# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=528 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 529 --- ## [\[Ask the Funeral Director who's a\] New Member \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-funeral-director-whos-a-new-member-edited-title/584142)
**Author:** [@CoffinMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoffinMan)\ **Replies:** 274\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-funeral-director-whos-a-new-member-edited-title/584142 "2017-07-23T17:37:33Z")
I have been lurking around these boards for some time and finally joined today. Honored to be among you fine folks. BTW: I am a funeral director in Los Angeles, California, hence my name (just in case you think I’m so… --- ## [Yesterday's Bizarro comic strip.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterdays-bizarro-comic-strip/791917)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterdays-bizarro-comic-strip/791917 "2017-07-23T17:19:17Z")
Apropos nothing, I can’t resist sharing this Bizarro comic that was in the papers yesterday . . . Bizarro comic, July 21, 2017. --- ## [So my Mom moved back to Wisconsin after 16 years in Indiana..yeah!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-mom-moved-back-to-wisconsin-after-16-years-in-indiana-yeah/791912)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2017, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-mom-moved-back-to-wisconsin-after-16-years-in-indiana-yeah/791912 "2017-07-23T08:04:14Z")
I am so relieved. She lived across the street or within a mile of my drunk sister( who turned off her phone if she got an emergency calls )Mom fell and Drunk sis went MIA We all had a meeting in Indiania . Mom decided t… --- ## [Sometimes, it just isn't your day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-just-isnt-your-day/791839)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-just-isnt-your-day/791839 "2017-07-23T01:01:54Z")
Zebra escapes crocodile in the water only to get taken down by two lions on land. :smack: \[spoiler\]Warning: graphic nature in action - --- ## [Trump to help pay for Russia investigation -- Oh really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-help-pay-for-russia-investigation-oh-really/791866)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-help-pay-for-russia-investigation-oh-really/791866 "2017-07-22T18:39:59Z")
Headline on Yahoo News site this evening: Trump Finances Part of Russia Investigation Seriously? Oh wait a minute. Maybe that headline doesn’t really say what it says. :dubious: --- ## [Social phobias. Open letter. A quick word to hopefully make me feel a bit better.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-phobias-open-letter-a-quick-word-to-hopefully-make-me-feel-a-bit-better/791748)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-phobias-open-letter-a-quick-word-to-hopefully-make-me-feel-a-bit-better/791748 "2017-07-22T14:09:05Z")
I need a word with y’all. I’ve been… out of sorts for a while. I post things here, and I come across as nuts. A neighbor is nice to me, and my head explodes. I rant about elephants. I post bizarre stuff in dating relate… --- ## [Astral Projection is within your grasp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astral-projection-is-within-your-grasp/791728)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astral-projection-is-within-your-grasp/791728 "2017-07-22T03:43:48Z")
I have just read an “article” in a “magazine” apparently called Tomorrow Sleep, in which the benefits of taking mugwort tea are extolled. Chettri-Kennedy is the owner of the mugwort selling store. So, yeah. If you’re … --- ## [Do you love Jesus but hate having money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-love-jesus-but-hate-having-money/791836)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-love-jesus-but-hate-having-money/791836 "2017-07-21T23:34:00Z")
So just a few minutes ago I had an encounter with a genuine door-to-door salesman! (Apparently they do still make those.) Very friendly and polite, but I’m not exactly the target audience for books of bible stories. (At … --- ## [Personal Best Half-Marathon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-best-half-marathon/787644)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-best-half-marathon/787644 "2017-07-21T18:34:46Z")
1:54:08 for my time. While I’m not an elite runner…I’m proud of myself (is it ok to be proud still?) I have this mental hang up that I’ve never been genetically wired for athletics. Even with a ton of yoga, running time,… --- ## [Sleep-Starved: Insomniac Check-In](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-starved-insomniac-check-in/788950)
**Author:** [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2017, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-starved-insomniac-check-in/788950 "2017-07-20T23:18:51Z")
I usually avoid starting threads because my widdle feewings get hurt when they’re ignored, but I keep seeing insomnia discussions pop up in unrelated threads. It’s time for our very own. Please post anything insomnia-rel… --- ## [I bought a new gun.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-new-gun/789057)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-new-gun/789057 "2017-07-20T21:49:53Z")
A Ruger 10/22 Takedown, specifically. I had a plain vanilla 10/22 on which I had done some internal upgrades. However, my soon-to-be-former wife had grown fond of it and asked if she could have it as we part ways. She… --- ## [The downside of working out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-downside-of-working-out/791429)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-downside-of-working-out/791429 "2017-07-20T21:11:17Z")
My wife said I needed to trim some low-hanging tree branches, so I got out my almost-new titanium-bladed Fiskars bypass lopper, and started trimming. One branch was pretty thick, but I could get it into the lopper by ope… --- ## [We Just Got Back from Yellowstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-got-back-from-yellowstone/791522)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-got-back-from-yellowstone/791522 "2017-07-20T18:52:58Z")
I’ve always told people that everyone should visit Alaska once and Hawaii once. Add Yellowstone National Park to that. We stayed at Parade Rest, which is about ten miles outside outside West Yellowstone and the west en… --- ## [Did you know John Wayne was "America's Greatest Patriot"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-john-wayne-was-americas-greatest-patriot/791657)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-john-wayne-was-americas-greatest-patriot/791657 "2017-07-20T17:08:48Z")
So says the front cover of some one-off tribute magazine I just saw at the checkout line. I had no idea. I wonder who the runner up is. --- ## [Unscramble These Scientific Disciplines.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unscramble-these-scientific-disciplines/791727)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unscramble-these-scientific-disciplines/791727 "2017-07-20T16:30:50Z")
