# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=54 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 55 --- ## [(Old) Heading home to the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-heading-home-to-the-mmp/1020285)
**Author:** [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Replies:** 286\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-heading-home-to-the-mmp/1020285 "2025-07-07T13:02:21Z")
Lying in bed here, need to break fast and then catch my bus later to Heathrow, then fly across the pond tomorrow and finally get home on Wednesday. Doing this like the old Wells Fargo coachline…in easy stages Hope every… --- ## [Stump the AI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-ai/1020548)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-ai/1020548 "2025-07-07T00:43:44Z")
In this thread it was noted how an AI badly got an answer wrong (and I was the one who posted its wrong answer). That wrong answer was a while ago and I tried it again and the answer was spot on. Some claim AI is unrel… --- ## [Ugh, apparently my family may benefit from the new tax reductions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-apparently-my-family-may-benefit-from-the-new-tax-reductions/1020474)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-apparently-my-family-may-benefit-from-the-new-tax-reductions/1020474 "2025-07-06T13:03:28Z")
We are both retired and receiving regular Social Security benefits, although we are fortunate to have other income as well. We pay income taxes every year, although I don’t really know what amount we pay on the Social Se… --- ## [“Post Jokes From All Over The World” \[Not US & England\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-jokes-from-all-over-the-world-not-us-england/947472)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-jokes-from-all-over-the-world-not-us-england/947472 "2025-07-06T10:21:03Z")
Old jokes, new jokes… Not only for the laughs, but I think you can learn a lot from humor, especially with a date to correspond with the events of the time. I was just talking to a friend about jokes from all over, and … --- ## [Friday night, $2,000 at the casino](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 322\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555 "2025-07-06T07:49:25Z")
I walked into my hotel room, and sat down. Lights still off, except for the nightlight in the bathroom. I poured a shot of whiskey, fidgeted with my gun, peeped into my empty wallet and weeped. Alright, that didn’t happ… --- ## [My mother (age 96) passed away. One of my brothers is a psychopath](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-age-96-passed-away-one-of-my-brothers-is-a-psychopath/1018313)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-age-96-passed-away-one-of-my-brothers-is-a-psychopath/1018313 "2025-07-06T04:41:00Z")
She was born in Limerick, Ireland, :ireland: and died today on Long Island, New York. She emigrated to NYC in the 1950s, married a self-employed machinist (from Norway), and raised three sons, all of whom she put through… --- ## [(Old) Drudgery In The MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-drudgery-in-the-mmp/1020019)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 347\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-drudgery-in-the-mmp/1020019 "2025-07-06T01:29:06Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! I am up and caffeinated so no YAWN. ‘Tis 72 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 93, sunny and hyooomid. Another beautiful day in da ‘hood. I shall accomplish mowage this mornin’. I don’t … --- ## [Intellectual Movement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intellectual-movement/1020274)
**Author:** [@mystrygst2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mystrygst2)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intellectual-movement/1020274 "2025-07-05T21:47:06Z")
I see that some problems are created in society with some people going around thinking it’s cool to be a “badass”. How about we try to generate some type of an “intellectual movement”? Trying to influence or encourage mo… --- ## [Ever experienced a swarm of "love bugs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-experienced-a-swarm-of-love-bugs/1020497)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-experienced-a-swarm-of-love-bugs/1020497 "2025-07-05T19:59:29Z")
I saw this news item today There is also something in the US called “love bugs”, and googling shiws that they are the same genus as the Asian ones. We don’t get them in deep inland South Carolina, but they are on th… --- ## [Linguistics: emoji as language](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linguistics-emoji-as-language/1020440)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linguistics-emoji-as-language/1020440 "2025-07-05T11:53:54Z")
