# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=5 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 6 --- ## [Postcard to the King of Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postcard-to-the-king-of-canada/1032629)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postcard-to-the-king-of-canada/1032629 "2026-08-30T01:00:55Z")
I am thinking about sending a postcard to the King of Canada. The message would be short and simple. Something like, “I am so sorry you have to put up with all this. Sincerely, an ordinary American.” I have several q… --- ## [How do people with eating disorders (specifically not eating enough) manage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-with-eating-disorders-specifically-not-eating-enough-manage/1032465)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-with-eating-disorders-specifically-not-eating-enough-manage/1032465 "2026-08-29T19:23:53Z")
I am an average guy, slightly overweight (I’m 6’ 3" so my 20 lbs are evenly distributed so I don’t look overweight), I go cycling about 30 - 40 km every couple of days and I’m generally fairly active. And thirty years ag… --- ## [Rats are not cheap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-are-not-cheap/1032644)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-are-not-cheap/1032644 "2026-08-29T19:20:39Z")
About two years ago we got four new pet rats. (These bring my total of rats to 23 over the past 15 years.) I got them from a breeder for $70 each. Wow, rats are cheap! No. Last Christmas day I noticed a lump on the sid… --- ## [Thinking...can't decide. New dachshund puppy or a big green egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-cant-decide-new-dachshund-puppy-or-a-big-green-egg/1032613)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-cant-decide-new-dachshund-puppy-or-a-big-green-egg/1032613 "2026-08-29T15:15:07Z")
Well the thing is on the table. Son-of-a-wrek found his hearts desire. A big green egg. This is a schmancy fancy grill. That I don’t see the point of. At. All. I have been offered pick of the litter of a dachshund. 6we… --- ## [Harald V of Norway dies at 89](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harald-v-of-norway-dies-at-89/1032657)
**Author:** [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harald-v-of-norway-dies-at-89/1032657 "2026-08-29T04:47:40Z")
On Friday 28 Aug the Norwegian people learned that their beloved King, Harald V, had passed away the same morning. The King had been hospitalized the previous week, and on Thursday his condition changed for the worse. He… --- ## [Bugs in my eyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-in-my-eyes/1032575)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-in-my-eyes/1032575 "2026-08-29T02:12:43Z")
I was at the ophthalmologist today. My vision is ok, but it seems I have Demodex blepharitis. In slightly less scary words, overgrowth of eyelash mites. I knew that everyone has mites, but evidently these are more than … --- ## [I should be in the hospital right now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-be-in-the-hospital-right-now/1032574)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-be-in-the-hospital-right-now/1032574 "2026-08-28T23:14:25Z")
Some of you may have read about my long saga with a spine that’s like a splintered tree branch half hanging on compounded with a crushed vertebra that remains extremely painful despite a kyphoplasty that didn’t work. So… --- ## [How old is that film?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-that-film/1030789)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-that-film/1030789 "2026-08-28T19:56:47Z")
Not about a movie. But film from cameras that required it. I know we have some camera buffs here. Not talking to you, exactly. But do you have undeveloped film floating around? Or some that never took pictures at all? … --- ## [(Old) Trying To Reason with Hurricane Season - A Hockey MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-trying-to-reason-with-hurricane-season-a-hockey-mmp/1030522)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 310\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-trying-to-reason-with-hurricane-season-a-hockey-mmp/1030522 "2026-08-28T16:47:33Z")
It’s (Meteorological)hurricane season today, and for the first time in 20 years it’s (hockey) Hurricane season, which I dread a lot less. Most of the experts are picking Vegas, but like I noted on a Cane FB group, this a… --- ## [Pics of the "almost blood moon"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-the-almost-blood-moon/1032632)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-the-almost-blood-moon/1032632 "2026-08-28T16:23:13Z")
Went out las night and beheld the near total eclipse and took this pic with my camera phone which came out surprising well considering it was dark out and I didn’t use a tripod. It was a little redder than this photo IR… --- ## [Follow my package with me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-my-package-with-me/1031950)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-my-package-with-me/1031950 "2026-08-28T16:13:14Z")
