# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=6 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 7 --- ## [Whale songs in the skies - the A220 engine sound](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-songs-in-the-skies-the-a220-engine-sound/1032485)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2026, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-songs-in-the-skies-the-a220-engine-sound/1032485 "2026-08-23T07:45:03Z")
I live under a flight path for the Columbus airport, and for the most part I’ve tuned out the sounds. Sometimes the sounds make me perk up – twice in my time living here I’ve heard engine failures, and they sound wild, l… --- ## [Alpine divorce—experience anybody?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alpine-divorce-experience-anybody/1028457)
**Author:** [@LouMa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouMa)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alpine-divorce-experience-anybody/1028457 "2026-08-22T14:38:37Z")
The term “alpine divorce” comes from a story by Robert Barr published in 1893, in which a hike by a couple who hate each other in the Alps takes an unexpected turn. Since then, the meaning has shifted somewhat; people no… --- ## [Anyone here had Epiretinal Membrane surgery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-had-epiretinal-membrane-surgery/1031993)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-had-epiretinal-membrane-surgery/1031993 "2026-08-22T05:13:36Z")
Anyone here had Epiretinal Membrane surgery? If so, how did it go, how was the recovery, did your vision improve, etc? Here’s a description if anyone’s curious. A thin filmy membrane can develop over the eye’s macula, p… --- ## [Why am I short?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-short/1031412)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-short/1031412 "2026-08-21T15:33:11Z")
I’m a guy and 5’2. My mom is 5’5, my dad is 5’8, my maternal grandfather was 5’11, my uncle and paternal grandfather are 5’8, as were my mom’s uncles. I was born 6 weeks early and 5 pounds, and when I was a baby, I was … --- ## [So I have Breast Cancer. What should I know or expect in the next weeks or months?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-breast-cancer-what-should-i-know-or-expect-in-the-next-weeks-or-months/1032421)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-breast-cancer-what-should-i-know-or-expect-in-the-next-weeks-or-months/1032421 "2026-08-21T13:40:06Z")
Hi everyone, The title pretty much tells you what I am looking for. I know we have some folks here who have been through this, so advice would be very appreciated. I’m waiting for a consultation with the surgeon to di… --- ## [Oh oh - Looks like Giraffes have been banned from the internet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-oh-looks-like-giraffes-have-been-banned-from-the-internet/1032435)
**Author:** [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-oh-looks-like-giraffes-have-been-banned-from-the-internet/1032435 "2026-08-21T08:45:58Z")
Them darned Giraffes! --- ## [The Great Flag Debate of Utah (now moved on to additional states, currently IL)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-flag-debate-of-utah-now-moved-on-to-additional-states-currently-il/980694)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 368\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-flag-debate-of-utah-now-moved-on-to-additional-states-currently-il/980694 "2026-08-20T21:35:31Z")
The Utah state legislature has voted for a new state flag. It now goes to the Governor for his decision. Apparently this item took up more legislators’ time this session than the decision to pass a $400 million tax cut. … --- ## [Book banning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-banning/1032434)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-banning/1032434 "2026-08-20T16:31:48Z")
As the ongoing culture war continues, the fight for Freedom to Read meets a new wrinkle that could make the battle interesting; in ultra-conservative St Charles, outside StLouis, a protestor to their proposed book(and … --- ## [I bit my lip for the 3rd time today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bit-my-lip-for-the-3rd-time-today/529413)
**Author:** [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bit-my-lip-for-the-3rd-time-today/529413 "2026-08-20T03:44:04Z")
3 times, you guys! In the same day! ARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGH!!! :mad: --- ## [August 2026: The drying-up of the Danube River exposes all kinds of unusual artifacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2026-the-drying-up-of-the-danube-river-exposes-all-kinds-of-unusual-artifacts/1032415)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2026-the-drying-up-of-the-danube-river-exposes-all-kinds-of-unusual-artifacts/1032415 "2026-08-20T03:41:37Z")
