# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=735 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 736 --- ## [Global warming--models vs reality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-models-vs-reality/721416)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-models-vs-reality/721416 "2015-06-02T22:09:50Z")
Since we can’t embed images, you’ll have to click the link to see the graph. But it’s well worth it. --- ## [Dress Code](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dress-code/721079)
**Author:** [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dress-code/721079 "2015-06-02T21:01:27Z")
A couple of years ago my company had a dress code forced on it from higher headquarters. As one of the senior (oldest employee but one) I volunteered to be on the committee. First, we were given a copy of the ‘poor dres… --- ## [DC Dopers - Where Does It Flash Flood (That You Know Of)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopers-where-does-it-flash-flood-that-you-know-of/721325)
**Author:** [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopers-where-does-it-flash-flood-that-you-know-of/721325 "2015-06-02T18:19:06Z")
I chase news and we are expecting flash floods, well, for the rest of the summer. I have a handy list of spots from the Fire PIO’s of Montgomery County & Prince Georges County (Pete Piringer and Mark Brady, two of the be… --- ## [Ask the guy who's just been shopping in Denver pot stores](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-just-been-shopping-in-denver-pot-stores/721135)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-just-been-shopping-in-denver-pot-stores/721135 "2015-06-02T18:00:23Z")
I will try to answer carefully so as not to enrage our Moderator overlords. --- ## [How many TVs have you got in your house then?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-tvs-have-you-got-in-your-house-then/720060)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-tvs-have-you-got-in-your-house-then/720060 "2015-06-02T17:50:55Z")
Well it’s just the one for me 32" widescreen for DTT and it was purchased last year with a digital tuner built in and so I just connect the aerial to it actually. Also have two TVs with RF input which you can watch old V… --- ## [Idiot "answers" on Amazon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-answers-on-amazon/721220)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-answers-on-amazon/721220 "2015-06-02T17:10:43Z")
One of the nicer features Amazon has implemented in recent years is the Question/Answer section. Instead of having to browse reviews for small nuggets of info from smart reviewers - like the actual length of a cord, weig… --- ## [Overly-thoughful UPS guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overly-thoughful-ups-guy/721451)
**Author:** [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overly-thoughful-ups-guy/721451 "2015-06-02T16:37:38Z")
So a new UPS guy (we seem to get a new one every week or two lately) drove down the driveway and broke off a branch with his truck. It happens, the trucks are tall and it rained recently, making the banches hang lower. … --- ## [US Colleges expel 8,000 Chinese students](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-colleges-expel-8-000-chinese-students/721322)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-colleges-expel-8-000-chinese-students/721322 "2015-06-02T13:46:16Z")
LINK This article states that American colleges have about a half million Chinese students attending and that while most do well, 8,000 have been expelled for cheating or low grades. "Universities in the U.S. have expe… --- ## [I have OCD, think I'm a pedophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-ocd-think-im-a-pedophile/721388)
**Author:** [@90125](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/90125)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-ocd-think-im-a-pedophile/721388 "2015-06-02T00:42:18Z")
There will be a lot of disturbing content in this thread…I’ve just had a really anxious day, and I have to be 100% honest about these things. Also, if there’s any real pedophiles here, I’d appreciate your comments, and I… --- ## [When I first lived in my current house...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-first-lived-in-my-current-house/721222)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-first-lived-in-my-current-house/721222 "2015-06-02T00:01:43Z")
…it was with my family… mom, dad and my sister and brother. Almost 40 years later I moved back into “the ancestral estate” and I feel like the place is overstuffed with just my crap. I can’t imagine having five people li… --- ## [Technology Marches On: A Glimpse From 2002](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-marches-on-a-glimpse-from-2002/721400)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-marches-on-a-glimpse-from-2002/721400 "2015-06-01T23:53:02Z")
Found this on a disk just this past weekend. It’s something I wrote back in 2002… when internet speeds are not as they are now. Just found this one in the archives. It was like a whole different world back then… “Hey, … --- ## [My Flood Insurance Doubled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-flood-insurance-doubled/721288)
**Author:** [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-flood-insurance-doubled/721288 "2015-06-01T22:36:23Z")
All my neighbors’ basements flood during heavy rain, and I have a sump pump, so even though I never get a basement flood (I’m at the top of the hill, the floodees are lower) I have flood insurance. I once lived in the mo… --- ## [In which a 3 year old tries harsh my buzz.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-a-3-year-old-tries-harsh-my-buzz/721349)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-a-3-year-old-tries-harsh-my-buzz/721349 "2015-06-01T20:26:47Z")
Had a lovely day planned yesterday. Out with my wife to see a movie, then get sandwiches from our favourite deli for dinner. Had the weekend car out and it was freshly washed. New shoes on my feet. Nothing but blue s… --- ## [Dear everyone:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-everyone/720470)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-everyone/720470 "2015-06-01T18:02:43Z")
Stop using “pen” as a verb. It doesn’t make you sound clever, it makes you sound pretentious. Also stop saying “differentiate” when you mean “distinguish.” “Apropos” is not just a smarter-sounding synonym for “appropria… --- ## [Swift boats for Vietnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swift-boats-for-vietnam/721327)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2015, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swift-boats-for-vietnam/721327 "2015-06-01T12:05:31Z")
So the US is buying Vietnam $18M in new patrol boats to improve their maritime security. All I could think was, “Gee, do WE get to shoot at them this time?” --- ## [The settlers MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-settlers-mmp/720779)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 329\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2015, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-settlers-mmp/720779 "2015-06-01T01:43:29Z")
