# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=648 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 649 --- ## [Is it Creepy for a twenty-something to date a teenager?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-creepy-for-a-twenty-something-to-date-a-teenager/749756)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-creepy-for-a-twenty-something-to-date-a-teenager/749756 "2016-03-25T01:44:23Z")
I’m posting this at the request of my daughter, MilliCal. It was raised by something that happened in her group. Do you think it weird or creepy if a twenty-something wants to date a teenager, or ask them out? In the p… --- ## [Breach of contract...third party fails to perform..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breach-of-contract-third-party-fails-to-perform/749695)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breach-of-contract-third-party-fails-to-perform/749695 "2016-03-25T00:28:36Z")
Once again I come to the Dope with these legal sillinesses…Here we go: John has a son who is trying to get a baseball scholarship at a good college. He negotiates a representation agreement with Bill who is known for … --- ## [And you guys always think you're getting ripped off at the repair shop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-guys-always-think-youre-getting-ripped-off-at-the-repair-shop/749597)
**Author:** [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-guys-always-think-youre-getting-ripped-off-at-the-repair-shop/749597 "2016-03-24T19:35:18Z")
Just wanted to share something with all those Dopers who always assume that auto mechanics are overcharging them. I was cruising thru our shop yesterday and saw a car being worked on that looked almost completely gutted… --- ## [If a well loved politician wanted to stay in power, how could they do it legally](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-well-loved-politician-wanted-to-stay-in-power-how-could-they-do-it-legally/749816)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-well-loved-politician-wanted-to-stay-in-power-how-could-they-do-it-legally/749816 "2016-03-24T16:39:14Z")
Assume the US had a politician with the approval ratings of Putin, a consistent 80% approval rating. This person was perceived as being competent and being able to make things better, so people wanted them in power for a… --- ## [Daylight Saving - News isn't reminding us? Whats up with that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-news-isnt-reminding-us-whats-up-with-that/748824)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-news-isnt-reminding-us-whats-up-with-that/748824 "2016-03-24T16:24:27Z")
Usually Spring Forward reminders are plastered at the top of every news page on the Saturday before we make the clock change. Yahoo, Reuters and several others I checked had nothing. I even searched the pages for Time. … --- ## [Aviation Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aviation-fun/749932)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aviation-fun/749932 "2016-03-24T14:03:31Z")
Just had to share…sleepless in Seattle type of thing I guess. I love flying and this caught my attention. Enjoy. Svetlana Kapanina --- ## [Simulated engine failure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simulated-engine-failure/749967)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simulated-engine-failure/749967 "2016-03-24T07:44:08Z")
Passenger: How far can we glide if the engine quits? Pilot: Oh, we can make it all the way to the crash site! :smiley: Nice video of a simulated engine failure in a Piper PA-28 Warrior. \[NB: The joke is not in the vi… --- ## [Man puts disorderly passenger in headlock on Culver City train](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-puts-disorderly-passenger-in-headlock-on-culver-city-train/749960)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-puts-disorderly-passenger-in-headlock-on-culver-city-train/749960 "2016-03-24T03:05:20Z")
I like how calmly the passenger defuses the situation without any drama or excessive violence. :smiley: I guess he’s had martial arts training. Miesha Tate defeated Holly Holm with that move a couple weeks ago. Situati… --- ## [Possible Throat Cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-throat-cancer/749963)
**Author:** [@mikeritchie30](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikeritchie30)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-throat-cancer/749963 "2016-03-24T01:54:05Z")
It’s funny (in a dark sense of the word) the way things in life work in this world. I developed an illness related to my smoking last night. Some type of infection, with fever, burning skin, severe malaise, fatigue, coug… --- ## [McDonalds Burger video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-burger-video/749962)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-burger-video/749962 "2016-03-24T01:23:02Z")
Can someone explain to me in basic science terms the whole deal with the “Molten Copper Poured Over McDonalds Burger” video gone viral. I heard a news report saying that its all scientific and has nothing to do with the… --- ## [Ex-Toronto Mayor Ford not doing well](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-toronto-mayor-ford-not-doing-well/749486)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-toronto-mayor-ford-not-doing-well/749486 "2016-03-23T22:11:29Z")
The antics of Toronto’s Mayor Rob Ford were well-documented in this thread 3 years ago: Toronto’s alleged crack smoking mayor. Why is he still in office? Then, as he was running for re-election in the 2014 municipal el… --- ## [Are there any updates on the Colorado single payer ballot proposal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-updates-on-the-colorado-single-payer-ballot-proposal/749982)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-updates-on-the-colorado-single-payer-ballot-proposal/749982 "2016-03-23T21:50:54Z")
In 2016 Colorado will vote on a single payer health care system. Are there any updates on this? What are the polls looking like, or have they even been conducted? --- ## [Asperger's Spectrum - treating with TMS and "switching on" emotions - new book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspergers-spectrum-treating-with-tms-and-switching-on-emotions-new-book/749744)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2016, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspergers-spectrum-treating-with-tms-and-switching-on-emotions-new-book/749744 "2016-03-23T19:31:19Z")
Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Switched-Memoir-Change-Emotional-Awakening/dp/0812996895/ref=asap\_bc?ie=UTF8 From the Description: I have heard of TMS and trying it with various neurological issues, but not in thi… --- ## [Skald the Rhymer AKA Henry is in the hospital](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759 "2016-03-23T18:40:46Z")
This is his wife, Kim. He is very depressed. Please please help me cheer him up. You can email him at Maxie.Maxwell@gmail. Com. Thank you. --- ## [A dangerous drug](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dangerous-drug/749802)
