# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=776 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 777 --- ## [I bought a bow tie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-bow-tie/709547)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-bow-tie/709547 "2015-01-12T00:07:15Z")
I’ve been putting it off for 30 years. Yesterday I was buying a shirt, and there was the bow tie display. I bought one. The last time I wore a bow tie was when I was very, very young. I must have been about five. (H… --- ## [Snow in Hawaii, too!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-in-hawaii-too/709572)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-in-hawaii-too/709572 "2015-01-11T22:38:47Z")
Heard how there is snow on the ground in all 50 states in the US. I guess this is correct if you count the summit of the volcano Mauna Kea on the Big Island. No one really lives up there, but there are several observato… --- ## [Anybody else doing a dry January?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-doing-a-dry-january/709137)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-doing-a-dry-january/709137 "2015-01-11T20:40:46Z")
Or “Drynuary”, if you will. I hope CS is the place to post this, since it involves the absence of intoxicating beverages. Not exactly a New Year’s Resolution-- it’s just good timing after all the overindulgence of the … --- ## [Lumpectomy successfully completed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lumpectomy-successfully-completed/708499)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lumpectomy-successfully-completed/708499 "2015-01-11T16:53:33Z")
I got back from the hospital a couple hours ago. My surgeon said everything went great taking the tumor out of my breast, and the lymph nodes she took out for biopsy didn’t look suspicious. Of course only the pathology l… --- ## [Replace Power Supply, get shaken down by Microsoft.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-power-supply-get-shaken-down-by-microsoft/709440)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-power-supply-get-shaken-down-by-microsoft/709440 "2015-01-10T22:22:19Z")
So the power supply on my 4 year l Dell went. Technically the fan on it went but either way I had to replace it. Luckily Dell was able to sell me a replacement part that was exactly the same and I was able to install it… --- ## [Marine's father returns condolence letter to Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marines-father-returns-condolence-letter-to-obama/709396)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marines-father-returns-condolence-letter-to-obama/709396 "2015-01-10T21:05:38Z")
Is this legit? Who put this on the internet and why? I can only find political websites reposting this with almost verbatim articles saying the same thing over and over again. Who is Steven Hogan? A grieving father or po… --- ## [I am an LA girl to my marrow, and I cannot take much more...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-la-girl-to-my-marrow-and-i-cannot-take-much-more/708839)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-la-girl-to-my-marrow-and-i-cannot-take-much-more/708839 "2015-01-10T20:44:29Z")
The butter I leave on the countertop is harder than butter coming straight from the fridge. I can see my breath in my living room. I get so hot doing cardio that I have to line my clothes with solid ice (in the form of… --- ## [New Computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-computer/709454)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-computer/709454 "2015-01-10T19:30:40Z")
I’ve been making do up until now with an old computer dating to 2003 running XP. Finally got a new machine and now I can actually browse sites with Flash and multiple .GIFs without locking up. --- ## [My "rescued" bettas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-rescued-bettas/709489)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-rescued-bettas/709489 "2015-01-10T18:18:51Z")
So, in my 40 gallon community tank, where I mostly have corys and guppies, plus a loach and a bristle-nosed pleco, for practical reasons (but they are very interesting fish), I now have two female bettas. They are not in… --- ## [Awesome score at the Salvation Army Thrift Store](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-score-at-the-salvation-army-thrift-store/708640)
**Author:** [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-score-at-the-salvation-army-thrift-store/708640 "2015-01-10T13:36:49Z")
I’m trying to pay down credit cards, and as part of that, I’m not using them. Unfortunately, that doesn’t keep me from needing new clothes–it seems like half my wardrobe for the winter has fallen apart. So, in an effort … --- ## [It seems like everyone in their teens and 20s wears glasses nowadays](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-like-everyone-in-their-teens-and-20s-wears-glasses-nowadays/708994)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-like-everyone-in-their-teens-and-20s-wears-glasses-nowadays/708994 "2015-01-10T09:11:28Z")
Or maybe I’m just imagining things? And does me commenting on people in their teens and 20s mean I’m officially “of a certain age”? --- ## [Geographical oddities (another thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographical-oddities-another-thread/706895)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographical-oddities-another-thread/706895 "2015-01-10T04:28:21Z")
Done this before, but I was just looking at a map and a few occurred to me. Where does the water in Niagara Falls come from, and where does it go? You’re in Detroit, heaven help you. To escape across the river to Wi… --- ## [After 9 years, my dog has apparently discovered that she has a voice and that it has uses.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-9-years-my-dog-has-apparently-discovered-that-she-has-a-voice-and-that-it-has-uses/709061)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-9-years-my-dog-has-apparently-discovered-that-she-has-a-voice-and-that-it-has-uses/709061 "2015-01-10T03:51:38Z")
My Scottish Terrier, Mackie, has been a pretty quiet dog all of her life\* but all of a sudden over the past month she has apparently realized that if she wants in (or out) of the house, all she has to do is bark. Or grow… --- ## [\#%&&$#@ Christmas lights!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-lights/709165)
**Author:** [@race\_to\_the\_bottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/race_to_the_bottom)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-lights/709165 "2015-01-10T03:15:51Z")
Every year it seems that there are a couple of strings of tree lights which are partially defective. Half the sting will light up and the other will not. It is not the fuses; they check out. It is not one bulb which keep… --- ## [Early contender for mug shot of the year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-contender-for-mug-shot-of-the-year/708749)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-contender-for-mug-shot-of-the-year/708749 "2015-01-10T03:09:53Z")
