# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=514 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 515 --- ## [Hugh Hefner has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugh-hefner-has-died/797483)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugh-hefner-has-died/797483 "2017-09-29T13:20:49Z")
I’m on my phone and don’t do links well, but: He certainly was part of thesexual revolution, and for a time Playboy magazine was relevant for interviews and opinions. ETA: And of course the Death Pool thread beat me … --- ## [Reddit (yeah, I know) may have solved the Lone Shoe Cunundrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddit-yeah-i-know-may-have-solved-the-lone-shoe-cunundrum/797424)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddit-yeah-i-know-may-have-solved-the-lone-shoe-cunundrum/797424 "2017-09-29T08:56:02Z")
A user on reddit asked about seeing only one shoe on highways and roads. The answers range from toddlers tossing them out, to leaving your gym shoes on the top of the car and taking off. Pretty fun read. --- ## [Talking SDMB Outside the Shop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-sdmb-outside-the-shop/797341)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-sdmb-outside-the-shop/797341 "2017-09-29T07:00:16Z")
How often do you talk about what you read or discuss on SDMB, in your personal conversations with your real-life associates? I do, with very close people, maybe once a week. Very rarely, might discuss what I intend to … --- ## [Not sure to ask here, what did Trump say now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-to-ask-here-what-did-trump-say-now/797445)
**Author:** [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-to-ask-here-what-did-trump-say-now/797445 "2017-09-29T03:06:07Z")
My mother is harping on something Trump said recently Quote (from my mother) what do you think about the remarks that our new president is spouting?? what a nut don’t ask me to repeat them if you didn’t hear them h… --- ## [First giant house spider of the season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-giant-house-spider-of-the-season/797441)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-giant-house-spider-of-the-season/797441 "2017-09-28T21:20:50Z")
Autumn is here, and that means the giant house spiders are looking for mates. I haven’t seen as many of them in recent years, possibly because we have cats in the house. But there was a nice one, about two inches as it… --- ## [Heather got a sex change!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heather-got-a-sex-change/797357)
**Author:** [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heather-got-a-sex-change/797357 "2017-09-28T18:43:11Z")
I’m sure everyone here has, at least once, gotten an unwelcome robo-call from “Heather from account services.” That’s the most frequently-heard name, but the same voice, always female, has sometimes used other names as w… --- ## [Lower the Cone of Silence!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lower-the-cone-of-silence/797422)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lower-the-cone-of-silence/797422 "2017-09-28T18:40:18Z")
Viewers of Get Smart! will remember the Cone of Silence: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Get+Smart+Cone+of+Silence&view=detail&mid=A94DABE62A90005CEEEBA94DABE62A90005CEEEB&FORM=V… --- ## [Experiances w/ getting jury duty rescheduled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiances-w-getting-jury-duty-rescheduled/796941)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiances-w-getting-jury-duty-rescheduled/796941 "2017-09-28T04:29:26Z")
So last week a got a summons for jury duty in US district court. Well not actual jury duty; I’m only “on call” for jury duty for the month of November. Then on Friday the opportunity of lifetime arose at work; a possib… --- ## [the pink thing (pronunciation)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pink-thing-pronunciation/797368)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pink-thing-pronunciation/797368 "2017-09-28T00:08:06Z")
In a discussion elsewhere, I observed that! in my dialect, the word “pink” has a unique vowel sound that is, oddly, not represented in the IPA. If I paint concentric circles of different colors and describe it as “pink i… --- ## [First human brain linked to the internet in real time.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-human-brain-linked-to-the-internet-in-real-time/797444)
**Author:** [@AlmostDumb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlmostDumb)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-human-brain-linked-to-the-internet-in-real-time/797444 "2017-09-27T20:53:25Z")
It may sound pompous, and I totally got lost in my imagination with this. The Wits biomedical engineers have connected a human brain to the internet. Long story short, it streams brainwaves to the web, by converting the … --- ## [Good thing he's a carpenter.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thing-hes-a-carpenter/797426)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thing-hes-a-carpenter/797426 "2017-09-27T18:25:06Z")
Maybe Jesus can get a good deal on a ceiling repair. (The most entertaining church blooper since this one.) --- ## [Question re. traffic alerts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-traffic-alerts/797416)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-traffic-alerts/797416 "2017-09-27T17:09:08Z")
My town has a subscription service where you can get traffic alerts in the area texted/emailed to you. And it’s great, but to get to work, I have to drive through six towns, and so the traffic alerts don’t cover my enti… --- ## [Idiots on Youtube. Post your favorites.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-on-youtube-post-your-favorites/792536)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-on-youtube-post-your-favorites/792536 "2017-09-27T16:43:08Z")
There a lot of people that believe that your birth certificate = big money held by the government. Here is a guy that goes on the Department of Treasury site for government bonds and with these simple conversions you to… --- ## [What's the worst/scariest road you've ever been on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-scariest-road-youve-ever-been-on/793348)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-scariest-road-youve-ever-been-on/793348 "2017-09-27T16:32:06Z")
For me it was an old mining road in the middle of nowhere in western Nevada. I was tagging along with a friend’s 4WD club and was way out of my depth. My 4Runner was quite capable, but I didn’t ave the skills or the nerv… --- ## [Goodby my friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodby-my-friends/797045)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodby-my-friends/797045 "2017-09-27T16:00:38Z")
It’s been so nice to know and interact with you all. Humankind has accomplished so much. I shall miss it so. The world ends today: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thesun.co.uk/tech/4474635/end-of-the-world-september-23… --- ## [Killer clown cold case cracked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-clown-cold-case-cracked/797407)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-clown-cold-case-cracked/797407 "2017-09-27T15:36:17Z")
