# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=707 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 708 --- ## [Press the shutter, not the trigger.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/press-the-shutter-not-the-trigger/729681)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/press-the-shutter-not-the-trigger/729681 "2015-09-04T14:59:57Z")
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/texas/article/Houston-man-holding-gun-while-taking-selfies-6479679.php A 19-year-old Houston man is dead after police say he accidentally shot himself while taking ‘selfies’ while holding a… --- ## [My new grand baby is (almost) here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-grand-baby-is-almost-here/729797)
**Author:** [@r\_u\_serious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/r_u_serious)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2015, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-grand-baby-is-almost-here/729797 "2015-09-04T14:55:26Z")
My son and his SO are at the hospital waiting to be induced. She’s about a week overdue and they think he will be around 9-10 lbs. I’m hoping she doesn’t need a C-section. I can hardly wait to meet my new grandson! --- ## [Damage from under inflated tires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damage-from-under-inflated-tires/729822)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2015, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damage-from-under-inflated-tires/729822 "2015-09-04T14:07:38Z")
If car tires are merely underinflated, but not flat, how much damage would you get by driving for, say, 500 miles on them? (this isn’t even worthy of General Questions.) --- ## [Programming Without Computers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/programming-without-computers/729373)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2015, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/programming-without-computers/729373 "2015-09-04T13:44:45Z")
I knew a man, once. His name is Bill. He’s Air Force, retired. In the 1960s, he was a part of the ARPANET project, and in the late eighties, he realized that he was one of the men who helped create the Internet. And he … --- ## [I wish newspapers cited things better](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-newspapers-cited-things-better/729603)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2015, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-newspapers-cited-things-better/729603 "2015-09-04T12:27:32Z")
This is a recurring frustration for me. I just read this opinion piece, which references a report from the White House Council of Economic Advisers. I wanted to read the actual report, not the WSJ editorial staff’s summ… --- ## [The Dragonnades](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dragonnades/729568)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2015, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dragonnades/729568 "2015-09-04T12:10:38Z")
In a Wiki-walk I recently discovered the Dragonnades. It was . . . wait for it . . . --- ## [Names of things that became derogatory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-things-that-became-derogatory/729616)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2015, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-things-that-became-derogatory/729616 "2015-09-04T12:01:27Z")
Villain Knave Blackguard Pagan --- ## [Arduino/micro-controller thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arduino-micro-controller-thread/727568)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arduino-micro-controller-thread/727568 "2015-09-04T02:55:46Z")
This Pit thread goes into some stuff that is frustrating Robot Arm’s attempt to make an NC Etch-a-Sketch. If other Dopers have an interest in this area I’d like to hear from them. As I mention at the end of that thread … --- ## [Truly M&P: furniture shopping musings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-m-p-furniture-shopping-musings/729798)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-m-p-furniture-shopping-musings/729798 "2015-09-03T19:46:16Z")
WARNING: a lot of text for something only relevant to me follows. So I decided I wanted a chair. I have an office chair for my desk, dining room set chairs, and a folding chair for the porch, but nothing I could just si… --- ## [When typing, "gmail.com" in your browser...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-typing-gmail-com-in-your-browser/729167)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-typing-gmail-com-in-your-browser/729167 "2015-09-03T19:19:03Z")
…at work, make sure you don’t accidentally type, “gmial com”. :smack: --- ## [Credit Card Sales -there's a Phone App for that these days.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-card-sales-theres-a-phone-app-for-that-these-days/729652)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2015, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-card-sales-theres-a-phone-app-for-that-these-days/729652 "2015-09-03T06:52:15Z")
I just had quite interesting credit card transaction. My music teacher whips out his phone, plugs in this tiny CC scan adapter and presto swipes and charges my card. A 6% fee. I normally pay him by check, but am currentl… --- ## [Social media campaign grows to help mom who left baby in shopping cart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-media-campaign-grows-to-help-mom-who-left-baby-in-shopping-cart/729478)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2015, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-media-campaign-grows-to-help-mom-who-left-baby-in-shopping-cart/729478 "2015-09-03T04:46:26Z")
This is such an over reaction. The poor woman has 4 kids to keep up with and managed to forget the baby in a shopping cart. Not exactly the crime of the century and these pricks want to prosecute her for it? WTH? This … --- ## [Tell Me About Pittsburgh, Then..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-pittsburgh-then/710786)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-pittsburgh-then/710786 "2015-09-03T00:49:18Z")
Pittsburgh?? I never thought I would live in Pittsburgh, but maybe? I moved here to North Carolina from Tucson two and a half years ago. I was starting to have problems with my youngest son, now 16 and newly diagnosed… --- ## [Now I've seen it all - weird bumper sticker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-ive-seen-it-all-weird-bumper-sticker/729144)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2015, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-ive-seen-it-all-weird-bumper-sticker/729144 "2015-09-02T21:47:06Z")
Sorry no image to link to but I saw a bumper sticker today that depicted the End of the Trail Indian holding a rebel flag. That floors me. W T ever-loving F!? Who exactly is the demographic here? --- ## [McDonald's gave me an extra hash brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-gave-me-an-extra-hash-brown/729216)
**Author:** [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-gave-me-an-extra-hash-brown/729216 "2015-09-02T21:21:54Z")
With the “cashier gives you extra change – are you stealing?” thread reverberating in my head, I contemplated the bonus greasy tater concoction. I did make through the heaviest traffic we have here (aka more than five v… --- ## [What do you mean by “Next Saturday”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-mean-by-next-saturday/324750)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-mean-by-next-saturday/324750 "2015-09-02T20:07:44Z")
