# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=722 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 723 --- ## [Flip flops, pool shoes, shower shoes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flip-flops-pool-shoes-shower-shoes/725075)
**Author:** [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flip-flops-pool-shoes-shower-shoes/725075 "2015-07-16T19:53:34Z")
Just like the soda/pop controversy, I know different generations and different regions call these ubiquitous summer shoes different names. I was a kid in the 1960s, growing up along one of the Great Lakes. We, rather p… --- ## [Some things are funny in the U.S., maybe not funny elsewhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-things-are-funny-in-the-u-s-maybe-not-funny-elsewhere/725286)
**Author:** [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-things-are-funny-in-the-u-s-maybe-not-funny-elsewhere/725286 "2015-07-16T15:40:51Z")
A jet flew low and fast over the Pensacola beach. From the video: it appears the beach goers find this either hilarious or awesome. I can’t help but think that if this were the beach at San Tropez, Noordwijk or Brighton… --- ## [Farewell, FAO Schwarz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-fao-schwarz/725237)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-fao-schwarz/725237 "2015-07-16T14:31:57Z")
The iconic New York City toy store will close tonight for the last time. I’ve been there; it was fantastic. Even the one we briefly had here in Las Vegas was fantastic. And now it will be like tears in rain. Farewell… --- ## [Central City, Florida](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-city-florida/725050)
**Author:** [@rainy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainy)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-city-florida/725050 "2015-07-16T14:22:56Z")
Just came back from a Florida vacation and had an interesting road experience. While driving through the vast tracts of pines that are Tate’s Hell State Forest on Hwy 65 we encountered a sign marking the boundary of a … --- ## [Old conspiracy theories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-conspiracy-theories/724834)
**Author:** [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2015, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-conspiracy-theories/724834 "2015-07-16T13:34:54Z")
I’m sitting here on a bit of a nostalgia kick thinking about old conspiracy theory radio shows. I recall laying in bed with the covers pulled up listening to various talk show that rode the airways in the 80s to the 00s… --- ## [Someone Finally Solved That Problem...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-finally-solved-that-problem/725298)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-finally-solved-that-problem/725298 "2015-07-16T04:27:25Z")
…Where Your Cat’s Asshole Doesn’t Have Jewelry on It! Awesome video there, too. I’m thinking about pairing this with Prancercise for a “WTF??? is this product??” ad playlist. I’d add in Girls Costume Warehouse, but th… --- ## [I don't want to use my air conditioning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-use-my-air-conditioning/724944)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-use-my-air-conditioning/724944 "2015-07-15T21:40:02Z")
I live in an apartment with tall ceilings and really tall windows. There’s also a really old, really big tree in front that shields my building from all the morning sun. In the morning, when I leave for work, I close a… --- ## [Web sites you check out every day.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-sites-you-check-out-every-day/7328)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-sites-you-check-out-every-day/7328 "2015-07-15T18:12:10Z")
I have a list of web sites I go to every day (well weekdays at least): Merriam Webster word of the day Dilbert Rose is Rose Rueters health news on Yahoo My horoscope on Excite blush Non Sequitur and SDMB, of cours… --- ## [Stuff That Is Aggravating Me Today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-is-aggravating-me-today/725243)
**Author:** [@Chicago\_Faucet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicago_Faucet)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-is-aggravating-me-today/725243 "2015-07-15T17:13:50Z")
Adobe just updated their reader, and now a very annoying tools pane on the right-hand side is feeling like a splinter in my brain. --- ## [New bubble wrap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-bubble-wrap/724037)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2015, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-bubble-wrap/724037 "2015-07-15T04:07:17Z")
According to this story ‘improvements’ will see that the new bubble wrap will not pop. I feel that this may be some sort of conspiracy. Opal must be spinning in her grave. --- ## [Why living in DC gives me an inferiority complex: Reason#53](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-living-in-dc-gives-me-an-inferiority-complex-reason-53/725209)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2015, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-living-in-dc-gives-me-an-inferiority-complex-reason-53/725209 "2015-07-15T03:32:47Z")
Even the homeless have a degree from Harvard! --- ## [Gimme your great words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-your-great-words/723991)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-your-great-words/723991 "2015-07-15T03:24:26Z")
I especially like arcane words, pioneer/frontier/farming type words, Scots words, domestic words, mystical words, and phonologically evocative words. So c’mon out. Gimme your ahem grubbles, your gleeds, your samps and f… --- ## [People you've known whose names are oddly apt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2015, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434 "2015-07-15T02:53:33Z")
We like to play the “User/post synchronicity” game here a lot…and a Calvin and Hobbes strip today reminded me-his substitute teacher is named “Mr. Kneecapper”-and someone thought that would be on par with say Dewey, Chea… --- ## [Student Loan too Small, Still Want to Go to College](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-loan-too-small-still-want-to-go-to-college/724244)
**Author:** [@Hungover\_Heartthrob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hungover_Heartthrob)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-loan-too-small-still-want-to-go-to-college/724244 "2015-07-15T02:27:26Z")
So. Months ago I applied to the Canadian College of Massage and Hydrotherapy, and my application has been accepted. It is a 2-year full time program after which you are certified as a registered massage therapist (RMT).… --- ## [Bodies of thirty-six WWII US Marines recovered in Pacific](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bodies-of-thirty-six-wwii-us-marines-recovered-in-pacific/724649)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bodies-of-thirty-six-wwii-us-marines-recovered-in-pacific/724649 "2015-07-15T01:32:13Z")
