# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=670 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 671 --- ## [Dirt Bike Group's leader - Pulling Stunts On SF Streets allegedly a Sheriff’s Deputy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirt-bike-groups-leader-pulling-stunts-on-sf-streets-allegedly-a-sheriff-s-deputy/742108)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirt-bike-groups-leader-pulling-stunts-on-sf-streets-allegedly-a-sheriff-s-deputy/742108 "2016-01-04T22:37:36Z")
There’s been several threads here about these dickwads taking over city streets for stunt riding. There was an ugly incident 2013 in NY that resulted in a motorist getting boxed in and dragged out of his car and beaten.… --- ## [So how many inches of rain did you get in 2015?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-inches-of-rain-did-you-get-in-2015/741964)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-inches-of-rain-did-you-get-in-2015/741964 "2016-01-04T21:32:33Z")
I have a home in Pepeekeo on the east side of the Big Island in Hawaii, the rain gauge topped out at 266.33 inches, about 66 inches above normal. Its kinda surprising because almost no rain fell from the start of the ye… --- ## [Are "A Frame" Houses Still Built?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-a-frame-houses-still-built/741960)
**Author:** [@botsgotme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/botsgotme)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-a-frame-houses-still-built/741960 "2016-01-04T20:10:24Z")
They were popular as ski houses or vacation homes, in the 1960s. I ask because I haven’t seen one in ages…most seem to have been torn down. Did people com to dislike them? Or was it the fact that they only had windows a… --- ## [This is the End, my MMP Friends...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-end-my-mmp-friends/741549)
**Author:** [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Replies:** 318\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-end-my-mmp-friends/741549 "2016-01-04T10:09:50Z")
…of the 2015 weekly threads. Couldn’t sleep well, so figured I’d get one thread started before the end of the year. --- ## [Date formatting for Win10 issues?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/date-formatting-for-win10-issues/742110)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/date-formatting-for-win10-issues/742110 "2016-01-04T00:10:17Z")
I downloaded Win10 a couple of weeks ago, and just today noted that the date formatting is that of the US and not the way it’s done here downunder. So instead of showing today being 04/01/2016 (we go day/month/year) it … --- ## [A Different Way To Start A Trip Away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-different-way-to-start-a-trip-away/740855)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-different-way-to-start-a-trip-away/740855 "2016-01-03T22:34:40Z")
So, yesterday, we left the east coast of Australia bound for Paris. It is a long trip, with a stop over in Singapore for a couple of hours and then another 14 hours to Paris. In all, From the time you leave home until yo… --- ## [Great example of unitentional twitter dramatic irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-example-of-unitentional-twitter-dramatic-irony/742081)
**Author:** [@rat\_avatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rat_avatar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-example-of-unitentional-twitter-dramatic-irony/742081 "2016-01-03T19:50:22Z")
I was talking about crazy Norse mythology with a friend. While I was looking for one particular saga google offered up this gem that I just had to share. A young lady using the name of Frieya tweeted this. \[ \](x.com)… --- ## [My good luck shopping trip.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-good-luck-shopping-trip/742024)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-good-luck-shopping-trip/742024 "2016-01-03T15:52:38Z")
I’m not a fan of grocery shopping but unfortunately it’s something we all must do. I shop at the local Safeway and just got back. When I was there I thought I might like some pop and I sometimes get the Safeway brand 1 L… --- ## [Take part in the most meaningless mass SDMB activity EVER, right here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-part-in-the-most-meaningless-mass-sdmb-activity-ever-right-here/551291)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-part-in-the-most-meaningless-mass-sdmb-activity-ever-right-here/551291 "2016-01-03T15:39:29Z")
Become my SDMB friend. Click on my username at the top of the post, view my public profile, and “befriend” me – there is a link to to that along the right side of the page. As in the real world, being my friend has abs… --- ## [Spooning: Where does my bottom arm go (need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spooning-where-does-my-bottom-arm-go-need-answer-fast/741935)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spooning-where-does-my-bottom-arm-go-need-answer-fast/741935 "2016-01-03T14:49:26Z")
Hi, I’m Mister Rik. You may know me from previous threads, wherein I expressed my frustration with my fantasies about relationships with inappropriate women! You will be happy to know that I have found an “appropriate” … --- ## [A Melancholy Wistfulness...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-melancholy-wistfulness/741984)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-melancholy-wistfulness/741984 "2016-01-03T14:14:25Z")
About what might have been. My niece is studying to be a veterinarian. She likes animals and has raised chickens, ducks, rabbits, and for the last two years has had a rescue dog. The Dog. Niece named the dog Neula (d… --- ## [How can I overcome this crush?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-overcome-this-crush/741575)
**Author:** [@Blackstock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackstock)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2016, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-overcome-this-crush/741575 "2016-01-03T11:10:19Z")
I have recently - and quite foolishly - embarked on a fast-developing crush on someone, and I don’t like it. I’ve been in back-to-back relationships for so long and have only been recently single and am enjoying it, but … --- ## [Let me tell you 'bout my best friend.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-tell-you-bout-my-best-friend/741868)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-tell-you-bout-my-best-friend/741868 "2016-01-03T03:47:33Z")
At the sunset of yet another year, one contemplates important events and accomplishments for which one should be proud and give thanks. Well, I’m proud to brag that in 2015, I made a new friend. A best friend. My only f… --- ## [Enough with the poverty porn please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-poverty-porn-please/741756)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2016, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-poverty-porn-please/741756 "2016-01-03T03:40:19Z")
'Tis the season of sad-assed poverty porn. For only 19 dollars a month I can save homeless pets, give wounded servicemen a chance at full life, feed a starving child, help a hospital ship sail around the world saving p… --- ## [Kentucky goes to hospital for a circumcision and gets his penis amputated.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-goes-to-hospital-for-a-circumcision-and-gets-his-penis-amputated/593366)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-goes-to-hospital-for-a-circumcision-and-gets-his-penis-amputated/593366 "2016-01-03T00:41:38Z")
