# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=696 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 697 --- ## [It is a beautiful day here in flyover country](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-a-beautiful-day-here-in-flyover-country/734318)
**Author:** [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2015, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-a-beautiful-day-here-in-flyover-country/734318 "2015-10-12T01:03:32Z")
The sky is a clear azure, and it is 72 degrees. I am sitting out on the patio drinking great coffee with chicory and listening to Delbert McClinton on the stereo. There is tantilizingly scented light blue smoke coming fr… --- ## [91 year old German women to be tried in juveline court for Nazi war crimes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/91-year-old-german-women-to-be-tried-in-juveline-court-for-nazi-war-crimes/733900)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2015, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/91-year-old-german-women-to-be-tried-in-juveline-court-for-nazi-war-crimes/733900 "2015-10-12T00:44:44Z")
I have mixed feelings about this. On hand she volunteered for the SS-Helferinnenkorps and if she’s actually guilty of what she’s accused of then yes she should be punished. On the other hand it’s been over 70 yrs. Sh… --- ## [I'd like to teach the world to merge, in perfect harmony . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-teach-the-world-to-merge-in-perfect-harmony/733737)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-teach-the-world-to-merge-in-perfect-harmony/733737 "2015-10-11T20:05:28Z")
The on-ramp to the freeway is for acceleration. Gunning your Ford Ferret from 40-42mph as you approach the merge is not considered an acceleration event. Cutting in to the right lane going 42mph is not cautious driving;… --- ## [Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns/734278)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns/734278 "2015-10-11T17:28:27Z")
guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns … --- ## [More odd brain word parsing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-odd-brain-word-parsing/733986)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-odd-brain-word-parsing/733986 "2015-10-11T13:30:49Z")
I was half-ass listening to the TV and heard a news teaser blurb that there was some update in the lumbar liquid haters lawsuit. WTF? What the Hell could that be about? After several queries which I’m pretty sure confu… --- ## [I just said that](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-said-that/734101)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-said-that/734101 "2015-10-11T03:38:16Z")
Air Disasters is on TV, and the episode is about a DC-9 that ran out of fuel. There seems to have been a discrepancy between actual fuel and instrumentation. Mrs. L.A. said, ‘Maybe the fuel gauges were wrong.’ I repli… --- ## [My dad is gone.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-is-gone/733751)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2015, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-is-gone/733751 "2015-10-10T23:57:06Z")
Some of you may recall a thread I started a few years ago, when I discovered that my dad was not my biological father. Well, he passed away last Saturday, after a mercifully short hospital stay. The funeral was a week a… --- ## [What exactly is your sexual orientation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-your-sexual-orientation/733539)
**Author:** [@Futurist110](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futurist110)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-your-sexual-orientation/733539 "2015-10-10T19:28:33Z")
As for me, very slightly bisexual with an overwhelming preference for women. Also, for the record, I myself currently have a male body but identify as genderqueer. In addition to this, please state your gender here as w… --- ## [2015 Weight Loss and Healthy Living Support Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-weight-loss-and-healthy-living-support-thread/709241)
**Author:** [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2015, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-weight-loss-and-healthy-living-support-thread/709241 "2015-10-10T16:35:37Z")
So this year I’ve decided, really decided, that I am going to lose the weight I keep talking about. I have made abortive attempts in the past, but this year I am doing it. January starting weight: 278.2 lbs. (130 pou… --- ## [I was going to be buried in the shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-be-buried-in-the-shade/734106)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-be-buried-in-the-shade/734106 "2015-10-10T16:29:08Z")
When I die I plan to be buried in a small cemetery in the country. It’s a public cemetery, but a lot of family, going back for one hundred twenty five years, is buried there. The relatives are mostly on my mother’s sid… --- ## [High School Principal George Kenney hypnotized and school pays $600,000 to families of three.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-principal-george-kenney-hypnotized-and-school-pays-600-000-to-families-of-three/733817)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-principal-george-kenney-hypnotized-and-school-pays-600-000-to-families-of-three/733817 "2015-10-10T13:59:18Z")
