# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=52 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 53 --- ## [The Great Dalek Race of 1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dalek-race-of-1979/1020864)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dalek-race-of-1979/1020864 "2025-07-21T14:16:57Z")
TBH the exact year is a bit iffy, but here’s the story! The Australian National Science Fiction convention was to be in Melbourne, and as one of the fun events they put on a Dalek race. The BBC had published plans on ho… --- ## [Lunch sack? Ok. Garbage sack? Cromulent. Sack waist pants? Nooooooo!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunch-sack-ok-garbage-sack-cromulent-sack-waist-pants-nooooooo/1021129)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunch-sack-ok-garbage-sack-cromulent-sack-waist-pants-nooooooo/1021129 "2025-07-21T09:04:39Z")
So I found these these linen slacks(turns out they’re very much slacker, alright). Description says: lightweight, easy fit slacks WITH 2 pockets, for women. Sack waist. Huh? So I consult the Lil’wrekker (my fashion g… --- ## [I need a vacation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-vacation/1021070)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-vacation/1021070 "2025-07-21T03:50:42Z")
I rarely vacation. I just don’t go away, leaving my animals. I don’t really trust others to care for them like I do. But I’m retired, I have money, and I want to go somewhere. But where? I don’t like crowds. I don’t care… --- ## [The Omnibus Good News Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-good-news-thread/979923)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-good-news-thread/979923 "2025-07-20T19:56:56Z")
You know, it kind of sucks that society… or at least the reflection of which is here on the SDMB… treats good news with embarrassment, the conversational equivalent to farting in church. You probably won’t get called out… --- ## [Well, I am at the hospital](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-am-at-the-hospital/1019068)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-am-at-the-hospital/1019068 "2025-07-20T17:25:13Z")
I somehow managed to break a glass and slice my wrist. The amount of blood was scary and my bathroom looks like a crime scene. The paramedic said it’s pretty deep. I had a brief glimpse of the injury and it made me thin… --- ## [Man attempts to damage the case around the Stone of Scone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-attempts-to-damage-the-case-around-the-stone-of-scone/1021052)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2025, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-attempts-to-damage-the-case-around-the-stone-of-scone/1021052 "2025-07-20T11:56:48Z")
This guy tried to smash the glass case around the Stone. Why? Was he trying to get to it and chip off a piece? Strike a blow against/for Scottish independence? Drunken dare? Will we ever know? https://www.smithsonianmag… --- ## [Animatronic Walt Disney debuts today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animatronic-walt-disney-debuts-today/1020973)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animatronic-walt-disney-debuts-today/1020973 "2025-07-20T00:44:28Z")
Here’s a youtube video of robo-Walt in action. What do you think? Me, I think it’s an impressive piece of technology, but it gives me the willies. --- ## [The Unsolved Murder of the ONLY Little Person Ever To Play In Major League Baseball. With Link](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unsolved-murder-of-the-only-little-person-ever-to-play-in-major-league-baseball-with-link/1021050)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2025, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unsolved-murder-of-the-only-little-person-ever-to-play-in-major-league-baseball-with-link/1021050 "2025-07-19T04:08:15Z")
Eddie Gaedel. Pro Baseball player. A native of Chicago. The only Midget ever to play Major League Baseball. Found dead in his apartment, June 18, 1961. Beaten to death. No records, no solution. Just silence. LINK --- ## [Facebook question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-question/1021067)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-question/1021067 "2025-07-19T01:25:46Z")
All day I haven’t been able to get into my notifications. Messages and profile, yes, but not notifications. Anyone else having that problem? --- ## [My garage door broke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-garage-door-broke/1008997)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-garage-door-broke/1008997 "2025-07-18T23:11:03Z")
This weekend, the garage door opener was moving but the door wouldn’t open or shut. Alright, I figured either the manual release got triggered OR it finally broke because it has been acting wonky for about a week … afte… --- ## [Guys - Has anyone been in a men's group shower and someone accidentally got an erection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-has-anyone-been-in-a-mens-group-shower-and-someone-accidentally-got-an-erection/1020543)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-has-anyone-been-in-a-mens-group-shower-and-someone-accidentally-got-an-erection/1020543 "2025-07-18T18:34:45Z")
