# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=732 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 733 --- ## [Laconia Bike Week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laconia-bike-week/722161)
**Author:** [@HotDogWater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HotDogWater)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laconia-bike-week/722161 "2015-06-12T16:22:51Z")
I’m headed up to Weirs Beach over the upcoming weekend, really looking forward to it. I’ve been turning alot of miles this year, but mostly commuting 25 miles each way to work. It’ll be nice to tear up routes 107, 3, 16 … --- ## [Did you work for CDI in South Korea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-work-for-cdi-in-south-korea/722338)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2015, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-work-for-cdi-in-south-korea/722338 "2015-06-12T08:12:57Z")
If so, you may have some money coming to you. Those lying, cheating, scum just lost their last-ditch appeal in front of the Supreme Court of South Korea. For those not in the know, what Chung Dahm Institute (aka CDI) ha… --- ## [Mister Wiskers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-wiskers/722124)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2015, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-wiskers/722124 "2015-06-12T04:06:01Z")
There is a cat on my bed, Mister Whiskers, who is not mine, and is pissed because I closed the window so he could not jump out. Now he thinks he owns my bed. HumanAbuse hotline is 1-800-HelpUsFromTheseCats --- ## [Pepperidge Farm Outlets closing!... at least, the few around us.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepperidge-farm-outlets-closing-at-least-the-few-around-us/722297)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepperidge-farm-outlets-closing-at-least-the-few-around-us/722297 "2015-06-12T03:26:18Z")
The Pepperidge Farm outlet in Belmont MA is closing at the end of this week. The outlet in Kittery, ME closed a few months ago. Nobody else sells German Dark Wheat bread nearby (Cambridge). I cannot find any other out… --- ## [Reusable Rockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reusable-rockets/722053)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reusable-rockets/722053 "2015-06-11T21:10:09Z")
Kind of a lull between SpaceX launches, so let’s talk about something a little different. SpaceX’s competitors have seen the writing on the wall–that cheaper rockets through reusability are coming sooner or later. Ther… --- ## [White House Press Room Evacuated - somebody covered the cameras to shut off press access.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-press-room-evacuated-somebody-covered-the-cameras-to-shut-off-press-access/722145)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-press-room-evacuated-somebody-covered-the-cameras-to-shut-off-press-access/722145 "2015-06-11T20:02:07Z")
Washington Post is covering this developing story. I find the mindset quite disturbing. Bomb scare, evacuate now! But first!!! Cover the cameras so there is no public record of what occurs. The White House Press Corp… --- ## [Michelle Obama just spoke at my alma mater](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-just-spoke-at-my-alma-mater/721730)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-just-spoke-at-my-alma-mater/721730 "2015-06-11T19:44:43Z")
And had some smart, uplifting, inspiring stuff to say, too. http://news.oberlin.edu/articles/michelle-obama-addresses-class-2015/ http://news.oberlin.edu/articles/transcript-first-lady-michelle-obamas-commencement-addr… --- ## [Can you identify this doll?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-doll/59614)
**Author:** [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-doll/59614 "2015-06-11T17:58:23Z")
My grandmother gave me this many years ago. She said it belonged to one of my uncles (he died when I was 7). It’s supposed to be from Georgia Tech (I’m thinking that the “GTA” stands for Georgia Technical Academy?). Anyh… --- ## [Untouched, unerased school blackboards from 1917 discovered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/untouched-unerased-school-blackboards-from-1917-discovered/721932)
**Author:** [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/untouched-unerased-school-blackboards-from-1917-discovered/721932 "2015-06-11T14:16:36Z")
This is pretty cool. Contractors removing blackboards from an Oklahoma school found another set of blackboards under them. The blackboards still have markings from 1917 that weren’t erased before being covered. Haunting… --- ## [In Flanders Fields](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-flanders-fields/720751)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2015, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-flanders-fields/720751 "2015-06-11T12:46:44Z")
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We li… --- ## [Cop performs barrel roll. Hilarious.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-performs-barrel-roll-hilarious/722114)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-performs-barrel-roll-hilarious/722114 "2015-06-11T04:08:23Z")
