# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=684 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 685 --- ## [I am not a scientist images](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-a-scientist-images/737871)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2015, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-a-scientist-images/737871 "2015-11-19T06:30:34Z")
It is easy to share images of public figures who are not scientists, but who make comments about scientific matters. Find on the internet an image of such a person. Preferably a small thumbnail enlarged to pixellated … --- ## [My father died today. I'm not in mourning.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-died-today-im-not-in-mourning/737582)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-died-today-im-not-in-mourning/737582 "2015-11-18T20:39:42Z")
These threads pop up often and almost always, the OP is sad. They loved their father, their dad was a good man, he will be missed. My thread is the opposite. My dad was a sociopath and a narcissist. He beat my mother (an… --- ## [Proprietary vs Generic medications?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proprietary-vs-generic-medications/737362)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proprietary-vs-generic-medications/737362 "2015-11-18T17:43:44Z")
Whenever I’ve needed a script filled, and the pharmacist asks me whether I want the proprietary or the generic med, I’ve always opted for the generic, figuring there would be no difference in the medicinal effect yada ya… --- ## [A little bit of levity re:DAESH & al - Big blooper in Spanish TV: Al-Qaeda is the "Star Wars" rebels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-bit-of-levity-re-daesh-al-big-blooper-in-spanish-tv-al-qaeda-is-the-star-wars-rebels/737825)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-bit-of-levity-re-daesh-al-big-blooper-in-spanish-tv-al-qaeda-is-the-star-wars-rebels/737825 "2015-11-18T14:54:05Z")
OK, in the middle of all the gloom and seriousness of international news… A little bit of unintentional levity, which I offer to you all, hoping that it will at least induce a wry smile. “La Mañana” (“The Morning”) is a… --- ## [Extra-Terrestrial Bagpipes!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-terrestrial-bagpipes/737757)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-terrestrial-bagpipes/737757 "2015-11-18T14:44:44Z")
A new frontier had been crossed. Those ingenious folks at NASA have figured out how the pipes can be played in space. Suck on it, Chris Hadfield! --- ## [1993 Geo Metro Seeks Love, Higher Purpose](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1993-geo-metro-seeks-love-higher-purpose/737384)
**Author:** [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.Pu-du-he-pa-as)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1993-geo-metro-seeks-love-higher-purpose/737384 "2015-11-18T14:41:08Z")
This used car ad on the Austin, TX Craigslist site was so brilliant I had to share it. --- ## [Betamax, you leave us too soon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betamax-you-leave-us-too-soon/737189)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betamax-you-leave-us-too-soon/737189 "2015-11-18T14:04:56Z")
Sony announced today that in 2016, it will cease production of Betamax tapes. I suspect I will not be the only one surprised to learn that Sony was still making Betamax tapes. I can understand having old recordings on ol… --- ## [Odd shipping routes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-shipping-routes/737840)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-shipping-routes/737840 "2015-11-18T11:54:01Z")
OK, I know sometimes packages go from town A to some distribution center and then back to town B (very close to A) or even back to town A. But this latest one is interesting: November 17, 2015 , 3:36 pm Shipment Picked… --- ## [If you want some amusement lurk on the local college kids Yik Yak channel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-some-amusement-lurk-on-the-local-college-kids-yik-yak-channel/737783)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-some-amusement-lurk-on-the-local-college-kids-yik-yak-channel/737783 "2015-11-18T06:01:52Z")
If you are within 10 miles of a college there is a mobile app called “Yik Yak” you can sign up for that is an anonymous bulletin board style messaging app. I’m sure the fun will wear off after a while but listening to c… --- ## [Interesting encounter this morning (crazy homeless guy)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-encounter-this-morning-crazy-homeless-guy/737512)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2015, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-encounter-this-morning-crazy-homeless-guy/737512 "2015-11-17T23:04:30Z")