This guy cut off his mothers head with an axe. Because she nagged him. Not much to say but that mug shot is priceless. --- ## [Good news! Teixobactin!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-teixobactin/709450)
**Author:** [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-teixobactin/709450 "2015-01-10T02:48:52Z")
No, really, it’s good. (New antibiotic that can kill superbugs, like MRSA.) --- ## [Damn, but those inflatable Christmas decorations are tacky!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-but-those-inflatable-christmas-decorations-are-tacky/709232)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-but-those-inflatable-christmas-decorations-are-tacky/709232 "2015-01-10T02:40:57Z")
It’s post-season enough for me to be unconcerned with raining on anyone’s seasonal celebrational spirit. You seen those things proliferating in your neighborhood, or is it a particularly LongIslandish thing? Butt-ugly … --- ## [I have a haunted corner in the room next to my desk.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-haunted-corner-in-the-room-next-to-my-desk/709012)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-haunted-corner-in-the-room-next-to-my-desk/709012 "2015-01-10T02:35:41Z")
One of our cats stares at the corner and meows. Sometimes she jumps up and scrabbles at the wall. Other times, she just sits there like she’s been put in time out. For the most part, she seems to be just fine, but someti… --- ## [Mention a noticeable weight loss or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mention-a-noticeable-weight-loss-or-not/709414)
**Author:** [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mention-a-noticeable-weight-loss-or-not/709414 "2015-01-10T02:33:11Z")
I’m set to have lunch with a former boss, who I liked quite a bit but we were not social outside of work, but haven’t seen in person in a few years. I pulled her up on linkedin, and noticed that she is barely recognizab… --- ## [Vietnam Abolishes Same-Sex Marriage Ban](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam-abolishes-same-sex-marriage-ban/709364)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam-abolishes-same-sex-marriage-ban/709364 "2015-01-10T02:15:16Z")
Story here. A new law took effect in Vietnam on New Year’s Day. While not explicitly recognizing same-sex marriages, it strikes down bans on them: “Same-sex marriages can now take place, though the government does not r… --- ## [Fun pointless college memories...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-pointless-college-memories/709388)
**Author:** [@Labor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-pointless-college-memories/709388 "2015-01-10T02:14:47Z")
Mrs. Labor and I went out to dinner last night at a local brewpub. As usual there was a phalanx of televisions with college sports beamed over us. I happened to glance at one as the panned over the band showing the band … --- ## [Semi-Swanky TV purchase arriving today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-swanky-tv-purchase-arriving-today/709250)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-swanky-tv-purchase-arriving-today/709250 "2015-01-10T01:15:43Z")
I’m so looking forward to my new TV, bought from Amazon. More– Fed Ex brings it today! --- ## [College courses without final exams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-courses-without-final-exams/708746)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-courses-without-final-exams/708746 "2015-01-10T01:13:09Z")
A thread over on IMHO reminded me of something from college; pretty much every academic course had a final exam - except for what would probably be called English 101 & 102 (at Cal, introductory undergraduate courses int… --- ## [In which two apologetic Canadians both claim responsibility](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-two-apologetic-canadians-both-claim-responsibility/709442)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-two-apologetic-canadians-both-claim-responsibility/709442 "2015-01-09T22:43:15Z")
I was in the local Shoppers drugstore the other day, pulling one of those little wheeled shopping baskets. My shopping basket collided with another fellow’s shopping basket. “Oh, sorry,” I said. “Sorry,” he replied. “… --- ## [Stupid Amazon recs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-amazon-recs/708651)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-amazon-recs/708651 "2015-01-09T22:34:30Z")
What are the dumbest recs Amazon is giving you currently? Things that make no sense that you’d like X because you want or bought Y. WWE: Summerslam - The Complete Anthology, Vol. 2 1993-1997 Recommended because you ad… --- ## [Odd Ways To Answer The Phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-ways-to-answer-the-phone/709297)
**Author:** [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-ways-to-answer-the-phone/709297 "2015-01-09T22:00:13Z")
Just read of a guy who liked to answer the phone by saying “I’ll play your silly little game”, which I find titanically funny for some reason. I’ve been partial to answering with “myellow” a la Hal from Infinite Jest fo… --- ## [CA Clogged Toilet: "You mean, you don't throw those out?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-clogged-toilet-you-mean-you-dont-throw-those-out/709401)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-clogged-toilet-you-mean-you-dont-throw-those-out/709401 "2015-01-09T21:15:37Z")
An office toilet was clogged, but a woman in that office really had to go, so she plunged it. She won a prize; a live 5-foot boa constrictor. http://www.10news.com/news/boa-constrictor-slithers-out-of-toilet If it was… --- ## [Three earthquakes in one day? Seriously?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-earthquakes-in-one-day-seriously/709183)
**Author:** [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-earthquakes-in-one-day-seriously/709183 "2015-01-09T20:47:50Z")
I don’t know who we pissed off here in Texas, but this is getting weird, y’all. First one hit just after three p.m. and felt like it lasted about five seconds long. Just enough for everyone to stop what they were doing,… --- ## [A dog story. Kinda long, but beautiful!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dog-story-kinda-long-but-beautiful/709416)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dog-story-kinda-long-but-beautiful/709416 "2015-01-09T17:31:23Z")
My landlord, Jorge has cared for Kiko (3 year old medium size male dog) for 3 years. Although Kiko had food and water and a fenced yard, Jorge never touched or talked to Kiko. This is normal here in Mexico. In my pueb… --- ## [My dog almost burned my house down last night.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-almost-burned-my-house-down-last-night/709315)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-almost-burned-my-house-down-last-night/709315 "2015-01-09T15:28:00Z")
About 4 a.m. I woke up from the noise of a loud buzzing and electrical popping sound coming from outside our bedroom. My first though was that my son’s room humidifier had run out of water however I had never heard it ma… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=775) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=777)