# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=725 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 726 --- ## [An interesting take on the gay marriage ruling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-take-on-the-gay-marriage-ruling/723574)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-take-on-the-gay-marriage-ruling/723574 "2015-07-06T17:20:12Z")
There’s an old adage: be careful what you wish for, you might get it. I think the conclusion to this article says it all: --- ## [How would a star trek transporter affect real estate prices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-star-trek-transporter-affect-real-estate-prices/723749)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-star-trek-transporter-affect-real-estate-prices/723749 "2015-07-06T16:31:49Z")
If you could transport anywhere in the US near instantly how would that affect real estate prices? Would prices drop like a rock in large metro areas, or would there still be demand to live in those areas? --- ## [The hoverboard, and in the nick of time, too...! ^.^](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hoverboard-and-in-the-nick-of-time-too/724351)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hoverboard-and-in-the-nick-of-time-too/724351 "2015-07-06T16:15:49Z")
Well, according to the BBC, Lexus has been tinkering with a prototype hover board. About time…! October is behind the corner already! :stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [Explain Reddit to a total n00b](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-reddit-to-a-total-n00b/724197)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-reddit-to-a-total-n00b/724197 "2015-07-06T15:29:50Z")
What is it, why is it, what is it good for? I don’t even know what other questions to ask. I only ask now because I see there’s some big flap over there because someone the moderators liked/found useful was fired, and t… --- ## [Two examples of discrimination against men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-examples-of-discrimination-against-men/724078)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2015, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-examples-of-discrimination-against-men/724078 "2015-07-06T05:49:30Z")
Here are two letters in The Guardian which demonstrate discrimination against men: Firstly gender crimes: Secondly anorexia: Note that the author here is complaining about two articles written by a man, and he links… --- ## [A Foot Cramp MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-foot-cramp-mmp/723757)
**Author:** [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Replies:** 367\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2015, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-foot-cramp-mmp/723757 "2015-07-06T04:02:45Z")
So someone has to get this started and my durn foot has me awake and looking for the new thread. And not finding one. So give me your reason for being awake or just highjack away. --- ## [I pierced my pinky today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pierced-my-pinky-today/724266)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2015, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pierced-my-pinky-today/724266 "2015-07-06T00:32:25Z")
So, I’m going to turn 54 later this month and I decided I need to get back to being a trend setter/hipster so I pierced my pinky today. I just can’t decide if I should get a ring or a stud. Ok, maybe it wasn’t entirely … --- ## [Differences between US and Germany, real and imagined](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/differences-between-us-and-germany-real-and-imagined/712844)
**Author:** [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/differences-between-us-and-germany-real-and-imagined/712844 "2015-07-06T00:01:51Z")
So we have an exchange student with us from Germany for the next two weeks, and in a few months, my kid will be spending 2 weeks with her family in Germany. While some of the cultural differences are a bit surprising, w… --- ## [10 Old English Words We Should Be Using](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-old-english-words-we-should-be-using/723785)
**Author:** [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-old-english-words-we-should-be-using/723785 "2015-07-05T19:44:13Z")
While reading the news this morning I wandered off track slightly to the POV section in the Magazine section of BBC online. That in turn led me to an article showing the title contents. I thought this was worth sharing a… --- ## [Sturgeon kills 1, injures 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sturgeon-kills-1-injures-2/724289)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sturgeon-kills-1-injures-2/724289 "2015-07-05T18:28:11Z")