Well, this is unsettling. Man goes to hositpal for a circumcision, while he’s in surgery the surgeon apparently found cancer and deemed it necessary to remove his penis then & there; without bother to wake him or anyt… --- ## [A medical dispatcher's tale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-medical-dispatchers-tale/742013)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-medical-dispatchers-tale/742013 "2016-01-02T22:57:54Z")
I know that some Dopers work in the emergency services, so I think you’ll be interested in this article. --- ## [Drive Like Your Kids Lived Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-like-your-kids-lived-here/741007)
**Author:** [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-like-your-kids-lived-here/741007 "2016-01-02T22:03:09Z")
This sign has gone up at a couple of spots on a curve leading into town, not that I’ve heard of anything bad happening there. My reactions are I am an old maid and have no kids; thanks for rubbing it in. If I did have… --- ## [A disappointing New Year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disappointing-new-year/742018)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disappointing-new-year/742018 "2016-01-02T21:31:29Z")
I wasn’t invited to any parties, and wasn’t too enthused about the production at the Music Hall so had a quiet evening. I went out for the midnight fireworks which were spectacular and then went to bed… On the morning of… --- ## [How Many Do You Know With Jan 1 Birthday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-do-you-know-with-jan-1-birthday/741970)
**Author:** [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-do-you-know-with-jan-1-birthday/741970 "2016-01-02T21:27:28Z")
I always suspected that New Year’s Day birthdays were not very common. I decided to into online, and see if any data exists regarding how common or uncommon Jan 1 is as a birthday. According to this article, not very c… --- ## [When did I get so old and judgement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-i-get-so-old-and-judgement/741897)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-i-get-so-old-and-judgement/741897 "2016-01-02T19:10:52Z")
Riding on the airport shuttle ,New Year’s Day, a group of twenty something women we talking about how drunk they were last night and how “awesome” it was to hook up with random guys all night. Couple didn’t remember how … --- ## [What's with all of the killer elevators all of a sudden?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-of-the-killer-elevators-all-of-a-sudden/741998)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-of-the-killer-elevators-all-of-a-sudden/741998 "2016-01-02T16:53:07Z")
Two. In a day. WTF? Are escalators safe? Is the Transformers movie coming to life? On a cruise ship in the Caribbean In a Lower East Side highrise. --- ## [Plane hits office building in Alaska](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-hits-office-building-in-alaska/741679)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2016, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-hits-office-building-in-alaska/741679 "2016-01-02T04:54:37Z")
Link. The FBI has been called in, but officials say there is ‘no reason to believe the crash is related to terrorism’. --- ## [2016: Political thriller come true](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-political-thriller-come-true/741968)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2016, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-political-thriller-come-true/741968 "2016-01-02T04:12:58Z")
Spurred by a “Bragging Rights” thread in Elections, I wanted to give my own scenario for the next 20 months. I thought of posting in Marketplace Plot outline for bestseller political fiction. Million-dolla… --- ## [I'd forgotten what lust felt like until yesterday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-forgotten-what-lust-felt-like-until-yesterday/741609)
**Author:** [@Whatever4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whatever4)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-forgotten-what-lust-felt-like-until-yesterday/741609 "2016-01-02T02:00:29Z")
I am 15 years divorced and 67 next month, by way of explaining the title. I was visiting friends when Mr. Gun offered to show me some of his collection. “Sure. Love to see it.”:rolleyes: Every now and then I try to b… --- ## [Bill Cosby charged with felony sexual assault..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-charged-with-felony-sexual-assault/741779)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-charged-with-felony-sexual-assault/741779 "2016-01-01T19:34:57Z")
I didn’t see a thread, so I thought I would start one: If you read the probable cause affidavit (linked in the article), it looks like ole Bill said some damning stuff in his deposition testimony. --- ## [We have a puppy.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-puppy/741833)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-puppy/741833 "2016-01-01T19:11:46Z")
It is a long haired Chihuahua. Officially, his name is Tuco, after the character in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. I have been referring to him as Doglet. He is 9 weeks old and a tiny thing. My mother thought my da… --- ## [New Year's Countdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-countdown/741822)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-countdown/741822 "2016-01-01T14:44:54Z")
It’s about 10:30pm on New Year’s Eve here. It’s turned midnight in New Zealand and Australia. Most recently was Japan and Korea half an hour ago. Next up is the Philippines and Hong Kong, then it will be our turn. I’m no… --- ## [Rhode Island barber retires after 68 years.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhode-island-barber-retires-after-68-years/741838)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhode-island-barber-retires-after-68-years/741838 "2016-01-01T13:49:34Z")
Here’s a man who found a job that he liked and stuck with it. This guy was giving haircuts to people since the end of WWII. :eek: He’s seen so much history and talked with so many people. What a life he’s lead. Well … --- ## [One of George Washington's soldiers lived long enough to be photographed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-george-washingtons-soldiers-lived-long-enough-to-be-photographed/741739)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2016, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-george-washingtons-soldiers-lived-long-enough-to-be-photographed/741739 "2016-01-01T05:16:29Z")
Just stumbled across this on Wikipedia - quite remarkable. He even took part in Washington’s Christmas 1776 crossing of the Delaware: Conrad Heyer - Wikipedia --- ## [Does Fidel Castro have most pubic beard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fidel-castro-have-most-pubic-beard/741874)
**Author:** [@Torontonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torontonian)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fidel-castro-have-most-pubic-beard/741874 "2016-01-01T03:47:01Z")
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