# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=518 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 519 --- ## [You can't escape the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-escape-the-mmp/796057)
**Author:** [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-escape-the-mmp/796057 "2017-09-11T13:25:29Z")
Hi folks. Catamount here, reporting from the outer bands of the hurricane. Yes, I still live in the Appalachians. It seems that Miss Irma decided she wanted a mountain vacation this week along with half of Florida. The … --- ## [I think I'm having early menopause... Or worse.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-having-early-menopause-or-worse/795757)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2017, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-having-early-menopause-or-worse/795757 "2017-09-11T12:45:45Z")
I’m lying flat on my back with nothing to do for yet another bout of nausea, so I thought I’d bitch about it. I’m sure there’s someone who can relate. I’m 34 years old with a long history of uterine related mayhem. I’m … --- ## [Back to school in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school-in-the-mmp/795464)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2017, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school-in-the-mmp/795464 "2017-09-11T10:36:14Z")
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to work. But only 33 days till Hockey Season, so I got that going for me. Talk amongst yourselves. --- ## [Vent Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-thread/795973)
**Author:** [@Murderface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murderface)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2017, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-thread/795973 "2017-09-11T09:28:47Z")
I’m not sure if this site has one of these, but from where I hail from there are tons. Name anything that’s bothering you or something you need to get off your chest. Anything. Go for it. I’ll start. I’m having a hard t… --- ## [People thinking of having children, can you consider the following points?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-thinking-of-having-children-can-you-consider-the-following-points/795766)
**Author:** [@Marcus\_Flavius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marcus_Flavius)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-thinking-of-having-children-can-you-consider-the-following-points/795766 "2017-09-11T02:32:52Z")
This is for people thinking of procreating at some point in the future: -Your future child does not need to be born Your future child is not asking to be born There is no pain, suffering, or deprivation in the realm … --- ## [Chiapas Earthquake (Mexico)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiapas-earthquake-mexico/795793)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiapas-earthquake-mexico/795793 "2017-09-11T00:44:37Z")
8.1; at least 5 dead. Small tsunami waves heading off to the SW. The POM weighed in: The first article says the quake hit at 11:49 pm local time, so many people in bed and now emergency services (well, everyone) has… --- ## [Trump to Eliminate Immigration Dreamers Program for Undocumented Immigrants who Arrived as Children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-eliminate-immigration-dreamers-program-for-undocumented-immigrants-who-arrived-as-children/795443)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-eliminate-immigration-dreamers-program-for-undocumented-immigrants-who-arrived-as-children/795443 "2017-09-10T23:07:07Z")
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/03/trump-dreamers-immigration-daca-immigrants-242301 I strongly disagree with this. Children don’t make the decision to illegally immigrate. And in many cases they are not even fam… --- ## [I think the Russians have hacked Amazon.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-russians-have-hacked-amazon/795987)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-russians-have-hacked-amazon/795987 "2017-09-10T22:59:40Z")
So I tried to log into Amazon today, but it keeps telling me that no account with my email address was found. I tried using the app on phone, which I’m apparently still logged in on, but when I actually click Login & Se… --- ## [Football friday!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-friday/795868)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-friday/795868 "2017-09-10T19:04:08Z")
I just finished working at a high school football game concession stand…omg I am dead…i cannot believe how many nachos and chili pies I made…and frozen pickles I handed to cashiers…crazy!! --- ## [Numbers with common associations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numbers-with-common-associations/795473)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numbers-with-common-associations/795473 "2017-09-10T15:02:33Z")
First, I’ve got to think this has come up before, but I can’t find good enough search terms to turn it up. Second, I’m not at all sure this is the right forum. Is it a General Question, an IMHO, a MPSIMS, a Thread Game… --- ## [New way to ship oil? No pipelines needed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-ship-oil-no-pipelines-needed/795696)
**Author:** [@Pippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pippers)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-ship-oil-no-pipelines-needed/795696 "2017-09-09T23:39:32Z")
I hope this is really possible. Making shipments safer and easier. --- ## [Stuff that works, stuff that holds up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-works-stuff-that-holds-up/795781)
**Author:** [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-works-stuff-that-holds-up/795781 "2017-09-09T23:04:19Z")
The other day I noticed that my microwave-safe Tupperware bowl was starting to spot a bit, and I realized that I bought the bowl about 45 years ago. I estimate I’ve used the bowl about 15,000 times. What things do you … --- ## [So I had a Neck lift and Fat Removed from Eyelids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-had-a-neck-lift-and-fat-removed-from-eyelids/795946)
**Author:** [@winneee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/winneee)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-had-a-neck-lift-and-fat-removed-from-eyelids/795946 "2017-09-09T22:20:41Z")
I think I’m pretty happy with the results. Had the surgery at the end of June. It took every second of six weeks to ok-to-be-seen-in-public recover by the time I had to head back to work in mid-August (teacher). The sagg… --- ## [Should I feel ripped off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-feel-ripped-off/795562)
**Author:** [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-feel-ripped-off/795562 "2017-09-09T01:54:52Z")
Spent the weekend down in the city and came home with a new Ford Edge for my wife. We traded in our 2011 Edge SEL for a slightly upgraded 2017 SEL. Here’s the thing. We had the deal done in under three hours including a … --- ## [I may have Muslim neighbors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-have-muslim-neighbors/795388)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-have-muslim-neighbors/795388 "2017-09-08T16:41:48Z")
