# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=556 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 557 --- ## [Winter Blues Postcard Exchange](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440)
**Author:** [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440 "2017-03-28T09:34:01Z")
OK - it is January. We have folks bummed about the election, bummed about winter in general, bummed that holiday cards are no longer rolling in, etc. SO, having drafted off of other’s efforts in the past… I think it is … --- ## ["There's a Wire Above Manhattan That You've Probably Never Noticed" - Fascinating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-wire-above-manhattan-that-youve-probably-never-noticed-fascinating/781667)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-wire-above-manhattan-that-youve-probably-never-noticed-fascinating/781667 "2017-03-28T04:02:23Z")
I had no idea. Fascinating article. There’s a Wire Above Manhattan That You’ve Probably Never Noticed --- ## [Blue Meat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-meat/781272)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-meat/781272 "2017-03-28T03:11:48Z")
I have been critical of CNN lately for some of the same things I used to be critical of Fox. It boils down to partisan media. Beyond that, CNN doesn’t do news anymore, it is all politics. That said, the Trump administra… --- ## [Criticizing Putin can be bad for your health](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criticizing-putin-can-be-bad-for-your-health/783143)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criticizing-putin-can-be-bad-for-your-health/783143 "2017-03-28T03:05:05Z")
Here are 10 critics of Vladimir Putin who died violently or in suspicious ways This is the guy The Donald admires for his leadership? If asked about this, DJT would probably reply with the opening sentence of this artic… --- ## [Birthday Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-boy/783070)
**Author:** [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-boy/783070 "2017-03-27T21:10:28Z")
Today is my 77th birthday and, as usual, I still don’t know what I want to be if and when I grow up. Looking back on all these years I think I must have learned something but I don’t know what. Anyway, I never thought I … --- ## [Social Justice Dinosaurs leave their mark.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-justice-dinosaurs-leave-their-mark/783165)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-justice-dinosaurs-leave-their-mark/783165 "2017-03-27T20:43:20Z")
More than a hundred million years ago, and they were all about “diversity”–sauropod this, ornithopod that, theropod the other. Then their footprints fossilized. --- ## [Waking life agreeable -- dreams the reverse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waking-life-agreeable-dreams-the-reverse/783005)
**Author:** [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waking-life-agreeable-dreams-the-reverse/783005 "2017-03-27T20:03:47Z")
Background: I’m in my late sixties, retired from work. Am a rather timid, thin-skinned, socially awkward individual – not brilliant at standard human interaction, which has always had for me a considerable likelihood of… --- ## [Why some people look like their name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-some-people-look-like-their-name/782861)
**Author:** [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-some-people-look-like-their-name/782861 "2017-03-27T16:26:40Z")
I just read a piece about this and it got me thinking, did we really need a research study on this? I know it’s not the first time I’ve thought that, so what are some out there, maybe even ludicrous research studies you … --- ## [Shots in the arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shots-in-the-arm/783007)
**Author:** [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2017, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shots-in-the-arm/783007 "2017-03-27T13:09:00Z")
Ya know those shots you get for pneumonia and the flu where they shoot into the upper arm:dubious: Remember the pain after the needle?:mad: Ok are ya thinking?? Well I had the latest flu/pneumonia round last fall…… --- ## [Nature's Soft Nurse MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natures-soft-nurse-mmp/782596)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2017, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natures-soft-nurse-mmp/782596 "2017-03-27T12:43:51Z")
O sleep! O gentle sleep! Nature’s soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, 2 Henry IV (3.1.7-16) http://www.shakespeare-online.com/quotes/shakespeareonsleep.html Happy Moonday! Like Butters, I cannot sleep. I crashed … --- ## [Breaking news: Pope Francis decapated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-pope-francis-decapated/782783)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2017, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-pope-francis-decapated/782783 "2017-03-27T12:18:15Z")