And the latest: A 1940s era motorcycle and two skeletons, most likely of Nazi soldiers. The most likely scenario IMHO: They were on the bike, most likely at night, and they were drunk too and went off the road and int… --- ## [Medical provider pulls a Judge Crater](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-provider-pulls-a-judge-crater/1032398)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-provider-pulls-a-judge-crater/1032398 "2026-08-19T14:30:40Z")
Two years ago, I was treated by a pulmonology practice whom my PCP had referred me to. Recently, the symptom recurred, so I called their office to try to get an appointment. I left a voice message. The outgoing message … --- ## [On Tuesday: aortic aneurysm and tear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-tuesday-aortic-aneurysm-and-tear/978961)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-tuesday-aortic-aneurysm-and-tear/978961 "2026-08-19T01:56:34Z")
Right now it is early Saturday afternoon. At 4pm on Tuesday it felt like Muhammad Ali was punching me smack in the middle of my thorax, rapid fire like, 8-10x. It hurt like hell. I crumpled over, and literally cried out,… --- ## [Giving back to the Coinstar machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-back-to-the-coinstar-machine/1032366)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-back-to-the-coinstar-machine/1032366 "2026-08-19T01:01:03Z")
I check the reject slot of a Coinstar machine when I walk past one. Over the years I have found a number of neat coins and things. Old, 90% silver coins often get rejected. Dirty coins also Various tokens and foreign coi… --- ## [Huge gold stash discovered in Belgium](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-gold-stash-discovered-in-belgium/1032357)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-gold-stash-discovered-in-belgium/1032357 "2026-08-18T18:18:49Z")
Article. Construction workers dug up $10 million worth of gold bullion and coins while digging up a former brewery building in East Flanders, Belgium. I’m happy to find a quarter in my pants pocket. --- ## [Countdown to retirement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-to-retirement/981653)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 1114\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-to-retirement/981653 "2026-08-18T17:44:23Z")
My last day of work - a day I have been actively counting down toward for the past 5 years, is Thursday. Five days from now. I have been at my place of employment for 36 years. I’ve been in the workforce, counting my 5:0… --- ## [Positive Gun News of the Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490)
**Author:** [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Replies:** 1942\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490 "2026-08-18T00:48:21Z")
Negative gun news gets quite a bit of attention in media and on this board. There’s a whole thread in the Pit that is over 6,200 posts and counting. This is a thread to bring up another aspect of gun ownership - positi… --- ## [Two Fucktor Authentifuckingcation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-fucktor-authentifuckingcation/1031708)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-fucktor-authentifuckingcation/1031708 "2026-08-17T17:37:48Z")
Dear Cardholder: we are suspicious of this transaction on your card. Please click YES if this is an authentic transaction you initiated, or NO if you did not. The transaction was rejected. —— click the NO button \* … --- ## [Did you die when the earth lost gravity on 8-12-2026?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315 "2026-08-17T12:54:58Z")
@mr\_danya\_of on Instagram gave us the warning. On August 12, 2026, the world will lose gravity for 7 seconds. NASA knows. They’re preparing but won’t tell us why. In November 2024, a secret NASA document titled “Proje… --- ## ["Flight Is Canceled After a Child Refuses to Be Seated"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-is-canceled-after-a-child-refuses-to-be-seated/1032260)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 256\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-is-canceled-after-a-child-refuses-to-be-seated/1032260 "2026-08-17T06:16:47Z")
What the ever-loving fuck?? Flight Is Canceled After a Child Refuses to Be Seated Passengers aboard a Porter Airlines plane headed to Toronto had to wait for a flight the next day after a child remained standing in a s… --- ## [(Old) Up, Up and Away in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-up-up-and-away-in-the-mmp/1032266)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 334\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-up-up-and-away-in-the-mmp/1032266 "2026-08-17T05:20:45Z")
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 16c/60f with a predicted high of 23c/73f and mostly cloudy. Weather app says “Some people are like fucking clouds. Once they bugger off, it becomes a fucking beautiful day.” Weather a… --- ## [Most dangerous substance on earth (hidden sugar content in cream cheese cheesecake product)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dangerous-substance-on-earth-hidden-sugar-content-in-cream-cheese-cheesecake-product/1032345)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dangerous-substance-on-earth-hidden-sugar-content-in-cream-cheese-cheesecake-product/1032345 "2026-08-16T18:51:57Z")
