# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=713 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 714 --- ## [Ever had a life-changing dream?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-life-changing-dream/727718)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-life-changing-dream/727718 "2015-08-15T21:16:45Z")
I once had two dreams in which I felt a distinct admonition to the effect of, “If you don’t do more with your life now and stop wasting time, you’re going to regret it later on when you’re older and much time has passed.… --- ## [I am old. I am not dead!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-old-i-am-not-dead/727904)
**Author:** [@McGuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McGuffy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-old-i-am-not-dead/727904 "2015-08-15T19:00:20Z")
--- ## [Topps American NFL Football picture cards collectors' box...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topps-american-nfl-football-picture-cards-collectors-box/727932)
**Author:** [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topps-american-nfl-football-picture-cards-collectors-box/727932 "2015-08-15T18:12:10Z")
Topps American NFL Football picture cards collectors’ box… Anyone collect these, or have any knowledge or interest in them? I just found an (almost) full set of them that I collected (back when I was 11 or 12) in what … --- ## [Giant, Foot-Sized Stucco-Eating Land Snails Invade Florida!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-foot-sized-stucco-eating-land-snails-invade-florida/726983)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-foot-sized-stucco-eating-land-snails-invade-florida/726983 "2015-08-15T14:44:01Z")
Walk! Walk for your lives! Snails As Big As Shoes Are Kind Of A Problem In Florida | HuffPost Weird News? The post starts with a clip from The NeverEnding Story, too! --- ## [I think I might be my happiest at work--ever.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-might-be-my-happiest-at-work-ever/727805)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2015, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-might-be-my-happiest-at-work-ever/727805 "2015-08-15T03:48:03Z")
“Business-to-business inside salesman” making cold calls. Yeah, a telemarketer. Wasn’t always one. For decades I was a perfectly happy CAD Guy, alone in my head, drawing pretty and meticulous pictures I was proud of, … --- ## [Largest HO scale airport in the world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-ho-scale-airport-in-the-world/727881)
**Author:** [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-ho-scale-airport-in-the-world/727881 "2015-08-15T01:36:36Z")
This video is pretty incredible. It’s fairly long, so if you don’t watch the whole thing make sure you skip ahead to the night shots. They’re amazing. --- ## [My apartment hasn't been so tidy in years...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apartment-hasnt-been-so-tidy-in-years/727818)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apartment-hasnt-been-so-tidy-in-years/727818 "2015-08-14T22:11:42Z")
Ever since I figured out I couldn’t fit all of my current clothes in my chest of drawers, I’ve been on a minor organizational spree, and the results on this place is very noticeable. It’s not clean — not yet (that’s prob… --- ## [US Patent & Trademark Office Approaching Ten Million Patents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-patent-trademark-office-approaching-ten-million-patents/727867)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-patent-trademark-office-approaching-ten-million-patents/727867 "2015-08-14T20:27:12Z")
6,000,000 issued 7 December '99. 7,000,000 issued 14 February 2006. 8,000,000 issued 16 August 2011. 9,000,000 issued 7 April 2015. Expect the ten millionth US Patent within four years. --- ## [Karmadillo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karmadillo/727368)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karmadillo/727368 "2015-08-14T20:03:22Z")
A Texas man tried to shoot an armadillo in the wee hours of the morning only to have the bullet ricochet off the critter’s shell and strike him in the jaw. Story here. The story mentions an attempt earlier this year by … --- ## [Presidents: Damned if you do, damned if you don't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidents-damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-dont/727790)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidents-damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-dont/727790 "2015-08-14T15:32:58Z")
I don’t want to derail the Jimmy Carter thread, so I’m starting this one. Ain’t it the truth? Carter approved the plan. After the collision, Generals asked that the mission be aborted and Carter granted the request. … --- ## [Nautical dirt bike](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nautical-dirt-bike/727809)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nautical-dirt-bike/727809 "2015-08-14T13:28:19Z")
