# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=744 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 745 --- ## [There are stories to be told](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-stories-to-be-told/719052)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-stories-to-be-told/719052 "2015-05-02T17:47:18Z")
I visit a nearby VA medical clinic occasionally as the need arises and for periodic checkups. While I was in the waiting room today, a total stranger about my age came out of the lab area to meet his wife. He made eye … --- ## [My phone won't recognize my MicroSD card. What do I do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-phone-wont-recognize-my-microsd-card-what-do-i-do/718766)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-phone-wont-recognize-my-microsd-card-what-do-i-do/718766 "2015-05-02T17:34:04Z")
I have an android phone with a 64GB MicroSD card. I have had the phone/card for a little over 2 years now. I’ve noticed in the last few months sometimes when I hook my phone to my PC to add/remove media files the phone … --- ## [I wish companies would actually learn labor laws](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-companies-would-actually-learn-labor-laws/719053)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-companies-would-actually-learn-labor-laws/719053 "2015-05-02T16:57:46Z")
I’ve noticed that an awful lot of companies and HR departments don’t really know the laws regarding various aspects of labor, such as lunch breaks. It seems like each company has a different policy regarding lunch break… --- ## [Practice Risk Assessment-or I formally admit defeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-risk-assessment-or-i-formally-admit-defeat/719073)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-risk-assessment-or-i-formally-admit-defeat/719073 "2015-05-02T16:56:26Z")
As part of that wonderful thing known as meaningful use (in order to get money from the government for my medical practice transitioning to an electronic record), I am required to do a security assessment and I decided t… --- ## [I am really, truly ready to lose my mind and off myself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-really-truly-ready-to-lose-my-mind-and-off-myself/718926)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-really-truly-ready-to-lose-my-mind-and-off-myself/718926 "2015-05-02T16:40:43Z")
I am on the verge of having a nervous breakdown after today. Ok, here’s the story: I have been unemployed for a long while and finally, finally, FINALLY landed a job - a GOOD job two weeks ago, via a job placement agency… --- ## [Scientist discover what a tortilla sounds like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientist-discover-what-a-tortilla-sounds-like/719099)
**Author:** [@luvdahaze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luvdahaze)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientist-discover-what-a-tortilla-sounds-like/719099 "2015-05-02T14:18:08Z")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc9luzjqj88 --- ## [Australian English](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-english/718128)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-english/718128 "2015-05-02T14:00:42Z")
I’m taking a “me day” today and am watching mundane pointless afternoon television. So, “Boarder Security: Australia’s Front Line” is on. A couple of things I noticed. There’s a California valley girl rising at the en… --- ## [U.S. Spends Hundreds of Millions on Ebola Treated Centers--Which Are Used by 28 Patients](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-spends-hundreds-of-millions-on-ebola-treated-centers-which-are-used-by-28-patients/717518)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-spends-hundreds-of-millions-on-ebola-treated-centers-which-are-used-by-28-patients/717518 "2015-05-02T06:11:59Z")
What a massive waste! Surely someone should have seen the changing situation and stopped the construction. --- ## [Kitty Lovers, grab your tissues (pics included)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-lovers-grab-your-tissues-pics-included/719014)
**Author:** [@Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fool_in_the_Rain)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-lovers-grab-your-tissues-pics-included/719014 "2015-05-02T04:59:17Z")
Further proof that there are good people in the world: Grieving Mama Cat Who Lost All Three Babies Matched With Three Abandoned Kittens --- ## [check out this sweet Triniton they had at the thrift store today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-sweet-triniton-they-had-at-the-thrift-store-today/718653)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-sweet-triniton-they-had-at-the-thrift-store-today/718653 "2015-05-02T04:47:45Z")
tempting, but I already have several TVs and I don’t know where I’d put this --- ## [What did happen to the fireflies of Montreal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-happen-to-the-fireflies-of-montreal/718978)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-happen-to-the-fireflies-of-montreal/718978 "2015-05-02T03:38:56Z")
