# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=687 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 688 --- ## [Discovery due to recent Rangerette's thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovery-due-to-recent-rangerettes-thread/736564)
**Author:** [@Vaevictis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vaevictis)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2015, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovery-due-to-recent-rangerettes-thread/736564 "2015-11-09T04:45:01Z")
Just have to share a commercial in which the Kilgore Rangerette’s, world famous for their high kicking routines, come out for chocolate milk. I found it due to inspiration from the recently revived ask a a Rangerette th… --- ## ["I dunno, that happened before I was born"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dunno-that-happened-before-i-was-born/736790)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dunno-that-happened-before-i-was-born/736790 "2015-11-09T03:12:54Z")
I recently expressed surprise at a young co-worker who had never heard of Watergate. Her defense, which she thought was entirely legitimate, was that she hadn’t even been born when it occurred. This reminded me of a cru… --- ## [I'm doing the Walt Disney World Wine and Dine Half Marathon! Anyone with me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-doing-the-walt-disney-world-wine-and-dine-half-marathon-anyone-with-me/715297)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2015, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-doing-the-walt-disney-world-wine-and-dine-half-marathon-anyone-with-me/715297 "2015-11-09T00:59:53Z")
So Ms. Cups, a friend of hers, and I are officially running the Wine and Dine half marathon this coming November! Anyone else doing it? --- ## [Syrian refugees housed in Wild West theme park](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syrian-refugees-housed-in-wild-west-theme-park/736880)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syrian-refugees-housed-in-wild-west-theme-park/736880 "2015-11-08T22:15:22Z")
This morning I encountered what would be a classic ‘only in America’ story, except that it’s actually happening in Sweden. The country has agreed to take in thousands of refugees from Syria, and the government is appare… --- ## [So, who else counts steps? (A pedometer thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-counts-steps-a-pedometer-thread/736846)
**Author:** [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-counts-steps-a-pedometer-thread/736846 "2015-11-08T18:29:58Z")
I’ve been hooked up to one of these gadgets for about 6 years. For most of those my minimum goal was 10k, five days a week, but since I was diagnosed with osteoporosis, I’ve doubled it and walk every day, mostly outside … --- ## [Practical joke on wife.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practical-joke-on-wife/737009)
**Author:** [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practical-joke-on-wife/737009 "2015-11-08T16:27:52Z")
Many have seen the videos on You tube of the couples that play practical jokes on each other. In most cases, I feel they are going way too far. Friday night I was watching my wife edit some pictures on her computer, they… --- ## [Support for my Husband \[RIP, condolences-ed. ITD\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-my-husband-rip-condolences-ed-itd/734682)
**Author:** [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2015, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-my-husband-rip-condolences-ed-itd/734682 "2015-11-08T10:47:59Z")
\[Prior approval granted by the moderators.\] As many Dopers know, my husband has been sick for some time. Five years ago, he was diagnosed with non-alcoholic cirrhosis (NASH) and you all have heard me struggle endlessly … --- ## [Anybody else tasked with carrying on the family name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-tasked-with-carrying-on-the-family-name/368335)
**Author:** [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-tasked-with-carrying-on-the-family-name/368335 "2015-11-08T00:00:00Z")
I’m the last male of my family line that is likely to have children. I’m my father’s only son, and his brothers had girls. So that actually puts a little pressure on me to have a son. My family isn’t actually pressuri… --- ## [Wife's uncle still missing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wifes-uncle-still-missing/736945)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wifes-uncle-still-missing/736945 "2015-11-07T21:42:10Z")
I thought I’d posted, but I can’t find the thread. Mrs. L.A.'s uncle is still missing after a flash flood the night of 15 October. AFAIK, they’ve called off the search; but family members have been going out. The orig… --- ## [Families](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/families/736962)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/families/736962 "2015-11-07T21:06:23Z")