This article on Longreads entertained me. I have an interest in linguistics but I am no expert. It is on the growing influence of emojis as language, rather than just decoration. It is light hearted, and not backed by… --- ## [Anyone in Indiana? Chances are good you had a rain of rocks near you today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-indiana-chances-are-good-you-had-a-rain-of-rocks-near-you-today/1011468)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-indiana-chances-are-good-you-had-a-rain-of-rocks-near-you-today/1011468 "2025-07-05T03:29:09Z")
Doppler radar is actually pretty useful for seeing falling meteorite debris as easily as it can see rain or hail. Looks like there are rocks on the ground. https://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/meteorite-falls/ (The last good rada… --- ## [Eagle Syndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eagle-syndrome/552439)
**Author:** [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eagle-syndrome/552439 "2025-07-04T21:52:03Z")
Do you have it,or know anyone that does? I have just been diagnosed with it,and while it’s not a terrible thing,it sure clears up a bunch of questions about my aches and pains. The doctor told me surgery is the only t… --- ## [A small warning about Newser](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-warning-about-newser/1020479)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-warning-about-newser/1020479 "2025-07-04T12:12:06Z")
Newser is a news aggregation site. Lots of condensed stories. It has the Disqus social media app for comments. I’ve been posting there for years. I was replying to a post, with the other side gloating about deporting… --- ## [Witnessing a gentle coexistence of faiths right there on the steps of my church. Or not so gentle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-a-gentle-coexistence-of-faiths-right-there-on-the-steps-of-my-church-or-not-so-gentle/1020442)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-a-gentle-coexistence-of-faiths-right-there-on-the-steps-of-my-church-or-not-so-gentle/1020442 "2025-07-04T11:24:54Z")
We attend St. Bart’s Episcopal Church in the City of New York. It’s a place filled with radical welcome, questioning, faith, joy and community. Because it is Pride Month, the two large flags over the front doors ( cast i… --- ## [Meet the new face, and braincase to boot, of Asia’s mysterious Stone Age denizens, the Denisovans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-new-face-and-braincase-to-boot-of-asia-s-mysterious-stone-age-denizens-the-denisovans/1019823)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-new-face-and-braincase-to-boot-of-asia-s-mysterious-stone-age-denizens-the-denisovans/1019823 "2025-07-04T07:37:22Z")
I didn’t see this posted anywhere, and maybe it’s not new but… --- ## [It's Canada Day, Up Canada Way!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-canada-day-up-canada-way/967257)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-canada-day-up-canada-way/967257 "2025-07-02T16:43:25Z")
Who better to kick it off than Stompin’ Tom? Best wishes, fellow Canucks! --- ## [What types of scissors and shears do you have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-scissors-and-shears-do-you-have/1020327)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-scissors-and-shears-do-you-have/1020327 "2025-07-02T13:45:35Z")
General purpose 4" scissors in my desk and workshop. EMT shears in the workshop. Mustache trimmer. Japanese style gardening shears with the loop handles. 2 kinds of kitchen scissors. A whole bunch of those lightweig… --- ## [TV preacher Jimmy Swaggart, 90, has cardiac arrest at his home (has died on July 1, 2025)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-preacher-jimmy-swaggart-90-has-cardiac-arrest-at-his-home-has-died-on-july-1-2025/1019686)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-preacher-jimmy-swaggart-90-has-cardiac-arrest-at-his-home-has-died-on-july-1-2025/1019686 "2025-07-01T19:26:50Z")
I’m going to keep the smart-alecky remarks out of this, and post the story anyway. --- ## [Sometimes Amazon is Outrageously high](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-amazon-is-outrageously-high/1020303)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-amazon-is-outrageously-high/1020303 "2025-07-01T19:26:48Z")
I briefly considered getting a case of Frosted Mini Wheats. Bulk purchase. Save Money. Right? $21.48 for 12 or $1.79 each plus tax I buy them regularly at Walmart for $1.00 plus tax. I like the convenience of a genero… --- ## [It seems I've been kicked off of Facebook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-ive-been-kicked-off-of-facebook/1020348)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-ive-been-kicked-off-of-facebook/1020348 "2025-07-01T17:09:44Z")
I don’t log on that often, but I just checked, and been told that I was suspended as of June 3, 2025. Yay? (still, it would be gratifying to know that it was because of my practice of calling 45/47 the Ameirica-hating … --- ## ["Mock wedding". I'm not clear what was going on here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mock-wedding-im-not-clear-what-was-going-on-here/1020243)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mock-wedding-im-not-clear-what-was-going-on-here/1020243 "2025-07-01T12:56:59Z")
