# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=576 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 577 --- ## [Loni Bouchard; babysitter who is a female pedophile..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-bouchard-babysitter-who-is-a-female-pedophile/776949)
**Author:** [@femmejean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/femmejean)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-bouchard-babysitter-who-is-a-female-pedophile/776949 "2017-01-12T16:55:14Z")
Reading her story, she is an actual pedophile and not just an ephebophile, the correct term that most mean to use when describing ‘pedophilia’. Loni Bouchard Arrest Loni Bouchard (Google Images) I know this occurred q… --- ## [New battery with fuzzy end?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battery-with-fuzzy-end/776910)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battery-with-fuzzy-end/776910 "2017-01-12T16:28:07Z")
I have a AA battery in a pack I bought three weeks or so ago. One of them already has a fuzzy end (non bumpy side), and I was wondering if it was still any good. Anyone know? --- ## [It rains Jello in California?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-rains-jello-in-california/776717)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-rains-jello-in-california/776717 "2017-01-12T15:07:42Z")
The bad news is that the famous “tunnel tree,” the California redwood with the drive through tunnel cut in it (long, long ago, by the way), has fallen. But the Chicago Tribune story claims… Damn Jello. Gets us all in … --- ## [University of California Starts Outsourcing IT jobs to India](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/university-of-california-starts-outsourcing-it-jobs-to-india/776699)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/university-of-california-starts-outsourcing-it-jobs-to-india/776699 "2017-01-12T09:45:04Z")
But surely the state of California will save a few bucks, right? --- ## [Shooting at Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood airport](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-ft-lauderdale-hollywood-airport/776471)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-ft-lauderdale-hollywood-airport/776471 "2017-01-12T03:27:34Z")
Link to developing story: US veteran arrested in airport shooting; 5 dead, 8 wounded I’m hearing 9 shot, 3 dead, shooter in custody, no motive. This is my inlaws’ airport, I’ve been there dozens of times. --- ## [Post riddles to entertain kids please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-riddles-to-entertain-kids-please/775214 "2017-01-12T02:31:30Z")
I’ve been invited to several Xmas celebrations by friends with kids. This is all most pleasant, so I like to make an effort to entertain the kids a bit (and the parents thank me for doing so.) Previously I’ve done some… --- ## [Peanut M&M's vs Standard M&M's + peanuts - Cost Comparison](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-m-ms-vs-standard-m-ms-peanuts-cost-comparison/776799)
**Author:** [@jackas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackas)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-m-ms-vs-standard-m-ms-peanuts-cost-comparison/776799 "2017-01-12T02:09:20Z")
Most certainly MPSIMS: Peanut M&M’s are on average around 80-85% chocolate by weight. (Their peanuts are surprisingly small) It takes about 3 standard M&M’s (at 0.7g each) to make up the weight of chocolate in a single… --- ## [News anchor sets off Alexa devices around San Diego ordering unwanted dollhouses.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-anchor-sets-off-alexa-devices-around-san-diego-ordering-unwanted-dollhouses/776616)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2017, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-anchor-sets-off-alexa-devices-around-san-diego-ordering-unwanted-dollhouses/776616 "2017-01-11T23:20:53Z")
Really, you couldn’t make this one up. --- ## [Anyone up for zombie woodpeckers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-zombie-woodpeckers/776871)
**Author:** [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-zombie-woodpeckers/776871 "2017-01-11T22:15:18Z")
OK, not zombies. But rather, BRAIN EATING. (warning, graphic video) This is why I love being a scientist. Also, woodpeckers are assholes. --- ## [Out of propane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-propane/775664)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-propane/775664 "2017-01-11T21:35:35Z")
Until I moved to Washington 13 years ago, I always had piped-in natural gas. Here, I have a 125 gallon propane tank that feeds the gas furnace in the living room. Neighbours a couple hundred feet away have natural gas.… --- ## [My short ideas on work ethics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-short-ideas-on-work-ethics/776866)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-short-ideas-on-work-ethics/776866 "2017-01-11T20:35:02Z")
I work in a maintenance field and quite often, my coworkers have not done their “fair share”. Meaning often I was the only one working while coworkers were off hiding and do whatever. Sometimes a manager would come aroun… --- ## [The stealth brag thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stealth-brag-thread/776255)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2017, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stealth-brag-thread/776255 "2017-01-11T10:35:57Z")
No idea how this will go over, but like most bad ideas, it seems good at the present. Come up with the best stealth brag you can think of - real or completely made up. I’ll start with: I’m at the end of my rope with t… --- ## [How easily can a hacker break your password.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-can-a-hacker-break-your-password/776367)
**Author:** [@flyingsid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flyingsid)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-can-a-hacker-break-your-password/776367 "2017-01-11T01:04:23Z")
I joined this forum only a few days back. Likewise, I have accounts in several apps and e-commerce site. I was thinking whether my password was strong enough? I read on a blog about how to select a good password. https:… --- ## [1-3" Snow: "Residents Advised to Stay Home 3 Days???"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-3-snow-residents-advised-to-stay-home-3-days/776404)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-3-snow-residents-advised-to-stay-home-3-days/776404 "2017-01-11T00:17:08Z")
Popping through some news websites, I saw a “Severe Weather Alert”. Worried that it might be important, I clicked on this article: http://www.ajc.com/weather/winter-storm-watch-prepare-stay-home-for-least-days-state-sa… --- ## [Oldest food that you've eaten?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-food-that-youve-eaten/775773)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-food-that-youve-eaten/775773 "2017-01-10T22:28:51Z")
Last week I found an individual serving pack of Froot Loops serial from 1998. I opened it to see what they looked like (expecting dust, or sludge) and they looked completely normal. At this point, of course, I was pretty… --- ## [RIP Pioneer Cabin, Calaveras Big Trees State Park](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pioneer-cabin-calaveras-big-trees-state-park/776802)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pioneer-cabin-calaveras-big-trees-state-park/776802 "2017-01-10T21:20:13Z")
