# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=537 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 538 --- ## [It finally happened! I was approached on the street by two Mormon missionaires!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-i-was-approached-on-the-street-by-two-mormon-missionaires/788626)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2017, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-i-was-approached-on-the-street-by-two-mormon-missionaires/788626 "2017-06-16T02:13:09Z")
I have been waiting for this moment for five years, and it happened! I had the following conversation: Him: Hello. We’re from the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Saints. Me: Oh, hi. I love The Book of Mormon! Him, ver… --- ## [The hits keep coming: Residential building collapse in Kenya](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hits-keep-coming-residential-building-collapse-in-kenya/789071)
**Author:** [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hits-keep-coming-residential-building-collapse-in-kenya/789071 "2017-06-15T23:23:45Z")
15 People Missing After Residential Building Collapses in Kenya. Human behavior contributed to the toll this time. --- ## [Multiple gunshots in Alexandria Virginia at the Congressional Baseball Practice.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-gunshots-in-alexandria-virginia-at-the-congressional-baseball-practice/788930)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 243\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-gunshots-in-alexandria-virginia-at-the-congressional-baseball-practice/788930 "2017-06-15T23:13:13Z")
Breaking news reports between 14 to 50 shots fired. Congressman Steve Scalis has been shot, among others. Nothing on line yet. --- ## [How to win your law case and lose it at the same time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-win-your-law-case-and-lose-it-at-the-same-time/788858)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-win-your-law-case-and-lose-it-at-the-same-time/788858 "2017-06-15T22:32:28Z")
Here’s the story. Three cheers for Luis! He must be over the moon, right? Not quite. Instead of treating fathers the same as mothers SCOTUS decided to treat mothers the same as fathers. At first glance these two things… --- ## [We keep increasing my dog's insulin, why won't her blood glucose come down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-keep-increasing-my-dogs-insulin-why-wont-her-blood-glucose-come-down/788457)
**Author:** [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-keep-increasing-my-dogs-insulin-why-wont-her-blood-glucose-come-down/788457 "2017-06-15T20:26:15Z")
My dog was diagnosed with diabetes a month ago. We immediately put her on diabetic dog food and under vet’s supervision have increased her insulin until we’re up to 19 units twice a day. Her blood sugar is in the 500s … --- ## [No email for you unless we can wipe your device.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-email-for-you-unless-we-can-wipe-your-device/788868)
**Author:** [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-email-for-you-unless-we-can-wipe-your-device/788868 "2017-06-15T19:05:59Z")
One of my email accounts (it’s Google apps for education) stopped syncing with my phone yesterday. I get a non dismissable “account action required” notification that tries to install Device Policy Manager, which among o… --- ## [The Pink Panther brutally fights Mickey Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pink-panther-brutally-fights-mickey-mouse/789001)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pink-panther-brutally-fights-mickey-mouse/789001 "2017-06-15T18:00:09Z")
Smack-down…GTA style. :rolleyes: --- ## [Firefox for Android: how to tap 'go to last post'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-for-android-how-to-tap-go-to-last-post/789034)
**Author:** [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-for-android-how-to-tap-go-to-last-post/789034 "2017-06-15T16:29:45Z")
I keep having this problem: I like to tap go to last post and hold then I choose open in a new window. Most of the time the little last post image get selected, or it just takes me to the last post. Occasionally I can g… --- ## [Is my "TIME" up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-time-up/787995)
**Author:** [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-time-up/787995 "2017-06-15T16:17:58Z")
My watch died the other day and the assistant at the jewelry counter tried a new battery and it would not work I get up this morning to find out what time it is and look at my phone and it says 210am. Clearly it is lat… --- ## [it was so long ago that it seems like yesterday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-so-long-ago-that-it-seems-like-yesterday/789005)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-so-long-ago-that-it-seems-like-yesterday/789005 "2017-06-15T15:57:49Z")
Whilst waiting on a thing, I observed, “You nail polish almost matches the mousepad.” Which put a thought in my head. Most probably we have done this kind of exercise before here. I got into my tardis, went back to my h… --- ## [Getting pet hair out of fleece clothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-pet-hair-out-of-fleece-clothing/400024)
**Author:** [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-pet-hair-out-of-fleece-clothing/400024 "2017-06-15T14:40:54Z")
My BF foolishly left his black fleece jacket here, and it got put into the laundry. Now it is completely embedded with cat hair. I’ve washed it with fabric softener, dried it with the dryer sheets, several times. I’ve… --- ## [Harley Davidson Gang takes over Town](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-davidson-gang-takes-over-town/788363)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-davidson-gang-takes-over-town/788363 "2017-06-15T13:40:29Z")
Boy, things have changed since Hollister and The Wild One http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/easy-ryder-harley-davidson-launches-friendly-marketing-takeover-of-north-dakota-town/ar-BBC8RDc?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=DELLDHP… --- ## [Agile, Waterfall, Scrum. WTF? Do I really need to know this stuff to write code?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agile-waterfall-scrum-wtf-do-i-really-need-to-know-this-stuff-to-write-code/647516)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2013, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agile-waterfall-scrum-wtf-do-i-really-need-to-know-this-stuff-to-write-code/647516 "2013-04-27T12:12:49Z")
So I’m between jobs and talking on the phone with various headhunters and direct employers. Yesterday, a headhunter asked me about what design methodology I like to use. We were discussing web development so I mumbled so… --- ## [Unique item presented for autograph?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-item-presented-for-autograph/787281)
