# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=507 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 508 --- ## [Dopers in Denver... or is that redundant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-denver-or-is-that-redundant/791747)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-denver-or-is-that-redundant/791747 "2017-11-01T23:58:29Z")
So. Divorce is all over but the final court appearance; I am on the slow train to Denver and expect to be living there by September. I’m making a house-buying visit August 3rd-7th (3rd-6th, really, as I’m out at the cra… --- ## [Barack Obama, juror](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-juror/800062)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-juror/800062 "2017-11-01T22:38:04Z")
The former President has been summoned for jury duty. I wonder how many people will now be trying to not escape jury duty? --- ## [Who knew that you actually may end a sentence with a preposition?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knew-that-you-actually-may-end-a-sentence-with-a-preposition/800283)
**Author:** [@Zetetic\_Skeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zetetic_Skeptic)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knew-that-you-actually-may-end-a-sentence-with-a-preposition/800283 "2017-11-01T21:32:27Z")
I just learned this morning that one of my childhood grammar golden rules is no longer considered a rule. You can end a sentence with a preposition!!! My, oh my how I have spent minutes I can never get back trying to r… --- ## [The Mime at my door said "Trick or Treat"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mime-at-my-door-said-trick-or-treat/800352)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mime-at-my-door-said-trick-or-treat/800352 "2017-11-01T21:12:56Z")
So I said “No, you’re supposed to go like this:”. And I mouthed “Trick or treat” with hand gestures as I handed out the candy. She gave a weak smile and moved on to the next house where there wouldn’t be a geezer criti… --- ## [The Wicker Weinstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wicker-weinstein/800388)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wicker-weinstein/800388 "2017-11-01T17:09:34Z")
There’s a picture of the effigy on the page. Maybe they can put some offender inside, like in the Wicker Man movie (s) (Not sure I even want to acknowledge the Nicholas Cage one) --- ## [So this morning I killed my first mammal....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-this-morning-i-killed-my-first-mammal/799907)
**Author:** [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-this-morning-i-killed-my-first-mammal/799907 "2017-11-01T15:11:21Z")
At 1:48 a.m. while driving an overall pristine 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan with about 12000 kilometers on it southbound on Quebec Autoroute 15, about a mile north of the U.S. border, I was quite genuinely surprised when the… --- ## [Cruise diary - my October vacation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruise-diary-my-october-vacation/800131)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruise-diary-my-october-vacation/800131 "2017-11-01T11:27:46Z")
This saga began back in March or April when I found a deal for a 9-day cruise to New England and Canada. Over the course of a few months, I canceled and rebooked several times to get better deals, till I finally settled… --- ## [Strongly scented flowers are usually white in color.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strongly-scented-flowers-are-usually-white-in-color/800279)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strongly-scented-flowers-are-usually-white-in-color/800279 "2017-11-01T01:14:45Z")
My wife just made an interesting observation: Strongly scented flowers are usually white in color. I wonder if this is widely known, or even “true.” Googling, I get a hit that shows seven flowers well known for their … --- ## [Too Paranoid Android?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-paranoid-android/800244)
**Author:** [@zuer-coli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuer-coli)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-paranoid-android/800244 "2017-10-31T18:39:59Z")
\[Mods, I’m putting this in MPSIMS because this is mostly a rant. However if you think the pit would be a better place, please move.\] There seems to be a whole lot of Android Apps that want access to your camera or addre… --- ## [Ever a bit melancholy that you aren't superstitious?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-a-bit-melancholy-that-you-arent-superstitious/800249)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2017, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-a-bit-melancholy-that-you-arent-superstitious/800249 "2017-10-31T13:53:41Z")
I have an interest in old fairy tales and folklore from around the world about supernatural creatures. Japanese folklore such as that gathered by Yanagita Kuino is especially rich and imaginative. And I don’t believe tha… --- ## [Water slide + Ferris wheel = slide wheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-slide-ferris-wheel-slide-wheel/800266)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-slide-ferris-wheel-slide-wheel/800266 "2017-10-31T12:52:21Z")
This would be a wild ride! --- ## [People who are good at math, can you look at an equation and intuitively understand what it means](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-good-at-math-can-you-look-at-an-equation-and-intuitively-understand-what-it-means/800201)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2017, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-good-at-math-can-you-look-at-an-equation-and-intuitively-understand-what-it-means/800201 "2017-10-31T08:35:22Z")
I’m not good at math, I struggled with calculus and physics in college. However some forms of math I can visually understand. Basic math like arithmetic or division I can create images in my head of what is happening (5… --- ## [Wow, wasp stings HURT!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-wasp-stings-hurt/800154)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2017, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-wasp-stings-hurt/800154 "2017-10-31T08:10:40Z")
I got tagged on the jawline by a wasp yesterday. Dang, this hurt far more than a bee sting! (It was most likely a paper wasp, an abandoned but recently used nest fell out of a nearby tree last week). The pain lasted abo… --- ## [Preventive MRI scan or scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preventive-mri-scan-or-scam/800193)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2017, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preventive-mri-scan-or-scam/800193 "2017-10-31T00:37:32Z")
My sister in law is 50, is very nice but pretty compulsive about health issues. By that I mean her fussing about her daughter’s health so much the pediatrican said she was bordering on benign Munchhausen by proxy, she al… --- ## [I took a Carpet in to be Cleaned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-carpet-in-to-be-cleaned/800107)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-carpet-in-to-be-cleaned/800107 "2017-10-30T15:45:36Z")