… sadly, a 5 year old child was killed when a big fuckin’ fish jumped into her boat. Her brother and sister were hospitalized, hit by the same big fuckin’ fish. I feel it’s too soon for me to start making jokes. --- ## [Feeling closeted? Catholicvote.org has words of comfort for you:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-closeted-catholicvote-org-has-words-of-comfort-for-you/723919)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-closeted-catholicvote-org-has-words-of-comfort-for-you/723919 "2015-07-05T16:52:20Z")
Video is amazeballs. Unfortunately I can’t say much about its content. You must see it in context for the full effect. --- ## [How old were you when you found out mules were sterile hybrids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-found-out-mules-were-sterile-hybrids/723847)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2015, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-found-out-mules-were-sterile-hybrids/723847 "2015-07-05T13:02:01Z")
I was like in my 20’s - it was a total shock. --- ## [News During The Price is Right...Thanks Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-during-the-price-is-right-thanks-obama/723958)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2015, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-during-the-price-is-right-thanks-obama/723958 "2015-07-05T11:18:16Z")
Obamacare…gay marriage and now Cuba You couldn’t do this during the soaps?!?! Thanks Obama --- ## [Looks like I'm losing a big chunk of my TV channels (sigh)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-im-losing-a-big-chunk-of-my-tv-channels-sigh/724269)
**Author:** [@jrbor76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrbor76)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-im-losing-a-big-chunk-of-my-tv-channels-sigh/724269 "2015-07-04T23:43:55Z")
Here’s the situation. I still watch local over-the-air TV because at this point, I’m not willing to shell out for cable or dish or Netflix or Hulu. Or perhaps I should say up to this point. A few days ago, I lost the lo… --- ## [I found beach plum jelly!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-beach-plum-jelly/724241)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-beach-plum-jelly/724241 "2015-07-04T23:41:56Z")
I love beach plum jelly; it’s definitely my favorite. It tastes grapey, but without the heaviness of grape jelly, and with a tartness you don’t find elsewhere. I used to have it as a kid. Beach plums grown in sand dun… --- ## [I found an uncle I never realized I had](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-an-uncle-i-never-realized-i-had/723750)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-an-uncle-i-never-realized-i-had/723750 "2015-07-04T20:35:06Z")
I’ve been playing around with Familysearch.org and other free genealogy sites. It’s been a while since I discovered anything new (the most exciting was that the name my grandmother used wasn’t her birth name). But the … --- ## [After two years of waiting and hoping, I finally get to do this.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-two-years-of-waiting-and-hoping-i-finally-get-to-do-this/723966)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-two-years-of-waiting-and-hoping-i-finally-get-to-do-this/723966 "2015-07-04T19:58:26Z")
I wondered many times if I would ever have the chance to start this thread. I mostly lurk here as I feel that my comments are unimaginative, pointless, and lacking in intellectual rigor. However, I read the boards daily… --- ## [I got crabs?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-crabs/626875)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2015, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-crabs/626875 "2015-07-04T11:46:19Z")
Crabbing season starts in Washington State tomorrow. Will be heading out in the morning with the bambina’s and toss a couple of crab pots off the pier. Copper River salmon carcasses are thawing out for bait. This will b… --- ## [I finished radiation today-- help me celebrate!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finished-radiation-today-help-me-celebrate/724005)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finished-radiation-today-help-me-celebrate/724005 "2015-07-04T03:27:18Z")
I got a diagnosis of IDC (invasive ductal carcinoma-- breast cancer) at the end of February. Stage 1, less than 1.5 centimeters. Had a lumpectomy March 12. Didn’t have to have chemo. Due to some minor but annoying compli… --- ## [How to spend your leap second](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-spend-your-leap-second/723911)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2015, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-spend-your-leap-second/723911 "2015-07-04T01:59:54Z")
Wondering what to do with that extra second? Try this out. Randomized results. --- ## [So why am I thinking of going back to film?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-am-i-thinking-of-going-back-to-film/723505)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-am-i-thinking-of-going-back-to-film/723505 "2015-07-03T16:34:08Z")