Somebody rented a venue at Disneyland Paris to film a fake wedding with people paid to act as guests. The “brude” was 9 years old. But she “suffered “no violence, either physical or sexual” and “was not forced to play th… --- ## [Guess who didn't get paid today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-didnt-get-paid-today/959950)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-didnt-get-paid-today/959950 "2025-07-01T12:53:20Z")
I have direct deposit and my district has always been good about taking into account banking days. If my payday is on a Sunday I get my DD on Friday; if payday is on a Monday then I get my DD on Saturday - always at mid… --- ## [Man convicted in 1967 rape and murder case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-convicted-in-1967-rape-and-murder-case/1020328)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-convicted-in-1967-rape-and-murder-case/1020328 "2025-07-01T11:34:14Z")
Not sure where to put this, but this is quite the solve of a quite cold case. A jury at Bristol crown court found Ryland Headley, then aged 34, guilty of attacking 75-year-old Louisa Dunne in June 1967. --- ## [FYI: You can keep using Windows 10 until October 2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-you-can-keep-using-windows-10-until-october-2026/1020320)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2025, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-you-can-keep-using-windows-10-until-october-2026/1020320 "2025-07-01T01:54:04Z")
For those of you who see no reason to update, Microsoft has made available a free extension for Windows 10 for another year: --- ## [Firefighters shot at in Coeur D’Alene, ID \[2025-06-29\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefighters-shot-at-in-coeur-d-alene-id-2025-06-29/1020280)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefighters-shot-at-in-coeur-d-alene-id-2025-06-29/1020280 "2025-07-01T00:47:14Z")
NY Times link, not sure if it’s paywalled. "At least two people were killed in Idaho on Sunday afternoon after firefighters were ambushed in a sniper attack as they responded to a fire call in a rugged mountain area, … --- ## [TIL about a man who was inflated and lived](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/til-about-a-man-who-was-inflated-and-lived/1020290)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/til-about-a-man-who-was-inflated-and-lived/1020290 "2025-06-30T17:49:57Z")
Thank goodness his accident happened in New Zealand or he’d have a crushing weight of debt to deal with on top of the pain and recovery. Imagine seeing someone just swelling up! That headline is an interesting choice to… --- ## [How quickly ought management inform staff of "systems issues"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-ought-management-inform-staff-of-systems-issues/1020297)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-ought-management-inform-staff-of-systems-issues/1020297 "2025-06-30T16:49:49Z")
I work for one of the largest US federal agencies. All of my work takes place within our case management system. I cannot do or communicate anything about an assignment other than within our CMS. Basically, at the sta… --- ## [It's my 25th anniversary!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-25th-anniversary/1020029)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2025, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-25th-anniversary/1020029 "2025-06-30T12:27:22Z")
On Jun 19th, 2000 I joined the Straight Dope Message Board. 25 years! I actually remember joining. I was working at a different site than my usual company site, to help this department get up and running. I really didn’t… --- ## [How not to react after you pull off a baby's head](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-not-to-react-after-you-pull-off-a-babys-head/988607)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2025, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-not-to-react-after-you-pull-off-a-babys-head/988607 "2025-06-30T03:09:29Z")
A woman goes to the hospital in labor. Her personal doctor (not an employee of the hospital) is doing the delivery. The baby gets stuck at the shoulders. The doctor pulls the baby’s head off trying to get it out. The hos… --- ## [Favorite ways you reward yourself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ways-you-reward-yourself/1019862)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2025, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ways-you-reward-yourself/1019862 "2025-06-30T02:52:27Z")
In another thread, I mentioned that I reward myself with three kettle chips and a jolly rancher to stop myself from scrolling on my phone forever, so I can hop out my car and get to my destination. I have those and other… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=55)