# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=67 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 68 --- ## [Happy Nowruz!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nowruz/1015864)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nowruz/1015864 "2025-03-21T13:58:54Z")
Today is the Persian New Year. The number in the gif above is the year according to the Persian calendar. A few of the things you see on the right — the eggs, the wheat gra… --- ## [Is microdosing 'shrooms a bunch of bullshit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-microdosing-shrooms-a-bunch-of-bullshit/1015348)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-microdosing-shrooms-a-bunch-of-bullshit/1015348 "2025-03-21T13:17:53Z")
Honest question. My understanding is “microdosing” literally means you take an amount of psychedelic mushrooms that is low enough that you do not feel the usual psychedelic effects, but that somehow over time this makes… --- ## [Fun with math](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-math/1014033)
**Author:** [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-math/1014033 "2025-03-20T18:55:09Z")
A couple weeks ago when I was snowed in, I recorded my furnace duty cycle time vs deltaT between inside/outside temp. I took the two most extreme points with outside temps varying between 2 and 19 degf. Took my current t… --- ## [I'm in third place on the SDMB!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-third-place-on-the-sdmb/1015829)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-third-place-on-the-sdmb/1015829 "2025-03-20T15:22:21Z")
I just clicked on the 3 horizontal menu bars near my user name. Selected “Users” then “Topics Created” and “Year”. Damn, I started 108 topics in the past year. I’m 2 ahead of Beckdawrek". But Love\_Rhombus at 148 and HeyH… --- ## [Let's make Earth the #1 Planet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-earth-the-1-planet/919032)
**Author:** [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-earth-the-1-planet/919032 "2025-03-20T15:05:08Z")
Our planet Earth (also called the World, as well as the scientific name which is Terra) is, I’m sure you’ll agree, one of the top planets in the Solar System. For a start, it is not one of the Gas Giants like Jupiter, on… --- ## [46+ people, believed to be Mexican migrants, found dead in and near a truck in San Antonio {2022-06-28}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/46-people-believed-to-be-mexican-migrants-found-dead-in-and-near-a-truck-in-san-antonio-2022-06-28/967018)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/46-people-believed-to-be-mexican-migrants-found-dead-in-and-near-a-truck-in-san-antonio-2022-06-28/967018 "2025-03-20T13:27:09Z")
This sounds like a case of smuggling gone awry, to put it lightly. The story keeps getting worse all the time. --- ## [Knee'd! My latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kneed-my-latest/1015833)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kneed-my-latest/1015833 "2025-03-19T23:03:38Z")
No, not baking bread or trying to trick my junior scrabble players, to believe, that kneed is really a word. I didn’t fight off an attacker. A few days ago I woke up on the floor. It was tossy, turny kinda night. I f… --- ## [Anyone have (or remember) a 2000 or so Sony camcorder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-or-remember-a-2000-or-so-sony-camcorder/1015819)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-or-remember-a-2000-or-so-sony-camcorder/1015819 "2025-03-19T19:37:50Z")
Trying to digitize old tapes with OSB studio. No problem with video but getting no sound on the recordings even though the audio monitor shows decible levels. The only solution I have found is to go into the menu on the … --- ## [Eight fatalities, multiple injuries in 71-vehicle accident on Kansas interstate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-fatalities-multiple-injuries-in-71-vehicle-accident-on-kansas-interstate/1015637)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-fatalities-multiple-injuries-in-71-vehicle-accident-on-kansas-interstate/1015637 "2025-03-19T19:32:53Z")
Winds blowing over 80 mph created near-blackout conditions on I-70 in western Kansas, causing a massive pileup involving 71 cars and trucks. Eight people died and there were at least 55 injured. The highway was closed … --- ## [Hey, Baker, how's that Phelps cult coming along?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-baker-hows-that-phelps-cult-coming-along/1015625)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-baker-hows-that-phelps-cult-coming-along/1015625 "2025-03-19T05:30:16Z")
I think it’s Baker who lives quite near the compound. Let me know if I’m wrong. I hadn’t thought about them in awhile. Are they still up to their shenanigans, or have they fizzled out? --- ## [People collect those clip things that close the loaves of bread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-collect-those-clip-things-that-close-the-loaves-of-bread/1015635)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-collect-those-clip-things-that-close-the-loaves-of-bread/1015635 "2025-03-19T02:30:28Z")
They don’t just collect them, they have identified 9 different features of each clip and have applied scientific nomenclature. Damn, my twist ties are so 2024. --- ## [Say you're a hick or just a funny guy, if you please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-youre-a-hick-or-just-a-funny-guy-if-you-please/1015549)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-youre-a-hick-or-just-a-funny-guy-if-you-please/1015549 "2025-03-19T00:34:46Z")
Out in the wild (say Walmart in your head) I heard a guy standing on line speaking of getting him “a ride in a Tesla-r”. He may have made the word 3 syllables. I’m not sure. I got a little laugh at that. I told Son-of… --- ## [Can anyone identify or give info on this vintage stove?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-or-give-info-on-this-vintage-stove/1015674)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-or-give-info-on-this-vintage-stove/1015674 "2025-03-19T00:15:59Z")
Saw this pic on the interwebs and was fascinated by what looks like a vintage stove. Picture was taken in the 1970s, but the stove is likely much older. (I’ve erased a child’s face from the foreground.) … --- ## [Avatars, comments thereon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-comments-thereon/1015633)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-comments-thereon/1015633 "2025-03-19T00:00:50Z")
I think I preferred “Classic Coriolanus” to what we might call “New Coke @Coriolanus”. :wink: --- ## [Did your father keep "men's" magazines around the house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-father-keep-mens-magazines-around-the-house/1014097)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-father-keep-mens-magazines-around-the-house/1014097 "2025-03-18T23:46:38Z")
