# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=590 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 591 --- ## [Power in the Apocalypse (How to build a Wood-Gasifier)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-in-the-apocalypse-how-to-build-a-wood-gasifier/771064)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-in-the-apocalypse-how-to-build-a-wood-gasifier/771064 "2016-11-09T23:06:26Z")
You’ve probably heard of wood gas-fueled vehicles used in WWII. What happens when the Zombie Apocalypse comes? (Or there’s a socio-economics collapse after electing a fascist president? :stuck\_out\_tongue: ) A 15-year… --- ## [Damn, It's Busy In Here! or: problems we partly cause, but complain about](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-its-busy-in-here-or-problems-we-partly-cause-but-complain-about/771152)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-its-busy-in-here-or-problems-we-partly-cause-but-complain-about/771152 "2016-11-09T17:07:47Z")
I was stuck in awful crawling traffic yesterday for nearly two hours, on my way to a time-critical appointment. Of course, I worried, fretted, then cursed and complained about the traffic. But I was directly part of th… --- ## [Any odd things happen to you that were actually true well then?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-odd-things-happen-to-you-that-were-actually-true-well-then/766740)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-odd-things-happen-to-you-that-were-actually-true-well-then/766740 "2016-11-09T16:42:04Z")
Tell us the details of any odd things that happened to you. It must be true. Anyone have any good stories? Any interesting ones now then? --- ## [Wikileaks banned haarp video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikileaks-banned-haarp-video/593688)
**Author:** [@Vahid\_Tarzan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vahid_Tarzan)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikileaks-banned-haarp-video/593688 "2016-11-09T15:07:56Z")
Can you see flaws or discrepancies that would deem this a fake? --- ## [Janet Reno has died at 78](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janet-reno-has-died-at-78/770950)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janet-reno-has-died-at-78/770950 "2016-11-09T14:34:24Z")
During the Clinton administration, she was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Attorney General. --- ## [So tomorrow.....(Election Day)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tomorrow-election-day/771019)
**Author:** [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tomorrow-election-day/771019 "2016-11-09T14:31:06Z")
I’m having my first ever Colonoscopy, oh joy!\* So what fun thing are you doing? There must be a political joke in there somewhere.:wink: --- ## [Well, it finally happened to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-finally-happened-to-me/769005)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-finally-happened-to-me/769005 "2016-11-09T04:13:13Z")
At work tonight, Modern English’s 1982 song Melt With You came on over the Pandora stream, and I remarked that I bought the single when it came out. A 21-year-old coworker looked puzzled and asked, “What’s a single?” I… --- ## [Shootings near polling places (Azusa, CA)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shootings-near-polling-places-azusa-ca/771121)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shootings-near-polling-places-azusa-ca/771121 "2016-11-09T01:19:47Z")
4 Shot, 1 Fatally, in Azusa; Polling Places Impacted --- ## [Buy one, get \*TWO\* sales -- what does it mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-one-get-two-sales-what-does-it-mean/770836)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-one-get-two-sales-what-does-it-mean/770836 "2016-11-09T00:36:19Z")
We’re all used to BOGO (buy one, get one free) sales, but maybe six times over the past year Thomas’ English muffins have gone on a Buy one, get TWO free sale – and I’m wondering what it might mean. Is it just a ramped … --- ## [When you talk to yourself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-talk-to-yourself/771045)
**Author:** [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-talk-to-yourself/771045 "2016-11-08T23:01:00Z")
Out loud or in your mind, who or what are you talking to? Is there another part of you that listen? I realized that when I was watching a fun movie and I gotta pee. I didn’t want to get up that I said in my mind “get yo… --- ## [Toblerone's reaction to brexit has been the most hilariously petty so far](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toblerones-reaction-to-brexit-has-been-the-most-hilariously-petty-so-far/771055)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toblerones-reaction-to-brexit-has-been-the-most-hilariously-petty-so-far/771055 "2016-11-08T21:50:55Z")
Gaze upon this abomination and despair. I can’t stop laughing at how goddamn stupid those new toblerone bars look. It’s so aggressively bad it has to be a passive aggressive fuck you. Toblerone insists that the new desi… --- ## [My dog must think I'm stupid.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-must-think-im-stupid/770968)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-must-think-im-stupid/770968 "2016-11-08T20:41:24Z")
Everyday I go for a walk up into the mountains across the street from where I live. It’s mostly on old logging roads and trails. The whole area is heavily forested and there is lots of wildlife like rabbits, deer, elk, b… --- ## [Snake on a plane! For real!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-on-a-plane-for-real/771024)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-on-a-plane-for-real/771024 "2016-11-08T20:34:23Z")
That’s a flight I would not have wanted to be on. Why did it have to be a snake? --- ## [So is this a new thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-this-a-new-thing/770970)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-this-a-new-thing/770970 "2016-11-08T18:19:58Z")
I first noticed this with millenials and then later older speakers. When asking an informational question I recently noticed the other speaker often replies by starting with the word “So…”. Example: "Why does your prod… --- ## [My wife is pissed at me ... okay, eff me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-pissed-at-me-okay-eff-me/770507)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-pissed-at-me-okay-eff-me/770507 "2016-11-08T17:39:17Z")
So … Advice from you longtime married people? Preferably you “older” married people? Efffffff… is it fair for me to say that the SDMB is my family? I’ve been here for 13+ years, and I have posted some stupid threads, a… --- ## [Just got polled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-polled/770928)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-polled/770928 "2016-11-08T15:15:22Z")