I ordered a part for my RV on July 20. It’s in Ohio, and is to be delivered to the west coast of Canada. Follow it’s journey along with me! So far, as of July 26, it’s gone approximately 800 miles in the wrong dire… --- ## [Breaking: toxic gas leak in Orange County imminent: 40,000 ordered to evacuate: Breaking news, 2026-05-23](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-toxic-gas-leak-in-orange-county-imminent-40-000-ordered-to-evacuate-breaking-news-2026-05-23/1030327)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-toxic-gas-leak-in-orange-county-imminent-40-000-ordered-to-evacuate-breaking-news-2026-05-23/1030327 "2026-08-28T13:00:42Z")
A tank containing 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate has been overheating for the last 2 days. Officials say they’re probably not going to be able to prevent it from either venting its contents, or exploding, either of… --- ## [This week's (kind of sad) lesson: kill your procrastination habits while you still have most of your marbles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-weeks-kind-of-sad-lesson-kill-your-procrastination-habits-while-you-still-have-most-of-your-marbles/1030933)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2026, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-weeks-kind-of-sad-lesson-kill-your-procrastination-habits-while-you-still-have-most-of-your-marbles/1030933 "2026-08-27T23:30:27Z")
I’ve just spent the last fortnight in Spain. My mum lives here with her partner. They’re both getting on in years now - he’s quite physically infirm, she’s got early stage Alzheimer’s, which at the moment is manifesting … --- ## [I just heard about slaughtered Mustangs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-about-slaughtered-mustangs/1032536)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-about-slaughtered-mustangs/1032536 "2026-08-27T17:51:11Z")
I don’t have a cite for this. I got it off Jeff Teidrich’s substiack and I’m not sure where he got it: "The horses were packed into echoing metal trailers and trucked 1,800 miles east to the pens of a hard-luck livestoc… --- ## [Pretty unhappy about having to switch from Samsung to Google Messenger by July 6th](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pretty-unhappy-about-having-to-switch-from-samsung-to-google-messenger-by-july-6th/1031199)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pretty-unhappy-about-having-to-switch-from-samsung-to-google-messenger-by-july-6th/1031199 "2026-08-27T12:25:02Z")
While I’ve no doubt but that Samsung Messenger does some data scraping, I’m pretty unhappy that it’s shutting down and I am being guided to Google Messenger. Google will scrape and monetize every name, phone number and m… --- ## [How come so many celebrity arrests make the news](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-so-many-celebrity-arrests-make-the-news/1032556)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2026, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-so-many-celebrity-arrests-make-the-news/1032556 "2026-08-27T01:13:44Z")
The latest one is Jed York, owner & CEO of the San Francisco 49ers who was arrested in East Palestine, OH (population \< 5000) for prostitution which has made national news because of who he is. Now he did grow up 20-25 … --- ## [People who work with the public: What's the weirdest thing you ever had to "trespass" someone for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-work-with-the-public-whats-the-weirdest-thing-you-ever-had-to-trespass-someone-for/1032531)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2026, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-work-with-the-public-whats-the-weirdest-thing-you-ever-had-to-trespass-someone-for/1032531 "2026-08-26T23:52:25Z")
Yeah, I know, “trespass” has become one of those active verbs when it wasn’t before. Back when I worked with the public, I saw many cases of people who were banned from the property for varying periods of time for shopl… --- ## [Verizon's systems suck, but my consumer complaints were very effective](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verizons-systems-suck-but-my-consumer-complaints-were-very-effective/1032549)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verizons-systems-suck-but-my-consumer-complaints-were-very-effective/1032549 "2026-08-26T22:05:26Z")
In July I canceled Verizon’s TV service and switched over to YouTube TV - in the end, I got more channels and paid less, so it’s a win. I then turned in my equipment and (mercifully) kept the receipt. On August 5 I got … --- ## [Shopping on Amazon rapidly turning to shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-on-amazon-rapidly-turning-to-shit/1032313)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-on-amazon-rapidly-turning-to-shit/1032313 "2026-08-26T16:23:01Z")
Say what you will about the economics or politics of shopping on Amazon, it used to be, at least, convenient. Since I joined Prime (which I did so I could watch Rings of Power, fool that I am, and kept on for convenience… --- ## [Breakfast eateries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-eateries/1032367)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2026, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-eateries/1032367 "2026-08-26T04:46:39Z")