Damn, :frowning: Hiking Calaveras Big Trees State Park and walking through this giant was the highlight of my 1991 trip to California. I hiked Yosemite too. Makes me sad that others won’t enjoy this wonderful tree. h… --- ## [Twenty years from now, will we be sending text messages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-years-from-now-will-we-be-sending-text-messages/776595)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-years-from-now-will-we-be-sending-text-messages/776595 "2017-01-10T16:20:45Z")
A friend just texted me and said “I will send a text when the kids get quiet… In 20 years.” And I got to thinking, how will we communicate 20 years from now? The cell phone will probably be extinct, no? I know you fo… --- ## [Taxi driver saves girl from sex traffickers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxi-driver-saves-girl-from-sex-traffickers/776089)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2017, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxi-driver-saves-girl-from-sex-traffickers/776089 "2017-01-10T07:09:41Z")
Ending 2016 on a good note, well done that man! Well done indeed. --- ## [Piper Cub and I hit Mornington Crescent ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-and-i-hit-mornington-crescent/776644)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-and-i-hit-mornington-crescent/776644 "2017-01-09T21:59:23Z")
… just before the Tubes fall silent. --- ## [I want this browser feature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-this-browser-feature/776409)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-this-browser-feature/776409 "2017-01-09T17:57:46Z")
At least I don’t think it’s available. I want a feature that uses facial recognition to blur out the faces of whomever I’m sick of seeing. I know what they look like. Their pictures don’t interest me. Sometimes they even… --- ## [Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-agents-registration-act-fara/776587)
**Author:** [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-agents-registration-act-fara/776587 "2017-01-09T16:08:48Z")
Report persons here spreading Russian propaganda to the FBI. They are in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) if they are not making disclosures. \[“The purpose of FARA is to insure that the U.S. Gove… --- ## [Vladimir and Estragon - an experiment in AI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-and-estragon-an-experiment-in-ai/776619)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2017, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-and-estragon-an-experiment-in-ai/776619 "2017-01-09T15:06:25Z")
Apparently, a few days ago, a guy set up two Google Home devices right next to each other and got them talking to each other.And he’s been livestreaming the results ever since. The results have been hilarious so far. In… --- ## [Will This Be The New Year MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-new-year-mmp/776135)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 245\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-new-year-mmp/776135 "2017-01-09T03:39:08Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 64 Amurrkin out and rainy with a predicted high of 72 and rain for the day. It started rainin’ last night and looks like it’s been pretty steady. Right now it just quit … --- ## [I have an interview tomorrow, but I'm currently working at a job I quite like, apart from location.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-interview-tomorrow-but-im-currently-working-at-a-job-i-quite-like-apart-from-location/773585)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-interview-tomorrow-but-im-currently-working-at-a-job-i-quite-like-apart-from-location/773585 "2017-01-09T02:59:18Z")
The last time I had an interview while I was still currently working was 16 years ago. I have worked at three places since, and really hated being interviewed with my career and family well-being on the line. Tomorrow … --- ## [You know what the Facebook experience is like? (Yeah, another anti-Facebook post.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-the-facebook-experience-is-like-yeah-another-anti-facebook-post/776546)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-the-facebook-experience-is-like-yeah-another-anti-facebook-post/776546 "2017-01-09T00:23:53Z")
It’s like 50 to 100 SDMB members per day starting an OP in IMHO about some completely mundane topic, and then never returning to the thread again. Oh and, two or three other people may “like” the thread, or say “me too!… --- ## [Chinese sword still good after over 2000 years - fake or real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-sword-still-good-after-over-2000-years-fake-or-real/776581)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-sword-still-good-after-over-2000-years-fake-or-real/776581 "2017-01-08T22:35:26Z")
Youtube video of the sword being unsheathed here. It looks like iron rather than bronze to me. Part of me really wants to believe this, but a bigger part of me is extremely sceptical. Would knowledgeable Dopers care to … --- ## [Alfonso Wong, creator of Old Master Q comics passed away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alfonso-wong-creator-of-old-master-q-comics-passed-away/776671)
**Author:** [@MetroGnome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MetroGnome)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2017, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alfonso-wong-creator-of-old-master-q-comics-passed-away/776671 "2017-01-08T22:05:10Z")
My mom just read in the local Chinese newspaper that the creator of Old Master Q comics, Alfonso Wong died on New Years day. I’d forgotten how much I loved those comics as a kid, browsing through them at the Chinese boo… --- ## [New Year's Resolutions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-resolutions/776480)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-resolutions/776480 "2017-01-08T21:16:31Z")
Anyone made any? The only one I’ve made is to do more decluttering. --- ## [Tell me about this breaking news: Russia and our power grid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-this-breaking-news-russia-and-our-power-grid/775966)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2017, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-this-breaking-news-russia-and-our-power-grid/775966 "2017-01-08T19:32:25Z")
I’m not sure if this should go here or in Great Debates. What’s this I’m seeing on the news this morning: Russian malware discovered on a Vermont laptop, and its purpose is to disable a power grid? CNN says that Ukrai… --- ## [Charles Manson taken to Hospital.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-taken-to-hospital/776282)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-taken-to-hospital/776282 "2017-01-08T16:44:11Z")
2016 didn’t get Charlie. Maybe 2017 will. This could be welcome news for his victim’s families. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=575) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=577)