# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=509 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 510 --- ## [Rough week, need Doper virtual hugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rough-week-need-doper-virtual-hugs/799307)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rough-week-need-doper-virtual-hugs/799307 "2017-10-22T15:42:46Z")
Oy, and it’s only Thursday. On Tuesday our big, old collie (15yo) started a fight with our young male dog – not the first time, Jack has done this before. Bax fought back, the Wife jumped in to grab Jack and Jack bit he… --- ## [Something has been bothering me re miscarriage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-has-been-bothering-me-re-miscarriage/799396)
**Author:** [@Telli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telli)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-has-been-bothering-me-re-miscarriage/799396 "2017-10-22T13:42:32Z")
Years ago I when I was about 6 weeks pregnant I went for an ultrasound due to spotting. The ultrasound tech was extremely insensitive and cruel. I was terrified during the ultrasound because of the sporting and the fear… --- ## [Welp, looks like I'm going to jail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-looks-like-im-going-to-jail/799316)
**Author:** [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2017, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-looks-like-im-going-to-jail/799316 "2017-10-22T10:38:41Z")
Just got this voice mail. It sort of sounded like Stephen Hawking. It apparently didn’t wait for the beep as I missed the start: \*… the headquarters which will get expired in next 24 working hours. And once again expir… --- ## [Oh boy: children, flutes, semen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-boy-children-flutes-semen/797714)
**Author:** [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2017, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-boy-children-flutes-semen/797714 "2017-10-22T07:47:56Z")
Flutes possibly contaminated with semen given to California students I couldn’t find any information about how the contamination was discovered. It amazes me that people can still find new ways to be perverse and disg… --- ## [Some very fine people peacefully protest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-very-fine-people-peacefully-protest/799420)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2017, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-very-fine-people-peacefully-protest/799420 "2017-10-22T04:04:54Z")
Or maybe the other thing. They’re just lone nuts right (three of them? A triorchidism?) --- ## [I apologize for my long absence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-apologize-for-my-long-absence/799276)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-apologize-for-my-long-absence/799276 "2017-10-21T23:48:27Z")
As I’m sure everyone has noticed, although curiously there are no threads about it, I haven’t posted in a couple of weeks. I haven’t been reading either. I know how this reduces the quality for everyone else, but sometim… --- ## [R.I.P., Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-dad/799385)
**Author:** [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-dad/799385 "2017-10-21T18:03:43Z")
“Salty Old SeaBee\*”, November 21, 1927, St. Louis, Missouri - October 17, 2017. Father of Steven, Peggy, and Robert. Grandfather of Christina, Lindsey, Rebecca, and Jeremy. Great Grandfather of Maylee, Alexander, Gabe… --- ## [Tell me again what it is that you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-again-what-it-is-that-you-do/799310)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-again-what-it-is-that-you-do/799310 "2017-10-21T14:02:39Z")
Where do I sign?! --- ## [Regarding Plan A and cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-plan-a-and-cancer/797019)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2017, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-plan-a-and-cancer/797019 "2017-10-21T00:47:12Z")
A dear friend’s cancer is back, in a leg bone. She’s sick of chemo so she’s treating it nutritionally. In the one lecture I’m allowing myself (I promised) I said that was the same as giving up. My usual prayer when I hea… --- ## [Push Nuts: How to apply when cannot push straight on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-nuts-how-to-apply-when-cannot-push-straight-on/799397)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-nuts-how-to-apply-when-cannot-push-straight-on/799397 "2017-10-20T23:11:46Z")
Push Nuts (example) are fairly easy to apply when just pushing onto the shaft. But I have to apply one through a smallish opening on the transaxle of a lawn tractor. The clearance is only about 2.5". My best thought so… --- ## [Talking about collusion with Russians...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-collusion-with-russians/799135)
**Author:** [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-collusion-with-russians/799135 "2017-10-20T22:35:34Z")
Before the Obama administration approved a controversial deal in 2010 giving Moscow control of a large swath of American uranium, the FBI had gathered substantial evidence that Russian nuclear industry officials were e… --- ## [300,000 years old? I don't feel a day over 195,000 years!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/300-000-years-old-i-dont-feel-a-day-over-195-000-years/799366)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/300-000-years-old-i-dont-feel-a-day-over-195-000-years/799366 "2017-10-20T22:33:52Z")
For quite some time, the conventional wisdom has been that our species is about 200,000 years old, in large part based on a ~195,000 fossil found in Ethiopia back in the 1960s (although serious dating wasn’t really done … --- ## [Rhode Island](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhode-island/798822)
**Author:** [@Aufgeblassen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aufgeblassen)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhode-island/798822 "2017-10-20T20:57:17Z")
I heard that Rhode Island was named after an island off the Rhode Island coast called “Rhode Island”. That’s weird. Tried to find it on Google maps, but could not. :mad: --- ## [Hurricane Irma \[and Maria\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-irma-and-maria/795446)
**Author:** [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Replies:** 476\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2017, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-irma-and-maria/795446 "2017-10-20T07:06:24Z")
Latest path is much lower than before. I know there is still plenty of uncertainty in the path. Cat three or above I will be ordered to evacuate to within 150 miles of Orlando all expenses paid. Is there anyone here in t… --- ## [Escrow closed ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escrow-closed/796998)
**Author:** [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escrow-closed/796998 "2017-10-20T02:09:31Z")
… and now I’m homeless … I’ll be back some day, but I’ll need the help of the teeming millions to keep Our Great Social Causes alive: 1\] 0.999… = 1 — no backsliding, y’hear … 2\] Don’t be creating or destroying energy … --- ## [A story for FairyChatMom: Something went right at Not Always Right](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story-for-fairychatmom-something-went-right-at-not-always-right/799273)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story-for-fairychatmom-something-went-right-at-not-always-right/799273 "2017-10-19T20:14:30Z")
