# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=612 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 613 --- ## [Underwhelming holiday snaps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwhelming-holiday-snaps/762722)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2016, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwhelming-holiday-snaps/762722 "2016-08-13T22:10:21Z")
The Guardian has a nice selection here. I hope your holidays were better! --- ## [Asymmetrical headphone cords. Blaaargh!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asymmetrical-headphone-cords-blaaargh/370408)
**Author:** [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asymmetrical-headphone-cords-blaaargh/370408 "2016-08-13T21:07:08Z")
My favorite workout headphones, a 10 year old water resistant Sony sports model, bit the dust. Well the left ear did, anyway, and I’m calling it game over. I’ve picked up two pair of highly rated sport headphones to see… --- ## [We put our dog down last week (long, boring)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-put-our-dog-down-last-week-long-boring/759121)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-put-our-dog-down-last-week-long-boring/759121 "2016-08-13T16:55:19Z")
Our dog was 15, arthritic, but pretty much still hanging in there. We had spent the previous weekend at a cabin in the Shenandoah Valley and she hung out on the porch, went for a long (for her, at her age) walk in the n… --- ## [Is there a book that discusses the psychology behind sexual fetishes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-book-that-discusses-the-psychology-behind-sexual-fetishes/762301)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-book-that-discusses-the-psychology-behind-sexual-fetishes/762301 "2016-08-13T16:53:12Z")
I’ve heard the theory that sexual fetishes are a way to act out unresolved traumas and other unresolved issues, as well as deep seated hopes or fears. Has this theory been tested with any real duration? I Know revictimiz… --- ## [Quasi's regular life update](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quasis-regular-life-update/762109)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quasis-regular-life-update/762109 "2016-08-13T14:07:32Z")
Hey y’all. Hope everyone here is well. Things are seemingly pretty good here! I don’t remember what I posted last time. But my contract has become permanant with the school board. Hence I am now about to buy the Condo I… --- ## [I Don't Want Long, Feminine Eyelashes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-long-feminine-eyelashes/762313)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2016, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-long-feminine-eyelashes/762313 "2016-08-13T12:30:03Z")
I am facing a really weird dilemma here to be sure. But first some background. About 10 years ago, my eye doctor put me on Bimatoprost, for glaucoma. My eye pressure was always borderline high, just like my mother’s. A… --- ## [TN judge tosses out divorce, says SCOTUS now supreme arbiter of marriage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tn-judge-tosses-out-divorce-says-scotus-now-supreme-arbiter-of-marriage/762603)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2016, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tn-judge-tosses-out-divorce-says-scotus-now-supreme-arbiter-of-marriage/762603 "2016-08-13T12:08:04Z")
http://www.chattanoogan.com/2015/9/3/307504/Chattanooga-Judge-Dismisses-Divorce.aspx Quite a rant. :smiley: --- ## [August zombie disorder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-zombie-disorder/762502)
**Author:** [@spamforbrains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spamforbrains)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-zombie-disorder/762502 "2016-08-13T00:28:47Z")
Ever since I achieved full maturity I have felt like a zombie in August. Crawl out of bed when the alarm goes off, go through the motions, do the minimum to get by, but something is wrong. Severe fatigue, total lack of m… --- ## [Sarasota, FL couple refreshes Caylee Anthony memorial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarasota-fl-couple-refreshes-caylee-anthony-memorial/762347)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarasota-fl-couple-refreshes-caylee-anthony-memorial/762347 "2016-08-12T15:02:03Z")
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orange/os-caylee-anthony-memorial-cross-birthday-20160809-story.html Caylee Anthony’s body was found in December 2008 on a wooded piece of property along Surburban Drive in Orlando, a… --- ## [I've been unfaithful...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-unfaithful/762305)
**Author:** [@BomTek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BomTek)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-unfaithful/762305 "2016-08-12T14:51:03Z")
A quick glance at my post history shows that my last post before this one was 3 years ago yesterday… I’m not sure exactly how it happened, but at some point I stopped visiting the SDMB and started going to reddit for alm… --- ## [What happened to LSLGuy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-lslguy/762241)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2016, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-lslguy/762241 "2016-08-12T10:50:20Z")
I’ve noticed that LSLGuy has disappeared. He was a really prolific poster, especially in the Elections forum, right up until April, and then he just stopped posting. His last look-in without posting was in June. Alway… --- ## [This is my Swiss Army Knife, there are some like it, but this one is \*MINE\*!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-my-swiss-army-knife-there-are-some-like-it-but-this-one-is-mine/552862)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-my-swiss-army-knife-there-are-some-like-it-but-this-one-is-mine/552862 "2016-08-11T18:44:52Z")
Today was the first day of Septemberfest at Kittery Trading Post, it’s their traditional big sale week, all sorts of promotions, discounts and the like, it runs for a week, I normally don’t go on opening day as I hate cr… --- ## [What was the first date you ever went on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-date-you-ever-went-on/761934)
**Author:** [@Hbk4894](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbk4894)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-date-you-ever-went-on/761934 "2016-08-11T18:39:40Z")
So Margot robious said her first date was to a will smith film What did you do on yours? --- ## [Just got my first push survey by mail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-my-first-push-survey-by-mail/762034)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-my-first-push-survey-by-mail/762034 "2016-08-11T17:46:02Z")
It’s for Arbor Day Foundation, claiming to be the 2016 Arkansas Tree Survey. The survey is very clearly designed with leading questions to get me to donate money to them. Some of the questions: \[ul\] \[li\]Have you ever c… --- ## [Getting the hell out of Dodge in two days - What can I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-the-hell-out-of-dodge-in-two-days-what-can-i-do/762336)
