# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=654 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 655 --- ## [tell me about working & living in denver](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-working-living-in-denver/747806)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-working-living-in-denver/747806 "2016-03-04T23:15:00Z")
A close friend has a interesting opportunity in Denver. Tell me your experiences, please. --- ## [The ultimate I hate my job moment.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-i-hate-my-job-moment/747828)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-i-hate-my-job-moment/747828 "2016-03-04T20:41:25Z")
This has to be pretty close to a number one I hate my job moment. Poor guy is probably underpaid and works long hours. Then this happens. Glad no one was hurt and that they caught the students responsible. --- ## [New words we need.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-words-we-need/747846)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-words-we-need/747846 "2016-03-04T19:17:58Z")
I was just thinking we need to create new word. Something to describe the action a crumb on the bed makes when you try to brush it off, but it deftly jumps right over your hand and lands right back where it was original… --- ## [What is the point of "I don't care who started it"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-point-of-i-dont-care-who-started-it/744533)
**Author:** [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-point-of-i-dont-care-who-started-it/744533 "2016-03-04T16:25:09Z")
I’m always vaguely bothered by the statement “I don’t care who started it!” because I always imagine something like this: Child A does something horrible to child B. Hitting, spitting, groping, setting hair on fire, ver… --- ## [One less deer in Saskatchewan last night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-less-deer-in-saskatchewan-last-night/741395)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2016, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-less-deer-in-saskatchewan-last-night/741395 "2016-03-04T13:23:52Z")
After the extravaganza of opening presents chez Pipers on Christmas morning, we hit the road in the afternoon to go to my sister-in-law’s place, a few hours away, where family was getting together. It was dusk. Mrs P wa… --- ## [Question for wearers of short skirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-wearers-of-short-skirts/747752)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2016, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-wearers-of-short-skirts/747752 "2016-03-04T06:28:27Z")
Wearing a dress to work today and remembered one of the reasons I rarely wear dresses. They are always about 4 inches shorter when I’m sitting than when I’m standing up. This one’s not particularly short, but sitting h… --- ## [Ask the medical technologist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-medical-technologist/443176)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2016, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-medical-technologist/443176 "2016-03-04T05:58:51Z")
So, who’s never heard of a medical technologist? Who’s heard of one but has no clue what they do? Who knows what they do but has some questions? I’m relatively new to the field, and there are other medical techs on the … --- ## [What is the cutting edge technology regarding wireless audio/video home entertainment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-cutting-edge-technology-regarding-wireless-audio-video-home-entertainment/741568)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-cutting-edge-technology-regarding-wireless-audio-video-home-entertainment/741568 "2016-03-04T03:47:24Z")
Everything in my apartment is still wired together. I have a ton of HDMI cables connecting all my devices to my TV (blu ray player, gaming consoles, satellite box), and I have a 3.5mm jack connecting the speaker system t… --- ## [The unofficial mascot of the Bernie Sanders campaign "Bernie Baby" died. :(](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-mascot-of-the-bernie-sanders-campaign-bernie-baby-died/747869)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2016, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-mascot-of-the-bernie-sanders-campaign-bernie-baby-died/747869 "2016-03-04T02:56:42Z")
Oliver Jack Carter Lomas-Davis aka the “Bernie baby,” died of SIDS last week. ETA: he was less than 4 months old. --- ## [10 years sober](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-years-sober/684240)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-years-sober/684240 "2016-03-04T02:04:16Z")
Today is the day. 10 years clean and sober. Yay me! Slee --- ## [Floridope, anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridope-anyone/744583)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridope-anyone/744583 "2016-03-03T22:07:21Z")
By my count, it’s been nine years since the last Central Floridope. Seems like it’s time to rectify that. To be honest, I don’t know if anyone who came to the last one is still living here other than Ludovic (you are sti… --- ## [Voting in my first caucus this year!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-in-my-first-caucus-this-year/747863)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-in-my-first-caucus-this-year/747863 "2016-03-03T20:23:00Z")
I turned 18 in 2012, and voted for Obama in the general election. My birthday was after we had the Maine caucus, so I wasn’t able to take part in it then. I will be voting for Bernie Sanders on Sunday. --- ## [Ask the guy who recently returned from a cruise...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-recently-returned-from-a-cruise/747325)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-recently-returned-from-a-cruise/747325 "2016-03-03T19:04:18Z")
The Druidess and I took a cruise earlier this month, departing from New Orleans aboard the Carnival Elation. We stopped in Cozumel and Progresso, got to tour Mayan ruins, and generally had an awesome time. It was my fi… --- ## [The "Forest Kindergarten"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-forest-kindergarten/747046)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2016, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-forest-kindergarten/747046 "2016-03-03T11:29:30Z")
I recently came across this new concept from Denmark called the “forest kindergarten”. What it literally means is getting the kids outdoors and allowing them tom play in the woods. Along with that is all the mud, clod, w… --- ## [What would your cat do for a living?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-cat-do-for-a-living/746947)
**Author:** [@Magicicada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magicicada)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-cat-do-for-a-living/746947 "2016-03-03T05:00:05Z")
My husband and I often mused that our late #1 cat–a former stray, well into adulthood before he was neutered, and very much a guy cat–would have been a mechanic had he been human. He would have smoked cigarettes and cus… --- ## [Any birthdays today? (February 29th)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-birthdays-today-february-29th/747580)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2016, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-birthdays-today-february-29th/747580 "2016-03-03T04:10:50Z")
