# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=635 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 636 --- ## [What would be the best washer to buy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-best-washer-to-buy/754479)
**Author:** [@bmasters1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmasters1)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-best-washer-to-buy/754479 "2016-05-12T18:37:20Z")
I bought a Maytag Centennial; when it spins, it literally comes out in the middle of the floor. It’s a piece of junk-- it balls clothes up. I’ve had a repairman out, but it does much the same things. Can someone tell me … --- ## [My computer is running perfectly ... dammit!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-computer-is-running-perfectly-dammit/753444)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-computer-is-running-perfectly-dammit/753444 "2016-05-12T17:07:16Z")
I’ve had this beast for over 5 years now and it’s done OK as a PC. It was set up as a specialized video server theatre setup I bought from Goodwill with no hard drive. I pulled the special purpose video cards and sold th… --- ## [Saw a disturbing picture on Facebook today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-a-disturbing-picture-on-facebook-today/753039)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2016, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-a-disturbing-picture-on-facebook-today/753039 "2016-05-12T07:05:39Z")
A former co-worker whose two teenage daughters are in the Rainbow Girls (a Masonic organization for teenage girls, if you didn’t know) posted a photo of the group today. ALL of the girls, a dozen or so, were morbidly ob… --- ## [So how do these new chip cards have better security?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-do-these-new-chip-cards-have-better-security/754422)
**Author:** [@spamforbrains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spamforbrains)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-do-these-new-chip-cards-have-better-security/754422 "2016-05-12T01:58:54Z")
My bank finally got around to issuing chip credit cards. I’ve had a card with them for years and once several years ago someone lifted the number at gas station using some device and tried to buy cigars with it. Since I … --- ## [AHunter3 becomes a blogger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahunter3-becomes-a-blogger/687489)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahunter3-becomes-a-blogger/687489 "2016-05-12T00:55:29Z")
I wrote an autobiography and then pared it down to a 95,000 word memoir. prior thread here. I’ve been advised to start a blog, so thanks to LiveJournal, You can read the brilliant patter and newsy bits and pithy observ… --- ## [20 Years Ago Today: Into Thin Air, 1996 Mount Everest Tragedy, Rob Hall, Scott Fischer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-years-ago-today-into-thin-air-1996-mount-everest-tragedy-rob-hall-scott-fischer/754555)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-years-ago-today-into-thin-air-1996-mount-everest-tragedy-rob-hall-scott-fischer/754555 "2016-05-11T23:34:06Z")
On the morning of 11 May 1996, several people had died when trapped on the South Col of Mt. Everest (along the south col and southeast ridge route above the Khumbu Icefall; route, map and description here, The Sout… --- ## [Bombs Blast Bangkok](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombs-blast-bangkok/711653)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombs-blast-bangkok/711653 "2016-05-11T23:23:32Z")
Looks like the pro-Thaksin red shirts may be on the move again. Two homemade bombs went off in front of Siam Paragon shopping center about 8pm Sunday night, a peak shopping time. Only one person injured and no deaths, am… --- ## [Constitutional rights we all should have.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constitutional-rights-we-all-should-have/754087)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constitutional-rights-we-all-should-have/754087 "2016-05-11T21:46:39Z")
The right to orgasm at least once annually. 1 pint monthly of butter pecan ice cream. One elected politician to stone to death annually, and free travel to the place of stoning for everyone who wants to participate. A… --- ## [Half brother or sister that you’re not aware of. Do you want to be told?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-brother-or-sister-that-you-re-not-aware-of-do-you-want-to-be-told/754161)
**Author:** [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-brother-or-sister-that-you-re-not-aware-of-do-you-want-to-be-told/754161 "2016-05-11T19:20:50Z")
You’re adults, that is you and your other 2 siblings. Your parents are gone now, you all live relatively close together within a 3-4 hour drive. The same part of the country you lived in all your life. One of your cousi… --- ## [Rudd vs. Hawking: Anyone can Quantum.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudd-vs-hawking-anyone-can-quantum/754404)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudd-vs-hawking-anyone-can-quantum/754404 "2016-05-11T15:51:06Z")
