# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=663 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 664 --- ## [Kitteh does not respect my authoritah](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitteh-does-not-respect-my-authoritah/744725)
**Author:** [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2016, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitteh-does-not-respect-my-authoritah/744725 "2016-01-31T10:42:51Z")
My wife has pointed out to me that the only living creature in our family that respects my authority is the cat. The cat just bit me. --- ## [Good service story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-service-story/744369)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2016, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-service-story/744369 "2016-01-31T07:49:55Z")
After reading this thread: On the road to cranky town, but not sure which fork to take - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board, I thought I would tell a good service story. I got ba… --- ## [Mazda stops making Wankels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mazda-stops-making-wankels/744429)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mazda-stops-making-wankels/744429 "2016-01-30T20:00:17Z")
The Rotary Engine is DEAD. --- ## [1/28/86 - Lest We Forget](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-28-86-lest-we-forget/744505)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-28-86-lest-we-forget/744505 "2016-01-30T19:02:34Z")
Scobee McNair McAuliffe Onizuka Resnick Jarvis Smith 30 years. --- ## [Panic on 2nd AA Airlines Flight - Fainting Illness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panic-on-2nd-aa-airlines-flight-fainting-illness/744610)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panic-on-2nd-aa-airlines-flight-fainting-illness/744610 "2016-01-30T18:52:30Z")
American Airlines forced to ground a plane for the second time after members of the crew and passengers on board suffered from a mystery illness. This sounds very scary. Can you imagine being on an Inter-Continental f… --- ## [Saturday MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-mmp/744649)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2016, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-mmp/744649 "2016-01-30T13:12:35Z")
I lost my Mojo. I left the back door open while shoveling snow and it escaped. The tracks ended at the fence. If you have played with your Mojo outside you will know what type of tracks they leave. I have been all ove… --- ## [Some questions for retired Dopers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-for-retired-dopers/744302)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2016, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-for-retired-dopers/744302 "2016-01-30T12:32:47Z")
By “retired” I mean you no longer work at a regular x-day, x-hours/day job, most likely outside of your home. Also, if you’re at or near the traditional “retirement age,” I’m assuming you don’t have little kids at home t… --- ## [I'm Keeping My Christmas Decorations Up Till Ground Hog's Day.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-keeping-my-christmas-decorations-up-till-ground-hogs-day/744248)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2016, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-keeping-my-christmas-decorations-up-till-ground-hogs-day/744248 "2016-01-30T09:31:01Z")
I don’t know what it’s like where the rest of you live. But where I live, SE Michigan, winter is coming later and later each year. I guess it is because of global warming. (Oh, wait a minute. I can’t say that, because it… --- ## [Anybody up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up/744563)
**Author:** [@StuckinNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuckinNJ)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2016, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up/744563 "2016-01-30T08:20:33Z")
Its 3:30am and I’ve been up for over an hour stressing about work/life. Rather mundane and somehat pointless, but curious what others do when their mind wont let them sleep? Get up? Lay in bed thinking? I’m up at leas… --- ## [What's the farthest you've been from your clothes ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-farthest-youve-been-from-your-clothes/506666)
**Author:** [@imfloating](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imfloating)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2016, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-farthest-youve-been-from-your-clothes/506666 "2016-01-30T07:14:23Z")
After sitting around the campfire having a few whatevers it occurred to me that from the day you’re born you are always within a couple of feet of your clothes. Whether you’re in the shower or even on a nude beach, they… --- ## [Iran seems to be getting a little ballsy with some of the US fleet.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-seems-to-be-getting-a-little-ballsy-with-some-of-the-us-fleet/744609)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-seems-to-be-getting-a-little-ballsy-with-some-of-the-us-fleet/744609 "2016-01-30T03:11:44Z")
First they fired a missile near a US warship. \*A U.S. aircraft carrier came within about 1,500 yards of an Iranian rocket while operating in the Strait of Hormuz, a Pentagon official told CNN. While transiting the st… --- ## [The thing about having a GF way smarter than you...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-about-having-a-gf-way-smarter-than-you/744509)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-about-having-a-gf-way-smarter-than-you/744509 "2016-01-29T20:41:45Z")
When you argue, and you KNOW you’re the “right” one in the argument, yet she is still able to mind fuck you and turn it all around on you. You then find yourself apologizing and thinking quietly to yourself: “How the fuc… --- ## [Have you noticed people using "release" as an intransitive verb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-noticed-people-using-release-as-an-intransitive-verb/744276)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-noticed-people-using-release-as-an-intransitive-verb/744276 "2016-01-29T20:11:03Z")
I see it a lot online now especially on gaming websights “This game will release in 5 weeks” It’s wrong. You should say “this game will be released in 5 weeks” --- ## [Laid off again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laid-off-again/744598)
**Author:** [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laid-off-again/744598 "2016-01-29T20:08:43Z")
Just got out of a meeting and we’re closing end of March. Here I go again! --- ## [It's raining deer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-deer/744566)
**Author:** [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-deer/744566 "2016-01-29T19:42:55Z")
About 8PM last night I was driving along a little country lane with 6ft hedgerows on either side. Suddenly a dark shadow appeared on my left and I hit the brakes hard. A fallow deer had leapt over the hedge and landed a … --- ## [just got my winter bike fixed....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-my-winter-bike-fixed/743705)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-my-winter-bike-fixed/743705 "2016-01-29T15:10:52Z")
