# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=685 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 686 --- ## [Gale Force Winds - A Blustery MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gale-force-winds-a-blustery-mmp/737090)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 292\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2015, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gale-force-winds-a-blustery-mmp/737090 "2015-11-16T06:51:04Z")
Morning mumpers! I see nobody else has started this week’s MMP so I’ll do it for you since I’m already at work and on my second cup of tea. I’m not fit to be spoken to until at least my second cuppa, that’s just a fact… --- ## [We're both bi and we want to add another man in the mix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-both-bi-and-we-want-to-add-another-man-in-the-mix/737411)
**Author:** [@LuluFysh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LuluFysh)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2015, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-both-bi-and-we-want-to-add-another-man-in-the-mix/737411 "2015-11-16T06:33:00Z")
But we aren’t sure whether he will do anything with my husband. We’re all great friends and have had 3 ways before, so in that aspect it’s fine. I’ve expressed how I love them both to the both of them. My husband and him… --- ## [Futility witnessed on a fall day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futility-witnessed-on-a-fall-day/737578)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2015, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futility-witnessed-on-a-fall-day/737578 "2015-11-15T13:47:59Z")
My neighbor has been out with his leaf blower on what is arguably the windiest day of the past several months. We’re talking trash cans being blown down the street kinda windy. Luckily, it’s not one of those obnoxiousl… --- ## [Hello From A New Friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-from-a-new-friend/737593)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2015, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-from-a-new-friend/737593 "2015-11-15T05:30:47Z")
Hi, I am Teddy Bear. A stuffed animal with a bow tie and soft fuzzy fur all over. I was locked in a 53 foot cargo container forever and was rescued today by a nice man who goes by the name of Cabin\_Fever. Little does h… --- ## [A couple questions about crossword puzzles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-questions-about-crossword-puzzles/737131)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-questions-about-crossword-puzzles/737131 "2015-11-15T01:51:41Z")
I am putting this in MPSIMS because half of it is just musing. A couple questions about crossword puzzles: I do three daily puzzles from different sites, and I have noticed that there is always at least one answer wo… --- ## [Slot machine malfunction. Woman thinks she won $8 million.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slot-machine-malfunction-woman-thinks-she-won-8-million/736970)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slot-machine-malfunction-woman-thinks-she-won-8-million/736970 "2015-11-14T19:53:27Z")
I haven’t been in a casino or played a slot machine in at least 25 years. IIRC isn’t the maximum payout very clearly labeled on the machine or there’s large wall signage indicating a row of machine’s maximum pay out? $1 … --- ## [my new car battery sputters and barely starts. is this dangerous?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-car-battery-sputters-and-barely-starts-is-this-dangerous/737530)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-car-battery-sputters-and-barely-starts-is-this-dangerous/737530 "2015-11-14T19:36:29Z")
Got a new car battery. It can barely start. It sputters and struggles and always feels for a few seconds that it’s going to flatline and quit before finally revving up. I’m going to get it checked, but in the meantime i… --- ## [They changed my granola bar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-changed-my-granola-bar/737121)
**Author:** [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-changed-my-granola-bar/737121 "2015-11-14T18:26:21Z")
I’ve been eating a two-pack of Nature Valley oats and honey granola bars for breakfast for quite a while now. You know the ones - hard as a brick, able to shatter teeth and serve as a patch anywhere a small piece of par… --- ## [Prehistoric Creature Day! Take your dinos out!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prehistoric-creature-day-take-your-dinos-out/737474)
**Author:** [@orderfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orderfire)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prehistoric-creature-day-take-your-dinos-out/737474 "2015-11-14T16:37:47Z")
Hooray, I finally noticed it was Prehistoric Creature Day before it was too late! Take your dinos out to enjoy their favorite snacks today…when come back post pics. OP by Yams!! for nostalgia/info: http://boards.straig… --- ## [Universal Health Care in Colorado!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-health-care-in-colorado/737393)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-health-care-in-colorado/737393 "2015-11-14T16:09:26Z")
