# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=664 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 665 --- ## [Neophyte at sewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neophyte-at-sewing/744062)
**Author:** [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neophyte-at-sewing/744062 "2016-01-27T19:52:06Z")
The other day I popped a button off one of my work trousers. I contemplated using hidden safety pins to keep them wearable. I found some sewing supplies and thought that I might try to sew the button on all by myself, … --- ## [Someone stole my recyclables.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-stole-my-recyclables/744327)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-stole-my-recyclables/744327 "2016-01-27T14:37:49Z")
Wednesday is trash collection day here, which means people take their trash out to the curb late Tuesday or Wednesday morning. Anything recyclable (bottles, jars, cans, etc.) goes out in blue trash bags. It’s not unusua… --- ## [Broadway Rat achieves Stardom, Dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broadway-rat-achieves-stardom-dies/744363)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broadway-rat-achieves-stardom-dies/744363 "2016-01-27T14:08:06Z")
I have read about this on the NYTimes, but believe their articles are behind their paywall, so am going with this link. In the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime now on Broadway, there is a rat featured as a… --- ## [Well, there's your problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-theres-your-problem/744126)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-theres-your-problem/744126 "2016-01-27T03:20:10Z")
As Adam Savage likes to put it. My laptop, out of nowhere, just gave me a “USB device not recognized” error message. So I started unplugging and re-plugging things, fiddling with settings… Then I noticed something. I h… --- ## [On the road to cranky town, but not sure which fork to take](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-road-to-cranky-town-but-not-sure-which-fork-to-take/742355)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-road-to-cranky-town-but-not-sure-which-fork-to-take/742355 "2016-01-27T02:55:07Z")
As I approach old cranky curmudgeonhood, I want life to be easer. Perhaps if it is, I will my slide down this slope will be slower. But these people AREN’T HELPING! The other day I visited Viper’s web-site. They prod… --- ## [Atomic bomb survivors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atomic-bomb-survivors/743952)
**Author:** [@Dajn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dajn)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atomic-bomb-survivors/743952 "2016-01-27T02:37:46Z")
Reading a few threads here got me thinking about world war 2 again. My grandfather on my dad’s side was not drafted at the beginning because he was running the farm. His mother was dead and his dad was nearly paralyzed… --- ## [If your sleep had a personality, how would you describe it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-sleep-had-a-personality-how-would-you-describe-it/744076)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-sleep-had-a-personality-how-would-you-describe-it/744076 "2016-01-27T00:31:33Z")
My sleep is like a sullen teenager, occasionally susceptible towards being reasoned with but often pointlessly rebellious and arbitrary in its whims. There’s a certain predictability to it, only in the sense that all tee… --- ## [Chuck Norris](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris/744264)
**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris/744264 "2016-01-26T21:51:01Z")
Chuck Norris once threw a hand grenade and killed 50 people…then it exploded --- ## [The website has been updated. Abe Vigoda is...DEAD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-website-has-been-updated-abe-vigoda-is-dead/744301)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-website-has-been-updated-abe-vigoda-is-dead/744301 "2016-01-26T21:01:13Z")
After numerous premature reports of his death over the years, the definitive source has been updated. --- ## [Where is the cold and snow I was promised?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cold-and-snow-i-was-promised/740198)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cold-and-snow-i-was-promised/740198 "2016-01-26T17:18:56Z")
When I agreed to move from my life-long Los Angeles home earlier this year, one of the things I looked forward to about moving to the east coast was getting some actual weather! We got to the DC area in the late summer, … --- ## [Driver stranded during Friday’s deadly blizzard shot and killed a good Samaritan who tried to help.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driver-stranded-during-friday-s-deadly-blizzard-shot-and-killed-a-good-samaritan-who-tried-to-help/744034)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driver-stranded-during-friday-s-deadly-blizzard-shot-and-killed-a-good-samaritan-who-tried-to-help/744034 "2016-01-26T16:39:13Z")
:frowning: Talk about a stupid and senseless tragedy. WTH was wrong with this guy? I’m curious to see how this story develops. Did he have warrants he was worried about? --- ## [F\*ck Obmama and ACA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ck-obmama-and-aca/743020)
**Author:** [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ck-obmama-and-aca/743020 "2016-01-26T14:08:25Z")
I don’t have any pre-existing conditions or prescriptions. Yet my privately-bought health insurance premiums have gone up by over 250% in two years. Is anyone having the same problem, or are you reaping the riches? --- ## [Maroua, Cameroon attacked by Boko Haram](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maroua-cameroon-attacked-by-boko-haram/726016)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maroua-cameroon-attacked-by-boko-haram/726016 "2016-01-26T11:34:34Z")
More than 30 are dead after two young girls posing as beggars triggered a suicide bomb inside the Central Market of Maroua in Cameroon. Maroua is one of my favorite cities anywhere-- a quiet, leafy little Sahel town ful… --- ## [So, I got laid off today...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-laid-off-today/734693)
**Author:** [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-laid-off-today/734693 "2016-01-26T04:12:24Z")
Actually, yesterday, but I didn’t feel like posting yesterday. I was on vacation last week; spent most of Monday catching up on emails, etc. The company had upgraded my laptop a few weeks ago and some of my files had go… --- ## [Atlanta (Peachtree Streets)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-peachtree-streets/742510)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-peachtree-streets/742510 "2016-01-26T03:20:00Z")
