# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=690 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 691 --- ## [Leaf blower won't start](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaf-blower-wont-start/735989)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaf-blower-wont-start/735989 "2015-10-28T23:08:19Z")
Technically, this is probably a GQ. I wouldn’t be asking, but my neighbor has OCD with respect to blowing the leaves off his lawn. The question is, why does my neighbor’s leaf blower take forever to start. Every fall … --- ## [Share Halloween-y videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-halloween-y-videos/735886)
**Author:** [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-halloween-y-videos/735886 "2015-10-28T22:46:07Z")
With the day of Halloween approaching, let us share videos to get ourselves into a suitably agreeable mood of horror and dread. NOTE: Let’s assume that the videos linked to are likely to contain at least a little bit \*o… --- ## [Thoughts while recovering from Nasal Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-while-recovering-from-nasal-surgery/726692)
**Author:** [@ssgenius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ssgenius)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-while-recovering-from-nasal-surgery/726692 "2015-10-28T20:42:04Z")
I am sitting here at home try to rest and recover up on a Friday night after having deviated septum surgery and pondering on life in general. Of note, I am 47 years old If it was a Friday night 2o- 25 years ago, I woul… --- ## [I had an auditory hallucination this morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-auditory-hallucination-this-morning/732612)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-auditory-hallucination-this-morning/732612 "2015-10-28T20:41:52Z")
I don’t know what to make of it. I had the TV and my computer on and I suddenly heard music – a guitar strumming some unidentifiable tune. At first I thought some ad had popped up in my browser, but I couldn’t find it.… --- ## [Capture a human figure through a wall. New wireless tech research.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capture-a-human-figure-through-a-wall-new-wireless-tech-research/736008)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capture-a-human-figure-through-a-wall-new-wireless-tech-research/736008 "2015-10-28T19:46:08Z")
Quite an interesting paper from MIT. I understood maybe 30%. :smiley: But they do include photos. The future applications for this tech are exciting. Everything from switching on/off lights in a home to monitoring that… --- ## [Is McDonalds struggling financially](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mcdonalds-struggling-financially/735653)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mcdonalds-struggling-financially/735653 "2015-10-28T19:28:30Z")
Recently they have undergone various changes that make me think they are grasping at straws to stay afloat. Are they having financial trouble? If so, what is the cause? More competition from fast food? More competition … --- ## [Electric fly swatter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-fly-swatter/735884)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-fly-swatter/735884 "2015-10-28T18:53:38Z")
On a whim, I bought an electric fly swatter. It was only four bucks, so why not? A wasp was flying around the living room. As soon as the swatter hit it, it stopped – with a little sizzle. Now, I’m not going to go ro… --- ## [Whale watchin boat capsizes... off Tofino, BC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-watchin-boat-capsizes-off-tofino-bc/735792)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-watchin-boat-capsizes-off-tofino-bc/735792 "2015-10-28T07:04:17Z")
This is a tragic story, as five people are dead and one is still missing, but a whale-watch boat capsized just off Vancouver Island, having sailed from… Tofino. We recently discussed what appears to be one of the most aw… --- ## [Thinking about trying to win a gold PS4 from Taco Bell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-trying-to-win-a-gold-ps4-from-taco-bell/735936)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-trying-to-win-a-gold-ps4-from-taco-bell/735936 "2015-10-28T05:01:08Z")
Don’t bother entering more than once from the same phone. Even if you have more than one code. Tried to just now and got the message that we’ve already entered for today. It’s been almost a week! --- ## [WTF is "getitfree.com" all about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-getitfree-com-all-about/735816)
**Author:** [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-getitfree-com-all-about/735816 "2015-10-28T02:35:53Z")
Getting 2 or 3 emails a day from this outfit with offers of free shit. Haven’t found too much on the web but I assume it’s a scam of some type. Anyone have details or inside knowledge? --- ## [Hurricane Patricia may be one of the strongest ever. SW Mexico threatened](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-patricia-may-be-one-of-the-strongest-ever-sw-mexico-threatened/735537)
**Author:** [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-patricia-may-be-one-of-the-strongest-ever-sw-mexico-threatened/735537 "2015-10-27T20:57:14Z")
Hurricane Patricia has gone from merely Cat 5 strength to ludicrously strong. As in sustained 200 MPH winds with gusts to 245. NOAA’s latest observation of it states, " As noted above, pressure is listed at 880 mb, c… --- ## [Woman really likes her Jimmy Dean Sausage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-really-likes-her-jimmy-dean-sausage/735644)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-really-likes-her-jimmy-dean-sausage/735644 "2015-10-27T20:11:44Z")
Woman Arrested For Masturbating With Jimmy Dean Sausage In Walmart Bathroom --- ## [Rachel Jeantel accepts offer to attend college.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-jeantel-accepts-offer-to-attend-college/663862)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-jeantel-accepts-offer-to-attend-college/663862 "2015-10-27T17:19:32Z")
Well, something positive can come out of the Zimmerman trial. I just hope Jeantel is up for the challenge. Some of the historical black colleges have a long history of excellence. She’ll have to study a lot harder to mak… --- ## [Chewbacca Arrested While Campaigning for Darth Vader](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chewbacca-arrested-while-campaigning-for-darth-vader/735784)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chewbacca-arrested-while-campaigning-for-darth-vader/735784 "2015-10-27T16:14:39Z")
That’s what the headline reads. I can’t copy it for some reason, so you’ll have to go see it yourself: Apparently “Darth Vader” is the legal name of a candidate for mayor in Odessa in the Ukraine. A guy dressed in ful… --- ## [NSFW: Skank Porkers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsfw-skank-porkers/735854)
