# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=629 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 630 --- ## [Names of some things have changed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-some-things-have-changed/756430)
**Author:** [@12mgdaily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/12mgdaily)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-some-things-have-changed/756430 "2016-06-07T14:41:15Z")
People use one word, then for reasons which I don’t understand, it becomes standard for that thing to be referred to by a different name. I’m not asking for an explanation as to why names of things change. I am just offe… --- ## [D-Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-day/756672)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-day/756672 "2016-06-07T13:36:03Z")
This isn’t mundane, nor is it pointless. But I couldn’t think where else to put it. June 6, 1944. D-Day.Operation Overlord is initiated and the Allies storm the beaches. 72 years ago, and we have sunk so far as a soci… --- ## [The Unofficial Start of Summer MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-start-of-summer-mmp/756077)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 275\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-start-of-summer-mmp/756077 "2016-06-07T01:03:03Z")
This title seems familiar - we may have used it before. Who cares - it’s a classic! For most folks, summer means vacation. Or at least taking a little time off. Share your summer plans, even if they’ll make the rest … --- ## [What happens to those large theatre promo ad/posters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-those-large-theatre-promo-ad-posters/756685)
**Author:** [@smokey78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smokey78)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-those-large-theatre-promo-ad-posters/756685 "2016-06-07T00:16:53Z")
so I saw that large Captain America Civil War promo advertisement stand, the huge one they set up in the lobby of theatre. Has anyone ever worked in a theatre, what happens to those ads? Trashed? I suppose they could be… --- ## [Remember Kevin Vickers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-kevin-vickers/755744)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-kevin-vickers/755744 "2016-06-06T15:15:49Z")
Sure you do! He’s the fellow that ended the attack on Canada’s parliament, he backrolled behind a pillar and came up firing and then was all humility when we were wowed. He was made ambassador to Ireland, and they were … --- ## [11th Annual SDMB Shot Glass Exchange](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/756637)
**Author:** [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/756637 "2016-06-06T05:47:41Z")
Back by popular request, it’s time for dopers to send out shot glasses (and other local goodies, maybe) to other dopers from all over! The rules are the same as last time: Email sdmbshotglassexchange \[at\] gmail.com exp… --- ## [Ancestry DNA answers long pondered question...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancestry-dna-answers-long-pondered-question/756550)
**Author:** [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancestry-dna-answers-long-pondered-question/756550 "2016-06-06T05:16:47Z")
So I did the Ancestry DNA thing when it was on sale in order to answer a question that has long perplexed genealogy fans in my extended family. I am 52 percent Finland/Northwest Russia. I knew that, as my father was a fi… --- ## [Are You Are Crazy Like Me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-are-crazy-like-me/756552)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-are-crazy-like-me/756552 "2016-06-06T04:10:35Z")
I like peanut butter on celery stalks. I stay up all night and sleep all day. I love local musicians, no matter how bad they are. I put ketchup on my hot dogs. I have a hammock as my primary bed. Ramen noodles… oh, … --- ## [The story of an ad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-story-of-an-ad/756513)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-story-of-an-ad/756513 "2016-06-06T03:07:13Z")
The hero of our story is an advertising executive named Arthur A. Peabody III. Sometime in the not-too-distant future, the gluten-free craze ran its course. Multitudes of people realized that they weren’t really sensit… --- ## [Anyone over 30 who can't remember where they were when they heard about 9/11?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-over-30-who-cant-remember-where-they-were-when-they-heard-about-9-11/755921)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-over-30-who-cant-remember-where-they-were-when-they-heard-about-9-11/755921 "2016-06-06T02:52:01Z")
9/11 is one of those events that allegedly seared itself on the memory of an entire generation but I wonder how universally true that is. Is there anyone who was 15 or over when it happened and yet doesn’t have the foggi… --- ## [It's a rainy, cool Sunday afternoon, and I'm doing bugger all.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-rainy-cool-sunday-afternoon-and-im-doing-bugger-all/756576)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-rainy-cool-sunday-afternoon-and-im-doing-bugger-all/756576 "2016-06-06T02:42:24Z")
And if I may quote Paul Simon, I’ve “Got no deeds to do, No promises to keep.” I’m rather enjoying some much-needed down time. I don’t seem to get enough of this, so it’s really quite nice to experience. --- ## [San Francisco Dopers-Free Soylent!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-francisco-dopers-free-soylent/756431)
**Author:** [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-francisco-dopers-free-soylent/756431 "2016-06-06T02:09:50Z")
If you live in SF, I have 8 pouches of Soylent powder dated 01/17 and 2 dated 04/16. Total of 10 unopened pouches. I live near City Hall and could met you there, or the Main Library, or Twitter HQ, or the Civic Center … --- ## [Reporting am news bizarre want submit as it gets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-am-news-bizarre-want-submit-as-it-gets/756417)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-am-news-bizarre-want-submit-as-it-gets/756417 "2016-06-06T01:20:49Z")
Is there something funny polluting the drinking water at some news reporting agencies? Yahoo reports a stupid story of a 6-year old kid who called 911 to report his dad for running a red light. (The actual facts, appar… --- ## [My Panda Corys have bred](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-panda-corys-have-bred/754957)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-panda-corys-have-bred/754957 "2016-06-05T23:45:27Z")
I never worried about sexing my panda corys, because they are egg layers, and I vacuum the gravel weekly (bi-weekly if the water tests are showing nitrates or nitrites, or high ammonia), but the three I have in my RO tan… --- ## [My Dog is Dying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-is-dying/756503)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-is-dying/756503 "2016-06-05T23:34:47Z")