**Author:** [@ultimate11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultimate11)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-the-hell-out-of-dodge-in-two-days-what-can-i-do/762336 "2016-08-11T16:55:46Z")
No I don’t live in Dodge City (I’m using an idiom here), but I’m taking a break from my normal routine (school work in New Jersey) to head back home to Chicago (or near it, I live in the same county (Cook)). Besides the … --- ## [Ever seen someone overcome a personality disorder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-someone-overcome-a-personality-disorder/762087)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-someone-overcome-a-personality-disorder/762087 "2016-08-11T15:52:48Z")
Been making note of the various (armchair) diagnoses of Trump with Narcissistic, been wanting to ask this for awhile. Yes, I am well aware that the professional consensus is that full recovery/transcendence/(semantics) … --- ## [Macbook Pro tech question...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macbook-pro-tech-question/762425)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2016, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macbook-pro-tech-question/762425 "2016-08-11T13:48:43Z")
So my 9 year old Macbook Pro has served me well. However, it’s had problems with the battery in the past — not that it’s affected performance in a way that impacts me, but enough that it previously showed me the “servic… --- ## [Brahminy kites learn to use fishing nets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brahminy-kites-learn-to-use-fishing-nets/762432)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2016, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brahminy-kites-learn-to-use-fishing-nets/762432 "2016-08-11T13:03:03Z")
Apologies for the Daily Fail link but this story caught my attention. --- ## [A stuntman is climbing Trump Tower](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stuntman-is-climbing-trump-tower/762394)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2016, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stuntman-is-climbing-trump-tower/762394 "2016-08-11T03:37:26Z")
Authorities have identified him only as “Steve” and are checking You Tube and social media for additional evidence. He’s using suction cups, and has a backpack which MHO is what has them most concerned. FWIW, a big air… --- ## [Australians: it's census night tonight. Who's doing the online option?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australians-its-census-night-tonight-whos-doing-the-online-option/592042)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australians-its-census-night-tonight-whos-doing-the-online-option/592042 "2016-08-10T21:56:27Z")
…and who’s filling out the paper form? I just filled it in online. --- ## [What Did You Eat Out Of The Garden Today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-out-of-the-garden-today/726374)
**Author:** [@bb49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bb49)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-out-of-the-garden-today/726374 "2016-08-10T21:24:42Z")
I put an effort onto gardening, probably more for the therapeutic value I get out of it rather then the obvious results, but I do get results. I only wish I had a green thumb like my parents. But now as August approach… --- ## [Ever accidently walk into the wrong public restroom (or have someone walk in on you)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-accidently-walk-into-the-wrong-public-restroom-or-have-someone-walk-in-on-you/761521)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-accidently-walk-into-the-wrong-public-restroom-or-have-someone-walk-in-on-you/761521 "2016-08-10T18:41:41Z")
I can only recall one incident, years ago, when a woman walked in while I was watering down the porcelain. She gave a quick shriek and exited immediately. I didn’t even get a look at her face. There must be some more in… --- ## [Combine person X and person Y to get person Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combine-person-x-and-person-y-to-get-person-z/759642)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combine-person-x-and-person-y-to-get-person-z/759642 "2016-08-10T15:08:12Z")
In another thread, I noted that if you combine Hitler and Churchill, you get Oliver Hardy. Can you think of any other historical figures / celebrities / whatever that this trick works for? --- ## [Extended hotel stays](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extended-hotel-stays/760143)
**Author:** [@tuesdayweld](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tuesdayweld)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2016, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extended-hotel-stays/760143 "2016-08-10T12:01:19Z")
I’ve moved from my last residence this past June 25th and have set myself up in a hotel until my next place will become available to move into next week. At first I approached this plan with trepidation thinking it would… --- ## [My job is old enough to drink!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-job-is-old-enough-to-drink/762161)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-job-is-old-enough-to-drink/762161 "2016-08-10T01:37:14Z")
Today is my 21st anniversary at my current job. My job has now reached legal drinking age! Maybe me and the job will go out for a beer after work and celebrate. :cool: --- ## [Lies teachers told you in school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-teachers-told-you-in-school/762163)
**Author:** [@Hbk4894](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbk4894)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2016, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-teachers-told-you-in-school/762163 "2016-08-10T01:30:26Z")
That art was worth taking as a subject --- ## [Men, a hole, a camera, and 12 minutes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-a-hole-a-camera-and-12-minutes/762245)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-a-hole-a-camera-and-12-minutes/762245 "2016-08-10T01:06:25Z")
Link mostly safe for work (maybe a few dirty words an inuendo) Watch the volume as usual Human certainly are good at amusing themselves… --- ## [Roger Ailes Had a "Hit List"of People Who Hated FOX News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-ailes-had-a-hit-list-of-people-who-hated-fox-news/762084)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-ailes-had-a-hit-list-of-people-who-hated-fox-news/762084 "2016-08-09T20:44:46Z")
Rodger Ailes, founder and former Chairman and CEO of Fox News, has been found to have been running and financing ‘Black Room’ campaigns to harass and to discredit his personal enemies and those he saw as enemies of “FOX… --- ## [Have you ever been told you look like a celebrity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-told-you-look-like-a-celebrity/761785)
**Author:** [@Hbk4894](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbk4894)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-told-you-look-like-a-celebrity/761785 "2016-08-09T20:34:07Z")
If so who? --- ## [Bride walked down aisle by man with father's heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-walked-down-aisle-by-man-with-fathers-heart/762232)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-walked-down-aisle-by-man-with-fathers-heart/762232 "2016-08-09T20:20:19Z")
Hankies at the ready, folks! BBC video article here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=611) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=613)