# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=503 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 504 --- ## [Now it's Al Franken Accused of Sexual Harassment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-its-al-franken-accused-of-sexual-harassment/801781)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-its-al-franken-accused-of-sexual-harassment/801781 "2017-11-23T19:29:25Z")
Complete with a photograph. His statement. --- ## [Rats Taking Over Central Park?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-taking-over-central-park/802369)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-taking-over-central-park/802369 "2017-11-23T16:31:39Z")
I’m home for the holidays in New York this week, and went to Central Park with my son the other day. Now, I have always known or assumed that Manhattan has an enormous rat population, but I had never seen so many rats (… --- ## [Help! I'm trapped at my computer because...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-im-trapped-at-my-computer-because/802065)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-im-trapped-at-my-computer-because/802065 "2017-11-22T18:27:35Z")
…my cathas fallen asleep on my left arm. Now typing with one hand. Can someone please bring me some food. --- ## [I suspect I'm beginning an unpleasant and scary journey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-suspect-im-beginning-an-unpleasant-and-scary-journey/802135)
**Author:** [@Cheerful\_Pessimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheerful_Pessimist)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-suspect-im-beginning-an-unpleasant-and-scary-journey/802135 "2017-11-22T13:46:59Z")
Me: 50yo female. 15 year history of hypertension and high cholesterol, both controlled. Complicated medical history beginning with a ruptured appendix at age 14 that went undiagnosed for 7 days (although I was hospita… --- ## [iPhone Market Share is HOW big?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-market-share-is-how-big/802061)
**Author:** [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2017, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-market-share-is-how-big/802061 "2017-11-22T09:57:57Z")
I was chatting in the break room with a co-worker recently about the iPhone X and casually remarked that the iPhone is less than 15% of the smartphone market worldwide. Some people overheard, the person I talked to was f… --- ## [Floor or ground](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floor-or-ground/802262)
**Author:** [@contradancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/contradancer)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2017, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floor-or-ground/802262 "2017-11-22T08:58:36Z")
I guess this bugs me so much because I’m getting old and I think it’s incorrect; on the other hand I realize language changes. When I grew up, when you dropped something, it fell on the floor when you were inside and on… --- ## [Charles Manson Has passed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-has-passed/802164)
**Author:** [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2017, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-has-passed/802164 "2017-11-22T04:33:39Z")
That is all. Carry on. --- ## [Austrailians vote overwhelmingly for same sex marriage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austrailians-vote-overwhelmingly-for-same-sex-marriage/801653)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austrailians-vote-overwhelmingly-for-same-sex-marriage/801653 "2017-11-22T02:30:16Z")
WTG Aussies! All I heard was worries about this survey. I guess the next step is to actually pass some legislation? --- ## [Old Britsh money system - How difficult was it to use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-britsh-money-system-how-difficult-was-it-to-use/802149)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2017, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-britsh-money-system-how-difficult-was-it-to-use/802149 "2017-11-22T02:25:58Z")
After reading numerous Charles Dickens novels, plus all of the Sherlock Homes stories (and re-reading them more times than I can count) this American has become familiar with the old British money system. It has always… --- ## [Have we had an "Ask the tall ship crewmember" thread yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-had-an-ask-the-tall-ship-crewmember-thread-yet/802046)
**Author:** [@Spiny\_Norman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiny_Norman)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-had-an-ask-the-tall-ship-crewmember-thread-yet/802046 "2017-11-22T00:43:33Z")
Yes, I’ve been absent. Be that as it may - for the last couple of years, I’ve spent a lot of my weekend hours sailing on the twin 110-ft brigantines Exy and Irving Johnson, to the point where the non-profit owning them … --- ## [Severe shoulder pain easy fix.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severe-shoulder-pain-easy-fix/801978)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severe-shoulder-pain-easy-fix/801978 "2017-11-22T00:21:54Z")
I have noticed a real common problem is severe shoulder pain. They will explain they need surgery because the Dr says they have a torn meniscus, or calcium deposits or a number of other in resolvable issues. For the past… --- ## [IV shortage courtesy of Hurricane Maria](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iv-shortage-courtesy-of-hurricane-maria/802336)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iv-shortage-courtesy-of-hurricane-maria/802336 "2017-11-22T00:10:47Z")
This has been running tonight on my local news. IV supplies are running low. Hospitals are taking steps to ensure supplies last. Using pills instead of fluids in some situations. Turns out IV supplies are manufactured i… --- ## [Do you want killdozers? Because this is how you get killdozers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-killdozers-because-this-is-how-you-get-killdozers/802155)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-killdozers-because-this-is-how-you-get-killdozers/802155 "2017-11-21T20:46:17Z")
I generally have pretty low expectations of California, but in this case they have managed to undercut even those. --- ## [Bunker full of 1,000 bikes. WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bunker-full-of-1-000-bikes-wtf/802055)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bunker-full-of-1-000-bikes-wtf/802055 "2017-11-21T18:53:25Z")
http://beta.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-oc-homeless-found-20171118-story.html#nt=tertiarynavbar This is the strangest thing I’ve ever read. Homeless encampment with an underground bunker full of 1,000 bikes. … --- ## [If you've ever wanted to send a message to the Pentagon, well, you probably already have.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youve-ever-wanted-to-send-a-message-to-the-pentagon-well-you-probably-already-have/802199)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2017, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youve-ever-wanted-to-send-a-message-to-the-pentagon-well-you-probably-already-have/802199 "2017-11-21T07:13:16Z")
