# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=580 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 581 --- ## [Aviation Incident: EVA B777 tracks toward Mt Wilson departing LAX](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aviation-incident-eva-b777-tracks-toward-mt-wilson-departing-lax/775427)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aviation-incident-eva-b777-tracks-toward-mt-wilson-departing-lax/775427 "2016-12-24T15:44:03Z")
This came up in another thread about airline safety in the US. In short, ATC instructed an airliner to turn left on to a heading of 180 (south). The expected instruction would have been a right turn to 180 as the airc… --- ## [Bitter/ Bittersweet/ Ambivalent Holiday Memories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitter-bittersweet-ambivalent-holiday-memories/775476)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitter-bittersweet-ambivalent-holiday-memories/775476 "2016-12-24T01:20:14Z")
I was raised with Christmas, but the holidays were not generally a happy time in my family. My parents weren’t into celebrating and often debated with each other how much to “bother” with. It was hard for this only child… --- ## [Worse than useless "facts"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-than-useless-facts/775167)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-than-useless-facts/775167 "2016-12-24T00:32:48Z")
I don’t know what reminded me of this, but I read once that a single ladybug egg, injected into a cat, will kill the cat. On the one hand, I wonder if it’s true, then I wonder what the hell kind of experiment would lead… --- ## [Toddler joy -- scrambled eggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toddler-joy-scrambled-eggs/774752)
**Author:** [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toddler-joy-scrambled-eggs/774752 "2016-12-23T20:51:11Z")
I was at my daughter’s house this morning, and her two-year-old pulled me over to the table. “'Crambled eggs!” he exclaimed, bubbling over with joy. “Mommy make 'crambled eggs! 'Crambled eggs! Onna plate!” I c… --- ## [The "Merry Christmas" vs "Happy Holidays" conflict is finally resolved.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-merry-christmas-vs-happy-holidays-conflict-is-finally-resolved/774823)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2016, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-merry-christmas-vs-happy-holidays-conflict-is-finally-resolved/774823 "2016-12-23T01:10:16Z")
I haven’t heard too much this year about the perennial conflict between those saying that “Merry Christmas” is not inclusive and those who say “Happy Holidays” is bland and joyless. Indeed, as one who feels that everyon… --- ## [Yet another farewell to a pet post - Goodbye, Maggie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-farewell-to-a-pet-post-goodbye-maggie/774931)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-farewell-to-a-pet-post-goodbye-maggie/774931 "2016-12-22T20:46:27Z")
My 13 year-old standard poodle died in her sleep last night. She had sarcoma, and it was a matter of time, but she seemed to be doing well. Ate 3 good meals on her last day. But when everyone else got up this morning to … --- ## [12/22, my Day of Misfortune](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-22-my-day-of-misfortune/775367)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-22-my-day-of-misfortune/775367 "2016-12-22T19:47:03Z")
I’ve just realised it’s December 22nd. When I was 17, I was skiing at Tahoe. I caught an edge of a ski on an icy area near the bottom of the run, and basically twisted my leg around. Spiral tear of my anterior cruciat… --- ## [Remind Me Again How "Fake News" Is a Right Wing Problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remind-me-again-how-fake-news-is-a-right-wing-problem/774783)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remind-me-again-how-fake-news-is-a-right-wing-problem/774783 "2016-12-22T15:37:40Z")
Inspired by this retraction of a story that sounded fishy from the get-go. The “mainstream” liberal media are so eager to believe that the Trump election is a sign of incipient fascism that they eagerly publicize any … --- ## [Even though I \_\_\_\_, I have never \_\_\_\_](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-though-i-____-i-have-never-____/774800)
**Author:** [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-though-i-____-i-have-never-____/774800 "2016-12-22T14:10:57Z")
What have you never done that people automatically assume that you have? For example: Even though I was raised Catholic, I have never seen a nun in full habit outside of a movie or tv show. --- ## [Link me to the first topic you made on here, if you can't find it. Anyone who replied still around?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-to-the-first-topic-you-made-on-here-if-you-cant-find-it-anyone-who-replied-still-around/767449)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-to-the-first-topic-you-made-on-here-if-you-cant-find-it-anyone-who-replied-still-around/767449 "2016-12-22T13:43:28Z")