I thought this was rather interesting. --- ## [First Boeing 727 to fly one more time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-boeing-727-to-fly-one-more-time/727740)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2015, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-boeing-727-to-fly-one-more-time/727740 "2015-08-14T04:59:10Z")
Article I remember being sent from San Diego to Anaheim to visit my grandmother when I was a kid. I walked across the ramp at Lindbergh Field (The Spirit of Saint Louis was built in San Diego – I remember seeing the R… --- ## [Underwear not so fresh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-not-so-fresh/727469)
**Author:** [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2015, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-not-so-fresh/727469 "2015-08-14T03:07:48Z")
From commercials lately, you’d think people are walking around with waste-smeared underwear – if only they had the right toilet paper. :frowning: \*\*Do you feel confident enough to go commando? \*\* Ah no, I was unable to … --- ## [Unusual ways to relax. Mine is Lube Smithying. What's yours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-ways-to-relax-mine-is-lube-smithying-whats-yours/698943)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-ways-to-relax-mine-is-lube-smithying-whats-yours/698943 "2015-08-14T01:24:47Z")
When things get hectic in the middle of the day, after dealing with my patients’ random shankings, seizures, acute desires for opioid drugs and other countless laments, sometimes I just need 2 or 3 minutes to myself, to … --- ## [I'm getting to be a teary-eyed old fart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-to-be-a-teary-eyed-old-fart/727796)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-to-be-a-teary-eyed-old-fart/727796 "2015-08-14T01:16:40Z")
In my 30s, even into my 40s, the only movie that always made me cry was Rocky, at the end when he loses the fight but wins the girl. Now, every fucking romcom makes me misty. And then I think of me and the very idea of… --- ## [Etiquette question: Catholic Mass (need quick answer)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-question-catholic-mass-need-quick-answer/727254)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-question-catholic-mass-need-quick-answer/727254 "2015-08-13T23:30:54Z")
I will be attending a close relative’s 50th wedding anniversary celebration soon. It will be an afternoon luncheon followed by a mass. The invitation does not mention renewal of vows - just a mass following the luncheo… --- ## [The Perseids are coming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perseids-are-coming/695123)
**Author:** [@BaldDudePeekskill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaldDudePeekskill)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perseids-are-coming/695123 "2015-08-13T21:04:36Z")
Anyone getting ready to view my Birthday meteor shower? It’s the only I can consistently remember …and nice weather for a predawn view… --- ## [Making lemonade from lemons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-lemonade-from-lemons/727634)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-lemonade-from-lemons/727634 "2015-08-13T20:52:15Z")
I wanted to go out to a dark spot tonight to take some more Milky Way / Perseids photos tonight. I had arranged with my friend to drive out of the city this evening, because this was my last free night this week. At 5pm,… --- ## [True stories of survival of absolutely evil childhoods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-stories-of-survival-of-absolutely-evil-childhoods/726604)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-stories-of-survival-of-absolutely-evil-childhoods/726604 "2015-08-13T20:22:16Z")
Kind of a morbid request, maybe, but I just happened to read about a case in which two parents kept their daughter in a cage for at least 4 years. When the daughter was found she was six years old and weighed 16 pounds, … --- ## [Don't be an atheist in Fort Wayne.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-be-an-atheist-in-fort-wayne/727069)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-be-an-atheist-in-fort-wayne/727069 "2015-08-13T19:44:48Z")
This: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/08/03/lawsuit-alleges-7-year-old-quizzed-on-religion-ordered-to-sit-alone-at-lunch-for-telling-classmates-he-didnt-believe-in-god/ Summary: a 7-year ol… --- ## [Finally, police get one right - bust sex scam.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-police-get-one-right-bust-sex-scam/727283)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-police-get-one-right-bust-sex-scam/727283 "2015-08-13T13:57:01Z")
