# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=703 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 704 --- ## [Science on a Sphere: free download](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-on-a-sphere-free-download/731592)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-on-a-sphere-free-download/731592 "2015-09-17T20:31:38Z")
My brother-in-law works for NOAA and has had some involvement in their Science On A Sphere project. This is a high-dollar, permanent-installation system that uses multiple video projectors to paint terrestrial data on a… --- ## [\[blank\] is the Gene Rayburn of \[blank\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-is-the-gene-rayburn-of-blank/731440)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-is-the-gene-rayburn-of-blank/731440 "2015-09-17T18:01:41Z")
Jimmy Carter is the Gene Rayburn of presidents. --- ## [What is it like to work at Goodwill or Salvation Army?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-like-to-work-at-goodwill-or-salvation-army/731318)
**Author:** [@curious11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious11)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-like-to-work-at-goodwill-or-salvation-army/731318 "2015-09-17T15:29:35Z")
Hello, I’ve been clearing out my junk and after throwing away empty CD case number 1000, and making many trips to the Goodwill drop off point (did you know they take e-waste? And a hard drive with holes drilled through t… --- ## [Might be sleepwalking...how to make a bedroom door alarm? Need answer fast!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-be-sleepwalking-how-to-make-a-bedroom-door-alarm-need-answer-fast/731396)
**Author:** [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-be-sleepwalking-how-to-make-a-bedroom-door-alarm-need-answer-fast/731396 "2015-09-17T15:27:26Z")
A couple of strange things have turned up missing/out of place the last few nights. Until I figure it out, does anyone know of a way to improvise a bedroom door alarm? I don’t have time to order one or go out and get o… --- ## [Those expressive eyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-expressive-eyes/731541)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-expressive-eyes/731541 "2015-09-17T15:02:53Z")
Who hasn’t known someone like that? In high school I knew a girl I’ll call Linette; she was a year ahead of me. She was petite, and quite shapely; freckled like Doris Day; wore her light blond hair in a page-boy; and sp… --- ## [My kid's school went into lock-down today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kids-school-went-into-lock-down-today/731514)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kids-school-went-into-lock-down-today/731514 "2015-09-17T14:55:22Z")
All the schools in our city, in fact, because of an anonymous threat phoned into the police just before lunch. :eek: Got a tweet from the school a short while ago that the lock-down has ended and kids are getting on the… --- ## [Please tell me your positive relationship/marriage stories.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-your-positive-relationship-marriage-stories/152533)
**Author:** [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-your-positive-relationship-marriage-stories/152533 "2003-02-05T03:31:08Z")
Here’s my situation. My best friend (supposedly, :rolleyes: ) is totally opposed to me moving to Baltimore and getting on with my life with Boyfriend. It’s starting to get me down, because her motives are purely selfish… --- ## [Grand Canyon from the Stratosphere! A Space Balloon Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-from-the-stratosphere-a-space-balloon-story/731156)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-from-the-stratosphere-a-space-balloon-story/731156 "2015-09-17T13:26:54Z")
Quite a remarkable experiment that came so close to failure. Bryan Chan and his friends launched a weather balloon with a GoPro camera June 2013. GPS tracking failed and it was lost. The camera was found in the dirt 2 ye… --- ## [Facebook getting a dislike button](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-getting-a-dislike-button/731404)
**Author:** [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-getting-a-dislike-button/731404 "2015-09-17T13:24:31Z")
Must say one of the things I like best about this place is the utter lack of likes and upvotes/downvotes and other similar nonsense. I’d say its “worms, meet open can” time. --- ## [Hippo-Hop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippo-hop/731554)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippo-hop/731554 "2015-09-17T12:31:19Z")
Weird Hippopotamus capability/behavior I’ve never heard of before http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/downtime/hair-raising-hippo-hopping/vi-AAebOgz?ocid=DELLDHP --- ## [I Found a New Word For Pope Francis...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-new-word-for-pope-francis/731543)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-new-word-for-pope-francis/731543 "2015-09-17T08:43:52Z")
My family and I just loved Pope John Paul II. My mother was Polish. And plus he was a study in balances. Not too liberal, not too strict. Anyways, that was then, and this is now. And even I have to admit, on the issues … --- ## [Good thoughts for my Ziggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-for-my-ziggy/731355)
**Author:** [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-for-my-ziggy/731355 "2015-09-17T04:32:46Z")
My kitty Ziggy is at the vet with a urinary blockage. We caught it early, so I’m hopeful his blood work is still ok and his kidneys aren’t damaged. They’re going to try a manual procedure to unblock him, but if that does… --- ## [Let's talk about our less than satisfactory encounters with the health profession.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-our-less-than-satisfactory-encounters-with-the-health-profession/730512)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-our-less-than-satisfactory-encounters-with-the-health-profession/730512 "2015-09-17T03:44:48Z")
I’d like to tell you about my most recent appointment with a new dermatologist. I have a small cyst on my cheek, which I’d like to have removed, so I found a doctor on my insurance company web-site and called for an app… --- ## [Distinctive voices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-voices/731362)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-voices/731362 "2015-09-17T03:34:16Z")
How many well-known people have voices you would recognize in an instant? Louis Armstrong with his deep gravelly voice. Carol Channing, who one writer said ‘talks like a duck.’ Penn Jillette with his booming voice. “… --- ## [Your Best Fun But Completely Useless Skill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-fun-but-completely-useless-skill/731193)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-fun-but-completely-useless-skill/731193 "2015-09-17T01:28:57Z")
