# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=742 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 743 --- ## [Diverticulitis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diverticulitis/694245)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2015, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diverticulitis/694245 "2015-05-08T15:58:11Z")
I’m sure some of you are familiar with it. Anyone care to share their thoughts? I’m particularly interested in hearing from those of you afflicted with this hideous illness and how you manage it. I landed in the ER last… --- ## [Lego Store Detains 11 Year Old for Shopping Without an Adult](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-store-detains-11-year-old-for-shopping-without-an-adult/719337)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2015, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-store-detains-11-year-old-for-shopping-without-an-adult/719337 "2015-05-08T12:41:36Z")
But naturally they didn’t have this age limit listed on their door. When I was young the only places which had age limits were taverns. Stores were quite willing to take the money of younger buyers. Anyone else think t… --- ## [How not to catch a mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-not-to-catch-a-mouse/719357)
**Author:** [@trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trapezoidal_jellyfish)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2015, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-not-to-catch-a-mouse/719357 "2015-05-08T08:33:53Z")
This is an educational post about one of the many incorrect ways to catch a mouse. Step 1: Buy one of those traps that encloses the dead creature inside a plastic box. Step 2: Leave the trap in the corner of your bedro… --- ## [Camera mania](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camera-mania/718069)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camera-mania/718069 "2015-05-08T04:38:39Z")
I said in another thread a friend ‘hired’ me to work on his upcoming film. (He paid for my airline tickets.) And now I have camera fever. My Aaton LTR-54 super-16 camera had an issue with one of the magazines. I met … --- ## [Little things that bug you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2015, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187 "2015-05-08T03:17:07Z")
So my husband and I joined a gym, called Planet Fitness, mainly because it’s open 24 hours, and on his way home from work (and I can bike there). It’s a national chain, but I don’t know if they use the same slogans natio… --- ## [Don't underestimate someone because of a disability.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-underestimate-someone-because-of-a-disability/719494)
**Author:** [@ArztWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArztWolf)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-underestimate-someone-because-of-a-disability/719494 "2015-05-07T21:50:01Z")
http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/central/orem/reed-s-story-what-s-the-potential-of-the-developmentally/article\_3d832bb1-85e5-50ca-8c88-5fcbace33f1f.html I love stories like this. :smiley: --- ## [Selling a house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-house/719485)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-house/719485 "2015-05-07T20:43:47Z")
My condo has been on the market for nearly a month now. I’ve had a good amount of interest and two offers, but the first was canceled at the last minute and the second is about to fall through due to “buyer unable to pe… --- ## [Calling All Cops: Give us your stories of non-cooperation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-cops-give-us-your-stories-of-non-cooperation/719336)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-cops-give-us-your-stories-of-non-cooperation/719336 "2015-05-07T20:16:13Z")
With the news all ablaze with stories of police brutality, I’d like to hear from the front line - the front blue line. What are the statistics on non-cooperation by those being approached by police (once in a blue moon,… --- ## [Homeopathy makes me stabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeopathy-makes-me-stabby/719083)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeopathy-makes-me-stabby/719083 "2015-05-07T19:21:28Z")
There is no damn doubt herbs can contain chemicals that effect the human body, try some opium poppies or hemlock if you doubt that. I’m sure massages and adjustments from a chiro at least have a possibility of helping b… --- ## [To Our Ancestors: Thank You for Beating the Earth Like a Rented Mule into Submission](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-our-ancestors-thank-you-for-beating-the-earth-like-a-rented-mule-into-submission/719390)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-our-ancestors-thank-you-for-beating-the-earth-like-a-rented-mule-into-submission/719390 "2015-05-07T18:46:32Z")
I got a new car recently and I’ve been taking road trips around the state just for the pleasure of seeing what I can see. And I have to say – I like it. It looks rather like a well-tended garden. I imagine that from s… --- ## ["I'm so rich that I...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-rich-that-i/718409)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-rich-that-i/718409 "2015-05-07T16:50:03Z")
…have gold-leaf toilet paper. That’s right. I wipe my ass with gold." --- ## [A metaphysical question to ponder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-metaphysical-question-to-ponder/719412)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-metaphysical-question-to-ponder/719412 "2015-05-07T15:11:53Z")
My wife and I met in high school (in algebra class, to be exact). We dated then, broke up, dated more in college, broke up, dated after college, broke up. Finally, when we were both in our mid-twenties, we got together a… --- ## [How is it possible to get pericoronitis after your wisdom teeth are already out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-possible-to-get-pericoronitis-after-your-wisdom-teeth-are-already-out/719451)
**Author:** [@sara20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sara20)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-possible-to-get-pericoronitis-after-your-wisdom-teeth-are-already-out/719451 "2015-05-07T13:46:46Z")
Before I got my impacted wisdom teeth taken out 3 years ago I would get Pericoronitis in the spot where my lower wisdom teeth were buried. Afterwards I still got it a couple times, and yesterday I got it again. There are… --- ## [Inconsiderate People.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconsiderate-people/719194)
**Author:** [@Chicago\_Faucet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicago_Faucet)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconsiderate-people/719194 "2015-05-07T13:41:35Z")
I’m just so annoyed at inconsiderate people. And, it is happening so frequently lately, that I am becoming more sensitive to it - actually expecting it to happen. They say that if you want patience, you don’t ask for p… --- ## [Apple TV owners: check out the ABC News channel for its history...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-tv-owners-check-out-the-abc-news-channel-for-its-history/719462)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2015, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-tv-owners-check-out-the-abc-news-channel-for-its-history/719462 "2015-05-07T08:03:23Z")
