# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=711 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 712 --- ## [Bountyhunting tips](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bountyhunting-tips/727268)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bountyhunting-tips/727268 "2015-08-22T02:19:15Z")
Get a license before you start doing a job that requires a license. When you get an interwebz tip, do some research, otherwise you’re liable to bang on the doors of the Phoenix Chief of Police :smack: When you go bangi… --- ## [Tsipras is nothing but a demagogue!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsipras-is-nothing-but-a-demagogue/725031)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsipras-is-nothing-but-a-demagogue/725031 "2015-08-21T23:07:24Z")
From here: “Alexis Tsipras, the Greek prime minister, struggled to reach compromises on economic overhauls that were demanded by the creditors but that his left-wing government may find difficult to sell at home — just … --- ## [Chipotle line](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipotle-line/728390)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipotle-line/728390 "2015-08-21T23:02:51Z")
Standing in line at Chipotle to grab dinner on the way home. Line is out the door. Line is not moving. The servers are busy making burritos for about a dozen call in orders. :frowning: Guess I should have called in … --- ## [Rover turns red, rolls through Toledo Ohio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rover-turns-red-rolls-through-toledo-ohio/728452)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rover-turns-red-rolls-through-toledo-ohio/728452 "2015-08-21T21:00:19Z")
250 pounds? No wonder everyone Rover rolled into got knocked out. --- ## [There was this boy/girl... Odd decisions you have made because someone was attractive.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-this-boy-girl-odd-decisions-you-have-made-because-someone-was-attractive/727943)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-this-boy-girl-odd-decisions-you-have-made-because-someone-was-attractive/727943 "2015-08-21T20:51:05Z")
People make lots of uncharacteristic decisions to get closer to people they find attractive, be they good, bad, or just plain weird. I’m not interested in the good decisions in which you found your the love of your life… --- ## [Jimmy Carter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter/727748)
**Author:** [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter/727748 "2015-08-21T16:55:37Z")
President Carter is 90 years old and has just been diagnosed with metastasized cancer. It’s a good time to thank him for being one of the greatest and most decent men of our time. --- ## [Suppose We Found A Village Like This?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-we-found-a-village-like-this/728253)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-we-found-a-village-like-this/728253 "2015-08-21T05:38:30Z")
In the same vein as a “Time Warp”-I have always wondered if in some remote spot, people just decided not to be modern-suppose the inhabitants kept dressing and behaving as if it was 1890. It would be interesting to see … --- ## [What is This Truck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-truck/728336)
**Author:** [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-truck/728336 "2015-08-21T04:51:51Z")
Parked outside a Rehobeth Beach DE firehouse is this US Government emergency truck with police style red & blue strobes and a radar or satellite style antenna dome. Markings include WV and 33 on the front bumper. Photo … --- ## ["Just eat the whole box of spaghetti and the entire jar of sauce. Deal with the fallout later."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-eat-the-whole-box-of-spaghetti-and-the-entire-jar-of-sauce-deal-with-the-fallout-later/726776)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-eat-the-whole-box-of-spaghetti-and-the-entire-jar-of-sauce-deal-with-the-fallout-later/726776 "2015-08-21T03:11:42Z")
Does everyone have a voice in their head (so to speak) urging them to do this kind of thing, or just some of us? Of those who have had this voice in their head, did anyone ever figure out how to make it go away? (Conte… --- ## [ToneMatrix - I dare you to not enjoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonematrix-i-dare-you-to-not-enjoy/728386)
**Author:** [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonematrix-i-dare-you-to-not-enjoy/728386 "2015-08-21T01:31:24Z")
The ToneMatrix a totally harmless little flash driven tone composition website. I can easily while away a bit of time playing with this. Enjoy. --- ## [Thoth Technology patents 12-mile-high inflatable space elevator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoth-technology-patents-12-mile-high-inflatable-space-elevator/728097)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoth-technology-patents-12-mile-high-inflatable-space-elevator/728097 "2015-08-20T23:57:17Z")
http://thothx.com/news-2/ Link to Patent It’s described as being 20 km high, inflatable, containing an elevator, and being kept upright by “stabilization devices”. Feasible? Pipe dream? Investment scam? ETA: Teleg… --- ## [Ex molester Mr Duggar's in a peck of trouble! Ashley Madison trouble...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-molester-mr-duggars-in-a-peck-of-trouble-ashley-madison-trouble/728310)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-molester-mr-duggars-in-a-peck-of-trouble-ashley-madison-trouble/728310 "2015-08-20T23:11:02Z")
\[Family Values Activist Josh Duggar Had a Paid Ashley Madison Account\](Oh well… "http://gawker.com/family-values-activist-josh-duggar-had-a-paid-ashley-ma-1725132091) Quite the enterprising horndog! I guess all that Du… --- ## [How long till fast food counter order takers replaced ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-till-fast-food-counter-order-takers-replaced/727822)
**Author:** [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-till-fast-food-counter-order-takers-replaced/727822 "2015-08-20T22:26:12Z")
A related question from this thread http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=4 A wave of minimum wage hikes is occurring in the US, mostly city driven. The predictable result is loss of jobs. So, ho… --- ## [The Windows 10 free upgrade thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-windows-10-free-upgrade-thread/721329)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-windows-10-free-upgrade-thread/721329 "2015-08-20T21:53:48Z")
(I debated a while on where to put this thread… mup-simms seems right, I guess.) So today a little tray icon showed up on my system and it turns out to be the invite from Microsoft to request a Windows 10 upgrade when i… --- ## [We Will be Losing Lotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-will-be-losing-lotta/725944)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-will-be-losing-lotta/725944 "2015-08-20T20:50:02Z")
