# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=64 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 65 --- ## [I am being ripped off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936 "2025-04-14T02:36:54Z")
I am a mathematician and I produce and sell theorems. But most of the people I do business with are not interested in buying a theorem from me. So I pay them in seldincoins, which are kind of IOU. My barber, for examp… --- ## [How do I get a summer job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-a-summer-job/1017010)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-a-summer-job/1017010 "2025-04-14T00:43:54Z")
Mid-50’s teacher. Deciding to take this summer off from traveling and thought a summer job would help pay off some bills (please don’t make this political about the economy). I’d just like some quiet job like warehous… --- ## [Cannabis stores with punny names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabis-stores-with-punny-names/982416)
**Author:** [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabis-stores-with-punny-names/982416 "2025-04-13T23:04:40Z")
When Canada legalized cannabis sales, Toronto had a flurry of stores opening up with punny names on a scale only seen before with hair salons. Off the top of my head: Highlife Cannabis Baker & Blazer Cannabis Fogtown … --- ## [Mysterious cache of photos from 1960s San Francisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-cache-of-photos-from-1960s-san-francisco/1016943)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-cache-of-photos-from-1960s-san-francisco/1016943 "2025-04-13T20:32:52Z")
A huge cache of over 8,000 photos was found in an abandoned storage locker. About a third of them are on undeveloped film, and therefore have not yet been seen. The photos are of a large number of public events in San Fr… --- ## [Have you ever seen a bell-mouth spillway? (aka a “Glory Hole”)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-bell-mouth-spillway-aka-a-glory-hole/1016480)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-bell-mouth-spillway-aka-a-glory-hole/1016480 "2025-04-13T20:16:51Z")
Dam! Today was my first one. It is pretty cool! • https://i.imgur.com/MAsD6pK.mp4 Lake Berryessa’s water level is high enough that water is flowing through the spillway … --- ## [Advice on how to deal with long-lost friend who has transitioned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-how-to-deal-with-long-lost-friend-who-has-transitioned/1016915)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-how-to-deal-with-long-lost-friend-who-has-transitioned/1016915 "2025-04-12T18:00:08Z")
Years ago, in my last year of high school, in a new, for me, school, I was befriended by a guy who sat next to me in home room. It was literally in the first five minutes of my first day, when he turned around and introd… --- ## [I got this email from Amazon today:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-this-email-from-amazon-today/1016894)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-this-email-from-amazon-today/1016894 "2025-04-12T01:02:47Z")
Amazon.co.uk Hi Bob, Your package with Large Heavy Duty Squirrel… will be delivered today. --- ## [Fooling around with medicine dosage instructions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fooling-around-with-medicine-dosage-instructions/1016931)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2025, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fooling-around-with-medicine-dosage-instructions/1016931 "2025-04-12T00:06:29Z")
I’m sick. Upper respiratory stuff, nothing serious. On Nyquil/Dayquil and a round of antibiotics. Both the quils and the antibiotics labels instruct me to take the medications every 8 hours or every 12 hours, respective… --- ## [Help me get a gig I made up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-a-gig-i-made-up/1016875)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-a-gig-i-made-up/1016875 "2025-04-11T22:33:05Z")
The gig exists: giving lectures aboard cruise ships, but I have a specific subject which I’ve taught to undergraduates that’s actually much more suitable for people of the age and demographic that goes on cruises. What I… --- ## [Who here has had a sleep study?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-had-a-sleep-study/1016846)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-had-a-sleep-study/1016846 "2025-04-11T14:35:13Z")
I had one a few weeks ago. I’ve always been a restless sleeper, but this fall I started pushing on my wife with my feet. She could deal with that, but right before the new year I hit her hard while I was sleeping. The… --- ## [What famous bridges have you been across?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famous-bridges-have-you-been-across/1016448)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famous-bridges-have-you-been-across/1016448 "2025-04-11T09:02:34Z")
I was tempted to ask, “What famous bridges have you driven across,” but “been across” seems much more open to folks to contribute. Me, I’ve driven across the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, the Confederation Bridge… --- ## [What was your most feared/hated lesson in school, and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-most-feared-hated-lesson-in-school-and-why/1016519)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-most-feared-hated-lesson-in-school-and-why/1016519 "2025-04-10T21:02:30Z")
I don’t know why I’m thinking about this now, but I am. I absolutely hated German lessons. I had, rather foolishly, done well in a French exam when I was 12, which put me in the top stream, which was terrible for me be… --- ## [Shoutout to TurboTax](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoutout-to-turbotax/1016845)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoutout-to-turbotax/1016845 "2025-04-10T19:25:00Z")
Over the last few years,TurboTax has gotten more kludgy but I still use it. This year I has to amend my return due to a late 1099 that I had forgotten I was due. I’ll admit I’ve been putting it off because it was going… --- ## [My second colonoscopy in four weeks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-second-colonoscopy-in-four-weeks/1016810)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-second-colonoscopy-in-four-weeks/1016810 "2025-04-10T18:19:58Z")
First colonoscopy found a few small polyps and one big one. Big enough that they needed to schedule a doctor specializing in them to remove it, which happened today. The actual procedure was easy compared to the prep lea… --- ## [The Bogus "Jefferson Prayer."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bogus-jefferson-prayer/1016803)
**Author:** [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bogus-jefferson-prayer/1016803 "2025-04-10T11:18:38Z")
Rep. Mike Johnson, on Congress’s opening day, read what he said was a prayer written by Thomas Jefferson. He was mistaken. The prayer has also been attributed to George Washington, who also long dead before that prayer w… --- ## [Which Dead National Retail Chain Would You Magically Resurrect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-national-retail-chain-would-you-magically-resurrect/1015965)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 312\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-national-retail-chain-would-you-magically-resurrect/1015965 "2025-04-10T06:44:22Z")
