# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=745 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 746 --- ## [Grammar: “the most basic OF network security rules” vs. “the most basic network security rules”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-the-most-basic-of-network-security-rules-vs-the-most-basic-network-security-rules/718805)
**Author:** [@Melia\_Antiqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melia_Antiqua)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-the-most-basic-of-network-security-rules-vs-the-most-basic-network-security-rules/718805 "2015-04-30T21:09:37Z")
Version 1: “You are making the job harder for us in the IT department every time you fail to follow the most basic of network security rules!” Version 2: “You are making the job harder for us in the IT department every … --- ## [Tomorrow's the day: back to biking to work.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrows-the-day-back-to-biking-to-work/718760)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrows-the-day-back-to-biking-to-work/718760 "2015-04-30T21:05:26Z")
After my hospital stay and frustratingly slow recovery, I spent a week working half days to regain my strength. Today I had a follow-up appointment with my GP, who said I’m coming along fine and, subject to weather, may … --- ## [My Tv cabinet is a heck of a resonating chamber aparently.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-cabinet-is-a-heck-of-a-resonating-chamber-aparently/718909)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-cabinet-is-a-heck-of-a-resonating-chamber-aparently/718909 "2015-04-30T17:35:07Z")
Another one of the weird things that freak you out for a bit just happened to me. I’m Working from home today suddenly I hear a clear, loud, BWUUUUUUUUUUUUM. BWUUUUUUUUUUUUM, BWUUUUUUUUUUUUM. It sounded like an alarm of… --- ## [Sarah Palin look alike porn star/stripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-look-alike-porn-star-stripper/632867)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-look-alike-porn-star-stripper/632867 "2015-04-30T16:03:11Z")
Anyone that goes for Palin’s naughty school teacher look will love Lisa Ann. She’s appearing in Tampa this week during the RNC. I suspect quite a few Republicans will catch her act. :smiley: She also did a film, Nailin… --- ## [State of the world got you down? Watch this.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-world-got-you-down-watch-this/718725)
**Author:** [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-world-got-you-down-watch-this/718725 "2015-04-30T15:13:08Z")
“89-year-old, Bryan Sperry, who played for The University of Kansas shortly after World War II, scores an INSPIRING touchdown at the ALUMNI flag-football game!” The pure joy on his face is going to carry me through the … --- ## [I'm so poor that...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716 "2015-04-30T14:48:24Z")
I can’t even afford to rent dirt. --- ## [Interested in a slightly used Star Destroyer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-a-slightly-used-star-destroyer/718173)
**Author:** [@Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fool_in_the_Rain)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-a-slightly-used-star-destroyer/718173 "2015-04-30T14:17:27Z")
If yes, check this out - he’s willing to let it go for less than 146 million credits. Imperial Star Destroyer HA! Instant Classic --- ## [CATS!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats/718652)
**Author:** [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2015, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats/718652 "2015-04-30T13:27:28Z")
A couple of years ago I bought the cats a new fluffy,soft fleece bed… They were horrified and walked around it with great suspicion… for 2 years:eek: This morning I found the tube of catnip and applied it to the bed… … --- ## [odd sex questions that starts with some sort of complaint about previous threads (edited title)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sex-questions-that-starts-with-some-sort-of-complaint-about-previous-threads-edited-title/718242)
**Author:** [@Umbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Umbridge)\ **Replies:** 317\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2015, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sex-questions-that-starts-with-some-sort-of-complaint-about-previous-threads-edited-title/718242 "2015-04-30T11:55:50Z")
I have beefs about treating things without equal consideration. On another forum, I posted an inquiry about whether or not the pelvic thrusting motion during sexual intercourse was required, and one moderator accused me … --- ## [Observations on cats and the squee constant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/observations-on-cats-and-the-squee-constant/718800)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2015, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/observations-on-cats-and-the-squee-constant/718800 "2015-04-30T00:28:08Z")
My calculations all show that the squee level for cats is a constant. Cats have zero squee resistance, and should therefore all cause the maximum possible level of squee (which we will label c, for cat). This is backed … --- ## [How on earth did I sleep for 20 hours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-on-earth-did-i-sleep-for-20-hours/482094)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-on-earth-did-i-sleep-for-20-hours/482094 "2015-04-29T20:22:28Z")
Saturday night ran…late. Alcohol was involved. I finally stumbled to bed about 7:00 AM Sunday. I woke up about 10:30 AM Sunday. Knew I should just get up. But I was still tired (surprise!) So I went back to sleep. … --- ## [These headlines are practically indistinguishable!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-headlines-are-practically-indistinguishable/718680)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-headlines-are-practically-indistinguishable/718680 "2015-04-29T15:46:39Z")
There’s a website that says it will bring together different slants on the news, so they’ll bring you the same story from the center, right, and left ideologically when they can. Can you guess which headlines are which? … --- ## [Driving 5 miles under the speed limit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-5-miles-under-the-speed-limit/718599)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-5-miles-under-the-speed-limit/718599 "2015-04-29T15:10:12Z")
(maybe this should be in IMHO) I want to do more to help the environment. One of the ways I thought to do this was to start driving 5 miles under the speed limit. I live on a rural divided highway on the outside of town… --- ## [Meet Marley (kitty photos!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-marley-kitty-photos/718532)
**Author:** [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2015, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-marley-kitty-photos/718532 "2015-04-29T11:25:38Z")
So… my catly number is back to 4. My kitten Nicky is now so big that he is larger than the two adults, and he’s only 7 months… do you guys remember when I said this little Siberian was going to be the size of a small moo… --- ## [Google's doodle for today (23 April): isn't the typewriter carriage going in the wrong direction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-doodle-for-today-23-april-isnt-the-typewriter-carriage-going-in-the-wrong-direction/718342)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2015, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-doodle-for-today-23-april-isnt-the-typewriter-carriage-going-in-the-wrong-direction/718342 "2015-04-29T08:24:05Z")