I’m posting this here because it just doesn’t seem suitable for GQ. Is your family structure a “clan”? To clarify, using my own family as an example; on my mother’s side of my family, I can count just locally, 10 diffe… --- ## [Top-notch service from Amazon UK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-notch-service-from-amazon-uk/736934)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-notch-service-from-amazon-uk/736934 "2015-11-07T18:55:01Z")
We hear so much of bad service, I thought it was time for a well done. I ordered some moderately expensive wine (\> £20 per bottle) from Amazon. The first bottle I opened was bad, the second very poor, and the third was … --- ## [Wow! Little instant film cameras w/ credit card sized pics are a thing!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-little-instant-film-cameras-w-credit-card-sized-pics-are-a-thing/736673)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-little-instant-film-cameras-w-credit-card-sized-pics-are-a-thing/736673 "2015-11-07T17:08:00Z")
Honestly I hadn’t given film cameras a thought in years. Between smartphone cameras and standard digital cameras I thought they had just kind of vanished as a mass market consumer item with maybe a few scientific and ho… --- ## [Cinnamon Imp- It's A Baby Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-imp-its-a-baby-girl/736376)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2015, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-imp-its-a-baby-girl/736376 "2015-11-07T11:57:48Z")
Cinnamon Imp and her partner happily announce the arrival of a baby girl (8 pounds 11 oz for those who want to know these things). Mother, father and baby are all doing well. Congratulations to all, and a sister for th… --- ## [Good set of Remembrance Day coins from Royal Canadian Mint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-set-of-remembrance-day-coins-from-royal-canadian-mint/736878)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2015, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-set-of-remembrance-day-coins-from-royal-canadian-mint/736878 "2015-11-07T07:11:57Z")
Royal Canadian Mint has released an attractive set of coins for Remembrance Day, commemorating McRae’s poem, “In Flanders Fields”. I really like the Red Poppy quarters. --- ## [Man infested with tapeworm that becomes cancerous and metastasizes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-infested-with-tapeworm-that-becomes-cancerous-and-metastasizes/736773)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2015, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-infested-with-tapeworm-that-becomes-cancerous-and-metastasizes/736773 "2015-11-07T03:10:12Z")
New England Journal of Medicine article The gist of the article: A 41-year-old Colombian man with AIDS (i.e., immunocompromised) had an intestinal tapeworm infestation. Apparently one of the tapeworms developed a mali… --- ## [Bust of Dick Cheney to be displayed in the Capitol building](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bust-of-dick-cheney-to-be-displayed-in-the-capitol-building/736702)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bust-of-dick-cheney-to-be-displayed-in-the-capitol-building/736702 "2015-11-07T01:38:15Z")
I honestly had not heard of this practice before, and my first reaction was "well, it’s not a requirement… Surely they left out a few of them. But, no, it sorta is a requirement, since 1947. They’re all up there, thro… --- ## [Why does my dog keep putting bowls on the dog bed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-dog-keep-putting-bowls-on-the-dog-bed/736822)
**Author:** [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2015, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-dog-keep-putting-bowls-on-the-dog-bed/736822 "2015-11-07T01:22:39Z")
I don’t actually expect there to be an explanation for this, but maybe there is one. I have two dogs, and one of them adopted a new ritual a few weeks ago. After the dogs eat dinner, Dog A picks up Dog B’s food bowl and… --- ## [My childhood home on Google street view.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-childhood-home-on-google-street-view/736833)
**Author:** [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-childhood-home-on-google-street-view/736833 "2015-11-06T23:06:26Z")
They replaced the old double hung windows with vertical sliding ones. They walled in the old carport and added an overhead door. Silliest looking garage you’ve ever seen, but it works I suppose. The maple tree twig I … --- ## [Ask Your Mom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-your-mom/736737)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-your-mom/736737 "2015-11-06T21:31:05Z")
Hello, dear. This is your mother. Do you have any questions you’d like to ask me but were always afraid to, or need any advice? I know you kids today lead very different lives than your father and I did at your age, but … --- ## [I have the oldest balloon ever.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-the-oldest-balloon-ever/330691)
