# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=541 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 542 --- ## [Lost dollar bills Should just go cashless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-dollar-bills-should-just-go-cashless/787180)
**Author:** [@smokey78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smokey78)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-dollar-bills-should-just-go-cashless/787180 "2017-05-31T13:44:37Z")
Just nutty stuff. Now I understand why some of my friends say they don’t even carry cash anymore. Few weeks ago, we were to donate some money for coworker’s birthday gift, so I pulled a $5 dollar bill from my purse and … --- ## [Article - "Unsayable Truths About a Failing High School" - Fair article or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-unsayable-truths-about-a-failing-high-school-fair-article-or-not/787293)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-unsayable-truths-about-a-failing-high-school-fair-article-or-not/787293 "2017-05-30T20:10:55Z")
There have been more than a one thread about school performance on the dope recently like this one “Why do we tolerate bad schools in the US?” This article"Unsayable Truths about a Failing High School" speaks to that q… --- ## [Antifa bike lock attacker ARRESTED!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antifa-bike-lock-attacker-arrested/787446)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antifa-bike-lock-attacker-arrested/787446 "2017-05-30T17:37:11Z")
The Antifa thug that was cracking people in the skull with a bike lock, and subsequently identified by 4chan, has been arrested. 4chan has a goofy forum format, so I can’t find a thread on it over there, but I’m conf… --- ## [Travel Disasters - tell us your tales of woe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-disasters-tell-us-your-tales-of-woe/787485)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-disasters-tell-us-your-tales-of-woe/787485 "2017-05-30T17:18:11Z")
I flew to Dulles for a training course this week, flying home Thursday night. But our flight home was postponed, then cancelled. I switched to a flight out of National about the same time, had to Uber over, and then that… --- ## [When Even The Pope Disses You, You're Done.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-even-the-pope-disses-you-youre-done/787467)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-even-the-pope-disses-you-youre-done/787467 "2017-05-30T14:41:22Z")
I’m referencing this story: “What do you give him to eat, potica?” the pope joked through a translator. Melania, nodding her head, repeated “potica” as the two laughed. The press refers to ‘potica’ as pastry. potic… --- ## [I wanted to watch the world origami championship on TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434 "2017-05-30T14:23:45Z")
But it was only on paper view. What Dad jokes have you heard lately? --- ## [What's the lesson/moral here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-lesson-moral-here/787549)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-lesson-moral-here/787549 "2017-05-30T14:19:24Z")
2 fatally stabbed on Oregon train after trying to stop man’s anti-Muslim rants, police say First let me say that I really do hope that I would have had the courage shown by these young men in protecting the innocent fr… --- ## [Why I want to learn a foreign language](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-want-to-learn-a-foreign-language/634930)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-want-to-learn-a-foreign-language/634930 "2017-05-29T18:57:28Z")
I have studied Latin, German, and Spanish. I know approximately 10 words in any of those languages. I feel like a total and complete failure, especially considering I am getting my Masters in Anthropology this fall and a… --- ## [Want to Improve My French on a Budget](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-improve-my-french-on-a-budget/482062)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-improve-my-french-on-a-budget/482062 "2017-05-29T18:52:51Z")
As I seem to have more time than employment these days I’d like to improve my French skills. I haven’t spoken French for more than 25 years so my spoken skills are… well, they suck, OK? I can get some very basic senten… --- ## [Interesting stuff you've seen today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-stuff-youve-seen-today/787661)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-stuff-youve-seen-today/787661 "2017-05-29T18:44:46Z")
Let’s have a happy, upbeat thread to distract us from rain and politics and sick pets and all those other reasons not to get up in the morning! My brother found a giant black beetle in the house, which was pretty cool. … --- ## [I'm officially old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-old/787462)
**Author:** [@trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trapezoidal_jellyfish)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2017, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-old/787462 "2017-05-29T12:51:13Z")
I thought I was old the first time I learned a new piece of slang from some kids. Now it’s official. I just asked some youngsters in my building to lower the volume of their music. They’re on the first floor, I can hear… --- ## [A Circusless MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-circusless-mmp/787196)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 237\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2017, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-circusless-mmp/787196 "2017-05-29T07:23:31Z")
Mooommm is fond of saying, “Not my circus, not my monkeys”. Well, after 146 years it’s not anyone’s circus anymore - Ringling Bros had their last performance evah yesterday. It was announced that this would be the last… --- ## [Random odd Wikipedia quotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-odd-wikipedia-quotes/787320)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-odd-wikipedia-quotes/787320 "2017-05-29T04:00:37Z")
From the article on Hugh Everett, who proposed the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics: There’s just something about that sentence that makes you think, isn’t there? Oh, and BTW, it goes on: Interesting d… --- ## [If you are going to a family cookout what time do you normally show up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-are-going-to-a-family-cookout-what-time-do-you-normally-show-up/787517)
**Author:** [@mmkt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmkt)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-are-going-to-a-family-cookout-what-time-do-you-normally-show-up/787517 "2017-05-29T03:41:17Z")
I think 3pm to 4pm is a normal time to arrive. My aunt feels everyone should be at the cookout at 1pm?:confused: Who goes to a cookout that early? --- ## [Montreal decides to tax churches!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-decides-to-tax-churches/786829)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-decides-to-tax-churches/786829 "2017-05-29T02:52:14Z")
Finally! Colour me surprised/impressed those first to act are in Quebec! Well done! --- ## [Cultural appropriation part...XV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cultural-appropriation-part-xv/787440)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2017, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cultural-appropriation-part-xv/787440 "2017-05-28T12:14:43Z")