Sitting right on my kitchen island. Philadelphia cream cheese no bake in a tub. Ready to go. This stuff could wipe out cities with just a little effort. No drones needed. Altho’ we can get it faster that way. Warning… --- ## [Absurdities of How Insurance Premiums are Calculated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absurdities-of-how-insurance-premiums-are-calculated/1032352)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absurdities-of-how-insurance-premiums-are-calculated/1032352 "2026-08-16T13:31:25Z")
Just needed to share this because it’s absurd. I have a house with an in-law apartment in the basement. For 5 years, my brother and his girlfriend rented it. Each had their own car and insurance policy, and in accordanc… --- ## [Total Solar Eclipse Aug 2 2027](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-solar-eclipse-aug-2-2027/1032356)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2026, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-solar-eclipse-aug-2-2027/1032356 "2026-08-16T00:37:15Z")
Continuing the discussion from Total Solar Eclipse Aug 12 2026: The last dozen-ish posts in that thread about the now-recent eclipse have been about planning for the next one. So I figured we ought to have a fresh dedi… --- ## [Total Solar Eclipse Aug 12 2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-solar-eclipse-aug-12-2026/1027280)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-solar-eclipse-aug-12-2026/1027280 "2026-08-15T21:30:49Z")
The duration, path, & geometry of totality of this eclipse is notso hotso. Still, the worst possible total eclipse is still pretty neat. It starts up in the Arctic along the central part of the north coast of Russia, … --- ## [Police stage 'chilling' raid on small Kansas newspaper, seizing computers (due to divorce conflict?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-stage-chilling-raid-on-small-kansas-newspaper-seizing-computers-due-to-divorce-conflict/988438)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-stage-chilling-raid-on-small-kansas-newspaper-seizing-computers-due-to-divorce-conflict/988438 "2026-08-15T17:54:31Z")
In an unprecedented raid Friday, local law enforcement seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials from the Marion County Record office, the newspaper’s reporters, and the publisher’s home. Eric Meyer, owner a… --- ## [Verbal Pun in Medical Product Advertisement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbal-pun-in-medical-product-advertisement/1032322)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbal-pun-in-medical-product-advertisement/1032322 "2026-08-15T16:47:47Z")
One of the peculiarities of US culture is that we have advertising for various medicines and treatments on the television, especially during news shows for the elderly among us. I don’t know how many other countries have… --- ## [Are Cats Good or Evil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cats-good-or-evil/1032050)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2026, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cats-good-or-evil/1032050 "2026-08-15T06:05:38Z")
When my son was very young, he asked me if cats are good or evil. After careful deliberation, I concluded that cats are neither good nor evil. They are just cats. What do you all think? --- ## [Anyone dealt with the North American Receiveable Management Service?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-dealt-with-the-north-american-receiveable-management-service/1032300)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2026, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-dealt-with-the-north-american-receiveable-management-service/1032300 "2026-08-15T03:56:26Z")
Got a notice from them saying I owed $63.68 for UPS brokerage, but when I tried to phone them my phone issued a spam warning. So, avoid, then?. --- ## [Bulldozers at Big Bend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulldozers-at-big-bend/1032298)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2026, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulldozers-at-big-bend/1032298 "2026-08-15T03:04:42Z")
Some of the most pristine Texas land, full of centuries of history and a bounty of biodiversity, is beginning to feel the full weight of a two-decade-old border security law the Trump administration is wielding with forc… --- ## [Bad luck comes in Threes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-luck-comes-in-threes/1032320)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2026, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-luck-comes-in-threes/1032320 "2026-08-15T01:40:51Z")
Granny always said it. First dehumidifier goes out. Got conned into a fancy schmancy new one. (I wasn’t present at the purchase, dang it Son-of-a-wrek) Today my well pump ain’t acting right. I see a new jacuzzi in my f… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=7)