# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=513 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 514 --- ## [Finally got sober.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-got-sober/797608)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-got-sober/797608 "2017-10-05T18:43:18Z")
Not sure if my username carries much recognition around here, but if it does, it’s probably for the string of mod warnings I racked up last year for being a drunken stark raving asshole. Six weeks ago I finally pulled m… --- ## [Soft target](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-target/797830)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-target/797830 "2017-10-04T21:27:54Z")
Can anyone really feel comfortable at an outside event, say a ballgame, a concert, or a fair? I am beginning to think we are all in danger wherever we go. I cannot feel safe anywhere, any more. What can a individual do t… --- ## [Montreal and /or Ottawa Dope Fests September 2017th?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-and-or-ottawa-dope-fests-september-2017th/792970)
**Author:** [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-and-or-ottawa-dope-fests-september-2017th/792970 "2017-10-04T19:27:38Z")
Bonjour et Hello… I shall be in Montreal from September 12th to the 15th likely travelling to Ottawa on September 16th then there until Tuesday September 19th. Who is up for meeting in either or those cities… I will be… --- ## [Don Malarkey, of Easy Company and "Band of Brothers" has died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-malarkey-of-easy-company-and-band-of-brothers-has-died/797965)
**Author:** [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-malarkey-of-easy-company-and-band-of-brothers-has-died/797965 "2017-10-04T17:08:17Z")
Local boy done good. Donald Malarkey, one of the members of Easy Company, 101st Airborne featured in the “Band of Brother” book and movie died on Sunday. After all he went through in WWII he survived to live until 96 ye… --- ## [to get your ass hacked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-get-your-ass-hacked/797909)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-get-your-ass-hacked/797909 "2017-10-04T15:41:26Z")
Due to scenes of a sexual nature, \[spoiler\]Apparently, probably not too surprisingly, some new toys have been outfitted with Bluetooth\[spoiler\]Yes, those kind of toys. It seems as though some people enjoy designing and … --- ## [Manopause](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manopause/797736)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manopause/797736 "2017-10-04T01:11:53Z")
I’ve seen lots of cultural time devoted to coming of age, to the things women have to put up with, reproductively, to the comings and goings of marriage and relationships and whatnot. What I HAVEN’T seen, probably becau… --- ## [Are there any racists who admit they are racist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-racists-who-admit-they-are-racist/797430)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-racists-who-admit-they-are-racist/797430 "2017-10-03T21:11:13Z")
Our latest entry in “I say racist things but I’m not a racist” comes from ex-fire chief Paul Smith, who said “I am not the racist the media portrays me as” after this making this comment on facebook: Maybe it’s just me… --- ## [What were the biggest screw ups you've been aware of at work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-biggest-screw-ups-youve-been-aware-of-at-work/797145)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-biggest-screw-ups-youve-been-aware-of-at-work/797145 "2017-10-02T18:48:52Z")
Inspired by the recent, what happens when you’re Written Up thread. https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?url=http%3A%2F%2Fboards.straightdope.com%2Fsdmb%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D836942&share\_tid=836942&share\_fid=28240&share\_t… --- ## [Clueless SO contest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-so-contest/797542)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-so-contest/797542 "2017-10-03T14:53:28Z")
So, let’s see if any of you are unintentionally more clueless than I. My wife puts a bit of time and effort into maintaining a very nice home. She’ll think long and hard about purchasing furnishings, and then will rear… --- ## [Indian Summer MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-summer-mmp/797275)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2017, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-summer-mmp/797275 "2017-10-03T04:18:34Z")
I spent (part) of the night on the deck on Murphy the air mattress; he let me down. :frowning: Murphys, being a good Irish name, can usually hold their liquor but this one can’t hold his air any more. Other than tha… --- ## [Car broken into last night, but didn't steal anything. Any ideas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-broken-into-last-night-but-didnt-steal-anything-any-ideas/797414)
