# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=572 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 573 --- ## [The Charmin Bears are more Intellectual than I thought...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-charmin-bears-are-more-intellectual-than-i-thought/778268)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2017, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-charmin-bears-are-more-intellectual-than-i-thought/778268 "2017-01-27T00:31:40Z")
Apparently there have been a LOT more of these commercials with the Popping Bears than I knew about. Maybe they show them more in other parts of the country, or something. In any event, his is from more than three years… --- ## [Father-son charged with rape, plan to use the bible as their defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-son-charged-with-rape-plan-to-use-the-bible-as-their-defense/778013)
**Author:** [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-son-charged-with-rape-plan-to-use-the-bible-as-their-defense/778013 "2017-01-26T18:54:32Z")
From here: As an atheist not familiar with the bible, I’m rather curious by this. What in blazes are they going to use as a defense for their actions? --- ## [Water Softener ran for two years without salt - does this matter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-softener-ran-for-two-years-without-salt-does-this-matter/488699)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-softener-ran-for-two-years-without-salt-does-this-matter/488699 "2017-01-26T18:16:28Z")
I just moved into a condo - it has been unoccupied for about two years. I’m wondering about the water softener. It runs once every 24 hours. There’s been no salt in the brine tank this whole time. I’ve refilled it, b… --- ## [Burned Limo in D.C. - I gather they don't like Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burned-limo-in-d-c-i-gather-they-dont-like-trump/777668)
**Author:** [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burned-limo-in-d-c-i-gather-they-dont-like-trump/777668 "2017-01-26T16:49:29Z")
Actions speak louder than words: The anti Trump protesters burned a stretch limo in Washington D.C. - Also a Wells Fargo, McDonalds, and Starbucks. I get the impression they don’t care for rich people or big corporation… --- ## [Trump pull his usual crap with the electricians for his new hotel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pull-his-usual-crap-with-the-electricians-for-his-new-hotel/778206)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pull-his-usual-crap-with-the-electricians-for-his-new-hotel/778206 "2017-01-26T14:48:31Z")
Story here. In short, same as always, he demands a rush job with overtime then refuses to pay the full amount, offering 33 cents on the dollar and making them sue him to get their contracted payment. Such a good deal f… --- ## [A Sad Sucky Wasteful Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sad-sucky-wasteful-day/778192)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2017, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sad-sucky-wasteful-day/778192 "2017-01-26T04:58:58Z")
So I got home from work, I’m sitting around, watching Odd Squad with my kid, and now it’s time for the news. I just found out Mary Tyler Moore died today. And Trump ordered the start of that stupid wall. What a sad, … --- ## [I bet Merrick Garland will join SCOTUS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-merrick-garland-will-join-scotus/749867)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-merrick-garland-will-join-scotus/749867 "2017-01-26T00:38:56Z")
I have a hunch that, despite GOP obstructionism, Garland will eventually take his seat on the U.S. Supreme Court - either before Election Day (unlikely), or in a lame-duck session (a bit more likely), or between the co… --- ## [State driver licenses which will no longer allow you to fly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-driver-licenses-which-will-no-longer-allow-you-to-fly/777206)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-driver-licenses-which-will-no-longer-allow-you-to-fly/777206 "2017-01-25T19:55:14Z")
Effective in January of next year, the driver licenses issued in eight states will no longer be recognized as valid for ID for flying within the US. People who live in those states will have to get other forms of ID. T… --- ## [I fixed my Keurig!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fixed-my-keurig/777940)
**Author:** [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fixed-my-keurig/777940 "2017-01-25T19:26:08Z")
I like coffee. I drink a lot of it. Probably about 6 cups a day, average. I don’t believe it causes a problem for me. I can drink a cup at 10PM and be asleep by 10:30 and say asleep all night (unless I have to get up… --- ## [Alternate facts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-facts/777974)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-facts/777974 "2017-01-25T19:08:05Z")
I have completed a novel that will be hailed as the ultimate example of amazing writing, destined to become a blockbuster film, a TV series, and a Broadway play. --- ## [Pointless and mundane, but this is why I never remember SQL join concepts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-and-mundane-but-this-is-why-i-never-remember-sql-join-concepts/777562)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-and-mundane-but-this-is-why-i-never-remember-sql-join-concepts/777562 "2017-01-25T18:41:53Z")
Sometimes I have trouble with classes not because I don’t understand the material but because the teacher uses a metaphor that doesn’t work for me. The metaphor makes my brain go “wait, wot?” and then spin on trying to … --- ## [How hot was Anne Hutchinson?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-was-anne-hutchinson/778115)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-was-anne-hutchinson/778115 "2017-01-25T18:10:04Z")
Was she an HB8? --- ## [Brand loyalty: brands you continue to buy (even if you no longer have a good reason to do so)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-loyalty-brands-you-continue-to-buy-even-if-you-no-longer-have-a-good-reason-to-do-so/777352)
**Author:** [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-loyalty-brands-you-continue-to-buy-even-if-you-no-longer-have-a-good-reason-to-do-so/777352 "2017-01-25T16:05:11Z")
This is a thread about brand loyalty. What brands or products do you continue to buy (or did buy for a long time)? Also, do you continue being loyal to a certain brand even after the original reasons for being loyal to… --- ## [First-class U.S. postage back up to 49¢ Sunday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-class-u-s-postage-back-up-to-49-sunday/777671)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-class-u-s-postage-back-up-to-49-sunday/777671 "2017-01-25T15:44:10Z")
This Sunday, January 22, first-class postage will once again be 49 cents, as the 2-cents-off sale expires. Damn, I remember when postage was 3 cents, and people complained when it was raised to 4 cents. --- ## [My Kindle Died. I'm Sad.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kindle-died-im-sad/776898)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kindle-died-im-sad/776898 "2017-01-25T15:30:17Z")
