# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=769 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 770 --- ## [I suspect Sen. Minority Leader Harry Reid might be getting beat up by mobsters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-suspect-sen-minority-leader-harry-reid-might-be-getting-beat-up-by-mobsters/711790)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2015, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-suspect-sen-minority-leader-harry-reid-might-be-getting-beat-up-by-mobsters/711790 "2015-02-06T01:40:55Z")
Im not a Conservative nut job (well, after you read this you may say I am a nut job, but not a Conservative one), and I voted for Obama in 2012. But this makes me raise an eyebrow: http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2015/0… --- ## [Popping Your Cherry with the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popping-your-cherry-with-the-mmp/710910)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 373\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popping-your-cherry-with-the-mmp/710910 "2015-02-06T01:24:46Z")
So, here we are. My first. Thread that is. After lurking for awhile, then joining a year ago, I’ve participated in many threads, but never actually started one until now. It’s my turn to kick things off of the MMP th… --- ## [Calgary's Mayor Naheed Nenshi awarded World Mayor Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgarys-mayor-naheed-nenshi-awarded-world-mayor-prize/711646)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgarys-mayor-naheed-nenshi-awarded-world-mayor-prize/711646 "2015-02-06T00:57:51Z")
So, after all the weird stories about (thankfully) former Mayor Rob Ford of Toronto, a different Canadian mayor is making headlines internationally for all the right reasons: Calgary’s Mayor Naheed Nenshi awarded World … --- ## [Pillow talk - What's on YOUR bed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pillow-talk-whats-on-your-bed/710379)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pillow-talk-whats-on-your-bed/710379 "2015-02-05T23:41:46Z")
I’ve never been terribly picky about my pillow, unlike my wife who cycles through them quicker than a Hollywood romance. I do require 2, though, pretty much regarless of the type. I was using a regular pillow under a c… --- ## [King of Jordan to personally bomb ISIS positions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-jordan-to-personally-bomb-isis-positions/711876)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-jordan-to-personally-bomb-isis-positions/711876 "2015-02-05T21:42:04Z")
Link. Seems he is flying bombing missions himself. Apparently he served in the British Army, which I didn’t know: --- ## [Humane farming and selective consumerism (vs. factory farming)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humane-farming-and-selective-consumerism-vs-factory-farming/660811)
**Author:** [@Lunar\_Eclipse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lunar_Eclipse)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humane-farming-and-selective-consumerism-vs-factory-farming/660811 "2015-02-05T19:35:45Z")
I read The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan last year, and was fascinated and disgusted with the food supply chain in the U.S. It seemed so out of control that I promptly reacted to it by putting my head in the sand… --- ## [My last grandpa is dying soon...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-last-grandpa-is-dying-soon/711865)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-last-grandpa-is-dying-soon/711865 "2015-02-05T19:22:36Z")
And I’m really sad. That’s all. --- ## [My neighbor, Mr. Ohseedee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-mr-ohseedee/711120)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-mr-ohseedee/711120 "2015-02-05T18:21:20Z")
I think I’ve snarked about my neighbor (the one in my front-and-center view) with his rather excessive yard maintenance habits. During the recent Great Blizzard of Ought-Fifteen, he set a new high. In summer, this guy m… --- ## ["Snowmageddon" to hit British Isles - 2-4 inches expected!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmageddon-to-hit-british-isles-2-4-inches-expected/711648)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmageddon-to-hit-british-isles-2-4-inches-expected/711648 "2015-02-05T15:13:41Z")
It’s Snowmageddon time in the UK is anarchy far behind? --- ## [Holy crap, got nailed by some stray voltage in a snow bank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-got-nailed-by-some-stray-voltage-in-a-snow-bank/711787)
**Author:** [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2015, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-got-nailed-by-some-stray-voltage-in-a-snow-bank/711787 "2015-02-05T04:45:31Z")
Just need to decompress a little bit. I was out about an hour ago walking my dog in the snow (we got hit with about 20 inches here), and on my way back I was crossing a busy street that connects with the side street I l… --- ## [RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip/711710)
**Author:** [@BOOM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BOOM)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2015, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip/711710 "2015-02-05T04:11:27Z")
Forgive me, this is about death. I don’t really know anyone here but I just want to write this down and just kind of put something … out there. I’m fine, everthing is fine. Okay. I have to write this down because it’s … --- ## [Ask the Unemployment guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-unemployment-guy/139445)
**Author:** [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2015, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-unemployment-guy/139445 "2015-02-05T04:02:32Z")
If anyone has questions about how Unemployment works feel free to ask here. Although I’m still in training I can answer most questions. My answers will pertain to how things are in NJ but should be accurate for other st… --- ## [My school district got taken over by the state. We joined the club!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-school-district-got-taken-over-by-the-state-we-joined-the-club/711360)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-school-district-got-taken-over-by-the-state-we-joined-the-club/711360 "2015-02-05T02:38:45Z")
This seems to be a national trend. My school district just joined the we got taken over club. The obvious question is… Why would a bunch of state bureaucrats do any better than a local school board? In theory, the scho… --- ## [Realising you'll never amount to anything.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realising-youll-never-amount-to-anything/711323)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realising-youll-never-amount-to-anything/711323 "2015-02-05T02:35:49Z")
It’s funny hitting that point in life where you realise that clearly you probably will never starve but you’ll probably never do anything that merits even a footnote in anyone’s account of anything ever again. I just too… --- ## [I am getting married!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-married/711367)