**Author:** [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-item-presented-for-autograph/787281 "2017-06-15T00:35:17Z")
I was reminded by Infovore’s post about Alice Cooper in a thread on seeing bands that back in the Paleolithic Era, my friend Vic went to an in-store event at Harmony House outside Detroit and got Mr Cooper to sign his co… --- ## [Silliest thing you've done recently.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silliest-thing-youve-done-recently/788231)
**Author:** [@The\_Plutonium\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Plutonium_Kid)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silliest-thing-youve-done-recently/788231 "2017-06-15T00:33:02Z")
For two days, I’ve been obsessing over a discrepancy of $2.06 between my household spreadsheet and my checking account. Then I remembered a movie I’d rented from Amazon for 1.99 which left only a nagging little discrepan… --- ## [I'm not able to walk: A mod approved GoFundMe post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-able-to-walk-a-mod-approved-gofundme-post/788570)
**Author:** [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-able-to-walk-a-mod-approved-gofundme-post/788570 "2017-06-14T21:03:28Z")
Things haven’t been great for me recently, and h I have not been able to walk in any normal sense since September. Long story short, my knees are really messed up and will not allow me to straighten my legs. I have the w… --- ## [Shooting at UPS building in SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-ups-building-in-sf/788966)
**Author:** [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-ups-building-in-sf/788966 "2017-06-14T20:15:01Z")
I didn’t see a thr4ead for this, did I miss it? At least 2 dead, several hurt in shooting at UPS building in SF :(:frowning: --- ## [Mrs. L.A. is in the hospital](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-l-a-is-in-the-hospital/787980)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-l-a-is-in-the-hospital/787980 "2017-06-14T17:18:55Z")
She’s a very private person, and would be appalled if she knew I posted this. So I’m not going to go into details. Suffice it to say, it has to be bad when a nurse asks you to call 9-1-1. I took her to the E.R. around… --- ## [Mexican Cheese Mattress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexican-cheese-mattress/788901)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexican-cheese-mattress/788901 "2017-06-14T17:00:53Z")
A fun video. Except now I want some Mexican Cheese Mattress. --- ## [Liquor nips may get banned in Maine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885 "2017-06-14T16:39:35Z")
Gov. Lepage has started anotherridiculous feud. A bill to add a 5 cent deposit on 50 ml. liquor bottles sold in Maine passed both houses of the legislature. There was a lot of debate and compromise on the bill, but it … --- ## [A little bit of karma flows PT's way ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-bit-of-karma-flows-pts-way/788860)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-bit-of-karma-flows-pts-way/788860 "2017-06-14T08:00:15Z")
Last weekend I found an iPhone caddy left at one of the local sporting ovals. I’m a volunteer ground manager for a junior footy club which uses it as home base. It had the phone, a drivers licence a couple of credit ca… --- ## [Emotional night: reflecting on life.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-night-reflecting-on-life/788761)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-night-reflecting-on-life/788761 "2017-06-14T06:58:59Z")
I know here I am again. I’m sorry for anyone if this continues to be repetitive. Just check out now. I just want to write and have dialogue and responses. I’m just going through something right now in my life. Really fe… --- ## [In Praise of Latin Night at the Queer Club](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-latin-night-at-the-queer-club/788873)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-latin-night-at-the-queer-club/788873 "2017-06-13T16:58:13Z")
You may see some reminders of the Pulse nightclub massacre today – the worst mass shooting in US history is one year old yesterday. Also one year old is this awesome piece of writing by Justin Torres that appeared the v… --- ## [Bactrim - UGH!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bactrim-ugh/683352)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bactrim-ugh/683352 "2017-06-13T16:40:53Z")
I went to the doctor last Thursday with symptoms of a urinary tract infection, and sure enough, that’s what I had. Fortunately, it was caught very early, and he prescribed me 10 days of Bactrim (filled with generic sulf… --- ## [Spam infiltrates Google News results.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-infiltrates-google-news-results/788749)
**Author:** [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-infiltrates-google-news-results/788749 "2017-06-13T15:23:50Z")
Sure, I’ve seen spam in Google ads, but this is the first time I’ve seen actual spam in the Google News results. Here is a screenshot. Apparently, The Boyne City Gazette has compelling news stories about “Penis after t… --- ## [Trump's enemies list](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-enemies-list/788794)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-enemies-list/788794 "2017-06-13T14:24:18Z")
Nixon rather famously had an “enemies list” that was sent by Nixon to John Dean (later served 4 months after pleading guilty to obstruction). The purpose of the list was to Does anyone think that Trump has formulated… --- ## [Cats: do you keep drinking your drink if your power did his tail into the cup?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-do-you-keep-drinking-your-drink-if-your-power-did-his-tail-into-the-cup/788826)
**Author:** [@dude\_robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dude_robert)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-do-you-keep-drinking-your-drink-if-your-power-did-his-tail-into-the-cup/788826 "2017-06-13T01:25:30Z")
So, when you have a cup of tea or something on the table and your part puts a tail into it, do you keep drinking or throw it away? --- ## [Zuul is back!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zuul-is-back/788793)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zuul-is-back/788793 "2017-06-12T22:01:41Z")
Zuul, for reference: --- ## [What I should have said....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-should-have-said/788777)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-should-have-said/788777 "2017-06-12T21:55:10Z")
Moments of esprit de l’escalier and lost opportunities for wit. What I should have said: “What, you don’t study for your STD tests?” It would have been such a great joke in context, but when I thought of it, the moment … --- ## [Things That Most/All Dopers Agree On or Like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-most-all-dopers-agree-on-or-like/788462)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-most-all-dopers-agree-on-or-like/788462 "2017-06-12T19:39:36Z")
So let’s see: Cats Liberalism, and all that implies (pro-life, pro-choice, etc) Saying things like “kerfluffle” and “squee” Inserting Hitler references into as many threads as possible Goats What else? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=536) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=538)