# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=586 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 587 --- ## [I need a new computer and Cyber Monday is coming up.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-computer-and-cyber-monday-is-coming-up/772659)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-computer-and-cyber-monday-is-coming-up/772659 "2016-11-28T15:57:25Z")
Where can I likely find a good deal on a respectable new PC? --- ## [Workmen excavating a hole finds a bear.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workmen-excavating-a-hole-finds-a-bear/773194)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2016, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workmen-excavating-a-hole-finds-a-bear/773194 "2016-11-28T13:03:36Z")
One of the wildest videos that I’ve seen in a long time. LOL I’ve run into my share of rats and snakes working construction. I got sprayed by a skunk one time clearing brush. But a full grown bear? OMG The workmen … --- ## [Help Me Wear %^&$##!^$ Sandals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-wear-sandals/773206)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2016, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-wear-sandals/773206 "2016-11-28T08:48:49Z")
I’ve never been a fan of sandals. They generally look goofy on guys, they make that annoying flap flap noise when you walk and most dudes have kinda ratty looking feet. And in cold or wet climates they’re impractical. … --- ## [An interesting new word - "cuckservative"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-new-word-cuckservative/773022)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2016, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-new-word-cuckservative/773022 "2016-11-28T05:50:46Z")
I was readingthis Salon article and came across the word “cuckservative” I had not seen before. Googling it takes to this alt right website with the article 10 Signs You Might Be A Cuckservative - A handy guide to pol… --- ## [Happy Thanksgiving MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thanksgiving-mmp/772633)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 256\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thanksgiving-mmp/772633 "2016-11-28T04:17:16Z")
Good Morning and Happy Moonday! Happy Thanksgiving Week! It’s going to be a cold one here in Western MD. It seems like the furnace ran non-stop last night. Sp what are y’all thankful for this year? As usual I am so … --- ## [Tonight I'm going to my first Al-Anon meeting.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-im-going-to-my-first-al-anon-meeting/772711)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-im-going-to-my-first-al-anon-meeting/772711 "2016-11-27T18:33:46Z")
I had hoped that this day wouldn’t come, but here it is. I’m 35 years old. I have two kids. A wife I adore. A job, such as it is. A card-carrying, certified adult: father, husband, college instructor. And yet I feel lik… --- ## [Our kitty is sick and we're not sure what to do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-kitty-is-sick-and-were-not-sure-what-to-do/772664)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2016, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-kitty-is-sick-and-were-not-sure-what-to-do/772664 "2016-11-27T11:35:28Z")
We lost one of our two Singapuras earlier this year. Now the other one is very sick. He just turned 14 last month, and when he started losing weight, we took him to the vet. Turns out, aside from the heart issues he alre… --- ## [People from minority groups are suddenly buying more guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-from-minority-groups-are-suddenly-buying-more-guns/772878)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-from-minority-groups-are-suddenly-buying-more-guns/772878 "2016-11-26T23:58:35Z")
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/gun-sales-to-blacks-and-minorities-quadruple-after-trump-win/ar-AAkFPMZ?li We conservatives have been trying to get people to understand that they – not the government – are responsible… --- ## [Came across a VERY STRANGE Thanksgiving Video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/came-across-a-very-strange-thanksgiving-video/772979)
**Author:** [@jakeburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jakeburg)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/came-across-a-very-strange-thanksgiving-video/772979 "2016-11-26T18:37:32Z")
Newbie here. This is one of the most bizarre videos that I’ve ever seen. It’s only 1 minute long and definitely worth the time. YouTube Link --- ## [Liberal left used to be the tough guys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-left-used-to-be-the-tough-guys/772778)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-left-used-to-be-the-tough-guys/772778 "2016-11-26T17:21:50Z")
