# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=740 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 741 --- ## [Vision Issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vision-issue/720061)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vision-issue/720061 "2015-05-14T21:52:05Z")
66 years old here, I have worn very close to the same prescription my entire life. I am near sighted and only wear classes for driving, primarily at night. I have never been able to pass my vision test at DMV so my lisce… --- ## [Well, I tracked black mold all over my apartment.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-tracked-black-mold-all-over-my-apartment/719947)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-tracked-black-mold-all-over-my-apartment/719947 "2015-05-14T21:30:21Z")
So, guess who stepped on black mold and tracked it all over the apartment and carpet, etc. And from there, onto blankets, floors, clothes, etc. Yup, me. I’m not even sure what to do now, for all practical purposes it’s… --- ## [Health care providers v. insurance (kinda long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-care-providers-v-insurance-kinda-long/719323)
**Author:** [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-care-providers-v-insurance-kinda-long/719323 "2015-05-14T19:55:39Z")
I’m having catatract surgery soon. Because money is tight for me right now, I’ve been very careful to talk with my insurance company to clarify my co-pays for the doctor, the surgery center, the anesthesiologist, and the… --- ## [No, I will not connect with you on Linkedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-connect-with-you-on-linkedin/719871)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-connect-with-you-on-linkedin/719871 "2015-05-14T19:28:28Z")
(Too mild to be Pitworthy) Received a request from someone whose name I did not recognize. Looking through her previous jobs, I noticed she’d worked at a couple of places where I also had been, but years after I had lef… --- ## [A blather](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blather/720038)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blather/720038 "2015-05-14T19:01:02Z")
It occurs to me there are people who focus on reason, and those who focus on faith. Reasoners look to scientific endeavors to explain the universe, believers look to religion. And while a person may subscribe to both in… --- ## [Asking for a salary raise in my job situation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-for-a-salary-raise-in-my-job-situation/719904)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-for-a-salary-raise-in-my-job-situation/719904 "2015-05-14T03:34:02Z")
I have a job situation and would like feedback and advice. I work a job that could be described as administrative paperwork. It is essentially processing client documents, working spreadsheets, and typing on computers a… --- ## [I was in a police chase tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-in-a-police-chase-tonight/719998)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2015, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-in-a-police-chase-tonight/719998 "2015-05-14T03:21:45Z")
Going home I got into a taxi at a stand where me and my son were the only people,car that stopped and beeped for us I noticed was a P plate(private, H plates are taxis). These are regular cars that go along a set route a… --- ## [AFP News ridiculous spelling blunder. .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afp-news-ridiculous-spelling-blunder/719963)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afp-news-ridiculous-spelling-blunder/719963 "2015-05-14T02:12:13Z")
This is their headline on Yahoo News. North Korea defence chief ‘executed with anti-aircraft fire’ http://news.yahoo.com/north-korean-defence-minister-executed-korea-intelligence-004740331.html :dubious: Sheesh a eig… --- ## [Something I wondered about passport spam...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-wondered-about-passport-spam/719894)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2015, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-wondered-about-passport-spam/719894 "2015-05-14T01:43:31Z")
Why don’t they seem afraid of Homeland Security tracking them? I mean, passports strike me as a serious federal issue, especially with terrorism paranoia. Are they just international entities who figure they’re safe in t… --- ## [Say you Google image searched your SDMB name. What are some photos that come up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-you-google-image-searched-your-sdmb-name-what-are-some-photos-that-come-up/719741)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-you-google-image-searched-your-sdmb-name-what-are-some-photos-that-come-up/719741 "2015-05-14T01:02:31Z")
Apparently, my username is also the name of a comic. For some of you, results may be interesting (Left Hand of Dorkness) For others, they may be easily predictable (Giraffe) --- ## [Why "oes" and not just "os"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-oes-and-not-just-os/719968)
