# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=634 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 635 --- ## [Stupid stories about your cable company](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-stories-about-your-cable-company/754983)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-stories-about-your-cable-company/754983 "2016-05-17T21:52:50Z")
I’ll go first: In order for me to have the package I have at the lowest price, I have to have Time Warners stupid cable phone. Except I don’t want it. I wouldn’t ever use it or have a need for it. They gave me the modem… --- ## [Three drunken idiots may have killed endangered fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-drunken-idiots-may-have-killed-endangered-fish/754932)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-drunken-idiots-may-have-killed-endangered-fish/754932 "2016-05-17T19:20:44Z")
Three drunken idiots trashed a heavily protected conservation site There were only 115 Devils Hole pupfish alive in the world last April. They live only in Devils Hole in Death Valley. On 30 April a trio of drunken ya… --- ## [How patient would you be? It's a mystery...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-patient-would-you-be-its-a-mystery/754804)
**Author:** [@Why\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_Child)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-patient-would-you-be-its-a-mystery/754804 "2016-05-17T17:17:55Z")
Last year, on November 5th, I received the following text from my sister: We already had plans to see each other for Christmas…but okay, I’m willing to play, and I love a mystery. Through the next few texts, because I… --- ## [Clever Christian stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-christian-stuff/754969)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2016, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-christian-stuff/754969 "2016-05-17T16:24:26Z")
A Christian shared this on Facebook. At first I thought it wasn’t completely true regarding my atheism but in the end I thought it was very clever. An Atheist’s View On Life A Christian’s View On Life (read this bott… --- ## [I like listening to the birds in the morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-listening-to-the-birds-in-the-morning/754644)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-listening-to-the-birds-in-the-morning/754644 "2016-05-17T01:45:26Z")
I’m an early riser, in general. I’m usually up and about by 5am or so. Sometimes I wake up earlier, or later, or just am not ready to crawl out of bed, and while I’m laying there trying to decide whether to get up or not… --- ## [My Father Died - Funeral Fun!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-died-funeral-fun/754379)
**Author:** [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-died-funeral-fun/754379 "2016-05-17T01:05:47Z")
Hi, all. My father, the best father anyone can wish or dream for, has passed away. I’ve been reading and hardly participating in threads due to this. He’ll be buried with US Army Military awards, survived by my mother … --- ## [A request on this, my nephew's 18th birthday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-request-on-this-my-nephews-18th-birthday/754838)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-request-on-this-my-nephews-18th-birthday/754838 "2016-05-17T00:51:55Z")
Posted with mod permission In 1998 I was an 18-year-old senior in high school when I became an aunt for the first time when my oldest sister gave birth to John David. In the last 18 years I have lived with my sister tw… --- ## [Now that's an accurate throw!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-an-accurate-throw/754556)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-an-accurate-throw/754556 "2016-05-16T20:30:45Z")
Here’s a video of a camera drone getting taken down by a thrown spear. I recommend viewing the video with the sound muted. --- ## [Did anyone grow up where May Day was celebrated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-grow-up-where-may-day-was-celebrated/753715)
**Author:** [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-grow-up-where-may-day-was-celebrated/753715 "2016-05-16T20:29:37Z")
When I was very young, in the late '50s/early ‘60s, I can remember making little paper baskets, filling them with treats and taking them around to friends’ houses, where I would leave them on the porch - one basket for e… --- ## [Half A Beard, Half A Beard, Half A Beard Onward! Newslink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-a-beard-half-a-beard-half-a-beard-onward-newslink/752891)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-a-beard-half-a-beard-half-a-beard-onward-newslink/752891 "2016-05-16T20:10:41Z")
My Weird Earls Contribution. This must been seen. Even for a mugshot… He’s got “The Look”. Which Look is a matter of debate & opinion. --- ## [Budweiser Will Call Its Beer 'America' Through the Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budweiser-will-call-its-beer-america-through-the-election/754499)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budweiser-will-call-its-beer-america-through-the-election/754499 "2016-05-16T18:46:09Z")
I find this weird. Budweiser is one of the top brands in the U.S. with massive name recognition. I expect Budweiser to lose sales switching to a beer brand no one has ever heard of. --- ## [Amusing intelligence glossary from StratFor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-intelligence-glossary-from-stratfor/754866)
**Author:** [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-intelligence-glossary-from-stratfor/754866 "2016-05-16T18:06:07Z")
StratFor is an intelligence company whose network was compromised in 2011. To the best of my knowledge, no wrongdoing was discovered and no serious damage was done. WikiLeaks received many of their documents, and one pa… --- ## [Fie Upon My Cat Allergy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fie-upon-my-cat-allergy/754539)
**Author:** [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2016, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fie-upon-my-cat-allergy/754539 "2016-05-16T13:04:16Z")
Background : A friend is crashing at my place while she finishes her degree. I am allergic to cats, and she owns one. We arranged a temporary other home for him, but agreed to try letting him live at my place subject to … --- ## [My Mom Died Today, and I Feel Lost and Selfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-died-today-and-i-feel-lost-and-selfish/748507)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2016, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-died-today-and-i-feel-lost-and-selfish/748507 "2016-05-16T03:52:42Z")
Thirteen hours ago, after a few days being ill and just under a day in the hospital, my mom died of a combination of the flu and a MRSA lung infection. I’d apologize that this will be long and rambling, but I’m not reall… --- ## [Lost & found, the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-found-the-mmp/754382)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 283\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-found-the-mmp/754382 "2016-05-16T00:54:04Z")
