# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=76 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 77 --- ## [Explosion at South Korean Military Base](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosion-at-south-korean-military-base/1012080)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosion-at-south-korean-military-base/1012080 "2024-12-31T20:47:04Z")
From The Korea Times: 3 people injured in explosion at military base in Gimhae Three civilians were injured in an explosion at a military base in this southeastern city on Monday, authorities said. The explosion occu… --- ## [Another ferry capsizes in South Korea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ferry-capsizes-in-south-korea/1012370)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2024, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ferry-capsizes-in-south-korea/1012370 "2024-12-31T05:12:20Z")
From The Korea Times: Captain found dead after car ferry capsizes off southwestern coast, 4 still missing The captain of a car ferry that capsized off the southwestern coast was found dead inside the ship, the Coast G… --- ## [Expanding my vocabulary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expanding-my-vocabulary/1009546)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expanding-my-vocabulary/1009546 "2024-12-30T21:31:04Z")
Certain odd words, common enough that I come across them in my reading every few months, drive me to the dictionary where I read the entry, go “Oh, yeah, that’s what it means.” But then I always forget the definition the… --- ## [Your ideal home layout](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-home-layout/1011992)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-home-layout/1011992 "2024-12-30T17:43:34Z")
What is your ideal home layout for a detached house? Everything on a single plane, or two or more floors? Garage built in or separate? Living room on the first or second floor? En suite bathroom or not? Open floor plan, … --- ## [(Old) Pole Dancer and Dasher and Comet and Cupid! - A MMP For The Rest Of Us](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pole-dancer-and-dasher-and-comet-and-cupid-a-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/1012043)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 412\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pole-dancer-and-dasher-and-comet-and-cupid-a-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/1012043 "2024-12-30T08:46:58Z")
It’s Festivus! Whip out your pole, warm up the meatloaf, and let’s Air some Grievances! And the title was chosen because it combines Festivus, Christmas, and Valentine’s Day(we got a lot of VDay cards going to the stor… --- ## [People changing their minds on significant issues - then denying that they had](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-changing-their-minds-on-significant-issues-then-denying-that-they-had/1012148)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-changing-their-minds-on-significant-issues-then-denying-that-they-had/1012148 "2024-12-30T05:26:08Z")
I’ve changed my mind about some significant issues over the course of my adult life - the death penalty is only one example - but I’ve never denied that I had changed my mind and previously felt differently. One of my S… --- ## [Big waves demolish end of Santa Cruz Wharf](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-waves-demolish-end-of-santa-cruz-wharf/1012078)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-waves-demolish-end-of-santa-cruz-wharf/1012078 "2024-12-30T05:23:50Z")
Waves from an incoming storm tore off the section of the wharf that was damaged last year. Two workers have been pulled out of the floating wreckage. Link to reddit post with drone footage --- ## [The possible states of CAT matter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-possible-states-of-cat-matter/1012309)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-possible-states-of-cat-matter/1012309 "2024-12-30T04:08:00Z")
I, like many, have been worn out and depressed by the state of the world as we prepare to ring in a New Year. So I’ve spent a good bit of time playing with my endlessly selfish cats, to good effect. The house panthers … --- ## [Does anyone else approach travelling primarily from a "stomach space budget" perspective?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-approach-travelling-primarily-from-a-stomach-space-budget-perspective/1012305)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-approach-travelling-primarily-from-a-stomach-space-budget-perspective/1012305 "2024-12-30T02:51:30Z")
In the thread Vacation in a hotel with a kitchenette - do you pack food to cook?, I’m starting to realize my fundamental approach to travelling seems to differ drastically from a lot of the other people chiming in in the… --- ## [Walgreens Pharmacy open on Christmas Day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walgreens-pharmacy-open-on-christmas-day/1012153)
**Author:** [@smokey78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smokey78)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2024, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walgreens-pharmacy-open-on-christmas-day/1012153 "2024-12-29T23:01:32Z")
My local Walgreens, their pharmacy was open today (and they even had customers getting prescriptions). The store has always been open of course for last min. shoppers (it was fairly busy) but stunned to see the pharmacy… --- ## [Battlestar Galactica thoughts and other life things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-thoughts-and-other-life-things/1012016)
