# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=627 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 628 --- ## [Deputies: Toddler dragged into water by gator near Disney's Grand Floridian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deputies-toddler-dragged-into-water-by-gator-near-disneys-grand-floridian/757401)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2016, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deputies-toddler-dragged-into-water-by-gator-near-disneys-grand-floridian/757401 "2016-06-15T05:18:10Z")
This is beyond horrible. http://www.wftv.com/news/local/deputies-toddler-dragged-into-water-by-gator-near-disneys-grand-floridian/343562764 --- ## [Queen Elizabeth's and Prince Philip's birthdays](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeths-and-prince-philips-birthdays/757170)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2016, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeths-and-prince-philips-birthdays/757170 "2016-06-15T05:14:21Z")
Queen Elizabeth is celebrating her 90th birthday. Her real birthday is in April, but the official celebration is always in June. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/queen-elizabeth-ii-and-family-mark-90th-birthday-with… --- ## [Saw my first Tanager!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-my-first-tanager/757308)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2016, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-my-first-tanager/757308 "2016-06-15T03:59:04Z")
I recently moved back to Vancouver Island after living in Edmonton for 6 years. I’m living very near to Englishman River Falls which is mostly mixed forest. Walking yesterday I caught a glimpse of a bird with what I thou… --- ## [Active shooter reported at Amarillo Walmart \[Update: situation over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-reported-at-amarillo-walmart-update-situation-over/757358)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2016, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-reported-at-amarillo-walmart-update-situation-over/757358 "2016-06-15T01:21:16Z")
According to local news stations. Possible hostages. --- ## [Adjectives that modify only one noun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adjectives-that-modify-only-one-noun/519618)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adjectives-that-modify-only-one-noun/519618 "2016-06-14T23:12:57Z")
Most adjectives can modify a large number of nouns – big house, big deal, big dog, etc. I was thinking about the adjective/adverb ajar. Looking it up, it can actually apply to just about anything that can be opened, but … --- ## [Made up words or Words You Use Wrong For Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-words-or-words-you-use-wrong-for-fun/755682)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-words-or-words-you-use-wrong-for-fun/755682 "2016-06-14T20:30:53Z")
Just for fun, are there any words you have made up? Or any words you use that are real words, but you use them intentionally wrong? For me, I use the real word “flibbertigibbet”. I use it as a substitute for “F\*\*\*”. … --- ## [School bullying and lasting effects](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-bullying-and-lasting-effects/755718)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-bullying-and-lasting-effects/755718 "2016-06-14T15:34:11Z")
I skipped my 10 year high school reunion, but the 20 is coming up. I really just wanted to make this post because of something from school. There was a kid who got bullied really badly in junior high and high school, he… --- ## [Riding a horse is 20 times more dangerous than riding a motorcycle!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riding-a-horse-is-20-times-more-dangerous-than-riding-a-motorcycle/755439)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riding-a-horse-is-20-times-more-dangerous-than-riding-a-motorcycle/755439 "2016-06-14T14:06:42Z")
Interesting - Riding a horse is 20 times more dangerous re the occurrence of a serious injury per hours ridden than riding a motorcycle. I would have lost that bet - Motorcycles or horses - which is more dangerous? --- ## [what are you smiling about-?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-smiling-about/726260)
**Author:** [@tooldtocare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tooldtocare)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2016, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-smiling-about/726260 "2016-06-14T07:05:00Z")
A smile is a smile When a wolf shows his teeth,.,./,./.,., .,.,.,…,.He means business When we humans show our teeth it’s called a smile Is the difference an evolutionary thing and once upon a time we smiled for the s… --- ## [Cool art](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-art/757322)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2016, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-art/757322 "2016-06-14T06:30:10Z")
Interesting idea. A gallery of pictures of animals that artist Dori Pankowska drew using nothing but thirteen circles apiece. --- ## [I know medical personnel used to reuse needles, but......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-medical-personnel-used-to-reuse-needles-but/757172)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2016, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-medical-personnel-used-to-reuse-needles-but/757172 "2016-06-14T06:17:56Z")
