# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=69 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 70 --- ## [Let's talk Dentures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-dentures/1012992)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-dentures/1012992 "2025-03-03T15:08:47Z")
It does appear that I’m looking at a partial denture appliance to go into my lower jaw. I’ve already got to molars out, from quite a few years ago. One on either side, each one a tooth in from the way-back molars. Now, … --- ## [(Old) Wrapping up Feb in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-wrapping-up-feb-in-the-mmp/1014729)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 308\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-wrapping-up-feb-in-the-mmp/1014729 "2025-03-03T15:05:08Z")
Second month of 2025 is just about used up - not sure where it went, but so it goes. Days are getting longer here in the northern hemisphere, so there’s that. Happy Moanday!! --- ## [A murmuration of starlings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murmuration-of-starlings/1015038)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murmuration-of-starlings/1015038 "2025-03-03T13:14:22Z")
This winter, a flock of starlings decided to roost in our hedge. There are a lot of them. A LOT. Every evening, the starlings form murmurations directly above our house. They are majestic and mesmerising: streaming acro… --- ## [7.5 Million in Bitcoins buried in landfill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-5-million-in-bitcoins-buried-in-landfill/675941)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2025, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-5-million-in-bitcoins-buried-in-landfill/675941 "2025-03-03T00:31:34Z")
Ouch! :eek: --- ## [So I found out the girl I just started dating used to do porn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-found-out-the-girl-i-just-started-dating-used-to-do-porn/1014481)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-found-out-the-girl-i-just-started-dating-used-to-do-porn/1014481 "2025-03-02T17:06:43Z")
Fuck my life. This is all kinds of emotionally exhausting. So, if you followed my last thread, I just started seeing a woman. She’s 32, has 2 kids, and we’ve been on 2 dates. Both ended really well; a great kiss. An… --- ## [Online remote work testing AI systems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-remote-work-testing-ai-systems/1015021)
**Author:** [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-remote-work-testing-ai-systems/1015021 "2025-03-02T16:00:30Z")
I received a message in my LinkedIn inviting me to apply for part time remote work evaluating how AI’s handle mathematical proofs. It’s something I could do, and might even enjoy, and the extra cash would certainly be we… --- ## [Is guys that only eat chicken fingers a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-guys-that-only-eat-chicken-fingers-a-thing/992382)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-guys-that-only-eat-chicken-fingers-a-thing/992382 "2025-03-02T13:45:25Z")
About 10 years back my niece and her fiance’ were in town and we were to all go out for dinner. My niece let us know that we needed to choose a place that had chicken fingers on the menu because that was pretty much all … --- ## [I'm very pro-vax, but just screwed myself up by getting 5 vaccine shots in six weeks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-very-pro-vax-but-just-screwed-myself-up-by-getting-5-vaccine-shots-in-six-weeks/1014930)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-very-pro-vax-but-just-screwed-myself-up-by-getting-5-vaccine-shots-in-six-weeks/1014930 "2025-03-02T04:13:44Z")
I lost my job earlier this month and thought, “Hmmm, might as well extract all the benefit I can out of my employer-provided health insurance before it runs out at the end of the month.” So I decided to get up to date on… --- ## [CB radios today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cb-radios-today/1014857)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cb-radios-today/1014857 "2025-03-01T17:50:33Z")
CB radios were all the rage when I was a kid. My dad had one in his 1974 Toyota Hilux. and I had one in my bedroom. But now? With all of the plastic on modern car dashboards, I wouldn’t know hoe/where to mount one. --- ## [Boeing Struggling To Produce New Air Force Ones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boeing-struggling-to-produce-new-air-force-ones/1014357)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boeing-struggling-to-produce-new-air-force-ones/1014357 "2025-02-28T22:10:55Z")
Apparently the folks at Boeing are behind - like, REALLY behind - on delivering new Air Force Ones. The new delivery date is just “At least 2027” and some sources say they have little hope of it happening before 2029. … --- ## [When people send you links](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-people-send-you-links/1014866)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-people-send-you-links/1014866 "2025-02-28T20:36:22Z")
I have some friends who will text me links to stuff – most often videos or reels, but sometimes stuff to read or sound files. It’s a weird feeling, because I sort of enjoy it and sort of get irritated by it. It’s lovel… --- ## [Denver wants to mandate tipping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denver-wants-to-mandate-tipping/1014933)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denver-wants-to-mandate-tipping/1014933 "2025-02-28T18:50:59Z")
The restaurants here in Denver want to require a 20% service fee. The interview with Mayor Johnston was very telling and very anti-consumer. The city raised the minimum wage for tip-employees. Now tipping creates ineq… --- ## [A question for non-Americans - does your country revere your constitution like America does?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-non-americans-does-your-country-revere-your-constitution-like-america-does/1014221)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-non-americans-does-your-country-revere-your-constitution-like-america-does/1014221 "2025-02-28T14:13:31Z")
We Americans talk about our Constitution a lot. We’ve even made our 2nd Amendment world famous. To hear people talk sometimes you would think they worship it. I was wondering if other countries revere their own constit… --- ## [Indians and trains on Reddit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indians-and-trains-on-reddit/1014751)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indians-and-trains-on-reddit/1014751 "2025-02-27T23:12:41Z")
I spend time reading various sub reddits and one is Indians and trains. It seems to me that several hundred a day seem to die from as they call it “India’s number one predator”. This raises several questions in my mind. … --- ## [Judge in Mississippi violating First Amendment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-in-mississippi-violating-first-amendment/1014575)