So i saw a clip of some chick accosting a poor guy wearing a pancho on Cinque De Mayo and accusing him of cultural appropriation. Never mind that May 5 is to Mexicans as Say…Lee Jackson Day is to Americans. or that the r… --- ## [Nightmare news: some snakes hunt cooperatively](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nightmare-news-some-snakes-hunt-cooperatively/787503)
**Author:** [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2017, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nightmare-news-some-snakes-hunt-cooperatively/787503 "2017-05-28T05:25:31Z")
A Cuban researcher has published an article on how some snakes hunt cooperatively. --- ## [RIP Fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-fluiddruid/787398)
**Author:** [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2017, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-fluiddruid/787398 "2017-05-28T03:16:29Z")
I have very little information but I’ve been informed that long time moderator and SDMB personality Fluiddruid passed away last night. Anyone with more information please feel free to check in and let us know. We’ll mis… --- ## [mini-matches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-matches/787509)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-matches/787509 "2017-05-28T00:23:20Z")
too trivial for GQ but inquiring minds want to know: there are paper matchbooks commonly used for lighting cigarettes, and there are full-sized wooden “kitchen” matches. Is there a name for the wooden matches that are sm… --- ## [Feeling Lonely](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-lonely/785982)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-lonely/785982 "2017-05-27T18:54:07Z")
Just feeling lonely. Almost turning 35 soon. I wonder if I’ll keep getting more lonely as I get older. It’s mostly in the area of wanting to have a partner again. But it’s hard to stay motivated to keep trying. Went on a… --- ## [Mosquitoes think my phone is people.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquitoes-think-my-phone-is-people/787513)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquitoes-think-my-phone-is-people/787513 "2017-05-27T14:29:20Z")
I like to sit outside and read sometimes, but I live a few hundred feet from a pond, so that means this time of year I become a blood doner. Currently I’m using an Android phone as my reading device, and I’ve noticed tha… --- ## [Highway 1 Bridge fails cutting off Big Sur](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highway-1-bridge-fails-cutting-off-big-sur/781999)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highway-1-bridge-fails-cutting-off-big-sur/781999 "2017-05-27T13:38:20Z")
California is having a tough 2017. First the Oroville Dam spillway and now a key bridge connecting Big Sur. Any California dopers here? Want to check in? They plan to demolish the bridge Monday (3/13). A question to … --- ## [Ever read/hear a story about a trend among Americans and find yourself just the opposite?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-read-hear-a-story-about-a-trend-among-americans-and-find-yourself-just-the-opposite/786969)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2017, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-read-hear-a-story-about-a-trend-among-americans-and-find-yourself-just-the-opposite/786969 "2017-05-27T12:55:30Z")
I was listening to this NPR story, and I just had to laugh when I heard the lede, and the little snippets from “people on the street” interviews: I went into the kitchen to take a census of our milk supply, and found f… --- ## [Trump pushes past the Prime Minster of Montenegro](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pushes-past-the-prime-minster-of-montenegro/787457)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pushes-past-the-prime-minster-of-montenegro/787457 "2017-05-27T00:29:42Z")
Video from NBC News Facebook page. Have there been any reports of the very brief conversation at the end? It looks like ‘Excuse me, we’re standing here, and you’re very rude.’ ‘F\_\_\_ you, bitch.’ Seriously, though: Is … --- ## [New Zealand on cusp of launching rocket](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-on-cusp-of-launching-rocket/787382)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-on-cusp-of-launching-rocket/787382 "2017-05-26T19:33:36Z")
I haven’t followed these guys nearly as closely as I do SpaceX, but they appear to be serious. They’re currently waiting out the weather (specifically, avoiding any risk of “triboelectrification”, which is a fancy word… --- ## [Islamists Attack Coptic Christian Convoy in Egypt, Killing at Least 28](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islamists-attack-coptic-christian-convoy-in-egypt-killing-at-least-28/787477)
**Author:** [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islamists-attack-coptic-christian-convoy-in-egypt-killing-at-least-28/787477 "2017-05-26T15:07:15Z")
Just an act of Normal Islamic terrorism that happens on a daily basis in this world. --- ## [Trump wasn’t always so linguistically challenged. What could explain the change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wasn-t-always-so-linguistically-challenged-what-could-explain-the-change/787402)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wasn-t-always-so-linguistically-challenged-what-could-explain-the-change/787402 "2017-05-26T10:57:38Z")
I remember the Trump interviews in the 1980’s and 90’s. He was much more articulate. Someone that seemed capable of building Trump Enterprises using seed money from his dad. The guy we’ve seen the last couple years is v… --- ## [I am feeding a Bobcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-feeding-a-bobcat/777996)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-feeding-a-bobcat/777996 "2017-05-26T04:07:19Z")
It’s not a good thing. :eek: I live in the suburban Seattle area. There is a heavily wooded ravine area about 1/2 mile away. It’s not very big but at least several acres worth. I also have chickens. We have a big fence… --- ## [Is there any possible way to steal the Elgin Marbles from the British Museum for Greece?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-possible-way-to-steal-the-elgin-marbles-from-the-british-museum-for-greece/787178)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-possible-way-to-steal-the-elgin-marbles-from-the-british-museum-for-greece/787178 "2017-05-25T16:43:24Z")
Let’s say you are an old Greek billionaire and want to repatriate the Elgin Marbles back to Greece. Is there any conceivable way with say 100 million dollars at your disposal to remove these from the British Museum and g… --- ## [Woman given notice of trespassing, for using restroom at Emory University Hospital.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-given-notice-of-trespassing-for-using-restroom-at-emory-university-hospital/786896)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-given-notice-of-trespassing-for-using-restroom-at-emory-university-hospital/786896 "2017-05-25T15:24:10Z")
This is a head scratcher for sure. I’ve been in quite a few hospitals. I go to several outpatient clinics at the Arkansas Med Center. The bathrooms are quite large. Nobody pays any attention when somebody enters one. W… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=540) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=542)