Yep, somebody took his cap. --- ## [German scientists have created an artificial sun that sounds like a death ray](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-scientists-have-created-an-artificial-sun-that-sounds-like-a-death-ray/782957)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2017, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-scientists-have-created-an-artificial-sun-that-sounds-like-a-death-ray/782957 "2017-03-27T06:28:32Z")
When all the lamps are swivelled to concentrate light on a single spot, the instrument can generate temperatures of around 3,500C – around two to three times the temperature of a blast furnace. --- ## [We have a pair of hawks in the neighborhood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-pair-of-hawks-in-the-neighborhood/782800)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2017, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-pair-of-hawks-in-the-neighborhood/782800 "2017-03-27T04:32:17Z")
Buteo. They nest somewhere else but spend hours sitting in the dead tree across the street, waiting for lunch to come by I suppose. I can now see why sound editors always use a Red-Tail’s cry when showing a soaring bird… --- ## [Donald Trump: Not racist, but #1 with racists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-not-racist-but-1-with-racists/782895)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-not-racist-but-1-with-racists/782895 "2017-03-27T01:48:07Z")
Interesting analysis by 538: I’m not sure that anyone here is surprised that r/The\_Donald has a strong overlap with r/kiketown, r/TheRedPill, r/coontown, and r/fatpeoplehate, but it’s good to have actual data. Oh, and… --- ## [Danish boy finds remains of German Messerschmitt in a field](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danish-boy-finds-remains-of-german-messerschmitt-in-a-field/781708)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danish-boy-finds-remains-of-german-messerschmitt-in-a-field/781708 "2017-03-27T00:08:16Z")
This has to be the ultimate homework project. Certainly more impressive than the school work that I turned in. :slight\_smile: Information on Germany’s ME 109. It’s real name is the Messerschmitt Bf 109. --- ## [I clearly don't understand Facebook and it weirds me out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-clearly-dont-understand-facebook-and-it-weirds-me-out/782829)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2017, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-clearly-dont-understand-facebook-and-it-weirds-me-out/782829 "2017-03-26T22:45:26Z")
I don’t have the FB app on my phone or any other device. I do an organic search on my laptop, but never my phone. I do read emails on my Yahoo mail on my phone from people responding on FB. But the other day FB offered f… --- ## [Batman, the cat, vs the TSA. Cat wins.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-the-cat-vs-the-tsa-cat-wins/782982)
**Author:** [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-the-cat-vs-the-tsa-cat-wins/782982 "2017-03-26T20:43:16Z")
Read a little article in this mornings Seattle Times that I had to share. Seems like a lady from Seattle was going thru the TSA inspection at SeaTac airport before boarding a flight to the East Coast. As part of her ba… --- ## [A Sudden Flurry of Thomases](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sudden-flurry-of-thomases/782955)
**Author:** [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sudden-flurry-of-thomases/782955 "2017-03-25T18:46:44Z")
So, I was looking up Edwin Landseer, and came across not only his painter brother Thomas — who went to learn under Haydon alongside\*\*William Berwick\*\*, who appears no relation to the better-known Thomas Berwick but w… --- ## [Girl Guides Canada cancels US travel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-guides-canada-cancels-us-travel/782165)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2017, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-guides-canada-cancels-us-travel/782165 "2017-03-25T07:09:07Z")
Girl Guides Canada Cancels All Trips To U.S. Over Trump’s Travel Ban http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/03/13/girl-guides-of-canada-cancelling-u-s-trips-due-to-uncertain-entry-rules\_n\_15345468.html Worried some of the g… --- ## [Let's talk about waste disposal/recycling where you live...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-waste-disposal-recycling-where-you-live/782797)
**Author:** [@MrLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrLee)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2017, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-waste-disposal-recycling-where-you-live/782797 "2017-03-25T06:22:25Z")
As a follow-up to one of my most mundane OPs ever, I was wondering… How does waste disposal and recycling work where you live? (British-American English glossary: rubbish=trash, bin=trash can, wheelie-bin=a big trash c… --- ## [The Gift of Life-Who would you pick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gift-of-life-who-would-you-pick/782608)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2017, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gift-of-life-who-would-you-pick/782608 "2017-03-25T05:58:56Z")
