# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=579 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 580 --- ## [So long, good old dog.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-good-old-dog/775752)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2016, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-good-old-dog/775752 "2016-12-30T04:26:09Z")
The dog of thisthread is running free in the doggie afterlife.:frowning: I took him to the vet to have more x-rays taken due to his acting lethargic and in pain, yet still eating, drinking and running around. Turns out… --- ## [Pet peeves about online dating sites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeves-about-online-dating-sites/775796)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeves-about-online-dating-sites/775796 "2016-12-30T02:26:52Z")
OK, I’ve gone through a stretch of being single: relationship ended a year ago, and I’ve been otherwise busy with changing jobs/moving/life-stuff to do any dating. Now I’ve actively begun looking for a new relationship (… --- ## [Poignant Jezebel article "When Can I Say I'll Be Alone Forever?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poignant-jezebel-article-when-can-i-say-ill-be-alone-forever/775688)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2016, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poignant-jezebel-article-when-can-i-say-ill-be-alone-forever/775688 "2016-12-30T01:17:55Z")
Article here “When Can I Say I’ll Be Alone Forever?”. It’s quite a sad article by a young women who has (it appears) more or less given up on the possibility of love and a relationship. I’m a man and a good bit older th… --- ## [Strangest child's toy you encountered this holiday shopping season?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-childs-toy-you-encountered-this-holiday-shopping-season/775745)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-childs-toy-you-encountered-this-holiday-shopping-season/775745 "2016-12-29T22:47:03Z")
I have been a fan of Playmobil toys since I was very, very small, and my best friend’s five-year-old nephew has gotten some from me over the course of the past year now that he’s old enough for the non-baby line of toys.… --- ## [Are you getting a holiday bonus from your employer? Do tell.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-getting-a-holiday-bonus-from-your-employer-do-tell/775276)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-getting-a-holiday-bonus-from-your-employer-do-tell/775276 "2016-12-29T22:05:07Z")
My company sent out an email today informing us workers that we can look forward to an extra $25 added to our next paycheck as our holiday bonus. It will be taxed, of course. If they hadn’t told me I’m certain I wouldn’… --- ## [Installing a standalone range](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/installing-a-standalone-range/775778)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/installing-a-standalone-range/775778 "2016-12-29T19:54:45Z")
My range gave out on me (well, it didn’t so much “stop working” as “don’t turn off the broiler, even if you turned on just the stove”), and I am having a new one delivered. I thought it was going to be installed, but th… --- ## [Public libraries have/had Apartments for staff.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-libraries-have-had-apartments-for-staff/775694)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-libraries-have-had-apartments-for-staff/775694 "2016-12-29T18:55:41Z")
I had never heard of this before. It does make sense that valuable books need to be in a heated space. Unheated spaces are damp with mold and mildew. I know a couple regulars here are librarians . Perhaps they’ll commen… --- ## [Pennsylvania man takes a wrong turn driving to Walmart.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pennsylvania-man-takes-a-wrong-turn-driving-to-walmart/775479)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pennsylvania-man-takes-a-wrong-turn-driving-to-walmart/775479 "2016-12-29T14:10:52Z")
One wrong turn and he ends up 900 miles away in Alabama. :smiley: It was and elderly man that got disoriented. Thankfully he’s OK. His daughters flew down to get him. I’m puzzled why a family member didn’t drive the … --- ## [Cats in zero gravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-in-zero-gravity/775701)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2016, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-in-zero-gravity/775701 "2016-12-29T04:18:13Z")
See the video (the third graphic) here - Cat righting reflex - Wikipedia. I have to admit I laughed. --- ## [Update on China Guy's twins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-on-china-guys-twins/775760)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-on-china-guys-twins/775760 "2016-12-29T02:46:55Z")