**Author:** [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-married/711367 "2015-02-05T02:00:47Z")
I haven’t proposed yet but we discussed it and she will say yes. I am fortunate that my mother is giving us the basis for the ring by sacrificing the diamond from her engagement ring so we can make our ring. Last night … --- ## [Office supplies: a monopoly on paperclip sales?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-supplies-a-monopoly-on-paperclip-sales/711803)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-supplies-a-monopoly-on-paperclip-sales/711803 "2015-02-04T22:29:00Z")
I’ve been experiencing an interesting case study in how localized monopolies work, and from today’s news, it looks to get even worse. We used to have an Office Max a few miles away, and a Staples a little closer. (Neare… --- ## [Okaaaayyyy...so that happened.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okaaaayyyy-so-that-happened/711364)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okaaaayyyy-so-that-happened/711364 "2015-02-04T20:28:02Z")
I have only had my cell phone number for a month or two, and I keep getting calls that seem to be for the previous owner of the number. I’m getting tired of it, so rather than letting unfamiliar numbers go to voice mail … --- ## [Diner Slang](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diner-slang/711658)
**Author:** [@BaldDudePeekskill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaldDudePeekskill)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diner-slang/711658 "2015-02-04T18:55:53Z")
Does/did Diner Slang (i.e. Adam and Eve on a raft, etc.) exist? It seems cutesy and I’ve heard it used in old films and television shows, but I’ve never thought it was actually true. Can anyone with Diner experience conf… --- ## [A little dog died today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-dog-died-today/708824)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-dog-died-today/708824 "2015-02-04T18:26:49Z")
She was a little girl who was well-loved by her owner. She owned her since she was a puppy and she cared for her deeply. Ten seconds off the leash, while she went to get a poop bag from her apartment, was all it took. T… --- ## [There is such a thing as a professional cat circus. Here it is](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-such-a-thing-as-a-professional-cat-circus-here-it-is/711141)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-such-a-thing-as-a-professional-cat-circus-here-it-is/711141 "2015-02-04T18:16:38Z")
--- ## [Just broke up with gf](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-broke-up-with-gf/711697)
**Author:** [@Majorbummer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Majorbummer)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-broke-up-with-gf/711697 "2015-02-04T17:08:16Z")
Hi, I’m new here, just came across this site and thought why not, so here’s my (not so boring I promise) story. I’m french, last year I went in Italy for a semester to study, and I met an Australian girl, we became real… --- ## [Went to Stonehenge yesterday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/went-to-stonehenge-yesterday/711433)
**Author:** [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/went-to-stonehenge-yesterday/711433 "2015-02-04T13:35:15Z")
So, I was driving up the A303 to Guildford yesterday to go and see Brian Blessed in King Lear (although that didn’t work out, it was still an excellent show), and as usual on that road, we drove past Stonehenge, just sat… --- ## [I just fixed me a washing machine!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-fixed-me-a-washing-machine/711673)
**Author:** [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2015, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-fixed-me-a-washing-machine/711673 "2015-02-04T05:14:35Z")
Who wants to do the next load, bitches?! Rotor gear teeth wore down and the thing stopped spinning. It was an adventure just to figure out what exactly was wrong with it. Ended up being a total tear-down, too. Would hav… --- ## [Problems exacerbated by new technology.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-exacerbated-by-new-technology/711768)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2015, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-exacerbated-by-new-technology/711768 "2015-02-04T01:28:57Z")
My trusty old Maglite may have taken one for the team. I was trying to figure out how long I have had my standard old D-cell Black Maglite. I know about 6 years ago I converted it to the LED head. I’m know I had it ten … --- ## [First sign of Spring is here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-sign-of-spring-is-here/711517)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-sign-of-spring-is-here/711517 "2015-02-04T01:09:31Z")
…an onion, sitting on my counter. I cut it open and there are two sprouts starting up inside. If I left it for a few more weeks, those green sprouts would have emerged from the bulb and reached up toward the light from… --- ## [Snow storm Linus.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-storm-linus/711533)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-storm-linus/711533 "2015-02-04T00:37:03Z")
Yeah I know, I think naming them is stupid too but seems pointless to avoid using it out of spite. Here in SE Michigan I guess we aren’t going to skate by again this time. Got about 3 inches on the sidewalks,with the bu… --- ## [Tragic Story with weird Side Note](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tragic-story-with-weird-side-note/711694)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2015, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tragic-story-with-weird-side-note/711694 "2015-02-03T23:36:02Z")
I am reading the NYTimes. There is a tragic story about a young Brooklyn couple, her pregnant, killed by a hit and run driver. The baby died a day later. Behind their paywall: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/03/nyregi… --- ## [Have you heard the term "cruising" (referring to young kids)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-the-term-cruising-referring-to-young-kids/710429)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-the-term-cruising-referring-to-young-kids/710429 "2015-02-03T23:21:55Z")
A British\* friend of mine wrote in her blog that her young son enjoys “cruising.” I asked her what that meant, and she explained that it meant walking along while holding onto furniture. I have tried googling “cruising … --- ## [Indisputably true things which aren't true](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indisputably-true-things-which-arent-true/710954)
**Author:** [@Asympotically\_fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asympotically_fat)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2015, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indisputably-true-things-which-arent-true/710954 "2015-02-03T20:49:42Z")
Pondering a slightly obscure factoid got me thinking, what statements that the vast majority of people would think are true either aren’t true or admit some sort of unexpected exception (and I’m not talking about well-wo… --- ## [New cars with fake engine sounds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cars-with-fake-engine-sounds/711434)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cars-with-fake-engine-sounds/711434 "2015-02-03T20:00:24Z")
A phrase I picked up a long time ago, specifically in reference to how the completely absurd things Mad magazine proposed had a tendency to manifest in the marketplace, is “blindsided by reality” or BBR. Some of you mig… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=768) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=770)