# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=72 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 73 --- ## [Fiduciary duty and personal politics (either side)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiduciary-duty-and-personal-politics-either-side/1013779)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiduciary-duty-and-personal-politics-either-side/1013779 "2025-02-03T18:16:17Z")
Another thread about personal finance and the current government triggered a question for me. I was tempted to put this in GQ, but I wasn’t certain it was best. I think I have a rough idea of what fiduciary duty is. A f… --- ## [New kitty! This is Holiday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-this-is-holiday/999978)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-this-is-holiday/999978 "2025-02-03T15:27:27Z")
“Holly” for short, who is currently hiding behind our futon. She’s with us on a two-week trial basis to ensure she and our existing kitty get along. Holiday came t… --- ## [Canadopers: What should be on my emergency grocery list tonight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadopers-what-should-be-on-my-emergency-grocery-list-tonight/1013740)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadopers-what-should-be-on-my-emergency-grocery-list-tonight/1013740 "2025-02-03T08:25:25Z")
I’m going on a grocery shopping list as soon as the PM is done talking. What should I get? Toilet paper Flour Sugar Bread Cereals Dog and cat food Frozen foods Chicken and hamburger Thoughts? Plus will fill my … --- ## [New cat, with obligatory photo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cat-with-obligatory-photo/1013707)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cat-with-obligatory-photo/1013707 "2025-02-02T22:51:19Z")
A week or so ago I was at the vet clinic with Zoey, one of my various lovely felines, because she was limping - short story shorter, she’s fine. But while in the waiting room, I read a heartbreaking notice, complete wit… --- ## [I drove 1:15:00 just for a free f'ing hot dog!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-drove-100-just-for-a-free-fing-hot-dog/1013693)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-drove-100-just-for-a-free-fing-hot-dog/1013693 "2025-02-02T22:08:49Z")
I received a letter from a casino host for the first time ever last week. I was like “ooh goody gum drops! She’s going give me a coupon for some massive free play!” I thought I was going to be comped at least $700. That’… --- ## ["Nature of God" query inspired by closed thread, but completely different question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nature-of-god-query-inspired-by-closed-thread-but-completely-different-question/1013518)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nature-of-god-query-inspired-by-closed-thread-but-completely-different-question/1013518 "2025-02-02T21:20:39Z")
I just looked at the nth, now closed, thread about homosexuality and Christianity, and ran across this: (Christianity and homosexuality - #17 by Ulfreida): I’m no stranger at all to the “all mighty” of Judaism (who, f… --- ## [Rebranding: I don't know whether to laugh or cry!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebranding-i-dont-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry/1013563)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2025, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebranding-i-dont-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry/1013563 "2025-02-02T07:50:55Z")
The governing body of the athletics industry in Australia has decided to ‘boldly’ rebrand their organisation. From Athletics Australia to Australian Athletics. Seriously? What a fucking stupid thing is this?? --- ## [The ongoing firehose of fake research papers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ongoing-firehose-of-fake-research-papers/1013579)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ongoing-firehose-of-fake-research-papers/1013579 "2025-02-01T23:55:53Z")
I think we’ve all probably been aware of the ease of publishing, the profitability of publishing, and the pressure to publish all coming together to create fakery. I just don’t think I fully realized the scale of it. Fa… --- ## [Should there be a new word/ name for mobile phones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-there-be-a-new-word-name-for-mobile-phones/1013384)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-there-be-a-new-word-name-for-mobile-phones/1013384 "2025-02-01T22:49:24Z")
Since calling people is about 17th on the list of things people seem to do with them. Pocket comps, just plain comps? --- ## [My equilibrium has gotten out of whack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-equilibrium-has-gotten-out-of-whack/1013648)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-equilibrium-has-gotten-out-of-whack/1013648 "2025-02-01T18:29:39Z")
It started yesterday. When I woke up I had a very slight feeling of dizziness that immediately went away. But about 10 minutes later, after leaning my head back as I swallowed my pill and then leaning forward again, I … --- ## [Cat up our tree (need answer kinda fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-up-our-tree-need-answer-kinda-fast/1013620)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-up-our-tree-need-answer-kinda-fast/1013620 "2025-02-01T17:56:55Z")
So our dog chased a cat up a 30’ tall maple tree. Currently, it’s at the VERY TOP of the tree swinging on a spindly branch apparently for dear life. The dog is back inside and the cat keeps looking fearfully at the groun… --- ## [Summer Homes - however you care to define them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-homes-however-you-care-to-define-them/1013435)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-homes-however-you-care-to-define-them/1013435 "2025-02-01T15:05:12Z")
In the thread about How many houses have you lived in, I noticed a number of people talked about summer homes. And I was immediately interested. Tell us about them. Long term, short term, with relatives, whatever. Obvio… --- ## [Fireworks Mayhem 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2024/1003322)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2024/1003322 "2025-01-31T21:44:04Z")
It’s that time of year again. Over the next couple of weeks several good United States citizens will lose a limb and some a life in the search for the Big Bang. Homes will burn to the ground. Wildfires will erupt. Cars w… --- ## [, , \\/ 2 B 2 \\/ \\/](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-b-2/105407)
**Author:** [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-b-2/105407 "2025-01-31T13:20:20Z")
I love “keyboard” lyrics. (For those not as swift as others: Comma, comma, down doobie doo, down down {Breaking up is Hard To Do}) --- ## [Happy Cake Day to me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-cake-day-to-me/1013189)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-cake-day-to-me/1013189 "2025-01-30T04:17:04Z")