It probably wasn’t like this, but this is how I remember it in my hazy montage of the 90s. Liberals, atheists, progressives, whateverthefuck…They were the cool kids. I wanted to be like them. I was a corny christian a… --- ## [Just Broke Up With Long-Term Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-broke-up-with-long-term-girlfriend/772798)
**Author:** [@Dr.Crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Crap)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-broke-up-with-long-term-girlfriend/772798 "2016-11-26T16:27:13Z")
We’ve been together for 5 years and have had maybe two fights per year. I’ve had this persistent anxiety that she does not care for me as much as I do for her…certain little graces I afford her that she doesn’t return. I… --- ## [Angsts -- a word?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angsts-a-word/772972)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angsts-a-word/772972 "2016-11-26T15:00:57Z")
Some dictionaries list “angsts”, but only as the third person singular of the verb ‘to angst’, as in “He angsts over his problems”. But no dictionary lists it as a plural of the noun ‘angst’, as in “Abused children pres… --- ## [I still need assistance (a GoFundMe thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-still-need-assistance-a-gofundme-thread/769487)
**Author:** [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2016, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-still-need-assistance-a-gofundme-thread/769487 "2016-11-26T13:59:35Z")
First, a great big THANK YOU to everyone who has donated to my fund. You have gotten me through the last four months of rent and utilities. But (there’s always a “but”, isn’t there?) My SSDI appeal hearing is Wed 10/2… --- ## [No, Trump, We Can’t Just Get Along](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-trump-we-can-t-just-get-along/772903)
**Author:** [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2016, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-trump-we-can-t-just-get-along/772903 "2016-11-25T22:51:47Z")
I’m thankful for Charles M. Blow’s NYT article today… I hope anyone that is interested, can read it with the paywall. Free trial, maybe? I hope I’m not breaking a rule with another quote… --- ## [Use the penny to start a retail revolution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-the-penny-to-start-a-retail-revolution/613371)
**Author:** [@bahia\_hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bahia_hombre)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2012, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-the-penny-to-start-a-retail-revolution/613371 "2012-02-23T03:44:49Z")
By rounding only those cash transactions that do not end in 5 or 0, retailers can effectively take the penny out of circulation. Good idea? --- ## [Tae one plus of a Trump presidency: haggis!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tae-one-plus-of-a-trump-presidency-haggis/772977)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tae-one-plus-of-a-trump-presidency-haggis/772977 "2016-11-25T17:49:19Z")
Yup, the humble haggis is going to make it to your benighted shores! :slight\_smile: --- ## [My Epic Hospital Battle Against a Dead Battery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-epic-hospital-battle-against-a-dead-battery/772915)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-epic-hospital-battle-against-a-dead-battery/772915 "2016-11-25T15:48:30Z")
I’m home now recovering from a spinal fusion operation. I can’t do opioids because they don’t work on except to constipate, so no pain pills. They say humor originates in pain. If so, I’ll be funny for the next few weeks… --- ## [pH for dummies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ph-for-dummies/772702)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ph-for-dummies/772702 "2016-11-25T13:30:16Z")
An awful lot of woo depends on the idea that what we eat and drink makes our bodies acid or alkaline, that a cornucopia of diseases stems from improper acid-base balance, and that through dietary manipulation and supplem… --- ## [Photos of Lost Gloves find ... fame?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-lost-gloves-find-fame/772838)
**Author:** [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2016, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-lost-gloves-find-fame/772838 "2016-11-25T11:20:31Z")
Mangetout missed his shot at the big time :smiley: Self-confessed boring man says he is proud of having one of Britain’s DULLEST hobbies - taking photographs of lost gloves But we know Mangetout isn’t boring --- ## [What are car insurance rates like in Russia? (YouTube Dash Cam Videos)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-car-insurance-rates-like-in-russia-youtube-dash-cam-videos/772949)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2016, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-car-insurance-rates-like-in-russia-youtube-dash-cam-videos/772949 "2016-11-25T11:16:58Z")