7 speed internal hub with roller brakes, complete with fenders, chain guard, studded tires. I bought it because I spent $250 repairing my regular bike after a brutal winter a couple of years ago. I bought it so I would… --- ## [Huh. Turns out Shodan is regarding us all, after all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-turns-out-shodan-is-regarding-us-all-after-all/744511)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-turns-out-shodan-is-regarding-us-all-after-all/744511 "2016-01-29T14:25:35Z")
News item: “Shodan webcam search engine raises privacy concerns for Internet of Things.” --- ## [Anyone ever do any underwater basket weaving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-any-underwater-basket-weaving/744413)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2016, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-any-underwater-basket-weaving/744413 "2016-01-29T04:24:25Z")
Just wondering if anyone’s every actually done it, or taken a course on it. I understand classes have been offered at Reed College, U of Arizona and Rutgers in the past. --- ## [Retirement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirement/744518)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirement/744518 "2016-01-29T01:45:26Z")
I Am Officially An 'Old Geezer"… Somewhere during the first few days of January 2016 I decided I had enough and applied for Early Retirement through the USA Social Security Program. I have been approved and will get my… --- ## [El Salvador Urges Against Pregnancies Until 2018 as Zika Virus Spreads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-salvador-urges-against-pregnancies-until-2018-as-zika-virus-spreads/744060)
**Author:** [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2016, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-salvador-urges-against-pregnancies-until-2018-as-zika-virus-spreads/744060 "2016-01-29T01:21:43Z")
This Zika virus could spread all over the world. It may not be killing people now but could turn really bad like HIV. --- ## [FINALLY! A new Sequential Threads thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-a-new-sequential-threads-thread/737412)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 492\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-a-new-sequential-threads-thread/737412 "2016-01-28T23:44:00Z")
Would you turn in your significant other for a crime? When do you leave you house in the morning and when do you return? My wife wants to know. --- ## [Unpleasantly Large Mid-Atlantic Snow Event Coming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpleasantly-large-mid-atlantic-snow-event-coming/743612)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 227\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpleasantly-large-mid-atlantic-snow-event-coming/743612 "2016-01-28T22:36:57Z")
I hate snow. I am one of the “essentials” meaning I have to find some way to get to the job…because I work in a grocery store. As most of you know, the public loses its mind when these things are forecast and the probab… --- ## [Ahh, January and February in Vermont . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahh-january-and-february-in-vermont/744400)
**Author:** [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahh-january-and-february-in-vermont/744400 "2016-01-28T14:39:25Z")
And it’s 40 degrees and raining? :frowning: I’m in northern Vermont and the forecast for the next week (1/28 - 2/3) is 36, 36, 34, 41, 44, 35, 39. With rain at least three of those days. This time of year we usually ha… --- ## [Most absurd Wikipedia articles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-absurd-wikipedia-articles/743949)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-absurd-wikipedia-articles/743949 "2016-01-28T05:59:25Z")
Traditionally encyclopedias were associated with seriousness: serious people writing serious articles about serious topics. Pick up the Britannica or Columbia Encyclopedia or any of the scores of other encyclopedias out… --- ## [Ideas, inventions that may never come to market](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-inventions-that-may-never-come-to-market/744255)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-inventions-that-may-never-come-to-market/744255 "2016-01-28T03:16:38Z")
A plastic teething object for toddlers. It resembles a raw, short rib of beef. When it is chewed, the toddler’s teeth and gums turn red! Care to share your ideas, inventions? --- ## [Things you remember as a child](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-remember-as-a-child/326313)
**Author:** [@CWN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CWN)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-remember-as-a-child/326313 "2016-01-28T02:28:58Z")
Things you remember as a child -Real Stream shovels- powered by steam -Metal dashboards in cars -Glass thermos bottles (remember the horrid sound of the tinkle, tinkle when you rattled it, dang, pop is going to be pis… --- ## [Calculation to determine how far to scroll the page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calculation-to-determine-how-far-to-scroll-the-page/744304)
**Author:** [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calculation-to-determine-how-far-to-scroll-the-page/744304 "2016-01-28T01:55:34Z")
You know how, when you visit a web site, various parts of the display are loaded at different times: title, body of article, ads on the left, ads on the right, ads with text flowing around it, that band at the top that t… --- ## [Windows 10 Issues - Chrome & File Explorer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-issues-chrome-file-explorer/744402)
**Author:** [@Blackstock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackstock)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-issues-chrome-file-explorer/744402 "2016-01-28T01:47:36Z")
I’m sorry for posting this here, but I don’t know where else to go. I’ve tried checking a thousand dedicated forums to Microsoft and Windows 10, but none of the solutions worked and I’m quite pissed off. I’ve just downgr… --- ## [So now they know what causes schizophrenia!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-they-know-what-causes-schizophrenia/744407)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-they-know-what-causes-schizophrenia/744407 "2016-01-28T01:29:11Z")
New study as to the causes of schizophrenia identifies specific gene location and synapse pruning activity. --- ## [What do you do when drunk alone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-drunk-alone/269424)
**Author:** [@klintypooh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klintypooh)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-drunk-alone/269424 "2016-01-27T21:23:27Z")
Just wondering, what do you do when you’re drunk and nobody can see you??? Now I mean dancing or whatever, nothing perverted… Well maybe some then :smiley: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=662) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=664)