**Author:** [@EmbarrassingDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmbarrassingDad)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsfw-skank-porkers/735854 "2015-10-27T15:29:19Z")
Freshman year in college at my cousin’s apartment, in his bedroom, on a twin-size mattress on the floor (I wasn’t allowed to pork skanks on his bed), I was porking this skank (who I’d met before when I came to check o… --- ## [Did you know that you can see every Google search you have ever done?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-you-can-see-every-google-search-you-have-ever-done/735419)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-you-can-see-every-google-search-you-have-ever-done/735419 "2015-10-27T14:41:37Z")
That may a slight exaggeration because it only goes back 5 years or so and it only records when your computer is logged into any Google account like Gmail, Facebook or Google+ but that still encompasses a huge number of … --- ## [Right in front of your face: is there a name for it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-in-front-of-your-face-is-there-a-name-for-it/735658)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-in-front-of-your-face-is-there-a-name-for-it/735658 "2015-10-27T12:48:34Z")
So my waking routine, get up, put the kettle on, get coffee and sugar from the cupboard…and I couldn’t find the coffee. It’s always in the same cupboard, but not necessarily in the same spot, as things get rearranged da… --- ## [Strandbeests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strandbeests/570260)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strandbeests/570260 "2015-10-27T12:35:34Z")
I’ve got a broad mud flat when the tide goes out, and occasional breezes. If only I had the time… --- ## [Feeling Pushed by Society](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-pushed-by-society/735488)
**Author:** [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-pushed-by-society/735488 "2015-10-27T05:58:14Z")
Driving, working, everything. Does anyone else feel like society moves faster than one can keep up? What should one do? Arrrg… another reason why I can’t fit in with the “flow”. Early 40s… ready to go to mars! --- ## [What Did You think of Hillary's Performance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-think-of-hillarys-performance/735491)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-think-of-hillarys-performance/735491 "2015-10-27T05:33:04Z")
(In front of the House)? I think she never answered anything, dancing around all the questions. Plus, lots of “ums”-she really sounded tired. For someone who has tons of aides and advisers, she seems to have a lot of tr… --- ## [A dark sense of vindication](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dark-sense-of-vindication/735510)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dark-sense-of-vindication/735510 "2015-10-27T04:05:43Z")
So, I was hurrying this morning, and apparently I rolled through a stop sign while turning right. Blue lights came on behind me, I stopped near the next intersection, and a sheriff’s deputy walked up. She laid it on thi… --- ## [Three season MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-season-mmp/735123)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-season-mmp/735123 "2015-10-27T03:44:16Z")
We’re staying at a real log cabin this weekend. It’s nice except for two issues, the ceiling to the basement is too low (as my poor head can attest to). I can hit my shoulder when going down the stairs unless I duck. … --- ## [Poll - Do you buy in response to TV ads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-buy-in-response-to-tv-ads/735535)
**Author:** [@UncleFred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleFred)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-buy-in-response-to-tv-ads/735535 "2015-10-27T02:30:02Z")
Watching TV the other day, it occurred to me that in many years I have never gone out and bought something after having seen it advertised on TV. Now I’m the first to admit I’m a ‘saver’ and not a ‘buyer’, but I have to… --- ## [Hypothetically, would/should the US try to seize an alien spacecraft...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetically-would-should-the-us-try-to-seize-an-alien-spacecraft/735830)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetically-would-should-the-us-try-to-seize-an-alien-spacecraft/735830 "2015-10-27T02:06:18Z")
if it landed in an underdeveloped 3rd or 2nd world country? Here’s the sitch: Assuming that there is no doubt that this is alien in nature and contains some alien technology. Scientists discovered it hurtling through s… --- ## [It's 2100; Is mankind 'Happy"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2100-is-mankind-happy/735729)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2100-is-mankind-happy/735729 "2015-10-27T02:01:12Z")
We have mastered all aspects of genetic engineering: cancer and infectious diseases are a thing of the past. Upon birth, all humans are scanned for medical conditions and all defects corrected. mental illnesses no longer… --- ## [Ask the man who evades the question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579)
**Author:** [@Alonzo\_John\_Blitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alonzo_John_Blitz)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579 "2015-10-26T18:48:31Z")
I do not accept the premise; so how could I possibly respond? --- ## [Chinese Copy Writers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-copy-writers/735716)
**Author:** [@herman\_and\_bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/herman_and_bill)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-copy-writers/735716 "2015-10-26T15:10:03Z")
This from a multi tool on Ebay, never mind it is a picture of a CRKT. Feature: A variety of styles: mini, cute, practical, portable. You can use four kinds of screws screwdriver. To open the bottle, oxygen bottle swi… --- ## [Ra Paulette's cave sculptures are impressive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ra-paulettes-cave-sculptures-are-impressive/735610)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ra-paulettes-cave-sculptures-are-impressive/735610 "2015-10-26T15:08:39Z")
Click on the video at this page to see some huge cave sculptures in New Mexico. He’s built custom cave homes for minimum wage, one of which is now for sale at $1,000,000. --- ## [The strange Ex Hurricane Patricia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-ex-hurricane-patricia/735786)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2015, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-ex-hurricane-patricia/735786 "2015-10-26T12:15:33Z")
The remains of hurricane Patricia passed through here-southern Louisiana-yesterday and last night. It is the strangest “hurricane” I have ever been through. Of course the high winds and surge are absent, but the size of … --- ## [So how effective is a restraining order against a machette?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-effective-is-a-restraining-order-against-a-machette/735615)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2015, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-effective-is-a-restraining-order-against-a-machette/735615 "2015-10-26T05:34:02Z")
It ain’t This happened in my neck of the woods, and the murderer, though still alive lost both of his legs when he threw himself in front of the subway car. So. when he goes to court, he won’t have a leg to stand on. I… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=689) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=691)