# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=754 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 755 --- ## [Operation Jade Helm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/operation-jade-helm/716245)
**Author:** [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/operation-jade-helm/716245 "2015-03-30T03:22:02Z")
Have you heard of this? I don’t understand it,somehow these Armed Forces guys and gals are supposed to wander the streets “blending in” with the population. If you can explain this to me,using small words,I’d appreciat… --- ## [Found a new feline Overlord...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-new-feline-overlord/715697)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-new-feline-overlord/715697 "2015-03-29T19:29:59Z")
…and she rode home on the handcycle. :cool: I was out for a ride on Thurs. morning and was about a half mile from home, passing a strawberry field (seemed to go on forever :wink: ), when i spotted large cat sitting on t… --- ## [Stupid me, I've been drinking unfiltered tap water for 2 years.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-me-ive-been-drinking-unfiltered-tap-water-for-2-years/715856)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-me-ive-been-drinking-unfiltered-tap-water-for-2-years/715856 "2015-03-29T19:03:43Z")
I was assured by more than one residential apartment management person that the unfiltered tap water was perfectly safe to drink…but there’s got to always be lead, copper, other metals, anyway, no? Especially in the Sou… --- ## [The drying up of the Salton Sea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-drying-up-of-the-salton-sea/716272)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-drying-up-of-the-salton-sea/716272 "2015-03-29T16:21:41Z")
I’ve seen various articles over the years about the declining of the Salton Sea. Here’s a recent one I came across. http://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/the-salton-sea-a-time-bomb-amid-california-drought/ar-AAa1… --- ## [I was mean to a child today. Doesn't feel good.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-mean-to-a-child-today-doesnt-feel-good/713905)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2015, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-mean-to-a-child-today-doesnt-feel-good/713905 "2015-03-29T12:25:26Z")
My grandson is in prep at school (he’s 5) and was invited to a birthday party for one of his school mates today. Backstory: at kindergarten last year, he was invited to 3 separate birthdays. At each and every one, he f… --- ## [Any guys who think the Stone Age was some sort of paradise for men, might want to re-think that.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-guys-who-think-the-stone-age-was-some-sort-of-paradise-for-men-might-want-to-re-think-that/716053)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-guys-who-think-the-stone-age-was-some-sort-of-paradise-for-men-might-want-to-re-think-that/716053 "2015-03-28T23:40:53Z")
Scientists have discovered evidence that, during the Stone Age, only one man passed on his DNA for every 17 women. Living like our ancient ancestors means having as little as a 1-in-17 shot of reliably getting laid (for… --- ## [Please tell us about any success you have had in social justice or trying to improve the world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-us-about-any-success-you-have-had-in-social-justice-or-trying-to-improve-the-world/716162)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2015, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-us-about-any-success-you-have-had-in-social-justice-or-trying-to-improve-the-world/716162 "2015-03-28T23:36:24Z")
We talk and debate a lot here about various different topics, political and philosophical, and I think we get too caught up on the critical side of things sometimes. I know I do. I also know that this is a pretty intelli… --- ## [Finally! A critical article of AA in a mainstream publication!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-a-critical-article-of-aa-in-a-mainstream-publication/715964)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2015, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-a-critical-article-of-aa-in-a-mainstream-publication/715964 "2015-03-28T22:20:53Z")
This is a spin off of the Drinking Culture thread. The Atlantic punished a lengthy article highly critical of AA and their ridiculous influence. It’s about time! I can’t believe in the 21st century we are still using… --- ## [Bicyclist Hit By Van Door (Caught on Video)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicyclist-hit-by-van-door-caught-on-video/716153)
**Author:** [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicyclist-hit-by-van-door-caught-on-video/716153 "2015-03-28T22:10:11Z")
Once again, the dashcam caught an accident. This time it was a bicyclist on Water Street at Wisconsin Ave in Washington DC. The biker was passing a parked van when the driver threw open the door. We stayed, called 911 &… --- ## [The plane Dan Rowan was shot down in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-plane-dan-rowan-was-shot-down-in/694863)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-plane-dan-rowan-was-shot-down-in/694863 "2015-03-28T21:20:16Z")