**Author:** [@vislor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vislor)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-thoughts-and-other-life-things/1012016 "2024-12-29T18:18:55Z")
I was going to post this in the thread I started on my rewatch of BSG but didn’t want to crap on the show there. Plus, who knows if I will go back to it or not? I decided to share it anyway and hope it amuses. On BSG: … --- ## [Grand Duke Henri Announces Abdication](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-duke-henri-announces-abdication/1012166)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2024, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-duke-henri-announces-abdication/1012166 "2024-12-29T10:57:12Z")
From Yahoo: Dec. 25 (UPI) – The grand duke of Luxembourg renounced the throne in a surprise abdication on Christmas Eve, according to multiple reports. “It has been a quarter of a century of challenges, opportunities … --- ## [Here it is! The 19th Not-Quite-Annual Shot Glass Exchange in all its glory!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-the-19th-not-quite-annual-shot-glass-exchange-in-all-its-glory/1008716)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-the-19th-not-quite-annual-shot-glass-exchange-in-all-its-glory/1008716 "2024-12-29T01:22:19Z")
The kinda-annual-but-not-really shot glass exchange is here! Here are the roolz: If you want to participate, make a note in the thread here and then email me at sdmbshotglass@gmail with: Real name SDMB handle Address … --- ## [Deep psychological and social analysis of expensive ice cream](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-psychological-and-social-analysis-of-expensive-ice-cream/1012201)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-psychological-and-social-analysis-of-expensive-ice-cream/1012201 "2024-12-28T16:05:42Z")
There is a \[url=https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wMgNz9ZeY\_Y\] really cute video \[/url\] going viral, showing an 8 year old British girl (with a heavy accent) acting excitedly indignant over the cost of ice cream. She com… --- ## [Today is Christmas Adam!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-christmas-adam/1012076)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2024, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-christmas-adam/1012076 "2024-12-28T03:25:10Z")
According to an item in today’s paper there is a group of people who have decided that Christmas Eve has to be preceded by Christmas Adam. They are celebrating the event with . --- ## [On being homeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-being-homeless/1009339)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2024, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-being-homeless/1009339 "2024-12-28T01:54:15Z")
strong text --- ## [Merry Christmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-christmas/1012173)
**Author:** [@charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/charles)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-christmas/1012173 "2024-12-27T16:39:29Z")
Just joined this forum, very new to it, wish you all the best. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year. --- ## [Arrest made in the Delphi murder case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrest-made-in-the-delphi-murder-case/974086)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrest-made-in-the-delphi-murder-case/974086 "2024-12-27T16:24:25Z")
I searched for an old thread from 2017. I’ve read this guy lives very close to the crime scene and police considered him a person of interest. I’m glad they finally have evidence to charge him. It has to be a parents w… --- ## [Desert. Deserted. Dessert. (I don't think desserted is a word, but I sure like the idea of it)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desert-deserted-dessert-i-dont-think-desserted-is-a-word-but-i-sure-like-the-idea-of-it/1012047)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2024, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desert-deserted-dessert-i-dont-think-desserted-is-a-word-but-i-sure-like-the-idea-of-it/1012047 "2024-12-27T04:24:28Z")
Ok. Say in some weird psychic occurrence you fell off a cruise ship. You grabbed an igloo floating by. And got washed up on a beach. It’s a island. Just randomly close enough. No one is on this island. Just lots of … --- ## [Need answer fast - what could make a swimming pool boil furiously?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-what-could-make-a-swimming-pool-boil-furiously/1012165)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-what-could-make-a-swimming-pool-boil-furiously/1012165 "2024-12-26T21:26:45Z")
It’s near midnight now at my apartment complex and the tenant swimming pool is bubbling and roiling furiously and sending out huge clouds of vapor. The area has a strong smell of chlorine. What causes this? Do such swimm… --- ## [Parents may sell me their car artificially cheap. What are the tax and legal implications of this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-may-sell-me-their-car-artificially-cheap-what-are-the-tax-and-legal-implications-of-this/1012132)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-may-sell-me-their-car-artificially-cheap-what-are-the-tax-and-legal-implications-of-this/1012132 "2024-12-26T15:41:35Z")
