# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=523 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 524 --- ## [NAVA? How are you doing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nava-how-are-you-doing/793893)
**Author:** [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nava-how-are-you-doing/793893 "2017-08-18T15:04:30Z")
I’m hearing talk about riots in Spain and wondering if you’re taking collateral damage. Yeah, I know that’s like you saying, “Grestarian, are the California Wildfires burning near you?” when California is a pretty huge … --- ## [Tell me about the monthly box services you use](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-monthly-box-services-you-use/782425)
**Author:** [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2017, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-monthly-box-services-you-use/782425 "2017-08-18T01:53:14Z")
Any sort of monthly subscription boxes will be on topic for this thread, no matter what sorts of items they send out. Share whatever; recommendations, services to avoid, cool things you received, etc. I haven’t subscribe… --- ## [What's the story with these kids' shoes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-with-these-kids-shoes/370567)
**Author:** [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-with-these-kids-shoes/370567 "2017-08-17T19:35:53Z")
I’ll admit it - I was still half asleep when I saw this this morning, so I may have dreamed it. I went into the cafeteria to get an egg sandwich and a large coffee to alleviate the “half-asleep” thing, and there was a l… --- ## [Anybody near Nashville?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-near-nashville/793811)
**Author:** [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-near-nashville/793811 "2017-08-17T14:34:50Z")
Apparently I’m going to be visiting the area in the next few months; don’t know exact dates yet but it will be trips of more than one week. I’ve been in a bus which went through Tennessee (1) but I haven’t been in Tennes… --- ## [VSD (Ventricular Septum Defect) - talk me down, please!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vsd-ventricular-septum-defect-talk-me-down-please/793690)
**Author:** [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Das_Glasperlenspiel)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vsd-ventricular-septum-defect-talk-me-down-please/793690 "2017-08-17T04:24:48Z")
TLDR: dicky ticker, possible surgery, scared witless. I am in my late 60s, with all the usual issues that go with aging. I recently began having some cardiac problems (family history is full of such). After a battery… --- ## [After Thirty Years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-thirty-years/793769)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2017, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-thirty-years/793769 "2017-08-17T04:01:21Z")
Imagine my surprise when I looked at Facebook this morning, and found that an old high school friend was in my little city today. I got to know Peter, as I will call him, forty years ago, when we were in high school in … --- ## [teen babysitters put 4 year old in fridge and then get busted for it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-babysitters-put-4-year-old-in-fridge-and-then-get-busted-for-it/793736)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2017, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-babysitters-put-4-year-old-in-fridge-and-then-get-busted-for-it/793736 "2017-08-17T00:27:16Z")
http://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/whats-hot/babysitter-busted-for-horrible-video-she-posted-on-snapchat/ar-AApTYVq?li=BBnbfcL do you think they should get probation for it or is the mom right in they learned their less… --- ## [The coffer illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coffer-illusion/793637)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coffer-illusion/793637 "2017-08-16T22:01:37Z")
This link:How Many Circles Can You See In This Optical Illusion? | HuffPost UK Tech contains a picture and asks how many circles can you see. I think I could stare at that picture from now until the end of the week and … --- ## [Smart locks get bricked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-locks-get-bricked/793734)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-locks-get-bricked/793734 "2017-08-16T20:09:36Z")
Once again, the rosy assumptions about the “Internet of Things” come back to bite people. Rather surprisingly, the locks did come with regular keys as a emergency backup. It’s a mighty good thing for the people affe… --- ## [Jogger Pushes Pedestrian into Bus Path. Whaaa?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jogger-pushes-pedestrian-into-bus-path-whaaa/793265)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 195\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jogger-pushes-pedestrian-into-bus-path-whaaa/793265 "2017-08-16T17:03:06Z")
See it here. WTF? What was this about? I don’t think he meant to throw her under the bus, since the bus was behind him and he may not have known it was there. But seriously, what the hell? He actually diverts a littl… --- ## [Ten things that make you happy (non-political)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-things-that-make-you-happy-non-political/793673)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-things-that-make-you-happy-non-political/793673 "2017-08-16T15:57:06Z")
My newsfeed is depressing as hell. As it probably should be, given all the current crapola, but still - it makes it hard to hang on. Here’s a place where you can list things that make you happy. Please stay with the MPS… --- ## [Thanks Rick Kitchen!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-rick-kitchen/793773)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2017, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-rick-kitchen/793773 "2017-08-16T08:42:02Z")
Just want to thank Rick Kitchen for all the links he’s posted in various threads, giving us up to date and neutral information re Trump and all the debacles he’s created. As a foreigner, I only get headlines, but Rick’s… --- ## [Obama quotes Mandela](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-quotes-mandela/793767)
**Author:** [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2017, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-quotes-mandela/793767 "2017-08-16T07:16:20Z")
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion … People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love… …For love comes more natura… --- ## [Don Johnson's hairstyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-johnsons-hairstyle/365451)
**Author:** [@Feces\_Of\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feces_Of_Death)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2017, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-johnsons-hairstyle/365451 "2017-08-16T04:20:55Z")
How do you get it? What should you tell the hairstylist to do? None of them know who Don Johnson is. --- ## [It's not you, it's me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-you-its-me/793404)
**Author:** [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-you-its-me/793404 "2017-08-16T00:52:04Z")
Well, maybe it’s partly you. But regardless… --- ## [CD manufacturers: Can you just stop the security packaging?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-manufacturers-can-you-just-stop-the-security-packaging/793443)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-manufacturers-can-you-just-stop-the-security-packaging/793443 "2017-08-15T14:33:50Z")