Yesterday I charged it at work. I had to work through lunch so I didn’t have a chance to read until I got home. I couldn’t turn it on. I thought that was odd, so I plugged it into my charging cable at home and it powe… --- ## [Very funny Trump video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-funny-trump-video/778070)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-funny-trump-video/778070 "2017-01-25T15:11:45Z")
From the Netherlands. It goes to English about 30 seconds in. America First - The Netherlands Second - Donald Trump | ORIGINAL UPLOAD #ZML - YouTube --- ## [Kevin Costner in Apple Lisa Commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-costner-in-apple-lisa-commercial/777870)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-costner-in-apple-lisa-commercial/777870 "2017-01-24T23:56:37Z")
I barely remember Lisa. She got knocked out by the Mac. Very cool retro commercial. Looks like they hadn’t finalized the mouse design yet. Looks so different. I don’t recognize the software. It’s a flowcharting packa… --- ## [Mockingbirds from Hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mockingbirds-from-hell/657968)
**Author:** [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mockingbirds-from-hell/657968 "2017-01-24T23:46:37Z")
I am enduring a visitation from some absolutely obnoxious birds. I think they are mockingbirds. They are gray, with large patches of white on their wings. They are about the size of doves, but very leggy and stripped … --- ## [Child abduction: a chilling story well told.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-abduction-a-chilling-story-well-told/778041)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-abduction-a-chilling-story-well-told/778041 "2017-01-24T21:08:57Z")
The BBC have an article on a young girl being abducted by two older girls. It’s a chilling story well told, with - thankfully - a happy ending. --- ## [My random theory on Trump...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-random-theory-on-trump/777982)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-random-theory-on-trump/777982 "2017-01-24T19:05:26Z")
I think the behavior of him and his surrogates lately can be chalked up to the heaviness of having won. He feels invincible; he feels that his past and his behavior doesn’t matter anymore, because if it did, he wouldn’t … --- ## [The Princess Office Space](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-princess-office-space/777900)
**Author:** [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-princess-office-space/777900 "2017-01-24T17:37:57Z")
So me and a guy I work with will randomly quote Office Space lines about wanting that stapler back and moving the desk. And sometimes start saying Inigo Montoya’s lines. But today he walks up to me, looks me in the eye… --- ## [Longest you ever went without crying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-you-ever-went-without-crying/777943)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-you-ever-went-without-crying/777943 "2017-01-24T16:09:23Z")
Apparently it is actually fairly common for many folks, especially men, to have a phase in their life in which they go for many consecutive years without really crying once. For me, that was age 14 to 25. During that ti… --- ## [Women's March On Washington -- are you going?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-march-on-washington-are-you-going/776885)
**Author:** [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-march-on-washington-are-you-going/776885 "2017-01-24T15:26:31Z")
It seems that half the people I know including most of my ambulatory relatives are going to at least a ‘sister’ march. My NYC niece is going to Washington for the eponymous one. Although there is one in the college town … --- ## [Nine of the Biggest Houston-Area Homes on the Market](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nine-of-the-biggest-houston-area-homes-on-the-market/777935)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nine-of-the-biggest-houston-area-homes-on-the-market/777935 "2017-01-24T14:14:52Z")
Somehow I found this article on the biggest homes for sale in the Houston area.-=Link=- Look at this one. 16,000 square feet, 8 beds, 8 full baths, three half baths. Includes America’s largest three-story closet. Six … --- ## [Wait-what? Those pussyhats were supposed to look like CAT EARS???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-what-those-pussyhats-were-supposed-to-look-like-cat-ears/777989)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-what-those-pussyhats-were-supposed-to-look-like-cat-ears/777989 "2017-01-24T03:37:35Z")
What does it say about me that this is what I saw? --- ## [The Netherlands are totally ok with America First](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-netherlands-are-totally-ok-with-america-first/777987)
**Author:** [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-netherlands-are-totally-ok-with-america-first/777987 "2017-01-24T01:16:13Z")
The Netherlands welcome Donald Trump. --- ## [The I'm up early on my day off MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-im-up-early-on-my-day-off-mmp/777303)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 230\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-im-up-early-on-my-day-off-mmp/777303 "2017-01-24T00:39:36Z")
Damn, I have a holiday and I can’t sleep longer. I took a hydrocodone before bed, for the pain in my right ribcage. It helped for the pain, but I still kept waking up. And it’s wearing off, I may take another. Tried … --- ## [Assange seeks Trump's tax returns.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-seeks-trumps-tax-returns/777973)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-seeks-trumps-tax-returns/777973 "2017-01-23T21:56:28Z")
Is Assange turning on Trump? Did Trump piss him off? Does he think that he can pressure Trump into giving him some sort of amnesty? Would he really release them if someone provided them, or is this just an attempt t… --- ## [Why are the Clintons and Bushes so close?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-clintons-and-bushes-so-close/777720)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-clintons-and-bushes-so-close/777720 "2017-01-23T21:26:05Z")
Watching them at the inauguration it was clear that there is genuine warmth and friendship between them and I’ve seen countless stories in the media confirming this. But George W is one of the most hated of Republicans b… --- ## [Making America Great Again -- Data](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-america-great-again-data/777740)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-america-great-again-data/777740 "2017-01-23T21:19:13Z")
Here are some numbers I gathered this morning: \[ul\]\[li\]U.S. unemployment rate: 4.7%\[/li\]\[li\]DJIA: 19,827.25\[/li\]\[li\]NASDAQ: 5,555.33\[/li\]\[li\]U.S. average price of gas: $2.36/gallon\[/ul\]\[/li\] Why am I posting in MPSIMS?… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=571) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=573)