Looking thru the lost & found & look what I found, a new MMP which somebody, anybody, everybody neglected to start. (I usually only start one when I have a topic.) So what have you lost…or found? --- ## [Beware the creepy talking apples](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-creepy-talking-apples/754793)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-creepy-talking-apples/754793 "2016-05-16T00:22:13Z")
When I was a kid THIS commercial freaked me out. Now I’m old and THIS ONE does. Something about talking apples just gives me the creeps. :o --- ## [Last person born in the 1800s is not lpbi the 19th century](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-person-born-in-the-1800s-is-not-lpbi-the-19th-century/754682)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-person-born-in-the-1800s-is-not-lpbi-the-19th-century/754682 "2016-05-15T21:34:48Z")
I see where the media are reporting that the last American born in the 1800s has died at the age of 116.http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/brooklyn-susannah-mushatt-jones-oldest-woman-dies-age-116-article-1.2635657 … --- ## [Term time holidays in the UK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/term-time-holidays-in-the-uk/734846)
**Author:** [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/term-time-holidays-in-the-uk/734846 "2016-05-15T19:46:25Z")
At the moment, parents in the UK who take their children out of school during term time for holidays face fines from the local government. This is… controversial, to say the least. One parent has refused to pay the fine… --- ## [Brag about something so I don't feel bad about bragging about this one thing!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-something-so-i-dont-feel-bad-about-bragging-about-this-one-thing/753112)
**Author:** [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2016, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-something-so-i-dont-feel-bad-about-bragging-about-this-one-thing/753112 "2016-05-15T13:50:32Z")
I own and listen to a lot of music. Almost all of my favorite bands I have seen live. Consider it a point of emphasis for me. There are three bands I love that I haven’t seen: Cake, Queens of the Stone Age, and Modest… --- ## [Airbus A400M Atlas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airbus-a400m-atlas/754788)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2016, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airbus-a400m-atlas/754788 "2016-05-15T04:48:53Z")
The Airbus A400M Atlas is designed as Now it seems that the A400M has an issue with cracking. Airbus says, ‘It concerns a previously unknown cracking behavior of an aluminum alloys material. The issue is not impactin… --- ## [Sudden mildly odd iPad behavior: anything to be concerned about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-mildly-odd-ipad-behavior-anything-to-be-concerned-about/751117)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-mildly-odd-ipad-behavior-anything-to-be-concerned-about/751117 "2016-05-14T20:21:28Z")
I have an iPad 2 that’s about… three years old? Something like that. Anyway, I’ve noticed lately that when I open the cover and wake it from sleep, the wifi indicator is greyed out, disappears entirely for a second, then… --- ## [Life transformations...depression..please share anything inspiring.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-transformations-depression-please-share-anything-inspiring/754326)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-transformations-depression-please-share-anything-inspiring/754326 "2016-05-14T20:08:41Z")
Because people on here know I’m fighting with an on and off depression right now (right now it’s on). Feel free to visit my previous threads to get the whole story. Right now I feel like I don’t belong, or I belong to t… --- ## [XKCD text replacements](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-text-replacements/754606)
**Author:** [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-text-replacements/754606 "2016-05-14T18:14:33Z")
Just ran Randall’s suggestions for text replacements that make the news fun, and got this gem from my first news article of the day: Puerile, yes, but still made me chuckle and I had to share. --- ## [Everyone Poops.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-poops/754284)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2016, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-poops/754284 "2016-05-14T09:29:11Z")
I do. You do. The mods do. You’re friends do. Your enemies do. Your boss does. The dude or gal you were sweet on in High School does… or ‘did’, in which case, I’m sorry to hear that he/she has passed. My parents d… --- ## [I Polka-Dotted My Car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-polka-dotted-my-car/754386)
**Author:** [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-polka-dotted-my-car/754386 "2016-05-13T23:01:33Z")
I polka-dotted my car a few weeks ago. There were a couple of things that led up to this decision. One was that one of my children surprised me when I found out he knew my license plate. He has high functioning autism a… --- ## [Invisible HIT ME signs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-hit-me-signs/754435)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-hit-me-signs/754435 "2016-05-13T21:46:13Z")
I think my cars have them. Around 2001 my Jeep Cherokee was rear-ended as I sat stopped on the freeway in traffic. (The girl who hit me was playing with her radio or something.) Up here in Washington, I was rear-ended… --- ## [I need some feedback oin whether I'm over-reacting to this breach of turst.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-feedback-oin-whether-im-over-reacting-to-this-breach-of-turst/754564)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-feedback-oin-whether-im-over-reacting-to-this-breach-of-turst/754564 "2016-05-13T13:01:17Z")
I have several major health issues. None of them is lethal, but my quaity of life has been substantially affected. When my wife appealed to the Dope for help earlier this year, it was because the latest shitty diagonosis… --- ## [Texas Fertilizer Plant Blast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-fertilizer-plant-blast/656000)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2016, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-fertilizer-plant-blast/656000 "2016-05-13T12:47:44Z")
I hope everyone survives. --- ## [Little Simple Things That Make You Feel Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-simple-things-that-make-you-feel-awesome/754137)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2016, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-simple-things-that-make-you-feel-awesome/754137 "2016-05-13T03:51:39Z")
My 20-some year old son had to go someplace right after dinner tonight. I could tell he had a date 'cause he was dressed up and looking all handsome. :slight\_smile: What small things infuse you with joy these days? --- ## [Gone gently into that good night.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gone-gently-into-that-good-night/754195)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gone-gently-into-that-good-night/754195 "2016-05-12T19:39:38Z")
Lost our beloved kitten a couple of days ago. Still struggling to come to terms with the disproportionately large hole she leaves behind in our lives. :frowning: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=633) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=635)