My stepfather had all manner of these things in the 60s with names like “Real Men”, “Stag”, etc. He also had tabloid newspapers, such as they were. I’m pretty sure my mother wouldn’t allow Playboy in the house, and I kno… --- ## [Israel versus the Egyptian monkey drones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-versus-the-egyptian-monkey-drones/1015757)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-versus-the-egyptian-monkey-drones/1015757 "2025-03-18T20:37:22Z")
I want to see footage of a monkey drone in action. I really want to see footage of a lion drone in action. --- ## [Do you know anyone who is a walking fire hazard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-who-is-a-walking-fire-hazard/1015696)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-who-is-a-walking-fire-hazard/1015696 "2025-03-17T17:04:05Z")
Ugh, I have a cousin who has zero foresight when it comes to fire hazards. He has several electronic heaters around his house. He leaves them on unattended sometimes. One time he left one on in the bathroom unintended w… --- ## [2023: 11-year-old girl FAFOs while misusing 911 service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-11-year-old-girl-fafos-while-misusing-911-service/1015690)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-11-year-old-girl-fafos-while-misusing-911-service/1015690 "2025-03-17T16:22:45Z")
This video was just posted yesterday, and is going viral. TL : DW - an 11-year-old girl, about whom I am guessing had never been in trouble before, prank-called 911, stating that she had witnessed a kidnapping. None of… --- ## [(Old) Who, me? I started the MMP today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-who-me-i-started-the-mmp-today/1015386)
**Author:** [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Replies:** 270\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-who-me-i-started-the-mmp-today/1015386 "2025-03-17T06:10:11Z")
I’ve been waiting for y’all but no one jumped in to start, so Annie encouraged me to go for it. --- ## [The fate of the 1890 Census - DESTROYED](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fate-of-the-1890-census-destroyed/1015673)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fate-of-the-1890-census-destroyed/1015673 "2025-03-16T23:40:12Z")
The loss of veterans records by fire came up in a recent thread and it reminded me of the terrible fate that befell the 1890 Census. The 1890 Census was an important one for other reasons but particularly in Lorain, Ohio… --- ## [Tornado bit me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tornado-bit-me/1015670)
**Author:** [@knavette57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knavette57)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tornado-bit-me/1015670 "2025-03-16T20:10:44Z")
However, it was my country shack in the MO outback, and not much damage. However, my childhood town, in Arnold MO, was damaged. The elementary school that I attended seems intact, but many of the old trees were downed.… --- ## [I've been selected for jury duty next week - circuit court.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-selected-for-jury-duty-next-week-circuit-court/569977)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-selected-for-jury-duty-next-week-circuit-court/569977 "2025-03-16T19:42:17Z")
I answered my first juror questionnaire online a few months ago and last month I received a summons. I am to report to the courthouse for the juror pool Monday morning. --- ## [Kevin Drum has passed away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-drum-has-passed-away/1015400)
**Author:** [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-drum-has-passed-away/1015400 "2025-03-16T18:14:00Z")
While many would rightly focus on his career as a blogger and journalist, what stands out most to me is the impact he had as a pragmatic progressive who never lost sight of reality. Kevin was one of the pioneers of the … --- ## [Electricity is magic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electricity-is-magic/1015572)
**Author:** [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electricity-is-magic/1015572 "2025-03-16T14:25:10Z")
This is where I confess that I don’t understand electricity. My dad understood it, and made money with that understanding. My big brother understood it by the age of eight. Me, I have a brain that refuses to grasp anythi… --- ## [SpaceX/ISS rendevous live stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacex-iss-rendevous-live-stream/1015639)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacex-iss-rendevous-live-stream/1015639 "2025-03-16T05:46:14Z")
Nice clear video as they move toward docking. --- ## [Auto insurance ID cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-insurance-id-cards/1010862)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-insurance-id-cards/1010862 "2025-03-16T01:51:39Z")
Once upon a time the ID cards were nice plastic the same size as a credit card so you could keep them in a wallet. For the past 10 years or so they have been light cardboard. They are printed on a larger sheet and you ha… --- ## [Soccer ref bitten on testicle by child](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-ref-bitten-on-testicle-by-child/1015268)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2025, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-ref-bitten-on-testicle-by-child/1015268 "2025-03-15T21:23:36Z")
I mean, do you need more information? --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Hot knees and a bad, bad, bad little Flower!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-hot-knees-and-a-bad-bad-bad-little-flower/1015604)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-hot-knees-and-a-bad-bad-bad-little-flower/1015604 "2025-03-15T20:56:31Z")
Driving to town my knees were boiling. You see, I have on capris and the sun was glaring down on my ultra-white over wintered knees. I was growing skin cancers every minute. I made Ivy go in the Pit-stop and grab me a … --- ## [Total Lunar Eclipse March 13 - 14, 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-march-13-14-2025/1013092)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-march-13-14-2025/1013092 "2025-03-15T15:18:34Z")
Anybody have plans? I will be going for a midnight hike up Mount Prevost: Here is me on Prevost last summer: --- ## [Just how, exactly, did my credit card get scammed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-exactly-did-my-credit-card-get-scammed/1000222)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-exactly-did-my-credit-card-get-scammed/1000222 "2025-03-14T20:09:33Z")
Early on Tuesday morning I logged in to my internet banking to check a payment had been made. BUT, I found that my credit-card had been ‘hacked’ with two transactions. I immediately rang the bank to cancel the card and … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=66) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=68)