# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=535 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 536 --- ## [Canadian sniper sets world record for longest kill (11,319 feet)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-sniper-sets-world-record-for-longest-kill-11-319-feet/789784)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-sniper-sets-world-record-for-longest-kill-11-319-feet/789784 "2017-06-24T22:50:04Z")
Killing an ISIS terrorist in Iraq from 2.2 miles away, and shattering the old record by more than 3,000 feet. With this,three of the four longest sniper kills in history have been achieved by Canadians. --- ## [Cats and cucumbers. A Sat morning LMAO minute.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-and-cucumbers-a-sat-morning-lmao-minute/789749)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-and-cucumbers-a-sat-morning-lmao-minute/789749 "2017-06-24T19:07:19Z")
Okay, do you have 2 minutes to watching cucumbers scaring the crap out of cats? Those cats must have heard about cat and cucumber stew. Pointless, mundane and funny. --- ## [Incidents of overt racism in everyday life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incidents-of-overt-racism-in-everyday-life/789382)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incidents-of-overt-racism-in-everyday-life/789382 "2017-06-24T14:36:58Z")
So I’m on a crowded bus this morning listening to my McCartney and Wings collection, and the guy opposite me asks me what I’m listening to so I tell him. His response? “I tried listening to the Beatles, but it was too … --- ## [Bruce Wayne sneaks into one of my legal opinions!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bruce-wayne-sneaks-into-one-of-my-legal-opinions/789675)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2017, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bruce-wayne-sneaks-into-one-of-my-legal-opinions/789675 "2017-06-24T12:14:56Z")
Rough day at the office yesterday. Been sleeping poorly, what with summer solstice and it getting light at 3.30 am all this week. And, had to pound out an opinion on a rush. Dear God, that tax opinion someone asked me… --- ## [M1A2 ABRAMS VS T-72 tanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m1a2-abrams-vs-t-72-tanks/789738)
**Author:** [@dude\_robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dude_robert)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2017, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m1a2-abrams-vs-t-72-tanks/789738 "2017-06-24T09:53:23Z")
Two Abrams are driving down a dry, dusty path in the desert when suddenly one gets stuck in the oozing mud. The second tank calls for support and promise that they’ll stay until it arrives, but then a strange haze float… --- ## [SpaceX successfully lands re-used Falcon 9 rocket](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacex-successfully-lands-re-used-falcon-9-rocket/789739)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2017, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacex-successfully-lands-re-used-falcon-9-rocket/789739 "2017-06-24T07:19:30Z")
This launch was used to put a Bulgarian communications satellite into a geostationary transfer orbit. Here’s the video showing liftoff, staging, and landing the first stage on the drone ship. This same first stage rocket… --- ## [So I'm looking at the Declaration of Independence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-looking-at-the-declaration-of-independence/789501)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2017, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-looking-at-the-declaration-of-independence/789501 "2017-06-24T00:25:43Z")
…to see if I can find anything that would sound legally binding. First thing I notice is that once you get past the flowery opening…it sounds very much like a dramatic reading of a break-up letter. Really lends itself w… --- ## [Unintended Conseqiences -- "NH Republicans pass bill allowing Pregnant Women to Kill"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintended-conseqiences-nh-republicans-pass-bill-allowing-pregnant-women-to-kill/789673)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintended-conseqiences-nh-republicans-pass-bill-allowing-pregnant-women-to-kill/789673 "2017-06-23T21:16:03Z")
I just love the headline: \*\* New Hampshire Republicans Accidentally Pass Law Allowing Pregnant Women To Kill People\*\* --- ## [Giving blood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-blood/789415)
**Author:** [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-blood/789415 "2017-06-23T15:46:52Z")
I gave whole blood at school last march and was told that the need for 2rbc and platlets is great. Been giving platlets ever since. Sorry about caps and punctuation. Posting from phone. Was wondering how many share m… --- ## [AMA - Ask A Former Jehovah's Witness About Life Before Or After](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-ask-a-former-jehovahs-witness-about-life-before-or-after/767744)
**Author:** [@justanothermike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justanothermike)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-ask-a-former-jehovahs-witness-about-life-before-or-after/767744 "2017-06-23T02:26:54Z")
At the behest of another member here I’m putting up an “ask me anything” thread here. Just last year, at the age of 38 years old, I left the religion (I would now call it a cult) of Jehovah’s Witnesses voluntarily. Man… --- ## [A term for this "weasel word" tactic in agreements/negotiation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-term-for-this-weasel-word-tactic-in-agreements-negotiation/789320)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2017, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-term-for-this-weasel-word-tactic-in-agreements-negotiation/789320 "2017-06-23T02:14:29Z")
This is a GQ type question but it was so mundane that I felt it should go into MPSIMS instead: It should be something akin to “weasel word” but I wonder if there’s a more specific legal term for this: Hypothetical insu… --- ## [Former Slaves Looking for Family Members](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-slaves-looking-for-family-members/789561)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-slaves-looking-for-family-members/789561 "2017-06-23T00:08:35Z")
This punched me right in the gut. I knew, but I didn’t really get it. I’m glad he shared it. --- ## [Images and short videos you find eerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/images-and-short-videos-you-find-eerie/789598)
**Author:** [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/images-and-short-videos-you-find-eerie/789598 "2017-06-22T22:25:58Z")
The intention of this thread is, like it says, coming up with images and short video clips you subjectively think are eerie in and of themselves. So try to avoid things where you’re aware your sensibilities would mostly … --- ## [Summer Solstice at Badwater, Death Valley... Hot Stuff!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-solstice-at-badwater-death-valley-hot-stuff/789411)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-solstice-at-badwater-death-valley-hot-stuff/789411 "2017-06-22T21:58:09Z")
