# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=760 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 761 --- ## [Saskatchewan thanks Bob McGrath of Sesame Street](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saskatchewan-thanks-bob-mcgrath-of-sesame-street/714677)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saskatchewan-thanks-bob-mcgrath-of-sesame-street/714677 "2015-03-10T16:44:13Z")
Every year in Saskatchewan, the Kinsmen and Kinnettes host a fundraiser for those in the community who need help. The funding often goes to people who need money to travel for health care, special devices to assist them… --- ## [Chemical reaction that uses CO2 to make useful substances and releases energy. As good as it sounds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chemical-reaction-that-uses-co2-to-make-useful-substances-and-releases-energy-as-good-as-it-sounds/714559)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chemical-reaction-that-uses-co2-to-make-useful-substances-and-releases-energy-as-good-as-it-sounds/714559 "2015-03-10T16:28:04Z")
Is there anything to this? Is this one of those “breakthroughs” that never panned out? Can it remove CO2 from the atmosphere, incorporate it into two useful solids, and return more energy than it required? There has t… --- ## [Ask the Freemason Part II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-freemason-part-ii/688948)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-freemason-part-ii/688948 "2015-03-10T14:57:55Z")
Four years ago, I became a Mason and posted an “Ask the” thread to some degree of success (definitely fought some ignorance, and learned a bit, myself). I’ve got more than a superficial knowledge of the Fraternity now, h… --- ## [Seems I found somebunny's Easter present on my way to the bus stop.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seems-i-found-somebunnys-easter-present-on-my-way-to-the-bus-stop/535017)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seems-i-found-somebunnys-easter-present-on-my-way-to-the-bus-stop/535017 "2015-03-10T14:56:45Z")
I normally take two buses to work but if I leave at a time when catching the first means missing the second, I’ll skip the first and walk the half-mile or so to the second. This morning was one of those mornings so I sta… --- ## [Etiquette question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-question/714395)
**Author:** [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2015, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-question/714395 "2015-03-10T12:34:30Z")
I was shopping at one of the three major pharmacies in this country and having finished I went to check out. There were two registers open and one line (which seemed to be forming behind one of the registers) which I jo… --- ## [My "I haven't posted in a long time" reintroduction post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-i-havent-posted-in-a-long-time-reintroduction-post/714667)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2015, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-i-havent-posted-in-a-long-time-reintroduction-post/714667 "2015-03-10T05:37:29Z")
So, a little about me, I tend to be conservative on some things but not others, for example, I don’t care who you love or marry, I think MOST drugs should NOT be illegal (the whole war on drugs things was and is a tota… --- ## [Anti-Jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-jokes/714503)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-jokes/714503 "2015-03-10T02:30:17Z")
What’s worse than stubbing your toe? Why did the little boy drop his ice cream? A horse walks into a bar, so the bartender called animal control. Why do black people love fried chicken? A priest, a rabbi, and an i… --- ## [Conservatives hate Spock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-hate-spock/714445)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-hate-spock/714445 "2015-03-09T21:01:08Z")
Can’t Make This Up: Conservatives Now Say They Hate Spock After Obama Praises Character OK. One Conservative wrote an opinion piece. And it’s in Washington Free Bacon, which Wikipedia says ‘is noted for its aggressiv… --- ## ["Beogoat; or, The Goatte In The Coatte."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beogoat-or-the-goatte-in-the-coatte/714622)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beogoat-or-the-goatte-in-the-coatte/714622 "2015-03-09T19:06:40Z")
Our parents had gone out,a dragon to slay. We’d sworn oaths to remain in the castle that day. I sat there with Cuthbert. We sat there, we two and I said, “I would fain we had summat to do. No purpose must tempt us t… --- ## [Mean Old Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-old-lady/714304)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-old-lady/714304 "2015-03-09T16:57:53Z")