Please do not bump up any zombie threads if they are older than a year or two. That being said, what was your first thread made on here? Are you able to find it? I was. In that thread, There’s a surprising amount of p… --- ## [Using vinegar on vinyl curtains and for cleaning a bathtub](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-vinegar-on-vinyl-curtains-and-for-cleaning-a-bathtub/775343)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-vinegar-on-vinyl-curtains-and-for-cleaning-a-bathtub/775343 "2016-12-22T12:50:54Z")
I tend to be wary of most of the fancy bathroom/kitchen cleaning solvents that are on the market these days and wanted to know if just plain white vinegar would do the trick while not reacting with vinyl/PVC or whatever … --- ## [Amazing picture of a 2012 solar flare](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-picture-of-a-2012-solar-flare/775313)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-picture-of-a-2012-solar-flare/775313 "2016-12-22T11:31:01Z")
From here: Solar flare - Wikipedia Just… wow. --- ## [OK-I can see where it would be pretty awesome to have Bill Gates as your Secret Santa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-can-see-where-it-would-be-pretty-awesome-to-have-bill-gates-as-your-secret-santa/775275)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-can-see-where-it-would-be-pretty-awesome-to-have-bill-gates-as-your-secret-santa/775275 "2016-12-22T04:14:13Z")
Like this redditor, but am I the only one who is wondering what the heck you do when you get assigned to be HIS Secret Santa? What in the world would you get him? --- ## [I thought I would never see this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-i-would-never-see-this/775325)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-i-would-never-see-this/775325 "2016-12-22T02:38:52Z")
I’m feeling like I might make a major update to the China twins in the next couple of days. But first just a sneak peek. Their 12 birthday is coming up on Dec 24th - time flies. So, we decided to flee the darkness and r… --- ## [Cold and snow stories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-and-snow-stories/774930)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-and-snow-stories/774930 "2016-12-22T01:23:15Z")
Anyone have any good ones? Example: Coldest or deepest snow you ever camped out in? Worst blizzard your car or other transportation ever got stuck in? Worst winter weather you ever had to WORK outside in? Have you ev… --- ## [Wow, that was cool! Locksmith tools](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-that-was-cool-locksmith-tools/775190)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-that-was-cool-locksmith-tools/775190 "2016-12-22T00:50:18Z")
This morning I was unable to unlock my Jeep Grand Cherokee; her transponder keys are both shot and I’ve been opening it the old-fashioned way (key in door handle) for a few months. Today the key wouldn’t pop the lock up,… --- ## [does this kithen countertop exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-kithen-countertop-exist/669968)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-kithen-countertop-exist/669968 "2013-09-30T17:47:27Z")
I have a smallish galley kitchen. What I’d like to have is a countertop that I could slide over the sink, temporarily exanding my countertop space. I kind of do that now by placing a large cutting board across the sink… --- ## [What's up with Today's Google Cartoon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-todays-google-cartoon/775292)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-todays-google-cartoon/775292 "2016-12-21T18:17:11Z")
It’s supposed to celebrate the first day of winter, but I’m not sure what they’re getting at. There’s a bunch of snow covered rocks that are shivering with cold. One of the rock’s eyes are shifting back and forth betwee… --- ## [Do mice have an aversion to spring loaded mouse traps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mice-have-an-aversion-to-spring-loaded-mouse-traps/774445)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mice-have-an-aversion-to-spring-loaded-mouse-traps/774445 "2016-12-21T17:00:46Z")
The first spring loaded mouse traps came about in the late 19th century. A mouse can start breeding within a month or two of being born. So that is probably at least 500 generations of mice that have lived alongside mou… --- ## [Jezzer drives a VW GTI.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jezzer-drives-a-vw-gti/775156)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jezzer-drives-a-vw-gti/775156 "2016-12-21T16:12:10Z")