(There are already some Memorial Day threads up, so…) I wasn’t in the Middle of Effin Nowhere this weekend, but I was driving thru directly north of it, in G-d’s Country. Where it’s all forested mountains. This led me… --- ## [My gums are very sore and tender](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-gums-are-very-sore-and-tender/153156)
**Author:** [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2003, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-gums-are-very-sore-and-tender/153156 "2003-02-09T06:49:40Z")
…and I don’t know why! It started a fwe days ago. The gums on the bottom half, near where the check hits the gums, are very sore. They don’t seem to bleed, but it could just be getting washed away with the saliva. Th… --- ## [Stuff You Learned About Your Parents Years Later.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-learned-about-your-parents-years-later/714252)
**Author:** [@Chicago\_Faucet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicago_Faucet)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-learned-about-your-parents-years-later/714252 "2015-05-31T18:10:31Z")
I found out recently that my father and mother broke up during college. After college, my father was determined to get my mother back, and in a “Big Fish” manner, won her back over. Also, during the 70s energy crisis, … --- ## [I'm whatever you think I am!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-whatever-you-think-i-am/721246)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-whatever-you-think-i-am/721246 "2015-05-31T15:04:36Z")
My mom was German, born in Germany and moved to the USA as a teen after her mom married a USA soldier. My dad is from Alabama, both of them identified as white, which is what I said when someone asked me what I was. I ha… --- ## [Try My Diet and Lose Weight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-my-diet-and-lose-weight/721014)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2015, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-my-diet-and-lose-weight/721014 "2015-05-31T14:07:42Z")
Eating fewer calories is no fun. Increasing one’s activity level is no fun either. Diets that propose either of those things really suck. I want to eat more calories, keep my activity level the same (i.e., sedentary)—an… --- ## [Interactive Documentary about Deaths During WWII](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interactive-documentary-about-deaths-during-wwii/721229)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interactive-documentary-about-deaths-during-wwii/721229 "2015-05-31T13:29:29Z")
Here, about 18 minutes I’m a history nerd so I knew about the amount that died during the war, but seeing it laid out like they did really drove home that the war really, really sucked, to say the least. --- ## [Do you know how to get out of a rip current?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-how-to-get-out-of-a-rip-current/720879)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-how-to-get-out-of-a-rip-current/720879 "2015-05-31T02:57:39Z")
The news last night brought more reports of beachgoers having to be rescued from rip currents. Seems like at least once a week I see reports of this on the news, and on those rare occasions when I happen to visit a beac… --- ## [6 Things You Learn Getting Paid To Troll People Online](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-things-you-learn-getting-paid-to-troll-people-online/721118)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2015, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-things-you-learn-getting-paid-to-troll-people-online/721118 "2015-05-31T00:32:22Z")
New Cracked article/interview with a professional Internet Troller. I had no idea such a job existed. \ Ok fess up. Which SDMB members are getting paid to stir the shit pot and keep this site’s debates … --- ## [What's the most comfortable office chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-comfortable-office-chair/721114)
**Author:** [@Dibbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dibbs)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-comfortable-office-chair/721114 "2015-05-30T14:40:19Z")
Gosh, I just picked up a well-used office chair to sit in at this computer with the other day and I feel like I’ve died and gone to heaven! I don’t even know the brand of it and while I know it’s not originally a very ex… --- ## [Why does "small little cabin" grate but "tiny little cabin" sound OK?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-small-little-cabin-grate-but-tiny-little-cabin-sound-ok/721104)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2015, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-small-little-cabin-grate-but-tiny-little-cabin-sound-ok/721104 "2015-05-30T10:34:53Z")
Other NPR listeners may have heard this same promo, in which several teenagers describe the places they live, from way out in the sticks to the middle of big cities. One girl says she lives in a “small little cabin in t… --- ## [Even "Cheezit! The Cops!" Has Been Outsourced To Automation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-cheezit-the-cops-has-been-outsourced-to-automation/721132)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-cheezit-the-cops-has-been-outsourced-to-automation/721132 "2015-05-30T03:13:47Z")
No, officer, no contraband on sale here! :smiley: :stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [Please celebrate with me, the life of my Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-celebrate-with-me-the-life-of-my-dad/720293)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-celebrate-with-me-the-life-of-my-dad/720293 "2015-05-29T23:28:10Z")
Friends, My Dad passed away Friday night. It is not necessarily a time for grieving. My Dad was very elderly, to the point where something you and I could shake off would bring him down, and so it did. He died of pne… --- ## [Denny Hastert's car is inside the Belvidere Oasis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denny-hasterts-car-is-inside-the-belvidere-oasis/721119)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denny-hasterts-car-is-inside-the-belvidere-oasis/721119 "2015-05-29T20:36:23Z")
A couple of weeks ago I was down there to replace my Ipass, and there it was, sitting among the fast food and chachka kiosks. There was a sign identifying it as belonging to him – a 1948 Lincoln Zephyr IIRC. At first I… --- ## [Adventures in grocery shopping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-grocery-shopping/721081)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-grocery-shopping/721081 "2015-05-29T20:20:48Z")
I’ve been complaining to my wife the past couple of days about a weird sort of hot rubber smell, but ranker, like someone died while wearing a wetsuit. I thought perhaps it was coming from outside somewhere, since the wi… --- ## [It's NOT just like riding a bike...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-just-like-riding-a-bike/720528)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-just-like-riding-a-bike/720528 "2015-05-29T19:57:52Z")
Here a link to a great video that illustrates how hard it is to unlearn something fundamental and then how tricky it can be to recover that knowledge again. A colleague shared it with me as part of a discussion about ge… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=734) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=736)