# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=764 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 765 --- ## [Protein!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protein/713430)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protein/713430 "2015-02-23T21:09:19Z")
While perusing this board the last few hours and generally making an ass of myself, I have found that I have just consumed a 6.2OZ(175g) bag of Beef Jerky. There goes my lunch diet all to heck. --- ## [Permanent Move to St. Helena (UK)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-move-to-st-helena-uk/581750)
**Author:** [@PugDog23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PugDog23)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-move-to-st-helena-uk/581750 "2015-02-23T21:07:23Z")
So does anyone have thoughts on two Americans, with three dogs, and graduate degrees picking up shop and moving to an island in the mid-atlantic. This question is directed more at the how-to (legal, logistics, etc) rath… --- ## [Dating Site Etiquette re: responding to messages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-site-etiquette-re-responding-to-messages/712655)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-site-etiquette-re-responding-to-messages/712655 "2015-02-23T18:58:16Z")
Yes I confess I have an OKCupid profile. Admit it! You do too! Having recently moved to a new locale, I have lately gotten a lot of hits since I’m “fresh meat” - a new face in my new burb. Anyway, having gotten a lot of… --- ## [Canadian MP leaves seat during vote because his seat is too tight.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-mp-leaves-seat-during-vote-because-his-seat-is-too-tight/713139)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-mp-leaves-seat-during-vote-because-his-seat-is-too-tight/713139 "2015-02-23T15:23:52Z")
Tight underwear triggers a ruling from the Deputy Speaker on whether an MP’s vote is valid. :eek: Pat Martin (NDP MP) cast his vote on a procedural motion in the Commons, but then left his seat for a short time. A Conse… --- ## [Five days of canceled school makes Cinnamon something something](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-days-of-canceled-school-makes-cinnamon-something-something/713145)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-days-of-canceled-school-makes-cinnamon-something-something/713145 "2015-02-23T05:37:31Z")
Y’all. It’s getting bad in here. School was dismissed early on Monday due to the oncoming ice storm, and we’ve been largely trapped at home since then. Thank goodness, we can actually drive around now, but the kids bei… --- ## [Worried about chiroptera. Anyone know her in real life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worried-about-chiroptera-anyone-know-her-in-real-life/712450)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worried-about-chiroptera-anyone-know-her-in-real-life/712450 "2015-02-23T03:31:35Z")
\*\*chiroptera \*\*typically posted several times a day and has for years. In this thread she asked if her heart response doing a treadmill at the gym was reason for concern and I (and others) encouraged her to get to her d… --- ## [It's Monday Somewhere-an MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-monday-somewhere-an-mmp/712796)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 309\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-monday-somewhere-an-mmp/712796 "2015-02-23T02:35:16Z")
It’s Monday here on the East coast. It’s cold, gonna get colder, and the snow and ice starts in 18 hours. On the brighter side, I get to start at my new store tomorrow night. hijack away! --- ## [Words you don't expect in a text](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dont-expect-in-a-text/713050)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-dont-expect-in-a-text/713050 "2015-02-22T18:28:25Z")
I can get fired for even looking at my phone at work “for security reasons,” so I have it on tickle and steal a glance at who’s calling or texting. I may have a job interview coming up so Goody zone kept texting me abou… --- ## [Countries Healthy Diets / Unhealthy Diets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-healthy-diets-unhealthy-diets/713307)
**Author:** [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-healthy-diets-unhealthy-diets/713307 "2015-02-22T17:16:30Z")
I wonder how accurate this is. --- ## [Mnemonic devices you use for spelling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mnemonic-devices-you-use-for-spelling/713121)
**Author:** [@Loch\_Raven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loch_Raven)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mnemonic-devices-you-use-for-spelling/713121 "2015-02-22T14:28:23Z")
They don’t have to make sense, they just have to work. Here are a couple of mine: where does the\* u \*go in restaurant = “Do not RANT in the restaurant.” where are the double consonants in Caribbean = “my CAR is a\*\* B\*… --- ## [Nintendo and the West coast port strikes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-and-the-west-coast-port-strikes/713264)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2015, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-and-the-west-coast-port-strikes/713264 "2015-02-22T13:14:38Z")
I think Nintendo is lying about this. Nintendo President: Port Strikes Have Caused Amiibo and New 3DS XL Shortages - IGN If this was the case, wouldn’t there also be shortages of other products not by Nintendo? It’s n… --- ## [Cat Physics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-physics/702969)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2015, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-physics/702969 "2015-02-22T05:14:50Z")
I have a hypothesis about the physics of cats, especially house cats. Observations: I have observed a cat jump straight up, then step onto its destination. I have observed a kitten jump into a bathtub that had a good … --- ## [Eve?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve/713270)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve/713270 "2015-02-21T18:40:17Z")
Eve? Anybody heard from Eve? --- ## [Woman Shoots Intruder With Gun Her Son Gave Her A Week Ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-shoots-intruder-with-gun-her-son-gave-her-a-week-ago/713141)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2015, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-shoots-intruder-with-gun-her-son-gave-her-a-week-ago/713141 "2015-02-21T08:20:13Z")
The son probably saved his mom’s life. I need to get my mom a revolver. She has my dad’s semi-automatic in the bedside table. She’s got arthritis pretty bad now and I doubt she could operate a semi auto. Especially if it… --- ## [I've ditched my iPhone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ditched-my-iphone/712553)
**Author:** [@Khendrask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khendrask)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2015, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ditched-my-iphone/712553 "2015-02-21T07:55:39Z")
I’ve been an iPhone user for years and years, but this time when my latest one started to go all screwy, I picked up a cheap Windows phone until I could get the iPhone fixed… Well, after a brief period of using the Wind… --- ## [In which Piper Cub objects to the role of middle management](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-piper-cub-objects-to-the-role-of-middle-management/712828)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2015, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-piper-cub-objects-to-the-role-of-middle-management/712828 "2015-02-21T06:27:44Z")