Curtis P-40 ‘rebuild project’ on eBay. As interesting as it is seeing a Curtis P-40 ‘project’ come up for sale (at least, it’s interesting to me), and as amusing as it is that the ‘project’ is basically a data plate and… --- ## [In like a lion, out like a lamb...?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-like-a-lion-out-like-a-lamb/716106)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-like-a-lion-out-like-a-lamb/716106 "2015-03-28T20:26:54Z")
Right now it’s 19 degrees Fahrenheit and snowing outside. Here in Michigan we’re surrounded by Great Lakes that are frozen so solid they probably won’t thaw completely until mid-July (maybe a bit of an exaggeration, but … --- ## ["I heart my dog head"? I don't get it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heart-my-dog-head-i-dont-get-it/716148)
**Author:** [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heart-my-dog-head-i-dont-get-it/716148 "2015-03-28T19:50:48Z")
Those of you who remember the rebus debacle from a while back - spoiler: here’s the earthshattering outcome - might find this SMBC comic entertaining. (And as always, push the big red button below the comic for added amu… --- ## [I can never let people go](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-never-let-people-go/716173)
**Author:** [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-never-let-people-go/716173 "2015-03-28T14:24:43Z")
I’m not sure what kind response I hope or expect to get to this post and I actually posted something similar a while back. I think I’m looking for some closure. Amusingly enough, that last post a couple years was back w… --- ## [Just say NO to shared pillows! Or, is this weird?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-say-no-to-shared-pillows-or-is-this-weird/715870)
**Author:** [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-say-no-to-shared-pillows-or-is-this-weird/715870 "2015-03-28T13:30:44Z")
I just realized that I have a really major quirk. It’s not quite to the level of a phobia or OCD, but it’s not far off. I don’t like to use anyone’s pillows but my own.\* Hotel pillows are NOT happening if I can help it… --- ## [So I am back in the hospital again.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-am-back-in-the-hospital-again/716019)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2015, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-am-back-in-the-hospital-again/716019 "2015-03-28T13:17:08Z")
I’m not going into the symptoms, because they are GROSS. Let’s just say that my caloric intake for the week is effectively zero and I’m as dehydrated as the Wicked Witch of the West wishes she were. Went in last night a… --- ## [Sunni coalition vs. Yemen's Houthis - a new war in the Middle East](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunni-coalition-vs-yemens-houthis-a-new-war-in-the-middle-east/716013)
**Author:** [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2015, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunni-coalition-vs-yemens-houthis-a-new-war-in-the-middle-east/716013 "2015-03-28T10:17:09Z")
Woke up to the news of a mostly-Arab, practically-all-Sunni coalition attacking Yemen’s Houthis, including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Qatar, Sudan, the U.A.E., Egypt and (non-Arab) Pakistan. The Saud… --- ## [Couple caught having sex driving a motorcycle.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-having-sex-driving-a-motorcycle/716042)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2015, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-having-sex-driving-a-motorcycle/716042 "2015-03-28T05:29:13Z")
Well, only one person was driving. The second person was otherwise engaged. :smiley: Geez, I didn’t think this was even physically possible. Obviously they figured it out. --- ## [More on my sister-in-law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-on-my-sister-in-law/672260)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-on-my-sister-in-law/672260 "2015-03-28T03:43:11Z")
As I have written before, my sister-in-law lives with us to temporarily help her out (2.5 years ago). I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this but she doesn’t understand why all of he other roommates in the past have kicked … --- ## [I could use a job (Dayton, Ohio)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-use-a-job-dayton-ohio/715988)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-use-a-job-dayton-ohio/715988 "2015-03-27T21:54:27Z")
I’ve been effectively unemployed since mid-2011. I have worked bits and pieces of retail type jobs, including two straight Christmas seasons at Go! Calendars and Games. I’ve had part-time jobs at convenience stores, but … --- ## [Dalek Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dalek-song/716074)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dalek-song/716074 "2015-03-27T17:41:52Z")
--- ## [Unpronouncable (by non locals) town names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpronouncable-by-non-locals-town-names/715544)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpronouncable-by-non-locals-town-names/715544 "2015-03-27T16:49:31Z")