Paul Rudd vs. Stephen Hawking at Quantum Chess. Narrated by Keanu Reeves. For more, check out: One Entangled Evening. :cool: --- ## [Any Uber/Lyft drivers here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-uber-lyft-drivers-here/742255)
**Author:** [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-uber-lyft-drivers-here/742255 "2016-05-11T14:35:29Z")
I’m considering driving for Uber or Lyft to augment my income. Anyone have experience with this? --- ## [wow brazil had confederate settlements just like they did for the nazis .....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-brazil-had-confederate-settlements-just-like-they-did-for-the-nazis/754378)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2016, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-brazil-had-confederate-settlements-just-like-they-did-for-the-nazis/754378 "2016-05-11T03:38:14Z")
This is filed under the learn something new every day :MSN Apparently in the 1840s to about 1870 there were American southerners that decided to relocate to brazil before during and after since brazil openly embraced t… --- ## [That's a strange thing to collect](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-strange-thing-to-collect/754502)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-strange-thing-to-collect/754502 "2016-05-11T02:52:04Z")
I got a friend request from Facebook. Didn’t recognize the name, but went to his page. Didn’t recognize him, so I went to his friends list. It has 30 people on it. All of them have names that are very similar to mine… --- ## [Who (in your family) do you take after?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-your-family-do-you-take-after/753883)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2016, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-your-family-do-you-take-after/753883 "2016-05-11T00:31:19Z")
Which of your parents or your siblngs to you most resemble? When I was younger, I always thought I took after my father. But more and more, as I am older, I see pictures of myself and think I look just like my sister o… --- ## [Two grooming-type questions...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-grooming-type-questions/754507)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-grooming-type-questions/754507 "2016-05-10T23:21:48Z")
I’ve gotten fed up with the cheapo fingernail clipper I bought. It’s the only one I’ve ever used that’s “gummed” my nails (closed around the nail without actually cutting into it any appreciable amount), sometimes und… --- ## [You fill out my Census (Canada 2016 version)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fill-out-my-census-canada-2016-version/753784)
**Author:** [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fill-out-my-census-canada-2016-version/753784 "2016-05-10T22:47:49Z")
It’s that time again folks. In true spirit of people who long for law, order and good government we crashed the servers:smiley: CBC link. Go Canada! Show Harper that we LIKE having information collected that is used fo… --- ## [Dog Torture! Help! Ouch! from Leet the Wonder Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-torture-help-ouch-from-leet-the-wonder-dog/754398)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-torture-help-ouch-from-leet-the-wonder-dog/754398 "2016-05-10T16:00:45Z")
OOOOOOWWIIEE! Naughty grampa Shodan is being completely unreasonable! I was scratching and shaking my head, and Grampa took me to the Evil Veterinarian. She evilly poked in my ears and said I had an ear infection, and… --- ## [Math Challenge - why do people think this is hard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-challenge-why-do-people-think-this-is-hard/754457)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-challenge-why-do-people-think-this-is-hard/754457 "2016-05-10T14:40:59Z")
The answer seems pretty obvious to me. \[SPOILER\]19 left, 17 got on. Net difference is -2 63 left on the train, add 2= there were 65 originally think of it like money. you find a $5 bill on the street, you paid $6.50… --- ## [I pit myself, and vertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-and-vertigo/754369)
**Author:** [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2016, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-and-vertigo/754369 "2016-05-10T10:44:10Z")
I recently did a “Sky Walk” thing while on vacation. This is where you go to near the top of a radio tower (like the C.N. Tower or similar), put on a harness, and walk around outside on a narrow ledge without handrails o… --- ## [Nightmare fuel: teen dies in chimney](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nightmare-fuel-teen-dies-in-chimney/733285)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nightmare-fuel-teen-dies-in-chimney/733285 "2015-10-06T02:01:00Z")
Something like this comes around every few years and I try not to read the stories, because it’s 100-proof nightmare fuel for me. Teen missing seven years found near his home, jammed in chimney. The details are hair-st… --- ## [Do you have any phantom light switches in your house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-phantom-light-switches-in-your-house/754285)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2016, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-phantom-light-switches-in-your-house/754285 "2016-05-10T04:13:46Z")