So, a few weeks ago FairyChatMom started that thread, Tell me about being “written up”, that started like this: So of course I just had to go read a few stories there. Damn you, FairyChatMom, I ended up spending whole… --- ## [In Which I Say Goodbye to Ms. Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-goodbye-to-ms-cups/798776)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-goodbye-to-ms-cups/798776 "2017-10-19T16:27:15Z")
…and say hello to Mrs. Cups :slight\_smile: It’s been a long five years, and all the hell we’ve been through has been 100% entirely my fault, but she somehow stayed with me and we finally made it to this day. One day do… --- ## [I'm a Lucky Bastard Tonight!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-lucky-bastard-tonight/799018)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2017, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-lucky-bastard-tonight/799018 "2017-10-19T03:42:58Z")
Tearing my car apart today, including disassembling Weber DCOE’s. Took one all apart (or so I thought) and tipped it up to pour the gas still in the body into a little bottle with the jets and small stuff, when “plop” ou… --- ## [Interesting calenders you've seen or had?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-calenders-youve-seen-or-had/798641)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-calenders-youve-seen-or-had/798641 "2017-10-19T02:01:53Z")
Earlier this year I donated some money to the National Holocaust Museum. For my donation I’m getting a poster and, according to an email I got last night, a “Holocaust Calendar”. Shudder. :eek: What weird, strange, cale… --- ## [The Church of God-Zillah](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-church-of-god-zillah/799043)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-church-of-god-zillah/799043 "2017-10-19T01:38:06Z")
This is too wonderful to be true. But it is. That was posted in 2001. Sixteen years later, the creation has been moved to the back of the church, and still has no green skin or LED eyes, but’s still there, brandishin… --- ## [Samantha Power Claims Someone Else Made Unmasking Requests In Her Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samantha-power-claims-someone-else-made-unmasking-requests-in-her-name/799243)
**Author:** [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2017, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samantha-power-claims-someone-else-made-unmasking-requests-in-her-name/799243 "2017-10-19T01:03:10Z")
Nah nothing to see here. Just move along. "Someone within the Obama administration’s intelligence apparatus made requests to unmask the identity of Americans named in intelligence reports on behalf of Samantha Power, … --- ## [Please identify these fruits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-these-fruits/799235)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-these-fruits/799235 "2017-10-18T21:20:42Z")
These fruits. Right here. Not sixty minutes ago, there came a knock on my front door. I went to put on a bathrobe, and opened it. There was nobody there, but I found a supermarket grocery bag hanging from the knob. Ins… --- ## [What NOT To Do When You're In The Middle Of A Heart Attack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-do-when-youre-in-the-middle-of-a-heart-attack/799158)
**Author:** [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-do-when-youre-in-the-middle-of-a-heart-attack/799158 "2017-10-18T20:33:33Z")
Apparently, driving your car to the emergency room instead of calling an ambulance is on that list. We were doing our weekly grocery run on Saturday morning when I started to feel a crushing pain in my chest, arm and jaw… --- ## [Laundry advice I got: is it good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laundry-advice-i-got-is-it-good/798681)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laundry-advice-i-got-is-it-good/798681 "2017-10-18T19:24:17Z")
“Wash everything in cold, dry everything on low. The clothes will look better and last longer.” --- ## [You can help Jeremy the Snail Get Laid. Or you can go to the next thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-help-jeremy-the-snail-get-laid-or-you-can-go-to-the-next-thread/769797)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-help-jeremy-the-snail-get-laid-or-you-can-go-to-the-next-thread/769797 "2017-10-18T18:21:41Z")
--- ## [Zealandia, anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zealandia-anyone/780036)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2017, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zealandia-anyone/780036 "2017-10-18T10:15:13Z")
Geologists have just promoted New Zealand to a continent. Admittedly a small one; even if it were all above water, it’d be smaller than Australia. And they have to share their continent with New Caledonia and miscellaneo… --- ## [Crashing Suns!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crashing-suns/799097)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crashing-suns/799097 "2017-10-17T22:27:09Z")
Besides being the title of an early Edmund Hamilton pulp sf novel, that’s the news today: I was at a scientific meeting last week, where Nobel laureate Rainer V. Weiss talked about his work on detecting gravitational… --- ## [Very Vaguely Creepy Rides Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-vaguely-creepy-rides-again/799100)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-vaguely-creepy-rides-again/799100 "2017-10-17T22:26:07Z")
I can’t seem to find the first VVC thread, so here’s a link to the second one. Mr. Rilch and I have been going through file boxes, trying to jettison what’s not necessary and file/organize what is. Saturday afternoon, I… --- ## [Did anyone ever participate in the Putnam math competition? What'd you think?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-participate-in-the-putnam-math-competition-whatd-you-think/798717)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-participate-in-the-putnam-math-competition-whatd-you-think/798717 "2017-10-17T21:11:45Z")
I’d never heard of this competition until my son participated. (I wasn’t a math geek, so it’s not too surprising, though I spent so much time at MIT mooning after nerds you’d think I would have at least known about it.) … --- ## [Peeves & Serendipities Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeves-serendipities-thread/798634)
**Author:** [@Aufgeblassen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aufgeblassen)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeves-serendipities-thread/798634 "2017-10-17T20:08:26Z")
Kindly post here peeves and/or serendipities you wish to share, and/or comment on others’ postings on said items. I’ll get the ball rolling. I’m peeved that it appears one cannot link photos on this message board that … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=508) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=510)