Inspired by Johnny LA’s thread about deliberately mispronounced words, I was thinking about the towns in my native Wisconsin. Wisconsin is filled with unpronouncible towns. I love taking my wife back there and having he… --- ## [The natural and the supernatural](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-natural-and-the-supernatural/716097)
**Author:** [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2015, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-natural-and-the-supernatural/716097 "2015-03-27T13:44:03Z")
For my next thread started simply because I have thoughts I feel compelled to share, why is there a separate and special categorization for thoughts about stuff that is imaginary, and why are those thoughts specifically … --- ## [Former Deaf School Teacher teaches her cats ASL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-deaf-school-teacher-teaches-her-cats-asl/716105)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2015, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-deaf-school-teacher-teaches-her-cats-asl/716105 "2015-03-27T12:49:30Z")
Despite the headline (Woman With A Hearing Loss Taught Her Deaf Cat Sign Language, Including The Word ‘Dance’), the article says that she has taught ASL to multiple cats. They don’t sign back, for the most part, but t… --- ## [Shades of Thomas Midgley Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shades-of-thomas-midgley-jr/716104)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2015, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shades-of-thomas-midgley-jr/716104 "2015-03-27T12:44:21Z")
Lobbyist claims that Roundup is safe enough to drink, but declines when TV host offers him a glass. This reminds me of the infamous Thomas Midgley, Jr, when he washed his hands in tetraethyl lead at a press conference t… --- ## [MIT Press is going to publish my book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-is-going-to-publish-my-book/681282)
**Author:** [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2015, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-is-going-to-publish-my-book/681282 "2015-03-27T12:43:47Z")
I hope I’m not jinxing it by posting this before I have a signed contract … . I got an informal acceptance email yesterday from my editor. He wants to set a deadline of April 1 for the final draft. I’m trying to set u… --- ## [My hair is thinning. Any proven solution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hair-is-thinning-any-proven-solution/715762)
**Author:** [@chadtrench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chadtrench)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2015, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hair-is-thinning-any-proven-solution/715762 "2015-03-27T07:01:33Z")
So I’m having problems with my hair. I’m wondering if there’s anyone here who’ve had the same problem as I do and came out victorious. I’ve been thinking about using either Rogaine or Bosley. Any suggestions or feedback?… --- ## [We lost our semi-feral outdoor cat today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-lost-our-semi-feral-outdoor-cat-today/716068)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-lost-our-semi-feral-outdoor-cat-today/716068 "2015-03-27T01:48:39Z")
10 years or so ago we started feeding an outdoor female cat that was hanging around our back yard\*. A little later she showed up pregnant and then gave birth, so we captured the two surviving kittens and took them in for… --- ## [Another day but not another dollar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-day-but-not-another-dollar/716026)
**Author:** [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-day-but-not-another-dollar/716026 "2015-03-27T01:05:59Z")
Today, March 26, marks my 75th birthday. I’ve lived for 3/4 of a century and I find that fact hard to believe. I never expected to live this long and I’m not all sure that I wanted to. At any rate I must have learned som… --- ## [Lee Kuan Yew](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lee-kuan-yew/716064)
**Author:** [@Iamnotivan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iamnotivan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lee-kuan-yew/716064 "2015-03-27T00:57:52Z")
I live in Canada and am an U.S. expat. I think one of the most irritating and irresponsible blind spots of Americans and Canadians is the Singapore story and LKY. It is really essential to read both of his books - but … --- ## [The End is Nigh: 99 Cent Only Stores](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-99-cent-only-stores/715818)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2015, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-99-cent-only-stores/715818 "2015-03-26T23:19:57Z")
Now sell items that are more than .99. I don't mean the .9999 items, I mean they had $1.99 and $3.99 items. THIS IS A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT AND MUST BE STOPPED. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=753) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=755)