Light switches that do nothing. Sometimes, they might do something, but you’ll be danged if you know. There’s a switch in our living room that for the first few months we lived here I couldn’t figure out what it did. Th… --- ## [This is what became of my favorite teacher.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-became-of-my-favorite-teacher/754444)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-became-of-my-favorite-teacher/754444 "2016-05-10T00:52:14Z")
I was in 8th grade in the late '50s, and my math teacher was Ralph David Delaney. In addition to being an unusually devoted teacher, I developed a special bond with him. I guess you could say I was the “teacher’s pet,” b… --- ## [Tell me about Kailua Town on Oahu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-kailua-town-on-oahu/754426)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-kailua-town-on-oahu/754426 "2016-05-09T19:37:11Z")
Has anyone stayed in Kailua Town near Lanikai Beach on Oahu? I’m trying to research a vacation options for this coming October, and I’d really love to see Lanikai. I see several vacation homes on VRBO, but I also see a… --- ## [Record drought and heat in Central Thailand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-drought-and-heat-in-central-thailand/753533)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-drought-and-heat-in-central-thailand/753533 "2016-05-09T18:48:40Z")
\[Some of the more tedious details have been Spoilered for a TL;DR effect.\] Many months ago the Thai government asked farmers to grow but a single crop in the 2015 season — normally many farmers pump water out of governm… --- ## [What venomous creatures live around you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-venomous-creatures-live-around-you/753951)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-venomous-creatures-live-around-you/753951 "2016-05-09T16:33:02Z")
This was inspired by a couple of other wildlife related threads. What venomous creatures live in your area that you would be best off avoiding? These can be any form of life, from mammals to spiders, snakes, insects, or… --- ## [What is your "aaaahhhhhhhhh" moment of the day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-aaaahhhhhhhhh-moment-of-the-day/753806)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2016, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-aaaahhhhhhhhh-moment-of-the-day/753806 "2016-05-09T13:17:43Z")
My “aaaaahhhhhh, another day over and damn this feels good” moment is when I get in bed to read myself to sleep. The very, very best part of this special moment is when I have my toesies peel the sock off its partner and… --- ## [Rain, rain go away from the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-rain-go-away-from-the-mmp/753677)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 239\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2016, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-rain-go-away-from-the-mmp/753677 "2016-05-09T05:18:49Z")
We \*might \*see sun this afternoon, maybe, but the forecast is for rain till the weekend. At least it’s mostly gentle showers and drizzles and not major deluges like Houston had been getting. Still, a little break woul… --- ## [For Dopers who've had genealogical DNA analysis done](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-dopers-whove-had-genealogical-dna-analysis-done/753094)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-dopers-whove-had-genealogical-dna-analysis-done/753094 "2016-05-09T01:51:42Z")
I did the Ancestry.com DNA test last year and am thinking of doing another, probably 23andMe. Anybody else done these? If so, any surprises? Biggest surprise for me was it estimated I’m 30% Scandinavian. I’ve traced m… --- ## [Well-known obvious facts that a lot of people are ignorant of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-obvious-facts-that-a-lot-of-people-are-ignorant-of/753294)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-obvious-facts-that-a-lot-of-people-are-ignorant-of/753294 "2016-05-08T21:29:36Z")
For example, traffic light sensors. Just noticed on my evening drive a lady waiting for a left turn arrow, but she had pulled past the thick white line and thus her car’s magnetic field no longer would trigger the light… --- ## ["You're so \_\_\_\_, you \_\_\_\_."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-so-____-you-____/754146)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-so-____-you-____/754146 "2016-05-08T20:07:41Z")
Just an example. While not commenting on this specific news story, because the account is too minimal for me to form an opinion on, I will say this: I just don’t understand people who insist on making a pejorative out … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=634) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=636)