# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=750 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 751 --- ## [Scam attempt averted!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-attempt-averted/717280)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-attempt-averted/717280 "2015-04-11T13:11:58Z")
I use a skybox service called Irie Express, basically they give you a PO box in Miami so you can order stuff from US sellers online, which is then put on a flight to Trinidad. The bonus is that this expedites things, hav… --- ## [Sky-high electrical bills. Can't figure out what's wrong.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-high-electrical-bills-cant-figure-out-whats-wrong/717334)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-high-electrical-bills-cant-figure-out-whats-wrong/717334 "2015-04-11T11:51:18Z")
I’ve gotten utility bills telling me I’m using vast quantities of electricity. Sometimes these bills run into hundreds of dollars per month. One bill claimed I used over 2,300 KwH in one month alone. I live by myself in… --- ## [There is one good thing about the pedo paranoia in the USA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-one-good-thing-about-the-pedo-paranoia-in-the-usa/717104)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-one-good-thing-about-the-pedo-paranoia-in-the-usa/717104 "2015-04-11T11:14:37Z")
There are a ton of posts on this board about adult men feeling uncomfortable being around kids worried they will be accused of being a pedo, getting nasty looks from moms if they dare go to a public park where kids play,… --- ## [Can someone help me find this image of New York City?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-me-find-this-image-of-new-york-city/717301)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-me-find-this-image-of-new-york-city/717301 "2015-04-11T10:22:13Z")
Apologies if this is the wrong forum. I kinda guessed and this seemed like the best bet. I am a longtime fan of Northern Exposure, the old CBS comedy-ish program. For most of the series Fleischman had a poster of New Yo… --- ## [Sad news from my daughter in school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-news-from-my-daughter-in-school/717019)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-news-from-my-daughter-in-school/717019 "2015-04-11T05:48:23Z")
We just got some bad news from kayla. This afternoon, she was notified that she did not pass her audition for a spot in the musical theatre program at Marymount Manhattan. She’s pretty heartbroken about it, and now has … --- ## [Ambiguity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambiguity/717399)
**Author:** [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambiguity/717399 "2015-04-11T05:44:43Z")
How do you cope with ambiguity? How do you deal with the knowledge that not everyone can be right, and that in fact, everyone is wrong. Especially you. How do you get by knowing that this paradigm will be supplanted by a… --- ## [NASA scientist predicts we'll find "definitive evidence" of life outside our planet.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-scientist-predicts-well-find-definitive-evidence-of-life-outside-our-planet/717286)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-scientist-predicts-well-find-definitive-evidence-of-life-outside-our-planet/717286 "2015-04-11T01:17:05Z")
Strong indications of life beyond Earth within a decade, definitive evidence within 2 to 3 decades. Interesting. She goes on to say this will probably be microbes, not little green men. So said Ellen Stofan, NASA… --- ## [The Arizona legislature has passed a bag ban ban](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arizona-legislature-has-passed-a-bag-ban-ban/717118)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arizona-legislature-has-passed-a-bag-ban-ban/717118 "2015-04-11T00:25:30Z")
The Arizona state legislature has passed a bag ban ban- a law banning cities and counties from banning single-use plastic bags at stores. Will someone pass a bag ban ban ban next? I’d be happier if the bags were less f… --- ## [April Fool's joke about being pregnant - would you find this offensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-joke-about-being-pregnant-would-you-find-this-offensive/716440)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-joke-about-being-pregnant-would-you-find-this-offensive/716440 "2015-04-11T00:04:57Z")
I read something on Facebook that says you shouldn’t post an April Fool’s joke saying you’re pregnant when you’re not “just in case” someone on your friend’s list is going through IVF, or just miscarried, or for some oth… --- ## [On the subject of when the pizza guys don't deliver](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-subject-of-when-the-pizza-guys-dont-deliver/716327)
**Author:** [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-subject-of-when-the-pizza-guys-dont-deliver/716327 "2015-04-10T23:53:48Z")
One of adaher’s links in the SRIOTD thread in the BBQ pit centered around businesses refusing service to certain addresses or neighborhoods, or in the extreme example, cab drivers just refusing to pick up black persons a… --- ## [I can't post about it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-post-about-it/717372)
**Author:** [@Paxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paxx)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-post-about-it/717372 "2015-04-10T22:58:00Z")
Nope, there’s too much to dispute, too much to discuss. I can’t talk about all of it so I can’t post about any of it. And you can’t make me. So there! :stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [What People Don't Know Won't Harm Them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-people-dont-know-wont-harm-them/717322)
**Author:** [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-people-dont-know-wont-harm-them/717322 "2015-04-10T22:55:45Z")
Elsewhere I mentioned most modern political practice is inspired by bolshevism and still wlsewhere I referenced Ars Technica today. Just shut up ! Shut your fucking mouth ! Don’t you dare say a fucking word ! Everyon… --- ## [When did the Nigerian scam become the Burkina Faso scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-nigerian-scam-become-the-burkina-faso-scam/717177)
**Author:** [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-nigerian-scam-become-the-burkina-faso-scam/717177 "2015-04-10T19:24:07Z")
For several years I’ve been collecting the more interesting of the dozens and dozens of 419 scam-ish letters that wash up in my Hotmail Inbox. I don’t mess with the people that send them, I just collect them. There seem … --- ## [Building your own camera crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-your-own-camera-crane/716772)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-your-own-camera-crane/716772 "2015-04-10T14:37:01Z")
I just received a bunch of issues of Starlog’s Cinemagic magazines from the late-'70s/early-'80s. Included in this lot is Issue #16. ‘So what?’ you say? Well, this is one of the issues I had back in 1982. And it cont… --- ## [How does your state rank...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-state-rank/717249)
