# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=730 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 731 --- ## [Cinnamon Imp Is in Hospital \[Update, good news\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-imp-is-in-hospital-update-good-news/631425)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2015, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-imp-is-in-hospital-update-good-news/631425 "2015-06-19T09:06:19Z")
Folks, just letting you know that Cinnamon Imp (previously Hermette) is in hospital and scheduled for (unexpected) surgery tomorrow morning. She seems in good spirits and hopefully will be back with us before too much l… --- ## [Life update from Quasi: Great year but the future is uncertain.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-update-from-quasi-great-year-but-the-future-is-uncertain/722914)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2015, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-update-from-quasi-great-year-but-the-future-is-uncertain/722914 "2015-06-19T07:01:36Z")
Hi everyone, I haven’t posted here in awhile. But I really do value this communities thoughts and how it causes me to reflect on my life. So I wanted to share where I’m at now. For the past ten months I have enjoyed a … --- ## [Suprise Strawberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suprise-strawberry/722885)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suprise-strawberry/722885 "2015-06-18T21:01:34Z")
Not a euphemism, a literal surprise strawberry. I’ve been eagerly watching my raspberry patch all spring as they turned from flowers to specks to white blobs, to pink blobs. Finally this morning when I went outside for… --- ## [Weird, weird fraud and murder case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-weird-fraud-and-murder-case/722713)
**Author:** [@resentfulviper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/resentfulviper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-weird-fraud-and-murder-case/722713 "2015-06-18T19:59:32Z")
I’m originally from the Ozarks and I follow the news stations down there on my Facebook. This is turning out to be one of the weirdest murder cases I’ve ever heard. This article is a pretty good overview: --- ## [Internet trouble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-trouble/722821)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-trouble/722821 "2015-06-18T18:48:54Z")
Large chunks of the internet are working poorly or not at all. For instance, Hulu won’t load at all. Netflix is very, very slow. On the other hand, Google sites and services are just fine. I know that some major rout… --- ## [Got my first top-of-the-line smartphone (S6) -- small question, and what cool things can it do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-first-top-of-the-line-smartphone-s6-small-question-and-what-cool-things-can-it-do/722844)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-first-top-of-the-line-smartphone-s6-small-question-and-what-cool-things-can-it-do/722844 "2015-06-18T17:04:48Z")
I’ve always been a few years behind the cutting edge of phone tech, but now with the new AT&T pricing plans, it was only marginally more expensive for me to get a top-line phone like the Samsung Galaxy S6 rather than an … --- ## [Anyone up for a Dopefest THIS Saturday June 20 in Pittsburgh??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-dopefest-this-saturday-june-20-in-pittsburgh/722806)
**Author:** [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-dopefest-this-saturday-june-20-in-pittsburgh/722806 "2015-06-18T14:59:10Z")
Sorry for the short notice but I’m going to be in the area on Saturday and it also happens to be my birthday. So, anyone want to meet up sometime in the afternoon? --- ## [Children suing parents, why not more?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-suing-parents-why-not-more/722722)
**Author:** [@Dibbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dibbs)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-suing-parents-why-not-more/722722 "2015-06-18T13:48:01Z")
Is there some legal reason(s) that are responsible for so few children, especially older ones of legal age, that keep them from going after the people that brought them into this strange, dangerous, competitive world and… --- ## [Ugh, my sinuses...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-my-sinuses/722637)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-my-sinuses/722637 "2015-06-18T12:45:05Z")
Never had a major sinus problem, but I think I have one now. I’ve been blowing my nose for over a week. When the mucus turned yellow instead of clear, I thought I was getting over it. Then the side of my nose started a… --- ## [The Rolex repair ripoff and the wuss (me)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rolex-repair-ripoff-and-the-wuss-me/513717)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rolex-repair-ripoff-and-the-wuss-me/513717 "2010-01-05T21:32:44Z")