Today’s Google doodle is celebrating the 120th anniversary of the birth of Dame Ngaio Marsh, the New Zealand crime writer and theatre director. The doodle actually says 122nd anniversary, which is wrong, since Marsh was … --- ## [Spitfire Mk. I for sale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spitfire-mk-i-for-sale/718697)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2015, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spitfire-mk-i-for-sale/718697 "2015-04-29T05:26:16Z")
World War Two Spitfire sale could fetch £2.5m Last I checked a Spitfire would set you back two million dollars. But this one is a Mk. I, said to be one of only two in the world that has been restored to its original co… --- ## [Chinese Government cracking down on Strippers at Funerals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-government-cracking-down-on-strippers-at-funerals/718371)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2015, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-government-cracking-down-on-strippers-at-funerals/718371 "2015-04-29T01:45:08Z")
If we can’t have strippers at our funerals, then the terrorists have already won! I think I’d like to have strippers at my funeral, just so that the ushers can ask the mourners if they could kick in some extra bucks… --- ## [Wikipedia Disambiguations You Don't Want to See](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-disambiguations-you-dont-want-to-see/718616)
**Author:** [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-disambiguations-you-dont-want-to-see/718616 "2015-04-28T23:55:03Z")
Just wanted a place to share this. “This article is about the 1982 massacre. For the 1985–88 events, see …” Anyone seen others? (It’s okay to be funny too.) --- ## [Why does no one seem to make a BBQ scented candle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-no-one-seem-to-make-a-bbq-scented-candle/718611)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-no-one-seem-to-make-a-bbq-scented-candle/718611 "2015-04-28T20:43:13Z")
Blueberries and pumpkin spice and pine needles and ‘the rain’ are nice and all but with all the fragrant candles, potpourri, liquids, wax, oils, etc. I have not seen anyone selling something that smells like an outdoor B… --- ## [Elephant Bird Egg up for Auction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephant-bird-egg-up-for-auction/718741)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephant-bird-egg-up-for-auction/718741 "2015-04-28T19:53:27Z")
I didn’t even know there were any Aepyornis eggs left intact Anyone considering buying it ought to read H.G. wells’ story Aepyornis Island first --- ## [Tiny Cows and Printed Meat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-cows-and-printed-meat/718647)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-cows-and-printed-meat/718647 "2015-04-28T19:22:12Z")
I mentioned tiny cows in another thread and that got me thinking… I believe you’ll agree that, as a general rule, people feel more badly about killing large animals than they do about smaller animals. Maybe it’s because… --- ## [Is it weird being mainly a lurker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-weird-being-mainly-a-lurker/718248)
**Author:** [@Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phedre_no_Delaunay)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-weird-being-mainly-a-lurker/718248 "2015-04-28T15:26:44Z")
I’ve been reading here since 2002 and registered since 2003 and yet have only a couple hundred posts. I mainly lurk around and just read (and laugh! Gosh, y’all can tell some funny stories!). Is that really weird? I … --- ## [High winds blow train off bridge in New Orleans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-winds-blow-train-off-bridge-in-new-orleans/718698)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-winds-blow-train-off-bridge-in-new-orleans/718698 "2015-04-28T14:32:36Z")
Video Hi winds blew a train off of the Huey P. Long Bridge in New Orleans. The cars were empty and did not contain hazardous waste. There were no injuries. The reporter who captured it on video tells his tale: --- ## [Everyone's a winner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyones-a-winner/718557)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2015, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyones-a-winner/718557 "2015-04-28T04:49:53Z")
Apgar aka China bambina #3 aka my youngest twin took part in her first Special Olympics today at 10 years of age. First time for the King County (greater Seattle area) to host a Special Olympics. Good stuff. Got two silv… --- ## [I'd love to participate in this kind of study](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-love-to-participate-in-this-kind-of-study/718602)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2015, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-love-to-participate-in-this-kind-of-study/718602 "2015-04-28T04:18:37Z")
The thread about the effects of bad teachers got me to thinking about why I had so much trouble with algebra. I’d love to participate in a study where the researchers look for reasons people have trouble learning algebr… --- ## [Stupid Things You Never Expected To Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-you-never-expected-to-do/718239)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2015, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-you-never-expected-to-do/718239 "2015-04-28T03:47:29Z")
For instance: Walking down the sidewalk and a car passes by - honking to say “Hello”. You turn your head, raise your arm to wave… …and promptly walk into a telephone pole. :smack: --- ## [I am disappoint (book sales)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-disappoint-book-sales/717912)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-disappoint-book-sales/717912 "2015-04-28T02:02:37Z")
My second book (it’s been out for about 7 weeks) hasn’t caught on like I hoped it would. I’ve mostly marketed (if you could call it that) on social media and various message boards (including this one!). The first book… --- ## [The Feathered (half) Dozen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feathered-half-dozen/689141)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2015, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feathered-half-dozen/689141 "2015-04-28T01:59:27Z")
My backyard chickens are coming along well, five are around four weeks old and I added a sixth chick that’s around three and a half or so, they’re around 75% feathered, and they are starting to show some distinct and uni… --- ## [Baby Pigeon photo on io9](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-pigeon-photo-on-io9/718608)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2015, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-pigeon-photo-on-io9/718608 "2015-04-28T01:45:50Z")
--- ## [Spelling Albuquerque](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-albuquerque/718501)
**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-albuquerque/718501 "2015-04-27T23:08:03Z")
I wonder how many Albuquerqians are not able to spell the name of the city they live in correctly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=744) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=746)