# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=753 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 754 --- ## [com.google - A mirror image Google](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/com-google-a-mirror-image-google/716483)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/com-google-a-mirror-image-google/716483 "2015-04-01T18:35:44Z")
Check out http://com.google/ Everything is a mirror image, including search results. If you do an image search the images are reversed. I’m not sure if it’s just for April 1 or not. I wasn’t even aware that there was a… --- ## [Too old to be smitten!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-old-to-be-smitten/716446)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-old-to-be-smitten/716446 "2015-04-01T18:23:33Z")
I feel like an idiot for even posting this. I am 66 years old and have been smitten by a much younger woman for the past 5 or 6 years. She doesn’t know it and there is zero chance of us ever hooking up. I have never expe… --- ## [Just Say No: A Tale Of Retail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-say-no-a-tale-of-retail/715612)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-say-no-a-tale-of-retail/715612 "2015-04-01T18:15:16Z")
I’m a bad person. That being said, I used to work at a convenience store. Spent several months working there until a serial robber/murderer who was working his way south out of Austin finally made me nervous enough to q… --- ## [Favorite modern car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-car/716364)
**Author:** [@Anon01245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anon01245)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-car/716364 "2015-04-01T16:00:18Z")
So a lot of people do not seem to like modern cars. But I would like to know what is your favorite modern car? For me I always like those little mini cars. Do not know what they are called just the small ones. --- ## [Amazon's Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought (or that must have been an interesting party)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-customers-who-bought-this-item-also-bought-or-that-must-have-been-an-interesting-party/716342)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-customers-who-bought-this-item-also-bought-or-that-must-have-been-an-interesting-party/716342 "2015-04-01T15:42:48Z")
I was just perusing Amazon for a new running waist pack to attach my phone to. I’m getting tired of the armband. I was looking at this one, and checked out the “Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought” section. It … --- ## [Europe is a cool place to visit, right? (donation request)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/europe-is-a-cool-place-to-visit-right-donation-request/715241)
**Author:** [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/europe-is-a-cool-place-to-visit-right-donation-request/715241 "2015-04-01T15:36:57Z")
This post has been approved by the mods I am humbly submitting a request for my fellow dopers to look at a Go Fund Me page set up for my daughter. If you have a few bucks to spare and can throw her way it would be much … --- ## [Pesach Car Wash? Is this a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pesach-car-wash-is-this-a-thing/716462)
**Author:** [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pesach-car-wash-is-this-a-thing/716462 "2015-04-01T05:12:54Z")
Driving back to work after lunch today, I passed a sign for a Pesach Car Wash. I’ve never heard of a car wash being done for Passover like that. Back when I was religious, I’d attend Seders…and in college I’d invite fr… --- ## [Co-operating with the pollice or charges being laid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co-operating-with-the-pollice-or-charges-being-laid/716248)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co-operating-with-the-pollice-or-charges-being-laid/716248 "2015-04-01T05:06:02Z")
A recent news story on a local news web site says words to the effect that an elderly woman was found dead at the scene of a traffic accident and that she was struck by a car. Here is the link: The article concludes … --- ## [Well, I got that old car in my driveway started](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-got-that-old-car-in-my-driveway-started/716357)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-got-that-old-car-in-my-driveway-started/716357 "2015-04-01T02:13:05Z")
For the last couple of years, I’ve had an old car in my driveway. I’ve been trying to sell it, without success. I’ll probably call one of those charities that takes old cars and gives you a tax receipt. Anyway, owing … --- ## [ISIS captures Tatooine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-captures-tatooine/715933)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-captures-tatooine/715933 "2015-04-01T00:49:54Z")
--- ## [Women's clothing size conversion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-clothing-size-conversion/716326)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-clothing-size-conversion/716326 "2015-03-31T22:06:21Z")
This could probably go in GQ, since I assume there’s a factual answer, but MPSIMS feels like a better fit. Basically, I want to buy myself a schoolgirl skirt. To wear. For … reasons. So what women’s clothing size would… --- ## [Change in government in Nigeria](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-in-government-in-nigeria/716437)
**Author:** [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-in-government-in-nigeria/716437 "2015-03-31T21:12:01Z")
Goodluck Johnathan is out (see my 5 year old thread “Predictions: the President of Nigeria” for an account of his rise to the President’s seat). Apparently the people were dissatisfied with on going corruption in his ad… --- ## [New Game: Pick when OBL is captured. Win nothing at all but prestige!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-pick-when-obl-is-captured-win-nothing-at-all-but-prestige/230591)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-pick-when-obl-is-captured-win-nothing-at-all-but-prestige/230591 "2015-03-31T20:03:39Z")
The Rules 1. Pick a date that you in your heart or ouija board tells you feel Osama bin Laden will be captured or turn up dead(bombing/suicide/assassinated/hit by taxi). 2. Date of capture or day the bomb dropped on … --- ## [Telemarketer turns it around on me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telemarketer-turns-it-around-on-me/716386)
**Author:** [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telemarketer-turns-it-around-on-me/716386 "2015-03-31T19:50:30Z")
I received a call from “Rachel from Card Services” today (a recorded message where a woman named Rachel offers to lower your credit card interest, press 1 to speak with a representative). Like many here I sometimes scre… --- ## [Find a pic: Little (African?) native girl in village apparently dancing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-a-pic-little-african-native-girl-in-village-apparently-dancing/711857)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-a-pic-little-african-native-girl-in-village-apparently-dancing/711857 "2015-03-31T19:47:37Z")
