# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=66 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 67 --- ## [Yet Another Aviation Incident in South Korea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-aviation-incident-in-south-korea/1016228)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2025, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-aviation-incident-in-south-korea/1016228 "2025-03-29T10:41:47Z")
haps tells me: It’s a very short article so I just quoted half of it. Question for the pilots among us: If ATC is telling you to land on Runway 18R, do they say Eighteen R, Eighteen Right, or Eighteen Romeo? And do th… --- ## [Bodyoids - Growing human bodies for parts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bodyoids-growing-human-bodies-for-parts/1016274)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bodyoids-growing-human-bodies-for-parts/1016274 "2025-03-28T22:44:12Z")
I came across this article about growing ‘spare’ human bodies with no brains to provide organs for transplant, and possibly to use in medical experiments. I don’t believe this will actually be happening anytime soon. … --- ## [I’m puzzled by LinkedIn searches I’ve been getting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-puzzled-by-linkedin-searches-i-ve-been-getting/1015988)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-puzzled-by-linkedin-searches-i-ve-been-getting/1015988 "2025-03-28T19:57:47Z")
I’ve got a LinkedIn page. I’m not very active on it. One of the LinkedIn features is that you can search other people on it. And when other people search you, you get coy little notes about “someone from ABC Corp sear… --- ## [The rat in the bin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rat-in-the-bin/1015993)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rat-in-the-bin/1015993 "2025-03-28T15:56:59Z")
I was tired. Even triumphant, a little bit - but only in that way you are after accomplishing a difficult but mundane task (in this case having to do with a washer with a blocked drain). A couple of bags of trash left to… --- ## [Beat AI at finding a quote for me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-ai-at-finding-a-quote-for-me/1016255)
**Author:** [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-ai-at-finding-a-quote-for-me/1016255 "2025-03-28T14:23:58Z")
I prompted Chat GPT-4o mini to find me a particular quote. My initial prompt was “find me a published quote that means people often fight the hardest about things that matter the least.” Chat GPT’s responses completely m… --- ## [A Bomb Threat? HERE?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bomb-threat-here/1016141)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bomb-threat-here/1016141 "2025-03-28T09:38:39Z")
This is ridiculous! Just tried to go to my local supermarket, a small store in a quiet exurban/suburban town, and discovered three police vehicles there and the store had just been shut down… Because of a bomb threat. … --- ## [What causes the characteristic "poike" sound on scammer's phone calls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-the-characteristic-poike-sound-on-scammers-phone-calls/1015733)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-the-characteristic-poike-sound-on-scammers-phone-calls/1015733 "2025-03-28T04:13:18Z")
I have observed, for years, that if I get a call from a random phone number, just before a human comes on the line, there is an electronic sound I characterize as “poike” (just say it like it sounds; silent “e”). When … --- ## [Missing Merlin story discovered in the Cambridge University Library](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-merlin-story-discovered-in-the-cambridge-university-library/1016148)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-merlin-story-discovered-in-the-cambridge-university-library/1016148 "2025-03-27T18:18:16Z")
It had been reused as a cover for another book. It’s amazing to think about how many treasures could be hidden away in some forgotten corner. Gives the world that sense of mystery it sometimes lacks in trying times. --- ## [History fact check-What were you taught about Alan Turing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-fact-check-what-were-you-taught-about-alan-turing/1016067)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-fact-check-what-were-you-taught-about-alan-turing/1016067 "2025-03-26T21:41:14Z")
When you went to junior high and/or high school, What (if anything) were you taught about Alan Turing? Were you taught about what he did, or about his sexuality, or about what was done to him. His name was never bro… --- ## [I don't know how to think of SpaceX anymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-how-to-think-of-spacex-anymore/1010167)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-how-to-think-of-spacex-anymore/1010167 "2025-03-26T18:44:24Z")
Notwithstanding advantages and disadvantages of human spaceflight vs robotic space exploration, I have always found the whole manned space exploration thing fascinating, exciting and cool. I have, because it’s the best t… --- ## [Dreams in these Modern Times](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreams-in-these-modern-times/1016140)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreams-in-these-modern-times/1016140 "2025-03-26T15:21:41Z")