For some reason I remember this absolutely being a fear among guys in high school of having to take the PE shower and accidentally getting an erection while showering, to the point there were “techniques” you’d learn to … --- ## [Looking at the way this burned (Tomorrowland festival main stage), was it ever safe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-at-the-way-this-burned-tomorrowland-festival-main-stage-was-it-ever-safe/1020962)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-at-the-way-this-burned-tomorrowland-festival-main-stage-was-it-ever-safe/1020962 "2025-07-18T15:42:45Z")
The main stage at the Tomorrowland festival in Antwerp, Belgium, burned to the ground the day before the festival opening: According to early reports, this happened during testing of some pyrotechnics, but the questio… --- ## [RIP Fauja Singh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-fauja-singh/1020985)
**Author:** [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-fauja-singh/1020985 "2025-07-18T15:02:57Z")
The oldest man to run marathons, and holder of many a record, has sadly died in a traffic accident - at the age of 114 --- ## [My brilliant solution for metal shower curtain hooks that get stuck on the bar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brilliant-solution-for-metal-shower-curtain-hooks-that-get-stuck-on-the-bar/632372)
**Author:** [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brilliant-solution-for-metal-shower-curtain-hooks-that-get-stuck-on-the-bar/632372 "2025-07-18T02:44:46Z")
It has happened a few times in my life where I install a new shower curtain and hooks, and then constantly struggle trying to pull it open, because the metal hooks get kind of stuck on the metal bar. When I moved into m… --- ## [Air India - Boeing Crash 2025-06-12](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-india-boeing-crash-2025-06-12/1019517)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 280\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-india-boeing-crash-2025-06-12/1019517 "2025-07-17T21:33:09Z")
Reports of a London-bound plane with over 240 passengers crashed at Ahmedabad. Clouds of smoke. There were 169 Indian nationals on the flight, as well as 53 Britons, one Canadian national and seven Portuguese nationals,… --- ## [Israel, and the USA as of June 21, 2025, strikes dozens of targets in Iran, including nuclear program](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-and-the-usa-as-of-june-21-2025-strikes-dozens-of-targets-in-iran-including-nuclear-program/1019556)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 641\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-and-the-usa-as-of-june-21-2025-strikes-dozens-of-targets-in-iran-including-nuclear-program/1019556 "2025-07-17T17:38:27Z")
Israel said it has launched a series of strikes against Iran that included dozens of military targets, including the country’s nuclear program, according to the Israel Defense Forces. The IDF said the operation, titl… --- ## [Our cat Binx went across the Veil today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-cat-binx-went-across-the-veil-today/1020822)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-cat-binx-went-across-the-veil-today/1020822 "2025-07-17T01:17:32Z")
Our beloved cat Binx, 13 days away from his 13th birthday, passed to the Great Beyond today. He was in renal failure and we took him to the emergency vet, where we euthanized him and he passed surrounded by his people. --- ## [Name Famous People You've Met](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-famous-people-youve-met/835863)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Taggart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Taggart)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-famous-people-youve-met/835863 "2025-07-17T00:23:33Z")
Name famous people you’ve met, not seen in person but actually had a conversation with. Mine are Mary Tyler Moore Jerry (the Beav) Mathers Dickie Noles (former MLB pitcher) --- ## [Why do you complicate everything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-complicate-everything/1020861)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-complicate-everything/1020861 "2025-07-16T23:47:32Z")
I think the next time I hear this in a casual conversation I am going to snap. 60 years ago men and women used logic in everyday conversations they would automatically start identifying pertinent factors that might someh… --- ## ["I really REALLY hate that"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-really-hate-that/1020508)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-really-hate-that/1020508 "2025-07-16T16:57:56Z")