This morning I stopped at the local Mr. Mike’s/Dunkin’ Donuts to get my breakfast meal (bagel w/ light cream cheese and a coffee) from the drive through While waiting to merge into the queue, a grubby guy in a dirty red… --- ## [Human remains found in Folsom Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-remains-found-in-folsom-lake/737643)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-remains-found-in-folsom-lake/737643 "2015-11-17T22:48:53Z")
Article Price Club merged with Costco in 1993 and was completely gone by 1997. I’d like to hear how this case turns out (though I probably won’t). --- ## [Growing miniature human brains in a lab--no big thang](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-miniature-human-brains-in-a-lab-no-big-thang/737752)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-miniature-human-brains-in-a-lab-no-big-thang/737752 "2015-11-17T19:58:06Z")
More proof that we really have arrived in the sci-fi future–the fact that a sentence like this could just casually be included at the end of an NPR story: :eek: Gee, what could possibly go wrong there? :smack: --- ## [WTF sort of poll question was THAT?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-sort-of-poll-question-was-that/691035)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-sort-of-poll-question-was-that/691035 "2015-11-17T19:25:14Z")
I just did a public opinion poll and it was an interesting mish mash of various political issues. I did not feel the questions were biased or weird or anything, and they even allowed open-ended answers until… (paraphra… --- ## [The weirdest piercing I've ever seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weirdest-piercing-ive-ever-seen/737486)
**Author:** [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weirdest-piercing-ive-ever-seen/737486 "2015-11-17T17:54:04Z")
Not that I am an expert, just the most unusual. I was in line at the store, and the woman in front of me had a backless dress… which was probably on purpose, so she could show off the studs she had in the skin above eac… --- ## [Verbal tic that's starting to annoy me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbal-tic-thats-starting-to-annoy-me/472214)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbal-tic-thats-starting-to-annoy-me/472214 "2015-11-17T15:46:23Z")
I noticed recently that the guy in the adjacent cube, who spends a lot of time on the phone, often starts a sentence with “Yeah…no…” Which I guess means, “I acknowledge what you say, but need to negate it.” But I was s… --- ## [Congrats to my dogs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congrats-to-my-dogs/737594)
**Author:** [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congrats-to-my-dogs/737594 "2015-11-17T14:16:30Z")
My basenjis passed the Canine Good Citizen test this morning! And then, since we were on a roll, we took, and passed, the advanced test, Community Canine. They both had to re-take an element of the second test - Zef was… --- ## [Credit card (In)convenience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-card-in-convenience/735905)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2015, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-card-in-convenience/735905 "2015-11-17T13:04:07Z")
I have everything direct billed to my credit card. About 20 different things. Then the card get’s paid automatically out of my bank account every month, so I carry no balance and pay no interest. Seeing I get credits to… --- ## [Sandwich Shop Manager – I saw what you did](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwich-shop-manager-i-saw-what-you-did/737720)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2015, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwich-shop-manager-i-saw-what-you-did/737720 "2015-11-17T09:16:21Z")
There’s a little chain sandwich shop near where I work. Even though they don’t have much that I eat, I have been in there many times, and it always seems pretty well-run. Last Friday, I was walking somewhere else, a fe… --- ## [New driving acronyms (for fun)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-driving-acronyms-for-fun/737137)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2015, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-driving-acronyms-for-fun/737137 "2015-11-17T05:06:46Z")
So we’re all familiar with DUI which means" driving under the influence" and DWI (driving while intoxicated" and the sad commentary to US society DWB (driving while black). Recently while motoring around my daily travel… --- ## [Black Lives Matter protesters at Dartmouth College library](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-lives-matter-protesters-at-dartmouth-college-library/737737)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2015, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-lives-matter-protesters-at-dartmouth-college-library/737737 "2015-11-17T04:12:59Z")
