# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=695 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 696 --- ## [Rats will hunt and eat full size adult pigeons. I did not know that! (video)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-will-hunt-and-eat-full-size-adult-pigeons-i-did-not-know-that-video/734602)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-will-hunt-and-eat-full-size-adult-pigeons-i-did-not-know-that-video/734602 "2015-10-14T20:55:48Z")
Nature in the raw. I would have lost the bet that a rat would take on something the size of an adult pigeon. It puts up a good struggle and tries to escape but the rat is on a mission. Video here Sorry ab… --- ## [How to deal with someone who is hyper-obsessed with you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-someone-who-is-hyper-obsessed-with-you/734409)
**Author:** [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-someone-who-is-hyper-obsessed-with-you/734409 "2015-10-14T19:32:00Z")
I never ever ever thought in a million years that I would be making this post, considering the asinine stupidity of some of the stuff I’ve said in the past. But this is frank and real and I really really need your help. … --- ## [Stupid hammer tricks, or Sauron's Gravity Experiment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-hammer-tricks-or-saurons-gravity-experiment/722891)
**Author:** [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-hammer-tricks-or-saurons-gravity-experiment/722891 "2015-10-14T15:25:22Z")
There are roughly seven billion humans on this planet, and I would wager that the number of them who have injured themselves with a hammer while performing gardening chores is pretty doggone low. But that number grew by … --- ## [Today's Korean Holiday Marked by Cool Google Doodle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-korean-holiday-marked-by-cool-google-doodle/733969)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-korean-holiday-marked-by-cool-google-doodle/733969 "2015-10-14T07:59:03Z")
Today (9 October 2015) is 한글날 (‘Hangeul Nal’/Hangeul Proclamation Day) commemorating King Sejong’s promulgation of Korea’s native writing system. The Google Doodle here looks pretty cool. If the link doesn’t work for yo… --- ## [Stupid Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-questions/734595)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-questions/734595 "2015-10-14T04:22:00Z")
Silly questions asked by intelligent people I know… Here are recent examples: “Witch way is north” via email. "Why does this compass needle always point North? " :smack::smack::smack: “When I look through these binoc… --- ## [Vaccines Do NOT Cause Autism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccines-do-not-cause-autism/692191)
**Author:** [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccines-do-not-cause-autism/692191 "2015-10-14T00:09:00Z")
Huge new study confirms it as well as the fact that serious reactions are rare. This has to be seen as the final nail in the coffin. It won’t but it should be. --- ## [So you want to fly aerobatics? Of course you do!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-fly-aerobatics-of-course-you-do/734570)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-fly-aerobatics-of-course-you-do/734570 "2015-10-13T20:55:06Z")
There’s been a lot of questions about flying on the board, so in that spirit I offer a short YouTube video ot Svetlana Kapanina. Svetlana is a Russian aerobatic pilot who ranks amount the best in the world. Not only … --- ## [A request for help for one of the Oregon shooting victims.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-request-for-help-for-one-of-the-oregon-shooting-victims/733951)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-request-for-help-for-one-of-the-oregon-shooting-victims/733951 "2015-10-13T19:59:07Z")
Posted with Mod permission, for which I am thankful. My dear friend Amber was one of the victims of the UCC shooting this past Thursday. I’ve known Amber for the better part of 10 years and her life’s goal was and is to… --- ## [12" steel rule for back scratching.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-steel-rule-for-back-scratching/734025)
**Author:** [@MrQwertyasd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrQwertyasd)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-steel-rule-for-back-scratching/734025 "2015-10-13T19:41:02Z")
I keep a 12" steel rule in my desk for scraping between my shoulder blades. I like it because it has a choice of sharp corners (which I hardly ever use), a nice rounded end for covering a small area without drawing bl… --- ## [Whole milk FTW!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-milk-ftw/733796)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2015, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-milk-ftw/733796 "2015-10-13T19:16:37Z")
I have been convinced for years that lowfat dairy is bad news. So much so that when our WIC coupons changed from full-fat to lowfat milk and cheese, I insisted that my wife not use those (and no, I’m not some Baptist pa… --- ## [I nearly got groped by a drunk woman yesterday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-got-groped-by-a-drunk-woman-yesterday/734464)