Say what?? Experts have always claimed that people under hypnosis won’t do anything they normally would be strongly opposed too. Pretty much making any wild sex story in a movie or tv show invalid. Would suicide fit in… --- ## [When Humans Thwart Evolution-What Happens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-humans-thwart-evolution-what-happens/733609)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2015, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-humans-thwart-evolution-what-happens/733609 "2015-10-10T12:23:45Z")
Species evolve, flourish, then die out. that is evolution. My question: when humans interfere with this, what are the results? take for example the Ginko tree-the species has been in decline for millions of years, but hu… --- ## [Hajj Stampede kills hundreds.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hajj-stampede-kills-hundreds/732395)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2015, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hajj-stampede-kills-hundreds/732395 "2015-10-10T10:34:27Z")
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/saudi-arabia-150-pilgrims-dead-hajj-stampede-33998940 I’ve seen numbers as high as 753 people killed. Hundreds more injured. How the hell does something like this happen? --- ## ['Amazing' NASA announcement re Pluto.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-nasa-announcement-re-pluto/733914)
**Author:** [@Mikeisskeptical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikeisskeptical)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2015, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-nasa-announcement-re-pluto/733914 "2015-10-10T07:52:14Z")
Leader of the New Horizons mission Dr Alan Stern has reportedly let slip an upcoming announcement by NASA which will revolutionise our understanding of the minor planet. Exciting stuff! Any guesses as to what it’s all ab… --- ## [Engineering](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineering/734068)
**Author:** [@dboone125](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dboone125)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineering/734068 "2015-10-09T20:18:22Z")
Hello, My name is Devon and I am a senior in high school. I run track and cross country and am also involved in an engineering design and development class. I am currently conducting market research on my year long proje… --- ## [The New Movement to Ban Sex Robots. Wait. Sexbots are a thing now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-movement-to-ban-sex-robots-wait-sexbots-are-a-thing-now/731511)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-movement-to-ban-sex-robots-wait-sexbots-are-a-thing-now/731511 "2015-10-09T20:02:46Z")
The New Movement to Ban Sex Robots. SFW, but some of the links from there probably aren’t. Not sure where I think this thread will go, but sometimes you just have to drag the strange into the middle of the room to see … --- ## [Seattle/Bainbridge Ferry advice sought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-bainbridge-ferry-advice-sought/733750)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-bainbridge-ferry-advice-sought/733750 "2015-10-09T18:38:43Z")
Any Seattle/Bainbridge commuters posting here? We’re vacationing on the Kitsap Peninsula in a couple of weeks, and plan to take the Bainbridge Ferry to cross the Sound. I consulted the WSDOT website, and got directions… --- ## [Time for the "Middle of 2015" Postcard Exhange!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-middle-of-2015-postcard-exhange/724507)
**Author:** [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Replies:** 223\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-middle-of-2015-postcard-exhange/724507 "2015-10-09T15:52:53Z")
I took some flak last year for calling it the 2014 Summer Postcard Exchange. After all, for the southern half of the planet, it’s the middle of winter. So, a new year and a new, more politically correct name. Cunctato… --- ## [Shooting at Northern Arizona University](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-northern-arizona-university/734021)
**Author:** [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-northern-arizona-university/734021 "2015-10-09T14:18:48Z")
I’m worried this morning about the shooting at NAU last night. Four shot, one of whom is dead, and the shooter is in custody. When I was teaching at a charter high school in Phoenix, I would take kids up to NAU on campu… --- ## [Link to your favorite thread in which...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-favorite-thread-in-which/734022)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2015, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-favorite-thread-in-which/734022 "2015-10-09T13:13:22Z")