Well, it’s on the 2016 ballot. Short version: Colorado opts out of the Affordable Care Act and instead goes for Universal Health Care. Sounds like a bit of a tax hike, but nothing oppressive. I just renewed my health … --- ## [Black student hangs ‘White Only,’ ‘Black Only’ signs at bathrooms, water fountains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-student-hangs-white-only-black-only-signs-at-bathrooms-water-fountains/731674)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-student-hangs-white-only-black-only-signs-at-bathrooms-water-fountains/731674 "2015-11-14T15:35:17Z")
http://eagnews.org/black-student-admits-hanging-white-only-black-only-signs-near-school-bathrooms-water-fountains/ “I apologize if you were hurt, but I do not apologize for what I did. Once again, this is my art practic… --- ## [Russia banned from 2016 Olympics (provisional?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-banned-from-2016-olympics-provisional/737503)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-banned-from-2016-olympics-provisional/737503 "2015-11-14T13:59:02Z")
The only current reports I can find online are at The Telegraph and the Daily Mail. Not sure how reliable these are, but I also heard a brief announcement on NPR, but it has been superseded by the Paris attacks. The Tel… --- ## [Saw the farm featured in the book "The Egg And I"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-farm-featured-in-the-book-the-egg-and-i/736960)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2015, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-farm-featured-in-the-book-the-egg-and-i/736960 "2015-11-14T13:33:24Z")
I read The Egg And I by Betty MacDonald years ago and liked it, and also like the movie of the same name. A couple of years ago, I learned that the farm that was described in the book was somewhere on the Olympic Penins… --- ## [New Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cat/737244)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2015, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cat/737244 "2015-11-14T10:43:34Z")
Mrs. Guest and Guestling went to the Humane Society today and adopted a cat. Said feline is currently called Blake by the workers at the Humane Society, not sure that name will stick, just doesn’t seem like a cat’s name… --- ## [Yanked a cable and damaged a laptop USB port.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yanked-a-cable-and-damaged-a-laptop-usb-port/737364)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yanked-a-cable-and-damaged-a-laptop-usb-port/737364 "2015-11-13T22:21:11Z")
The accidental yank/pull was lateral. What would be horizontally/laterally damaged inside the laptop? What components are right next to the USB port? --- ## [L'Inconnue de la Seine, Resusci-Anne, and "the most kissed face of all time"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linconnue-de-la-seine-resusci-anne-and-the-most-kissed-face-of-all-time/737469)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linconnue-de-la-seine-resusci-anne-and-the-most-kissed-face-of-all-time/737469 "2015-11-13T20:55:56Z")
This is mind-boggling and a bit chilling. To achieve a kind of anonymous immortality this way…it leaves one… I don’t know, speechless, stunned, full of questions, staring into the middle distance. The face of the Resusc… --- ## [I'm getting married!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married/537812)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married/537812 "2015-11-13T18:38:38Z")
So, Really Not All That Bride and I will be getting married on Saturday. I know most of you don’t know me, but I announced my engagement here practically before I’d told half of my “normal” friends, and there are a coupl… --- ## [Area 51](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/area-51/737437)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/area-51/737437 "2015-11-13T17:59:18Z")
Do you suppose that the Air Force mounts strobe lights on helicopters and flies them around to piss people off? --- ## [Extroverts are just as hard to read as introverts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extroverts-are-just-as-hard-to-read-as-introverts/737249)
**Author:** [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extroverts-are-just-as-hard-to-read-as-introverts/737249 "2015-11-13T15:23:26Z")
Extroverts I know complain that introverts like myself are hard to read. Are we aloof, distant jerks, or are we multi-layered onions with hard shells that, when once peel and cracked, are worth getting to know? Well, t… --- ## [I almost put this in the Pit. (B2B customer service rant.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-almost-put-this-in-the-pit-b2b-customer-service-rant/737287)
**Author:** [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-almost-put-this-in-the-pit-b2b-customer-service-rant/737287 "2015-11-13T15:04:23Z")
Finally I figured, eh, no swears = no Pit. But I was mightily pissed. :mad: :smiley: Yesterday, I a lengthy email terminating my company’s relationship with a longtime supplier of widgets. Their service had been going d… --- ## [Being served Internet ads in Spanish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-served-internet-ads-in-spanish/737171)
