# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=565 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 566 --- ## [Signs of spring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-spring/780338)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-spring/780338 "2017-02-21T19:51:02Z")
Wondering if any folk might be interesting in sharing daily things they see/hear suggesting that spring is actually on its way. Here in the Chicago area, I generally expect to see something around Groundhog Day - as it … --- ## [Unexpected Cameo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-cameo/780392)
**Author:** [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2017, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-cameo/780392 "2017-02-21T17:48:55Z")
Watching some videos, came across this. https://youtu.be/DmLDfwfAtE8?t=1620 Not related, not relevant, but just mundane and pointless that I felt the need to share. --- ## [New Outrage: Trump Forces Christie to Eat Meatloaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-outrage-trump-forces-christie-to-eat-meatloaf/780046)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-outrage-trump-forces-christie-to-eat-meatloaf/780046 "2017-02-21T15:37:48Z")
Well, now he’s gone too far. Poor Chris Christie. When Trump says, “You’re having meatloaf,” no one may question him, because HE IS the president, by the most enormous landslide in history, and HE IS running the show. … --- ## [Slinky outwits squirrels raiding a bird feeder.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slinky-outwits-squirrels-raiding-a-bird-feeder/780350)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2017, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slinky-outwits-squirrels-raiding-a-bird-feeder/780350 "2017-02-21T05:17:55Z")
Very clever idea. The video of the squirrel trying to climb a slinky is quite funny. Wish I’d thought of this. It never occurred to me to cover the support pole in a big spring. I’m planning to buy a slinky for my bird… --- ## [Federal agents conduct sweeping immigration enforcement raids in at least 6 states](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-agents-conduct-sweeping-immigration-enforcement-raids-in-at-least-6-states/779501)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-agents-conduct-sweeping-immigration-enforcement-raids-in-at-least-6-states/779501 "2017-02-21T00:46:31Z")
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/federal-agents-conduct-sweeping-immigration-enforcement-raids-in-at-least-6-states/2017/02/10/4b9f443a-efc8-11e6-b4ff-ac2cf509efe5\_story.html How can they deport people immediate… --- ## [Syrian girl pulled alive from the rubble after airstrike](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syrian-girl-pulled-alive-from-the-rubble-after-airstrike/780355)
**Author:** [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syrian-girl-pulled-alive-from-the-rubble-after-airstrike/780355 "2017-02-20T22:36:08Z")
Here’s a video from the BBC website showing a girl being rescued from under rubble, apparently after an airstrike in Damascus. With all the other things taking Syria off the front pages in recent months, this video serv… --- ## [Are You a Litter Lout?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-litter-lout/779823)
**Author:** [@Jefferson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jefferson)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-litter-lout/779823 "2017-02-20T20:43:56Z")
I remember being surprised, some years ago now, when the issue of littering came up during a pub discussion with work colleagues. When a number of them happily admitted they threw little on the streets regularly. I’d alw… --- ## [Poster Cerridwyn is going in for a kidney transplant tomorrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-cerridwyn-is-going-in-for-a-kidney-transplant-tomorrow/779377)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-cerridwyn-is-going-in-for-a-kidney-transplant-tomorrow/779377 "2017-02-20T16:05:50Z")
Part time poster(and full time friend and roommate to me and My Beloved) Cerridwyn got “THE CALL” about an hour and a half ago while she was at dialysis-there’s a kidney waiting for her at Good Samaritan Hospital, and th… --- ## [Love is in the air - or is that smog? A Valentine's MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-is-in-the-air-or-is-that-smog-a-valentines-mmp/779748)
**Author:** [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Replies:** 237\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-is-in-the-air-or-is-that-smog-a-valentines-mmp/779748 "2017-02-20T12:32:10Z")
Good morning, everyone! I know I’ve been MIA from the MMP for a bit. I’m taking a class, volunteering, and living life, and my attention has been diverted for a bit. This week is not going to be fun. Tomorrow is the fi… --- ## [Help me identify this image](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-image/780039)
**Author:** [@Dahu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahu)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2017, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-image/780039 "2017-02-20T07:07:45Z")
Can anyone help me identify this? It’s on stickers around Manchester (England). This sort of thing is usually the work of visiting football fans, but I can’t find this one on a google… --- ## [Trump Theme Music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-theme-music/780254)
**Author:** [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2017, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-theme-music/780254 "2017-02-20T04:25:00Z")
I think we all recall Trump walking out during his campaign rallies to the incredibly ironic Stones song, You Cant Always Get What You Want. Now that he’s President, what equally ironic songs/lyrics will be using for hi… --- ## [Was it a flying deer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-it-a-flying-deer/779936)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-it-a-flying-deer/779936 "2017-02-20T03:39:34Z")
That was my first thought after hearing about the American Airlines jet that had to make an emergency landing after striking a deer. --- ## [Bitch was fucking with me. I have my wife back!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitch-was-fucking-with-me-i-have-my-wife-back/780128)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2017, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitch-was-fucking-with-me-i-have-my-wife-back/780128 "2017-02-20T03:02:34Z")
Wife has been sickly for about three years. The past couple months she’s been bouncing between the hospital and a nursing home. Yesterday I got a call (imagine this in short, gasping phrases I could barely understand, … --- ## [The story beyond New Zealand's greatest culinary creation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-story-beyond-new-zealands-greatest-culinary-creation/780292)
**Author:** [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-story-beyond-new-zealands-greatest-culinary-creation/780292 "2017-02-20T02:50:53Z")
With the added bonus of a demonstration video by its creator. --- ## [I'm no longer a Young One!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-no-longer-a-young-one/779980)
