# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=636 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 637 --- ## [Real buildings with a fake address](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-buildings-with-a-fake-address/753656)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-buildings-with-a-fake-address/753656 "2016-05-08T14:46:38Z")
The TD Garden in Boston claims to have the address of 100 Legends Way. There is no Legends Way. The Garden is on Causeway Street. Are there any other buildings that claim fake addresses? --- ## [What should I know about Windows App store?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-know-about-windows-app-store/754275)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-know-about-windows-app-store/754275 "2016-05-08T14:03:56Z")
If it matters, I’m running Windows 10. So, what should I know about the store? Are there any countries that block the store wholly or partially? --- ## [Puzzled by transgender bathroom laws.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzled-by-transgender-bathroom-laws/752498)
**Author:** [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Replies:** 244\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2016, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzled-by-transgender-bathroom-laws/752498 "2016-05-08T05:07:19Z")
So the main argument for forcing people to use the bathroom corresponding to their birth gender seems to be “But then men can just dress up as women and hang out in the womens room doing pervy stuff and OMG!” But…won’t … --- ## [Charlotte, NC-area Roll Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-nc-area-roll-call/753375)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2016, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-nc-area-roll-call/753375 "2016-05-08T04:45:25Z")
It’s been a long time since we took roll. We lost Maus Magill (geographically, not that way!! :eek:) a few years back. Who else is currently in or near the Queen City? --- ## [Egypt Blasts 'Tom and Jerry' Cartoons: Too Violent; Blamed for ISIS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egypt-blasts-tom-and-jerry-cartoons-too-violent-blamed-for-isis/754070)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2016, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egypt-blasts-tom-and-jerry-cartoons-too-violent-blamed-for-isis/754070 "2016-05-08T04:06:35Z")
Salah Abdel Sadek, the head of Egypt’s State information Service, talked about violent video games, and said that those and Tom and Jerry are too violent, they make violence funny or okay, and hints at them justifying IS… --- ## [Bizarre thing I saw at the post office today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-thing-i-saw-at-the-post-office-today/754116)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-thing-i-saw-at-the-post-office-today/754116 "2016-05-07T15:45:08Z")
As I was finishing up my own business, an elderly man who used a walker came in and, as I was leaving, started pulling out big bundles of what were probably $100 bills and said he wanted to buy some money orders. The cl… --- ## [Summoning Academics: Share End o'Semester Joys and Sorrows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summoning-academics-share-end-osemester-joys-and-sorrows/753705)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summoning-academics-share-end-osemester-joys-and-sorrows/753705 "2016-05-07T15:17:51Z")
So . . . roughly two weeks left of the college semester. As Rick Braggs puts it, “It’s all over but the shoutin.’” Share your wonderful, weird, and wacky happenings here! Mine: -Student in a late-start (8-week) online… --- ## [My Ear Itches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ear-itches/754138)
**Author:** [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ear-itches/754138 "2016-05-07T15:13:53Z")
But it’s numb and scratching does nothing. :eek: My right outer ear, near the top, has been itchy for the last few days. Scratching it doesn’t help. Why? About three years ago I had surgery removing some cancerous lymp… --- ## [Anyone ever heard of 'sleepy sickness' (Encephalitis lethargica)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-heard-of-sleepy-sickness-encephalitis-lethargica/754062)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2016, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-heard-of-sleepy-sickness-encephalitis-lethargica/754062 "2016-05-07T06:22:24Z")
As opposed to the somewhat better known ‘sleeping sickness’ often spread by the tsetse fly. Here’s an old article that mentions it, and here’s the wiki on it. Basically, at around the time of the 1918 Flu, another dise… --- ## [Medical errors #3 cause of US deaths](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-errors-3-cause-of-us-deaths/753874)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2016, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-errors-3-cause-of-us-deaths/753874 "2016-05-07T03:46:42Z")
NPR story here Actual journal article here By Martin Makary and Michael Daniel of JHU \[QUOTE=NPR\] Based on an analysis of prior research, the Johns Hopkins study estimates that more than 250,000 Americans die each yea… --- ## [Apparently my dad has cancer in his brain. \[Sad update\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-my-dad-has-cancer-in-his-brain-sad-update/675729)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-my-dad-has-cancer-in-his-brain-sad-update/675729 "2016-05-07T01:18:11Z")
And will be scheduled for surgery in a few days, at least I’m pretty sure that and there is no sign of cancer anywhere else are what the email said between the autocorrect errors. Dad just turned 88 a few months ago. --- ## [Britain lets public name a new Polar Research Vessel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britain-lets-public-name-a-new-polar-research-vessel/749577)
**Author:** [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britain-lets-public-name-a-new-polar-research-vessel/749577 "2016-05-06T21:43:26Z")
The UK Natural Environment Research Council has in preparation a £200 million state-of-the-art polar research vessel. It’s a serious contribution to the science of the area, a topic of increasing importance. Because it’… --- ## [Sovereign citizen tests his theories in practice; is shocked by the results](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sovereign-citizen-tests-his-theories-in-practice-is-shocked-by-the-results/635218)
**Author:** [@Timchik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timchik)\ **Replies:** 254\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sovereign-citizen-tests-his-theories-in-practice-is-shocked-by-the-results/635218 "2016-05-06T20:36:51Z")
(Was considering the Pit, but this doesn’t rise to pitworthy…). A young man named Robert Peterson has learned that the various legal theories he’s heard on the Internet may not be entirely accurate. A brief synopsis of… --- ## [Visiting Spokane June 22nd to the 27th.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-spokane-june-22nd-to-the-27th/753989)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-spokane-june-22nd-to-the-27th/753989 "2016-05-06T19:26:40Z")
I have never been to Washington state before. Just visiting some friends and we’re trying to decide places to go, things to see, restaurants to eat at. My friends have lived there all of their lives, so they probably alr… --- ## [Ask the Chick Who's Pregnant AND...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-chick-whos-pregnant-and/753795)