We’ve had this black cat for about 15 years now. When MilliCal was still very little, just getting over the death due to cancer of our black cat Maggie\*, she insisted that we had to go to the Cat Shelter “to get Lotta” S… --- ## [Why can't I sink?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-sink/727851)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-sink/727851 "2015-08-20T20:24:51Z")
I don’t have a problem with swimming per se, I could easily swim out to a boat etc. I can’t fully submerge and go to the bottom, I’m too buoyant. I’m not fat, if anything skinny and told I look like a junky. At this po… --- ## [Anybody remember this guy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-this-guy/728328)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-this-guy/728328 "2015-08-20T19:59:44Z")
Back in about 2009 or so, we had a member here on the SDMB–sorry but I cannot remember his username–who had “organized” the panhandlers of Ottawa into a union somehow affiliated with the IWW. So you can imagine my surpr… --- ## [A prospective employer call you a liar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prospective-employer-call-you-a-liar/728227)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prospective-employer-call-you-a-liar/728227 "2015-08-20T19:53:46Z")
How is one to handle that? It was over the college degree question, they said they knew I had a college degree. Made me want to say hell I should have balked and admitted yes I do instead of insisting on the truth mult… --- ## [Snow Rollers! Nifty snow phenomenon right here in Indiana!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-rollers-nifty-snow-phenomenon-right-here-in-indiana/154813)
**Author:** [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-rollers-nifty-snow-phenomenon-right-here-in-indiana/154813 "2015-08-20T18:47:26Z")
Maybe I’m easy to impress, but this is just the coolest thing ever. Apparently, a unique combination of weather conditions led to the formation of “snow rollers” in many of the local yards and fields. Link, with a decep… --- ## [The woo boat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woo-boat/727849)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woo-boat/727849 "2015-08-20T18:21:38Z")
Here’s your big chance to escape freezing cold, snow and El Nino perils next January - take the Conspira-Sea Cruise to Mexico!!! Yes, this is for real - a cruise company specializing in alternative marine extravaganzas … --- ## [The great literary hoax](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-literary-hoax/728046)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-literary-hoax/728046 "2015-08-20T17:36:22Z")
Until I saw a CSPAN program this weekend, I’d never heard of one of the most successful literary hoaxes in history – the publishing of The Report From Iron Mountain, and it seems interesting enough to share. The Report … --- ## [Consecrated virgins.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consecrated-virgins/728221)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consecrated-virgins/728221 "2015-08-20T17:16:17Z")
After picking out the perfect dress, an Indiana woman became one of only a few consecrated virgins in the world. She married Jesus. In church. Jesus was apparently delayed in traffic, or got cold feet or something. … --- ## [Convince me to or not to become a doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-or-not-to-become-a-doctor/727714)
**Author:** [@Kimbosquee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimbosquee)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-or-not-to-become-a-doctor/727714 "2015-08-20T16:49:35Z")
I am currently in college working on a nursing degree. My childhood passion to become a doctor or surgeon has suddenly been resparked. It feels like I was meant to be one. The only reason I am going for nursing is becaus… --- ## [Momma saying Later gator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/momma-saying-later-gator/727147)
**Author:** [@caters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caters)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/momma-saying-later-gator/727147 "2015-08-20T16:24:27Z")
Often when I was younger my momma would say “Later gator”. When I first heard that phrase I didn’t know how to answer it. Then my momma told me that the answer to the phrase is “In a while crocodile”. So from then on … --- ## [Do not read!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-read/727536)
**Author:** [@mortal\_wombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mortal_wombat)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-read/727536 "2015-08-20T16:05:35Z")
Classified Information Only joking, it’s Mortal Wombat - a.k.a. Lozman Pretzel, back to finish what he started a long time ago… And this time: Firstly, want to say a big shout out to Cecil and his group of minions for … --- ## [Giant Statue - Kickstarter help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-statue-kickstarter-help/727664)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-statue-kickstarter-help/727664 "2015-08-20T14:42:54Z")
I have a dream. One day I would like to construct a giant statue of a man holding a croquet mallet in East St. Louis Illinois, across the Mississippi from St. Louis. My chances of ever doing this seemed to be somewhere b… --- ## [I just got a dash cam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-dash-cam/727789)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-dash-cam/727789 "2015-08-20T14:42:51Z")
A Mini 0806. Haven’t even got it installed yet and I’m thinking about a road trip to break it in. I hope never to need the footage for any accident involving ME, but it’d be perversely enjoyable to be able to submit so… --- ## [What's the highest address number you've ever seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highest-address-number-youve-ever-seen/728304)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highest-address-number-youve-ever-seen/728304 "2015-08-20T04:28:06Z")
Most US street addresses seem to be 4 digits, but I have seen several areas with 5 digit addresses. The highest I have seen are addresses in the 22000’s along Hwy. 67 northwest of Biloxi, MS. What is the highest you h… --- ## [It's Rachel Dolezal all over again...maybe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-rachel-dolezal-all-over-again-maybe/728298)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-rachel-dolezal-all-over-again-maybe/728298 "2015-08-20T03:45:50Z")
I hope not, but it ain’t looking too good. Shaun King, Black Lives Matter activist, might be a white guy --- ## [Can sunglasses be washed with soap and water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-sunglasses-be-washed-with-soap-and-water/728102)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-sunglasses-be-washed-with-soap-and-water/728102 "2015-08-20T02:33:17Z")
This wasn’t even worthy of going in GQ, so in MPSIMS it goes: I’m in the habit of washing my regular eyeglasses every now and then with soap and water. Can sunglasses also be washed this way, too, or is there something … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=710) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=712)