If someone says that some event will occur “this Saturday”, I’d venture to say that 100% of us would agree on what that meant. However, if someone says “next Saturday”, the meaning might not be so clear. I believe some… --- ## [Request for assistance, posted with approval from the mods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-assistance-posted-with-approval-from-the-mods/723571)
**Author:** [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2015, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-assistance-posted-with-approval-from-the-mods/723571 "2015-09-02T12:59:09Z")
As some of y’all are aware, in December of 2012, my husband was involved in an on-duty car wreck (I posted about that saga here, but the Reader’s Digest version is: he was responding to a house fire, another driver zigge… --- ## [Do people in other parts of the world still cover their mouth when they yawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-in-other-parts-of-the-world-still-cover-their-mouth-when-they-yawn/639940)
**Author:** [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2015, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-in-other-parts-of-the-world-still-cover-their-mouth-when-they-yawn/639940 "2015-09-02T08:36:29Z")
Except from me and my mother and perhaps the queen at the Nobel dinner, nobody covers their mouth anymore when they yawn here in Sweden. I’m quite sure people used to do that when I grew up (I’m around forty years old), … --- ## [I'm going to Vegas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-vegas/728247)
**Author:** [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2015, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-vegas/728247 "2015-09-02T04:42:14Z")
Tomorrow. Fly out of Melbourne Thursday morning, arrive in Las Vegas (after a stop at Brisbane and LA X) on Thursday Morning. The plane actually arrives at LA 5 minutes before I leave Melbourne. (That little titbit shatt… --- ## [What would this "car" be.... tiny two-seater in the 1970's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-car-be-tiny-two-seater-in-the-1970s/729310)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2015, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-car-be-tiny-two-seater-in-the-1970s/729310 "2015-09-02T04:36:47Z")
My parents were very poor when they were together. My dad once said that his car broke down and he was desperate for a vehicle so he was actually thinking of buying a (I can’t remember what he called it) - apparently it… --- ## [Prehensile, rectum eating leech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prehensile-rectum-eating-leech/729583)
**Author:** [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prehensile-rectum-eating-leech/729583 "2015-09-02T03:56:58Z")
Well, anus drinking. I’ll leave it to you whether it is worse than Cymothoa exigua. This creature has found its unique purpose in feeding off the anuses of hippopotamuses (anii of hippopotami if Latin wasn’t your forte)… --- ## [My adventure at Cinnabon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-adventure-at-cinnabon/729352)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-adventure-at-cinnabon/729352 "2015-09-02T01:54:24Z")
Every once in a while, I like to get a coffee and a cinnamon bun from Cinnabon. They’re certainly not great, but still, they’re certainly edible, especially if the bun are more fresh than not. Cinnabon just gives you a … --- ## [Total lunar eclipse this evening (8 October)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-this-evening-8-october/700699)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-this-evening-8-october/700699 "2015-09-02T01:51:28Z")
And naturally, after days of sunny clear skies, the clouds have rolled in. I hope the weather will clear this afternoon/evening. Link with details and a map showing where the eclipse is visible. --- ## [Great, I'm That Parent with That Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-im-that-parent-with-that-kid/699492)
**Author:** [@raspberry\_hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raspberry_hunter)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-im-that-parent-with-that-kid/699492 "2015-09-02T01:02:59Z")
My kid, the Medium One, is four and a half. She is a joy and amazing and the best kid in the world and super fun to be around – except that she melts down a lot, more than any other four-year-old I know, and with differe… --- ## [What a (weather-related) mess!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-weather-related-mess/729334)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-weather-related-mess/729334 "2015-09-01T16:28:35Z")
Going into Bellingham, traffic was backed up for a couple of miles; probably due to a fallen tree. Traffic signals were out. Coming home, the crossing guards at the train tracks kept coming down and going up. I went a… --- ## [Derogitory terms that became the actual names for things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derogitory-terms-that-became-the-actual-names-for-things/729136)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derogitory-terms-that-became-the-actual-names-for-things/729136 "2015-09-01T14:35:17Z")
Big Bang Imaginary numbers Balloon framing What else? --- ## [Best photobomb ever!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-photobomb-ever/729575)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-photobomb-ever/729575 "2015-09-01T14:28:40Z")
Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there! I had a really long day today and this was just the feel-good news story I needed to end things on a truly wondrous and happy note: \[3,000 naked bike riders photo-bomb … --- ## [World's oldest copy of Koran found by researchers at University of Birmingham](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-oldest-copy-of-koran-found-by-researchers-at-university-of-birmingham/729578)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2015, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-oldest-copy-of-koran-found-by-researchers-at-university-of-birmingham/729578 "2015-09-01T12:34:18Z")
Quite an amazing story. I wonder if this Koran is even older than surviving copies of Mathew, Mark, Luke and the other New Testament texts? Amazing what can be found on dusty old shelves. Just imagine if conquerors had… --- ## [Fans of "The Abyss"...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fans-of-the-abyss/729506)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2015, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fans-of-the-abyss/729506 "2015-09-01T04:39:28Z")
…will be amused to hear that Hurricane Fred has formed off the coast of Africa. Which, by the way, is a unusual storm in many ways. Although it’s formed in the Cape Verde cradle of many storms, it’s the first in 125 yea… --- ## [dear god, i've been here since 1999](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388)
**Author:** [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388 "2015-09-01T02:38:55Z")
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