One of the most interesting features of any Apple TV channel is, IMO, in the ABC News channel: their “This Week in History” section, archives of significant news stories from that week as originally broadcast by ABC. For… --- ## [Legal quote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-quote/719362)
**Author:** [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2015, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-quote/719362 "2015-05-07T06:29:49Z")
I recall a quote from, I believe, a Supreme Court justice describing the doctrine of res ipse loquitur and explaining that in some tort cases it is unnecessary to show negligence because it is obvious. “The Thing Itself … --- ## [Florida woman uses online pizza order to get out of hostage situation.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-woman-uses-online-pizza-order-to-get-out-of-hostage-situation/719393)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2015, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-woman-uses-online-pizza-order-to-get-out-of-hostage-situation/719393 "2015-05-07T05:24:33Z")
Good for her! --- ## [I need some excel help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-excel-help/719386)
**Author:** [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-excel-help/719386 "2015-05-07T03:26:04Z")
excel 3013. New installation running Win 7. I save a worksheet, to my desktop. Then the next day I reopen the worksheet and it appears blank. No grid lines, no text. But if I select the correct cell (they are ther… --- ## [Butt-Nekkid. But Patriotic!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-nekkid-but-patriotic/719281)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-nekkid-but-patriotic/719281 "2015-05-06T22:57:46Z")
Oh, my. My-my-my. The things that happen in small towns. Naked things. Springtime is Silly Season, in the South. --- ## [Unrequited Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love/712874)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love/712874 "2015-05-06T22:37:33Z")
This is going to sound horribly creepy, but I don’t have any other place to say this. But I have to say it. I’ve been here since 2003, so I hope at least some of you sort of know me, and won’t judge me too harshly. – I… --- ## [You could have done more to stop the robbery..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-could-have-done-more-to-stop-the-robbery/719319)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-could-have-done-more-to-stop-the-robbery/719319 "2015-05-06T21:28:20Z")
…so you’re fired!!! Over the past few years there have been several incidents of employees stepping up to stop robberies or shoplifting and have been subsequently dismissed for violating company policies which are to no… --- ## [56 years later they caught him!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/56-years-later-they-caught-him/719338)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/56-years-later-they-caught-him/719338 "2015-05-06T20:48:03Z")
A 23 year old man escaped from an Ohio prison in 1959. He was recently found living in Melbourne, FL. He had served 7 months of 20 year sentence when he escaped. He is 79 currently. He will be extradited back to Oh… --- ## [what's going on with him? so confused](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-him-so-confused/719021)
**Author:** [@mojones1988](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mojones1988)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-him-so-confused/719021 "2015-05-06T19:42:06Z")
Not sure if this is the correct thread or not but any who I know this is super long. Sorry! So i thought me and this guy were just friends with benefits but now I’m confused by how he’s acting. We met in November but d… --- ## [Just encountered y first click beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-encountered-y-first-click-beetle/719208)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-encountered-y-first-click-beetle/719208 "2015-05-06T19:27:01Z")
My wife was hearing a tapping sound coming from a box of Truvia on top of our microwave. I opened the box, and inside was a little bug with headlights that made a “click” sound as it jumped a couple of inches into the ai… --- ## [That's it, I'm forfeiting the security deposit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-it-im-forfeiting-the-security-deposit/719365)
**Author:** [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-it-im-forfeiting-the-security-deposit/719365 "2015-05-06T18:51:00Z")
So I’m moving and the truck shows up in about five hours from right now. And, of course, time has caught up with me, because why else would I be posting at 3:45 AM? I’m still not quite finished packing, as there are sti… --- ## [Do women know about shrinkage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-know-about-shrinkage/719297)
**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-know-about-shrinkage/719297 "2015-05-06T11:04:43Z")
This question, of course, was famously raised by George Costanza in Seinfeld (→ Youtube clip). But what does science say? What’s the percentage of individuals with two X chromosomes who know about shrinkage? --- ## [Glenn Dennis is dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-dennis-is-dead/719361)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-dennis-is-dead/719361 "2015-05-06T06:10:21Z")
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/s3784006.shtml He was one of the last remaining residents of the area from 1947. --- ## [I can't replace my cat Vincent... But I found Nemo!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-replace-my-cat-vincent-but-i-found-nemo/719260)
**Author:** [@mage-girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mage-girl)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-replace-my-cat-vincent-but-i-found-nemo/719260 "2015-05-06T04:25:51Z")
My handsome and extremely special kitty, Vincent, passed away on April 12 due to CKD. Since then I have been in terrible grief. Since I am disabled, I am home quite a bit. Besides my mother, Vincent was my most consisten… --- ## [A Mother's Tragic Loss of Her 17-yo Son - A Gun Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mothers-tragic-loss-of-her-17-yo-son-a-gun-accident/719015)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mothers-tragic-loss-of-her-17-yo-son-a-gun-accident/719015 "2015-05-06T01:14:25Z")
This is neither mundane nor pointless. It’s tragic, utterly, crushingly tragic. My heart aches for my friend Nancy and I cannot imagine her despairing grief. Her 17-yo son Kevin died suddenly and accidentally. It was a g… --- ## [Student Fails To Hack Into Computer, Sets It On Fire Instead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-fails-to-hack-into-computer-sets-it-on-fire-instead/719249)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-fails-to-hack-into-computer-sets-it-on-fire-instead/719249 "2015-05-05T23:32:30Z")
I wonder if if was a computer science test… :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=741) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=743)