ABC/Washington Post poll. I have a vague memory of having been polled once before for an election many years ago. These guys called yesterday, but I was in the bathroom and by the time I got to my phone, they’d hung up.… --- ## [A man I grew up with was falsely convicted of capital murder. Is there anything you can do to help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-i-grew-up-with-was-falsely-convicted-of-capital-murder-is-there-anything-you-can-do-to-help/604789)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-i-grew-up-with-was-falsely-convicted-of-capital-murder-is-there-anything-you-can-do-to-help/604789 "2016-11-08T13:51:53Z")
I just found out that a person I grew up with was given the My Cousin Vinnie treatment without the good outcome and I don’t know what can be done about it. His name is Jason Payne and he took one of his kids to school o… --- ## [Thirtysomethings: an age group with no generational affiliation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirtysomethings-an-age-group-with-no-generational-affiliation/738609)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirtysomethings-an-age-group-with-no-generational-affiliation/738609 "2016-11-08T07:16:48Z")
I’ve been noticing that people are continuing to use “Millennials” as, roughly, synonymous with “people of college age or recently graduated”. This is really annoying to me, because it was the same thing I remember happ… --- ## [Another Example of the Difference Between Dogs and Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-example-of-the-difference-between-dogs-and-cats/770785)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-example-of-the-difference-between-dogs-and-cats/770785 "2016-11-08T03:14:23Z")
This video of a guy dressing up as a larger edition of his girlfriend’s dog’s favorite toy (a Gumby figure) has been making the rounds. I saw it even before it was featured on John Oliver’s show last week. In case you h… --- ## [Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness my ---?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/season-of-mists-and-mellow-fruitfulness-my/769982)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/season-of-mists-and-mellow-fruitfulness-my/769982 "2016-11-08T00:56:55Z")
Season of frigging dead leaves, more like! Last Saturday, four bags full off to the municipal leaf recycling depot, just from the front yard. Tomorrow, nine more bags from the back garden: elm leaves! Oak leaves! Popl… --- ## [Friendships lost this go-around.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendships-lost-this-go-around/770579)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendships-lost-this-go-around/770579 "2016-11-07T21:29:41Z")
My cousin, whom I barely know, has turned out to be an even bigger, and more hostile, dolt than I already knew. His sister is/was hot, but I knew that she was a bitch before I knew the word, and his big brother, the ass… --- ## [Weird things happening recently - maybe Trump will win?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-things-happening-recently-maybe-trump-will-win/770796)
**Author:** [@ticker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ticker)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-things-happening-recently-maybe-trump-will-win/770796 "2016-11-07T20:20:12Z")
Some odd things have happened recently: \[ul\] \[li\]The Cubs win!\[/li\]\[li\]A British tennis player is now ranked World #1 (Go Andy!)\[/li\]\[li\]The Bundy boys and their pals, who trashed federal property in full public view, … --- ## [Helping BMalion save his house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-bmalion-save-his-house/753192)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2016, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-bmalion-save-his-house/753192 "2016-11-07T19:31:31Z")
Our friend and fellow Doper BMalion, who has MS, is at risk of losing his house to the company which holds his mortgage. (This is not a thread to discuss the wisdom, or lack thereof, of the company’s decision). I have B… --- ## [Sometimes the clickbait draws me in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-the-clickbait-draws-me-in/770572)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2016, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-the-clickbait-draws-me-in/770572 "2016-11-07T13:17:44Z")
Prince Harry’s New Girlfriend Says She ‘Fights’ to Wear Loose Tops Onscreen I admit it… I clicked the link. I made myself vulnerable. I feel so violated. I have this theory see, that Prince Harry is secretly the Billy … --- ## [Things to do before leaving California](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-before-leaving-california/56258)
**Author:** [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2001, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-before-leaving-california/56258 "2001-03-02T03:41:35Z")
As I mentioned before, the wife and I have grown tired of California and we’re relocating to the right coast this summer. Last night we’re talking. The wife mentions we should take the boys to Yosemite before we go. None… --- ## [Free candy that doesn't come from a guy in a panel van: A Halloween MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-candy-that-doesnt-come-from-a-guy-in-a-panel-van-a-halloween-mmp/770244)
**Author:** [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2016, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-candy-that-doesnt-come-from-a-guy-in-a-panel-van-a-halloween-mmp/770244 "2016-11-07T03:28:52Z")
So it’s Halloween. My town celebrated it last Thursday, but I forgot to look, so now I have a big bag of candy in the freezer. Fortunately, I have a meeting next weekend, so I can bring the candy and offer treats to atte… --- ## [Great weather = Double edged sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-weather-double-edged-sword/770909)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-weather-double-edged-sword/770909 "2016-11-07T03:21:33Z")
Nice and sunny here today, just great for November. But also this time of year you feel too guilty to just sit and enjoy good weather. Raking leaves, cleaning gutters, rearranging and cleaning garage and car for winter… --- ## [Overlapping states](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlapping-states/770341)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlapping-states/770341 "2016-11-06T23:28:45Z")
I was looking at an electoral map (this one, if ya gotta know), and I wound up thinking about the panhandle border between Colorado and Nebraska. It appears there is some conflict about which states are going to maintain… --- ## [Tombstones of the famous](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tombstones-of-the-famous/769976)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tombstones-of-the-famous/769976 "2016-11-06T19:03:09Z")
Found via the usual clickbait. Article here. They saved the best for last: --- ## [Important Announcement: Turn Your Clocks Back an Hour Tonight!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-announcement-turn-your-clocks-back-an-hour-tonight/770768)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2016, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-announcement-turn-your-clocks-back-an-hour-tonight/770768 "2016-11-06T11:08:58Z")
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