Do you currently live with an item you hate(no MIL jokes here :wink:) I have this chair. Just had to have it. Oh, 10-12 years ago. I always sat in one corner of the loveseat in my LR. By the lamp and table. The lovesea… --- ## [How tall is a smurf?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-is-a-smurf/75596)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-is-a-smurf/75596 "2025-07-16T02:24:02Z")
Hi folks this is my first thread so I hope you don’t think I’m too weird for asking; How tall is a smurf? How did you come to that conclusion? Now I know this thread is geared more towards the genX crowd so if your sayin… --- ## [Adventures in autocracy: Mali military helicopters land at mine, take off with $117M of gold](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-autocracy-mali-military-helicopters-land-at-mine-take-off-with-117m-of-gold/1020825)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-autocracy-mali-military-helicopters-land-at-mine-take-off-with-117m-of-gold/1020825 "2025-07-15T19:07:25Z")
Things aren’t going swimmingly for Canadian multinational Barrick Mining Co. Military coup toppled 20 year old fledgling democracy in 2012; the latest junta seized power in 2021. Autocratic authorities seized 3 tons of g… --- ## [Who else was orthopedically corrected as a kid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-was-orthopedically-corrected-as-a-kid/320341)
**Author:** [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-was-orthopedically-corrected-as-a-kid/320341 "2025-07-15T19:05:04Z")
This GQ thread has prompted me to querey my fellow dopers in search of other folks who wore corrective casts, etc, as a child. I was apparently pigeon-toed on my right foot, beyond the timeframe that is considered norma… --- ## [RIP Daniel Kleppner (Physicist)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-daniel-kleppner-physicist/1020542)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2025, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-daniel-kleppner-physicist/1020542 "2025-07-15T13:33:09Z")
He was co-founder and co-director of the MIT-Harvard Center for UltraCold Atoms; his work paved the way for making the first Bose-Einstein Condensate, and he won numerous awards. He was also co-author (with Robert Kolen… --- ## [US Postal Rate Goes Up Today July 13, 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-postal-rate-goes-up-today-july-13-2025/1020820)
**Author:** [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2025, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-postal-rate-goes-up-today-july-13-2025/1020820 "2025-07-15T09:32:33Z")
Just heard on NPR that the first class rate for a Forever stamp went up from 73 cents to 78 cents, effective today. --- ## [I saw god! \[actual topic - need thread ideas\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-god-actual-topic-need-thread-ideas/29885)
**Author:** [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2025, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-god-actual-topic-need-thread-ideas/29885 "2025-07-15T07:34:56Z")
No actually I didn’t. I just need some good thread ideas. No one ever posts in mine. So could you help me out a little? Jeff --- ## [Retail Therapy: What’s the Most Fun Thing You’ve Bought on a Whim?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-therapy-what-s-the-most-fun-thing-you-ve-bought-on-a-whim/1020648)
**Author:** [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-therapy-what-s-the-most-fun-thing-you-ve-bought-on-a-whim/1020648 "2025-07-15T02:27:20Z")
Today was my wife’s first day back home after a month in Brazil (way too long!). I’m still kicking myself for not planning ahead with the visa—live and learn. We kept things low-key, did some shopping for her… and then, … --- ## [Grand Canyon Lodge (North Rim) destroyed by wildfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-lodge-north-rim-destroyed-by-wildfire/1020823)
**Author:** [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-lodge-north-rim-destroyed-by-wildfire/1020823 "2025-07-14T20:20:30Z")
This is heartbreaking. Such a beautiful spot: --- ## [What is the fastest way to cool down the interior of your car on a hot summer day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-fastest-way-to-cool-down-the-interior-of-your-car-on-a-hot-summer-day/1020745)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-fastest-way-to-cool-down-the-interior-of-your-car-on-a-hot-summer-day/1020745 "2025-07-14T11:04:48Z")
So lets say you are going to drive somewhere after your car has been sitting in the summer heat for hours. What is the fastest way to cool down the interior air so that the car becomes more comfortable? If you have a re… --- ## [(Old) A high seas MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-high-seas-mmp/1020586)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 289\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-high-seas-mmp/1020586 "2025-07-14T10:41:37Z")
Just finished a 1 mile walk around the Promenade Deck. It’s overcast and chilly. I see the edge of the earth - hope we don’t sail over! Happy Moanday! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=51) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=53)