They’re new, and we’ve not even met. But there were fireworks earlier tonight, and I couldn’t figure out why. And I’ve come to find out that last night was the end of Eid al-Adha, and that Muslims often celebrate the end… --- ## [hell to breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hell-to-breakfast/795789)
**Author:** [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hell-to-breakfast/795789 "2017-09-08T14:21:30Z")
Can anyone help me find this expression, which I seem to recall hearing frequently growing up? It means “over a wide area”, as, “our family is scattered from hell to breakfast.” I can’t find any source for it, and I w… --- ## [Mmmmmm generator bliss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmm-generator-bliss/626854)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmm-generator-bliss/626854 "2017-09-08T09:54:36Z")
I’m in Howard County - south of Baltimore. Last year, Irene knocked power out here for five days. With a 2-month old that was hell. I said never again. Installed 15KW propane generator. Yesterday - storm, big boom outsi… --- ## [Burning Man gets too real](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426 "2017-09-07T23:38:09Z")
Somebody took things a little too literally – Man who ran into Burning Man fire dies Apparently this is a thing! --- ## [The Litter Box Surprise - New and Improved!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-litter-box-surprise-new-and-improved/795642)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-litter-box-surprise-new-and-improved/795642 "2017-09-07T21:08:09Z")
Two days ago, I shared with you all a surprising deposit in one of the communal litter boxes – a poop tower standing tall and proud. Unexpected, it was; in all my years of poop-scooping I’d never seen anything like it, … --- ## [Hell visits the Pacific Northwest (fire thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hell-visits-the-pacific-northwest-fire-thread/795669)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hell-visits-the-pacific-northwest-fire-thread/795669 "2017-09-07T20:24:33Z")
Apologies if this has been covered already. It does not seem to be in the “I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain” thread. Willamette Week story shows how the big Columbia Gorge fire is blanketing Portland with smoke and ash… --- ## [Best foods for farting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-foods-for-farting/793309)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-foods-for-farting/793309 "2017-09-07T19:06:40Z")
Broccoli… Volume: Excellent Smell: Poor\* Poor means it doesn’t stink much. --- ## [I'm accidentally going to San Francisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-accidentally-going-to-san-francisco/794971)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-accidentally-going-to-san-francisco/794971 "2017-09-07T14:14:32Z")
So I booked tour from Costa Rica to Panama in late October (if you’re sharp witted you might already know where this is going). I had a few looks at flights, my tour starts on a Friday but the flight to San Jose looked m… --- ## [Lucky Puerto Rico!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucky-puerto-rico/795683)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucky-puerto-rico/795683 "2017-09-07T12:46:01Z")
Irma is going to be a godsend for the island! :slight\_smile: Lucky folks. As you know the island is bankrupt, especially the power company. The power company owes bond holders billions that they can’t pay back and the … --- ## [Kate Middleton is pregnant again. She has to be nuts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-is-pregnant-again-she-has-to-be-nuts/795501)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-is-pregnant-again-she-has-to-be-nuts/795501 "2017-09-07T11:16:46Z")
I thought she was nuts to have a second child, after having hyperemesis gravidarum with the first, ETA and the second as well, and guess what? She’s going through the same thing again. :frowning: Must be worth it to h… --- ## [I think there is a chance that I am becoming instinctively nicer to strangers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-there-is-a-chance-that-i-am-becoming-instinctively-nicer-to-strangers/795599)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-there-is-a-chance-that-i-am-becoming-instinctively-nicer-to-strangers/795599 "2017-09-07T04:54:51Z")
Back story: Several months ago I was in a small kiosk-type food area in a business. I was in line behind a woman and her young son, who was planning on purchasing a soda and a bag of chips. Mom was expecting to pay cash,… --- ## [Google Earth shows Harvey damage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-shows-harvey-damage/795705)
**Author:** [@txjim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txjim)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-shows-harvey-damage/795705 "2017-09-07T02:49:00Z")
Not mundane but I wanted to share anyway. I was using Google Earth to look at Point Aransas, TX which shows updates as of 8/29. Was not expecting the images to be this current. Although Google Maps shows the same imag… --- ## [Things parents say to their kids that may not be quite accurate…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-parents-say-to-their-kids-that-may-not-be-quite-accurate/791961)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-parents-say-to-their-kids-that-may-not-be-quite-accurate/791961 "2017-09-07T01:59:05Z")
The Piper Cub made a bit of a mess in the TV room. I told him to tidy up and kept working on the dishes. Heard a noise, turned around and there he was with his red light sabre. “I am a Sith Lord,” he grimly announced. … --- ## [He took some cough medicine and thinks he murdered his wife](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-took-some-cough-medicine-and-thinks-he-murdered-his-wife/795498)
**Author:** [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-took-some-cough-medicine-and-thinks-he-murdered-his-wife/795498 "2017-09-07T01:14:16Z")
A man in North Carolina called 911 to report he had woken up after taking too much Corcidin to help him sleep. He was covered in blood and his wife had been stabbed to death. I’m not familiar with Corcidin unless it’s ma… --- ## [Ri Chun Hee; Better than Baghdad Bob!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ri-chun-hee-better-than-baghdad-bob/795685)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ri-chun-hee-better-than-baghdad-bob/795685 "2017-09-07T01:04:50Z")
I think most of us have now seen the North Korean lady who announces the news at times, so here’s a little background. Forgetting about the politics for a minute, you gotta love her! NPR Story. Youtube video. --- ## [My English Longbows did well this weekend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-english-longbows-did-well-this-weekend/795329)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-english-longbows-did-well-this-weekend/795329 "2017-09-06T12:57:36Z")
I was asked by Josef Monuz to build 3 elbs for this years international flight shoots. Flightshooting is a sport where you shoot for distance as opposed to shooting at a target. I built one for him, one for his wife and… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=517) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=519)