**Author:** [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-in-mississippi-violating-first-amendment/1014575 "2025-02-27T23:12:35Z")
Another violation of the First Amendment and the principal of “Prior Restraint”? A Mississippi judge orders a local newspaper to remove an editorial criticizing the city: The city sued the publishers of the Clarksdale … --- ## [Things Have Changed Around Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-have-changed-around-here/1014760)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-have-changed-around-here/1014760 "2025-02-27T18:28:44Z")
From an old thread about how different people read the Dope, I once posted this: When was the last time you opened the SDMB and had 16 pages of new posts to examine? --- ## [Squeegee kids in Denver](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squeegee-kids-in-denver/1014838)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squeegee-kids-in-denver/1014838 "2025-02-27T17:38:15Z")
If you live in or around Denver, you’ve noticed that in the past year and a half the proliferation of squeegee kids (young men mainly, that hang around major intersections and when cars are stopped at the lights they app… --- ## [Megalodon should be pronounced similar to iguanodon and pteranodon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megalodon-should-be-pronounced-similar-to-iguanodon-and-pteranodon/1014745)
**Author:** [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megalodon-should-be-pronounced-similar-to-iguanodon-and-pteranodon/1014745 "2025-02-26T21:37:26Z")
The title says it. The common pronunciation bugs the hell out of me. It sounds like someone who just came across the word and is reading it aloud without knowing how similar words are pronounced. --- ## [Post-fire post (but not the Post Fire)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-fire-post-but-not-the-post-fire/1014809)
**Author:** [@Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pasta)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-fire-post-but-not-the-post-fire/1014809 "2025-02-26T01:02:46Z")
I haven’t been by here the past couple of months (not that gaps are rare for me), but I did notice there were some threads on the California wildfires. Maybe of interest: my family and I remain displaced due to the Eato… --- ## [Advice--plugged drain on countertop dishwasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-plugged-drain-on-countertop-dishwasher/1014754)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-plugged-drain-on-countertop-dishwasher/1014754 "2025-02-25T21:47:21Z")
Title says it all. I’ve tried vinegar, hot water, liquid soap (you can unplug a toilet with it, so why not?) and Zap Drain defense (non-caustic enzyme–don’t hurt pipes), snake and plunger. Nada. Phooey. Not gonna cal… --- ## [Bigfoot.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809)
**Author:** [@liontamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liontamer)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809 "2025-02-25T18:59:11Z")
I’m sure this has been discussed but who here has had an encounter? There are at least two shows dedicated to them. Personally I think they are induced by drugs, alcohol or some combination of the two. I also do not w… --- ## [I picked up a dumped dog today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-picked-up-a-dumped-dog-today/1014336)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-picked-up-a-dumped-dog-today/1014336 "2025-02-25T18:40:55Z")
I found a female yellow lab lab mix. No collar or chip. Very sweet girl. When I stopped my car, she came running to it and tried to climb in. Probably dumped, but hopeful there’s an owner. I’ve posted on the post & found… --- ## [Dropping the body bag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropping-the-body-bag/1014646)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropping-the-body-bag/1014646 "2025-02-25T17:13:01Z")
One of our local hospitals here in Sacramento, CA, seems to have some major issues coping with deceased patients. I’m not the squeamish type, but this is pretty horrible. --- ## [Too weird--the Wonder Of Random Street View](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-weird-the-wonder-of-random-street-view/980815)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-weird-the-wonder-of-random-street-view/980815 "2025-02-25T05:26:17Z")
Enjoy, my buddies. --- ## [Fat GI joes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-gi-joes/1014717)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-gi-joes/1014717 "2025-02-24T21:38:54Z")
watching the ARmy/Navy game, all the Academies field a football team, I was thinking how do they recruit them? If a 300 lb guy appeared at the recruiters office, they wouldn’t meet physical requirements for combat obviou… --- ## [(Old) Make Me Proud! In the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-make-me-proud-in-the-mmp/1014414)
**Author:** [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Replies:** 344\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-make-me-proud-in-the-mmp/1014414 "2025-02-24T21:01:05Z")
Oh yeah, and happy President’s Day, too. I finally made it back. Me and my GLP-1 had some issues over the weekend, but I’m here and feeling ok so far today. First of all since I didn’t make it back for the last MMP, {{… --- ## [I was this old when I learned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-this-old-when-i-learned/995405)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-this-old-when-i-learned/995405 "2025-02-24T08:58:16Z")
I was 65 yrs old when I found out that hawmow rhymes with COW, not THROW. I was 65 yrs old when i found out the lyrics to Sweet Home Alabama are: ingin’ songs about the Southland I miss Alabamy once again, and I think… --- ## ["...miner for heart of gold"\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miner-for-heart-of-gold/1014709)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miner-for-heart-of-gold/1014709 "2025-02-24T07:50:45Z")
And, I’m growing old. Not sure how much more I can take. It’s been an altogether trying few days. There are ups and there are downs, there is ins and there’s outs…oh wait, another song. . Very cold. Actually CAF. … --- ## [Russia is mapping undersea fiber cables](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-is-mapping-undersea-fiber-cables/1013786)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-is-mapping-undersea-fiber-cables/1013786 "2025-02-24T03:04:19Z")
Apparently for some years now. Yes, suspicious yet-we-do-not-quite-know-why Same article: Finnish police last month seized a tanker carrying Russian oil and said they suspected the vessel had damaged the Finnish-Es… --- ## [Dumb thing(s) we did today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-thing-s-we-did-today/1014456)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-thing-s-we-did-today/1014456 "2025-02-23T15:55:06Z")
I do dumb things often-ish, and I’ve decided to celebrate them! Feel free to join in (or mock me, that’s also good). Today I bought a lovely new bird feeder for outside the window, to replace the old, gross one that’s h… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=68) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=70)