**Author:** [@Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fool_in_the_Rain)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2015, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-state-rank/717249 "2015-04-10T13:15:08Z")
According to Wallethub.com’s report - 2015’s Best & Worst States to be a Taxpayer? Rhode Island is abyssmal at 48th, and as usual ranks near or at the bottom of all important rankings. It’s really depressing when you se… --- ## [Sarcastic people are smarter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarcastic-people-are-smarter/717070)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2015, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarcastic-people-are-smarter/717070 "2015-04-10T13:03:37Z")
Link here. Oh sure. When you do it, it’s “being smart.” When I do it, it’s a “bad attitude.” --- ## [IRS rejected our taxes because they've already been filed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irs-rejected-our-taxes-because-theyve-already-been-filed/715623)
**Author:** [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irs-rejected-our-taxes-because-theyve-already-been-filed/715623 "2015-04-10T02:06:40Z")
Looks like we’ve become victims of identity theft. I filed our taxes electronically via TurboTax, but they were rejected because a return has already been accepted from the IRS for our SSN. Luckily, we owed money, so i… --- ## [Do queen bees give drone bees blowjobs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-queen-bees-give-drone-bees-blowjobs/716879)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-queen-bees-give-drone-bees-blowjobs/716879 "2015-04-09T17:04:49Z")
Basically do they engage in other types of sexual behavior as well, besides standard intercourse, like humans? Are there any other animals that do? --- ## [The Return of the Brontosaurus!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-brontosaurus/717036)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2015, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-brontosaurus/717036 "2015-04-09T11:50:42Z")
Apparently the skeletons originally designated Brontosaurus, then later re-classified as the already-named Apatosaurus, have now been found to differ in so many details that they’re considering re-naming it Brontosaurus: … --- ## [A Flying Bicycle.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-flying-bicycle/717144)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2015, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-flying-bicycle/717144 "2015-04-09T05:05:56Z")
I’m not certain if this is real. It’s best if watched in order. --- ## [I must apologize](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-apologize/716965)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2015, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-apologize/716965 "2015-04-09T00:28:32Z")
In this posting (“Go in, stow your stuff, and sit the fuck down!”) in the Pit, I expressed my rant in very racist, bigotted terms. I was extremely pissed off at the time (a reason, but definitely not an excuse) and poste… --- ## [I'm scared.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-scared/716696)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-scared/716696 "2015-04-08T22:15:21Z")
Back in hospital yesterday. Blood sugar okay but everything eley sucjs. On antibiotics. Gastrointestinal distress ongoing. Don’t know what to do. Feel like my body is breaking. Scared. Don’t want kids to see me like th… --- ## [Could this be Oregon's first house. Built before Lewis & Clark expedition.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-be-oregons-first-house-built-before-lewis-clark-expedition/716977)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-be-oregons-first-house-built-before-lewis-clark-expedition/716977 "2015-04-08T21:25:56Z")
I’ve worked in construction and have a lifelong interest in carpentry. This is quite a find. Notice how well cut those timbers are. That’s more like dimensional lumber than logs. That type of work was common in the Col… --- ## [The traveller who fell down a volcano, missed his boat twice, and crossed a military zone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-traveller-who-fell-down-a-volcano-missed-his-boat-twice-and-crossed-a-military-zone/717131)
**Author:** [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-traveller-who-fell-down-a-volcano-missed-his-boat-twice-and-crossed-a-military-zone/717131 "2015-04-08T21:11:28Z")
A rather amusing blog post about the time one bloke fell off a volcano. If you’ve read it - is it just me or are Kim and Garth dicks? They didn’t call back to him when they realised he hadn’t caught up with them, or wai… --- ## [Friggen amazing, support for Memories Pizza](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friggen-amazing-support-for-memories-pizza/716750)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2015, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friggen-amazing-support-for-memories-pizza/716750 "2015-04-08T20:49:40Z")
Memories Pizza, the pizzaria that “won’t serve pizza at SS weddings” gets outpouring of support. This is the pizzaria mentioned with respect to the Indiana Religious Freedom legislation. So far $814,751 of $200k Min… --- ## [Quality Tme](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-tme/717137)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-tme/717137 "2015-04-08T17:48:40Z")
I just took the afternoon off from the workplace. I plan on doing nothing, nada, maybe even taking a nap. You all can join me if you want, but don’t expect much from me. :cool: --- ## [Honk~honkhonk!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honk-honkhonk/716897)
**Author:** [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honk-honkhonk/716897 "2015-04-08T16:19:41Z")
My next door neighbor’s daughter came to pick her up. She stayed in the car and honked until her mother ran out the door and down the sidewalk. Not my business,but why would anyone do that? It’s not like she’s standin… --- ## [Imploding Ideas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imploding-ideas/716885)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imploding-ideas/716885 "2015-04-08T15:14:31Z")
Suppose you come up with a neat little plan based on proven concepts. You lay everything out and it looks pretty good, it looks so good you want to make it a little more inclusive so you add a few elements to your plan. … --- ## [Staged a walk out of a Funeral](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staged-a-walk-out-of-a-funeral/716925)
**Author:** [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2015, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staged-a-walk-out-of-a-funeral/716925 "2015-04-08T14:58:58Z")
Last week my brother in law died. It was almost a suicide IMO. He was diabetic and he and I were diagnosed the same year and we are the same age. I changed my diet and went on Metformin. He went on Metformin and prayed. … --- ## [Do Mexicans Use Wedding Rings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mexicans-use-wedding-rings/716579)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mexicans-use-wedding-rings/716579 "2015-04-08T14:23:25Z")
I’m sure this has a factual answer and is probably better-suited to GQ, but I just love MPSIMS. GQ answers the question, and then what? MPSIMS always has fun conversations after the question is answered. So, like the ti… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=749) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=751)