I had a novel, at least for me, dream this morning. I was vaguely aware that the alarm was about to go off. I had a dream asking me if I could spend a few minutes completing a survey about the quality of sleep I got la… --- ## [Tell us about your shoes!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-shoes/1013694)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-shoes/1013694 "2025-03-26T09:56:27Z")
Big ass brogues. Distinguished topsider sperries. Shiny candy apple red kitten heels. Worn white NB sneakers. $250+ Air Jordan’s. It don’t matter, tell us what you’re wearing today! Color. Style. Brand. Shoe size. Do yo… --- ## [I keep getting text messages of "- - - - - - is your verification code" when I never asked to log into anything. Identity theft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-text-messages-of-is-your-verification-code-when-i-never-asked-to-log-into-anything-identity-theft/1016107)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-text-messages-of-is-your-verification-code-when-i-never-asked-to-log-into-anything-identity-theft/1016107 "2025-03-25T22:53:09Z")
Starting this morning, I have gotten multiple text messages on my smartphone of “(6-digit number) is your verification code” when I have not been trying to log into anything. Is this some glitch, or someone trying to log… --- ## [This isn't what they mean by "breakfast at Tiffany's"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-isnt-what-they-mean-by-breakfast-at-tiffanys/1015973)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-isnt-what-they-mean-by-breakfast-at-tiffanys/1015973 "2025-03-25T14:37:05Z")
I’m suprised that it took two weeks to pass all of them. Seems like a really long time to stick around that neighborhood. When officers caught up with him later that day, they saw Mr Gilder “swallowing several objects … --- ## [Cat really exists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-really-exists/1015969)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-really-exists/1015969 "2025-03-25T13:49:26Z")
I’ve actually had her since Dec. 22, 2024, but I just now got a good pic of her. to prove she exists. Trying to figure out how to post it. --- ## [Why won't YouTube accept my new channel name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-youtube-accept-my-new-channel-name/1015884)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-youtube-accept-my-new-channel-name/1015884 "2025-03-25T06:43:08Z")
I am digitizing are 25 hours or more that my late father recorded at the Galax VA Fiddlers Convention 1999-2004. I tried to name it Galax Fiddlers Convention Campground Videos 1999 to 2004. The name can’t be used. Thou… --- ## [Writers Guild of America goes on strike (5/2/23) tentative deal (9/25/23) Now accepted (10/9/23)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-guild-of-america-goes-on-strike-5-2-23-tentative-deal-9-25-23-now-accepted-10-9-23/983448)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 462\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2023, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-guild-of-america-goes-on-strike-5-2-23-tentative-deal-9-25-23-now-accepted-10-9-23/983448 "2023-10-09T23:30:58Z")
The Writers Guild of America has gone on strike as of midnight, and it’s expected that late-night shows will be the first to be affected. Episodic television is written out several weeks to a few months in advance. http… --- ## [I do a whole lot less grocery "stockpiling" that I used to. Do you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-a-whole-lot-less-grocery-stockpiling-that-i-used-to-do-you/1015919)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-a-whole-lot-less-grocery-stockpiling-that-i-used-to-do-you/1015919 "2025-03-24T16:45:44Z")
Wondering if this is yet another of my personal quirks or a more universal trend. Growing up my mother had THREE pantries. One right off the kitchen, a second in the ‘unfinished’ area of the basement, and a third that … --- ## [Didn't Know Doughnuts Die](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-know-doughnuts-die/710719)
**Author:** [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2015, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-know-doughnuts-die/710719 "2015-01-30T03:57:26Z")
I was PLANNING to get the new tires for my car next month, but it’ll have to be today. All are bald and the front driver’s side tire has been filled with umpteen cans of Fix-O-Flat. So I stopped to put a little more air… --- ## [(Old) Top O' the Mundane To Ya- A St. Patrick's Day MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-top-o-the-mundane-to-ya-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/1015709)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 342\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-top-o-the-mundane-to-ya-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/1015709 "2025-03-24T15:12:20Z")
