# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=558 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 559 --- ## [PDF creation assistance requested for tricky file](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pdf-creation-assistance-requested-for-tricky-file/782634)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pdf-creation-assistance-requested-for-tricky-file/782634 "2017-03-20T21:39:28Z")
I could use some help solving a PDF file problem. Nothing complicated, just text and a bunch of B&W images; it’s a history book. Here’s the file. I am trying to get this 300 page book printed at a commercial, online… --- ## [Anybody else suffer from inappropriate laughter syndrome?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-suffer-from-inappropriate-laughter-syndrome/782502)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-suffer-from-inappropriate-laughter-syndrome/782502 "2017-03-20T20:47:28Z")
Not that I know if it’s a syndrome or condition at all in psychological terms but this thing has plagued me since I was young. I first became aware of just how troublesome this could be when I joined the Army at 17. Now … --- ## [These 80 Programs Would Lose Federal Funding Under Trump’s Proposed Budget](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-80-programs-would-lose-federal-funding-under-trump-s-proposed-budget/782387)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-80-programs-would-lose-federal-funding-under-trump-s-proposed-budget/782387 "2017-03-20T20:44:41Z")
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-trump-budget/ While I expected massive cuts in climate science I was surprised at the massive cuts elsewhere in the science budget (for example 18% at the National Institute of H… --- ## [Tell me about living in Boulder, CO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-living-in-boulder-co/782514)
**Author:** [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-living-in-boulder-co/782514 "2017-03-20T19:24:00Z")
So in two months I will be relocating to Boulder to take a new job. As yet, we have not decided where we are going to live within (or around) the city. Does anyone here have experience with Boulder and know what to try… --- ## [David Rockefeller has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-rockefeller-has-died/782614)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-rockefeller-has-died/782614 "2017-03-20T18:14:40Z")
He was 101. I guess now he’s 404. --- ## ['computer' method to determine date of Adam and Eve.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-method-to-determine-date-of-adam-and-eve/782554)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-method-to-determine-date-of-adam-and-eve/782554 "2017-03-20T15:26:32Z")
THere’s a joke currently going around on reddit about the oldest computer, https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/6090zx/the\_oldest\_computer/?utm\_content=title&utm\_medium=hot&utm\_source=reddit&utm\_name=frontpage basica… --- ## [Any mail artists on board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mail-artists-on-board/782513)
**Author:** [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mail-artists-on-board/782513 "2017-03-20T14:36:56Z")
I’m picking up on a rewarding pastime again, one that I started doing way, way back in the 1990s – sending perfect strangers perfectly strange things through the US mails! Would you like me to send some your way? I thin… --- ## [Can I borrow your tweezers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-borrow-your-tweezers/782344)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-borrow-your-tweezers/782344 "2017-03-20T13:08:21Z")
No, I don’t have to go to the bathroom… I somehow managed to ram a fingernail from my left hand under a fingernail on my right hand and a splinter sized piece broke off and lodged under said right nail. If you have nev… --- ## [Does it annoy you when someone says "God bless you!" after you sneeze?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-annoy-you-when-someone-says-god-bless-you-after-you-sneeze/782322)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-annoy-you-when-someone-says-god-bless-you-after-you-sneeze/782322 "2017-03-20T12:05:44Z")
I am sitting here in the waiting area of the doctor’s office. The woman at the check-in desk just sneezed, and a guy sitting next to me yelled out, “God bless you!” I don’t know why, but I find this annoying. I find it … --- ## [A journey thru the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-journey-thru-the-mmp/782075)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 250\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-journey-thru-the-mmp/782075 "2017-03-20T06:02:58Z")
If a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, then I’m up to a billion miles of journeys just for this year! I will probably end up in a country that begins with “C” this summer, but I don’t know which one… --- ## [First Dates are fun!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-dates-are-fun/782565)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-dates-are-fun/782565 "2017-03-20T05:57:45Z")
As a counterpoint to the hating dating thread I will submit that first dates are fun! Yes they are scary and you will get the nervous butterflies but it is the good kind of scary: the scariness of possibilities. You migh… --- ## [Some Trump relief video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-trump-relief-video/782562)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-trump-relief-video/782562 "2017-03-19T22:15:39Z")
I’ve watched this four times and can’t help laughing each time. Enjoy. --- ## [Starting life anew or the things we do for love](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-life-anew-or-the-things-we-do-for-love/346211)
**Author:** [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-life-anew-or-the-things-we-do-for-love/346211 "2017-03-19T20:54:25Z")
Hi, my name is Ale and until now I´ve been following a life plan that more or less was going in the direction I wanted… Then out of the blue comes an e-mail one day “Hi, I like your eyes and your smile :slight\_smile: Do… --- ## [“White girl, take OFF your hoops!”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-girl-take-off-your-hoops/782200)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-girl-take-off-your-hoops/782200 "2017-03-19T20:08:41Z")
Now! - Thieving, grabby white women. Can’t take your eyes off 'em for a second. If you do your entire cultural closet is raided. “White girl, take OFF your hoops!” Pitzer College Demographics 10 Tricks for Perfect W… --- ## [I'm a hoodlum!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-hoodlum/782305)
**Author:** [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-hoodlum/782305 "2017-03-19T14:36:27Z")
I got this the other day, a real Italian Stiletto. :stuck\_out\_tongue: A real beauty and well made by a famous knife maker in Italy. I’m thinking of getting another one but with 11" overall/5" blade and yellow/black hand… --- ## [Engineer Creates Sex Robot That Needs To Be Romanced First](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-creates-sex-robot-that-needs-to-be-romanced-first/782432)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-creates-sex-robot-that-needs-to-be-romanced-first/782432 "2017-03-19T12:17:11Z")
