# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=53 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 54 --- ## [(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! --- ## [Why are you always late?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 996\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631 "2025-07-13T19:53:23Z")
This may come across as a pitting but I honestly want to know the thinking process behind being late all of the time. This is one of the sticking points between Mrs. Cad and me. She is always late. ALWAYS. She says w… --- ## [Sevin (the insecticide)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sevin-the-insecticide/1020706)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sevin-the-insecticide/1020706 "2025-07-13T16:15:12Z")
As a youth I remember seeing Sevin recommended as an insecticide for flowers and vegetables. I have been growing 2 chestnut trees to help rebuild the mighty chestnut forests. Recently I spotted some Japanese beetles caro… --- ## [How to identify a geode.. definitely MMPS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-identify-a-geode-definitely-mmps/1020810)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-identify-a-geode-definitely-mmps/1020810 "2025-07-13T14:59:12Z")
Backstory: I helped out a friend with moving house, she gave me a small quartz (?) rock as a thank-you - she’s not exactly wealthy, and I did the move for free (with her help). I don’t know the backstory, but I am pretty… --- ## [Expletives in the Service of "Toughening Up"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expletives-in-the-service-of-toughening-up/1020733)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expletives-in-the-service-of-toughening-up/1020733 "2025-07-13T12:26:17Z")
Allan Sherman (1924-1973), the song parodist responsible for “Camp Granada” (“Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah!”) and a lot of unfortunately forgotten gems. The year he died, Playboy Press (Hefner was a friend and a fan) publi… --- ## [Well...ex-CUSE, me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-ex-cuse-me/1020760)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-ex-cuse-me/1020760 "2025-07-13T01:03:36Z")
When you bump into someone, or need to get past…say you bump them very slightly, either way. The kind thing to do is say, “excuse, me”. Acoording to to actual degree of the effrontery, maybe add an “I’m sorry”. What r… --- ## [Hospitalized On My Birthday Early 1960s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospitalized-on-my-birthday-early-1960s/1020798)
**Author:** [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospitalized-on-my-birthday-early-1960s/1020798 "2025-07-12T21:07:13Z")
Inspired from the hospitalization poll I am sharing a memory I wrote on Facebook explaining my possible cake PTSD. I had included a black and white picture of me having a mini tantrum beside a birthday cake on a little t… --- ## [Amazon closing all warehouses in Québec](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-closing-all-warehouses-in-quebec/1013264)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-closing-all-warehouses-in-quebec/1013264 "2025-07-12T20:16:02Z")
Amazon announced today that they were closing their 7 warehouses in Québec. The company says the closures are not related to the fact that one of them is unionised. Apparently it’s not just the warehouses, but the Amazo… --- ## [Are there more weird Youtube Ads lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-more-weird-youtube-ads-lately/1020695)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-more-weird-youtube-ads-lately/1020695 "2025-07-11T20:31:02Z")
I tend to watch a lot of Lets’s Plays, and recently I’ve noticed a lot more ads for seeming health scams, such as a mineral you just chew every night to fix cavities and gum disease, and the apparent fact that African-Am… --- ## [Fireworks Mayhem: 2025 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2025-edition/1020198)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2025, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2025-edition/1020198 "2025-07-11T12:19:40Z")
It is that special time of year to celebrate our country’s birthday by blowing off a limb, burning down a house, blinding a child, torching a car… or perhaps actually dying for the cause. In the pursuit of our inner six-… --- ## [Have you ever heard of these attraction/seduction programs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-these-attraction-seduction-programs/847617)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2025, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-these-attraction-seduction-programs/847617 "2025-07-11T05:19:58Z")
Pandora’s Box - Vin Dicarlo Tao Of Badass - Josh Pellicer IMO, the content is interesting, but it takes some time to master and learn the skills that they teach you. --- ## [What are your landscapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-landscapes/1020672)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-landscapes/1020672 "2025-07-10T23:06:17Z")
As in the title, what is or are your landscapes? What is the environment that brings you peace and joy, soothes you? What do these landscapes make you think? Do they bring to mind something feral and wild, yet subdued… --- ## [Considering a cross-Canada rail trip. Your thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-a-cross-canada-rail-trip-your-thoughts/1018321)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-a-cross-canada-rail-trip-your-thoughts/1018321 "2025-07-10T20:55:10Z")
Normally, my annual vacation would involve a trip to the United States. But I am not happy about what Mr. Trump represents, nor do I want to get into a conversation with the guy on the next barstool at a sports bar invo… --- ## [Victims of British Postmaster Scandal set to be cleared](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victims-of-british-postmaster-scandal-set-to-be-cleared/998104)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victims-of-british-postmaster-scandal-set-to-be-cleared/998104 "2025-07-10T17:05:23Z")
I’ve read articles about this whole mess, and I’m glad they’re getting some justice, even if it’s far too late for those who have taken their own lives due to being wrongfully accused. --- ## [MH370 went missing on 08 March 2014. Aviation’s biggest mystery continues. Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mh370-went-missing-on-08-march-2014-aviation-s-biggest-mystery-continues-amazing/980835)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2025, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mh370-went-missing-on-08-march-2014-aviation-s-biggest-mystery-continues-amazing/980835 "2025-07-10T06:14:39Z")
Tomorrow it’ll be nine years (9!) since MH370 took off and disappeared. It still hasn’t been found, although some evidence of a crash has washed on shore, most notably the flaperon found on Réunion back in 2015. 227 pas… --- ## [New low in spam attempts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-low-in-spam-attempts/1020639)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-low-in-spam-attempts/1020639 "2025-07-10T01:37:39Z")