**Author:** [@Fat2FitMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fat2FitMama)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-got-groped-by-a-drunk-woman-yesterday/734464 "2015-10-13T18:01:44Z")
My husband and I decided to take our son to Grrrrrrrrreat Staaaate Faaaair of Texaaaasssss yesterday. We had a great day, with chili dogs and venison chili from a cooking display and free ice cream and smelly farm animal… --- ## [Why do many people walk with their feet splayed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-many-people-walk-with-their-feet-splayed/734121)
**Author:** [@SeniorCitizen007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeniorCitizen007)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-many-people-walk-with-their-feet-splayed/734121 "2015-10-13T17:57:46Z")
It’s my opinion that people who walk with their feet splayed are in a psychologically different state of mind to those who walk with a natural gait. --- ## [OMG. I am an idiot.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-i-am-an-idiot/733905)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-i-am-an-idiot/733905 "2015-10-13T16:57:48Z")
So I sit down at my usual station monitoring the internet. Nothing going on at the moment, so I pour myself a cup of (ahem) coffee. My laptop is tuned into SDMB, Google, and an obscure website hosted from some server i… --- ## [Sword-wielding Woman Stops Intruder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sword-wielding-woman-stops-intruder/734445)
**Author:** [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2015, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sword-wielding-woman-stops-intruder/734445 "2015-10-13T04:55:52Z")
Here is the article: Sword-wielding woman uses medieval combat skills to stop intruder This is a friend of mine. I heard about this almost real-time from her Facebook feed. She’s always been a really cool person, but th… --- ## [Should I Write This Book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-write-this-book/734023)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-write-this-book/734023 "2015-10-13T01:42:22Z")
I ask because I have found some new, never mentioned evidence concerning a 100-year old murder case. I have never written a book before, but I am very interested. To research this, I would have to spend hundreds of hours… --- ## [What happens to the elderly in developing countries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-elderly-in-developing-countries/734463)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2015, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-elderly-in-developing-countries/734463 "2015-10-13T01:40:40Z")
In poor countries, or rich countries 100+ years ago, what happens with the elderly? They have no pensions, public or private. No savings. No health care. All jobs require heavy manual labor. So what do they do? Live wit… --- ## [Playmobil's toy pirate ship includes a metal collar for the black passenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playmobils-toy-pirate-ship-includes-a-metal-collar-for-the-black-passenger/733960)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playmobils-toy-pirate-ship-includes-a-metal-collar-for-the-black-passenger/733960 "2015-10-13T01:24:54Z")
Hmmmmmm What next? An illegal immigrant border crossing bus with secret compartments? --- ## [Why is yahoo comments full of right wingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-yahoo-comments-full-of-right-wingers/734482)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2015, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-yahoo-comments-full-of-right-wingers/734482 "2015-10-13T01:00:33Z")
There seems to be a political bias there. Is there some reason for that? It seems up to 90% of the comments have one political slant sometimes. --- ## [Canadian Thanksgiving: the Pumpkin Pie is the Oven!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-thanksgiving-the-pumpkin-pie-is-the-oven/734242)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2015, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-thanksgiving-the-pumpkin-pie-is-the-oven/734242 "2015-10-12T21:33:16Z")
Clan Piper has been invited to Thanksgiving Dinner tomorrow at some friends’ house. Our contribution is a pumpkin pie, cooking as we speak. --- ## [Do you think they planned to break in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-they-planned-to-break-in/734475)
**Author:** [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-they-planned-to-break-in/734475 "2015-10-12T21:30:39Z")
Today was very cold inside and very nice outside; but as wide as I opened the windows the warm air would not come in. I was freezing so I took the ipad and was reading SDMB in the car with the doors and windows closed t… --- ## [I found the keys! And it only took four years!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-keys-and-it-only-took-four-years/734185)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2015, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-keys-and-it-only-took-four-years/734185 "2015-10-12T20:49:44Z")