I was at a rummage sale yesterday and found an early 1970s edition of this book, which I also discovered is a classic in its field and yet I had never heard of it (and this is an interest of mine). It’s very Mexico-cent… --- ## [The "I've finished the rhubarb pies" MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-finished-the-rhubarb-pies-mmp/756645)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 294\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2016, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-finished-the-rhubarb-pies-mmp/756645 "2016-06-14T01:17:41Z")
Going to work early, but I’ve got something off of my back. \*\* All the rhubarb has been made into pies and said pies are frozen, ready to bake! \*\* Each year my cousin in Nebraska gives me a lot of rhubarb from her farm… --- ## [Corvids Rock!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corvids-rock/756856)
**Author:** [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corvids-rock/756856 "2016-06-14T00:03:51Z")
I was waiting to escort one of our summer students to our secure area at lunch when I heard a mallard duck fly overhead. I looked up and lo, it was no mallard at all but a crow imitating one! There is a wetland adjacent … --- ## [You are a smart person. What are you dumb about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-smart-person-what-are-you-dumb-about/756924)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-smart-person-what-are-you-dumb-about/756924 "2016-06-13T23:48:42Z")
Let’s accept it as a given that we, here, are all brilliant. But it is very hard to be brilliant at everything. What can you not do or grasp? Your response may be about a skill/task or just some sort of knowledge that y… --- ## [Advice foe thieves.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-foe-thieves/757281)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-foe-thieves/757281 "2016-06-13T23:05:27Z")
When plying your trade, do try to stay away from others whose profession begins with the letters C & O…like Cops & Cowboys. Also, if you’re fleeing on a stolen bike & being chased by someone on a horse, don’t jump off t… --- ## [MPSIMS: Yahoo, spam, LinkedIn and other things.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-yahoo-spam-linkedin-and-other-things/755576)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-yahoo-spam-linkedin-and-other-things/755576 "2016-06-13T22:56:10Z")
Experiences with Yahoo, spam, LinkedIn and other things. Years ago when I discovered I could have two Yahoo emails I set one up just for fun, to never be used. I checked it quarterly and after perhaps two years got one … --- ## [Hi again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-again/757056)
**Author:** [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-again/757056 "2016-06-13T16:54:32Z")
Just wanted to say hi, I’ve been off board for a while. It started with my computer not auto-logging me in and then me forgetting my password, having issues with the related email account and so forth. I finally got ar… --- ## ["Visions of the Future": WPA-inspired space travel posters from NASA/JPL/CalTech.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visions-of-the-future-wpa-inspired-space-travel-posters-from-nasa-jpl-caltech/757086)
**Author:** [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visions-of-the-future-wpa-inspired-space-travel-posters-from-nasa-jpl-caltech/757086 "2016-06-13T14:37:07Z")
Thought that space-loving Dopers might be interested in this. The folks at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory have produced a series of 14 posters, done in a style similar to the great old WPA posters of the 1930s, that imag… --- ## [Quake strikes Southern California](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-strikes-southern-california/757006)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-strikes-southern-california/757006 "2016-06-13T03:11:25Z")
Any of you have any damage or things fall off the shelf? Or perhaps your pets went crazy just before it hit? Things shook quite a bit here in the Long Beach area but looking around my house things seem to be fine. It … --- ## [What motivates litigious people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-motivates-litigious-people/756729)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-motivates-litigious-people/756729 "2016-06-12T23:16:15Z")
I would be more inclined to befriend someone who did time for murder than befriend a litigious person. And by ‘litigious’ I mean excessively so. That is, we’re talking about the sort of person who sues you if your child … --- ## [Who gives a toddler an expensive bracelet or necklace?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-toddler-an-expensive-bracelet-or-necklace/629451)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-toddler-an-expensive-bracelet-or-necklace/629451 "2016-06-12T22:27:15Z")