**Author:** [@Zetetic\_Skeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zetetic_Skeptic)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-broken-into-last-night-but-didnt-steal-anything-any-ideas/797414 "2017-10-03T00:07:07Z")
Walked out this morning in our parking lot (apartment complex) to find about 7-8 vehicles had been broken into overnight. All four of my doors were open, there was a pair of my gloves and a bottle of Afrin on the ground… --- ## [We are \[almost\] all diseased!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-almost-all-diseased/797633)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-almost-all-diseased/797633 "2017-10-02T20:41:51Z")
According to this more than 34% of Americans have VD. Subtracting the many Americans who are children, elderly and other non-sexually active beings, it would seem every other adult you interact with has got themselves a… --- ## [Did you or anyone you know ever get a legal name change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-or-anyone-you-know-ever-get-a-legal-name-change/792082)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-or-anyone-you-know-ever-get-a-legal-name-change/792082 "2017-10-02T19:08:40Z")
Not counting taking a spouse’s name, since that’s still a common change, have you known anyone who chose a different name? 20+ years ago, I worked with a guy who changed his first name. I wasn’t close enough to him or … --- ## [What's the economic model for supermarket checkout divider thingies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-economic-model-for-supermarket-checkout-divider-thingies/792081)
**Author:** [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-economic-model-for-supermarket-checkout-divider-thingies/792081 "2017-10-02T13:18:55Z")
I spend entirely too much time thinking this through. I’m talking specifically about the little plastic dividers most grocery stores/supermarkets offer to separate your purchases on a checkout conveyor belt from the next… --- ## [Kim Jong-nam Murdered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-nam-murdered/779891)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-nam-murdered/779891 "2017-10-02T04:48:21Z")
Wow. Kim Jong-un’s half-brother really had a bad Monday. Apparently, two women are suspected; however, it seems they also met their demise in Malaysia. Interesting note from the last link is that Big Brother (couldn’t r… --- ## [Did anyone else get a Test email from Store-News at Amazon .com?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-get-a-test-email-from-store-news-at-amazon-com/797623)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-get-a-test-email-from-store-news-at-amazon-com/797623 "2017-10-02T03:01:01Z")
Quite strange. Subject: Test Body: hello optout a That’s the entire message. Like a fat fingered Employee accidently pressed Send to a mailing list. The email came, mid morning Friday, Sept 29. I can’t be the only … --- ## [Today is my Twentieth Anniversary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-twentieth-anniversary/797726)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-twentieth-anniversary/797726 "2017-10-02T01:34:01Z")
I arrived in Saudi Arabia twenty years ago today. (I changed my user name during my one year in Qatar and cannot be bothered to change it back.) I am of mixed feelings on this occasion. --- ## [Did/do your grandparents know each other?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-do-your-grandparents-know-each-other/796926)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-do-your-grandparents-know-each-other/796926 "2017-10-02T00:44:49Z")
Mine couldn’t have. My dad’s parents were both dead before he met my mom. How about yours? --- ## [Age of kids losing baby-teeth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-of-kids-losing-baby-teeth/797405)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-of-kids-losing-baby-teeth/797405 "2017-10-01T21:12:37Z")
I’ve got two grandsons who have now lost baby teeth. The older was at the ‘normal’ age of 7, but the younger has now just lost his two lower milk teeth at just 5 1/2. Does that portend any dental issues in later life? … --- ## [O.J. Simpson: Paroled on Some Convictions. (Mod: W/ July 2017 update)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-simpson-paroled-on-some-convictions-mod-w-july-2017-update/665011)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-simpson-paroled-on-some-convictions-mod-w-july-2017-update/665011 "2017-10-01T13:10:03Z")