This might end up becoming a national scam. There’s so much negative publicity surrounding anything the police do anymore, it’s time for us to salute the good things they do. Police in Ohio bust a sex ring, involving a… --- ## [Los Angeles Starts Moving from Cars to Bicycles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/los-angeles-starts-moving-from-cars-to-bicycles/727628)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/los-angeles-starts-moving-from-cars-to-bicycles/727628 "2015-08-13T13:43:17Z")
ttp://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-mobility-plan-20150811-story.html Weird. This seems very strange to me as I have always associated Los Angeles with a very car-oriented culture. --- ## [Pix of Joseph Smith's Seer Stone published!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pix-of-joseph-smiths-seer-stone-published/727054)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pix-of-joseph-smiths-seer-stone-published/727054 "2015-08-13T11:57:10Z")
This might not be impressive (or even interesting) to most Dopers, but I’m amazed. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has published pictures of Joseph Smith’s “seer stone”, apparently the one he placed in h… --- ## [Is there something convenient I can use to carry around a small SSD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-convenient-i-can-use-to-carry-around-a-small-ssd/727528)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-convenient-i-can-use-to-carry-around-a-small-ssd/727528 "2015-08-13T06:24:19Z")
So as I mentioned in another thread, I got myself a small portable SSD for backups, because I wanted an “offsite backup” that didn’t include the cloud. But I’ve been reluctant to actually, y’know, take it with me when I… --- ## [High Rates of Pregnancy Among... GAY Teens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-rates-of-pregnancy-among-gay-teens/727474)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-rates-of-pregnancy-among-gay-teens/727474 "2015-08-13T04:33:08Z")
That’s what the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports, anyway. Does this make any intuitive sense to anyone here? --- ## [news crew gets mugged covering the Kate Steinle shooting in San Francisco.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-crew-gets-mugged-covering-the-kate-steinle-shooting-in-san-francisco/724203)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-crew-gets-mugged-covering-the-kate-steinle-shooting-in-san-francisco/724203 "2015-08-13T04:18:21Z")
We’ve had reporters do stand ups in war zones all over the world. Reporters in the midst of riots. This news crew gets mugged in broad daylight, and with cameras live at Pier 60 in San Francisco California? They were… --- ## [I just lost another friend to a (likely) murder-suicide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-lost-another-friend-to-a-likely-murder-suicide/725005)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-lost-another-friend-to-a-likely-murder-suicide/725005 "2015-08-13T04:16:20Z")
I have posted before about how I personally know an abnormal number of murderers and murder victims just based on where I grew up. Most of them weren’t that surprising because they were involved in violent crime but this… --- ## [Super Typhoon Soudelor Hits Us; Or What the Hell is All this Water doing in our House?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-typhoon-soudelor-hits-us-or-what-the-hell-is-all-this-water-doing-in-our-house/727379)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-typhoon-soudelor-hits-us-or-what-the-hell-is-all-this-water-doing-in-our-house/727379 "2015-08-13T03:54:08Z")
My wife told me that I’d love living on the east coast of Taiwan. We’d be really close to the ocean and the mountains. We could live in the country without a whole bunch of building around us. "What could go wrong? you … --- ## [Eyes Up Here! Apple's Photos App for OSX thinks women's bare breasts are faces](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-up-here-apples-photos-app-for-osx-thinks-womens-bare-breasts-are-faces/727659)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-up-here-apples-photos-app-for-osx-thinks-womens-bare-breasts-are-faces/727659 "2015-08-13T03:43:51Z")
I recently discovered the “Faces” functionality on Apple’s Photos app—which is intended to replace iPhoto as the general photo management application on Mac OS. The Faces function will automatically mark with a circle a… --- ## [Truly disappointing spam thread titles.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-disappointing-spam-thread-titles/727700)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-disappointing-spam-thread-titles/727700 "2015-08-13T03:25:13Z")
Usually spam here, if the product isn’t the title itself, is a vaguely English construct intended to blend in. Earlier today, there was one that was truly a disappointment that it wasn’t a real thread. “there is cheese… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=712) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=714)