# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=669 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 670 --- ## [Man tries to assault a Police Station in Paris, is killed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-tries-to-assault-a-police-station-in-paris-is-killed/742420)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-tries-to-assault-a-police-station-in-paris-is-killed/742420 "2016-01-07T19:21:44Z")
Today (first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks), a man rushed a police station in Northern Paris brandishing a knife and wearing a suspicious-looking belt with wires sticking out. The police officers shot and kill… --- ## [Let's make up our mind about the USPS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-our-mind-about-the-usps/739592)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-our-mind-about-the-usps/739592 "2016-01-07T19:08:51Z")
It needs to be either a private corporation that competes on a level playing field with the likes of UPS and DHL, or a federal agency. Not a bizarre amalgamation of the two. Which side is best? I don’t know. But it d… --- ## ["Money can't buy happiness"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-cant-buy-happiness/741901)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-cant-buy-happiness/741901 "2016-01-07T14:56:29Z")
Money can’t buy happiness. But it can buy peace of mind. Joe Rogan once said in a podcast, the advantage of having money is you don’t have to worry about shit. Like, someone dents your car and you are like “oh well, gues… --- ## [How much of a pleb or a snob are you according to your interests? Find out here.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-a-pleb-or-a-snob-are-you-according-to-your-interests-find-out-here/740264)
**Author:** [@GovernmentMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GovernmentMan)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2016, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-a-pleb-or-a-snob-are-you-according-to-your-interests-find-out-here/740264 "2016-01-07T05:47:38Z")
Take a look at this image: Post all of which apply to you and where you apply --- ## [Whoa! I'm a Geologist Again!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-im-a-geologist-again/742284)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-im-a-geologist-again/742284 "2016-01-07T02:03:54Z")
Just for this morning. I saw this picture in MSN pictures: Stunning colors from a mountain range in Chinese central Asia. You see that the older beds slope from upper right to lower … --- ## [xkcd Judgment Day - sentient but stupid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-judgment-day-sentient-but-stupid/742337)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-judgment-day-sentient-but-stupid/742337 "2016-01-07T00:52:34Z")
See here. Come on, if the computers controlling the nuclear arsenal ever gain sentience, they’d direct the nukes out of the solar system. It takes way too much energy to launch into the sun. Was our nerd hero asleep at… --- ## [Fucking Plenty of Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-plenty-of-fish/741344)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-plenty-of-fish/741344 "2016-01-07T00:19:23Z")
God. Look, if you want to meet me send an actual God damned message. Clicking on “wants to meet you” makes you about as interesting as you probably are, and it’s no wonder you’re lonely and single at this point. I’m t… --- ## [Trimming discretionary expenses after retirement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trimming-discretionary-expenses-after-retirement/742165)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trimming-discretionary-expenses-after-retirement/742165 "2016-01-06T23:25:43Z")
I’d be interested in hearing from long-time or recently retired Dopers who had to or chose to trim expenses. I have put together a budget and hypothetically, I do have enough income to live on. I figure I won’t be eatin… --- ## [Looks like Malaysian Airlines is rolling pennies for gas money.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-malaysian-airlines-is-rolling-pennies-for-gas-money/742346)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-malaysian-airlines-is-rolling-pennies-for-gas-money/742346 "2016-01-06T21:27:23Z")
Remember Malaysian Airlines, which seemingly couldn’t catch a break, with one plane disappearing mysteriously, and another accidentally shot down by Ukrainian seperatists? Well, I guess low oil prices aren’t helping the… --- ## [Did you stay up until midnight your time New Years Eve?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-stay-up-until-midnight-your-time-new-years-eve/741889)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-stay-up-until-midnight-your-time-new-years-eve/741889 "2016-01-06T21:15:09Z")
And do you usually stay up? Give me time to make a poll, 13 options will be on it. Note that “It depends” in the options that have it means “Sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t…it’s different every year” --- ## [Could anyone enlighten me on YouTube copyright laws.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-anyone-enlighten-me-on-youtube-copyright-laws/742292)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-anyone-enlighten-me-on-youtube-copyright-laws/742292 "2016-01-06T20:42:17Z")
Now I am a Vlogger. I have suggested banning motorcycles and described my interest in creative writing. Can anyone tell me how I can use/document articles and pictures in my videos? Like if I want to describe life in … --- ## [A wildlife / conservation issue: New World vis-a-vis Old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wildlife-conservation-issue-new-world-vis-a-vis-old/742353)
**Author:** [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wildlife-conservation-issue-new-world-vis-a-vis-old/742353 "2016-01-06T20:26:07Z")
Not sure whether this belongs better in MPSIMS or IMHO: mods, please relocate if appropriate. A natural history / conservation matter, brought to mind by a book being currently read. In regions essentially on the easte… --- ## [Mouse-proof food storage needed (need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouse-proof-food-storage-needed-need-answer-fast/741884)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouse-proof-food-storage-needed-need-answer-fast/741884 "2016-01-06T18:54:40Z")
So, our trailer has a mouse infestation. We lay out sticky traps and they catch a mouse on occasion, but they never go away, and they get into our food if we’re not very, very careful. We use our microwave to store our… --- ## [What year did you get online?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-did-you-get-online/741430)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-did-you-get-online/741430 "2016-01-06T17:19:24Z")
Not real sure how to set up a poll, so I’m just asking in a non-scientific way. What year did you get online? For my purposes, maybe something like Prodigy or WELL might count or they might not. I, for instance, was on … --- ## [Periodic Table of Videos does 12 Days of Christmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periodic-table-of-videos-does-12-days-of-christmas/742324)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periodic-table-of-videos-does-12-days-of-christmas/742324 "2016-01-06T14:15:07Z")