I feel bad for the two mugging victims. But why in the heck were those toddlers wearing expensive jewelry? Haven’t they heard of kids plastic jewelry in the toy section? Or at least buy a cheap pot metal chain for a todd… --- ## [March sequential threads - an ill wind that blows nobody any good](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-sequential-threads-an-ill-wind-that-blows-nobody-any-good/747584)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 462\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2016, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-sequential-threads-an-ill-wind-that-blows-nobody-any-good/747584 "2016-06-11T23:54:35Z")
\*\* Does anyone else have “hot” feet or understand what I mean? Was I supposed to tip the tow truck driver?\*\* Those Lincoln Park Pirates are really getting out of hand! \*bonus points for identifying the James Bond nove… --- ## [Who the hell wants one of THESE?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-wants-one-of-these/756940)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-wants-one-of-these/756940 "2016-06-11T14:32:16Z")
Saw a couple of commercials lately for these refrigerators. The woman is at home cooking and the guy is at the store. He calls her to ask if they need eggs. She’s too busy to look, so the guy pulls up an app, and a fr… --- ## [At this point in my life, I really shouldn't have to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-this-point-in-my-life-i-really-shouldnt-have-to-____________________/757029)
**Author:** [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2016, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-this-point-in-my-life-i-really-shouldnt-have-to-____________________/757029 "2016-06-11T10:58:55Z")
Assemble my own furniture! I have a career, a mortage, a wife, two kids, a dog, and plenty of disposable income. Yet, there I was last night, ass on floor, assembling six damn chairs and a dining table. I am well beyo… --- ## [Explain this weird computer behaviour (screen goes blank when user stands up)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-weird-computer-behaviour-screen-goes-blank-when-user-stands-up/756256)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2016, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-weird-computer-behaviour-screen-goes-blank-when-user-stands-up/756256 "2016-06-11T06:16:33Z")
Weirdest thing today - the developer in my team finally lost patience over a niggling little problem that has apparently been going on for quite a while. His desk is equipped with a pair of flat monitors plugged into a … --- ## [lost in the wilderness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-the-wilderness/756683)
**Author:** [@grannan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grannan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2016, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-the-wilderness/756683 "2016-06-11T02:23:10Z")
I have just discovered this site and am overwhelmed. It is now past midnight my glass is empty so must be time for bed. Explore more tomorrow. --- ## [What Kitchen Utensils Have One Use and One Use Only?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kitchen-utensils-have-one-use-and-one-use-only/754761)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kitchen-utensils-have-one-use-and-one-use-only/754761 "2016-06-11T01:48:04Z")
I was just doing dishes and the thought occurred to me, mainly because of one thing I washed by hand. I don’t mean “Well, knives are only used for cutting things (though I’d dispute that).” I mean much more specific th… --- ## [VACATION, all I ever wanted. VACATION, had to get away.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacation-all-i-ever-wanted-vacation-had-to-get-away/756930)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacation-all-i-ever-wanted-vacation-had-to-get-away/756930 "2016-06-11T00:48:56Z")
Graduation was last night, my room is secured, paperwork done, check-out sheet turned in…I’M ON VACATION!!! Suck it, 9 to 5ers. For the next 60 days I am off duty. All my seniors passed, only a couple of them are going t… --- ## [70 degrees Celsius? Is my computer pulling my leg?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70-degrees-celsius-is-my-computer-pulling-my-leg/756873)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70-degrees-celsius-is-my-computer-pulling-my-leg/756873 "2016-06-11T00:24:40Z")
I installed a free software called SpeedFan. It’s telling me that my laptop computer is reaching internal temperatures of 70 degrees Celsius. Is this even remotely possible? That’s not far from water-boiling temperatur… --- ## [Wild, wild suburban New Jersey: wildlife I've seen this week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-wild-suburban-new-jersey-wildlife-ive-seen-this-week/757066)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2016, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-wild-suburban-new-jersey-wildlife-ive-seen-this-week/757066 "2016-06-10T23:27:48Z")
It’s been an exciting week in wildlife spotting this week in Jersey! I’ve spotted the following just since Monday in my yard/neighbors’ yards: -Two grown bunnies and two babies (prolly a bunny family?) -Three woodpecke… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=626) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=628)