# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=533 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 534 --- ## [Dopefest: Please come to my place in South Carolina to watch the Eclipse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopefest-please-come-to-my-place-in-south-carolina-to-watch-the-eclipse/787193)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopefest-please-come-to-my-place-in-south-carolina-to-watch-the-eclipse/787193 "2017-07-02T15:04:09Z")
I am throwing a garden party to watch the upcoming eclipse. It will pass directly over my home in Moncks Corner, SC on August 21. When: August 21, 2017 Noon to 6PM Where: Moncks Corner, SC Eclipse Begins: 1:16:19PM … --- ## [Most unusual flag you've seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unusual-flag-youve-seen/789925)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unusual-flag-youve-seen/789925 "2017-07-02T01:19:10Z")
This weekend, while walking in Tacoma, I noticed a house flying an Israeli flag. That it in inself is unusual; it clearly wasn’t a synagogue or cultural center, and Tacoma has a very tiny Jewish population. But in the … --- ## [Most-Drugged Cities in the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-drugged-cities-in-the-us/790194)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-drugged-cities-in-the-us/790194 "2017-07-02T00:14:14Z")
I am stealing this from one of those clickbait news things. Let me transcribe it for you. Elizabeth, NJ (no percentage reported) Atlantic City, NJ (no percentage reported) Kermit, WV (no percentage reported) Portland… --- ## [Arkansas sets them up, some guy takes them down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-sets-them-up-some-guy-takes-them-down/790056)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-sets-them-up-some-guy-takes-them-down/790056 "2017-07-01T23:57:30Z")
The new 10 Commandments monument at the Arkansas state capitol didn’t last 24 hours before someone drove thru it. --- ## [New puppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy/790010)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy/790010 "2017-07-01T14:01:03Z")
On Thursday, I will be picking up a new German Shepherd puppy from this litter. I am very excited. I haven’t had a dog of my own since my beloved Akita boy died in 2007. He was followed with a Swissy (husband’s dog) a… --- ## [Gay Pride Marchers With Jewish Flags Told To Leave Chicago Parade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-pride-marchers-with-jewish-flags-told-to-leave-chicago-parade/789875)
**Author:** [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2017, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-pride-marchers-with-jewish-flags-told-to-leave-chicago-parade/789875 "2017-07-01T08:06:48Z")
Anti-semites. Jewish people celebrating LGBT Pride in Chicago were told not to display Star of David flags because other people found them ‘offensive.’ The Jewish Star of David flag was banned from the city’s annual … --- ## [Chaffetz to resign on 6/30](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chaffetz-to-resign-on-6-30/786945)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2017, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chaffetz-to-resign-on-6-30/786945 "2017-07-01T02:58:51Z")
Story here. Not even waiting for his term to run out. Wants to spend more time with his family. How long until we hear the story behind the story? --- ## [More Cat Problems - Aggression](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-cat-problems-aggression/789905)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-cat-problems-aggression/789905 "2017-07-01T00:15:50Z")
Ugh. Well, the somewhat optimistic update on Merlin is I installed an electronic pet door in the bedroom so Merlin can get away from Mina at his leisure. It took some patience, but he’s finally gotten the hang of using i… --- ## [This could be the best internet researcher of 2017](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-could-be-the-best-internet-researcher-of-2017/790200)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-could-be-the-best-internet-researcher-of-2017/790200 "2017-06-30T23:48:32Z")
Fitting into MPSIMS, someone on Stackexchange posted the following reply to a user who was concerned about the imagery used to illustrate the letter “Y” with an “axe” on a cheap plastic alphabet-illustrated ball owned by… --- ## [First polyamorous "marriage" in Colombia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-polyamorous-marriage-in-colombia/790218)
**Author:** [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-polyamorous-marriage-in-colombia/790218 "2017-06-30T18:39:49Z")
Three men had their relationship officially recognized in Medellin: It’s not exactly a marriage, but a legal recognition of their status as a family, with inheritance rights : This legal status is apparently called “… --- ## [If you have resisted getting an annual flu vaccine because you don't like shots...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-resisted-getting-an-annual-flu-vaccine-because-you-dont-like-shots/790134)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-resisted-getting-an-annual-flu-vaccine-because-you-dont-like-shots/790134 "2017-06-30T18:24:56Z")