I won’t link to them’cause there’s a gazillion of them. Drivers in Russia drive way too fast for the weather conditions. Drivers in Russia perform ridiculous maneuvers like turning right from the far left lane. Drivers… --- ## [Odd pop-under ad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-pop-under-ad/772807)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2016, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-pop-under-ad/772807 "2016-11-25T05:27:12Z")
The one that appears, even for board subscribers, when you leave the SD main page for one of the Perfect Master’s columns or the boards. It’s from Lee Kum Kee, the folks who make those 5-ml packets of soy sauce you get … --- ## [The desert is beautiful, but...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-desert-is-beautiful-but/772484)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-desert-is-beautiful-but/772484 "2016-11-24T23:28:03Z")
All the damn plant have thorns! I was fixing a leak in my irrigation system, and a scratched the crap out of my forehead on the stalk of a palm frond. Those thorns are so sharp, they are like a knife, so I think it wil… --- ## [Four police officers shot in one day.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-police-officers-shot-in-one-day/772663)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-police-officers-shot-in-one-day/772663 "2016-11-23T16:23:50Z")
Terrible month for our Nation’s police. Four ambushes of police officers in one month. The FBI needs to determine if these are completely random or being coordinated. I’ve wondered if police officers get life insurance… --- ## [Why I'm beginning to hate Autumn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-im-beginning-to-hate-autumn/772700)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-im-beginning-to-hate-autumn/772700 "2016-11-23T15:15:35Z")
October, 2014 - my friend Jake unexpectedly takes his own life November, 2015 - my friend and mentor Gerald passes away about a week after a particularly bad heart attack. Early December, 2015 - my friend Daniel is kil… --- ## [The Banishment of the Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-banishment-of-the-trump/772668)
**Author:** [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-banishment-of-the-trump/772668 "2016-11-23T03:03:56Z")
Back in 1905, Donald Trump’s grandfather was ordered out of Bavaria on the pretext of not performing military service and failing to inform them of his earlier emigration. Effectually Royal tyranny spitefully deprived t… --- ## [Things that people just knew that became "Official".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-people-just-knew-that-became-official/772527)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-people-just-knew-that-became-official/772527 "2016-11-22T19:47:03Z")
I know that’s a terrible subject but I couldn’t think of a more concise way of saying what I meant. Hopefully the examples will make it clear: For a long long time the term “Black Friday” was just (false?) trivia about … --- ## [A hoverboard breakthough](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hoverboard-breakthough/772485)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hoverboard-breakthough/772485 "2016-11-22T17:58:40Z")
This video of the jet-powered Flyboard Air looks too amazing to be real, but apparently it is real. Here’s an article that describes it in some detail: Yes, the jet-powered hoverboard is real, and yes, the creator has c… --- ## [Thanksgiving post election - how's yours going to go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-post-election-hows-yours-going-to-go/771741)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-post-election-hows-yours-going-to-go/771741 "2016-11-22T14:42:23Z")
I’m really, really dreading this. I’m a liberal in a family of conservatives, except for one niece. The Obama hatred of the past 8 years has been hard to handle but most of the time, we agreed to disagree to keep the p… --- ## [A mundane, pointless flutter on the ultrasound I'd like to share.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-pointless-flutter-on-the-ultrasound-id-like-to-share/772263)
**Author:** [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-pointless-flutter-on-the-ultrasound-id-like-to-share/772263 "2016-11-22T07:48:35Z")
Heya, folks. If all goes well, geneb and I will have our first kid in the tail end of the upcoming spring. So far, I’ve read What to Expect When You’re Expecting, Girlfriend’s Guide to Pregnancy, and too many online ad… --- ## [2016: Year of remarkable or seemingly-improbable events](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-year-of-remarkable-or-seemingly-improbable-events/772042)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-year-of-remarkable-or-seemingly-improbable-events/772042 "2016-11-22T00:51:25Z")
Cavaliers overcame a 3-1 series deficit to defeat the heavily favored Golden State Warriors (who were 73-9, a historic feat in itself) and break Cleveland’s long championship drought. Cubs overcame a 3-1 series deficit … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=585) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=587)