationship-with-chandeliers/804434)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-women-has-an-open-relationship-with-chandeliers/804434 "2017-12-16T16:51:24Z")
Its probably “On Again Off Again” relationships. Which song will be the first dance at their wedding? I nominate \*You Light Up My Life \* --- ## [How long do typical street repairs take where you live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-typical-street-repairs-take-where-you-live/804632)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-typical-street-repairs-take-where-you-live/804632 "2017-12-16T14:51:27Z")
In The area where I live there are some surface streets that have been under construction for a few years now and seem no closer to being completed. At the same time one of the freeways just outside the city was extended… --- ## [Kate and Alan Burrows and their 'Mud Hut' ... I built something similar in Wales in the 80s.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-and-alan-burrows-and-their-mud-hut-i-built-something-similar-in-wales-in-the-80s/804606)
**Author:** [@SeniorCitizen007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeniorCitizen007)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-and-alan-burrows-and-their-mud-hut-i-built-something-similar-in-wales-in-the-80s/804606 "2017-12-16T12:54:04Z")
In 1984 my wife and I moved into a caravan on a farm in Wales. The farmer allowed me to clear a large area of turves so as to create a garden. I used the turves to build something similar to what the Burrows have done.… --- ## [Bucks County killings . . . strangerer and strangerer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucks-county-killings-strangerer-and-strangerer/791066)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2017, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucks-county-killings-strangerer-and-strangerer/791066 "2017-12-16T09:00:10Z")
The investigation into four missing young men is happening in my area and I have friends with close connections to the (presumed) victims and the POI :eek: This is a really strange investigation in many ways. The detail… --- ## [Time to bring out the LARGE Star of David](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-bring-out-the-large-star-of-david/804274)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2017, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-bring-out-the-large-star-of-david/804274 "2017-12-16T07:39:00Z")
I have a tiny, understated Star of David on a fine chain I wear most of the time. Usually, it falls under my shirt, and people can’t see it. I got it as a bat mitzvah gift. It’s, IIRC, 12k gold. Sometime in early Decemb… --- ## [The UK State Pension department is playing mind games with me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uk-state-pension-department-is-playing-mind-games-with-me/804546)
**Author:** [@SeniorCitizen007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeniorCitizen007)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2017, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uk-state-pension-department-is-playing-mind-games-with-me/804546 "2017-12-16T06:35:56Z")
I’ve just received (14th Dec) a letter asking me to telephone them to arrange a time for them to telephone me so that they can review what my financial circumstances were on 20th Oct last (my 75th birthday). If I fail t… --- ## [Kate and Alan Burrows and their 'Mud Hut'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-and-alan-burrows-and-their-mud-hut/804597)
**Author:** [@SeniorCitizen007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeniorCitizen007)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-and-alan-burrows-and-their-mud-hut/804597 "2017-12-16T02:43:13Z")
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