I just got the following: " Greetings from the organizing committee of Inscitech Meet on Genetics and Genome Research..! It is with great pleasure that we invite you to join us as a Distinguished Speaker at our upcomin… --- ## [How did I get duped?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-get-duped/1017458)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-get-duped/1017458 "2025-07-09T21:37:52Z")
For some time I have wanted a periodic table with tiny pieces of real elements to display. Last month I saw an online ad for one so I shopped around. I settled on this particular one because it was a nice large size 8" … --- ## [Deductible on home insurance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deductible-on-home-insurance/1019831)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deductible-on-home-insurance/1019831 "2025-07-09T16:27:42Z")
We had a major hail storm and so of course the roofers are out in force. I asked my insurance agent about it and my deductible is $5000. WTF? Is that normal? It’s as much of a scam as health insurance. I don’t know … --- ## [Driver chat from Amazon driver?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driver-chat-from-amazon-driver/1020616)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driver-chat-from-amazon-driver/1020616 "2025-07-09T14:43:16Z")
I got a text: Driver Chat: A message from the driver delivering your Amazon packages. Tap here to reply \[URL in short format\] Is this a thing? I did have a package not delivered today due to some unspecified probl… --- ## [Earth vs. Solaria Time App](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-vs-solaria-time-app/1020622)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2025, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-vs-solaria-time-app/1020622 "2025-07-09T10:21:21Z")
I was bored, tired, and a little stressed, so I took some time to mess around and create this web app to show both Earth time and that of Solaria from Isaac Asimov’s The Naked Sun. Earth and Solarian Time I used 00:00:… --- ## [Chicago Reader at ‘imminent risk of closure’](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-reader-at-imminent-risk-of-closure/1013119)
**Author:** [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2025, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-reader-at-imminent-risk-of-closure/1013119 "2025-07-09T07:32:41Z")
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-reader-at-imminent-risk-of-closure/ The Chicago Reader was the original home of Cecil. It’s been at risk for years, but now seems to be in its death throes. --- ## [Lady Bird Lake mystery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-bird-lake-mystery/1020577)
**Author:** [@justdoit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justdoit)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-bird-lake-mystery/1020577 "2025-07-08T18:37:00Z")
38 bodies recovered from this lake in Austin, TX, since 2022. Average of 11 per year. Mostly men. What do you think? Serial killer? Or drownings, accidents, and suicides? “The denials by law enforcement and other… --- ## [No hotel room due to overbooking. This happen to anyone else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-hotel-room-due-to-overbooking-this-happen-to-anyone-else/1018910)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-hotel-room-due-to-overbooking-this-happen-to-anyone-else/1018910 "2025-07-08T16:25:24Z")
We showed up Saturday night for our vacation. Ok let me preface this with what led up to this issue. Months ago I booked a room in an relatively isolated vacation spot meaning not a ton of hotels available. I paid for … --- ## [The Curious Case of Scott Ruskusky](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curious-case-of-scott-ruskusky/1020585)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curious-case-of-scott-ruskusky/1020585 "2025-07-08T15:44:46Z")
I had a three-day weekend due to the holiday. I ended up wandering around the Internet. I was playing with Chat GPT and also “Leo,” the AI associated with the browser Brave. I asked reasonable questions. I asked tricky … --- ## [Zuckerberg's app Threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zuckerbergs-app-threads/986722)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zuckerbergs-app-threads/986722 "2025-07-08T15:33:32Z")
I tried to find a thread on Threads, but it is hard to search for “Threads” on the Dope! So - has anyone joined yet? I’m @rmix2610. I just joined about an hour ago, so I’m not sure what’s up. It’s tied to Instagram, so … --- ## [Let's collect some new collective nouns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-collect-some-new-collective-nouns/399979)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-collect-some-new-collective-nouns/399979 "2025-07-08T13:09:54Z")
James Randi has suggested a new game. Any more contributions Dopers can make to this growing list? --- ## [A History Of Tarot Cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-of-tarot-cards/1020589)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-of-tarot-cards/1020589 "2025-07-08T11:40:06Z")
The Smithsonian Magazine has a nice history of these odd divination tools. Not far from one of Milan’s last remaining medieval gates is a tiny shop door, sandwiched between shuttered storefronts. Cross the threshold, a… --- ## [How do you feel when you go to restaurants that are "short staffed"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-when-you-go-to-restaurants-that-are-short-staffed/1020553)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-when-you-go-to-restaurants-that-are-short-staffed/1020553 "2025-07-07T23:16:14Z")
Even though the service industry is unpredictable, I’ve always wondered how people felt towards restaurants that are short staffed? Despite some positive encouragement from customers, some customers don’t understand why… --- ## [Drive a Tesla, get Sieg Heils? Apparently it ain’t easy being green any more](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 281\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416 "2025-07-07T14:24:41Z")
News articles indicate that some Tedla owners are feeling a bit embarrassed by their choice of vehicle. Getting the bird is one thing; now starting to get a Hitler salute. There’s an increasing movement called “Take down… --- ## [Prediction: Major Natural Disaster to Hit Japan July 5th, 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-major-natural-disaster-to-hit-japan-july-5th-2025/1020476)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-major-natural-disaster-to-hit-japan-july-5th-2025/1020476 "2025-07-07T13:53:27Z")
A Japanese manga claims a natural disaster is imminent. Now, some tourists are canceling their trips Wonderful. It’s going to be the end of the TokyoBayer household, and the world’s media is concentrating on the tourist … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=52) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=54)