If you could the gift of 10 years of quality(painfree for the most part, no serious illnesses) life to 5 other people, guaranteeing that they would be around until at least this date in 2027, who would you pick? The onl… --- ## [How great is my wife?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-is-my-wife/782661)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-is-my-wife/782661 "2017-03-24T19:48:05Z")
Those of you who have met her know how beautiful, witty and charming she is (ask Qadgop), but now she has gone above and beyond. Seems I have a birthday coming up, and she is pulling out stops I didn’t know existed. To w… --- ## [6 Poles, 4 Belarusians and 1 German walk into Auschwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-poles-4-belarusians-and-1-german-walk-into-auschwitz/782944)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-poles-4-belarusians-and-1-german-walk-into-auschwitz/782944 "2017-03-24T19:31:10Z")
No, this isn’t a post of The Most Offensive Joke Ever. Six Poles, four Belarusians and one German walk into Auschwitz, got naked, and slaughtered a sheep. Apparently, they have been wracking their brains to find a way to… --- ## [Why so many restroom stalls don't center the toilets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-restroom-stalls-dont-center-the-toilets/782784)
**Author:** [@edwardcoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwardcoast)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-restroom-stalls-dont-center-the-toilets/782784 "2017-03-24T18:59:02Z")
Why is it that in many restroom installs the toilets aren’t properly centered in the stall? The result is, you have the stall so far to one side that you are almost leaning on the stall wall while on the throne. I’ve no… --- ## [And here the Boy Named Sue thought he had it bad...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-here-the-boy-named-sue-thought-he-had-it-bad/782790)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-here-the-boy-named-sue-thought-he-had-it-bad/782790 "2017-03-24T17:50:49Z")
I know it’s juvenile to chuckle at people’s names, particularly from outside one’s own culture. However, currently I am reading a book on China’s Great Leap Forward, and it soberly mentions that the Albanian agricultura… --- ## [I think I'm discovering a new path in life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-discovering-a-new-path-in-life/782806)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-discovering-a-new-path-in-life/782806 "2017-03-24T17:23:24Z")
Dese Guyz https://mirror.ninja/60npj2 Chop and Steele have opened new gateways, new vistas, new possibilities in my life that explore discipline, focus, fitness, clarity of outlook, direction and still a bit more focus… --- ## [Sperm testing: there's an app for that](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sperm-testing-theres-an-app-for-that/782843)
**Author:** [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2017, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sperm-testing-theres-an-app-for-that/782843 "2017-03-24T12:53:02Z")
You can get a sperm count and mobility analysis, using just a smartphone attachment, a disposable microchip, and an app. The sample is collected in a cup, not directly placed on the phone :eek:. Still, I don’t want to … --- ## [German "sovereign citizen" gets their driver's license removed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-sovereign-citizen-gets-their-drivers-license-removed/782609)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2017, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-sovereign-citizen-gets-their-drivers-license-removed/782609 "2017-03-24T07:27:10Z")
Oh man, this made my day. So in Germany, we’ve recently had a spate of people acting under the header of “Reichsburger”. Think something of an analogue to “Sovereign Citizen” or “Freeman of the land” types, who believe … --- ## [Dreaming of dying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreaming-of-dying/782873)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2017, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreaming-of-dying/782873 "2017-03-24T06:00:28Z")
Reading this thread about dreaming that you kill somebody reminded me of a series of highly disturbing dreams I had quite a few years ago. In all of them, I ended up dying. I wonder if other people have had comparable ex… --- ## [UK Parliament Attack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-parliament-attack/782774)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-parliament-attack/782774 "2017-03-23T21:53:21Z")
Very early, details are sketchy. Two dead. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=555) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=557)