# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=551 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 552 --- ## [I pit Stranger on a Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-stranger-on-a-train/784671)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-stranger-on-a-train/784671 "2017-04-19T22:21:03Z")
This has been a long time coming. I pit Stranger for consistently awesome posts on a truly staggering variety of subjects, from ICMBs to foreign relations to, now, martinis. Said posts are always thoughtful, engaging, er… --- ## [Another military academy is closing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-military-academy-is-closing/784789)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-military-academy-is-closing/784789 "2017-04-19T20:17:00Z")
This one, Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington Missouri. The school has been down in numbers for quite a while and had tried to reinvent itself as community college and day school. However from reading comments it wa… --- ## [Submarine E-2 and transparent aluminum in 1916](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/submarine-e-2-and-transparent-aluminum-in-1916/784738)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/submarine-e-2-and-transparent-aluminum-in-1916/784738 "2017-04-19T15:13:43Z")
Once again while browsing through old local newspapers I came across an interesting story. I know we have a lot of submarine fans. The article covered the explosion in 1916 of the E-2. It looks like the Edison batteries,… --- ## [Mining Portland Ore, for the newcomer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mining-portland-ore-for-the-newcomer/784381)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mining-portland-ore-for-the-newcomer/784381 "2017-04-19T14:50:58Z")
So I hope/expect to be cut loose from my present mooring by fall, and have the semi-luxury of being able to relocate pretty much anywhere I want - family is scattered, my career is semi-stalled and I will be neither brok… --- ## [IRS problem--any advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irs-problem-any-advice/784751)
**Author:** [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irs-problem-any-advice/784751 "2017-04-19T14:47:51Z")
Hey everyone, my taxes are done and I owe more to the feds than I thought. I don’t have enough money to write a check or put on my credit card, so I’m trying to get a payment schedule started. The only thing is that th… --- ## [That'll do, Beaver, that'll do.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thatll-do-beaver-thatll-do/784698)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2017, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thatll-do-beaver-thatll-do/784698 "2017-04-19T13:49:55Z")
--- ## [What's a Donzerly Lite?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-donzerly-lite/784760)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-donzerly-lite/784760 "2017-04-19T02:42:47Z")
I was watching a sporting event and before the start of the game some pretty young woman was doing a promo for Donzerly Lite? Is that a regional beer? I’ve had Miller Lite, Bud Light, Corona Light, etc., but no matter h… --- ## [Water, Water Everywhere--Inside My Condo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-water-everywhere-inside-my-condo/784678)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-water-everywhere-inside-my-condo/784678 "2017-04-18T22:35:06Z")
Heavy rains have forced water underneath an exterior wooden panel. Water is entering my condo through the wall! Buckets in place, de-humidifier & fan running. Condo laundry room & storage area has minor flooding. Woo… --- ## [Why is Yahoo!'s homepage covered in weed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-yahoo-s-homepage-covered-in-weed/784704)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-yahoo-s-homepage-covered-in-weed/784704 "2017-04-18T21:00:58Z")
For the past two days, my Yahoo homepage is, like 60% stories about marijuana. This is your teenagers brain on weed 4-year-old awakened after cannabis treatment Buying weed for a dying grandpa Kennedy: Medicinal mari… --- ## [What the public knows about Cyber security. Quiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-public-knows-about-cyber-security-quiz/784234)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-public-knows-about-cyber-security-quiz/784234 "2017-04-18T18:31:17Z")
Only 10 questions about Cyber security but surprisingly difficult. I missed three. One by rushing and didn’t think it through. The VPN question, I misunderstood their answer. I use VPN’s and certainly know what they ar… --- ## [Any B-58's in Davis Montham that are](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-b-58s-in-davis-montham-that-are/784689)
**Author:** [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-b-58s-in-davis-montham-that-are/784689 "2017-04-18T17:51:24Z")
Either in flyable condition, or can be brought back to flyable condition. 12 would do nicely, preferably the RB-58, as the nuclear plumbing is not required. Figure we can swap out the original radar and install one from … --- ## [American politics and history is a lot more interesting than I thought!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-politics-and-history-is-a-lot-more-interesting-than-i-thought/784549)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2017, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-politics-and-history-is-a-lot-more-interesting-than-i-thought/784549 "2017-04-18T12:12:57Z")
I don’t remember being taught this in schools (SFW link) Check out the rest of the artists gallery for some great\* stuff :slight\_smile: \*for varying definitions of great --- ## [Self-Driving Cars = future mini Shopping Malls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-driving-cars-future-mini-shopping-malls/784558)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2017, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-driving-cars-future-mini-shopping-malls/784558 "2017-04-18T12:09:45Z")
Listening to NPR, a writer for The Atlantic Monthly discusses the future of retail. How we like the presence of quaint shops in our common spaces, but order everything online. As a last thought, he extrapolates on auto… --- ## [As if Today Couldn't Get Any Worse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-if-today-couldnt-get-any-worse/771243)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2017, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-if-today-couldnt-get-any-worse/771243 "2017-04-18T07:13:20Z")
Despair over the election and I couldn’t sleep. Then the pain hit my mouth. I thought it was some kind of tooth issue. But the Dentist couldn’t find anything this morning and is sending me to a specialist. The dentist th… --- ## [\`Calexit’ campaign dropped as leader bolts for Russia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calexit-campaign-dropped-as-leader-bolts-for-russia/784686)
**Author:** [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calexit-campaign-dropped-as-leader-bolts-for-russia/784686 "2017-04-18T03:22:34Z")
Hilarious. Including fun quotes like: "It’s coming together faster than protons move”. --- ## [Damn Horny Woodpeckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-horny-woodpeckers/784552)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-horny-woodpeckers/784552 "2017-04-17T20:56:13Z")
