# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=763 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 764 --- ## [New(ish) comic for cat lovers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-comic-for-cat-lovers/713783)
**Author:** [@slightly\_askew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slightly_askew)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-comic-for-cat-lovers/713783 "2015-02-27T17:42:17Z")
I discovered this new(ish – started last summer) web comic a little while back and thoroughly enjoy it. Since there are a lot of cat folks on the Dope, I thought that I would share. I present to you, Breaking Cat News. … --- ## [Desperate much? Seaworld Orlando doing BOGO Annual Passes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-much-seaworld-orlando-doing-bogo-annual-passes/713195)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-much-seaworld-orlando-doing-bogo-annual-passes/713195 "2015-02-27T16:40:29Z")
Story here Seaworld must really be desperate if they’re giving away passes to the park and their waterpark for only 180 bucks. Go with a friend and you’re paying only 90 dollars! Hot damn. --- ## [LED traffic lights can't melt off snow and ice from their lens.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-traffic-lights-cant-melt-off-snow-and-ice-from-their-lens/713512)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2015, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-traffic-lights-cant-melt-off-snow-and-ice-from-their-lens/713512 "2015-02-27T12:28:40Z")
Seems like a major, disastrous design flaw too me. They can’t be serious about having workers manually remove that snow from every traffic light? :confused: A major city might have say ten thousand traffic lights? And… --- ## [Bird feeder sightings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-feeder-sightings/713465)
**Author:** [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2015, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-feeder-sightings/713465 "2015-02-27T01:28:02Z")
The snow is so piled up that when I went out to refill the feeders, I surprised a little red squirrel who was munching on something on the ground. He sped into his tunnel at the base of the right side of the birdy area … --- ## [Here's an interesting thing about TV advertising](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-an-interesting-thing-about-tv-advertising/713208)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-an-interesting-thing-about-tv-advertising/713208 "2015-02-26T23:42:45Z")
Advertising: --- ## [Alcohol and driving do not mix. Seriously.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-and-driving-do-not-mix-seriously/713503)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-and-driving-do-not-mix-seriously/713503 "2015-02-26T23:07:09Z")
A cautionary tale for all drivers, young and old. But particularly the young. I’ve put the sample quote in a spoiler because it’s extremely graphic, as is the whole tale. Seriously. You have been warned. --- ## [Left-foot gas & brake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-foot-gas-brake/713654)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-foot-gas-brake/713654 "2015-02-26T19:49:57Z")
I currently have to wear a removable cast on my right leg (MAJOR PITA), which I have to remove for showering and driving. I know there are hand controls that can be installed on cars, but are there adapters that enable t… --- ## [Rabies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabies/713674)
**Author:** [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabies/713674 "2015-02-26T17:59:59Z")
Please put this where ever it needs to be. Austin Texas,Zilker Dog Park Someone had a Border Collie mix at the park,playing with the other dogs and Fetch with at least one child. The dog was pre-symptomatic ,but was t… --- ## ["Miracle on Ice" similar to Pearl Harbor or 9/11?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miracle-on-ice-similar-to-pearl-harbor-or-9-11/713538)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miracle-on-ice-similar-to-pearl-harbor-or-9-11/713538 "2015-02-26T14:06:04Z")
On NPR, Al Michaels said that the U.S. hockey team’s victory over the USSR at Lake Placid 35 years ago was a similar kind of event to Pearl Harbor, the JFK assassination, or 9/11 in that everyone remembers where they wer… --- ## [Teacher resigns After Reading This REALLY RAUNCHY Poem In Freshman Math Class](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teacher-resigns-after-reading-this-really-raunchy-poem-in-freshman-math-class/712750)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teacher-resigns-after-reading-this-really-raunchy-poem-in-freshman-math-class/712750 "2015-02-26T13:56:44Z")
I Wish my math teachers were this cool. :smiley: Can’t imagine why this guy did this. He must of known it would get him canned. Its is a really funny poem. If Yahoo News is willing to print it. Then is it really that… --- ## [Real estate is NOT a great investment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-estate-is-not-a-great-investment/713363)