This behavior is totally counterproductive. It doesn’t help the Black Lives Matter movement at all. http://eagnews.org/dartmouth-black-lives-matter-protesters-confront-students-studying-in-school-library/ --- ## [Targeted ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/targeted-ads/737673)
**Author:** [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2015, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/targeted-ads/737673 "2015-11-16T23:57:45Z")
Is it just me or are the companies selling online ads doing a comically bad job? Typically the ads I get couldn’t be more off target or the ads for car rentals start to appear when I got home from my trip. Is Google jus… --- ## [Attacks in Beirut -- all but ignored](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attacks-in-beirut-all-but-ignored/737685)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attacks-in-beirut-all-but-ignored/737685 "2015-11-16T20:16:08Z")
On the eve of the Paris attacks there attacks in Beirut. It wasn’t quite as deadly (43) but still significant. Here is the NT Times article: Has any major news outlet mentioned this? I wouldn’t expect equal time, but … --- ## [50ish Things I've Learned from Jaceson, May He Rest in Peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50ish-things-ive-learned-from-jaceson-may-he-rest-in-peace/736930)
**Author:** [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50ish-things-ive-learned-from-jaceson-may-he-rest-in-peace/736930 "2015-11-16T19:35:50Z")
I hope it’s okay to do this, as the other thread is still active (although, mods, I’m perfectly agreeable to y’all closing that one if this one may remain open), but I’d love to be able to post this as a memorial. Tim… --- ## ["I would give everything I own..." (RIP, Mom)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-give-everything-i-own-rip-mom/737019)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-give-everything-i-own-rip-mom/737019 "2015-11-16T18:37:10Z")
My mom died on November 2nd, after suffering sudden and severe brain damage. She was 67. Background: Her health had been poor for a long time. She had been a dialysis patient and in assisted living for the past three ye… --- ## [Swiss Army Knife spring replacement (again!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-knife-spring-replacement-again/736977)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-knife-spring-replacement-again/736977 "2015-11-16T18:14:17Z")
I bought my first Swiss Army Knife in 1982. The Champion – not the Swisschamp, the Champion. (I’d love to have another one.) Two years ago the spring broke and I asked for tips on replacing it. The replacement spring… --- ## [Third world war](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-world-war/737568)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-world-war/737568 "2015-11-16T16:36:30Z")
Pope Francis calls Paris attacks piece of a ‘piecemeal World War III’ --- ## [WTF is going to Hit the Earth within a month(?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-going-to-hit-the-earth-within-a-month/735785)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-going-to-hit-the-earth-within-a-month/735785 "2015-11-16T15:23:01Z")
That’s both a statement and a question. This site ( Kansas Sports Betting To Launch In September - yournewswire ) claims the real designation is WT1190F. Apparently only its friends call it WTF. Here’s the Nature ar… --- ## [Guest's MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-mmp/737688)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-mmp/737688 "2015-11-16T15:20:26Z")
BLURGH it is 553a local, and the dear little tyke (also known as Lord Nuzzles) has decided that I am now familiar enough to lay, play, sit, or tread on my face most of the night. So last night we got our first snow of … --- ## [More news from my sister's big fat lesbian parenting front!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-news-from-my-sisters-big-fat-lesbian-parenting-front/737579)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-news-from-my-sisters-big-fat-lesbian-parenting-front/737579 "2015-11-16T14:17:51Z")
Okay, so if you don’t know, my sister is an out-and-out (though not big or fat) radical feminist lesbian. She had a daughter at age 16, and moved in with a woman who had three daughters. After her partner died, she raise… --- ## [It's a small small world. Running into ex's at your Job.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-small-small-world-running-into-exs-at-your-job/737659)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2015, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-small-small-world-running-into-exs-at-your-job/737659 "2015-11-16T08:00:22Z")
Waiters and Waitresses often see friends or ex’s at their job. Salespeople at retail stores do too. I was in the hospital and one of my nurses was an acquaintance from high school. It’s a small world. But crime scene … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=683) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=685)