**Author:** [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-oes-and-not-just-os/719968 "2015-05-14T01:02:30Z")
Does anybody have any idea why in English it doesn’t seem to be “proper” to pluralize words that end in “o” by simply adding an “s” to the end? (Examples: “tomatoes”, “potatoes”) Spanish pluralizes words that end in vowe… --- ## [Woodchuck armageddon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woodchuck-armageddon/719745)
**Author:** [@bubba001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubba001)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woodchuck-armageddon/719745 "2015-05-13T22:19:00Z")
Inspired by Johnny La’s story of his fall, I offer this: About 20 years ago, I decided to grow some strawberries. A back to my roots thing, as my dad and granddad grew berries for market when I was young. I decided on… --- ## [Toronto's alleged crack smoking mayor. Why is he still in office?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torontos-alleged-crack-smoking-mayor-why-is-he-still-in-office/659410)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 214\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torontos-alleged-crack-smoking-mayor-why-is-he-still-in-office/659410 "2015-05-13T21:46:32Z")
Cracked did a piece on this guy. How on earth is a Mayor caught smoking crack still in office? :eek: Cracked lists several other controversies about the mayor. Canada’s Marion Barry. From this article it doesn’t seem t… --- ## [Bankrupt after paying tuition; debt trustee goes after school, which goes after student](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bankrupt-after-paying-tuition-debt-trustee-goes-after-school-which-goes-after-student/719793)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2015, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bankrupt-after-paying-tuition-debt-trustee-goes-after-school-which-goes-after-student/719793 "2015-05-13T17:37:12Z")
Probably paywalled, for which I apologize. The gist is that if you are paying for your son’s or daughter’s college tuition and file for bankruptcy, a recent trend is for the bankruptcy trustee to sue the college for y… --- ## [Recovered Memory Therapy and Exorcism at Mercy Ministries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovered-memory-therapy-and-exorcism-at-mercy-ministries/719956)
**Author:** [@beta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beta)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovered-memory-therapy-and-exorcism-at-mercy-ministries/719956 "2015-05-13T17:09:00Z")
Mercy Ministries is a free of charge, faith based residential home that has been racking up a growing number of detractors in recent years for their harmful, sometimes outright abusive, treatment of the young girls and y… --- ## [How the hell did my new polo get bleach marks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-my-new-polo-get-bleach-marks/719823)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-my-new-polo-get-bleach-marks/719823 "2015-05-13T16:47:11Z")
:mad: Seriously, I bought this shirt like three weeks ago. A nice navy blue polo. Suitable for work or casual. Wore it once or twice, then (admittedly) it sat on the floor dirty for a week or so. Picked up it tonigh… --- ## [Has anyone ever broken a heel...or both!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-broken-a-heel-or-both/719584)
**Author:** [@2brookeheels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2brookeheels)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-broken-a-heel-or-both/719584 "2015-05-13T15:28:56Z")
Brand new to the dope as of today, really cool! Here goes, I have just broken BOTH of my heels. Some of the worst pain I have been in to date. I jumped off a 6ft wall, in flip flops and wasn’t wearing my cape!(Patron may… --- ## [FTL inertia free travel, relative velocity questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ftl-inertia-free-travel-relative-velocity-questions/719927)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2015, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ftl-inertia-free-travel-relative-velocity-questions/719927 "2015-05-13T10:56:23Z")
IIRC some theoretical faster then light travel methods seem to have no inertia, as the ‘space ship’ is not moving, the space around it is, the ship is still in that space, and the occupants experience no inertial effect … --- ## [I don't believe, but have to admit thats kind of spooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-believe-but-have-to-admit-thats-kind-of-spooky/719305)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2015, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-believe-but-have-to-admit-thats-kind-of-spooky/719305 "2015-05-13T05:58:54Z")
There is something in the biblical tale of the anti-christ prophecy I think that describes how everyone on earth will “see” something within an hour. This was plainly impossible at the time, but it isn’t impossible NOW(T… --- ## [I've found my future assisted living facility](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-found-my-future-assisted-living-facility/719824)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2015, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-found-my-future-assisted-living-facility/719824 "2015-05-13T04:57:36Z")
