# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=757 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 758 --- ## [Cloak-And-Dagger Router Routing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloak-and-dagger-router-routing/715317)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloak-and-dagger-router-routing/715317 "2015-03-19T13:27:05Z")
The latest development in the cold war between the tech industry and the US government – Cisco will now ship routers to fake drop addresses to prevent the government from intercepting and bugging them: Sometimes I susp… --- ## [The downside to legalizing marijuana](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-downside-to-legalizing-marijuana/715210)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-downside-to-legalizing-marijuana/715210 "2015-03-19T13:15:19Z")
This morning I was trapped walking on the sidewalk behind someone stinking up the world with his skanky, skunky weed. Cigarettes were bad enough. Blech. --- ## [Gout redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gout-redux/697966)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gout-redux/697966 "2015-03-19T11:25:09Z")
Experiencing my second bout of gout, I searched to see when my first episode occurred. I was pleased to see it’s been over a year!! The reason I am so happy is because I ignored much of the great advice I received he… --- ## [Phillip Snodgrass, a non-doper lawyer, killed in DC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phillip-snodgrass-a-non-doper-lawyer-killed-in-dc/713598)
**Author:** [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phillip-snodgrass-a-non-doper-lawyer-killed-in-dc/713598 "2015-03-19T05:44:32Z")
A young lawyer I knew and once had the privilege of watching try an arbitration was killed by a repeat intoxicated driver in DC. This young man was a good lawyer and on the side of the angels. --- ## [Got a promotion! And got SHAFTED!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-promotion-and-got-shafted/714944)
**Author:** [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-promotion-and-got-shafted/714944 "2015-03-19T02:58:51Z")
After many years of work, I finally got promoted to manager level and received a very modest increase to my base salary. Hooray. Thing is, managers don’t get paid overtime. End result, I’m out of pocket a few hundred … --- ## [Breaking news: Toilet paper goes over not under](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-toilet-paper-goes-over-not-under/715296)
**Author:** [@Blue\_Mood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Mood)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-toilet-paper-goes-over-not-under/715296 "2015-03-19T02:32:03Z")
As reported by The Age (Australia), the illustrations for the original patent for toilet paper clearly show that it should go over, not under. That is all. (Except for a certain smugness that comes from knowing that I’v… --- ## [Hi all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all/714979)
**Author:** [@Uhib\_D\_Jaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uhib_D_Jaj)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all/714979 "2015-03-19T01:58:39Z")
Hi everyone. New poster, long time reader/lurker. I’ve greatly enjoyed many years of watching the debate, commentary and general antics on the board. I have finally decided that I ought to join and post some of the quest… --- ## [What's In A Name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-name/714740)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-name/714740 "2015-03-19T00:22:07Z")
The original title of this thread was “Big self-indulgent bloated boring wall of text,” but the board rules say I oughtta have more descriptive thread titles, so I hereby respectfully comply. So if y’have a hard time wi… --- ## [Randall Munroe just referenced the SDMB in today's XKCD What-If](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randall-munroe-just-referenced-the-sdmb-in-todays-xkcd-what-if/715262)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randall-munroe-just-referenced-the-sdmb-in-todays-xkcd-what-if/715262 "2015-03-18T23:20:27Z")
See his column todaywhich referenced this old SDMB thread. Shame we didn’t have an answer for him. --- ## [Crows are fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crows-are-fun/700718)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crows-are-fun/700718 "2015-03-18T22:32:01Z")
We had the most amusing thing happen at my job today. There’s a little area outside the back door of the kitchen at the retirement home where I cook, where the employees who smoke go to … smoke. I was busy in the kitch… --- ## [I Hate My Birthday.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-my-birthday/714988)
**Author:** [@Chicago\_Faucet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicago_Faucet)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-my-birthday/714988 "2015-03-18T20:52:56Z")
But, not for the usual reasons people hate birthdays. You see, my birthday happens to be St. Patrick’s Day. When you are a little kid growing up, it’s fun. And even when you are a young adult, it’s an interesting fact… --- ## [Easter Bunny and Santa Claus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-bunny-and-santa-claus/715307)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-bunny-and-santa-claus/715307 "2015-03-18T17:56:38Z")
Malls often provide the opportunity to have a child’s picture taken with Santa around Christmas time and the Easter Bunny near Easter. Young children are often nervous around Santa. Are they more, less, or equally as n… --- ## [Tonight only! Aurora borealis in NJ (& other points south of where you can usually see it)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-only-aurora-borealis-in-nj-other-points-south-of-where-you-can-usually-see-it/715244)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-only-aurora-borealis-in-nj-other-points-south-of-where-you-can-usually-see-it/715244 "2015-03-18T16:45:41Z")
According to forecasters at the Space Weather Prediction Center, the geomagnetic storm continues on Tuesday afternoon, sporadically peaking at G4 intensity on the five-point scale. \<– There are some amazing photos in th… --- ## [What's with Amazon sellers like Any Book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-amazon-sellers-like-any-book/715212)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-amazon-sellers-like-any-book/715212 "2015-03-18T16:24:40Z")
The Amazon seller Any Book has apparently sold nearly 700,000 items (I’ll guess mainly books), but there’s no apparent reason why they would even sell 100 books. Any Book routinely charges exorbitant prices, has low feed… --- ## [I guess I'm just lucky in love. She almost was blinded by my steep slope!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-im-just-lucky-in-love-she-almost-was-blinded-by-my-steep-slope/715217)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-im-just-lucky-in-love-she-almost-was-blinded-by-my-steep-slope/715217 "2015-03-18T16:06:41Z")
I found this in my junk email folder at work. --- ## [Heads Up. Strong and Southern Aurora](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-strong-and-southern-aurora/715229)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-strong-and-southern-aurora/715229 "2015-03-18T15:57:39Z")