**Author:** [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-no-longer-a-young-one/779980 "2017-02-20T02:35:29Z")
And other shower thoughts… This morning in the shower, looking at the bottle of Dr Bronner’s soap, I remembered hearing that there’s going to be a musical about the good doctor. So I’m trying to come up with possible s… --- ## [Awesome Trump Answer at Presser](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-trump-answer-at-presser/779999)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-trump-answer-at-presser/779999 "2017-02-20T01:17:41Z")
Trump displayed his ability to get right to the point when asked about anti-Semitism in the U.S… This President can think on his feet like no other. Simply amazing. --- ## [Ann Coulter on BBC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-on-bbc/780111)
**Author:** [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2017, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-on-bbc/780111 "2017-02-20T00:37:59Z")
Just heard a great sentence from female Skeletor (Ann Coulter) being interviewed on BBC: “Not everything Hitler did was bad!” She was upset that McCain used a “flowery way of comparing Trump to Hitler.” Just made me c… --- ## [PBS Newshour got hacked(?) tonight (Sat.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-newshour-got-hacked-tonight-sat/780208)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-newshour-got-hacked-tonight-sat/780208 "2017-02-20T00:35:39Z")
ok hacked maybe isn’t the right word, but at the 30 minute mark, there suddenly appeared - in the middle of an interview - a ten second clip of Mac Davis(?) singing something hokey and wretched and awful. It looked it wa… --- ## [Why would HP sabotage my keyboard this way?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-hp-sabotage-my-keyboard-this-way/776440)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-hp-sabotage-my-keyboard-this-way/776440 "2017-02-19T19:17:33Z")
Just got a new keyboard, as the old one was struggling to capitalize. Picked something fairly cheap but with good reviews on Amazon. Now I plug it in, and it works fine, except…both my previous keyboard and this one ha… --- ## [Nuclear Meltdown Disaster Uncensored](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-disaster-uncensored/780047)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-disaster-uncensored/780047 "2017-02-19T02:54:33Z")
Damn. I am having a slow day. The roads are flooded and we are more or less snowed in. I went to YouTube and watched the Nova program on the Fukishima disaster. Damn. -=Link=- It just keeps getting worse. (As Steven K… --- ## [The economics of making light](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-economics-of-making-light/780186)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-economics-of-making-light/780186 "2017-02-18T23:05:36Z")
The BBC has a most interesting article on the economics of light, working from burning wood through candles to the modern LED bulb. --- ## [Finding a SD reference in the Wild.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-sd-reference-in-the-wild/780020)
**Author:** [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-sd-reference-in-the-wild/780020 "2017-02-18T16:33:32Z")
I found this while perusing a Ranker site. :slight\_smile: Where have you unexpectedly come across a SD reference? --- ## [The "Top Writer" of Fortune Cookies is Quitting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-writer-of-fortune-cookies-is-quitting/779903)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2017, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-writer-of-fortune-cookies-is-quitting/779903 "2017-02-18T06:15:09Z")
That’s what the story says If the “Fortunes” that we’ve been getting for the past couple of years are any indication, he’s been losing it for a while. None of the ones we open are fortunes anymore. Generally they’re … --- ## [My brain is leaking and I don't have a spinal cord (MRI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brain-is-leaking-and-i-dont-have-a-spinal-cord-mri/779939)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2017, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brain-is-leaking-and-i-dont-have-a-spinal-cord-mri/779939 "2017-02-18T04:22:57Z")
I’ve been in awful shoulder/neck/upper arm pain for about four months and finally got an MRI today. The doc’s tentative pre-image DX are bulging C5/C6s causing nerve havoc. So I have the images up on my computer and com… --- ## [Trump's one-month approval ratings are lowest ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-one-month-approval-ratings-are-lowest-ever/780072)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-one-month-approval-ratings-are-lowest-ever/780072 "2017-02-18T00:44:34Z")
President Donald Trump’s 40% job approval ratingabout one month into his presidency is 21 percentage points below the historical average rating for elected presidents in mid-February (61%). It is also 11 points below the… --- ## [Morn the lost dinosaur gladiators.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morn-the-lost-dinosaur-gladiators/780076)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morn-the-lost-dinosaur-gladiators/780076 "2017-02-17T22:04:21Z")
Which, you may ask, am I asking to be mourned, the gladiators who fought dinosaurs or the gladiators who were dinosaurs? Well, I say morn both. --- ## [Richard Nixon And Ooopa-Loopas Are In The Basement.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-nixon-and-ooopa-loopas-are-in-the-basement/780112)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-nixon-and-ooopa-loopas-are-in-the-basement/780112 "2017-02-17T21:47:53Z")
See for yourself. http://warehousebasement.com/?uid=5899dee4078ae No Rickrolls. --- ## [Eliminate Your Signature Birds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eliminate-your-signature-birds/779971)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eliminate-your-signature-birds/779971 "2017-02-17T20:21:40Z")
I had a dream last night that I found a half-full bag (like a bag of grass seed, or road salt) with that written on it. (We bought our home from an old guy who left lots of stuff behind, so this is plausible. Although I’… --- ## [Things that are basically impossible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-basically-impossible/779374)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-basically-impossible/779374 "2017-02-17T19:00:09Z")
I’m on my way from Sydney to Los Angeles, on a Boeing 777 that’s currently at 34,000 feet over the south Pacific (near Tonga) - and I have internet access. I’m sitting in Business class, which means I can set up my PC, … --- ## [Just stop...I get it, you are lonely, but it's a scam.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stop-i-get-it-you-are-lonely-but-its-a-scam/779940)
**Author:** [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stop-i-get-it-you-are-lonely-but-its-a-scam/779940 "2017-02-17T17:11:11Z")
I get semi-regular emails from women that are checking on information given to them by, what they hope is, a prospective suitor (online, obviously). It has not failed, every one has turned out to be a scam and these poor… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=564) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=566)