I was watching\*\* Tosh.O\*\* last night when I saw this gem. A cop, who apparently had been called via a nuisance complaint to a pool party in a suburban neighborhood, felt it necessary to perform a “barrel roll” maneuver … --- ## [Do you put the "nine" in "united" or is it just me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-the-nine-in-united-or-is-it-just-me/721750)
**Author:** [@Lee\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lee_Q)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-the-nine-in-united-or-is-it-just-me/721750 "2015-06-10T20:39:35Z")
Over in GQ there are a couple of questions about the US/USA abbreviations for United States (of America). They got me thinking about something I’ve never thought to ask anyone. I think this is the most appropriate forum,… --- ## [Doper in need - TruCelt (fundraising request)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-in-need-trucelt-fundraising-request/721095)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-in-need-trucelt-fundraising-request/721095 "2015-06-10T19:20:41Z")
(permission asked and received before posting this) As many of you know, fellow Doper TruCelt is in the middle of a legal battle for custody of her daughter. Many of the details cannot be posted directly on the board b… --- ## [Why was lipitor such a blockbuster drug when cheaper generics existed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-lipitor-such-a-blockbuster-drug-when-cheaper-generics-existed/722166)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-lipitor-such-a-blockbuster-drug-when-cheaper-generics-existed/722166 "2015-06-10T19:06:48Z")
Lipitor was the best selling pharmaceutical of all time I believe, but there were several generic statins on the market while lipitor was still patent. So what benefits did lipitor offer over cheaper generics like zocor … --- ## [This is not the world I agreed to be born into](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-not-the-world-i-agreed-to-be-born-into/722140)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-not-the-world-i-agreed-to-be-born-into/722140 "2015-06-10T18:33:18Z")
Tonight, I opened my 12 year old daughter’s door to say goodnight to her. She pointed her phone at me and said, “this is my dad in his underpants.” On the phone screen I saw a young giggling girl with one hand over her m… --- ## [Hurricanes Pete and Rose this year...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricanes-pete-and-rose-this-year/722127)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricanes-pete-and-rose-this-year/722127 "2015-06-10T17:32:21Z")
So it’s a regular thing to keep an eye on hurricane season, not something I expected to have to worry about when we moved to Nwingland, and I was looking up the names for the 2015 season. Ana, Bill, Ida, yawn. (Although… --- ## [Hilariously mangled spam-speak](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilariously-mangled-spam-speak/722179)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilariously-mangled-spam-speak/722179 "2015-06-10T17:11:46Z")
So I finally got all my email accounts and forwarders updated to reduce a torrent of spam - which came from using several of the addresses in job searches, meaning that at least a few reached spam lists through brand-nam… --- ## [It might be time for an intervention...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-might-be-time-for-an-intervention/722176)
**Author:** [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-might-be-time-for-an-intervention/722176 "2015-06-10T16:46:55Z")
My roommate is an interesting guy. Love the guy like a brother, and tried to be there for him through a variety of trials and tribulations. I’ve detailed them in threads I’ve started, and shared some in other, related po… --- ## [I'm a Liberal Professor, and My Liberal Students Terrify Me: Their Sensitivity and Paranoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-liberal-professor-and-my-liberal-students-terrify-me-their-sensitivity-and-paranoia/721907)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2015, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-liberal-professor-and-my-liberal-students-terrify-me-their-sensitivity-and-paranoia/721907 "2015-06-10T06:36:37Z")
I don’t recall this atmosphere when I went to college–quite some time ago. I have no connection to the current academic world and am interested if this is common. --- ## [Republicans doing the right thang (\*\*gasp\*\*)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-doing-the-right-thang-gasp/722148)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2015, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-doing-the-right-thang-gasp/722148 "2015-06-10T06:17:12Z")
Whoda thunk it? Here’s a news article in which three conservatives do the right thing. After all the well-earned pitting we’ve been giving Republicans over in the Pit lo! these last several years, we should give credit… --- ## [Goodbye Gayle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-gayle/722096)
