# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=512 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 513 --- ## [Help with new friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-new-friend/797552)
**Author:** [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-new-friend/797552 "2017-10-08T19:14:57Z")
I live in a landing suburb for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants to Melbourne Australia from all over the world. The majority of my neighbours are non english speakers. Yesterday as I was walking around a local park… --- ## [October Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-dreams/798276)
**Author:** [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-dreams/798276 "2017-10-08T19:06:01Z")
I don’t usually start dream threads, though I sometimes participate them. However, we’re heading into spooky season, and I had quite the creepy dream last night. The dreams I remember tend to be on the cinematic side, so… --- ## [SWAT practice near me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swat-practice-near-me/798132)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swat-practice-near-me/798132 "2017-10-08T16:15:08Z")
A few small towns have a combined SWAT team in our area. The range is about 1 1/2 miles away but with the right wind I can hear them shoot. I haven’t heard them much at all this summer. Today it is steady full auto pra… --- ## [What item have you discarded that you wish you had kept?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-item-have-you-discarded-that-you-wish-you-had-kept/797451)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2017, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-item-have-you-discarded-that-you-wish-you-had-kept/797451 "2017-10-08T11:36:30Z")
Mine is a vintage Sansui receiver. It’s a beautiful piece of equipment. I bought it new around 40 years ago or so and let it go in a garage sale around ten years ago during clutter purge. I see one on ebay now being so… --- ## [Tropical Storm (Hurricane) Nate Check In Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-hurricane-nate-check-in-thread/798137)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2017, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-hurricane-nate-check-in-thread/798137 "2017-10-08T02:53:06Z")
Looks like this is going to hit somewhere on the Gulf as a Cat 1. I hope everyone is okay. --- ## [Moving. Got Any Advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-got-any-advice/795524)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-got-any-advice/795524 "2017-10-08T00:09:07Z")
We found ourselves a smaller place: across town - a three-bedroom/2 bath apartment with lots of amenities that the previous tenant left for us. This house has gotten too big for us and harbors too many memories of our l… --- ## [How many names are you known by?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-names-are-you-known-by/797569)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-names-are-you-known-by/797569 "2017-10-07T23:13:05Z")
You can make up pseudonyms, like if people know you as Catherine in some circumstances, and Katie in others, and still Kate, in some, could substitute Elizabeth, Lizzie and Liza. I’m going to use my real names. If you k… --- ## [What's the first school field trip you remember going on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-school-field-trip-you-remember-going-on/798066)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-school-field-trip-you-remember-going-on/798066 "2017-10-07T21:38:29Z")
My kindergarten class went to a farm. I remember we had to be very quiet in the barn, so we wouldn’t upset the chickens which would keep them from laying eggs, or so we were told. --- ## [Things that are just the wrong color](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-just-the-wrong-color/797870)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-just-the-wrong-color/797870 "2017-10-07T20:05:07Z")
They replaced the screens in the urinals at work the other day. Never really paid attention to the colors of those things before - assume they are generally blue, green, or white. These new ones are piss yellow - so ev… --- ## [Want to help a guy in his last days as a bachelor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-help-a-guy-in-his-last-days-as-a-bachelor/779890)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2017, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-help-a-guy-in-his-last-days-as-a-bachelor/779890 "2017-10-07T19:55:37Z")
I hope that title wasn’t too much “click bait” (mainly because I’m not sure if something is click bait or not–guess I’m getting old). I got engaged on the first day of this year. My fiancée and I now live in different co… --- ## [If I give a smart ass answer to a police question, is that cause for a warrant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-give-a-smart-ass-answer-to-a-police-question-is-that-cause-for-a-warrant/798041)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-give-a-smart-ass-answer-to-a-police-question-is-that-cause-for-a-warrant/798041 "2017-10-07T17:22:35Z")