Does she still post here? --- ## [Gee, could this be a scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-could-this-be-a-scam/714299)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-could-this-be-a-scam/714299 "2015-03-09T15:54:16Z")
This has got to be one of the flakiest scam emails I’ve gotten in a long time! I love how Homeland Security uses a yahoo.com.hk email and that its phone number has a Texas area code! But when I hover over the sender, i… --- ## [Chilblains? Seriously, \_Chilblains\_!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chilblains-seriously-_chilblains_/674673)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chilblains-seriously-_chilblains_/674673 "2015-03-09T13:43:39Z")
Part of the wonderful world of growing old is having your body break down in new and unfamiliar ways. Recently I started getting what I thought was simple footsoreness in my toes. Nope, turns out I have \[old-timer voice\]… --- ## [The Spring into Spring MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-spring-into-spring-mmp/713995)
**Author:** [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Replies:** 320\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-spring-into-spring-mmp/713995 "2015-03-09T05:19:32Z")
Not only is it Monday somewhere as I write this, it’s Monday just about everywhere except in the Mountain and Pacific time zones, and Hawai’i and Alaska. No one answered my question about who was supposed to lead off th… --- ## [body fat distribution and aging](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-fat-distribution-and-aging/714575)
**Author:** [@Contemplation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contemplation)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-fat-distribution-and-aging/714575 "2015-03-09T04:23:48Z")
As you age, your body stores less fat right underneath the skin (subcutaneous fat) , but it stores more fat on the neck, lower jaw, and the belly. Your arms and legs become skinnier, the butt becomes flatter, the breast… --- ## [Major accident on the Spaulding Turnpike in New Hampshire (Dover tollbooth)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-accident-on-the-spaulding-turnpike-in-new-hampshire-dover-tollbooth/714310)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-accident-on-the-spaulding-turnpike-in-new-hampshire-dover-tollbooth/714310 "2015-03-09T01:01:58Z")
A tractor trailer plowed through the Dover tollbooth about a half hour ago, the Spaulding is down to 1 lane, thank Og it was just the EZPass lane!, if the trucker had struck an occupied booth, there’d be nothing left o… --- ## [Today Is My 50th Birthday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-50th-birthday/714532)
**Author:** [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-50th-birthday/714532 "2015-03-08T22:09:09Z")
I was born Monday, March 8th, 1965 at 9:10 a.m. at West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park, Illinois (just outside of Chicago). The night before I had been kicking my mom a lot (sorry, Mom) and she couldn’t sleep, so she and … --- ## [Chicken And Chocolate: An Easter Tale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-chocolate-an-easter-tale/148920)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-chocolate-an-easter-tale/148920 "2015-03-08T20:21:30Z")
The Easter toys are in the stores now. ALREADY, would you believe it? I bought a little plastic chicken. It came equipped with a bunch of little plastic eggs; when you push down on the chicken’s back, it flaps its litt… --- ## [Weasel hitches ride on a woodpecker.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weasel-hitches-ride-on-a-woodpecker/714171)
**Author:** [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weasel-hitches-ride-on-a-woodpecker/714171 "2015-03-08T16:47:57Z")
These amazing photos of a weasel attacking a Green Woodpecker and being carried off on its back have been circulating on the net for a day or two. Of course, this has quickly given rise to a bunch of parodies. My favori… --- ## [Arias verdict in 20 mins - 9:30 MST.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arias-verdict-in-20-mins-9-30-mst/714280)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arias-verdict-in-20-mins-9-30-mst/714280 "2015-03-08T15:39:33Z")
Death or life for Jodi. 20 minutes from now we’ll know. --- ## [A closer look at Ceres](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-closer-look-at-ceres/710388)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-closer-look-at-ceres/710388 "2015-03-08T02:53:00Z")
Pretty cool: http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/20/living/dawn-ceres-new-images-feat/index.html Wow, the Wiki article on Ceres is already updated with the image!: Ceres (dwarf planet) - Wikipedia And here’s more on the probe, … --- ## [Ever forced to try a variation of your favorite thing...and liked it better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-forced-to-try-a-variation-of-your-favorite-thing-and-liked-it-better/714334)