Y’see, I just inherited my FIL’s Minolta Freedom Tele 35mm from the late 80s. My old rangefinder was a Yashica Electro 35 GSN. Awesome, fast lens, but the focusing system on that was always a major pain. I like rangef… --- ## [JohnClay is a sinner!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnclay-is-a-sinner/722051)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnclay-is-a-sinner/722051 "2015-07-03T12:56:32Z")
Here’s the latest mundane pointless thing that I must share… For a long time now one of the problems I’ve had with accepting Christianity is that I didn’t feel like I was a sinner… I felt that I was ok - that I was a bi… --- ## [Fascinating article about ETAK the pre-GPS Automobile navigation system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinating-article-about-etak-the-pre-gps-automobile-navigation-system/723713)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2015, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinating-article-about-etak-the-pre-gps-automobile-navigation-system/723713 "2015-07-03T12:46:17Z")
Article here - I had no idea (or I had utterly forgotten) this system existed. Very Interesting article. How a group of engineers and entrepreneurs made a Pre-GPS system that worked and how a lot of the mathematics and e… --- ## [are there "extra controls" in place for the GW Bush and Barack Obama wikipedia pages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-extra-controls-in-place-for-the-gw-bush-and-barack-obama-wikipedia-pages/724121)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2015, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-extra-controls-in-place-for-the-gw-bush-and-barack-obama-wikipedia-pages/724121 "2015-07-03T06:12:37Z")
I’d like to think I get as much use out of Wikipedia at times as the next guy… “mundane and pointless” sometimes, other times enthralling and fascinating. I’ve never “signed up”, “logged on”, or whatever it is that it t… --- ## [I am Harassed by Vicious Enemy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-harassed-by-vicious-enemy/724062)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-harassed-by-vicious-enemy/724062 "2015-07-03T03:15:29Z")
There is only one road where I can travel and I am harassed by this vicious enemy sometimes 4 times a day (I go out and back in the morning and again in the evening). While this is not me here is what the vicious attacks… --- ## [Let's trade fishing stories!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-trade-fishing-stories/723473)
**Author:** [@Why\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_Child)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2015, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-trade-fishing-stories/723473 "2015-07-03T03:05:40Z")
I’ve fished off and on since childhood. I love to fish. Part of it is sitting in nature by or on a body of water, it’s very peaceful. Part of it is the anticipation of getting a bite. Will it happen? When will it happe… --- ## [Musical Showers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-showers/724104)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-showers/724104 "2015-07-03T02:16:22Z")
Has anyone ever came up with a musical shower of some kind that operated like the musical fountains in Vegas? Seems like it would be expensive but very cool. --- ## [Such a pleasure to discover a "new" and genuine hero - Nicholas Winton](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/such-a-pleasure-to-discover-a-new-and-genuine-hero-nicholas-winton/686069)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/such-a-pleasure-to-discover-a-new-and-genuine-hero-nicholas-winton/686069 "2015-07-03T01:02:13Z")
This man saved the lives of hundreds of Czechoslovakian children in 1939 and never said another word about it to anyone until 50 years later. In 1988 his wife found a scrapbook in their attic containing the documents re… --- ## [And the happiest person in this world about the reaction against the Confederate flag is ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-happiest-person-in-this-world-about-the-reaction-against-the-confederate-flag-is/723647)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-happiest-person-in-this-world-about-the-reaction-against-the-confederate-flag-is/723647 "2015-07-02T20:17:58Z")
Well let’s take a guess. Now that the flag is being taken down all over the place and removed from many retail sale sites because after recent tragic events (and in the longer historical view) it’s not really seen as app… --- ## [Doesn't pissing in a bottle and dumping it make it worse to clean up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-pissing-in-a-bottle-and-dumping-it-make-it-worse-to-clean-up/723843)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-pissing-in-a-bottle-and-dumping-it-make-it-worse-to-clean-up/723843 "2015-07-02T18:42:25Z")
I see these sealed bottles of urine everywhere, side of the street, piles of them in an empty field my kid likes playing in, even piles of them on the beach back away from the sand. WHY?! Doesn’t it just make it nastie… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=724) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=726)