My dad turns 96 today, though he has really only had about 23 birthdays. Any one else? --- ## [They're trying to suppress the speech of an alcoholic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-trying-to-suppress-the-speech-of-an-alcoholic/747793)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2016, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-trying-to-suppress-the-speech-of-an-alcoholic/747793 "2016-03-03T03:23:09Z")
There, I said it. --- ## [HMS Irruncible is an alcoholic dickbucket](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hms-irruncible-is-an-alcoholic-dickbucket/747785)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2016, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hms-irruncible-is-an-alcoholic-dickbucket/747785 "2016-03-03T03:16:12Z")
Thought it was time for another one of these threads. Let me emphasize there is no coaching nor advice that will make it better. People fiddled while Rome burned, and there is no record of anyone halting nor ameliorati… --- ## [Please tell me about Belize](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-about-belize/747718)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-about-belize/747718 "2016-03-03T02:40:54Z")
Belize came up in a conversation tonight and although there’s plenty of stuff online, I thought it would be cool to hear from people who have been there themselves. What’s it like? Were you there as a tourist? What di… --- ## [I broke the "Unbreakable Phone"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-the-unbreakable-phone/747707)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-the-unbreakable-phone/747707 "2016-03-03T02:35:31Z")
Oh Gawd Help Me! I’m gonna be a CLONE!:frowning: This afternoon, I took my beloved 6 years old, dropped off a semi, kicked across a parking lot, taken into the shower and swimming pool regularly(the looks from people w… --- ## [People with urine on their hands, touching their electronic devices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-urine-on-their-hands-touching-their-electronic-devices/747714)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-urine-on-their-hands-touching-their-electronic-devices/747714 "2016-03-03T02:25:43Z")
So this is my OCD brain really thinking too much about things, but it’s quite common for people, especially men, to not wash their hands after using the restroom, and for there to be, hence, urine on their hands, and the… --- ## [People who think 1-2 dates = commitment to exclusivity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-think-1-2-dates-commitment-to-exclusivity/747739)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-think-1-2-dates-commitment-to-exclusivity/747739 "2016-03-02T22:57:43Z")
Anyone ever gone out on 1 or 2 dates with someone, and then it turns out they took those few dates to already imply a commitment to exclusivity, and that dating anyone else is tantamount to cheating? Not complaining at… --- ## [12 years sober - well, almost](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-years-sober-well-almost/747670)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-years-sober-well-almost/747670 "2016-03-02T22:50:53Z")
So I got a text from my wife this morning congratulating me on 12 years sober. My first reaction was, holy schnoikies, she is right! Totally forgot about that. It is actually a couple weeks early, but what the hell, wha… --- ## [New feline addition to the household](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-feline-addition-to-the-household/651868)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-feline-addition-to-the-household/651868 "2016-03-02T21:32:40Z")
You all know we lost Harvey in November. It was now time to find another furball to keep us company. We’ve just returned from N.O.A.H Animal Adoption & Spay/Neuter Center, where we adopted Tonka. We thought we would a… --- ## [Can't sleep... must know...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-sleep-must-know/747712)
**Author:** [@blankityblankingblank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blankityblankingblank)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2016, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-sleep-must-know/747712 "2016-03-02T19:31:17Z")
I’m new here. … hi everyone! So I’m laying here trying to go to sleep and, as is usual for me, my brain is running rampant. I need to know if anyone knows if during a near-death experience, a person evacuates their bow… --- ## [Pupinia Stewart is the greatest YouTube troll of all time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pupinia-stewart-is-the-greatest-youtube-troll-of-all-time/747755)
**Author:** [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pupinia-stewart-is-the-greatest-youtube-troll-of-all-time/747755 "2016-03-02T19:24:21Z")
This chick is hilarious and has the character down pat. And people still think it is real. She can stir up fake tears, deliver jokes with a deadpan so you don’t realize it was a funny until like three seconds later, all … --- ## [Clarence Thomas asks a question!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-thomas-asks-a-question/747546)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-thomas-asks-a-question/747546 "2016-03-02T17:15:02Z")
For the first time in over a decade, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas asks a question during oral arguments. Scalia dies, and suddenly he realizes no one’s gonna do his homework for him. --- ## [I caught a groundhog! Now what? (Need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-caught-a-groundhog-now-what-need-answer-fast/512012)
**Author:** [@JerseyFrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerseyFrank)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-caught-a-groundhog-now-what-need-answer-fast/512012 "2016-03-02T04:52:36Z")
I gave up for a while, but I finally got him. He’s in a Hav-a-hart trap at home right now. I live in a suburban neighborhood where discharging firearms would be frowned upon, if not downright illegal. Plus, I don’t ha… --- ## [Sequential Threads Jan 26](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-jan-26/744263)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-jan-26/744263 "2016-03-02T00:06:31Z")
How did the word “Bitch” come to be associated with… High sulfur steel --- ## [Ever develop an emotional attachment to an inanimate object?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-develop-an-emotional-attachment-to-an-inanimate-object/747121)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-develop-an-emotional-attachment-to-an-inanimate-object/747121 "2016-03-01T23:33:06Z")
I’ve been into photography since I bought my Canon AE1 back in the late 70’s. I’ve had my trusty Nikon D80 for 10 years or so, and I’ve recently decided it was time for an upgrade. I figured I’d get a relative pittance a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=653) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=655)