**Author:** [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-estate-is-not-a-great-investment/713363 "2015-02-26T03:44:53Z")
I just heard from old friends who just sold their Silicon Valley home for $1.55M - they bought it for $120,000 in 1980. They sold for almost thirteen times more or a growth of nearly 7.6%. Sounds great doesn’t it? Nop… --- ## [Lost/stolen passport stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-stolen-passport-stories/713407)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-stolen-passport-stories/713407 "2015-02-25T20:06:38Z")
On our way back from a European ski vacation I managed to misplace my passport after going through security. When I tried to go through passport control at our connecting airport I discovered it was missing. Panic! Amazi… --- ## [A new effort to save American Revolutionary War battlefields](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-effort-to-save-american-revolutionary-war-battlefields/706050)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-effort-to-save-american-revolutionary-war-battlefields/706050 "2015-02-25T20:05:21Z")
The Civil War Trust, long an effective and nimble leader in saving Civil War battlefields, has created a new organization to do the same for RevWar battlefields (for which there is still much work to be done). I’ve made… --- ## [I'm finally biking to work!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-biking-to-work/713409)
**Author:** [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-biking-to-work/713409 "2015-02-25T18:33:41Z")
I leased a car three years ago as it was the best choice for the situation I was in. I resented it. I don’t like car payments and I don’t like driving a new car plus I hate the insurance premium. I don’t define myself by… --- ## [Conflict Mediation Consultant Assaults Boyfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflict-mediation-consultant-assaults-boyfriend/713533)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflict-mediation-consultant-assaults-boyfriend/713533 "2015-02-25T16:33:51Z")
Columbia University professor who teaches peacekeeping skills to cops, firefighters is charged with assaulting boyfriend --- ## [Eye opening moment of self-image](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-opening-moment-of-self-image/713365)
**Author:** [@Faelyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faelyn)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-opening-moment-of-self-image/713365 "2015-02-25T16:33:28Z")
So recently I had a moment that hit me like a lightning bolt, and since then I can’t quite shake the intense feeling it’s left. So story time: Back in 2010 I was at my all time heaviest weight of 244 pounds. I know it d… --- ## [It is getting hard to live without the internet, my cell phone, or a DVR](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-getting-hard-to-live-without-the-internet-my-cell-phone-or-a-dvr/709142)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-getting-hard-to-live-without-the-internet-my-cell-phone-or-a-dvr/709142 "2015-02-25T16:14:30Z")
I have become so spoiled by all of this passive immediate entertainment. I can’t even stand normal TV anymore, the commercials, not being able to fast forward, not being able to watch the show exactly when you want. I’m … --- ## [Goodbye Sweet Gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-sweet-gouda/713388)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-sweet-gouda/713388 "2015-02-25T02:10:18Z")
Goodbye sweet Gouda. Tonight I put my cat Gouda to sleep. She was 17. She had been going down hill since my cat Sleestak passed. For a while Gouda had been losing weight. She ate some, but not as much as normal. She wa… --- ## [The Routine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-routine/713502)
**Author:** [@MorphinePoet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MorphinePoet)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-routine/713502 "2015-02-24T23:00:43Z")
I work and live in different cities, and I have to travel early in the morning to work, and travel back at dusk back where I live. Considering that I usually have very little time to do anything besides maintaining this … --- ## [Today in my adventures as an amateur electrician](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-my-adventures-as-an-amateur-electrician/713468)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-my-adventures-as-an-amateur-electrician/713468 "2015-02-24T19:34:38Z")
I learned all about nipples and hickeys. Not as fun as it sounds, alas. --- ## [Tubs vs. Boxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubs-vs-boxes/713337)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubs-vs-boxes/713337 "2015-02-24T17:24:33Z")