About four years ago, we took a month long trip to the Southwest US. There was a big flurry of activity prior to leaving the house empty for that long. Almost as an afterthought, I locked the fire safe, looked around for… --- ## [Boy Crucified After Fingertips Cut Off - True of False?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-crucified-after-fingertips-cut-off-true-of-false/733902)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2015, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-crucified-after-fingertips-cut-off-true-of-false/733902 "2015-10-12T17:37:31Z")
Reprehensible idiot and all-around repugnant radio host Mark Levin, while spewing his usual unsupported accusations, hate-speech and outright lies, today puked out the news story of a boy being crucified after his preach… --- ## [Describe your "seasons of life"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-seasons-of-life/734397)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-seasons-of-life/734397 "2015-10-12T15:33:31Z")
I’ve read people often live in “seasons”…4-7ish year spans that essentially denote chapters of your life. Maybe a theme of happiness, sadness, struggle, passion, excitement, etc resonates through your seasons. I kinda fe… --- ## [More Social, Less Free?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-social-less-free/733069)
**Author:** [@McDoogins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDoogins)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-social-less-free/733069 "2015-10-12T14:01:48Z")
Anyone else feel that the more social our devices and opportunities to have a global audience, the less we are able to say? The only people that seem to get away with saying whatever they want are people like Trump with… --- ## [What's your most ingenious way to get rid of kittens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-ingenious-way-to-get-rid-of-kittens/733993)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2015, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-ingenious-way-to-get-rid-of-kittens/733993 "2015-10-12T13:09:33Z")
I think people’s most telling shows of ingenuity are how they get rid of kittens, usually involving tricking other people into adopting them. What’s the most cunning, devious thing you’ve ever done to get someone to take… --- ## [But I never even HAD an Ashley Madison account!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-i-never-even-had-an-ashley-madison-account/733987)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2015, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-i-never-even-had-an-ashley-madison-account/733987 "2015-10-12T12:32:40Z")
I just got this in my spam folder: "Your account at the cheating (affair website) aka Ashley Madison… Hey there! If you want to keep your cheating and lies secret from your significant other, your family, your friends… --- ## [Here doesn't come the sun- a MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-doesnt-come-the-sun-a-mmp/733596)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 251\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2015, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-doesnt-come-the-sun-a-mmp/733596 "2015-10-12T11:54:22Z")
It’s cloudy, today will be the 12th straight day of rain, and my sinus is still draining. On the bright side, tomorrow is my Firday, and Wednesday is hockey season.:smiley: --- ## [Those inexpensive cellphone tempered glass screen protectors are worth getting!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-inexpensive-cellphone-tempered-glass-screen-protectors-are-worth-getting/734400)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2015, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-inexpensive-cellphone-tempered-glass-screen-protectors-are-worth-getting/734400 "2015-10-12T04:10:29Z")
Like this or this or any one of a gazillion other vendors. They are usually only a few bucks on eBay or Amazon and they have saved my screen twice now where the protective glass screen cracked when dropped but the ori… --- ## [NYPD Police recruit wants same shield number as slain grandfather](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nypd-police-recruit-wants-same-shield-number-as-slain-grandfather/734098)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nypd-police-recruit-wants-same-shield-number-as-slain-grandfather/734098 "2015-10-12T02:29:17Z")
I admire families that continue the legacy of serving as police officers. Especially after someone died in the line of duty. We owe the police so much for responding to crises situations and keeping the public safe. Ca… --- ## [Strange things found in second hand books (and other items)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-found-in-second-hand-books-and-other-items/733852)
**Author:** [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-found-in-second-hand-books-and-other-items/733852 "2015-10-12T02:01:21Z")
Have you ever bought a book or DVD or a piece of furniture and found something really strange tucked away it it? I love annotated books, so I often find funny little notes or even poems, but ever find something really od… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=694) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=696)