**Author:** [@mikeritchie30](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikeritchie30)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dangerous-drug/749802 "2016-03-23T17:20:21Z")
I’m coming off an addiction to a not well known drug that is abused mostly by teenagers but is also abused - though less commonly - by people of other age groups as well. I myself am 34. The drug is known as DXM. Its the… --- ## [New to this message board.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-this-message-board/749888)
**Author:** [@OGLamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OGLamp)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-this-message-board/749888 "2016-03-23T16:59:21Z")
I’m rather curious to what “The Straight Dope” is about. Could someone explain on what it is about and the etiquette here is? --- ## [Giving a Pet Rat Presentation Tomorrow - Wish Me Luck!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-a-pet-rat-presentation-tomorrow-wish-me-luck/418429)
**Author:** [@Selkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Selkie)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-a-pet-rat-presentation-tomorrow-wish-me-luck/418429 "2016-03-23T14:56:41Z")
T minus 18 hours or so. Gulp… It’s been years since I’ve performed any kind of public speech, lecture, training seminar, you name it. My long-disused corporate trainer muscles are stirring eagerly back into life, but t… --- ## [A Public Service Announcement Concerning a Well Known Mnemonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-service-announcement-concerning-a-well-known-mnemonic/749630)
**Author:** [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-service-announcement-concerning-a-well-known-mnemonic/749630 "2016-03-23T14:44:02Z")
“Fifty Days Hath September, April, June and November” is not a line in a mnemonic poem. No, really. It’s TWO lines. That’s why the months are in such an otherwise-ridiculous order, so they can rhyme If you’re not goin… --- ## [Sudden eye problems?, protect your drivers license.? driving license consp.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-eye-problems-protect-your-drivers-license-driving-license-consp/749855)
**Author:** [@KantC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KantC)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2016, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-eye-problems-protect-your-drivers-license-driving-license-consp/749855 "2016-03-23T09:17:37Z")
Got a mild stroke in my left eye. I can still see well with both eyes open. (That was actually fascinating for me, that the body tries to compensate and “fills in” the missing info for the bad eye. Closing the good eye, … --- ## [My son starts kindergarten tomorrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-starts-kindergarten-tomorrow/728862)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-starts-kindergarten-tomorrow/728862 "2015-08-26T16:25:04Z")
I posted on this board when my son was born. Well, five and a half years later, he starts kindergarten tomorrow. Amazing how time flies. --- ## [Happy birthday, White SIFL!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-white-sifl/749873)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-white-sifl/749873 "2016-03-22T23:16:44Z")
Just wanted to say I hope you have a good birthday. --- ## [Springing Forward in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 245\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958 "2016-03-22T22:14:34Z")
We have reached one of my least favorite milestones in the year. The time when we “spring forward” and lose an hour. An hour of sleep, an hour of playing with the kids, a hour of reading books under an afghan while che… --- ## [Brussels Zaventem Airport Rocked by Two Explosions: Several Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brussels-zaventem-airport-rocked-by-two-explosions-several-dead/749842)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brussels-zaventem-airport-rocked-by-two-explosions-several-dead/749842 "2016-03-22T22:08:04Z")
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/two-explosions-detonated-at-brussels-airport/2016/03/22/7ef77dec-f001-11e5-a61f-e9c95c06edca\_story.html According to Pprune: The obvious question is if this is a terrorist attac… --- ## [Who's an SEC Doper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967 "2016-03-22T21:34:45Z")
In response to the DC Area roll call, how about identifying yourself if you’re from one of these states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas … --- ## [RIP: Andy Grove](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-andy-grove/749886)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-andy-grove/749886 "2016-03-22T20:52:49Z")
An icon of Silicon Valley has passed. Can’t say the guy was admirable 100% of the time, but he changed the culture at a tech Giant (Intel), and literally wrote the book on sone key business strategies. I met him a few … --- ## [Remarkable video from inside the SUV when militiaman occupier LaVoy Finicum got shot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remarkable-video-from-inside-the-suv-when-militiaman-occupier-lavoy-finicum-got-shot/749276)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remarkable-video-from-inside-the-suv-when-militiaman-occupier-lavoy-finicum-got-shot/749276 "2016-03-22T20:33:03Z")
Dramatic New Cell Phone Video Shows Final Moments of Oregon Militiaman’s Life This has no blood but it has lots of terrified screaming and crying by the vehicle occupants once the shooting starts so may not be entirely … --- ## [I bought a plane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-plane/724331)
**Author:** [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-plane/724331 "2016-03-22T20:20:56Z")
I’ve been looking for a plane for a couple of years and finally found one. We flew to Texas commercially and then flew it home to Nevada. 1979 Piper Dakota with low times, good panel, paint and glass, always hangared. M… --- ## [The worst farts come from.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-farts-come-from/48334)
**Author:** [@Road\_Rash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Road_Rash)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-farts-come-from/48334 "2016-03-22T18:11:28Z")
After having the traditional southern new year’s dish of ham and blackeyed peas, I have been a methane machine. Blackeyed peas are tasty; they are good for you; but they create the nastiest farts. In smell and volume of … --- ## [Our girl dog is gone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-girl-dog-is-gone/749439)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-girl-dog-is-gone/749439 "2016-03-22T17:57:54Z")
Our Doberman, Lilith, was diagnosed over a year ago with osteosarcoma. So I’ve known for a long time that I’d be writing this post, but I never was able to come up with the words to tell you about her. Remember that… --- ## [Hypothetical dissease situation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-dissease-situation/749791)
**Author:** [@mikeritchie30](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikeritchie30)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-dissease-situation/749791 "2016-03-22T13:04:36Z")
I used to write short stories when I was a kid and i’ve been fascinated with medical and pharmaceutical things as long as I can remember. One of these stories was called The Plague and it was about a global pandemic of a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=647) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=649)