Just wondering. Habitat loss? Pollution? Explosion in the firefly-eating predator population? Didn’t seem GQ-worthy, though. Also, if any of you feel like rambling about fireflies in general, that might be nice, otherw… --- ## [So your kid goes missing for 3 days...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-your-kid-goes-missing-for-3-days/718911)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-your-kid-goes-missing-for-3-days/718911 "2015-05-02T00:40:39Z")
Don’t worry they were just successful at completing the Game of 72! I couldn’t find any instances of this occurring in the US, but from the article it sounds like a thing in France. Basically, hide from everyone for … --- ## [Inappropriate things that your teachers said and did....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-things-that-your-teachers-said-and-did/702282)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-things-that-your-teachers-said-and-did/702282 "2015-05-02T00:23:02Z")
…but you were too young to realize In 6th grade, we had an English teacher who was beloved by his students (mostly because the whole class was a big party with ridiculously easy tests). Anyway, he would often pick on… --- ## [Bring Me Methane : Heartland Braves Vatican Assassins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-me-methane-heartland-braves-vatican-assassins/718929)
**Author:** [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-me-methane-heartland-braves-vatican-assassins/718929 "2015-05-01T23:27:39Z")
Unbearably provoked by the Pope’s gathering of dignitaries to discuss Climate Change, the Heartland Institute has crashed the party, poor lonely rebels prepared to speak truth to power. “The Heartland Institute,” it… --- ## [Hitler's Rant, My Father](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-rant-my-father/718563)
**Author:** [@Kamakiri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamakiri)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2015, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-rant-my-father/718563 "2015-05-01T20:32:04Z")
Observations on what happened on or around 70 years ago today (sorry, it rambles a bit): This month precisely 70 years ago, April, 1945, Berlin had been breached by the Russians and two weeks from now there would be Vic… --- ## [Failed one hour gestational diabetes screen. Have 3 hour tomorrow. FREAKING OUT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-one-hour-gestational-diabetes-screen-have-3-hour-tomorrow-freaking-out/718734)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-one-hour-gestational-diabetes-screen-have-3-hour-tomorrow-freaking-out/718734 "2015-05-01T19:53:23Z")
I’m going to be 28 weeks pregnant on Thursday, due mid-July. Last week, I took the one hour screening test for gestational diabetes, and failed it (sugar between 130 and 140 one hour after drinking the glucose drink). … --- ## [Messing with Apple's TouchID...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/messing-with-apples-touchid/718956)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/messing-with-apples-touchid/718956 "2015-05-01T19:32:09Z")
Now that I’ve upgraded to an iPhone 6, I’ve been deliberately been trying to confuse the TouchID system, by seeing if I can get non-fingerprints to unlock the phone… Toes; yes, they work Tip of the nose; plausible, get… --- ## [Mozilla Thunderbird and AVG Experts, I Need Your Help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-thunderbird-and-avg-experts-i-need-your-help/718961)
**Author:** [@Clothilde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothilde)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-thunderbird-and-avg-experts-i-need-your-help/718961 "2015-05-01T19:29:26Z")
For any of you who are experts in both Thunderbird and AVG, I could really use your assistance. I ran an AVG scan the other day, and it identified a trojan virus in an email. It put the thing into the virus vault. Wha… --- ## [Rubella completely eliminated in the Americas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubella-completely-eliminated-in-the-americas/718917)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubella-completely-eliminated-in-the-americas/718917 "2015-05-01T16:54:39Z")
Rubella is done for, at least on this half of the world. I’m sure this great news is entirely due to juice cleanses and eliminating gluten. --- ## [Message from my cable provider](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-from-my-cable-provider/718910)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-from-my-cable-provider/718910 "2015-05-01T15:45:45Z")
Today, I got a letter from my cable provider. On the envelope it said: BEWARE OF UNBELLIEVABLE PROMISES. On the inside it said: DO FALSE PROMISES RING A BELL? BEWARE OF UNBELLIEVABLE PROMISES. The letter goes on to… --- ## [Long term effects of "bad" teachers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-term-effects-of-bad-teachers/718567)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-term-effects-of-bad-teachers/718567 "2015-05-01T14:56:38Z")