…well there might be a solution for you on the horizon. No, not the flu mist, but a vaccine patch that you can put on your self for 20 minutes, and gives you the same protection that the traditional shot does. About … --- ## [Got a job!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-job/790090)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-job/790090 "2017-06-30T16:43:47Z")
Pretty mundane and pointless but I’m happy about it. I’ve taken the last year off and the other day I decided that I’d better get back out there. I was a bit worried as I’m 47 and jobs aren’t that easy to come by. My ba… --- ## [Oregon Eclipse Dopefest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-eclipse-dopefest/790075)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-eclipse-dopefest/790075 "2017-06-30T16:06:53Z")
I live along the Eclipse sight line in Oregon. I’m already having a small gathering for the event. I wonder if there is any interest amongst West Coast Dopers (or heck any of y’all) for an Oregon Dopefest for the eclip… --- ## [When the molemen invaded South America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-molemen-invaded-south-america/790046)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-molemen-invaded-south-america/790046 "2017-06-30T16:02:07Z")
Luckily, the brave unsung paleoindians repelled the attack, saving mankind. For now. --- ## [Greta Van Susteren doesn't fit at MSNBC.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greta-van-susteren-doesnt-fit-at-msnbc/782199)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greta-van-susteren-doesnt-fit-at-msnbc/782199 "2017-06-30T15:16:52Z")
This is the epitome of mundane and pointless but I have to say, I do not like this new MSNBC-version of Greta Van Susteren. I watch her and consistently forget I’m even watching MSNBC. It feels like FOX. Plus she’s bo… --- ## [Translate your name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808 "2017-06-30T13:38:07Z")
\[right\]“I’m American, honey. Our names don’t mean shit.” — Butch, Pulp Fiction, (1994)\[/right\] Dickheads know that Philip K. Dick translates to “Horselover Fat”: Dick translated his first and last names, obviously traci… --- ## [Funeral flower etiquette. Need answer kind of fast.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-flower-etiquette-need-answer-kind-of-fast/625899)
**Author:** [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-flower-etiquette-need-answer-kind-of-fast/625899 "2017-06-30T01:12:32Z")
My dear Aunt Mllie has passed, and the services are Saturday. It’s okay, she was ninety something and lived a full happy life. I’m meeting my sister there for the funeral, and she asked me to send some flowers from my Mo… --- ## [Funeral Home Etiquette (a bit serious, though)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-home-etiquette-a-bit-serious-though/560594)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-home-etiquette-a-bit-serious-though/560594 "2017-06-30T01:11:55Z")
I teach 7th Grade. One of my former students died Monday. Hanged herself at home. Age? 14. Yep, 14. I just got back from the funeral home. I hadn’t seen her since June 2009 and this is not how I expected to see her aga… --- ## [Please help me build/buy a custom orthlinear keyboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-build-buy-a-custom-orthlinear-keyboard/790036)
**Author:** [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-build-buy-a-custom-orthlinear-keyboard/790036 "2017-06-30T00:00:09Z")
So, I realized that I need an extra keyboard on the side of my regular keyboard, and I need it to be a grid of standard-size keys. This keyboard will not be for typing, but for hotkeys for assorted software I use at wor… --- ## [Thieves caught hours after stealing GPS tracking devices from tech company](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thieves-caught-hours-after-stealing-gps-tracking-devices-from-tech-company/790167)
**Author:** [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2017, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thieves-caught-hours-after-stealing-gps-tracking-devices-from-tech-company/790167 "2017-06-29T23:18:42Z")
A minor but amusing story. I can see it now, “How did they find us?! It’s like they can follow our every move!” --- ## [French Air Force General used fighter Jets to fly to weekend home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-air-force-general-used-fighter-jets-to-fly-to-weekend-home/790123)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-air-force-general-used-fighter-jets-to-fly-to-weekend-home/790123 "2017-06-29T22:35:38Z")