It’s a funny thing about my memory. Sometimes I forget important stuff. And sometimes I remember things that are of little importance. Anyways, about 30 years ago–it was in 1986, if you must know (when I had just turned… --- ## [Raise your hand if you were at Don Jr's meeting at Trump Tower](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-you-were-at-don-jrs-meeting-at-trump-tower/791617)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-you-were-at-don-jrs-meeting-at-trump-tower/791617 "2017-07-20T13:48:50Z")
Okay, I confess. I was there. The snacks were good, but no booze. Except some guys had flasks of vodka, but they wouldn’t share. I was offered Kool-Ade, but I didn’t drink any. I could swear I saw some Dopers lurking in… --- ## [Don't hijack that thread! Post here instead!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hijack-that-thread-post-here-instead/788078)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2017, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hijack-that-thread-post-here-instead/788078 "2017-07-20T03:27:47Z")
Have you ever started to post a reply in a thread, then realized that what you were about to post didn’t really fit the thread? So rather than post something that might hijack the thread, you just don’t post at all? Wel… --- ## [Things Americans don't do that other countries do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-americans-dont-do-that-other-countries-do/791242)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-americans-dont-do-that-other-countries-do/791242 "2017-07-20T01:04:49Z")
Inspired by the spirited thread in Cafe Society, I’ll expand it everything else besides soft boiled eggs. Being American I’m obviously ignorant on the subject so come on other countries - what are we not doing right? … --- ## [Prescription migraine meds? Neurologists? Emergency room visits? No...Taco Bell.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prescription-migraine-meds-neurologists-emergency-room-visits-no-taco-bell/791283)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prescription-migraine-meds-neurologists-emergency-room-visits-no-taco-bell/791283 "2017-07-19T20:51:25Z")
As some of you may be aware, I have really been suffering with migraines badly as of late. For the past month basically, I have had one unending migraine. None of my meds have helped, either OTC or prescription and the… --- ## [Unusual Names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-names/791219)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-names/791219 "2017-07-19T20:29:13Z")
In the back of my journal I have kept a small list of unusual names I have encountered in my reading. As I am ready to start a new volume, I suppose I ought to share it. William Coney Goldbolt, mass killer Orange Lewis… --- ## [Does my next door neighbor like me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-next-door-neighbor-like-me/791455)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-next-door-neighbor-like-me/791455 "2017-07-19T18:56:19Z")
This seems to be progressing. We’ve been neighbors for about a year. First, there was the smiling, and the cheerful greetings. From her side, that is. I don’t really ever initiate any neighborly friendliness. This was fo… --- ## [Maryam Mirzakhani - First Woman Fields medal winner died :(](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maryam-mirzakhani-first-woman-fields-medal-winner-died/791662)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maryam-mirzakhani-first-woman-fields-medal-winner-died/791662 "2017-07-19T17:46:29Z")
Maryam Mirzakhani was Iranian. In 1994 she won a gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad and was the first Iranian to win. In 1995 she got a perfect score at the International Mathematical Olympiad and wo… --- ## [Well, that's a first.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-a-first/791529)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-a-first/791529 "2017-07-19T16:54:49Z")
Being vague so as not to out the forum I just recently joined a forum about the care, feeding, and training of pets. Today I discovered a sub forum for the “pets” to talk to each other. It states “PETS only!” and allo… --- ## [Trump approval rating drops to 36 percent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-approval-rating-drops-to-36-percent/791404)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-approval-rating-drops-to-36-percent/791404 "2017-07-19T15:16:50Z")
A few highlights from a new Washington Post-ABC News Poll. \[ul\] \[li\]The president’s overall approval rating has dropped to 36 percent from 42 percent in April\[/li\]\[li\]His disapproval has risen five points to 58 percent… --- ## [One weird e-mail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-weird-e-mail/296031)
**Author:** [@TwoTrouts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoTrouts)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-weird-e-mail/296031 "2017-07-19T14:26:34Z")
I received this e-mail today. Hello (xxxxx) I’m looking for a good trans-universal transportation unit. Do you have the McCoy self-generating G series watch or similar newer models available? I also need other items … --- ## [Tropical Storm Don forms in Atlantic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-don-forms-in-atlantic/791573)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2017, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-don-forms-in-atlantic/791573 "2017-07-19T06:42:19Z")
Expected to be low energy. One guy tweeted in response (at the link): “Tropical Storm Don will tell you how much damage it will do and then fizzle out and blame Hurricane Hillary.” :stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [Again, Fuck Cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-fuck-cancer/791534)
**Author:** [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2017, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-fuck-cancer/791534 "2017-07-19T04:03:43Z")
One of my extended family is facing chemo now. Fuck cancer. --- ## [Ruth Coker Burks, the cemetery angel.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-coker-burks-the-cemetery-angel/791386)
**Author:** [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-coker-burks-the-cemetery-angel/791386 "2017-07-19T01:58:21Z")
This is from January 2015. It is a difficult read, I haven’t read all of it yet. Ruth Coker Burks, the cemetery angel. This is where I’m supposed to say something like “Faith in Humanity Restored!”, but being me, I … --- ## [For those that have been married for 30 years or more](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-have-been-married-for-30-years-or-more/791016)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-have-been-married-for-30-years-or-more/791016 "2017-07-19T00:49:18Z")
Today My Beloved(Rahne McCloud) and I celebrate our 30th Anniversary! We spent the weekend at The Benson Hotel, which is where we spent our honeymoon. The wonderful people there upgraded our room to a massive executive … --- ## [Ask the guy on PrEP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-on-prep/791597)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-on-prep/791597 "2017-07-18T21:48:20Z")
As a spin off of this thread, I’m starting my thread where you can ask questions of someone who takes Truvada daily to protect against HIV infection. I’m in the United States and I’ve been on PrEP since December of 2014.… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=527) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=529)