Woman indicted in 1990 murder of alleged rival: Obligatory theme music for the thread. --- ## [It's finally the Autumnal MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-the-autumnal-mmp/797276)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-the-autumnal-mmp/797276 "2017-09-27T14:53:46Z")
It’s Autumn, at least on the top half of the globe. Leaves are turning and falling in my area. The Amish are harvesting pumpkins. It’s freekin’ dark way too early. And September is nearly gone. Happy Moanday! --- ## [Google's 19th Birthday -- Lots of Interactive Google Doodles Today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-19th-birthday-lots-of-interactive-google-doodles-today/797419)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-19th-birthday-lots-of-interactive-google-doodles-today/797419 "2017-09-27T14:36:43Z")
In fact, there’s a randomizing spinner that takes you to a number of different interactive doodles. Great time-wasting fun! --- ## [how many jumping jacks can you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-jumping-jacks-can-you-do/796984)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-jumping-jacks-can-you-do/796984 "2017-09-27T11:47:15Z")
don’t guess, OK, actually count. I’m going to say 50 even though I get short of breath by 30 some and I could, of course, do a few more if you offered me money. so I mean how many with good form and not killing yourself… --- ## [The Great Pyramid might have been riverfront property?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-pyramid-might-have-been-riverfront-property/797377)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-pyramid-might-have-been-riverfront-property/797377 "2017-09-27T10:26:10Z")
According to this article, the latest theory on how the Ancient Egyptians got the rocks needed to build the pyramids is…boats. That is, the Egyptians carved tributaries into the Nile, and then transported heavy stones b… --- ## [Well Dayumn! Gay Marriage is now Legal in Alabama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dayumn-gay-marriage-is-now-legal-in-alabama/711735)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dayumn-gay-marriage-is-now-legal-in-alabama/711735 "2017-09-27T04:52:05Z")
Thanks to “activist judges”, Alabama is the 37th state to legalize gay marriage. While the ability to chant “We’re Number 37! We’re Number 37!” may not sound especially impressive on some counts, for Alabama it’s way ab… --- ## [When you stare....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-stare/797390)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-stare/797390 "2017-09-27T03:26:06Z")
Nietzsche once said that if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes into you. But when you stare into the closet and it stares back… --- ## [Another sick kitty thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-sick-kitty-thread/773251)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-sick-kitty-thread/773251 "2017-09-27T02:23:43Z")
First of all, I’m calling the vet first thing Monday morning, but want to get an idea of what might be the problem. My 15-year-old, Paris, has an enlarged abdominal area. When I look down on him, the area between his rib… --- ## [Terribly sad story -- parents lose three children to disease over one weekend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terribly-sad-story-parents-lose-three-children-to-disease-over-one-weekend/797358)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terribly-sad-story-parents-lose-three-children-to-disease-over-one-weekend/797358 "2017-09-26T23:50:03Z")
Over the past decade, these parents came to realize that three of their ten children had an incurable genetic neurological disorder that was slowly but surely taking away their ability to see, to move, to swallow, and to… --- ## [High-end gaming PC enthusiasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-end-gaming-pc-enthusiasm/796739)
**Author:** [@MaverocK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaverocK)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-end-gaming-pc-enthusiasm/796739 "2017-09-26T20:07:00Z")
Since I was young (even before starting primary school) I loved playing video games. As time goes by, I started getting interested in building a system, programming, and doing small stuff with electronics too. I was crav… --- ## [What the hell, when kittens attack!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-when-kittens-attack/797351)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-when-kittens-attack/797351 "2017-09-26T19:59:24Z")
So yesterday as part of my job I had to lug a washing machine up to a 2nd story apartment. I woke up a little sore this morning so I headed off to the hot tub. Almost as soon as I got back my two sweet kitties jumped me… --- ## [Can't find a job? You aren't looking hard enough!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-find-a-job-you-arent-looking-hard-enough/796887)
**Author:** [@Zetetic\_Skeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zetetic_Skeptic)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-find-a-job-you-arent-looking-hard-enough/796887 "2017-09-26T17:32:25Z")
I’m looking for some part-time work to help us pay down some debts sooner and I’ve been to four places and called one other. It’s menial labor stuff, probably around 10.00 to 14.00 per hour. But it’s work which if done… --- ## [Indiana man locked in cave for 60 hours, forgotten by group](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-man-locked-in-cave-for-60-hours-forgotten-by-group/796990)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-man-locked-in-cave-for-60-hours-forgotten-by-group/796990 "2017-09-26T17:07:56Z")
Okay, this should scare the bejeezus out of ya: Indiana man locked in cave for 60 hours, forgotten by group More than 2 days went by… Unsurprisingly, Mr. Cavar Ya think? Just imagine what would have happened if h… --- ## [The first tomato](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-tomato/793236)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-tomato/793236 "2017-09-26T16:49:23Z")
Folks, tonight I ate the first tomato off the plants in my garden. And it tasted sooooo good! I realize that some of you enjoy garden-fresh tomatoes year-round, but up here in Alberta, we have a short growing season. … --- ## [Volcano in Bali is (maybe) about to blow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volcano-in-bali-is-maybe-about-to-blow/797340)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volcano-in-bali-is-maybe-about-to-blow/797340 "2017-09-26T16:03:02Z")
Story here. Mt. Agung in Bali has been restless for the last week or so. It hasn’t had a major eruption in 50+ years and it’s considered pretty active. Last time it went off over 1000 people died. I’m a little surprised… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=513) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=515)