# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=651 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 652 --- ## [Possible case of Lassa Fever at Emory Hospital in Atlanta](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-case-of-lassa-fever-at-emory-hospital-in-atlanta/748839)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2016, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-case-of-lassa-fever-at-emory-hospital-in-atlanta/748839 "2016-03-15T05:33:26Z")
This disease is nothing to fool around with, but it’s not as deadly as Ebola. The patient is a physician’s assistant working for a missionary organization in Togo. --- ## [What was the meaning of this dream?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-meaning-of-this-dream/748495)
**Author:** [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-meaning-of-this-dream/748495 "2016-03-14T23:31:40Z")
Okay, this SEEMS like the right place to ask this question… :wink: So last night, I had a dream about a very elaborate mausoleum. It was built like a cross between a mausoleum and a small mansion, to be accurate… someon… --- ## [Lyft wiretapped my phone...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyft-wiretapped-my-phone/747699)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyft-wiretapped-my-phone/747699 "2016-03-14T22:31:43Z")
… but I’m guessing I probably signed away any number of rights when I signed up to drive with them. So it maybe wasn’t illegal. And due to the technology involved, it might not have been technically wiretapping. Here’s… --- ## [OV-10s deployed against Daesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ov-10s-deployed-against-daesh/748680)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ov-10s-deployed-against-daesh/748680 "2016-03-14T22:08:58Z")
A pair of nearly 50-year-old planes has been brought out of retirement to fight ISIS. As the article notes, the Air Force likes shiny new – and expensive – things. But there’s nothing wrong with using old technology w… --- ## [Oh poop!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-poop/748582)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-poop/748582 "2016-03-14T21:44:26Z")
An old story, but I was reading an older thread here yesterday that brought it to mind. It was a Black Friday a few years ago, and I had the stupid idea to high-tail it to Wal-Mart early in the morning and see if I could… --- ## [Atlanta Dopefest 2016: The Peach Strikes Back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-dopefest-2016-the-peach-strikes-back/743679)
**Author:** [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-dopefest-2016-the-peach-strikes-back/743679 "2016-03-14T20:54:41Z")
In the course of a thread a few months ago, I discovered that two other Dopers live in the same little Atlanta-area community that I do. I mooted an ATL Dopefest, and the idea met with some approval. I attended one many … --- ## [Indestructible House Destroyed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indestructible-house-destroyed/748972)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indestructible-house-destroyed/748972 "2016-03-14T20:51:03Z")
I’m sorry I hadn’t heard about this, especially when I was living in Utah. Too late now. It’s popularly called The Logan Roundhouse, Stewart’s Folly, and it was outside Logan Utah: http://www.forgottenoh.com/Round/rou… --- ## [Dog finds two hell fire missles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-finds-two-hell-fire-missles/748943)
**Author:** [@jerry\_smissingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerry_smissingfinger)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-finds-two-hell-fire-missles/748943 "2016-03-14T20:50:59Z")
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/03/13/world/europe/ap-eu-serbia-missiles.html?\_r=2 Maybe i am late but I just found out about this. Yikes Nice find for the doggers! --- ## [Happy Pi(e) Day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-e-day/748983)
**Author:** [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-e-day/748983 "2016-03-14T20:49:14Z")
In order to foster math awareness I will be distributing pies to my co-workers later this afternoon. Last year, I made two key lime pies but this year they will have to slum it with &W Apple pies. Also, it is alsoSteak … --- ## [How to get the most from your USB Drives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-the-most-from-your-usb-drives/748961)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-the-most-from-your-usb-drives/748961 "2016-03-14T20:26:52Z")
I’d like to discuss the kinds of storage drives for PCs that are often called “USB Drives”. They have many different names. At present, these drives usually contain anywhere from 2GB to 256GB. I believe the first one I… --- ## [Thought the Hells Angels were gonna kick the shit outta me today...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-the-hells-angels-were-gonna-kick-the-shit-outta-me-today/653234)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-the-hells-angels-were-gonna-kick-the-shit-outta-me-today/653234 "2016-03-14T18:51:45Z")
Driving with my wife from LA to the SF Bay Area on I-5 this afternoon, in the central valley near Harris Ranch, I was passing a group of about 15-20 motorcyclists riding their Harleys in tight formation. There were 2 lan… --- ## [Scam in Paris - ideas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-in-paris-ideas/748921)
**Author:** [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-in-paris-ideas/748921 "2016-03-14T10:26:03Z")
I have just returned from a weekend in Paris, which was lovely, but we had a couple of encounters today that I’m curious about. Wondering if anyone here knows about this. Walking past the Eiffel Tower, my wife and I wer… --- ## [Need $100,000 fast. Any suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-100-000-fast-any-suggestions/432667)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-100-000-fast-any-suggestions/432667 "2016-03-14T08:29:09Z")
I need to make some extra money. $100,000 as a matter of fact. It’s sort of beyond the scope of what I could make with a paper route or a part-time job at Starbucks, I think. Plus, I’ve got a very demanding job, so I don… --- ## [Signs of spring in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-spring-in-the-mmp/748193)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-spring-in-the-mmp/748193 "2016-03-14T02:54:48Z")
This past weekend, I noticed LOTS of growing stuff poking up in my gardens. Mostly daffodils, some hyacinths, and I think I even detected a tulip. There were also 3 or 4 yellow blossoms on the forsythia. SPRING!!! Al… --- ## [So the FDA approved the release of GMO mosquitoes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-fda-approved-the-release-of-gmo-mosquitoes/748827)
**Author:** [@jerry\_smissingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerry_smissingfinger)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-fda-approved-the-release-of-gmo-mosquitoes/748827 "2016-03-14T02:42:49Z")
http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/NewsEvents/CVMUpdates/ucm490246.htm I mean… what could go wrong? --- ## [Down with Algebra II!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-with-algebra-ii/747733)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-with-algebra-ii/747733 "2016-03-14T00:40:22Z")