Every year around the Summer Solstice, Badwater (elevation - 278.9′) in Death Valley, California often reaches temperatures around 130 degrees. This year is no different. Tomorrow, Tuesday June 20, the forecast is for t… --- ## [Today is my birthday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-birthday/586450)
**Author:** [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2017, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-birthday/586450 "2017-06-22T21:42:54Z")
That means everyone has to agree with me in any arguments or debates I get into. Just letting you know. Birthday law, and all… --- ## [Interesting little historical "How Stuff Works" firearms quiz - 30 questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-little-historical-how-stuff-works-firearms-quiz-30-questions/789310)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-little-historical-how-stuff-works-firearms-quiz-30-questions/789310 "2017-06-22T18:35:24Z")
A short little “How Stuff Works” quiz. Moves quickly - 30 questions. First few are simple but it gets considerably harder about halfway. I got 22 out of 30 all misses were on the back end. --- ## [Chinese zodiac place mats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-zodiac-place-mats/777450)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-zodiac-place-mats/777450 "2017-01-25T18:50:22Z")
I was perusing the place mat this afternoon as I ate my Kung Pao. They are predictably simple. Draw all the signs in a circle. The one across from your year is the one to avoid. The signs one third around the circle are … --- ## [Why I love online dating services](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-love-online-dating-services/169023)
**Author:** [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-love-online-dating-services/169023 "2003-04-18T15:40:14Z")
Oh, I love online dating services. There’s nothing so wonderful as putting up your profile and getting no emails. And then, using their online searching functions to find singles like you (well, other than being of the… --- ## [Will China Be a World Leader on Climate Change (YouTube video)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-china-be-a-world-leader-on-climate-change-youtube-video/789557)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-china-be-a-world-leader-on-climate-change-youtube-video/789557 "2017-06-21T21:38:32Z")
Just thought I’d share this, though unsure if anyone will bother watching. It’s from one of the channels I follow, China Uncensored, and discusses the view that China is going to be the new leader in clean energy…and wh… --- ## [Here's a cool standing wheelchair.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-cool-standing-wheelchair/789364)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-cool-standing-wheelchair/789364 "2017-06-21T18:45:10Z")
Check out this video. It allows the disabled to stand, squat, and even has a remote control. --- ## [LA Police Cadets Steal Police Cars Make Stops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-police-cadets-steal-police-cars-make-stops/789512)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-police-cadets-steal-police-cars-make-stops/789512 "2017-06-21T18:06:24Z")
This would be funny if it weren’t so worrying. LAPD again screws up. Several young people might have their lives screwed up. Heads should role Charley Beck. --- ## [Feeling blue about the supposed separation of Church and State](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-blue-about-the-supposed-separation-of-church-and-state/789044)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-blue-about-the-supposed-separation-of-church-and-state/789044 "2017-06-21T16:39:46Z")
North Dakota is one of the few states that still has “Blue Laws”(laws that restrict certain business on Sundays for religious reasons. The House put up HB 1163 in an attempt to bring North Dakota into the 21 Century…and… --- ## [Well, it's Summer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-summer/789399)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2017, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-summer/789399 "2017-06-21T12:25:11Z")
Man, I hate living in Arizona. Those temperatures…they’re just, ridiculous. :mad: --- ## [What is the most you've ever paid for a meal for two at a restaurant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-youve-ever-paid-for-a-meal-for-two-at-a-restaurant/664765)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-youve-ever-paid-for-a-meal-for-two-at-a-restaurant/664765 "2017-06-21T11:59:31Z")
We were given a gift certificate to an upscale restaurant that we used yesterday evening. Two dinners plus two drinks (a glass of wine and a bloody Mary) and two desserts (a golf-ball scoop of vanilla ice cream each) and… --- ## [E-mail Forms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-forms/789515)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2017, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-forms/789515 "2017-06-21T06:58:57Z")
I’m getting fairly tired of trouping around looking for various forms at my current employment, and I’m betting I’m not the only one–either here or anywhere else. Part of the hassle is tracking down the people to put the… --- ## [Master Wang-Ka - The NJ Supreme Court is with you!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-wang-ka-the-nj-supreme-court-is-with-you/788558)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2017, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-wang-ka-the-nj-supreme-court-is-with-you/788558 "2017-06-21T03:16:18Z")
As this threadhas been closed\*, I am opening one here to make sure M W-K sees this. You are fine, at least to the line of your own property. Just in case it should ever come up again: Second Amendment right to meet pe… --- ## [Goodbye Cooper. You were a Good Dog.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-cooper-you-were-a-good-dog/789129)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-cooper-you-were-a-good-dog/789129 "2017-06-21T00:58:33Z")
Cooper, our 12 year old golden started coughing an not eating on Thursday last week. We took him to the vet, and after running some tests and imaging, was diagnosed with lung cancer. After a weekend spent spoiling him w… --- ## [Baby Harris Hawk in our backyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-harris-hawk-in-our-backyard/789422)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-harris-hawk-in-our-backyard/789422 "2017-06-20T22:55:23Z")
My wife was in our backyard with the dogs, when the little dog started barking, and then came running out of the bushes. He’s usually pretty fearless (he chased a coyote many times his size out of the yard one time), so … --- ## [Ongoing 'meeting' thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-meeting-thread/789421)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-meeting-thread/789421 "2017-06-20T18:54:02Z")
Hi, I’m dropzone and I am an alcoholic. Fell on my way to my wife’s funeral and got covered w/mud. I was fairly sober, but this has to end. Anybody want to talk? Got issues of your own? --- ## [The ONLY thing that gives Chuck Norris nightmares](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-only-thing-that-gives-chuck-norris-nightmares/789453)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-only-thing-that-gives-chuck-norris-nightmares/789453 "2017-06-20T18:36:23Z")
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