Earlier this year I came into possession of a Rolex Submariner very similar to this one courtesy of my uncle’s estate. I brought it to the only authorized Rolex dealer and repair center in Madison to have it appraised a… --- ## [Poor Instructional Technique](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-instructional-technique/722621)
**Author:** [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-instructional-technique/722621 "2015-06-18T00:30:17Z")
I’m taking a stats refresher. The last stats class I took was over 20 years ago. I had even sat down over the last few weeks with one of my old college text books and gone through it. I was comfortable with it, and deci… --- ## [The feeling of being one w/motorcycle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feeling-of-being-one-w-motorcycle/722131)
**Author:** [@Dibbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dibbs)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feeling-of-being-one-w-motorcycle/722131 "2015-06-17T22:56:47Z")
I long to get a motorcycle and have had many during my time in this world. And so I got to thinking about a kinda cool phenomena that I’ve heard other bike enthusiasts make mention of on a couple of occasions that has to… --- ## [I broke my moderator coffee mug](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536 "2015-06-17T21:20:00Z")
When I became a moderator here on the SDMB–jeez, must be ten years ago now and my name was This Year’s Model–the powers that be sent me an SDMB Staff coffee mug. It was a nice design and just the right size for me. I dr… --- ## [A friendly belated Hello from Germany](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friendly-belated-hello-from-germany/722498)
**Author:** [@Sasori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sasori)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friendly-belated-hello-from-germany/722498 "2015-06-17T19:08:40Z")
Good morning, I signed up over a year ago and promptly forgot to introduce myself. Since I can’t find an official introduction thread (ISTR one where newbies were promised a horse? Got too costly, eh?) I hope this is th… --- ## [How I got me a cool username after 6 years without changing it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-got-me-a-cool-username-after-6-years-without-changing-it/722665)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-got-me-a-cool-username-after-6-years-without-changing-it/722665 "2015-06-17T17:43:07Z")
Aka my longest and most embarrassing brain fart :eek:: Last Sunday, I met up with my doper friends The Butterfly’s Ghost and mkl12 I got to know at our German Dopefest\[sup\]\*\[/sup\] in April, and we had a really nice day … --- ## [The Magna Carta was signed 800 years ago today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-magna-carta-was-signed-800-years-ago-today/722574)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-magna-carta-was-signed-800-years-ago-today/722574 "2015-06-17T15:20:58Z")
And thus laid the foundation for the rules of liberty and law. Granted it took a long time for people to build on that foundation, but brick by brick they gradually did. --- ## [Audio email alerts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-email-alerts/722745)
**Author:** [@sara20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sara20)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-email-alerts/722745 "2015-06-17T15:20:55Z")
Are there any email sites that will make a sound when you get a new email if you leave the site open? --- ## [Back from travel abroad after 2 weeks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-travel-abroad-after-2-weeks/722671)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-travel-abroad-after-2-weeks/722671 "2015-06-17T13:51:14Z")
So what’s everyone been up to? What’s new on the Dope? Any big kerfuffles I missed? Happy to be back! --- ## [Layoffs, benefits thereof](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/layoffs-benefits-thereof/722585)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2015, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/layoffs-benefits-thereof/722585 "2015-06-17T12:58:54Z")
Here at the World’s Second-Largest Selling Commercial Jet Airliner Manufacturer, my function (service engineer) is being sent to (non-union) Southern California. Since I don’t particularly want to move to SoCal, taking … --- ## [R acid reflux events beyond HORRIBLE?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-acid-reflux-events-beyond-horrible/722597)
**Author:** [@Dibbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dibbs)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2015, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-acid-reflux-events-beyond-horrible/722597 "2015-06-17T12:23:57Z")
Thank God I haven’t had one in a long time! In the past I would sometimes make the mistake of being very hungry while forgetting that soon I’d be going to bed, and thus eat a large meal only to then pay the price when I… --- ## [Obscure jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-jokes/721186)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2015, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-jokes/721186 "2015-06-17T08:13:32Z")