Hi all. Getting notices that a particularly strong aurora has been going on since early this morning. Been strong since and if it holds out for another 6 hours or so folks in America and Canada might have a nice show to… --- ## [Hooray for Murphy's Law...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-for-murphys-law/715192)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-for-murphys-law/715192 "2015-03-18T15:41:08Z")
Of course the CO2 detector installed in my apartment I-don’t-remember-when has to run out of battery power eventually, chirping loudly every minute announce this. But couldn’t it have chosen to do so at a time more reas… --- ## [I just saw the 1st sign of Spring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-1st-sign-of-spring/715135)
**Author:** [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2015, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-1st-sign-of-spring/715135 "2015-03-18T04:51:38Z")
An Anoli Lizard … Rather thin and dark to soak up the sunlight… We have these,Geckos,Striped Racers(may not be their real name) and Scaly Fence Lizards… Usually there are baby lizards on my flowers,eating the bugs:) --- ## [Anime Microsoft Inori Protects Us All !](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-microsoft-inori-protects-us-all/715263)
**Author:** [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2015, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-microsoft-inori-protects-us-all/715263 "2015-03-18T04:35:40Z")
And… appositely enough, renders the world to rubble. I’ve noticed the portrayal of Microsoft in Japanese Anime — and it’s different iterations of Windows as cute ‘Tans’ as fairly fawning, and put it down to Japan, lik… --- ## [Green Death, Hidden Moron](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-death-hidden-moron/714167)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2015, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-death-hidden-moron/714167 "2015-03-18T03:10:12Z")
I died fairly quickly, that spring of '83. I was, to my shame, only the second to fall. It was the sort of thing that wouldn’t be tolerated these days. NOWADAYS, you see some yahoo running around on the quad with a gun… --- ## [Folkscanomy: A Library of Books, on the Internet Archive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folkscanomy-a-library-of-books-on-the-internet-archive/715252)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2015, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folkscanomy-a-library-of-books-on-the-internet-archive/715252 "2015-03-18T01:20:50Z")
I was clued in on this by some buds in the Tandy TRS-80 community. It not only has loads of those manuals, but also books on Math and Science and Crackpottery! From Principia Mathematica and The Portrait in Photograp… --- ## [A Trip To Meck Island](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trip-to-meck-island/385972)
**Author:** [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2015, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trip-to-meck-island/385972 "2015-03-18T01:11:33Z")
I apologize if this is of very limited interest, but, well…this IS MPSIMS! Anyway, the wife and I got a chance to take a quck trip over to Meck Island launch facility tomorrow (It’s 10 pm on Kwaj right now…we’re on, I t… --- ## [Snakes in Ireland -- Happy S. Patrick's Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-in-ireland-happy-s-patricks-day/715191)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-in-ireland-happy-s-patricks-day/715191 "2015-03-17T21:53:53Z")
As we all know, St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland – I’ve sent enough St. Patrick Day’s cards with pictures of the Saint at the wheel of a car, literally driving a carload of squirming reptiles. Of course, soull… --- ## [Is there a Doper in every state?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316)
**Author:** [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316 "2015-03-17T21:38:42Z")
I’m sure the SDMB has registered posters in all 50 of the United States. But can we get a resident of each state to post in this thread? And how long will it take to get to 50? I live in New Mexico; 49 more states to go… --- ## [Credit card fraud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-card-fraud/715109)
**Author:** [@Mellivora\_capensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mellivora_capensis)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-card-fraud/715109 "2015-03-17T19:13:11Z")
So today I have to cut up my credit card…again. And I thought I was paranoid about credit card security. I only use https sites, I burn all my receipts, I watch my card like a hawk at restaurants, and I still get taken… --- ## [Spelling bee words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-bee-words/715098)
**Author:** [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-bee-words/715098 "2015-03-17T18:04:58Z")
Here’s a sampling of late-round words from the Colorado state spelling bee (courtesy of the Denver Post): sympatric vinyl isotope sinecure homophony peristaltic umbrageous nautical fuliginous guttiferous Now t… --- ## [Non-Americans: What are your country's own conspiracy theories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-what-are-your-countrys-own-conspiracy-theories/714540)
**Author:** [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-what-are-your-countrys-own-conspiracy-theories/714540 "2015-03-17T15:15:28Z")
To the non-Americans: What are your country’s own conspiracy theories, roughly equivalent to the American ones around the Kennedy assassination, the moon landing or 9/11? What event in your own country gets the local tin… --- ## ["Air quotes" are still quotes!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-quotes-are-still-quotes/714243)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2015, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-quotes-are-still-quotes/714243 "2015-03-17T13:32:47Z")
Not necessarily “scare” quotes. At least, that’s my curmudgeonly opinion. Two different people recently took exception to my quoting verbatim something someone had said, and doing the quote gesture with the first two f… --- ## [Any other phrases that are examples of themselves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-phrases-that-are-examples-of-themselves/714550)
**Author:** [@dstarfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dstarfire)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2015, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-phrases-that-are-examples-of-themselves/714550 "2015-03-17T11:15:29Z")
One of my favorite terms is “insider baseball” which basically means stuff that’s only of interest to people obsessed with minutiae (e.g. most any sports insider, collectors, etc.) Ironically, not many people outside th… --- ## [Say hello to Shiloh! (kitty pics)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-hello-to-shiloh-kitty-pics/706509)
**Author:** [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-hello-to-shiloh-kitty-pics/706509 "2015-03-17T03:25:03Z")
I have a new kitten!.. first time in 18 years I’ve dealt with a kitten and I am re-learning EVERYTHING. :smiley: Baby was my only other kitten, and he’s now gone. My other cats have all been rescues and full grown. So I’… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=756) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=758)