It’s so tempting to reply “What’s the Point?” Engineer Creates Sex Robot That Needs To Be Romanced First | HuffPost Weird News? Sounds like it could at least act as a good Training Guide for the Clueless Male. If so,… --- ## [I'll be doing my Yoga RYT-200 in the fall.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-doing-my-yoga-ryt-200-in-the-fall/782521)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-doing-my-yoga-ryt-200-in-the-fall/782521 "2017-03-19T01:46:44Z")
I decided I want to go for my Yoga teacher training. Why? To deepen my physical practice, learn more about my body and my anatomy, and to be open to the spiritual practice, humbling myself, as well as open to the unknown… --- ## [Say Yes to the Dinosaur Suit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-yes-to-the-dinosaur-suit/778266)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-yes-to-the-dinosaur-suit/778266 "2017-03-18T22:37:59Z")
--- ## [Scruffy male actors, do you like the look?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scruffy-male-actors-do-you-like-the-look/782245)
**Author:** [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scruffy-male-actors-do-you-like-the-look/782245 "2017-03-18T14:07:10Z")
I don’t. Hero with a suit and unshaven vs a real beard look just feels wrong to me. :rolleyes: I have not shaved or had a hair cut for years but I don’t look scruffy like a 2-3 day unshaven face does IMO. … --- ## [What is Trump's Tree?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-tree/782366)
**Author:** [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2017, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-tree/782366 "2017-03-18T10:54:45Z")
So, yesterday President Trump visited Andrew Jackson’s home and the question was posed - if Jackson is ‘Old Hickory’, what tree best describes President Trump? What does the Dope think? (Here is a list of North America… --- ## [A visit from the Master of the Univers (plus harem)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-visit-from-the-master-of-the-univers-plus-harem/782399)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-visit-from-the-master-of-the-univers-plus-harem/782399 "2017-03-18T01:38:04Z")
I live on a perfectly normal suburban street, two lanes. Right now it is way narrower than normal because they didn’t plow its full width after Tuesday’s storm. Normally they do the minimum during storms, then come bac… --- ## [Hey, Yogi! Have I got a pic-a-nic basket for YOU!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-yogi-have-i-got-a-pic-a-nic-basket-for-you/782410)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-yogi-have-i-got-a-pic-a-nic-basket-for-you/782410 "2017-03-17T22:24:23Z")
Office building shaped like a picnic basket is going up for auction soon. No mention of giant mutant ants in the story. --- ## [Not My Urologist...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-my-urologist/782328)
**Author:** [@longPath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longPath)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-my-urologist/782328 "2017-03-17T21:12:16Z")
Words fail me: Man claimed on Facebook he ran a circumcision service — from his ‘cabin in the woods’ --- ## [Roger Stone's Inauguration Day Outfit Tweets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-stones-inauguration-day-outfit-tweets/782369)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-stones-inauguration-day-outfit-tweets/782369 "2017-03-17T20:31:11Z")
Friend of mine pointed out that there’s no future in reading mocking Tweets of Trump and thinking it’s going to do shit-all to make anything better. You should read these Tweets because it’s the funniest thing you’ll rea… --- ## [When first, second and third impressions were totally SHATTERED?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-first-second-and-third-impressions-were-totally-shattered/782297)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-first-second-and-third-impressions-were-totally-shattered/782297 "2017-03-17T19:41:14Z")
I work for a company where all the employees work remotely. I’ve met maybe a handful of them over my last 8 or so years…some hang around, others leave, but in that time there has remained a core group and Helen is one o… --- ## [Getting Older and Plucking Hairs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-older-and-plucking-hairs/781894)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-older-and-plucking-hairs/781894 "2017-03-17T19:05:12Z")
I am 55. Middle aged, that’s what I call it. As I get older, man, hairs start appearing where I don’t want them! I’m talking above the neck. But I’m not talking about the wiry gray hairs that are salting the pepper of my… --- ## [What to do with a box of condoms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-box-of-condoms/782246)
**Author:** [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-box-of-condoms/782246 "2017-03-17T18:45:53Z")
I ordered a box of 36 Trojan condoms on Amazon, but I ordered the wrong size by mistake. Amazon refunded my money, but they don’t want the box back. I hate to just throw them in the trash, but on the other hand I don’t r… --- ## [How much do Canadians, Midwesterners, Alaskans laugh at East Coasters during a "blizzard"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-canadians-midwesterners-alaskans-laugh-at-east-coasters-during-a-blizzard/782142)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-canadians-midwesterners-alaskans-laugh-at-east-coasters-during-a-blizzard/782142 "2017-03-17T17:19:43Z")
I know for a fact New Yorkers, Bostonians and Philadelphians clown Atlanta whenever a small ice storm or 2" of snow shuts that city down. They wipe their asses with 2-3" snowstorms. Currently there’s an “blizzard” under… --- ## [It's been a really shitty month.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-really-shitty-month/770068)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-really-shitty-month/770068 "2017-03-17T15:29:06Z")
In ascending order of general shitiness: My brother-in-law finally fucking died. While his friends are sad about it, his family is rejoicing. Miserable, abusive shit that he was his entire life. I had to have the l… --- ## [I had vertical sleeve gastrectomy on Valentine's Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-vertical-sleeve-gastrectomy-on-valentines-day/780800)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-vertical-sleeve-gastrectomy-on-valentines-day/780800 "2017-03-17T14:42:05Z")
I underwent vertical sleeve gastrectomy (weight loss surgery) on 2/14. A good friend of mine had this surgery a year and a half ago, with dramatic results. It’s early yet, but it looks like I’m on track for the same … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=557) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=559)