The other day I was listening to the radio and the DJs were pattering about the impending bankruptcy & probably closure of the Forever 21 chain of mall-based stores selling fashions for 20-something mostly women. After … --- ## [Risks of giving out mailing address?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risks-of-giving-out-mailing-address/1016720)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risks-of-giving-out-mailing-address/1016720 "2025-04-09T18:06:09Z")
OK, here’s a somewhat unusual situation: I’ve done some creative work that I’ve publicly connected myself to through a personal website. Someone claiming to be a German fan of the client I did this creative work for want… --- ## [Is anyone here over 60, living alone, and good with that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-here-over-60-living-alone-and-good-with-that/1016704)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-here-over-60-living-alone-and-good-with-that/1016704 "2025-04-09T02:28:11Z")
I’m 70 years old and live in a small town in Montana. I’ve become friends with neighbors around me, who you might guess are mostly married. I have been married twice. The first time, I was too young and inexperienced and… --- ## [Are they raising Goth Chickens? Or "what do you do with an old hearse?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-they-raising-goth-chickens-or-what-do-you-do-with-an-old-hearse/1016797)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-they-raising-goth-chickens-or-what-do-you-do-with-an-old-hearse/1016797 "2025-04-09T01:42:56Z")
This is creative. And creepy. Old Hearse becomes a chicken brooder. --- ## [Is the US banking system "backward"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-us-banking-system-backward/1016579)
**Author:** [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-us-banking-system-backward/1016579 "2025-04-07T14:21:58Z")
From Debit card: PIN or no PIN? - #42 by Tripler The following was a reply to a post that described writing checks for items like PBS memberships that need the membership slip mailed back with the payment. Is it reall… --- ## [(Old) Another lost great idea in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-another-lost-great-idea-in-the-mmp/1016391)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 358\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-another-lost-great-idea-in-the-mmp/1016391 "2025-04-07T13:30:38Z")
Last night, I had an inspired idea for today’s MMP. This morning, nothing. But all the geezers here will understand. and probably the rest of you, too. Happy Moanday! --- ## [Who else doesn't use Applications or Documents folder as the OS expects you to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-doesnt-use-applications-or-documents-folder-as-the-os-expects-you-to/1016683)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-doesnt-use-applications-or-documents-folder-as-the-os-expects-you-to/1016683 "2025-04-07T06:10:13Z")
Let’s start with /Applications — I download a diskimage of a new application and mount it, and it comes with a convenient “hey just drag me into this here alias of your Applications folder and you’re all set up!” GUIfie… --- ## [I'm a co-author of a journal article](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-co-author-of-a-journal-article/963937)
**Author:** [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-co-author-of-a-journal-article/963937 "2025-04-06T22:18:41Z")
I’m pretty excited about it. There are 9 co-authors of this paper and the primary did about 90% of the writing, but there are 1 or 2 sentences of mine in it! So an odd thing. Ever since it came out I’ve been getting r… --- ## [Advent of Code 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advent-of-code-2024/1010675)
**Author:** [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advent-of-code-2024/1010675 "2025-04-05T15:08:03Z")
Advent of Code is an Advent calendar of programming challenges held from December 1st through December 25th each year. The first event was in 2015, and I’ve been participating since 2020. I thought this year it would be … --- ## [Incredibly cheap things you do to save questionable money](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-cheap-things-you-do-to-save-questionable-money/1016404)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-cheap-things-you-do-to-save-questionable-money/1016404 "2025-04-05T14:32:54Z")
Inspired by the squeezing toothpaste tube thread. Yes, I press toothpaste tubes against the edge of the bathroom counter to squeeze out every last molecule of toothpaste. Why? Mostly because I was raised in a household r… --- ## [Worst named scientific concepts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-named-scientific-concepts/1016316)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-named-scientific-concepts/1016316 "2025-04-05T14:07:12Z")
I enjoy astronomy, and it’s interesting how many terms are poorly-named. Often it’s due to being coined by a detractor of a model, or the history of how the phenomenon was first observed. …I’m not dissing astronomers, s… --- ## [Inhuman Beat-Box ability](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inhuman-beat-box-ability/1016656)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inhuman-beat-box-ability/1016656 "2025-04-05T13:35:26Z")
Observe these two talented…“singers”…? Beatbox Legend vs Beatbox Pro #beatbox - YouTube How is it possible to have such sound be generated by a human vocal apparatus? :star\_struck: --- ## [Los Angeles County reaches $4 billion agreement to settle sexual abuse claims at juvenile facilities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/los-angeles-county-reaches-4-billion-agreement-to-settle-sexual-abuse-claims-at-juvenile-facilities/1016643)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/los-angeles-county-reaches-4-billion-agreement-to-settle-sexual-abuse-claims-at-juvenile-facilities/1016643 "2025-04-05T12:24:27Z")
Thousands of men and women came forward to say they had been molested or raped by probation officials decades ago while incarcerated as children in the county’s sprawling network of juvenile halls and camps. Thousand… --- ## [Torn skin on the bottom of my toe - owie!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torn-skin-on-the-bottom-of-my-toe-owie/1015498)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2025, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torn-skin-on-the-bottom-of-my-toe-owie/1015498 "2025-04-05T06:52:00Z")
Got home from work last night and realized as I was winding down that my right foot was hurting more than usual. I put in amywhere from 8-12 miles at my job every day so I’m used to some soreness after a long day, but th… --- ## [Now that Musk bought Twitter -- Breaking News only](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 504\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737 "2025-04-04T23:14:29Z")
Well, the IMHO thread kept heading off the rails, and is now in the pit. But I think there’s interest in just following what’s happening to Twitter. Layoffs? Hardcore-only? More traffic? Fewer advertisers? New/broken f… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=65)