**Author:** [@MostlyCarbon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyCarbon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2015, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-gayle/722096 "2015-06-10T06:14:09Z")
The summer of 1972, between my first and second years of college I was living with my parents while I held a summer job. My dad had been transferred to the small town the summer after I graduated from high school and I… --- ## [MIT's four-legged robot leaps over obstacles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mits-four-legged-robot-leaps-over-obstacles/721152)
**Author:** [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mits-four-legged-robot-leaps-over-obstacles/721152 "2015-06-09T16:45:48Z")
Just what the subject line says. Fast-forward to 1:00 to see the best part: https://youtu.be/\_luhn7TLfWU This was funded by the Pentagon. Invading countries with human “boots on the ground” is SO old-school. … --- ## [This grossed me out probably more than it should have](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-grossed-me-out-probably-more-than-it-should-have/722022)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-grossed-me-out-probably-more-than-it-should-have/722022 "2015-06-09T16:42:15Z")
I just had supper at a diner. It’s your typical 24/7 diner with decent food. I ate my meal, paid my bill, then sucked down the rest of my ice water through my straw. As I did, I felt a few chunks hit the back of my to… --- ## [Fantastic (Non-US Centric) Online Video "The Fallen of WWII"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantastic-non-us-centric-online-video-the-fallen-of-wwii/721980)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantastic-non-us-centric-online-video-the-fallen-of-wwii/721980 "2015-06-09T15:35:57Z")
Although it is not mundane, I thought I would share this video that I saw linked in Slate. It does a fantastic job of showing the magnitude and cost of WWII. As someone who regularly balks at videos more than 5 minutes … --- ## [How accurate are drug sniffing dogs used by the police?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-accurate-are-drug-sniffing-dogs-used-by-the-police/721787)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-accurate-are-drug-sniffing-dogs-used-by-the-police/721787 "2015-06-09T14:42:34Z")
I am trying to research this issue to get the straight dope, but every piece of information I find seems to be from NORML activists or law enforcement. Does anyone have a link to a good, comprehensive study of not only … --- ## [Tonka goes outside](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonka-goes-outside/721812)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2015, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonka-goes-outside/721812 "2015-06-09T05:00:47Z")
Tonka has been an indoor cat since we got him from the shelter over a year ago. Creamsicle has been an outdoor cat, and she wandered into our yard and home a while ago. The weather has been nice, and Tonka wants to go … --- ## [Meet our new puff ball, Star!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-our-new-puff-ball-star/721823)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-our-new-puff-ball-star/721823 "2015-06-09T04:31:11Z")
Last weekend, animals shelters here in the Bay Area had sponsored adoptions. All costs were covered! We went to look for a new friend for daughter. We’ve already got 2 dogs, and 3 cats. I heard that the shelter has a… --- ## [Pluperfect vs. Blue Burning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluperfect-vs-blue-burning/721982)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluperfect-vs-blue-burning/721982 "2015-06-08T21:14:11Z")
Somewhere in a YouTube clip (not this one) and surely in this one \ character Ty Ty (Robert Ryan) has a line something like, Why in the pluperfect hell did that dirt have to bust loose like that…? … --- ## [Trying to figure out Verizon's "Edge" program](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-figure-out-verizons-edge-program/721977)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-figure-out-verizons-edge-program/721977 "2015-06-08T21:13:05Z")
So we’re at that big juncture in family life, about to expand our plan to four phones to give next year’s sophomores ‘real’ phones. (They’ve had Tracfones for a couple of years, but I’m tired of the headaches and they’re… --- ## [Very Important Request To "Die" \[Don't Get The Wrong Idea & Please Read\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-important-request-to-die-dont-get-the-wrong-idea-please-read/721999)
**Author:** [@So\_Smart\_s0\_Dumb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/So_Smart_s0_Dumb)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-important-request-to-die-dont-get-the-wrong-idea-please-read/721999 "2015-06-08T21:01:00Z")
What I talk about in this text may be one of the most important pieces of information and one of the most important requests one could ever read. Everyone who reads this and chooses not to do the request should explain … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=731) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=733)