If a police officer comes to my door and asks if I have illegal items (without arrest or mirandizing) can I give a seemingly ridiculous answer without fear of them taking that as probable cause to get a warrant and sear… --- ## [Generous Trump pledges one million dollars to aid Houston after Harvey.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generous-trump-pledges-one-million-dollars-to-aid-houston-after-harvey/798043)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generous-trump-pledges-one-million-dollars-to-aid-houston-after-harvey/798043 "2017-10-07T16:34:25Z")
Well, it follows that, in order to not show favoritism, he would do the same for Florida and Puerto Rico. But, I have not heard about anymore pledges from the generous Trump. Did I miss something? --- ## [Las Vegas: What happened is, in many ways, a miracle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-vegas-what-happened-is-in-many-ways-a-miracle/797913)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-vegas-what-happened-is-in-many-ways-a-miracle/797913 "2017-10-07T14:22:56Z")
Or so says Trump. I put this in this forum because everything he says is pointless. Asshole. --- ## [Another kind of nasty person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-kind-of-nasty-person/797895)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-kind-of-nasty-person/797895 "2017-10-07T14:12:26Z")
Generally everybody says that you shouldn’t be cranky at work. You’ll get along better with everyone if you smile and banter a bit. I’m good with that advice, although I do get cranky from time to time. But I’ve just … --- ## [Any tattoos you have suddenly come alive and try to kill you. How screwed are you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tattoos-you-have-suddenly-come-alive-and-try-to-kill-you-how-screwed-are-you/797550)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tattoos-you-have-suddenly-come-alive-and-try-to-kill-you-how-screwed-are-you/797550 "2017-10-07T13:45:51Z")
I mean, if you only have tats of inanimate objects, like an eight ball or the ace of spaces playing card…let’s see, it would come to life and promptly fall onto the floor, doing nothing. But if you have, say, a dragon… … --- ## [I thought I picked the correct cashier / God Bless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-i-picked-the-correct-cashier-god-bless/798024)
**Author:** [@biometricks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biometricks)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2017, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-i-picked-the-correct-cashier-god-bless/798024 "2017-10-07T11:28:10Z")
I went to the supermarket the other night just as I do every week. And as someone who likes to avoid awkward situations, but frequently seems to attract them, I sized up my cashier options and selected the older gentlem… --- ## [Shocking(ly wrong) science headline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shocking-ly-wrong-science-headline/798030)
**Author:** [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2017, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shocking-ly-wrong-science-headline/798030 "2017-10-07T04:42:06Z")
Perusing my Google news feed, I come upon a rather scary science article headline: Asteroid to come within 30,000 feet of Earth’s surface next week So, Asteroid 2012 TC4 will approach Earth so closely it’ll enter the a… --- ## [New member reporting for duty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-reporting-for-duty/797789)
**Author:** [@lazykitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazykitten)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-reporting-for-duty/797789 "2017-10-07T03:29:30Z")
Just wanted to introduce myself. My self-appointed therapist friend suggested(quite aggressively) that I needed to “go out and socialize, you antisocial pessimist.” So I promised I’d go out and meet new people and make n… --- ## [Mouse in the house...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouse-in-the-house/797701)
**Author:** [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouse-in-the-house/797701 "2017-10-07T01:43:47Z")
Got a couple mice taking up residence in my apartment - likely trying to get relief from the string of hot weather systems we’ve had this summer. One offed itself by trying to get a drink out of the toilet, it fell in a… --- ## [Hostile people and the concept of friendship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostile-people-and-the-concept-of-friendship/773961)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2017, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostile-people-and-the-concept-of-friendship/773961 "2017-10-07T01:18:36Z")