you were a major participant. Prison Kittens! went on for many pages, but there was some hilarious and over the top rhetoric that still makes me laugh when I reread years later. --- ## [U.S. Bombing Kills Several in Afghanistan Doctors Without Borders Hospital](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-bombing-kills-several-in-afghanistan-doctors-without-borders-hospital/733344)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2015, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-bombing-kills-several-in-afghanistan-doctors-without-borders-hospital/733344 "2015-10-09T09:52:55Z")
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia\_pacific/doctors-without-borders-afghan-clinic-bombed-3-staff-dead/2015/10/03/cb02f0de-698a-11e5-bdb6-6861f4521205\_story.html The United States is supposed to have the best tech… --- ## [We’re FINALLY got married on October 1.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-re-finally-got-married-on-october-1/733794)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2015, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-re-finally-got-married-on-october-1/733794 "2015-10-09T07:43:14Z")
After being together almost 28 years, my partner and I finally tied the knot. October 1 was a major birthday for both of us (70 for me, 50 for him), so we decided it was a good date to formalize our relationship. We had … --- ## [Creepy case: "Hypno-Lawyer"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-case-hypno-lawyer/729116)
**Author:** [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2015, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-case-hypno-lawyer/729116 "2015-10-09T06:55:23Z")
Lawyer accused of hypnotizing his female clients (without their consent) for perverted purposes. --- ## [I just found out that Darth Vader is my father.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-that-darth-vader-is-my-father/634466)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-that-darth-vader-is-my-father/634466 "2015-10-09T00:45:36Z")
Well, not exactly - he might be my father. OK, even that’s a bit of an exaggeration. Even so, I feel a lot like Luke must have felt. Here’s my story: I’m 52 years old. For that last 52 years, I have lived my life ass… --- ## [Suppose I Take A Razor and Shave My Palms and Soles. Will Hair Grow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-take-a-razor-and-shave-my-palms-and-soles-will-hair-grow/733778)
**Author:** [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-take-a-razor-and-shave-my-palms-and-soles-will-hair-grow/733778 "2015-10-09T00:11:23Z")
We all know hair does not grow on the palms of our hands and the soles of our feet. Yet I have been wondering if I were to hypothetically take a razor and every few days simulate shaving, actually simulate is incorrect, … --- ## [Cheerios Cereal Recall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerios-cereal-recall/733709)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerios-cereal-recall/733709 "2015-10-09T00:06:14Z")
I have my unopened box in the pantry. Honey Nut Cheerios. I not gluten intolerant, so I ain’t turning it in. http://www.wxyz.com/news/national/cheerios-recall-what-to-know --- ## [If I get a handgun, this, is the one I want](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-get-a-handgun-this-is-the-one-i-want/733952)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-get-a-handgun-this-is-the-one-i-want/733952 "2015-10-08T23:05:00Z")
If I get a handgun, this, is the one I want. But, I don’t think you can actually purchase one. Apparently, however, there is a DIY kit for the truly dedicated. --- ## [CAT Scans of Pompeii Victims](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-scans-of-pompeii-victims/733701)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-scans-of-pompeii-victims/733701 "2015-10-08T21:44:02Z")
I once heard that when John Glenn visited the museum at Pompeii, he made a suggestion about the plaster casts made of the victims of the eruption. In case you don’t know it, Pompeii was buried in soft volcanic ash (not … --- ## [Barefooters unite!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barefooters-unite/724176)
**Author:** [@liontamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liontamer)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barefooters-unite/724176 "2015-10-08T21:11:02Z")
As soon as the weather gets nice I shuck my shoes if at all possible. Does anyone else enjoy the pleasure of going nudefooted? --- ## [Did you know Oct 1 is the deadline to switch to chipped credit cards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-oct-1-is-the-deadline-to-switch-to-chipped-credit-cards/733093)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-oct-1-is-the-deadline-to-switch-to-chipped-credit-cards/733093 "2015-10-08T20:57:36Z")
Don’t worry, theres no chance we’ll meet that deadline in the next few hours. :wink: They estimate we’re a couple years away. I wonder how many things this will break? I posted a thread a few weeks ago about encounteri… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=695) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=697)