Warning: long Think it’s about time to give an update on my twins. Old timers might remember my post from Christmas Eve 2004 or the coming home update. Long story short, my second twin had a rough birth, was blue and no… --- ## [Is it the end of the year or do celebs die thru out it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-the-end-of-the-year-or-do-celebs-die-thru-out-it/775733)
**Author:** [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-the-end-of-the-year-or-do-celebs-die-thru-out-it/775733 "2016-12-28T17:41:31Z")
Carrie Fisher George Michael Too many dying too young!! --- ## [I hope we don't blow up...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-we-dont-blow-up/775702)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-we-dont-blow-up/775702 "2016-12-28T17:15:21Z")
I’m in the office today, on Harbor Island (Seattle). We’re right in the port. Next door, where the trucks go to load/offload freight, it looks like there are dozens of emergency vehicles. Firetrucks, ambulances, etc. … --- ## [Summer hols in Australia: My town is about to be invaded!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-hols-in-australia-my-town-is-about-to-be-invaded/775433)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2016, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-hols-in-australia-my-town-is-about-to-be-invaded/775433 "2016-12-28T13:34:43Z")
I live in a (relatively) small seaside town about 140km away from a major capital city. And every year, at this time, the town is plagued with the Dreaded Holidayers, escaping the city for a bit of sun and surf. Whilst … --- ## [Happy Hanukkah!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-hanukkah/775577)
**Author:** [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-hanukkah/775577 "2016-12-28T02:11:04Z")
Light the menorah, spin a dreidel, fry up some latkes and enjoy!! --- ## [Simple lessons you have learned. And they have stayed with you all your life.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-lessons-you-have-learned-and-they-have-stayed-with-you-all-your-life/775302)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-lessons-you-have-learned-and-they-have-stayed-with-you-all-your-life/775302 "2016-12-27T22:00:03Z")
Over fifty years ago, I worked at a fast food drive in. We had a shelf that stored bags of cups for soda pop. One day it was empty. The manager came up to me and said, “Scrubs, what we have here is an opportunity.” A… --- ## [Lost treasure or historical item you most want?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-treasure-or-historical-item-you-most-want/775328)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-treasure-or-historical-item-you-most-want/775328 "2016-12-27T20:49:54Z")
If you could happen across a lost item or treasure from history, which one would you want? Myself, I’d want the Masamume sword along with the 14 others turned over to a still unidentified US soldier at the end of WWII. --- ## [Happy Birthday, Annie-Xmas!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-annie-xmas/775535)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2016, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-annie-xmas/775535 "2016-12-27T14:13:31Z")
(it’s tomorrow, Dec. 25th, naturally) Everybody sing! Happy Birthday to You!.. --- ## [Siding With Your Loved One - Unconditionnaly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siding-with-your-loved-one-unconditionnaly/775517)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2016, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siding-with-your-loved-one-unconditionnaly/775517 "2016-12-27T13:22:50Z")
About two years back, my wife and (then 11 yo) daughter were at a small party with the other girls she shares a sport with and their mothers. At some point, the more popular/leader girls decided that a change of venue … --- ## [Is it the Annual sing along time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-the-annual-sing-along-time/775571)
**Author:** [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-the-annual-sing-along-time/775571 "2016-12-27T02:15:39Z")
It was Christmas eve babe In the drunk tank. --- ## [Parisian, out on the town, leaves Porsche in no-parking zone. French police blow it up.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parisian-out-on-the-town-leaves-porsche-in-no-parking-zone-french-police-blow-it-up/775640)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parisian-out-on-the-town-leaves-porsche-in-no-parking-zone-french-police-blow-it-up/775640 "2016-12-26T18:59:42Z")
A few nights ago a Parisian, aged 25 and identified only as Olivier, was having a good time in a night club in St Germaine de Près. At closing time, Olivier realised he was blotto, so he decided not to drive his £90,000… --- ## [Scroll Mouse Wheel with index or middle finger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scroll-mouse-wheel-with-index-or-middle-finger/232693)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2016, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scroll-mouse-wheel-with-index-or-middle-finger/232693 "2016-12-26T10:15:10Z")