**Author:** [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-chick-whos-pregnant-and/753795 "2016-05-06T18:05:16Z")
It’s a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure thread! Ask the Chick Who’s Pregnant AND… …Old, for a Pregnant Chick (I’ll be 41 at delivery. Yikes.) …Did IVF …Changed Her Mind About Having Just One Kid …Compare Notes With Her Prev… --- ## [Do you "cartoonize" certain events/places/etc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cartoonize-certain-events-places-etc/753931)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cartoonize-certain-events-places-etc/753931 "2016-05-06T17:08:31Z")
The other day I realized that certain places, moments, events, etc, evoke “cartoon” responses in my brain. For example: -When I finish cleaning the kitchen and bathroom, I imagine that little cartoon advertising sparkle… --- ## [My city never learns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-city-never-learns/737976)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2016, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-city-never-learns/737976 "2016-05-06T09:47:50Z")
This is the 3rd company to run a ferry between Portland, Maine and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. It has been an expensive failure every time. --- ## [yearbook penis prank kid gets charges dropped](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yearbook-penis-prank-kid-gets-charges-dropped/754012)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2016, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yearbook-penis-prank-kid-gets-charges-dropped/754012 "2016-05-06T03:49:17Z")
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/police-charges-dropped-against-mesa-hs-football-player-who-exposed-himself-in-team-photo/ar-BBsFIU6?li=BBnbfcL I agree with the charges getting dropped and contrary to the com… --- ## [Names: This could not happen today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-this-could-not-happen-today/753515)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2016, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-this-could-not-happen-today/753515 "2016-05-05T23:32:32Z")
A strange story taken from real life (that I have a remote connection to). Curious to know if it has any entertainment value. Eleanor was born in the early thirties. I suspect her parents chose the name because they wer… --- ## [Recall of 8 million vehicles with Takata xxxx's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recall-of-8-million-vehicles-with-takata-xxxxs/753964)
**Author:** [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recall-of-8-million-vehicles-with-takata-xxxxs/753964 "2016-05-05T20:53:05Z")
Don’t they ever learn? --- ## [When your best friend dies...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-best-friend-dies/753670)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-best-friend-dies/753670 "2016-05-05T20:32:48Z")
Gosh it hurts. Even moreso than your parents. Your parents didn’t know your secrets. They didn’t go to school with you. They weren’t your teammates. They didn’t know who you were sleeping with or who you wanted to s… --- ## [The Coming JiffyPocalypse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coming-jiffypocalypse/675442)
**Author:** [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coming-jiffypocalypse/675442 "2016-05-05T17:16:01Z")
As you are no doubt aware, the U.S. FDA recently issued a \[url=https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/11/08/2013-26854/tentative-determination-regarding-partially-hydrogenated-oils-request-for-comments-and-for\]pre… --- ## [Dogs or kids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-or-kids/753937)
**Author:** [@christhewriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/christhewriter)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-or-kids/753937 "2016-05-05T16:08:53Z")
Im 26, I still having fun and stuff but there are reflection moments when I start thinking about my future…you know, wife, kids, family, hard working… Im a dog lover and I think I can share all my life just with them, no… --- ## [Candygram](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candygram/753968)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2016, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candygram/753968 "2016-05-05T06:29:07Z")
The first thing that crossed my mind when I saw this story was the classic SNL skit. --- ## [Death by GPS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-by-gps/753809)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-by-gps/753809 "2016-05-04T23:21:16Z")
An interesting - though rather long - article about the issue of over-reliance on GPS-based navigation devices. The article starts and ends with an amazing story of a Canadian couple headed to Las Vegas: They got lost … --- ## [Captain Cook's HMS Endeavor Discovered after 230 Years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-cooks-hms-endeavor-discovered-after-230-years/753760)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-cooks-hms-endeavor-discovered-after-230-years/753760 "2016-05-04T20:51:44Z")
Interesting. I am surprised it was not discovered before now. Why not? --- ## [Personality quirks that put other people off, but that you find attractive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-quirks-that-put-other-people-off-but-that-you-find-attractive/753702)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-quirks-that-put-other-people-off-but-that-you-find-attractive/753702 "2016-05-04T20:11:02Z")
There’s this person. She doesn’t like talking. She mumbles. She never initiates a verbal exchange unless it’s absolutely necessary. If you try speaking to her, she’ll respond only in a minimalist and utilitarian fashion… --- ## [Auto Insurance-Geico or Progressive Experiences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-insurance-geico-or-progressive-experiences/753798)
**Author:** [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-insurance-geico-or-progressive-experiences/753798 "2016-05-04T14:49:48Z")
So, my 6-month auto insurance bill came and it went up by over $30, putting it very close to $500 for 6 months. The car is 6 years old and I’ve had one accident (fairly minor but my fault and I paid to fix my own damage… --- ## [SpaceX: Get your ass to Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacex-get-your-ass-to-mars/753569)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2016, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacex-get-your-ass-to-mars/753569 "2016-05-04T06:04:20Z")
SpaceX has announced a 2018 mission to Mars. It will be, apparently, entirely privately funded, though with substantial non-monetary support from NASA, in exchange for flight data from SpaceX under a “no-exchange-of-fun… --- ## [Hailstorm-Holy Crap!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hailstorm-holy-crap/753717)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hailstorm-holy-crap/753717 "2016-05-04T03:03:57Z")
We’re getting pummelled. There are chunks of ice that are 1/2 to one inch pounding down here in Northern Virginia for about the past half hour. I have never ever seen anything like it. I’m not sure if I should take cov… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=635) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=637)