Thirty-six Marines are finally coming home. Semper Fidelis http://news.yahoo.com/bodies-wwii-us-marines-recovered-pacific-075205962.html --- ## [Uh oh, opened spam. How bad could it get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-opened-spam-how-bad-could-it-get/724773)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-opened-spam-how-bad-could-it-get/724773 "2015-07-14T20:22:13Z")
I was a dummy and opened an email in my iPad mail client from someone I didn’t recognize (I have a job interview today, and thought it might be related). Nope, spam. In addition to letting the bad guys know I’m here, I … --- ## [How do medical people cope with this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-medical-people-cope-with-this/724989)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-medical-people-cope-with-this/724989 "2015-07-14T18:00:40Z")
There is a very sad story going on in my city. A five year old girl was being driven my her mother to visit the father. It was late at night. For whatever reason, gunshots rang out, hit the car, and the little girl w… --- ## [Post your Freudian slips!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-freudian-slips/723825)
**Author:** [@desertmonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/desertmonk)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-freudian-slips/723825 "2015-07-14T17:51:32Z")
Today, While talking to a coworker (that I’m sure is gay) I made a comment about him finding a husband; even as it was coming out of my mouth I was correcting myself. What Freudian slips have you made or heard? --- ## [Plonked?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plonked/725069)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plonked/725069 "2015-07-14T14:05:34Z")
Did I miss something, does plonk, to plonk, plonked not mean that you are being autodumped into someones spam bucket? Or otherwise ignored? I just got spam with the title plonked … :confused: --- ## [BSA ending ban on gay leaders.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bsa-ending-ban-on-gay-leaders/725088)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bsa-ending-ban-on-gay-leaders/725088 "2015-07-14T13:39:48Z")
BBC article here, announcement from the BSA here (pdf warning). My two boys have been Cub Scouts for years, and my oldest will be crossing over to Boy Scouts this coming spring. I"m so glad this change is coming, and no… --- ## [I'm done with cancer treatment!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-done-with-cancer-treatment/724861)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2015, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-done-with-cancer-treatment/724861 "2015-07-14T09:05:48Z")
I found out I had breast cancer on December 12, 2014, had a lumpectomy, did chemo from 1/29 to 5/22, and just finished the last of my radiation. As far as we know, I’m cured. It’s not like they can do further testing or… --- ## [Minions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minions/725022)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2015, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minions/725022 "2015-07-14T05:26:38Z")
Hi, Please take your minions and shove them up your ass. Thanks. --- ## [Casa Bonita ! ! !](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casa-bonita/724609)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2015, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casa-bonita/724609 "2015-07-14T00:47:59Z")
If you need help: Casa Bonita ! ! ! If ever you were wondering what it would be like to go to a place that is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside (and don’t have access to a tardis), Casa Bonita. Even the na… --- ## [Game Over for Nintendo president](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-over-for-nintendo-president/724992)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-over-for-nintendo-president/724992 "2015-07-13T18:59:54Z")
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has died. He was 55. . --- ## [I bought a condo!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-condo/724806)
**Author:** [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-condo/724806 "2015-07-13T17:52:06Z")
Closed this afternoon. Between this and dealing with My First Auto Insurance Claim, I’m adulting the hell out of this year. Tomorrow, I buy paint and paint the kitchen: the other areas I’m ok with painting after I move… --- ## [I got a tin foil hat for my iPass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-tin-foil-hat-for-my-ipass/724973)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-tin-foil-hat-for-my-ipass/724973 "2015-07-13T14:32:40Z")
I was at the Belvidere oasis in IL on Saturday. (Dennis Hastert’s 1940 Lincoln is still on display there, but they’ve removed the sign saying it belongs to Hastert.) My sister had to exchange her old iPass for a new on… --- ## [Pet peeve: it's "Jews"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-its-jews/724018)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2015, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-its-jews/724018 "2015-07-13T11:27:01Z")
Why why why do writers (and/or copy editors) keep trying to avoid the word “Jews”? To the point of being ungrammatical as in: “California is home to 1.2 million Jewish, according to The American-Israeli Cooperative En… --- ## [The slippery slope in action: re-redefining marraige](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slippery-slope-in-action-re-redefining-marraige/724143)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2015, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slippery-slope-in-action-re-redefining-marraige/724143 "2015-07-13T05:23:38Z")
Some people warned that legalizing gay marriage would open the door to all sorts of things. I’m not sure how often the formal argument was laid out, so here it is– Throughout history, regardless of the exact form marri… --- ## [Nasa iss hd camera](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-iss-hd-camera/725008)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2015, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-iss-hd-camera/725008 "2015-07-13T04:58:34Z")
Just had to share. What an incredible view of our planet. PEACE --- ## [Women letting men "fight our battles" for us...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-letting-men-fight-our-battles-for-us/724673)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-letting-men-fight-our-battles-for-us/724673 "2015-07-13T03:16:46Z")
I know we had a long thread on this once, but I’m not finding it. But I thought of it because the other night, for the first time in a long time, my husband sort of kind of intervened in a physical altercation…and I was … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=721) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=723)