Some say, Jeremy Clarkson, an automotive journalist of 5th Gear and Top Gear and now, Amazon produced Grand Tour fame, owns and drives a VW GTI. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. --- ## [Holiday baking in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-in-the-mmp/774508)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 310\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2016, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-in-the-mmp/774508 "2016-12-21T11:44:08Z")
I baked oatmeal cookies yesterday. OK, they weren’t for any particular reason or season - I just wanted to make them. Since there are just 2 of us in the household, I don’t do the big baking I used to when there were 3… --- ## [So apparently flexible oleds might be used on drones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-flexible-oleds-might-be-used-on-drones/775174)
**Author:** [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2016, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-flexible-oleds-might-be-used-on-drones/775174 "2016-12-21T09:06:46Z")
When I saw that in an ars article I was like wtf? Why would you possible want an oled on a drone? And then the obvious use case dropped. Camouflage. If you had a drone surrounded by flexible oled displays with came… --- ## ["It's colder than \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-colder-than-_________/333102)
**Author:** [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-colder-than-_________/333102 "2016-12-20T21:18:02Z")
The sayings I’ve heard most often are… "Colder than a well digger’s ass." That makes sense, but do they have the coldest asses of all occupations? "Colder than a witch’s tittie." :confused: --- ## [We have an heirloom!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-an-heirloom/775105)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-an-heirloom/775105 "2016-12-20T20:57:29Z")
My 29 year old son and his girlfriend are putting up the Christmas tree and he found a box of ornaments with a Woolworth sticker on it. “These are older than I am!” he exclaimed. No, not quite. But close. Then me and my … --- ## [White House Staff prank the President](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-staff-prank-the-president/775192)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-staff-prank-the-president/775192 "2016-12-20T20:51:05Z")
I felt the need for a light hearted story. It’s been a difficult day. Funny moment and Barack good-naturedly played along with the gag --- ## [Picking up prescriptions? This'll KILL ya!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-up-prescriptions-thisll-kill-ya/775160)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-up-prescriptions-thisll-kill-ya/775160 "2016-12-20T20:37:49Z")
It turns out that your favorite pharmacist may not be giving you the advice about bad drug combinations she/he should be. This article from The Consumerist(an off-shoot of Consumer Reports) talks about a Chicago Tribune… --- ## [Piper Cub thinks you guys are geniuses!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-thinks-you-guys-are-geniuses/775166)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-thinks-you-guys-are-geniuses/775166 "2016-12-20T18:44:47Z")
Playing Lego with the Cub last night, and he suddenly said: “Daddy, I want to have a real shrink ray. Will you make me one?” I temporised: “I don’t think we can make a shrink ray from Lego.” Cub: "I know that! That… --- ## [Hoist by their own pooptards, or, I hate this weather](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoist-by-their-own-pooptards-or-i-hate-this-weather/775237)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoist-by-their-own-pooptards-or-i-hate-this-weather/775237 "2016-12-20T17:58:02Z")
So we got snow - 6 inches. So it turned to warmish rain the next day, which turned everything to slusho, varying from liquidy slusho across part of the yard to snowy slusho everywhere else. Then it got cold. I mean cold … --- ## [Waiting for the plumber](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-the-plumber/775152)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-the-plumber/775152 "2016-12-20T15:41:02Z")
Summer, we got a new deck. As part of the build, our contractor extended the spigot, which was already too low, to above the deck level. He was supposed to insulate it, but he forgot. Since the new pipe is against the… --- ## [Chinese newspaper calls Trump "ignorant as a child"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-newspaper-calls-trump-ignorant-as-a-child/775045)
**Author:** [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-newspaper-calls-trump-ignorant-as-a-child/775045 "2016-12-20T14:58:10Z")
“In the field of diplomacy, Donald Trump is as “ignorant as a child,” according to a propaganda paper run by the Chinese Communist party.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=579) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=581)