Inspired by another 15-minute session of wrassling off security CD packaging, scratching the cover with scissors, breaking the hinges getting that unworldy-strong final sealing strip off, etc. Do people even steal CDs a… --- ## [I'm making an actual bucket list.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-an-actual-bucket-list/793489)
**Author:** [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-an-actual-bucket-list/793489 "2017-08-15T02:19:13Z")
I have brain cancer and have about a year and a half to go The doc says I’m solid till XMAS and will then probably relapse by July of next year. So, My sister is offering to fulfill a couple of items on a bucket list if … --- ## [How do US prisons manage to keep guns out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-us-prisons-manage-to-keep-guns-out/793577)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-us-prisons-manage-to-keep-guns-out/793577 "2017-08-14T21:38:42Z")
Not that I’m advocating guns in prison, I’m just curious why it doesn’t happen. I saw a tv show about a prison in a south american country, and guns were everywhere inside the prison. I forget the country as I saw this y… --- ## [Guy who came up with all those crazy password rules now says he's sorry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-who-came-up-with-all-those-crazy-password-rules-now-says-hes-sorry/793171)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-who-came-up-with-all-those-crazy-password-rules-now-says-hes-sorry/793171 "2017-08-14T15:40:29Z")
You know all those special rules for passwords that drive us all crazy, such as one lower case letter, one capital letter, one number, one special character, etc? Well the guy who came up with them has apologized for was… --- ## [100-year-old fruitcake...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-year-old-fruitcake/793382)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2017, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-year-old-fruitcake/793382 "2017-08-14T13:53:15Z")
… returns from the dead! Long frozen in Antarctica, a 100-year old fruitcake has been thawed out and now “looked and smelt (almost) edible”. You’d think it was a superhero (didn’t Captain America’s sidekick get frozen … --- ## [Leaving O a Jet MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-o-a-jet-mmp/792983)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-o-a-jet-mmp/792983 "2017-08-14T01:19:50Z")
Obligatory Song I’ll be in sunny(N.O.S. SoCal for a week, for the hockey Booster Club Convention. Obigatory dunken psots to follow. Talk amongst yourselves. --- ## [Weight loss.... yet again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-loss-yet-again/793351)
**Author:** [@jools](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jools)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-loss-yet-again/793351 "2017-08-14T01:16:51Z")
Yes another thread on weight loss…. I’ve lost a massive amount of weight (135 lbs to be exact) and yes I am very proud of myself. Life is much better and a whole lot easier. I separate my weight loss in two categories n… --- ## [My grandfather had some old coins. What are they worth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grandfather-had-some-old-coins-what-are-they-worth/793412)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2017, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grandfather-had-some-old-coins-what-are-they-worth/793412 "2017-08-14T01:00:09Z")
My grandfather left my family some old coins (among other things.) We have next to zero knowledge about coin collecting, and many of the coins aren’t really “old” at all, but what would they be worth on eBay? Can anyone… --- ## [The all-purpose DIY auto repair Q & A thread: Askees and Answerers unite!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-purpose-diy-auto-repair-q-a-thread-askees-and-answerers-unite/790927)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-purpose-diy-auto-repair-q-a-thread-askees-and-answerers-unite/790927 "2017-08-13T20:11:30Z")
I thought it would be nice, since we have so many wonderful mechanical guys/gals, and so many burning questions, to sap their brains for repair opinions (assuming they are willing to be sapped, that is :D). I’ll start: … --- ## [A few minutes ago I literally told some kids to get off of my lawn.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-minutes-ago-i-literally-told-some-kids-to-get-off-of-my-lawn/792877)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-minutes-ago-i-literally-told-some-kids-to-get-off-of-my-lawn/792877 "2017-08-13T17:35:36Z")
And I didn’t realize I was bringing a cliché to life until after I had said it. Ever shout someone off your lawn? Ever find yourself in the middle of a cliché? mmm --- ## [Charlottesville--how you can help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlottesville-how-you-can-help/793529)
**Author:** [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2017, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlottesville-how-you-can-help/793529 "2017-08-13T11:48:05Z")
This crap in Charlottesville is horrible, as we all know. (If you’re interested in discussing the white supremacist ugliness, here’s the thread for that. ) Here are four organizations you could donate to, if you want to… --- ## [Black police officer guards KKK marchers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-police-officer-guards-kkk-marchers/793482)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2017, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-police-officer-guards-kkk-marchers/793482 "2017-08-13T08:20:56Z")
Does anyone else find the implications of this tweet sad and disturbing? I don’t mean the image, which I actually find inspiring; but rather the sentiment expressed by the tweeter. --- ## [Nissan Pickup Door Handle!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nissan-pickup-door-handle/793378)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nissan-pickup-door-handle/793378 "2017-08-12T23:51:48Z")
It don’t get any more pointless than this, but today I scored not one, but TWO passenger-side door handles for the wife’s Nissan. You almost never find this little truck in the junkyards. And if you do, the tailgate han… --- ## [Horse's ass falls off horse's ass.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horses-ass-falls-off-horses-ass/793454)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horses-ass-falls-off-horses-ass/793454 "2017-08-12T20:14:20Z")
Pat Robertson. Unfortunately the horse wasn’t 500 feet tall and he is expected to survive. --- ## ["the snakey, viney robot that can go almost anywhere."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snakey-viney-robot-that-can-go-almost-anywhere/793347)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snakey-viney-robot-that-can-go-almost-anywhere/793347 "2017-08-12T02:16:09Z")
I saw this video of a “robot” created by researchers at Stanford. and I immediately thought: \[spoiler\]“duck erection.” :eek: \[sub\]No, not a wood duck - duck wood.\[/sub\] \[/spoiler\] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=522) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=524)