**Author:** [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2015, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-served-internet-ads-in-spanish/737171 "2015-11-13T06:42:50Z")
I occasionally get served ads in Spanish numerous places on the internet, very often on the homepage of the Dope. I live in Michigan, not Florida/Arizona. I’m studying Japanese a bit on my own, but haven’t studied Span… --- ## [Coxsackievirus A6](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coxsackievirus-a6/625975)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2015, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coxsackievirus-a6/625975 "2015-11-13T05:40:57Z")
Check outthis CDC notice. There were several cases of this at my daughter’s daycare. She came down with it. She was cranky and ate somewhat less than usual for a couple of days (and felt warmish for one day, but not so … --- ## [Where are the sequential threds of yesteryear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742)
**Author:** [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Replies:** 1763\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742 "2015-11-12T22:18:57Z")
Daylight Savings Stupid Republican idea of the day Historically, it actualy appears to be bipartisan. My brother died, and my feelings are more complex than I expected. Because… Dispatches from post-racial America. … --- ## [Stunning photo of a meteor over Saskatchewan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stunning-photo-of-a-meteor-over-saskatchewan/737396)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stunning-photo-of-a-meteor-over-saskatchewan/737396 "2015-11-12T20:38:43Z")
A few nights ago, a local photographer in Ralph, Saskatchewan was going outside to see if he could get any pictures of the Aurora borealis. Instead, he got a stunning shot of a Taurid meteor, almost as soon as he set u… --- ## [Van Gogh's ear comes back to life - and it's listening](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-goghs-ear-comes-back-to-life-and-its-listening/737319)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2015, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-goghs-ear-comes-back-to-life-and-its-listening/737319 "2015-11-12T16:35:45Z")
A “living” ear made with Van Gogh’s DNA is on exhibit at an art gallery in NYC. Go say hello, or play it a Don McLean song. “Visitors don’t have to merely look at the ear—they can talk into it, too. On her website, Stre… --- ## [More Shodan Training Issues (from Leet the Wonder Dog)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-shodan-training-issues-from-leet-the-wonder-dog/736645)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-shodan-training-issues-from-leet-the-wonder-dog/736645 "2015-11-12T16:06:31Z")
Hi, Dopers! This is Shodan’s pal Leet the Wonder Dog\[sup\]TM\[/sup\]. Again, please overlook any errors - it’s hard to type with my big adorable paws. I am still having issues with Shodan’s training. He understands his … --- ## [The trials of making friends as we get older](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trials-of-making-friends-as-we-get-older/737154)
**Author:** [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2015, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trials-of-making-friends-as-we-get-older/737154 "2015-11-12T12:51:30Z")
Tell me your new person fiasco stories. I hear this often, that as we get older our circle of friends gets smaller. While I have work friends and a few close friends, go out and socialize regularly, I try to make new on… --- ## [The Google doodle Halloween game.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-doodle-halloween-game/736201)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2015, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-doodle-halloween-game/736201 "2015-11-12T09:42:08Z")
As soon as I played it and it asked me to choose a global team, I knew I wasn’t wrong. --- ## [Trudeau's Cabinet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trudeaus-cabinet/736738)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2015, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trudeaus-cabinet/736738 "2015-11-12T06:11:51Z")
Canadians have a lot to be proud of, ( and a titch smug too!) I think: Our new PM went directly to work, after getting sworn in, no afternoon off, as is usually the deal. And has called parliament back for the 4th of De… --- ## [Anyone seen this sort of chronic procrastination behaviour before?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-this-sort-of-chronic-procrastination-behaviour-before/736901)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2015, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-this-sort-of-chronic-procrastination-behaviour-before/736901 "2015-11-12T05:42:04Z")
In the early part of this year, I had to fire a guy for chronic timekeeping problems, failure to perform and repeated extension of deadlines, persistent skirting of protocols and dishonesty. I found out recently through… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=684) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=686)