What is the one thing in your life that you’re really, really good at, that serves simply to amuse you and has no practical value as far as employment, education, family, or otherwise bettering yourself? I myself have m… --- ## [RFSIMS (Random Funny Stuff I Must Share)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfsims-random-funny-stuff-i-must-share/731500)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfsims-random-funny-stuff-i-must-share/731500 "2015-09-17T01:01:45Z")
My 75 year old mom has been visiting a friend in a convalescent home for the last few weeks while the friend rehabs from a fall. My mom talks to EVERYBODY, especially the “older folk” (her words) in the home. There is … --- ## [Removing an Animal from a Glue Trap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-an-animal-from-a-glue-trap/731252)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-an-animal-from-a-glue-trap/731252 "2015-09-17T00:23:51Z")
My Google-fu has failed me. But I know this has come up several times in various discussions - How do you get an animal safely off a glue trap when you’ve caught the wrong one? This guy shows a simple answer: Mineral … --- ## [Crane Collapse In Mecca, Scores Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crane-collapse-in-mecca-scores-dead/730689)
**Author:** [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crane-collapse-in-mecca-scores-dead/730689 "2015-09-16T23:52:08Z")
From the NY Times --- ## [Is my router dying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-router-dying/731452)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-router-dying/731452 "2015-09-16T23:46:39Z")
I think so, but I want to confirm. I have a six year old Airport Express. All of a sudden, just about 45 minutes ago, the Internet connection started crawling in an inconsistent way (it’d be slow on my laptop, but not … --- ## [Nicknames are Forever (Early Use of F-word)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-are-forever-early-use-of-f-word/731346)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-are-forever-early-use-of-f-word/731346 "2015-09-16T22:36:43Z")
In the news this morning – a set of 1310-1311 documents preserving the first verifiable use of the word “fuck” in its present context. So now, over 800 years later, the main thing we know about poor roger is that he … --- ## [I'm running for...something.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-running-for-something/729951)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-running-for-something/729951 "2015-09-16T21:51:11Z")
I’m putting together an exploratory committee to see what elective office I should seek next year. Until I get more funds, the chair of that committee is…a chair–maplewood, maybe–that my cat sleeps on. I was going to ask… --- ## [Obsolete in my lifetime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-in-my-lifetime/731055)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-in-my-lifetime/731055 "2015-09-16T21:45:26Z")
As a senior citizen, a lot of stuff has become obsolete in my lifetime. Does anyone still make any of the following? If not, when did they stop making them? What other major items have reduced consumption/production b… --- ## [Approaching Comcast to change services...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/approaching-comcast-to-change-services/730738)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/approaching-comcast-to-change-services/730738 "2015-09-16T21:33:55Z")
So as I’ve mentioned on this board in another thread, I switched from Comcast Voice to Ooma. My old phone number fully works on Ooma, proven multiple times, and I returned my cable modem to a Comcast store. Further, my… --- ## [Has anyone here done "living history", or experimental archaeology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-done-living-history-or-experimental-archaeology/659955)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-done-living-history-or-experimental-archaeology/659955 "2015-09-16T17:09:08Z")
Ever since I visited Lejre in Denmark as a child, I’ve been fascinated by experimental archeology sites and the possibility they offer to relive the distant past. Wikipedia neatly explains the difference between experim… --- ## [Jade Helm 15 Ends - Texas now annexed by the U.S.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jade-helm-15-ends-texas-now-annexed-by-the-u-s/731216)
**Author:** [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jade-helm-15-ends-texas-now-annexed-by-the-u-s/731216 "2015-09-16T13:41:47Z")
Jade Helm 15, the military operations by US forces, ends tomorrow in various southern and southwestern states. Texas has been subsumed into the United States by this UNDERCOVER operation and no-one is talking about it! W… --- ## [Miracle Cross?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miracle-cross/730681)
**Author:** [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miracle-cross/730681 "2015-09-16T12:33:21Z")
OK, (I suppose I this could be yet another pitting of Fox News) but I’ve noticed news channel running a before/after pic of the Ground Zero Cross Is it just me, or do they not realize this is obviously not the same cr… --- ## [Jewish Dopers: what do you for the New Year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-dopers-what-do-you-for-the-new-year/731434)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-dopers-what-do-you-for-the-new-year/731434 "2015-09-16T12:24:19Z")
…and I don’t mean the one in Times Square:). As a gentile who’s always had an interest in Jewish things, I read sites from religious authorities who say how Rosh Hashanah should be celebrated. I’m more interested in ho… --- ## [How do you know your cat loves you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-your-cat-loves-you/730772)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-your-cat-loves-you/730772 "2015-09-16T02:53:42Z")
Let me count 25 ways. --- ## [I am a safe cracker. Or the power of nail clippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-safe-cracker-or-the-power-of-nail-clippers/731244)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-safe-cracker-or-the-power-of-nail-clippers/731244 "2015-09-16T01:23:52Z")
So yesterday I went to my parents house with my lovely wife. We go every week because my wife is pregnant and my parents want to see the progress quite a bit. Every time I am at my parents house I ask my Dad if there is… --- ## [Running out of things to say very quickly (public speaking)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-out-of-things-to-say-very-quickly-public-speaking/731037)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-out-of-things-to-say-very-quickly-public-speaking/731037 "2015-09-15T23:43:01Z")
I’ve never understood how some people can be summoned on stage, on short or no notice, handed a microphone, and then immediately talk for 20-40 minutes straight, with little interruption or stalling for words. And they… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=702) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=704)