I was just posting in GQ (or FQ I guess) and I noticed today is my SDMB cake day! I joined the board 25 years ago today after lurking for several years both on the web and on AOL. A quarter century as a member, almost … --- ## [Struggling with my internet addiction - anyone else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/struggling-with-my-internet-addiction-anyone-else/996193)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/struggling-with-my-internet-addiction-anyone-else/996193 "2025-01-30T00:27:34Z")
Like the thread title says - I have an addiction to the internet, mostly in the form of social media sites but also including game sites and film sites like YouTube. It is made more difficult because a computer is the m… --- ## [The Price Of American Groceries: Ongoing Updates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-american-groceries-ongoing-updates/1013535)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-american-groceries-ongoing-updates/1013535 "2025-01-29T23:06:02Z")
Trump promised to bring the price of American groceries down to earth. And he believes strongly that he is going to do it. So it only makes sense to have a thread monitoring his unbelievable progress. Please list the … --- ## [So. What do you do for a living?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-do-for-a-living/1012774)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-do-for-a-living/1012774 "2025-01-29T22:45:52Z")
I’m sure this has been done before, but I certainly haven’t seen it recently. What’s your occupation? Feel free to say as much or as little. I manage the US operations of a small pharma company. I’m always coy about the… --- ## [Using Identogo for fingerprinting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-identogo-for-fingerprinting/1013576)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-identogo-for-fingerprinting/1013576 "2025-01-29T10:58:45Z")
I’m required to get them checked every 5 years, so I set up the appointment and had them done. Then I got an email back saying my check was complete, but it didn’t accept my password and locked me out. I believe they sen… --- ## [Are modern Communist Parties still divided into Bolsheviks and Mensheviks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-modern-communist-parties-still-divided-into-bolsheviks-and-mensheviks/1013398)
**Author:** [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-modern-communist-parties-still-divided-into-bolsheviks-and-mensheviks/1013398 "2025-01-29T09:20:31Z")
Is Bolshevik and Menshevik still a thing in modern Communist Parties or are they obsolete terms nowadays? --- ## [Air Busan Plane Burns at Gimhae International Airport](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-busan-plane-burns-at-gimhae-international-airport/1013556)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-busan-plane-burns-at-gimhae-international-airport/1013556 "2025-01-29T00:42:05Z")
From Yeonhap News Agency: 4 injured evacuating airplane on fire at Busan airport BUSAN, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) – A passenger aircraft caught fire at an international airport in the southeastern city of Busan on Tuesday, wit… --- ## [A bit surprising but not a paradox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bit-surprising-but-not-a-paradox/1013505)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bit-surprising-but-not-a-paradox/1013505 "2025-01-29T00:03:44Z")
I was watching a curling match night before last. At some point they put up a graphic showing that team A was ahead of team B on both draws and hits but they were tied on overall percentage. This seemed paradoxical at f… --- ## [This is just sick \[fossilized vomit discovered in Denmark\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-sick-fossilized-vomit-discovered-in-denmark/1013524)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-sick-fossilized-vomit-discovered-in-denmark/1013524 "2025-01-28T23:28:03Z")
66 million year old fish vomit found in Denmark … Sounds more like it will help them discover what animals shouldn’t have been eating. --- ## [Wheel running in the wild](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheel-running-in-the-wild/1013500)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheel-running-in-the-wild/1013500 "2025-01-28T23:23:38Z")
I just saw this 2014 experiment. Dutch scientists set up a hamster/mouse wheel in the wild, and then observed what happened. (for part of the experiment, there was food nearby to attract them). The answer: The observa… --- ## [Earthquake in Maine today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-maine-today/1013487)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-maine-today/1013487 "2025-01-28T21:41:12Z")
Did anyone feel it? Any damage or disruptions? Apparently they’re rare in the area, so it has to be a little disorienting. --- ## [Where the wind (farms) blow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-wind-farms-blow/1013548)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-wind-farms-blow/1013548 "2025-01-28T20:20:39Z")
I used to work with another engineer who was involved with an initiative to build a wind farm offshore in Lake Erie east of Cleveland. The plan never happened. There are a few wind turbines in the area today and it is in… --- ## [Cardboard or Plastic? (Let's do the twist, again)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cardboard-or-plastic-lets-do-the-twist-again/1013415)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cardboard-or-plastic-lets-do-the-twist-again/1013415 "2025-01-28T13:42:15Z")
Not the usual environment question. I don’t think. My nice loaf of new bread (Nature’s own, Keto. Low carbs). It had a hardened cardboard clip thingy(it must have a name) You know, the square thing with a hole and slot.… --- ## [Trope: Hot chilli peppers "burning" twice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trope-hot-chilli-peppers-burning-twice/1013428)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trope-hot-chilli-peppers-burning-twice/1013428 "2025-01-28T02:22:11Z")
You probably all have heard the saying “this pepper is so hot its gonna burn you twice … once today and then again tomorrow” \[nudge-nudge\]… meaning it will be spicy when leaving your GI-tract (and your rectum reckoning … --- ## [My daddy was a bankrobber, he never hurt nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daddy-was-a-bankrobber-he-never-hurt-nobody/1012862)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daddy-was-a-bankrobber-he-never-hurt-nobody/1012862 "2025-01-28T00:13:57Z")
So, do any of you have a serious criminal(s) in the family? I have a brother who went to jail for faked credit cards, and i myself went to jail for 30 days, for obviously no reason. So any crime stories in your family? … --- ## [(Old) Alexa, start the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 485\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150 "2025-01-27T23:49:58Z")
Behold my clever starter! Anyone here use Alexa or similar devices around the house? We do, and it’s amazing how one becomes dependent upon them. Especially “Alexa, turn on the bedroom lights” I’ll say more later, but I… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=71) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=73)