I have removed this matter from another thread in order to give it a proper venue. The person I had taken to the Museum of Tolerance had in fact a very unsatisfactory attitude on the subject of tolerance. I had hoped th… --- ## [Breaking: 3 Charged in Alleged ISIS-Inspired Plot to Target New York Concerts, Landmarks, Subways](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-3-charged-in-alleged-isis-inspired-plot-to-target-new-york-concerts-landmarks-subways/798142)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-3-charged-in-alleged-isis-inspired-plot-to-target-new-york-concerts-landmarks-subways/798142 "2017-10-06T22:09:08Z")
Just announced by federal prosecutors: --- ## [RiP AIM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-aim/798117)
**Author:** [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-aim/798117 "2017-10-06T21:30:32Z")
After twenty years, they are finally killing AOL Instant Messenger on December 20th. Damn, I feel old. (Subject line initially read “RIP AIM,” but I guess there’s a filter that prevents subject lines from being in all … --- ## [Your favorite SDMB threads...From 2037!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-sdmb-threads-from-2037/797879)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-sdmb-threads-from-2037/797879 "2017-10-06T16:23:39Z")
ATMB- “How do I shut off the ‘3-D’ option for the porn pop-up ads?” CoCC/SR- “Finally, I have the truth about 'The Whole Nine Yards!!” General Questions- “Can I marry my clone in Ohio?” Great Debates- “Civil Rights f… --- ## [Crocs on the runway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocs-on-the-runway/798059)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocs-on-the-runway/798059 "2017-10-06T16:19:46Z")
Did the recent hurricanes drive the ancient reptiles out of their swamps and onto the runways at Miami airport? Crocs on the runway, and other strange signs of the time . . . Oh, wait a minute. It’s just an article ab… --- ## [Whitesboro--now, with less Indian strangling!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitesboro-now-with-less-indian-strangling/798081)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitesboro-now-with-less-indian-strangling/798081 "2017-10-06T15:27:03Z")
I did a search before posting this and was surprise that nobody mentioned back when it was in the news a year or two ago. The village of Whitesboro, with a town seal that looks like a white guy choking a Native American,… --- ## [Go downta' da corner der and get a quarta' milk der from da machine der](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-downta-da-corner-der-and-get-a-quarta-milk-der-from-da-machine-der/370511)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-downta-da-corner-der-and-get-a-quarta-milk-der-from-da-machine-der/370511 "2017-10-06T11:47:20Z")
During my childhood and teenage years, through the late 1980s, outdoor milk vending machines were everywhere in Buffalo’s neighborhoods.even deep in residential areas. There were a few within a five minute walk of my hou… --- ## [I am in love...with Paris! (Travelogue)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-in-love-with-paris-travelogue/797959)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-in-love-with-paris-travelogue/797959 "2017-10-06T02:54:40Z")
I spent last week in Paris with three friends (all jazz musicians/fans; we met up with some other American jazz friends while we were there). It was AWESOME. :cool: I’d been there in 1984, as a young teen with my family,… --- ## [Bermuda Triangle - may have claimed another victim](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bermuda-triangle-may-have-claimed-another-victim/733402)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bermuda-triangle-may-have-claimed-another-victim/733402 "2017-10-06T01:46:29Z")
It’s been awhile since a plane or ship vanished in the Bermuda Triangle. Looks like the old girl woke up hungry. The thing is, for a true Bermuda Triangle incident, there won’t be any wreckage. Its happened quite a few… --- ## [That feeling when you realize your kid has his own adult-ish sense of humor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-feeling-when-you-realize-your-kid-has-his-own-adult-ish-sense-of-humor/797989)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-feeling-when-you-realize-your-kid-has-his-own-adult-ish-sense-of-humor/797989 "2017-10-05T20:47:54Z")
I yelled upstairs for Bricker Jr to come down and put a casserole dish into the oven to reheat for dinner. He yells back that it’ll be five minutes. Seeking to motivate him (he’s a history buff) I said, “OK, five minutes… --- ## [Seen 5 dead bodies, within a mile, in the last 10 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-5-dead-bodies-within-a-mile-in-the-last-10-years/788256)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-5-dead-bodies-within-a-mile-in-the-last-10-years/788256 "2017-10-05T20:41:30Z")
Got to see Number 5 tonight. A stretch of highway, about a mile, the only way to the store and back for me. Seen 3 killed, burned bodies a few years back, another shortly after got hit trying to cross on his ATV, and ton… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=511) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=513)