Y’all know, I live rurally. No door dash or Uber. Traveling to eat is a lengthy ride in any direction (no, I don’t live at the center of the universe. I just think I do! :grinning\_face\_with\_smiling\_eyes: ). We’ve had w… --- ## [Tesla Cybertruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 1860\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866 "2026-08-25T22:23:57Z")
It’s popped up in a few threads, so I figured it deserved its own thread. Tesla has announced a new product, the Cybertruck. In case you hadn’t guessed, it’s an electric truck with “cyberpunk” styling. Musk has been t… --- ## [Is anyone else following this bizarre Jason Arday story out of Cambridge University?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-following-this-bizarre-jason-arday-story-out-of-cambridge-university/1032289)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 319\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-following-this-bizarre-jason-arday-story-out-of-cambridge-university/1032289 "2026-08-25T20:54:07Z")
In short, he seems to be the DEI hire of all DEI hires, or else He Knew Somebody. The more I hear about it, the weirder and weirder the story gets. His credentials are sketchy at best, among other things. --- ## [The Great Ongoing Motorcycle Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-motorcycle-thread/991279)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 618\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-motorcycle-thread/991279 "2026-08-25T20:23:05Z")
Breaking this off from the Where are the motorcycle commercials? thread. \[NB: There’s a previous motorcycle thread, but it’s from 2009.\] By now, everyone knows a neighbour’s getting my 2002 Yamaha YZF R1 running; so I … --- ## [Jasmine's Growing Spider Army](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jasmines-growing-spider-army/1032466)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jasmines-growing-spider-army/1032466 "2026-08-25T12:33:14Z")
About 3 weeks ago, I was looking out of my livingroom sliding window when I noticed a large bodied spider hanging from a single thread at eye level. I blew gently through the screen and got him rocking. He wasn’t impre… --- ## [I just outlived Ernest Hemingway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-outlived-ernest-hemingway/1032428)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-outlived-ernest-hemingway/1032428 "2026-08-24T14:38:38Z")
Not that I’m some obsessive superfan who had his death date on my calendar; his name just came up in another thread, and I had the thought “he killed himself at 61, the age I am now, and I’m soon to turn 62. I guess I pr… --- ## [Does your city have a "character"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-city-have-a-character/1032299)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-city-have-a-character/1032299 "2026-08-24T12:19:21Z")
In Memphis for the last 50 or so years it was Prince Mongo. He died today. He ran for mayor in every election in the 80s and 90s. I remember that my boyfriend’s mother actually voted for him once in protest, which I … --- ## [Amazon set to make drone deliveries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-set-to-make-drone-deliveries/835094)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2026, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-set-to-make-drone-deliveries/835094 "2026-08-24T09:00:25Z")
It’s been in the rumor-news for a few years now, but today Amazon made the announcement that they were ready to use drones to make deliveries “in months”. I’m still not convinced that it’s going to be a good idea to ha… --- ## [(Old) Prepping for a visit in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-prepping-for-a-visit-in-the-mmp/1032376)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 290\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2026, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-prepping-for-a-visit-in-the-mmp/1032376 "2026-08-24T08:47:58Z")
Someone is going to drop in and you don’t have a whole lot of warning. Do you straighten the magazines on the coffee table and smile, or it is all out OMGTHISPLACEISAMESSWHATAMIGONNADO??? My mom is coming for lunch tomo… --- ## [Your feel-good story for the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-feel-good-story-for-the-day/1017110)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-feel-good-story-for-the-day/1017110 "2026-08-24T02:10:56Z")
Here’s mine. Feel free to post your own today, or in coming days: --- ## [Whale songs in the skies - the A220 engine sound](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-songs-in-the-skies-the-a220-engine-sound/1032485)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2026, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-songs-in-the-skies-the-a220-engine-sound/1032485 "2026-08-23T07:45:03Z")
I live under a flight path for the Columbus airport, and for the most part I’ve tuned out the sounds. Sometimes the sounds make me perk up – twice in my time living here I’ve heard engine failures, and they sound wild, l… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=6)