This is in response to the thread “Inappropriate things that your teachers said and did…”. It looks like pretty much everyone over the age of 30 has had some “bad” teacher experiences with the worse happening probably p… --- ## [Innovative way to Get Rid of Ugly Potholes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innovative-way-to-get-rid-of-ugly-potholes/718987)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innovative-way-to-get-rid-of-ugly-potholes/718987 "2015-05-01T14:14:53Z")
http://news.yahoo.com/clever-street-artist-draws-anatomically-correct-body-part-003828779.html One must hope that this doesn’t inspire the Brits to pave over the Cerne Abbes Giant There’s a picture on the cited page… --- ## [Some jackass hijacked my school's network](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-jackass-hijacked-my-schools-network/718705)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-jackass-hijacked-my-schools-network/718705 "2015-05-01T13:22:34Z")
Beginning in the early hours of Sunday morning (Beijing time), the school network got hijacked by a redirect virus. The jackass responsible for doing this, of course, decided to use a page that seems to be legitmate as t… --- ## [Just had my second job interview....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-my-second-job-interview/718921)
**Author:** [@NightfallBliss43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NightfallBliss43)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2015, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-my-second-job-interview/718921 "2015-05-01T06:11:38Z")
In my life. So, I’m a really nervous person, very passive, and I kinda wanted some thoughts on job interviews, maybe your experiences? My first one got me hired. I found out later they were REALLY desperate for the posit… --- ## [What age does this voice sound to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-age-does-this-voice-sound-to-you/718953)
**Author:** [@edwardcoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwardcoast)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2015, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-age-does-this-voice-sound-to-you/718953 "2015-05-01T04:15:11Z")
Hi. This is a link to an audio file. It’s short, please listen to it and tell me what age the voice sounds to you. Thanks! Click the “download” button. If you get a dialogue to sign in and you don’t have a dropbox accou… --- ## [Can you win at anything if you practise hard enough? (BBC News story)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-win-at-anything-if-you-practise-hard-enough-bbc-news-story/718786)
**Author:** [@Teach-me-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teach-me-not)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-win-at-anything-if-you-practise-hard-enough-bbc-news-story/718786 "2015-05-01T02:08:28Z")
A colleague forwarded this article today. Hats off to Mr Sam Priestley for participating in the experiment. Quote from the article (by a former Commonwealth TT champion): It’s encouraging news (to most of us) that the… --- ## [Today (1 May) is the 175th anniversary of the first adhesive postage stamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-1-may-is-the-175th-anniversary-of-the-first-adhesive-postage-stamp/718943)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2015, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-1-may-is-the-175th-anniversary-of-the-first-adhesive-postage-stamp/718943 "2015-05-01T01:04:36Z")
According to Google…and of course it’s the Penny Black, issued on 1 May 1840 in the UK, featuring the profile of Queen Victoria. The initial print run was fairly large (68,808,000 stamps), so many specimens of the Penny… --- ## [Quake in L. A.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-in-l-a/718898)
**Author:** [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-in-l-a/718898 "2015-05-01T00:41:32Z")
BOOOmp!rattlerattle. Here in Carson, no less! Nodamage or injuries. --- ## [Switching Bodies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-bodies/717973)
**Author:** [@Lewis47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lewis47)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-bodies/717973 "2015-05-01T00:38:18Z")
What if it were possible for people to switch bodies with each other either by mutual agreement or against someone’s will? What scenarios could occur? Someone could secretly become another person’s significant other o… --- ## [BBC say weight loss is diet not exercise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-say-weight-loss-is-diet-not-exercise/718438)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-say-weight-loss-is-diet-not-exercise/718438 "2015-04-30T22:30:55Z")
BBC say weight loss is diet not exercise. It says, direct quote: “Physical activity has little role in tackling obesity”. Beyond that the article lacks facts or and specifics and just makes claims like “Doctors now say” … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=743) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=745)