12 days, 12 videos, 12 gifts. All presented to Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff during this past year. --- ## [I finally have a car problem interesting enough for "Car Talk",...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-have-a-car-problem-interesting-enough-for-car-talk/742195)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-have-a-car-problem-interesting-enough-for-car-talk/742195 "2016-01-06T07:08:50Z")
…but, of course, there is no “Car Talk” anymore. Maybe Troll and Ban, the Doper brothers, can help me figure it out. Here’s the sequence of events so far. Some of these may turn out to be irrelevant, but I’m trying to… --- ## [I am someone's "One Eye-brow Baby"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-someones-one-eye-brow-baby/742136)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-someones-one-eye-brow-baby/742136 "2016-01-06T05:02:40Z")
Last night of the cruise, having a drink and saying my goodbyes to the people that enabled my drunkenness for the last 2 weeks and came across a guy who greets me with, “I fuckin’ hate you! You always beat me at everythi… --- ## [Mall "Cajun" food... Chinese food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mall-cajun-food-chinese-food/325421)
**Author:** [@Corporate\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corporate_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mall-cajun-food-chinese-food/325421 "2016-01-06T03:23:30Z")
I’ve noticed at maybe 3-4 mall food courts now that if there is a Cajun-Creole style restaurant, half the food is thinly veiled Chinese food and the place is run by Asians. They usually have generic Cajun-Creole foods li… --- ## [Canadope 2015: Battlestar Canadica](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 552\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655 "2016-01-06T01:19:29Z")
Well, it’s (almost) a new year, and time for a new Canadope thread. I’m not planning to get up any time tomorrow morning, so I thought I’d start this up tonight. The reason for the name - we’re having a Battlestar Galact… --- ## [Techniques to save money on your monthly phone bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/techniques-to-save-money-on-your-monthly-phone-bill/742279)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/techniques-to-save-money-on-your-monthly-phone-bill/742279 "2016-01-06T00:16:52Z")
I’d like to tell you about some recent developments that will enable me to save a lot of money on my monthly phone bill and I’d also like to ask you to post any techniques you may know to help people save money on their … --- ## [Bear gnaws on kayak](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-gnaws-on-kayak/742001)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-gnaws-on-kayak/742001 "2016-01-05T19:57:17Z")
Video A bear is approaching a woman. She tells the bear she’s going to pepper-spray it, and to go away. The bear keeps coming, so she pepper-sprays it. She screams for it to go away. So the bear heads over to her ka… --- ## [recommend some funny links please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-funny-links-please/741978)
**Author:** [@Two\_Wheels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Wheels)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-funny-links-please/741978 "2016-01-05T19:37:15Z")
I am finding myself with a lot of spare time on my hands due to being in the hospital. I NEED a good laugh. So please hook me ip to anything you know of on the internet that makes you laugh. --- ## [Weather in your part of the world.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-in-your-part-of-the-world/734712)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-in-your-part-of-the-world/734712 "2016-01-05T19:09:14Z")
I live in southern Victoria (Australia) and we can get some pretty nasty hot weather, mostly during the summer months. But one of the redeeming features of the hot stuff is that we get a cool southerly change before too… --- ## [Postwar Germany](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postwar-germany/742207)
**Author:** [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postwar-germany/742207 "2016-01-05T17:51:47Z")
Can anyone recommend a book about Germany in the post WW2 period? Also, I understand that Yugoslavia wanted a piece in the occupation of Germany with the claim that it was the only country to drive the German army out wi… --- ## [I got Married! (you probably don't know me, but I know you)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-married-you-probably-dont-know-me-but-i-know-you/742044)
**Author:** [@fervour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fervour)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-married-you-probably-dont-know-me-but-i-know-you/742044 "2016-01-05T07:44:39Z")
I don’t post much, but I read here all of the time. So I feel like I know you guys. And some of you I like a lot! I married my partner of 19 years (–will be in April). He’s from Florida. Florida is one of the three US… --- ## [So, I applied for a job... (long OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-applied-for-a-job-long-op/741844)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-applied-for-a-job-long-op/741844 "2016-01-05T04:35:02Z")
…and got it! And now I’m kind of upset. How can this be? The backstory: I am a Federal employee for an agency - let’s call it “Homing and City Development”. I was working in Ohio until 2 years ago, when they closed t… --- ## [Dining at the same place as a celebrity.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dining-at-the-same-place-as-a-celebrity/741851)
**Author:** [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dining-at-the-same-place-as-a-celebrity/741851 "2016-01-05T02:26:43Z")
Yesterday my wife and I drove over to Poulsbo, Washington for something to do. Did a little shopping at some local shops and checked out some the Scandinavian heritage of the area. Last night went to an Italian restauran… --- ## [My favorite day of the year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-day-of-the-year/742172)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-day-of-the-year/742172 "2016-01-05T00:55:39Z")
is today. The first Monday after the holidays are over. Back to the grind, as the working world has it, but for me it’s the harbinger of 8+ months of peace from The Holiday I Will Not Name. Even the Hallmark channel has… --- ## [New years day food.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-day-food/741893)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-day-food/741893 "2016-01-04T23:08:38Z")
Anyone eating black eyed peas and ham today? Cornbread? --- ## [Ever known someone who didn't know they were pregnant until labor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-known-someone-who-didnt-know-they-were-pregnant-until-labor/742112)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-known-someone-who-didnt-know-they-were-pregnant-until-labor/742112 "2016-01-04T22:49:54Z")
I just watched, well, I won’t spoil it for anyone, but I watched a new episode of a fictional show in which such a thing was portrayed, and I know it is entirely possible. What I want to know is: how much has that/would… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=668) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=670)