One of the inevitable problem associated with moving is finding enough boxes to store up all your stuff. About 12 years ago I dealt with this problem by going to WalMart and buying maybe 50 plastic storage tubs. Why? He… --- ## [Irish cat cares for three ducklings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-cat-cares-for-three-ducklings/686231)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-cat-cares-for-three-ducklings/686231 "2015-02-24T16:24:23Z")
Stand by for cuteness overload in three, two, one… http://www.wimp.com/catducklings/ --- ## [In which I become one of those oft-forwarded emails/FB statuses...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-become-one-of-those-oft-forwarded-emails-fb-statuses/713486)
**Author:** [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-become-one-of-those-oft-forwarded-emails-fb-statuses/713486 "2015-02-24T14:39:13Z")
Tonight, at the Walgreens nearest my home (I usually fill prescriptions at a Target pharmacy near my workplace, but I have filled scrips here multiple times), I attempted to fill my son’s ADD med: WALGREENS CLERK: Can I… --- ## [Got something cool that only true aficionados recognize?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-something-cool-that-only-true-aficionados-recognize/712091)
**Author:** [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2015, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-something-cool-that-only-true-aficionados-recognize/712091 "2015-02-24T04:17:43Z")
I occasionally see the “what cool stuff do you have?” threads popping up here, but this is a little bit more… …Do you have something cool that is below the radar for everyone except for the true aficionado? I thought a… --- ## [Myth busted: We don’t swallow eight spiders a year while we sleep](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myth-busted-we-don-t-swallow-eight-spiders-a-year-while-we-sleep/686318)
**Author:** [@Duke\_of\_York](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_York)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myth-busted-we-don-t-swallow-eight-spiders-a-year-while-we-sleep/686318 "2015-02-24T02:35:46Z")
Bill Shear, the former president of the American Arachnological Society told Scientific American that spiders have absolutely zero interest in humans and “regard us much like they’d regard a big rock… We’re so large that… --- ## [For The Audiophile With More Dollars Than Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-audiophile-with-more-dollars-than-sense/713204)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2015, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-audiophile-with-more-dollars-than-sense/713204 "2015-02-24T02:22:57Z")
The perfect companion piece for the $50 Monster audio cable: I prefer to avoid thinking about how rich I could be with how little effort if I weren’t encumbered with such an inconvenient sense of ethics and self-respec… --- ## [Looks like I may be adopting this little furry bundle of squee.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-i-may-be-adopting-this-little-furry-bundle-of-squee/705180)
**Author:** [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-i-may-be-adopting-this-little-furry-bundle-of-squee/705180 "2015-02-24T02:10:47Z")
Pretty sure, if all the moving parts line up, that I’m going to be adopting this little furry ball of cute dogness this weekend. So there. Say she is not absolutely adorable, I dare you. :):slight\_smile: --- ## [Grumble Grumble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grumble-grumble/713156)
**Author:** [@dfinn2310](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dfinn2310)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grumble-grumble/713156 "2015-02-24T00:10:53Z")
So I was wondering what anyone else thinks they would do in my situation: I work in a retail store with only 7 employees, meaning when someone calls out there is only 1 or 2 people that can possibly work for them. This… --- ## [Tongs vs fingers and other odd things people do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tongs-vs-fingers-and-other-odd-things-people-do/713197)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tongs-vs-fingers-and-other-odd-things-people-do/713197 "2015-02-23T23:45:50Z")
We spent the last couple of days in San Francisco. The hotel we were in had a complimentary cold breakfast, and we sat near the buffet because it amuses me to watch the weird shit people do. One of the food items was a … --- ## [HD win](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hd-win/713447)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hd-win/713447 "2015-02-23T22:44:13Z")
This is simply not a sentence I find representative of normality, so I thought it would be worth sharing" "I went into Home Depot to find a small nut and bolt to fix something kind of odd, and hanging right on a sensibl… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=762) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=764)