I’m sitting outside with a cup of coffee, the Sunday paper and the Dope as the sun rises. There’s a woodpecker who has discovered that the metal flashing on a chimney 20 feet away from me (the downward slope puts its abo… --- ## [Nice storage spot, construction guys!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-storage-spot-construction-guys/783412)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-storage-spot-construction-guys/783412 "2017-04-17T20:19:50Z")
So, it looks like storing large amounts of flammable plastic under a bridge is perhaps not a great idea. Anyone having to deal with this? --- ## [Vaya Comes Home!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaya-comes-home/784336)
**Author:** [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaya-comes-home/784336 "2017-04-17T19:43:12Z")
My first dog Misfit passed away a couple years ago. At the time, I was too busy with school and work and everything to even think about a new dog. Recently, however, the itch has returned - volunteering at the animal s… --- ## ["Death toll in Burlington \[Washington\] shooting rises to 5; gunman at large"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-toll-in-burlington-washington-shooting-rises-to-5-gunman-at-large/766720)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-toll-in-burlington-washington-shooting-rises-to-5-gunman-at-large/766720 "2017-04-17T19:16:36Z")
Shooting in mall north of Seattle --- ## [In which I suddenly see the world in hi-def! (New glasses)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-suddenly-see-the-world-in-hi-def-new-glasses/784317)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-suddenly-see-the-world-in-hi-def-new-glasses/784317 "2017-04-17T17:28:34Z")
This is Mundaney McMundface, but I’m pretty thrilled . . . I’ve been wearing reading glasses for a few years; I can’t see small print unless I hold it out about 4’ and squinch up my eyes. I went to the eye doc a few wee… --- ## [Is deceptive packaging always in the manufacturer's favor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-deceptive-packaging-always-in-the-manufacturers-favor/784204)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-deceptive-packaging-always-in-the-manufacturers-favor/784204 "2017-04-17T16:21:28Z")
Today I was trying to use up some old stuff in the fridge, and I found a plastic tub of cream cheese that needed some loving attention. Then I noticed I was scraping the bottom before I expected to find bottom – there w… --- ## [Good off-line Android apps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-off-line-android-apps/784625)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-off-line-android-apps/784625 "2017-04-17T14:08:27Z")
Recently I acquired a free Android phone (a ZTE Maven, running Android 5.1.) Someone had got it wet, it stopped working, they replaced it, months later I asked for it to see if I could get it working, and “getting it wor… --- ## [Bad times for penguins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-times-for-penguins/784519)
**Author:** [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-times-for-penguins/784519 "2017-04-17T11:28:34Z")
I’ve lately learned that – according at any rate, to some learned scholars on these matters – no less than ten of the world’s eighteen species of penguin, are endangered to the point that they “face extinction”. No doub… --- ## [I'm going to drop a bomb... the best bomb... believe me. It's going to be huuuuuuuge.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-drop-a-bomb-the-best-bomb-believe-me-its-going-to-be-huuuuuuuge/784402)
**Author:** [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-drop-a-bomb-the-best-bomb-believe-me-its-going-to-be-huuuuuuuge/784402 "2017-04-16T20:45:04Z")
Largest non-nuclear bomb dropped on Afghanistan today. First use ever in combat. That ought to shake things up a bit! --- ## [Prisoners build computers from canabalized parts; tap into state network.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prisoners-build-computers-from-canabalized-parts-tap-into-state-network/784361)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prisoners-build-computers-from-canabalized-parts-tap-into-state-network/784361 "2017-04-16T18:57:13Z")
Without intending to encourage such behavior, I have to say that this was an impressive feat. --- ## [Cuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuck/784484)
**Author:** [@Dr.Crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Crap)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuck/784484 "2017-04-16T13:40:02Z")
Whenever this word is used unironically, I can’t help but imagine the person saying it – lustfully sitting in a dark corner and rooting for a white-mandingo to fuck his own country in the ass. Am I alone? --- ## [Severed Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severed-barbarian/784378)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severed-barbarian/784378 "2017-04-15T20:21:04Z")
So… divorce. Again. Never expected it this time. 20 years, 18-1/2 married, two great kids (17-1/2, so), good home for our prior 2+2 kids, lots of financial and career success… but not enough, I guess. I filed this week a… --- ## [What is PragerU and why does Facebook keep thinking I am interested?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-prageru-and-why-does-facebook-keep-thinking-i-am-interested/784512)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-prageru-and-why-does-facebook-keep-thinking-i-am-interested/784512 "2017-04-15T17:06:17Z")
OK, I found out what PragerU is by looking it up. But I can’t look this up: every time these come up as “suggested” by Facebook, I click on the option that says “Hide -see less of this.” And the immediate ad is hidden. … --- ## [Reddit is doing an AMA (ask me anything) Roman Polanski's rape victim](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddit-is-doing-an-ama-ask-me-anything-roman-polanskis-rape-victim/784495)
**Author:** [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2017, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddit-is-doing-an-ama-ask-me-anything-roman-polanskis-rape-victim/784495 "2017-04-15T13:16:50Z")
Yes she’s promoting her new book, but she actually never references it once and is giving surprisingly frank and honest answers. A very interesting read: One point, she states quite clearly that she feels Roman Polans… --- ## [So so tired. Caffeine has been utterly useless.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-so-tired-caffeine-has-been-utterly-useless/784414)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2017, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-so-tired-caffeine-has-been-utterly-useless/784414 "2017-04-15T05:30:46Z")
Due to a few different factors, I got very little sleep last night and got up relatively early. All day today I have felt like the walking dead. And I have FILLED myself with caffeine. 1000mg altogether (5 No-Doz tabl… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=550) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=552)