# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=649 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 650 --- ## [TWO Comets approaching Earth. One is EMERALD GREEN! Newslink.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-comets-approaching-earth-one-is-emerald-green-newslink/749715)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-comets-approaching-earth-one-is-emerald-green-newslink/749715 "2016-03-22T12:57:20Z")
Kryptonite ? https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/twin-comets-will-brush-past-earth-week --- ## [Use your imagination \[Body swapping hypothetical\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-your-imagination-body-swapping-hypothetical/749739)
**Author:** [@mikeritchie30](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikeritchie30)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-your-imagination-body-swapping-hypothetical/749739 "2016-03-22T12:53:44Z")
If you woke up tommorrow morning in the body of someone of the opposite gender, what would you do? Here’s the catch: You are stuck in that person’s body the rest of their physical life. Your own body is in a secret loca… --- ## [Whats the weather now in your neck of the woods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weather-now-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/749733)
**Author:** [@mikeritchie30](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikeritchie30)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weather-now-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/749733 "2016-03-22T11:54:14Z")
I live in a moderate sized semi-rural city in southern California . Our highs lately have been mid 70s to low 80s and the lows in the low to upper 40s. That is in Fahrenheit of course. Where do you live and how has your … --- ## [Solar eclipse shadow bands!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipse-shadow-bands/749836)
**Author:** [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipse-shadow-bands/749836 "2016-03-22T05:55:02Z")
From the recent eclipse, shadow bands–on a thin layer of clouds! --- ## [Totally awesome baby crib](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-awesome-baby-crib/749822)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-awesome-baby-crib/749822 "2016-03-22T03:04:22Z")
You may have already seen this, it is going around, a picture of a baby in a custom made baby bed. The bed is \* Jaws\* themed. Someone I knew said, in all seriousness, the kid would be scared, but can a tiny infant re… --- ## [A feminist glaciology framework](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-feminist-glaciology-framework/748421)
**Author:** [@Hooleehootoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hooleehootoo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-feminist-glaciology-framework/748421 "2016-03-22T02:44:39Z")
On a board dedicated to fighting ignorance, and advancing human knowledge, it gives me great ironic pleasure to link to this press release which will lead you to the amazing work of Carey, Rushing, et. al. Reading it ma… --- ## [Can the vice-president be elected in perpetuity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-vice-president-be-elected-in-perpetuity/749496)
**Author:** [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-vice-president-be-elected-in-perpetuity/749496 "2016-03-22T01:20:15Z")
Because I think the next democratic nominee should have Joe Biden as their running mate. I just like the guy. He’s like America’s favourite uncle. The guy who lets you have a sip from their beer. Teaches you crude jokes … --- ## [An idle thought regarding accuracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-idle-thought-regarding-accuracy/749778)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-idle-thought-regarding-accuracy/749778 "2016-03-21T23:03:34Z")
Cars were big in the late Fifties and Sixties, and every model manufacturer tried their hand at kits of show cars. Monogram Models had put out very nice kits of some of Darryl Starbird’s custom cars, and then in 1968 th… --- ## [What are the words to "Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-words-to-great-green-gobs-of-greasy-grimy-gopher-guts/158787)
**Author:** [@Stentor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stentor)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-words-to-great-green-gobs-of-greasy-grimy-gopher-guts/158787 "2016-03-21T22:45:10Z")
Can antone help me out here? --- ## [Robert E. Lee, US Army](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-e-lee-us-army/749371)
**Author:** [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-e-lee-us-army/749371 "2016-03-21T21:35:01Z")
I have been reading about the Civil War lately, and I wondered (alternate history alert!) what would the war have been like if Lee had remained loyal to the Union instead of to Virginia and had gone on to glory and fame … --- ## [Partner has a tiny dick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partner-has-a-tiny-dick/165244)