What the hell is up with all the Peachtree streets in Atlanta? I have a hotel on W Peachtree street (actually, W Peachtree St NW, although the hotel doesn’t advertise the “NW” part, and neither do some of the street sig… --- ## [Would this be a time travel paradox?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-a-time-travel-paradox/744031)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-a-time-travel-paradox/744031 "2016-01-25T22:03:27Z")
OK, for the purposes of this thread time is constantly being created one Plank time after another. Meaning that the future doesn’t exist yet. In 1986 Jane Doe creates a time machine. She can’t travel past 1986 obvious… --- ## [Best PSA series ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-psa-series-ever/743994)
**Author:** [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-psa-series-ever/743994 "2016-01-25T20:45:05Z")
The American Heart Association and other organizations have put out a seriesof commercialson heart attacks that are brilliant. They’ve come up with a way for people to remember the cadence involved in chest compressions… --- ## [Your Mnemonical Responses to People and Place Names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mnemonical-responses-to-people-and-place-names/744108)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mnemonical-responses-to-people-and-place-names/744108 "2016-01-25T19:48:41Z")
“Mnemonical” is not the correct term, but here we go: What names, places, etc always provoke the same grey matter response for you? For example: Every time I hear NPR reporter Eleanor Beardsley’s a name, my brain seize… --- ## [FWD/RWD/AWD: Which vehicle safest in snow/ice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fwd-rwd-awd-which-vehicle-safest-in-snow-ice/743839)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fwd-rwd-awd-which-vehicle-safest-in-snow-ice/743839 "2016-01-25T19:00:07Z")
Battening down here in Jersey for Jonas! I read a recent thread here about the advantages and disadvantages of front- and rear-wheel drive. Though I’m def. not intending to go jaunt around during this storm, I’m curious… --- ## [CERN Scientists Break the Speed of Light!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cern-scientists-break-the-speed-of-light/743953)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cern-scientists-break-the-speed-of-light/743953 "2016-01-25T17:52:39Z")
I find this unbelievable and think there is probably some kind of measurement error. --- ## [NASA May Have Invented a Warp Drive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-may-have-invented-a-warp-drive/744061)
**Author:** [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-may-have-invented-a-warp-drive/744061 "2016-01-25T16:43:08Z")
NASA May Have Invented a Warp Drive. But don’t get to happy star trek fans here!!:eek::eek::eek: warp drive or alcubierre drive would be very dangerous it would destroy plants and stars in it’s path!!! You need to b… --- ## [Sick at a conference](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-at-a-conference/744051)
**Author:** [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-at-a-conference/744051 "2016-01-25T12:07:45Z")
Ugh. I’ve been looking forward to this for ages, and here I am tucked up in bed in my hotel room. Just a cold, but I think I have a fever, so am taking it very easy, not to mention not wanting to infect all the other che… --- ## [Bedding down in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bedding-down-in-the-mmp/743490)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 365\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bedding-down-in-the-mmp/743490 "2016-01-25T05:12:38Z")
The variety of mattresses available is pretty close to mind-boggling - innerspring, foam, memory foam, air, adjustable, water (?), soft, medium, firm, very firm, granite, futon, sofa bed with extra big crossbar… We’ve g… --- ## [Odd funeral, before sunrise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-funeral-before-sunrise/743908)
**Author:** [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-funeral-before-sunrise/743908 "2016-01-24T16:02:43Z")
On my way to work this morning at 5:30 AM I was driving down a seldom traveled road that has a graveyard on it. I noticed a set of headlights traveling through the graveyard, which stood out as rather odd, who the hell g… --- ## [Polonium skulduggery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polonium-skulduggery/744066)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polonium-skulduggery/744066 "2016-01-24T11:53:57Z")
Britain recently released a report stating that former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, who died of Polonium poisoning in London in 2006, was assassinated by two Russian agents - and that Putin probably approved this. I… --- ## [Apartment hunting right now and I like to find a place that has these two things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apartment-hunting-right-now-and-i-like-to-find-a-place-that-has-these-two-things/743849)
**Author:** [@NJ22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NJ22)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apartment-hunting-right-now-and-i-like-to-find-a-place-that-has-these-two-things/743849 "2016-01-24T02:40:21Z")
A bathroom with a Egg Shell Color Tub instead of all white A kitchen floor that is not white, but a dark color Are those wacky requirements? --- ## [Wedding, big whoop, in trouble we roll deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-big-whoop-in-trouble-we-roll-deep/743975)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-big-whoop-in-trouble-we-roll-deep/743975 "2016-01-23T21:55:25Z")
Not mundane or pointless to me, but doesn’t seem to fit anywhere else. So I learned something, or rather had a misconception somewhat wrecked yesterday. Guestling the Eldest, (but not the brightest) got himself arreste… --- ## [India leads the world in open defecation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-leads-the-world-in-open-defecation/743577)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-leads-the-world-in-open-defecation/743577 "2016-01-23T14:16:35Z")
After sending this meme page to my brother last week, he came back with this depressing/disturbing documentary video about the problem, i.e. about half the people in India don’t use toilets to defecate. It’s mostly the … --- ## [Help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/743961)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/743961 "2016-01-23T10:13:06Z")
This is me asking for help in the form of that Oasis video. HELP. --- ## [A Washing Machine with a Brick Inside on a Trampoline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-washing-machine-with-a-brick-inside-on-a-trampoline/743569)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-washing-machine-with-a-brick-inside-on-a-trampoline/743569 "2016-01-23T08:11:07Z")
Fun activities for people with videocams and too many washing machines and trampolines on hand: A Brick In A Washing Machine On A Trampoline. That Is All. | HuffPost Weird News? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=663) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=665)