The Cub’s toys have got out of control so we told him that there would be no TV, card games or excursions until they were all picked up. Much grumbling and wailing resulted, but he eventually buckled down. Towards the e… --- ## [Charles Manson is getting married!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907)
**Author:** [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2015, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907 "2015-02-21T05:40:02Z")
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/ap-exclusive-charles-manson-gets-marriage-license/ar-BBeksFN?ocid=iehp I wonder what they will register for? --- ## [Irregular Webcomic cites the Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregular-webcomic-cites-the-dope/713193)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2015, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregular-webcomic-cites-the-dope/713193 "2015-02-21T04:57:23Z")
David Morgan-Mar’s Irregular Webcomic strip is in reruns, but he adds commentary to them. In today’s strip, he muses over the origins of the term “kangaroo court” and cites The Master’s comments on the term. Nice to se… --- ## [Over the hill, and picking up speed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-the-hill-and-picking-up-speed/713028)
**Author:** [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-the-hill-and-picking-up-speed/713028 "2015-02-20T20:18:02Z")
Several years ago, I wrote a post about getting old based on confusing two songs, both named Jungle Love. One was by Steve Miller, and one was by Morris Day and the Time. It’s been seven years since I wrote that. In tha… --- ## [The Past Speaking to Us: Cool Quote from "Three Men in a Boat"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-past-speaking-to-us-cool-quote-from-three-men-in-a-boat/712953)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-past-speaking-to-us-cool-quote-from-three-men-in-a-boat/712953 "2015-02-20T19:39:12Z")
I just read Jerome K. Jerome’s Three Men in a Boat, a comic English novel published in 1889. I enjoyed the way the following passage spoke directly to, well…us. Check it out: \[QUOTE=Three Men In A Boat\] To go back to… --- ## [Lance Armstrong LIED!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lance-armstrong-lied/711819)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lance-armstrong-lied/711819 "2015-02-20T13:16:53Z")
Heard on the news today that Lance “King of the Douches” Armstrong was driving, most likely drunk, and plowed into a few parked cars, and \*then lied \*about who was driving at the time! He had his girlfriend take the rap! … --- ## [14 Die at a Concert in South Korea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-die-at-a-concert-in-south-korea/701787)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-die-at-a-concert-in-south-korea/701787 "2015-02-20T13:12:23Z")
From here: More at the link. The ventilation grate on which they were standing was not designed for that and was, in fact, about shoulder-height. The people climbed up to stand on it so they could get a better view of … --- ## [Pro-Tip!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-tip/712740)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-tip/712740 "2015-02-20T02:09:59Z")
When ordering a new household appliance, everyone knows you should measure the place that said appliance will occupy. It’s also a good idea to measure the width of every door opening through which it must pass in order … --- ## [Tesla home storage battery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-home-storage-battery/713015)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2015, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-home-storage-battery/713015 "2015-02-20T01:27:54Z")
Tesla Motors announces a new battery, production to begin in six months, no market-release date, which apparently you could use to power your home and live off the power grid, so long as you have solar panels or somethin… --- ## [One Positive Outcome from Boston's Winter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-positive-outcome-from-bostons-winter/713085)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-positive-outcome-from-bostons-winter/713085 "2015-02-19T17:50:55Z")
--- ## [Ziphius! I want one (cheap underwater drone)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ziphius-i-want-one-cheap-underwater-drone/663146)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ziphius-i-want-one-cheap-underwater-drone/663146 "2015-02-19T16:10:32Z")
I just heard about a project in development, a “personal” surface or underwater drone, controllable from a tablet or smartphone. It sends a WiFi video signal and can be propelled up to 6MPH. Ziphius The development ap… --- ## [Pope Francis says not having children is selfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-francis-says-not-having-children-is-selfish/712449)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2015, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-francis-says-not-having-children-is-selfish/712449 "2015-02-19T12:33:02Z")
Pot:kettle. Where are your children, your Holiness?:stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [Why is Facebook not showing the title of a Buzzfeed link I created?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-facebook-not-showing-the-title-of-a-buzzfeed-link-i-created/712940)
**Author:** [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2015, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-facebook-not-showing-the-title-of-a-buzzfeed-link-i-created/712940 "2015-02-19T03:36:48Z")
I made my first Buzzfeed list/article (don’t worry, it’s not as inane as it sounds; it’s about things buried far back in the mix of old songs that you might not have noticed). I’m trying to link to it on my Facebook, an… --- ## [My daughter's wedding was JRRT-themed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughters-wedding-was-jrrt-themed/709750)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughters-wedding-was-jrrt-themed/709750 "2015-02-19T01:29:45Z")
The littlest Mercotan, who once posted here as Eowyn the Mercotan is now wed, to a fine fellow with enough nerdiness in him to fit in comfortably. The altar was decorated with the Two Trees, Laurelin the gold, and Telpe… --- ## [Edward Curtis photo Collection of Native American Indians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-curtis-photo-collection-of-native-american-indians/713049)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-curtis-photo-collection-of-native-american-indians/713049 "2015-02-19T01:08:08Z")
Edward Curtis captured the traditional Indian way of life just before it disappeared. This is one of the largest collections of his work that I’ve seen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=763) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=765)