**Author:** [@Stephi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephi)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partner-has-a-tiny-dick/165244 "2016-03-21T19:40:51Z")
I was discussing this with a girlfriend the other night, and we were talking about men that we had had, who were less than…adequate. What do you do when you’re getting intimate with a man, things progress, eventually … --- ## [How fast is your ISP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-is-your-isp/749730)
**Author:** [@mikeritchie30](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikeritchie30)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-is-your-isp/749730 "2016-03-21T17:13:43Z")
Right now I have verizon fios 75/75 right now but im only getting around 49/60 due to the fact my PC and PS4 are wireless. I get approx. 5 MB/sec downloads, about 20 sec to download 100 MB file. How fast are your connec… --- ## [Well winter's over](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-winters-over/748123)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-winters-over/748123 "2016-03-21T16:06:17Z")
Yep, it’s now 35 degrees. And looking at the 10 day forecast here in Detroit are no more freezing temps on the charts. There is no chance at all they are wrong, nor any chance the weather will turn colder in late March. … --- ## [Breast cancer rears its ugly head](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breast-cancer-rears-its-ugly-head/455291)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2016, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breast-cancer-rears-its-ugly-head/455291 "2016-03-21T10:51:22Z")
Damn. Damn. We just found out that my wife’s youngest sister, still young at 29, has advanced breast cancer. Worse, it’s spread and has invaded her lungs and ovaries, which they just removed yesterday. Taiwanese are sup… --- ## [A cat question relating to birds of prey.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cat-question-relating-to-birds-of-prey/749694)
**Author:** [@mikeritchie30](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikeritchie30)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2016, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cat-question-relating-to-birds-of-prey/749694 "2016-03-21T06:49:04Z")
You always hear about cats, even large cats, being taken down by hawks, owls, falcons, eagles, etc. But has anyone ever heard of or witnessed a domestic cat killing a predatory bird? --- ## [Chemistry help: sodium percarbonate and sodium carbonate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chemistry-help-sodium-percarbonate-and-sodium-carbonate/749558)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2016, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chemistry-help-sodium-percarbonate-and-sodium-carbonate/749558 "2016-03-20T16:05:30Z")
I have a Breville automatic tea maker. The inside is glass, stainless steel, some other metal (aluminum possibly, it’s the tea basket) and a little plastic. I love it. But after a while even the stainless steel gets disc… --- ## ["Changing the labels on the preserves"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-the-labels-on-the-preserves/749647)
**Author:** [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-the-labels-on-the-preserves/749647 "2016-03-20T15:04:47Z")
I thought of that phrase yesterday. Has anyone else heard it? --- ## [How I got a hole drilled into my house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-got-a-hole-drilled-into-my-house/749373)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2016, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-got-a-hole-drilled-into-my-house/749373 "2016-03-20T08:27:59Z")
So. I am in a LDR. (long distance relationship). I don’t see my gf all of the time, but only when we can meet up. I took out a mortgage on a beautiful townhouse, which I inhabit in perpetuity. Upstairs there is an entir… --- ## [I got to use PI today…on PI Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-to-use-pi-today-on-pi-day/749030)
**Author:** [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2016, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-to-use-pi-today-on-pi-day/749030 "2016-03-19T23:47:24Z")
And I’m as giddy as George C. Scott on Christmas morning. This doesn’t fit in the Cafe Society thread. Seriously, I can’t remember ever having to us PI outside of a classroom problem. But I’ve been working on a landscape… --- ## [Federal judge resigns after lawsuit alleges that he raped a teenaged witness while a prosecutor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-judge-resigns-after-lawsuit-alleges-that-he-raped-a-teenaged-witness-while-a-prosecutor/749419)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-judge-resigns-after-lawsuit-alleges-that-he-raped-a-teenaged-witness-while-a-prosecutor/749419 "2016-03-19T17:08:58Z")