My wife decided to rearrange things while I am home. So I rolled up one of the Persian carpets and noticed some mold. I took it into town to be cleaned for the first time in fifteen or so. I was chatting with the guy at… --- ## [These sequential threads TRUMP everything!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-trump-everything/778399)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 1105\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2017, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-trump-everything/778399 "2017-10-30T07:46:26Z")
Since the SDMB seems to have become “All Trump, all the time” \*\*Senior members of the Trump administration are continuing to use personal email accounts That’s some damn good Presidentin’ A Dodgy Dude Yesterday 02:05… --- ## [With this job, I thee upgrade...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-this-job-i-thee-upgrade/800128)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2017, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-this-job-i-thee-upgrade/800128 "2017-10-30T03:12:03Z")
So as I mentioned before, I have a new job. Best paying one I’ve had thus far, and it’s for at least a year. So I decided, since I had some cash left, to upgrade my 8 year old laptop (whose battery is non functional now… --- ## [This Could Be The MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-could-be-the-mmp/799619)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-could-be-the-mmp/799619 "2017-10-30T01:40:26Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 72 Amurrkin out and rainy with a predicted high of 77 and rain/tstorms/apocalypse this mornin’ with scattered tstorms this afternoon. We shall see. No big plans for the … --- ## [It feels like I have a big booger in my nose, but I don't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-feels-like-i-have-a-big-booger-in-my-nose-but-i-dont/799939)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-feels-like-i-have-a-big-booger-in-my-nose-but-i-dont/799939 "2017-10-29T22:21:07Z")
This has been going on for several days; I’ve investigated my left nostril for pimples, ingrown hairs, big hairs, and even tried to trim the hair. NOTHING is stopping it from itching. :rolleyes: I am frustrated! Has … --- ## [I'd forgotten how nice being an exempt employee was...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-forgotten-how-nice-being-an-exempt-employee-was/799916)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-forgotten-how-nice-being-an-exempt-employee-was/799916 "2017-10-29T17:10:15Z")
For years, I’ve been a contractor working through an agency. Thus, I was a non exempt employee. I could get overtime, but I never had to, and I’d have to pass it by my supervisor anyway. Now I’m contracting directly to … --- ## [New Computer, want to dual boot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-computer-want-to-dual-boot/800111)
**Author:** [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-computer-want-to-dual-boot/800111 "2017-10-29T13:40:17Z")
Got an alienware desktop, henceforth known as the cylon as it looks like one. Its been known, that if you are faint of heard about touching your partition table, do not touch your partition table. Previously when I have… --- ## [Equifax hacked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equifax-hacked/795760)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equifax-hacked/795760 "2017-10-29T12:17:17Z")
Equifax hacked; potentially impacting approximately 143 million U.S. consumers. That’s more than ½ of the US population \> 18 yo (those who can presumably open accounts) :eek: Is the security model now broken with the… --- ## [So, flys are spongy and taste like wine.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-flys-are-spongy-and-taste-like-wine/799854)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-flys-are-spongy-and-taste-like-wine/799854 "2017-10-29T04:28:23Z")
Just poured a glass of Pinot Noir about 30 mins or so ago, and hadn’t noticed the fly that had been buzzing around all day had been quiet. If I had, I wouldn’t have felt, what I thought was a huge piece of cork I had som… --- ## [Antigravity? Do rocks float?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antigravity-do-rocks-float/799675)
**Author:** [@ASGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASGuy)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antigravity-do-rocks-float/799675 "2017-10-28T17:45:58Z")
Last year I dug out a 10’ x 10’ area on my property to a depth of 4 inches. My goal was to screen out all gravel larger than about 3/4 inch. Completing the project left a flat square area with no visible gravel. It is n… --- ## [Creatonotos Gangis Moth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creatonotos-gangis-moth/800067)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creatonotos-gangis-moth/800067 "2017-10-28T16:19:28Z")
Freaky. What I want know is how the heck that thing flies! --- ## [3-D painted crosswalk slows down speeders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-d-painted-crosswalk-slows-down-speeders/799943)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2017, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-d-painted-crosswalk-slows-down-speeders/799943 "2017-10-28T15:32:02Z")
This is so clever! The crosswalk is an optical illusion painting. As you approach it, it seems to present a physical obstacle. Town in Iceland Paints 3D Zebra Crosswalk To Slow Down Speeding Cars Check out the picture… --- ## [sailboat, I hope your wife is okay.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailboat-i-hope-your-wife-is-okay/793679)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailboat-i-hope-your-wife-is-okay/793679 "2017-10-28T14:38:20Z")
Please let us know. Good thoughts are coming your way. --- ## [Railroad fuel cars explode in small Quebec town](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/railroad-fuel-cars-explode-in-small-quebec-town/662851)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/railroad-fuel-cars-explode-in-small-quebec-town/662851 "2017-10-28T04:09:53Z")
It’s being overshadowed by the plane crash at SFO, but a train loaded with crude oil derailed overnight in the small town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, just across the border from Maine. Witnesses reported five or six huge e… --- ## [Apology to Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apology-to-pantastic/800025)
**Author:** [@zuer-coli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuer-coli)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apology-to-pantastic/800025 "2017-10-27T22:13:24Z")
Pantactic, \[Mods, I do hope you will excuse what is likely to be a cross post, I did include substantially the same apology to Pantastic, in the Gurderian / Stonewall Jackson thread.\] Here is a link to what Wikipedia h… --- ## [Pointing Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointing-fingers/799665)
**Author:** [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointing-fingers/799665 "2017-10-27T21:25:51Z")
So I referee youth soccer here in North Alabama (AYSO, all-volunteer), and something happened Saturday night that left me a bit puzzled then and I am still unsure about it now. Since it also fairly mundane, I’ll post it… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=506) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=508)