Eleven years ago we rescued two beautiful chocolate labs. They weren’t rescued from a bad situation, but from a family whose life situation had changed and they would be moving frequently and staying in temporary housing… --- ## [You know when parents kick a kid out of the car, start to drive off, then turn back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-when-parents-kick-a-kid-out-of-the-car-start-to-drive-off-then-turn-back/756292)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2016, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-when-parents-kick-a-kid-out-of-the-car-start-to-drive-off-then-turn-back/756292 "2016-06-05T23:30:51Z")
This family in Japan did it to their seven year old son. Only they drove five hundred meters away before turning back. On a forested mountain road. SOMEHOW, he’s been missing four days as a result. --- ## [Bad news from Choctaw Ridge (Billie Joe McCallister Day)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-from-choctaw-ridge-billie-joe-mccallister-day/756403)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-from-choctaw-ridge-billie-joe-mccallister-day/756403 "2016-06-05T19:41:11Z")
That boy never had a lick of sense… --- ## [Siding Going on my house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siding-going-on-my-house/756592)
**Author:** [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siding-going-on-my-house/756592 "2016-06-05T17:37:45Z")
Previously I posted several times asking for advice about a residing project for my California Ranch style house. First the players: Me and My sister: owners of the house with final veto power. My mother the artist M… --- ## [I love redheads!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-redheads/756354)
**Author:** [@jasnooks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasnooks)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-redheads/756354 "2016-06-05T16:06:21Z")
Nothing better than a sexy little tomboy red headed girl (over 18 years old, of course)! Anybody with me on this one? --- ## [Origin of the word "OK"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-word-ok/756398)
**Author:** [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2016, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-word-ok/756398 "2016-06-05T06:45:19Z")
I’ve never looked up the word OK before, but decided to today. Interesting… Origin of OK: Old initials of a phonetic spelling, oll korrect (all correct) Yes there is an extensive Wikipedia write-up on this! --- ## [Historic Events Reporting in Newspapers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historic-events-reporting-in-newspapers/756196)
**Author:** [@ssgenius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ssgenius)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2016, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historic-events-reporting-in-newspapers/756196 "2016-06-05T06:31:56Z")
Obviously, with Facebook and Twitter, Events are reported in literally real time and there is the 24 hour news cycle Looking at major events historically in Major Newspapers shows that even 100+ years ago, the reporting… --- ## [Language amusements, corporate and academic division](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-amusements-corporate-and-academic-division/755804)
**Author:** [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2016, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-amusements-corporate-and-academic-division/755804 "2016-06-05T06:16:26Z")
I’m currently doing some freelance work for a large publisher. I just received an email inviting me to attend a “concepting meeting.” Yesterday there was another email urging us to “surface any concerns or comments.” E… --- ## [11 Green Berets evacuated from mountain peak.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-green-berets-evacuated-from-mountain-peak/756472)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-green-berets-evacuated-from-mountain-peak/756472 "2016-06-04T22:33:27Z")
Houston we have a problem. :wink: Maybe a Seal Team needed to be deployed rescue them? LOL Hell, the Rangers could have come to the rescue too. They got a ride home in a helicopter instead. I’m surprised the military … --- ## [2000 year old writing tablets found preserved in London mud.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-year-old-writing-tablets-found-preserved-in-london-mud/756260)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-year-old-writing-tablets-found-preserved-in-london-mud/756260 "2016-06-04T17:17:09Z")
I guess we have to take their word for it. :confused: All I see is some termite holes and scratches. I’m amazed these didn’t get tossed in the dumpster during excavation. You see any writing there? All I make out are … --- ## [Time travel without leaving home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-without-leaving-home/756488)
**Author:** [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-without-leaving-home/756488 "2016-06-04T14:29:57Z")
Holy crap! I was googling information about one of my favorite sketch comedy shows ever (The State), and clicked a google link that looked to be in line with what I was seeking. I didn’t notice that it was a link to SDMB… --- ## [There's hope for the human race yet.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-hope-for-the-human-race-yet/756481)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2016, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-hope-for-the-human-race-yet/756481 "2016-06-04T09:45:45Z")
Story here. --- ## [Cat with natural optical illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-with-natural-optical-illusion/756400)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2016, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-with-natural-optical-illusion/756400 "2016-06-04T09:39:10Z")
The pictures of this cat are incredible. The markings on its fur, plus the ground it’s walking on, make it look like the cat has a hole in it. --- ## [My doctor took a personal phone call while he was with me today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doctor-took-a-personal-phone-call-while-he-was-with-me-today/756355)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2016, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doctor-took-a-personal-phone-call-while-he-was-with-me-today/756355 "2016-06-04T06:58:18Z")
It was nothing serious, but while I was in the examination room, his phone “rang” and when he pulled it out of his pocket, he said, “I need to take this” and from my end, it sounded like he was talking to his wife about … --- ## [Extra wide, pink parking spots for women in China](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-wide-pink-parking-spots-for-women-in-china/756168)
**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2016, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-wide-pink-parking-spots-for-women-in-china/756168 "2016-06-04T04:55:02Z")
--- ## [More look-alikes in news: Trump and this guy.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-look-alikes-in-news-trump-and-this-guy/756450)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-look-alikes-in-news-trump-and-this-guy/756450 "2016-06-04T02:04:37Z")
I just spotted this photo in the news. It’s a photo montage of Trump and Judge Gonzalo Curiel, the San Diego judge presiding over one of the Trump U. trials, who Trump has been injudiciously trash-mouthing lately. (Int… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=628) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=630)