And the caption I’ve seen with it usually says something Christianity related like, “I just love the Lord!” The little girl is about six years old, I’d suppose, and she’s kinda bending down, like she’s caught while doing… --- ## [Former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew Died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-prime-minister-lee-kuan-yew-died/715726)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-prime-minister-lee-kuan-yew-died/715726 "2015-03-31T19:12:08Z")
From CNN: More at the link. --- ## [Show us your engagement ring!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-engagement-ring/329089)
**Author:** [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-engagement-ring/329089 "2005-11-04T14:04:25Z")
Inspired by this thread, show us a picture of your engagement ring or wedding set. My original ring was an oval-cut diamond trinity ring. Earlier this year I somehow got a massive chip in the centre stone. We replaced… --- ## [First time filing "married" taxes (in NY/CT,US). Any suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-filing-married-taxes-in-ny-ct-us-any-suggestions/716352)
**Author:** [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2015, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-filing-married-taxes-in-ny-ct-us-any-suggestions/716352 "2015-03-31T12:43:06Z")
So, as of last fall, I lost my trusty “Single” filing status (honeymoon photos), and am now working on taxes having to pick one of the other two statuses. At the moment I’ve done out the work with Married Filing Separat… --- ## [Releasing my inner handyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/releasing-my-inner-handyman/716349)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2015, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/releasing-my-inner-handyman/716349 "2015-03-31T06:17:39Z")
As I am (slowly) recovering from depression, I’m realizing that I’ve probably been at least a little depressed for most of my life. What I’ve discovered is that depression doesn’t just make you lethargic and despairing- … --- ## [School forces 7 year old boy to shave his head!!??!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-forces-7-year-old-boy-to-shave-his-head/716144)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2015, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-forces-7-year-old-boy-to-shave-his-head/716144 "2015-03-31T04:52:16Z")
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/news/national/shave-or-suspension-school-punishes-child-sporting/nkggF/ This is just political correctness going overboard. Granted I was 7 years old in the early 1970’s but at that… --- ## [Let's come up with some all-too-pertinent honorifics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-some-all-too-pertinent-honorifics/716275)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-some-all-too-pertinent-honorifics/716275 "2015-03-31T03:50:10Z")
For reference see Honorific - Wikipedia As an example consider: Your Irreverence, Lenny Bruce Your Flatulence, Ted Cruz Your Irrelevance, Pauly Shore --- ## [Happy Things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-things/716212)
**Author:** [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-things/716212 "2015-03-31T00:24:28Z")
Mmmm… I just finished putting together some soup in the crockpot. I can’t stop smelling my hands… mmm… smells so good, even after washing them. Love that smell of chopped potatoes and onions, carrots and celery all mixed… --- ## [Mississippi: Let Jesus take the wheel.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-let-jesus-take-the-wheel/713017)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-let-jesus-take-the-wheel/713017 "2015-03-30T21:44:08Z")
Link In brief - a bill has been introduced in Mississippi (and has a good chance of passing into law) that would allow church buses (and only church buses) of any size to be driven by someone without a proper license. B… --- ## [You find your bank balance is $100 million....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-find-your-bank-balance-is-100-million/716179)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-find-your-bank-balance-is-100-million/716179 "2015-03-30T21:23:15Z")
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Soldier-finds-100m-in-bank-account-297736791.html And you go to the media?!?! Man I’d have taken out the limit on day one, then day two, then day three, then day…you get the idea. B… --- ## [Dry erase markers. They piss me off.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-erase-markers-they-piss-me-off/715991)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-erase-markers-they-piss-me-off/715991 "2015-03-30T18:32:45Z")
\[Lame rant; not pit-worthy.\] So during last week’s class the four markers (green, red, black, blue) started to dry up in less than 10 minutes. I kept having to rotate them in an effort to try and find a good one which r… --- ## [Internal censor fails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-censor-fails/716256)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-censor-fails/716256 "2015-03-30T17:32:16Z")
This may come as a surprise, but I have an internal censor. Really, I do! I often manage to not say the first stupid thing that comes into my head. Working as a telemarketer I find it best to follow my script, though.… --- ## [At 44yrs old I think I've just had my first bad "drugs trip".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-44yrs-old-i-think-ive-just-had-my-first-bad-drugs-trip/716147)
**Author:** [@Fuzzy\_wuzzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_wuzzy)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-44yrs-old-i-think-ive-just-had-my-first-bad-drugs-trip/716147 "2015-03-30T16:29:11Z")
Do drug users even “trip” anymore? I rarely take drugs. In fact apart from alcohol ive never felt completely “out of control” on any drugs until today. This experience today was not nice. At first a numbness; then a fear… --- ## [I just built the weirdest thing...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-built-the-weirdest-thing/716301)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-built-the-weirdest-thing/716301 "2015-03-30T16:09:26Z")
…and I’m proud of it. Back story: we have an open floor plan on the first floor, and I hate it - every sound travels the full 1200 square feet, and every cooking wisp of smoke does ditto. Right to the single smoke detec… --- ## ["Yeah , yeah, I'll get you your frappuciono... AFTER I lecture you on Ferguson, MO"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-yeah-ill-get-you-your-frappuciono-after-i-lecture-you-on-ferguson-mo/715189)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-yeah-ill-get-you-your-frappuciono-after-i-lecture-you-on-ferguson-mo/715189 "2015-03-30T14:50:03Z")
You were in a hurry. You just wanted a mocha latte and a muffin. But Starbuck’s isn’t letting you off that easily, you bigot! Howard Schultz wants to educate you, and he wants your barista to preach the gospel of racial… --- ## [Score! Four Dozen Incandescent 60 W!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/score-four-dozen-incandescent-60-w/715727)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/score-four-dozen-incandescent-60-w/715727 "2015-03-30T14:46:03Z")
And, no, I’m not going to tell you where I got them. I’m not going to rat out my “supplier.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=752) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=754)