"For the first time in a long while, O.J. Simpson got a bit of favorable legal news Wednesday when Nevada officials granted him parole on several of his 2008 convictions for kidnapping and armed robbery stemming from his… --- ## [Skewering Mr O'Leary and Ryanair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skewering-mr-oleary-and-ryanair/797711)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skewering-mr-oleary-and-ryanair/797711 "2017-10-01T12:57:25Z")
I’m sure European Dopers need no introduction to Ryanair, but non-European ones need to know that Ryanair is currently in trouble for cancelling flights and - more importantly - has a reputation for extreme meanness, pen… --- ## [I'm beginning to dislike fake boobs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-beginning-to-dislike-fake-boobs/792747)
**Author:** [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2017, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-beginning-to-dislike-fake-boobs/792747 "2017-10-01T03:21:05Z")
I don’t have a lot of experience being around them, mind you. But these days I’m just starting to feel irritated with anything that smacks of an attempt to deceive. Perhaps I’ve just seen too many people (mostly women, b… --- ## [Ever just go to the "newest member" and go back one user # at a time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-just-go-to-the-newest-member-and-go-back-one-user-at-a-time/797622)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-just-go-to-the-newest-member-and-go-back-one-user-at-a-time/797622 "2017-09-30T17:16:57Z")
Doing that right now, as a sort of quasi-survey of the last 50 most recent Dopers to register: \[ul\] \[li\]Guest, no posts 9\[/li\] \[li\]“Registered User”\* 3\[/li\] \[li\]Banned \[no posts\], gibberish handle 19\[/li\]\[li\]Banned, … --- ## [Cop vs. Snake! (no, not Snake Plisken)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-vs-snake-no-not-snake-plisken/797620)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-vs-snake-no-not-snake-plisken/797620 "2017-09-30T01:59:22Z")
A University of Central Florida (go Knights!) cop goes toe-to-forked tongue with a snake in some offices. Note that the UCF Police Department originally uploaded this video to their own Facebook page under the heading “… --- ## [I Can't Shake off the Nagging Feeling...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-shake-off-the-nagging-feeling/797501)
**Author:** [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-shake-off-the-nagging-feeling/797501 "2017-09-30T00:54:48Z")
… that my daughters’ guinea pigs may be about to become snake snack. Back in February, my wife called me at work telling me that she was in a pet shop with our daughters and that they had fallen in love - mum included -… --- ## [Your first girlfriend/boyfriend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-girlfriend-boyfriend/797162)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-girlfriend-boyfriend/797162 "2017-09-29T22:02:56Z")
I was going through YouTube recently, and came across Kenny Nolan’s “I Like Dreaming.” It took me back to the mid 1970s and my first serious girlfriend, whose name was Caroline. I was 16, she was 15, and “I Like Dreami… --- ## [Who are we having for dinner, honey?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-we-having-for-dinner-honey/797409)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-we-having-for-dinner-honey/797409 "2017-09-29T17:25:24Z")
The neighbors. :eek: …with an appetizer of Pickled Boris. :eek: :eek: --- ## [Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saudi-arabia-to-allow-women-to-drive/797374)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saudi-arabia-to-allow-women-to-drive/797374 "2017-09-29T16:31:27Z")
Story here! Congratulations to the women for securing their right and congratulations to the country for dipping a toe into 21st century society! --- ## [I'm sure they know what they're doing..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sure-they-know-what-theyre-doing/797546)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sure-they-know-what-theyre-doing/797546 "2017-09-29T15:58:15Z")
… But demolishing a bridge, by using a couple many ton vehicles that are sitting on said bridge, is one of of the things in my don’t do list. Picture: --- ## ['Fake news' writer found dead in Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-news-writer-found-dead-in-phoenix/797452)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-news-writer-found-dead-in-phoenix/797452 "2017-09-29T13:42:10Z")
Famous fake news writer who ‘got Trump elected’ is found dead in his bed from ‘accidental overdose’ Yeah, ‘found dead’. :dubious: Obviously fake news! He faked his own death! Or maybe he’s really dead. It will soo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=512) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=514)