Wear your green, pour yourself a pint of the black stuff, and vomit in the streets in honor of Ireland’s Patron Saint. Or go about your normal mundane Monday. I’m up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave, so hijack… --- ## [When have you ever seen or used a stem-and-leaf or box-and-whiskers graph in the wild](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-have-you-ever-seen-or-used-a-stem-and-leaf-or-box-and-whiskers-graph-in-the-wild/1015835)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2025, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-have-you-ever-seen-or-used-a-stem-and-leaf-or-box-and-whiskers-graph-in-the-wild/1015835 "2025-03-24T12:05:08Z")
Or better yet, when would YOU use one? I think to all of the data displays we were taught in school and with box-and-whiskers graphs I think I’ve only seen two used outside of classes. And I have seen data that could h… --- ## [Wot, no MM?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wot-no-mm/1016019)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2025, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wot-no-mm/1016019 "2025-03-24T11:51:53Z")
NM, one has magically appeared. This can be deleted. And i misspelled MMP ! What a muppet. --- ## [Have we ever had a question about why we have eyebrows?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-ever-had-a-question-about-why-we-have-eyebrows/1015977)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-ever-had-a-question-about-why-we-have-eyebrows/1015977 "2025-03-23T18:32:23Z")
I wanted to test the capacity of a large language model to halucinate. I decided to use deepseek for this purpose. I asked it some questions which I expected would lead to halucintation. Here is the chat Me: what do you… --- ## [What crimes would you personally use your jury nullification power on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crimes-would-you-personally-use-your-jury-nullification-power-on/1015953)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crimes-would-you-personally-use-your-jury-nullification-power-on/1015953 "2025-03-23T15:49:28Z")
Jury nullification is the legal theory that the people have ultimate power over how crime enforcement through acquittal. This choice is taken by the jury when a person has without question violated a law but the jury fe… --- ## [Stupid stuff I have done](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-stuff-i-have-done/1014958)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-stuff-i-have-done/1014958 "2025-03-22T20:08:49Z")
I was reading a similar post on another forum when I was reminded of this long ago disaster. I’ll post it here since you guys are friendlier. This happened in my late teens so I should have known better. My parents thre… --- ## [I have a dryer not attached to a vent and I’m inexperienced and physically weak…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-dryer-not-attached-to-a-vent-and-i-m-inexperienced-and-physically-weak/1015577)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-dryer-not-attached-to-a-vent-and-i-m-inexperienced-and-physically-weak/1015577 "2025-03-22T18:34:44Z")
Advice greatly desired: I got a new washer and dryer delivered today. But they couldn’t hook the dryer up to the wall without an adapter. I went out to get one, but the delivery guys had to leave while I was gone. So the… --- ## [A really cool thing happened](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-really-cool-thing-happened/1015854)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-really-cool-thing-happened/1015854 "2025-03-22T18:20:50Z")
And in today’s world, I really needed one to happen. We all do. So this is a thread to talk about the cool thing that happened to you and gave you a bit of joy. Last night a friend on Facebook posted something about o… --- ## [MongoDB Issue and a Hatful of sand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongodb-issue-and-a-hatful-of-sand/1015839)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongodb-issue-and-a-hatful-of-sand/1015839 "2025-03-22T13:55:37Z")
Mongo DB or Database, is a very popular database that I’d describe as it’ll accept anything you can throw at it and is’s all good. They send out an email “Mongo Critical Issue” (I omitted the “Critical” so the SysOps ar… --- ## [Do you think small batteries are going to disappear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-small-batteries-are-going-to-disappear/1015825)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-small-batteries-are-going-to-disappear/1015825 "2025-03-21T21:20:02Z")
By small batteries I mean AAA, AA, C, D, 9 volt, etc. It seems like more and more devices that used to require batteries like these instead have an in built rechargeable lithium ion battery. At this point, I think the … --- ## [Ohio wants your drivers license to view online porn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-wants-your-drivers-license-to-view-online-porn/1015800)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-wants-your-drivers-license-to-view-online-porn/1015800 "2025-03-21T17:18:32Z")
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