That’s the title of this Slate article. The first few lines chill my mathematical soul: My personal feeling is that this is heresy. But, of course, I loved Algebra II. I actually went to summer school to take it early,… --- ## [Apparently a house caught fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-a-house-caught-fire/748929)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-a-house-caught-fire/748929 "2016-03-14T00:19:50Z")
There’s been a car parked out front for a long time. Several minutes ago, I started seeing fire trucks passing by. I went out and asked the guy with the car what was going on. ‘House caught fire. Chimney. Fireplace.… --- ## [Haircut on Tuesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haircut-on-tuesday/748868)
**Author:** [@catflea12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catflea12)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2016, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haircut-on-tuesday/748868 "2016-03-13T23:47:04Z")
Like the title says, I got a haircut on Tuesday. Now I look just like the little boy on the Dutch Paint cans. :smiley: --- ## [Germanwings flight crash - deliberate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germanwings-flight-crash-deliberate/715993)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 286\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germanwings-flight-crash-deliberate/715993 "2016-03-13T22:45:17Z")
As officials struggled Wednesday to explain why a jet with 150 people on board crashed in relatively clear skies, an investigator said evidence from a cockpit voice recorder indicated one pilot left the cockpit before … --- ## [13th March 1996, 17 years ago today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13th-march-1996-17-years-ago-today/652846)
**Author:** [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13th-march-1996-17-years-ago-today/652846 "2016-03-13T21:48:08Z")
17 years since Dunblane, and I still don’t quite have the words to describe it. No, I’m lucky enough not to have known anyone there, and I didn’t live in the area at that time, but even in Glasgow, we took it personally… --- ## [New Meme: Muffin or Chihuahua?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-meme-muffin-or-chihuahua/748643)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-meme-muffin-or-chihuahua/748643 "2016-03-13T20:25:45Z")
I don’t follow internet memes, but I have to admit, when I saw side-by-side pics of chihuahua’s faces and blueberry muffins, I laughed: Has this been around for a while? ETA: Labradoodle or Fried Chicken is pretty f… --- ## [Neat useful tricks that you think most people are not aware of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neat-useful-tricks-that-you-think-most-people-are-not-aware-of/648959)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 422\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neat-useful-tricks-that-you-think-most-people-are-not-aware-of/648959 "2016-03-13T19:17:25Z")
Have you learned any useful tricks that you think most people are not aware of ? I’ll start off with two. Emptying partially consumed bottles of wine while cleaning up after a wedding -Invert the uncorked bottle o… --- ## [Coworker alarmed by a man in a turban](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coworker-alarmed-by-a-man-in-a-turban/748434)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coworker-alarmed-by-a-man-in-a-turban/748434 "2016-03-13T18:24:33Z")
A coworker just gave us the heads-up that a guy has been sitting on the bridge next to our office for a couple of hours. He’s not fishing; just sitting there looking around. And he’s wearing a turban. Being at a port,… --- ## [Things you don't want to hear your 7 year old saying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-to-hear-your-7-year-old-saying/748798)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2016, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-to-hear-your-7-year-old-saying/748798 "2016-03-13T11:10:37Z")
"What the ?!? This marker is permanent !?!" In case you’re wondering, VIM and a soft nylon pad can take Sharpie marker off of hardwood floors if you move on it right away… --- ## [They're BAACCCKK! Save the date...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-baaccckk-save-the-date/748838)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2016, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-baaccckk-save-the-date/748838 "2016-03-13T04:59:17Z")
Just announced today: Nov 4-6, in the ass-end of Delaware the World Championship of Punkin Chunkin returns! If you don’t know what Punkin’ Chunkin is all about, it’s been covered on Discovery channel (Mythbusters), Sci… --- ## [Five years ago today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-years-ago-today/748694)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-years-ago-today/748694 "2016-03-13T01:27:54Z")
Five years ago today the 9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Japan, triggering a massive tsunami. 18,000 people were killed. I remember staring dumbstruck at the footage of the tsunami as it was occurring. It was s… --- ## [Jokes that take time to sink in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-take-time-to-sink-in/333519)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 233\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-take-time-to-sink-in/333519 "2016-03-12T17:34:45Z")
While fighting a cold recently and hacking up half a lung, I told a co-worker that I was coughing up so much phlem that I could open up a sugar-free caramel shop. She litereral took three more steps before stopping and … --- ## [I wore spikes for the first time in 30 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wore-spikes-for-the-first-time-in-30-years/748743)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wore-spikes-for-the-first-time-in-30-years/748743 "2016-03-12T16:08:21Z")
The former HS runners will know I’m talking something like these (though a different color & not those gaudy soles). I was at a sporting goods chain going-out-of-business sale a month or two ago & picked them up for les… --- ## [Today's (March 9th) Google Doodle - the Theremin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-march-9th-google-doodle-the-theremin/748484)
**Author:** [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-march-9th-google-doodle-the-theremin/748484 "2016-03-12T07:53:42Z")
Didn’t find a thread on this… Learn to play the theremin! Honoring the 105th birthday of Clara Rockmore, one of the first virtuosos. By (I think) pure coincidence, later this week I’m going to a performance of Olivier … --- ## [Disadvantage for Certain Men in Workplace](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disadvantage-for-certain-men-in-workplace/748686)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disadvantage-for-certain-men-in-workplace/748686 "2016-03-12T04:52:56Z")
Inspired by my previous thread about privilege and disadvantages, I thought I would let you all know the major disadvantage that I have had to work under my entire life. In my next job, I’m going to ask for all female i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=650) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=652)