My parents have recently suggested a generous gift/offer (although it’s only tentative; they may decide not to.) They have a secondhand car that is worth somewhere between $17-21k on the market right now, but they are of… --- ## [Christmas Eve 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-eve-2024/1012138)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2024, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-eve-2024/1012138 "2024-12-26T10:08:58Z")
Christmas Eve. All the rushing around is done. Watching / listening to Carols from King’s Cambridge. « Once in Royal David’s City … » Merry Christmas and Joyeux Noël! --- ## [I don't watch commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-watch-commercials/1006769)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2024, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-watch-commercials/1006769 "2024-12-25T03:22:28Z")
They seem to bother me more than they do for most people, but I’ve used a simple workaround to avoid seeing over 90% of the ads on TV–I simply record everything, and start watching 10 minutes late (for a one-hour program… --- ## [Canadian court dismisses anti-vaxers’ claim; assesses court costs at $190,000](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-court-dismisses-anti-vaxers-claim-assesses-court-costs-at-190-000/1012087)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2024, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-court-dismisses-anti-vaxers-claim-assesses-court-costs-at-190-000/1012087 "2024-12-25T00:21:58Z")
Covid issue, but putting it here because of the « no debates » rule of n the Quarantine Zone 473 hospital workers sued several hospitals in Ontario, the Premier, past and current health ministers, etc, arguing that vacc… --- ## [Florida Man Steals Rare Coins, Puts Them Through Coinstar machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-steals-rare-coins-puts-them-through-coinstar-machine/1012063)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-steals-rare-coins-puts-them-through-coinstar-machine/1012063 "2024-12-24T20:27:51Z")
Ten thousand years (and more) of human evolution, and we end up like this. --- ## [Klamath River dam-o-litions!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klamath-river-dam-o-litions/925834)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2024, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klamath-river-dam-o-litions/925834 "2024-12-24T09:25:04Z")
This has been in the works for a long time, but has stalled out in the past. It looks like they’ve finally gotten everything together to be able to submit a real plan and actually move forward with it. Warren Buffet … --- ## [Prediction: The UHC shooter will develop a following of young women groupies (like Bundy and Tsarnaev)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-the-uhc-shooter-will-develop-a-following-of-young-women-groupies-like-bundy-and-tsarnaev/1011425)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-the-uhc-shooter-will-develop-a-following-of-young-women-groupies-like-bundy-and-tsarnaev/1011425 "2024-12-24T00:58:43Z")
Just wanted to get my prediction posted. --- ## [Do we remember only 3% of our lives? \[discussion of memory and the "factoid"\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-remember-only-3-of-our-lives-discussion-of-memory-and-the-factoid/1012061)
**Author:** [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-remember-only-3-of-our-lives-discussion-of-memory-and-the-factoid/1012061 "2024-12-24T00:55:41Z")
This thread has been broken out of the FQ thread of a similar title. The FQ thread discusses the origin of the “factoid” that we only remember 3% of our lives. This thread is for discussion of the factoid itself. The or… --- ## [Hot Glue Misery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-glue-misery/1012030)
**Author:** [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2024, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-glue-misery/1012030 "2024-12-23T23:46:09Z")
I am going to be a self disclosing idiot with this one. Some 20 or more years ago I hot glued all of my pictures and knick knacks to the kitchen walls. There are also a few hot glued items in other rooms and some in my … --- ## [I finally get back to the Urologist tomorrow to hopefully find out if I prostate cancer or not {as of 2024-12-23, no cancer}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-get-back-to-the-urologist-tomorrow-to-hopefully-find-out-if-i-prostate-cancer-or-not-as-of-2024-12-23-no-cancer/1012029)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2024, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-get-back-to-the-urologist-tomorrow-to-hopefully-find-out-if-i-prostate-cancer-or-not-as-of-2024-12-23-no-cancer/1012029 "2024-12-23T23:36:43Z")
This all stems from high PSA testing results. I am symptom free. I’ve know that even if it is cancer, it is one of the very treatable ones and I learned from my fellow mods it is usually a slow growing cancer. The Doct… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=75) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=77)