A French Air Force General is under Investigation forusing an Alpha jet as a transport to go from Bordouex to his weekend home in Marseille.. I am not one for streotypes, but please please let him being flying to/with h… --- ## [I'm going to Cape Cod (Provincetown) in June!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cape-cod-provincetown-in-june/785801)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2017, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cape-cod-provincetown-in-june/785801 "2017-06-29T18:13:40Z")
Next month I’ll be taking 2.5 weeks off, and spending one of those weeks in Provincetown (at my friends’ rental condo right on the beach). I’ve never taken more than a week off work before, and I haven’t been to a beach … --- ## [When not to take a smoking break.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-not-to-take-a-smoking-break/789831)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-not-to-take-a-smoking-break/789831 "2017-06-29T17:43:52Z")
Okay, I can somewhat sympathize with someone so poor that they are willing to take a risk to get some free gasoline, but was someone really stupid enough to try lighting a cigarette? --- ## [Philando Castile shooting dash cam video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philando-castile-shooting-dash-cam-video/789504)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 278\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philando-castile-shooting-dash-cam-video/789504 "2017-06-29T16:24:37Z")
I assume it got released now that the trial is concluded. This article has a copy of the video (Warning: NSFW) Cop was WAY less calm and collected about things than the girlfriend. She was almost weirdly too calm, and … --- ## [What is sitting atop your refrigerator right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-sitting-atop-your-refrigerator-right-now/789796)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2017, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-sitting-atop-your-refrigerator-right-now/789796 "2017-06-29T10:30:28Z")
(idea stolen from this thread) So, whattaya got up there right now? Me: \[ul\] \[li\]Work lunch bag\[/li\]\[li\]Big bowl with 3 onions in it\[/li\]\[li\]Big container half filled with dry dog food\[/li\]\[li\]Empty dog food bowl\[/li… --- ## [So who was born on October 5th, the most popular birth date in America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-was-born-on-october-5th-the-most-popular-birth-date-in-america/598689)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-was-born-on-october-5th-the-most-popular-birth-date-in-america/598689 "2011-10-07T03:29:55Z")
In case you’re wondering, it’s nine months after December 31st. --- ## [Oh dear, Jon Snow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-jon-snow/789997)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2017, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-jon-snow/789997 "2017-06-29T08:06:29Z")
The British journalist Jon Snow has been accused of saying ‘fuck the Tories’ at the Glastonbury event. Now, if it’s true, then not only has his future career has been poisoned, though at 69 he’ll likely be retiring soo… --- ## [Japanese emperor to abdicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-emperor-to-abdicate/788612)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2017, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-emperor-to-abdicate/788612 "2017-06-29T05:19:37Z")
Japan’s Diet just enacted a law which allows Emperor Akihito (83) to abdicate, the first time in 200 years this will occur in Japan. He has had various health issues. Because of the reforms to the line of succession, th… --- ## [How do we get chocolate milk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-get-chocolate-milk/789478)
**Author:** [@greenmario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greenmario)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2017, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-get-chocolate-milk/789478 "2017-06-29T05:11:55Z")
So this story made the rounds last week claiming that 7% of Americans think that chocolate milk comes from brown cows. Unbelievable right? I thought it was quite literally unbelievable. The obvious conclusion was that 70… --- ## [William Powell, ‘Anarchist Cookbook’ Writer, Dies at 66](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-powell-anarchist-cookbook-writer-dies-at-66/790110)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2017, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-powell-anarchist-cookbook-writer-dies-at-66/790110 "2017-06-29T03:37:44Z")
This is a couple of months old but I didn’t see a thread on it. I just watched a documentary about him. Interesting stuff. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=532) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=534)