I just made myself chuckle: Why did the people of Constantinople dislike their emperor Zeno, the Isaurian? Because they were Zeno-phobic. It’s funnier than you think, I promise. What’s the most obscure you can come up… --- ## [Do these words have the same sound?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-these-words-have-the-same-sound/722429)
**Author:** [@Reza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reza)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2015, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-these-words-have-the-same-sound/722429 "2015-06-17T04:04:15Z")
Hi everyone, once again, I’m here with another English Q. In an English test paper from a school, I notice this test: which word has a different sound? A- rule B- use C- chew D- juice I told the student that I… --- ## [4 tourists arrested for getting naked on Malaysian mountain top](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-tourists-arrested-for-getting-naked-on-malaysian-mountain-top/722384)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-tourists-arrested-for-getting-naked-on-malaysian-mountain-top/722384 "2015-06-17T03:25:02Z")
4 tourists arrested for getting naked on Malaysian mountain top. Oh, it seems that in addition to deeply offending everyone the local equivalent of FOX news said they caused a 5.9 earthquake. Basically, public indecency … --- ## [ask the girl who is stranded at the Detroit airport overnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-girl-who-is-stranded-at-the-detroit-airport-overnight/722557)
**Author:** [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2015, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-girl-who-is-stranded-at-the-detroit-airport-overnight/722557 "2015-06-17T00:47:59Z")
Like quite a few people this evening, I was delayed getting into the airport and missed a connection to Boston. I’m hanging out with a friend, her son, and my daughter. If you’d like to know what is in the little ameni… --- ## [February high-speed chase and collision in Dallas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/february-high-speed-chase-and-collision-in-dallas/722456)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/february-high-speed-chase-and-collision-in-dallas/722456 "2015-06-16T19:26:52Z")
Video posted in February 2015. What’s up with the kid? He gets out of the minivan and seems fine. Then he sits on the ground and keels over. He seems to roll out of the way of the donnybrook, then lays on the ground.… --- ## [Bessie Coleman got her pilot's license 94 years ago today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bessie-coleman-got-her-pilots-license-94-years-ago-today/722606)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bessie-coleman-got-her-pilots-license-94-years-ago-today/722606 "2015-06-16T15:26:46Z")
Bessie Coleman couldn’t earn a pilot’s license the U.S because she was A) Black; and B) female. So she learned to speak French, went to Paris, and on 15 June, 1921, received her pilot’s license. --- ## [Quake in L.A.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-in-l-a/722655)
**Author:** [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-in-l-a/722655 "2015-06-16T14:13:06Z")
Just had a BOOMPratlerattlecreak. a few minutes ago here in Carson. Nothing special. --- ## [Does anyone here just drink water and nothing else? Or ever tried it for a while?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-just-drink-water-and-nothing-else-or-ever-tried-it-for-a-while/721103)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2015, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-just-drink-water-and-nothing-else-or-ever-tried-it-for-a-while/721103 "2015-06-16T13:47:39Z")
I normally drink 2-3 cups of coffee a day, 2-3 diet sodas, and an occasional beer. Also a random glass of milk, iced tea, whatever. A couple weeks ago I thought it would be a fun personal challenge to drink only water. … --- ## [The Foot Bones Connected to the . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-foot-bones-connected-to-the/722640)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2015, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-foot-bones-connected-to-the/722640 "2015-06-16T10:43:49Z")
I spent this evening in the ER after dropping a 50-lb stone on my bare foot (I was playing around in my garden and made a bad rock transport decision). The hoof is black and blue but, quite miraculously, not broken. I m… --- ## [Good News, Bad News (or, Lightnin' is an ingrate)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-bad-news-or-lightnin-is-an-ingrate/722627)
**Author:** [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2015, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-bad-news-or-lightnin-is-an-ingrate/722627 "2015-06-16T01:22:30Z")
Almost a decade ago, I bought a Honda Element. I absolutely love the thing- good MPG, tons of storage, fun to drive- I’ve taken the thing all over the country. I’ve been fully intending to drive the thing into the grou… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=729) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=731)