Richard Roberts, the Chief Judge of the US District Court in DC, resigned earlier this week citing unspecified health reasons, shortly after a lawsuit was filed accusing him of rape. Allegedly, as a 27-year-old prosecut… --- ## [Find a penny, Pick it up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-a-penny-pick-it-up/145519)
**Author:** [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2002, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-a-penny-pick-it-up/145519 "2002-12-31T12:37:25Z")
Since my childhood, I’ve always heard the little rhyme : Find a Penny Pick it up And all the day You’ll have good luck. But then I’m about to do it the other day since I need all the luck I can get when my daughter … --- ## [Who's a doper in the DC / NVa / MD area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-a-doper-in-the-dc-nva-md-area/748861)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2016, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-a-doper-in-the-dc-nva-md-area/748861 "2016-03-19T12:27:48Z")
I am. Who else? --- ## [My name is ThelmaLou and I am an addict...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-thelmalou-and-i-am-an-addict/749163)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2016, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-thelmalou-and-i-am-an-addict/749163 "2016-03-19T05:42:33Z")
…of the SDMB. \ If I’m near my computer or kindle, I’m powerless to resist checking in. I do it all day. I do it first thing in the morning. If I wake up during the night… --- ## [What website was YOUR FIRST for finding viral videos and the like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-website-was-your-first-for-finding-viral-videos-and-the-like/749387)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2016, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-website-was-your-first-for-finding-viral-videos-and-the-like/749387 "2016-03-19T03:22:14Z")
Long before https://www.youtube.com/ there were other pacesetters who presented videos of the “lookee here” variety. I’m not certain which was actually first but among the first for me was Ebaum’s World which is still g… --- ## [Did you MOO/MUD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-moo-mud/748212)
**Author:** [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-moo-mud/748212 "2016-03-19T02:17:14Z")
I have just discovered that the most well-known MOO (Multi-User Domain, Object Oriented), LambdaMOO, is still out there and operational (more or less). I was shocked! When I was 12-13 or so (c. 1994-5), I was really int… --- ## [Hacker in convenience installs a cc skimmer in 3 seconds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hacker-in-convenience-installs-a-cc-skimmer-in-3-seconds/749294)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hacker-in-convenience-installs-a-cc-skimmer-in-3-seconds/749294 "2016-03-19T01:41:37Z")
Do most of you pay in the convenience store because you think its safer than at the pump? I do. Feeling that the clerks are right there watching the cc scanners. This guy had a custom made skimmer that fit \*perfectly … --- ## [Duck Eggs in the Garden!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-eggs-in-the-garden/749380)
**Author:** [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-eggs-in-the-garden/749380 "2016-03-18T23:50:41Z")
Every morning at about 7 am, three Moscovy ducks come to my yard from a nearby park about two or three blocks away. One goes into the bushes and leaves and egg in a little ‘nest’ (that really is just a spot that she has … --- ## [Battle of the Bugle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-of-the-bugle/746837)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-of-the-bugle/746837 "2016-03-18T23:17:56Z")
Seeing the thread “battle of the bulge” made me wonder how many titles we can mangle one letter at a time into something more ridiculous. I know we’ve had similar threads before but I didn’t want to chase them down. --- ## [It's the little things that bug us most](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057 "2016-03-18T21:31:01Z")
We’ve done this before, but I feel it’s time again to share those little, pointless things that drive you bat crap crazy. Mine, as I was reminded this morning: A new roll of toilet paper where the first sheet is glued s… --- ## [What’s behind Obama’s executive order against Snopes? \[Joke on Snopes site\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-behind-obama-s-executive-order-against-snopes-joke-on-snopes-site/748652)
**Author:** [@Razncain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Razncain)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-behind-obama-s-executive-order-against-snopes-joke-on-snopes-site/748652 "2016-03-18T20:34:34Z")
This morning, while browsing Snopes, I stumbled across an article written by Kim LaCapria, and later found other pieces by her, and they all end with: Since when did Obama start writing executive orders forcing sites l… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=648) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=650)