Do you prefer scrolling your mouse wheel with your index or middle finger? I have always used my index finger but I suspect I am getting RSI from all the scrolling I do and I am trying to switch to middle. --- ## [The Road Trip MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-road-trip-mmp/775116)
**Author:** [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-road-trip-mmp/775116 "2016-12-25T21:26:26Z")
Hey, it’s after midnight! I kinda missed the last of last weeks MMP because we went out of town. Since a lot of people travel around this time of year, (and since I haven’t started an MMP for awhile),I thought this wou… --- ## [More Fake News: Pakistani Minister Directs Nuclear Threat at Israel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-fake-news-pakistani-minister-directs-nuclear-threat-at-israel/775598)
**Author:** [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2016, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-fake-news-pakistani-minister-directs-nuclear-threat-at-israel/775598 "2016-12-25T14:47:41Z")
This Fake News thing is getting QUITE dangerous! Reading Fake News, Pakistani Minister Directs Nuclear Threat at Israel… Note Germany is in the works of making fake news illegal… Germany Wants Facebook To Pay For Fak… --- ## [Netflix and Kindle Fire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-and-kindle-fire/775519)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-and-kindle-fire/775519 "2016-12-25T14:36:43Z")
Is there a reason I’m missing as to why my dad isn’t able to find any download options in the Netflix app on his Kindle Fire? It works just fine on his iPad, but all the stuff involved with downloading seems to be absent… --- ## [Why don't more people do this at the grocery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-more-people-do-this-at-the-grocery/775358)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2016, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-more-people-do-this-at-the-grocery/775358 "2016-12-25T10:36:29Z")
Like most shoppers, I get a cart when shopping at the grocery. But it is difficult and frustrating to maneuver the cart down the isles when it is full of other carts. So when I am shopping, I do not maneuver my cart up … --- ## [Transferring music from iPod to Android phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-music-from-ipod-to-android-phone/767945)
**Author:** [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-music-from-ipod-to-android-phone/767945 "2016-10-08T16:04:54Z")
It’s time to set my iPod aside, loaded though it is with music, and get it all on my Galaxy S6. Unfortunately it’s not as easy as click and drag, with the most recent iTunes package - that has everything locked up insid… --- ## [Christmas Tree Skirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-skirts/775542)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2016, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-skirts/775542 "2016-12-25T06:36:30Z")
If you decorate a Christmas tree, do you have a tree skirt underneath it? If so, what does it look like? Ours has a holly pattern on a white background. My mom has a red and green plaid one that a neighbor made for a … --- ## [...Manuia Le Kerisimasi (Or Merry Christmas!!!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manuia-le-kerisimasi-or-merry-christmas/775555)
**Author:** [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2016, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manuia-le-kerisimasi-or-merry-christmas/775555 "2016-12-25T05:21:07Z")
…Merry Christmas! We get it first here down under, so we get to start the Christmas threads first! I wish everyone here the best for the holidays. :) And I hope you all have a fantastic New Year. --- ## [Faithless Electors dis Hillary over Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faithless-electors-dis-hillary-over-trump/775283)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faithless-electors-dis-hillary-over-trump/775283 "2016-12-24T23:56:45Z")
More EC electors abandon Hillary than Trump. Who Faithless Electors Voted for Instead of Trump or Clinton Trigger Warning: Big picture of the Cheeto in Chief So 7:2 abandonment rate of voters in the final tally. --- ## [What's considered "scut work" in your profession?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-considered-scut-work-in-your-profession/775309)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-considered-scut-work-in-your-profession/775309 "2016-12-24T17:25:29Z")
As I was toasting my croissant this morning, I wondered what the newbie at a bakery gets stuck with doing. Most all professions have grunt work to be done, and some may be obvious. For instance, I know that young archite… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=578) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=580)