# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=61 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 62 --- ## [Roman Emperors - A Complete Listing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-emperors-a-complete-listing/1017925)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-emperors-a-complete-listing/1017925 "2025-05-07T16:41:42Z")
This popped up to me. I’m not a historian in any depth but I got caught up in this. Not vouching for accuracy but interesting. --- ## ["Their clothes looked like they had slept in them." How can you tell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-clothes-looked-like-they-had-slept-in-them-how-can-you-tell/1017922)
**Author:** [@Plutonium\_Chef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plutonium_Chef)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-clothes-looked-like-they-had-slept-in-them-how-can-you-tell/1017922 "2025-05-07T13:55:18Z")
Sometimes, a story will tell us a character “looked like they had slept in their clothes”, as opposed to pajamas, nightshirt, nightgown, or other proper sleepwear. This bugs me, because when I sleep in my daytime pants a… --- ## [My new electric push lawn mower has headlights on it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-electric-push-lawn-mower-has-headlights-on-it/1017937)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2025, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-electric-push-lawn-mower-has-headlights-on-it/1017937 "2025-05-07T11:28:24Z")
Ooookaaay. I’m looking outside, it’s getting kind of dark… Um… No just no. I’ll wait till it’s real dark. That’s the ticket. Or I’ll wait until 5am. I want to be a good neighbor. But I’m dying to try out those headligh… --- ## [What would your papal name be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-papal-name-be/651114)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2025, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-papal-name-be/651114 "2025-05-07T05:24:19Z")
OK, I accept that this will be derailed within the first 8 posts to see who can have the funniest name but I do intend for this to be serious. If the Vatican calls you up and tells you that you’re the new Pope (if femal… --- ## [Any submariners still left around here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-submariners-still-left-around-here/1017561)
**Author:** [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2025, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-submariners-still-left-around-here/1017561 "2025-05-07T05:10:47Z")
So, I was in the Navy, but I was ABE (Aviation Boatswain’s Mate) and worked on carriers. A FOAF knew I was in the Navy and brought me a whole bunch of “Navy stuff”. I just looked through it. It’s a mixed batch of patche… --- ## [Hah! Got my sales tax payments back from Ebay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hah-got-my-sales-tax-payments-back-from-ebay/1017965)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hah-got-my-sales-tax-payments-back-from-ebay/1017965 "2025-05-07T02:01:30Z")
I collect some silver and although I buy most of it a local coin dealers I have bought numerous items on Ebay. The only ones I buy online are casino silver strikes which are hard to find locally but quite vigorously trad… --- ## [When someone's "help" leaves you silently cursing them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someones-help-leaves-you-silently-cursing-them/1017931)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someones-help-leaves-you-silently-cursing-them/1017931 "2025-05-06T21:39:08Z")
We have relatives staying with us currently. This isn’t a problem, we have spare rooms and they’re pleasant people we normally get along with well. Also, it’s for a short/defined period – they’re spending about a week’… --- ## [Playing "air" instruments while driving down the highway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-air-instruments-while-driving-down-the-highway/1017887)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-air-instruments-while-driving-down-the-highway/1017887 "2025-05-06T13:35:24Z")
I’m watching “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” and the scene with John Candy doing “The Mess Around” with Ray Charles. I’ve played my fair share of air guitar over the years on the the highway (not dangerously like in th… --- ## [What were your favorite lunatic theories on the SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2025, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021 "2025-05-06T05:32:44Z")
I believe that I was suspended, or not yet a member, in time for the controversy over male circumcision. (Is that why the name Jack Dean Tyler is stuck in my head?) What was that all about? OTOH, I was here for the fl… --- ## [Cool Math Thing in the Bible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-math-thing-in-the-bible/1017847)
**Author:** [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-math-thing-in-the-bible/1017847 "2025-05-05T23:58:04Z")
I was legit mindblown to learn this today… First Kings 7:23 reads in translation: “Then he made the tank of cast metal, 10 cubits across from brim to brim, completely round; it was 5 cubits high, and it measured 30 cub… --- ## [Donald Trump and the Sede Vacante](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-sede-vacante/1017565)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-sede-vacante/1017565 "2025-05-05T19:54:36Z")
Do you think that it is likely that Donald Trump will say, “They should make me pope. I would be the greatest pope ever.” or something similar. I would hope that his handlers have already warned him not to say this bu… --- ## [How do you feel about your scars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-your-scars/1017288)
**Author:** [@Bonnie14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonnie14)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-your-scars/1017288 "2025-05-05T16:08:35Z")
I have a scar or 2 that actually bring back good memories. I also have a couple of surgical scars that went very well. Tell us your stories. --- ## [Postage Stamps: Another Relic of a Bygone Era](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postage-stamps-another-relic-of-a-bygone-era/1017773)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2025, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postage-stamps-another-relic-of-a-bygone-era/1017773 "2025-05-05T09:10:18Z")
Today I chose to mail a letter. I’d gotten a bill from a doc via snail mail, and they don’t have an online payment facility. So I wrote my CC info on the return chit, stuffed it into their provided return envelope, and… --- ## [(Old) You Get A Gold Star In The MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-you-get-a-gold-star-in-the-mmp/1017599)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 315\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2025, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-you-get-a-gold-star-in-the-mmp/1017599 "2025-05-05T08:55:16Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 66 Amurrkin out and cloudy with a predicted high of 82 and cloudy with rain or maybe not. TWPTB are all willy-nilly about the forecast. No real big plans for the day, so… --- ## [Anyone know what's up with a blueberry shortage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-whats-up-with-a-blueberry-shortage/1017731)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-whats-up-with-a-blueberry-shortage/1017731 "2025-05-04T23:52:22Z")