**Author:** [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-forced-to-try-a-variation-of-your-favorite-thing-and-liked-it-better/714334 "2015-03-08T01:55:05Z")
When I was 18 I was on a flight with some pretty overworked flight attendants who really weren’t into customer service. One of them passed right on by me with the coffee, and I really wanted some. I called her back. C… --- ## [Student finds teacher hanging in classroom.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-finds-teacher-hanging-in-classroom/714045)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-finds-teacher-hanging-in-classroom/714045 "2015-03-08T00:39:11Z")
Placenta CA where life begins and ends. :rolleyes: WTH did this person off herself in school? I feel bad for the kids that found her. I’ve heard Hanging corpses can be particularly hideous. --- ## [Happy ladies day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-ladies-day/714486)
**Author:** [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-ladies-day/714486 "2015-03-08T00:18:53Z")
To all the women that have touched my life 365 days in the year, this day is set aside for you. I appreciate your tolerance understanding and when you have seen better, control and direction. March 8 rocks because you … --- ## [Older Dopers: Stuff that was meaningful to you as a kid that's still there](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-dopers-stuff-that-was-meaningful-to-you-as-a-kid-thats-still-there/714375)
**Author:** [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-dopers-stuff-that-was-meaningful-to-you-as-a-kid-thats-still-there/714375 "2015-03-07T22:33:27Z")
Inspired by the “stuff that’s not there any longer” thread. Younger Dopers can also respond, but I’m particularly asking for things that have remained essentially unchanged for, say, 50 years or more. Last year I went … --- ## [Dopers at SXSW?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-at-sxsw/714470)
**Author:** [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-at-sxsw/714470 "2015-03-07T20:29:22Z")
So I am headed to Austin for SXSW - Interactive portion. Any Dopers going to be there? Any Dopers want to meet up for something? --- ## [When come back bring pi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-come-back-bring-pi/714163)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-come-back-bring-pi/714163 "2015-03-07T19:30:36Z")
It’s coming soon: 3/14/15 9:26:53 (twice, if you’re using a 12-hour clock). A nano-second of silence for the actual moment of pi! --- ## [Students at UC Irvine vote to ban American flag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/students-at-uc-irvine-vote-to-ban-american-flag/714452)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/students-at-uc-irvine-vote-to-ban-american-flag/714452 "2015-03-07T16:24:21Z")
This reminds me of Oxford’s infamous resolution in the 1930’s. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/03/06/students-at-uc-irvine-vote-to-ban-american-flag/ I thought about pitting the idiots, but I’m not sure that it’s … --- ## [It had to happen one day: bird poop on my sweater](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-had-to-happen-one-day-bird-poop-on-my-sweater/714268)
**Author:** [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-had-to-happen-one-day-bird-poop-on-my-sweater/714268 "2015-03-07T15:39:38Z")
This morning, I was taking my youngest daughter to school, carrying her on my shoulders. As it was the first really sunny morning of the year, we decided to take an alternative route through what we call " the forest" b… --- ## [Determining If Someone Is Canadian...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/determining-if-someone-is-canadian/702072)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2015, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/determining-if-someone-is-canadian/702072 "2015-03-07T02:19:46Z")
I live near the the Windsor-Detroit border of Canada. So I have had contact with Canadians from time to time. They usually try to blend in with the rest of the population when the visit America (they are a very discrete … --- ## [Eye Contour Cream that covers up wrinkles but washes away?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-contour-cream-that-covers-up-wrinkles-but-washes-away/714357)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2015, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-contour-cream-that-covers-up-wrinkles-but-washes-away/714357 "2015-03-07T00:59:40Z")
I read some review of an Eye Contour cream that perfectly covers up wrinkles, I think it was made out of silicone or something similar, the catch is that it washes away with water. I can’t remember the brand or product.… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=759) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=761)