So, it looks like the Pentagon has been engaged in a massive project to scrape content posted to the internet by ordinary citizens all over the world. The project is known to have been active between 2009 and 2015, but … --- ## [My days of innocence are at an end \[cat-related\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-days-of-innocence-are-at-an-end-cat-related/802187)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-days-of-innocence-are-at-an-end-cat-related/802187 "2017-11-21T04:35:09Z")
Since I moved back east, I’ve had this horrible, nearly phobia-level fear of running into a deer with my car. Not something I had to seriously worry about in good old Southern California. We are adjacent to significant a… --- ## [Dr. Martens makes an oops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-martens-makes-an-oops/801902)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-martens-makes-an-oops/801902 "2017-11-21T01:22:16Z")
That’s not going to go over well in Portland. Not well at all. --- ## [Anyone else driving for Uber or Lyft? Riders and drivers, any good experiences? Or bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-driving-for-uber-or-lyft-riders-and-drivers-any-good-experiences-or-bad/801885)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-driving-for-uber-or-lyft-riders-and-drivers-any-good-experiences-or-bad/801885 "2017-11-20T20:05:04Z")
I’ve been driving for about 3 months and two things I’ve enjoyed are meeting people and having nice conversations, and also seeing San Francisco sites again on a regular basis — The City has changed a lot in the 20 years… --- ## [Charles Manson is gravely ill (again)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-gravely-ill-again/801750)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-gravely-ill-again/801750 "2017-11-20T14:32:50Z")
Move this to the Pit if you deem necessary, if only because of all the resources wasted in keeping him alive all these years. :dubious: --- ## [Charles Manson Finally Dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-finally-dies/802162)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-finally-dies/802162 "2017-11-20T14:30:33Z")
According to the BBC. 45 years too late. He was a truly evil person. He contributed absolutely nothing to society. --- ## [Where did the year go in the MMP???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-year-go-in-the-mmp/801520)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-year-go-in-the-mmp/801520 "2017-11-20T03:10:25Z")
It’s mid-November. The year is almost over. When did that happen??? Happy Moanday. --- ## [I just scored a date in the most awkwardly way possible.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-a-date-in-the-most-awkwardly-way-possible/801888)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-a-date-in-the-most-awkwardly-way-possible/801888 "2017-11-20T02:09:11Z")
I’m in the admin building at work (not the building I work in). As I’m walking down the hallway, I spot a lady that looks familiar to me but I’m not sure how I know this lady. As we pass each other, we both stop: Her:… --- ## [Leg Hairs Trapped in Trousers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leg-hairs-trapped-in-trousers/382194)
**Author:** [@rocksolid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocksolid)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leg-hairs-trapped-in-trousers/382194 "2017-11-20T02:05:13Z")
For a brief moment i actually considered posting this in GQ :slight\_smile: I’m fed up being laughed at by everyone i mention this phenomenon to\*, somebody please tell me i’m not a freak. Am i the only person in the wor… --- ## [1950s Nonsense Words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950s-nonsense-words/801551)
**Author:** [@Cjrufino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cjrufino)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950s-nonsense-words/801551 "2017-11-19T17:31:30Z")
I was a child in the 1950s and my father used a nonsense word whenever we pestered him and my mother when they went out in the evening. “Where are you going, Daddy?” would elicit the serious response, “We have to go t… --- ## [Humming 'White Christmas'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humming-white-christmas/801726)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humming-white-christmas/801726 "2017-11-19T14:51:19Z")
I live in Bucharest, Romania, but I was born in Constant(z)a. “Ovid, the Latin poet of the Roman Empire, was banished in 8 AD from Rome to Tomis (now Constanţa, Romania) by decree of the emperor Augustus.” (source: Exil… --- ## [Well THAT was weird!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-weird/802051)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-weird/802051 "2017-11-19T03:39:05Z")
Clad in jammies, tonight I ventured to the convenience store for ice cream. I was grouchy and in a hurry and an 18-19 yo kid was standing in front of the ice cream case for forever. Grrrr! He didn’t seem drunk or drugged… --- ## [Recent Amazon Screw-ups](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-amazon-screw-ups/801992)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-amazon-screw-ups/801992 "2017-11-19T03:31:32Z")
Anybody notice Amazon screwing-up a lot, lately? Missed releases, late shipping, damaged merchandise, late shipoment of damaged merchandise…like that? --- ## [San Antonio DopeFest 2k17](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-antonio-dopefest-2k17/801867)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-antonio-dopefest-2k17/801867 "2017-11-19T01:12:42Z")
ThelmaLou and I were thinking about getting together for lunch when she mentioned the possibility of other San Antonians amongst the Dope Clan, so… who would like to join us for SanAntonio DopeFest 2k17? Thinking the we… --- ## [what a dick (or, “what, a dick?”)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-dick-or-what-a-dick/802024)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-dick-or-what-a-dick/802024 "2017-11-18T22:06:38Z")
Over the clear sky of Omak WA yesterday, a pilot used his vapor trail to outline his, uh, member-ship. The plane was apparently from Whidbey NAS, some 150 miles away. The Navy, naturally, is flustered and angry, declarin… --- ## [When the left hand forgets what the right hand is doing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-left-hand-forgets-what-the-right-hand-is-doing/801838)
**Author:** [@Whatever4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whatever4)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-left-hand-forgets-what-the-right-hand-is-doing/801838 "2017-11-18T19:18:07Z")
So I had a handful of peanuts in my left hand, and a few treats for the Divine Canine in my right hand. I should have double checked, because after a couple of chomps on the peanuts I realized that I’d put dog treats in… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=502) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=504)