Booze & hookers! A man in his 70’s lost his county subsidiary at the assisted living facility after they “found a prostitute underneath his bed.” The “man was a ‘more mobile gentleman’ who went on booze runs for his ne… --- ## [Quarantined!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quarantined/719819)
**Author:** [@funky\_little\_lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funky_little_lee)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2015, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quarantined/719819 "2015-05-13T01:58:19Z")
No, not my data, me! I’ve had this horrendous cough for about a week now, and over the weekend it got so bad I could barely breathe in while having these coughing fits that sounded like a train wrecking into a cannonbal… --- ## ["Something just fell out of me, can you check?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-just-fell-out-of-me-can-you-check/719900)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-just-fell-out-of-me-can-you-check/719900 "2015-05-13T00:11:28Z")
Woman has unexpected baby on trans-Pacific flight. Link from the CBC. --- ## [Did we learn nothing from "You bet your Aspercreme!"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-we-learn-nothing-from-you-bet-your-aspercreme/719547)
**Author:** [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-we-learn-nothing-from-you-bet-your-aspercreme/719547 "2015-05-13T00:09:07Z")
Rolaids: Kick Acid! They mitigate it at the end with “Kick Acid and gas too”, but still. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Free books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-books/719888)
**Author:** [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-books/719888 "2015-05-12T21:57:36Z")
Anyone like to read? I have these tomes lying around and will send them out to you if you want them. Just PM me an address. Take one or take all. Bruce Coville’s Book of Nightmares: Tales to Make You Scream http://www… --- ## [Customer from Hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customer-from-hell/719358)
**Author:** [@b3ard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/b3ard)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customer-from-hell/719358 "2015-05-12T18:33:39Z")
Anybody got a good customer from hell story? --- ## ["I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-proud-to-be-gay-and-i-consider-being-gay-among-the-greatest-gifts-god-has-given-me/702996)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-proud-to-be-gay-and-i-consider-being-gay-among-the-greatest-gifts-god-has-given-me/702996 "2015-05-12T17:55:24Z")
“Greatest gifts God has given me”? Really? :smack: So Tim Cook officially came out, though I don’t think it’s much of a surprise but good for him. That’s a pretty powerful successful person to look up to for kids that… --- ## [7.9-Magnitude Earthquake Near Kathmandu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-9-magnitude-earthquake-near-kathmandu/718519)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-9-magnitude-earthquake-near-kathmandu/718519 "2015-05-12T15:51:18Z")
Story here. That link says 7.8 magnitude, but I’ve heard it’s been upgraded to 7.9. More than 800 dead now, but the Kathmandu Valley is densely populated and buildings are old, so the death toll will certainly leap. The … --- ## [Help me plan a circumnavigation of the Great Lakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-a-circumnavigation-of-the-great-lakes/719495)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-a-circumnavigation-of-the-great-lakes/719495 "2015-05-12T01:26:05Z")
I plan to start around Duluth/Superior, go eastward across the top into Canada, and back west along the southern coasts. The only thing I want to skip is the western Lake Michigan coast in Illinois 'cause I grew up in t… --- ## [An 11 second shorter weekend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-11-second-shorter-weekend/719769)
**Author:** [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-11-second-shorter-weekend/719769 "2015-05-11T23:21:31Z")
If you live in the midwest your weekend was shortened by about 11 seconds. START of Time Correction “A”. At 05/10/2015 19:50 EST Time Error was -10.944 seconds. 21:00 EST Set Frequency to 60.02 HZ. MISO Shift Mana… --- ## [Area Mom Feels Free to Hang Out in the Men's Locker Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/area-mom-feels-free-to-hang-out-in-the-mens-locker-room/716069)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/area-mom-feels-free-to-hang-out-in-the-mens-locker-room/716069 "2015-05-11T23:00:43Z")
Oh, look: it’s a woman! :eek: I’ve come to this aquatic center to swim laps probably close to a thousand times over the past decade, never saw that before. How awkward, since I’m standing here at my locker just about … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=739) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=741)