I went to my local grocery store, and they had a sign that said they couldn’t honor a promised sale on blueberries due to “weather”, and they were offering blackberries instead. They did have some organic blueberries at … --- ## [Warren Buffett is retiring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-buffett-is-retiring/1017840)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2025, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-buffett-is-retiring/1017840 "2025-05-04T08:07:13Z")
I don’t see a thread about this, and it feels like the end of an era. If there is already a thread, i apologize and will merge them. https://www.wsj.com/business/warren-buffett-says-greg-abel-should-succeed-him-as-berks… --- ## [Canadian WWII vets get warm welcome in the Netherlands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wwii-vets-get-warm-welcome-in-the-netherlands/1017843)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2025, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wwii-vets-get-warm-welcome-in-the-netherlands/1017843 "2025-05-04T03:09:36Z")
The 80th anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands has come. Canadian WWII vets, mostly centenarians, are getting a warm welcome from the Dutch. https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7525962 And a Dutch soccer team is reco… --- ## [Reclaiming the Joy of Childhood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reclaiming-the-joy-of-childhood/1017585)
**Author:** [@LivingGhost371](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LivingGhost371)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reclaiming-the-joy-of-childhood/1017585 "2025-05-03T22:12:25Z")
So this board is still one of the better venues for “Deep Thoughts” type musings. A few months ago I posted a thread about “child-life stuff you still do” that got a lot of resonses. My moods are unstable in the spring a… --- ## [People you've known who have undergone drastic psychological changes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-who-have-undergone-drastic-psychological-changes/514237)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-who-have-undergone-drastic-psychological-changes/514237 "2025-05-03T19:40:08Z")
Said changes, since I didn’t want to make the title too unwieldy, can cover anything from political views, religious conversions, going from being shy to very outgoing, hedonist to ascetic, and so on, even if strictly sp… --- ## [So, if I want to time travel to 1890](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-if-i-want-to-time-travel-to-1890/1017768)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2025, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-if-i-want-to-time-travel-to-1890/1017768 "2025-05-03T08:07:48Z")
I would like to time travel to Lorain, Ohio about 1890. I would be photographing things that are not well documented today. Globeville, which was demolished and covered by the steel mill starting in 1895. The eastern qua… --- ## [AI-powered calf robot to confront leather-clad Greenville shoppers, PETA announces](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-powered-calf-robot-to-confront-leather-clad-greenville-shoppers-peta-announces/1017714)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2025, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-powered-calf-robot-to-confront-leather-clad-greenville-shoppers-peta-announces/1017714 "2025-05-03T05:59:44Z")
Welp, this is it, folks. We’ve officially crossed the line into a cyberpunk dystopia. Mark your calendars. --- ## [Acoustic Imaging is pretty cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acoustic-imaging-is-pretty-cool/1017803)
**Author:** [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acoustic-imaging-is-pretty-cool/1017803 "2025-05-02T23:00:18Z")
Linking in the middle, Adam Savage finds an air leak using a $25K Fluke. \< 1 min https://youtu.be/UPVcwDzhBZ8?t=456 --- ## [The Great Tree and Shrubbery Purge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tree-and-shrubbery-purge/1017711)
**Author:** [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tree-and-shrubbery-purge/1017711 "2025-05-01T22:56:40Z")
My neighborhood got wrecked last evening during a freak storm that clocked 80 mph winds. Tons of trees and roofs damaged. The sound of chainsaws fills the air this morning. Discovered a tree down in my backyard when I w… --- ## [False awakening](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-awakening/1017570)
**Author:** [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-awakening/1017570 "2025-05-01T22:36:57Z")
As a card-carrying cat lady, I volunteer for a local rescue group and two days ago acquired a newborn litter of 5 kittens. They require a tedious and grubby procedure approximately every two hours: record the amount of k… --- ## [The skyscraper thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-skyscraper-thread/1017479)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-skyscraper-thread/1017479 "2025-05-01T15:41:42Z")
A 2006 thread that may be of interest: And an interesting recent story, I thought: --- ## [Five nurses on the same floor diagnosed w/brain tumors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-nurses-on-the-same-floor-diagnosed-w-brain-tumors/1016674)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-nurses-on-the-same-floor-diagnosed-w-brain-tumors/1016674 "2025-05-01T02:43:18Z")
Very strange. They’re all in the same maternity unit, and according to the hospital’s investigation there’s no “environmental risks which could be linked to the development of a brain tumor, "but something weird is clea… --- ## [I'm knackered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-knackered/1017313)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-knackered/1017313 "2025-05-01T00:22:41Z")
Title says it all. Some kip would be lovely. Unfortunately, some git threw a wobbly and dented me bonnet and smashed me windscreen with a spanner in the car park near the council house. Brilliant. I’m also peckish becaus… --- ## [If you don't want AI in your Google search results, just curse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-want-ai-in-your-google-search-results-just-curse/1017707)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-want-ai-in-your-google-search-results-just-curse/1017707 "2025-04-30T21:46:29Z")
How do I measure curtains vs How the fuck do I measure curtains --- ## [(Old) Tying up loose ends in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tying-up-loose-ends-in-the-mmp/1011700)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 313\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2025, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tying-up-loose-ends-in-the-mmp/1011700 "2025-04-30T20:59:11Z")
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 8c/47f with a predicted high of 10c/50f, and partly cloudy. Weather app says “It might be nice now, but at some point it’s going to fucking rain. Sad fucking trombone.” Yes, we do hav… --- ## [Buying products before tariffs kick in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-products-before-tariffs-kick-in/1011936)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-products-before-tariffs-kick-in/1011936 "2025-04-30T20:23:16Z")
I read an article on one of the online business sites which opined that tariffs might soon make some products much more expensive. At the top of their list was consumer electronics. Mr. brown has been griping that our … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=60) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=62)