**Author:** [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-the-oldest-balloon-ever/330691 "2015-11-06T20:26:53Z")
At least, the oldest balloon ever that I know of. It’s been around since May 2002. It’s a plain old latex balloon bouquet kind of balloon. It’s semi-deflated, so its kind of a floppy football. It had some of that spritz… --- ## [JFYI...telemarketing calls and where your info comes from!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jfyi-telemarketing-calls-and-where-your-info-comes-from/736236)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jfyi-telemarketing-calls-and-where-your-info-comes-from/736236 "2015-11-06T18:16:34Z")
As I’ve told youse all before, I’m a telefundraiser. Mostly I’m on ‘renewal’ calls, which means that I’m ringing you because you’ve supported us before and you know who we are and the cause I’m calling for. But every n… --- ## [Happy Guy Fawkes/Bonfire Night!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-guy-fawkes-bonfire-night/736756)
**Author:** [@Asympotically\_fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asympotically_fat)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-guy-fawkes-bonfire-night/736756 "2015-11-06T18:03:21Z")
When I heard there would be fireworks and bonfires this evening to celebrate the defeat the defeat of Popery, I thought “Fantastic!” My joy was short-lived though when I realized they weren’t talking about scented penci… --- ## [Stranger than the average spam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-than-the-average-spam/736686)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-than-the-average-spam/736686 "2015-11-06T17:29:20Z")
I got this one (more likely a phishing expedishun) today: You can tell somebody put some thought into that one. This, apparently, is somebody’s attempt to get past the spam filters. If so, it didn’t work. In other n… --- ## [It's illegal in my state, but ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-illegal-in-my-state-but/735449)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2015, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-illegal-in-my-state-but/735449 "2015-11-06T13:55:10Z")
… is there really anything morally wrong with me having a crush on my first cousin? --- ## [Google Calendar down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-calendar-down/736713)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-calendar-down/736713 "2015-11-05T19:08:17Z")
… which could be the title of a Tom Clancy book these days, I guess. GC has been down for the last day, which is of little concern to me even though I moved my day calendar to that worthy platform a few months ago. I ha… --- ## [i bought a new smartphone yesterday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-new-smartphone-yesterday/736670)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-new-smartphone-yesterday/736670 "2015-11-05T19:06:35Z")
And boy, is it sweet! It’s an LG Sunset. It cost me a few cents shy of $100, but it is loaded. It runs Android 5.0, is GSM running on AT&T’s 4G LTE network, and has a 1.2 Ghz quad-core processor with 8 GB of memory upgra… --- ## [Anybody Had This Experience With Kaspersky?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-had-this-experience-with-kaspersky/736535)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-had-this-experience-with-kaspersky/736535 "2015-11-05T16:31:28Z")
I am fed up …the trial version sets up a “secure browser”, which screws up my Ebay account. every time I log in to ebay, it doesn’t recognize the password that Kaspersky has established for my account. plus, with the tri… --- ## [Ask the Former Kilgore Rangerette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-former-kilgore-rangerette/521310)
**Author:** [@lisa\_listens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisa_listens)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-former-kilgore-rangerette/521310 "2015-11-05T13:50:45Z")
Hi all. I decided the best way to introduce myself would be for y’all to ask prying questions. Anyway I was a Rette a few years ago and will happily answer any questions. --- ## [People over 40 shouldn't have to refer to their SOs as "Boyfriend" or "Girlfriend" dangit!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-over-40-shouldnt-have-to-refer-to-their-sos-as-boyfriend-or-girlfriend-dangit/735860)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2015, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-over-40-shouldnt-have-to-refer-to-their-sos-as-boyfriend-or-girlfriend-dangit/735860 "2015-11-05T12:54:20Z")
It just feels ridiculous to me. The other day I’m at work speaking to a coworker of mine. In our conversation, I referenced my GF, only I didn’t call her my GF, I called her my wife! I realized what I had done as soon a… --- ## [The world's tiniest violin plays for you man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-tiniest-violin-plays-for-you-man/736316)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2015, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-tiniest-violin-plays-for-you-man/736316 "2015-11-05T12:49:13Z")
\*While I do not normally condone extrajudicial punishment, and still don’t under any circumstances, the case below elicits zero sympathy from me for the victim. I tried to find links for this, but it was mostly on faceb… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=686) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=688)