# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=793 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 794 --- ## [Glen Beck has had chiropractic brain rehab.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-beck-has-had-chiropractic-brain-rehab/704394)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-beck-has-had-chiropractic-brain-rehab/704394 "2014-11-13T21:52:06Z")
Guess that bone of contention has been realigned? --- ## [What is setting off my remote-controlled rat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-setting-off-my-remote-controlled-rat/704446)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-setting-off-my-remote-controlled-rat/704446 "2014-11-13T20:26:13Z")
Ratty is a large, hideous gray rat on wheels who takes part in our Halloween decorations and has stimulated entertaining reactions on the part of our dogs. Ratty moves forward or spins in a circle depending on how you o… --- ## [Do you believe in love's destiny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-in-loves-destiny/704507)
**Author:** [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-in-loves-destiny/704507 "2014-11-13T20:24:36Z")
It’s amazing how some things work out… In 1981 I had just started college, and in May I was living with my girlfriend just off campus. We were going to be married on May 1 but her grandfather was ill (he died soon after… --- ## [Medill Innocence Project Frames Innocent Man?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medill-innocence-project-frames-innocent-man/704480)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medill-innocence-project-frames-innocent-man/704480 "2014-11-13T17:30:59Z")
That’s what this article is claiming. In short, that they wanted to get their guy off so they pressured someone else into confessing. Anyone know further info on this? --- ## [Living Day to Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-day-to-day/704290)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-day-to-day/704290 "2014-11-13T00:30:50Z")
It seems about two years ago I made a choice to live to be more in the moment, and try not to obsess over my long term goals. It lead to a fairly spectacular year of fun, travelling, new friendships, relationships, and n… --- ## [Well I woke up this morning, the coffee pot was broke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-woke-up-this-morning-the-coffee-pot-was-broke/704352)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-woke-up-this-morning-the-coffee-pot-was-broke/704352 "2014-11-12T22:47:17Z")
I said I woke up this morning The coffee pot was broke I need a shot of caffeine Guess I’ll have a Diet Coke OK, so a broken coffee maker doesn’t make for a very good blues tune, but it’s still enough to ruin your mo… --- ## [Hotel + Rental Car + Snow Storm = ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-rental-car-snow-storm/704341)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-rental-car-snow-storm/704341 "2014-11-12T21:31:17Z")
A colleague of mine is on a business trip in the Dakotas, evidently experiencing a blizzard. Her rental car is Nissan Altima (bummer). I didn’t ask, but I would guess her travel wardrobe consists of skirts and possibly a… --- ## [Putin's China flap- I don't get the controversy..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putins-china-flap-i-dont-get-the-controversy/704408)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putins-china-flap-i-dont-get-the-controversy/704408 "2014-11-12T19:00:31Z")
Seems like a tempest in a teapot to me. Can anyone explain whats wrong with a gentlemen assisting a lady with a shawl? Geez, check out this blatantlymisleading freeze frame. Here it is in context. Completely relaxed mo… --- ## [Top 3 SDMB Threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-sdmb-threads/703429)
**Author:** [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-sdmb-threads/703429 "2014-11-12T15:51:26Z")
If you were asked to give the 3 best examples of great threads on this board, what would you pick? --- ## [Weird household rituals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-household-rituals/703978)
**Author:** [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-household-rituals/703978 "2014-11-12T14:03:14Z")
Every household is different, sometimes in weird ways. What are your weird household rituals? At my house, it’s with my son. He’s 6, and insists that every morning he has “hot chocolate” simply warm milk with a little… --- ## [Looking for a video of an LED in fast time..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-video-of-an-led-in-fast-time/704099)
**Author:** [@Henryunderborn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henryunderborn)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-video-of-an-led-in-fast-time/704099 "2014-11-12T11:52:19Z")
I have been wanting to watch one of those, fast speed videos, that they make for decomposing corpses or plants flowering. Only I want one of watching an LED light that lasts for like… 2 years. Anyone help me out? --- ## [The Grateful Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grateful-thread/699427)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grateful-thread/699427 "2014-11-12T06:16:56Z")
I’ve been having a bit of a pity party the last couple of weeks and decided it’s time to “suck it up, buttercup” so I thought I’d start a thread where people (if they feel like it) can post something they’re grateful for… --- ## [Craigslist ad double-take](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craigslist-ad-double-take/704397)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craigslist-ad-double-take/704397 "2014-11-12T03:12:53Z")
I’m currently waiting for my current POS car to quit on me, so I hit up Craigslist to see if I can find my next POS. The first ad I spotted was advertising a 1987 Toyota Camry for $800. I read through the ad, and the sel… --- ## [What should I have done about the kid eating snow at the park?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-have-done-about-the-kid-eating-snow-at-the-park/704019)
**Author:** [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-have-done-about-the-kid-eating-snow-at-the-park/704019 "2014-11-11T19:58:15Z")
So I was out with my nephew (age 3) at the local playground when a mom with her kids showed up. She let the kids loose and started to rearrange something in her bags. While her attention was elsewhere her daughter (age 2… --- ## [SDMB Secret Santa Gift Exchange 2013](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2013/675432)
**Author:** [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2013/675432 "2014-11-11T14:58:23Z")
Hi! This is my first time organizing one of these, so I’m going to borrow heavily from Anaamika’s OP from last year. That’s part of the tradition too, I think :D. Everybody buys one present and mails it to their Secret … --- ## [O Solo Red Sox -- The Canals of Boston](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-solo-red-sox-the-canals-of-boston/702244)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-solo-red-sox-the-canals-of-boston/702244 "2014-11-11T13:34:56Z")
Almost 20 years ago the Cambridge Science Fiction Writer’s Workshop came out with the anthology Future Boston, a shared-world vision of what would happen in the future\*. They made the assumption that water levels would r… --- ## [So Beyond.com did a critique of my resume...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-beyond-com-did-a-critique-of-my-resume/704312)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2014, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-beyond-com-did-a-critique-of-my-resume/704312 "2014-11-11T11:56:44Z")
And I’m looking in askance at it somewhat. Does an actual human look at it, and if so, how much? I ask because of two things in particular: warning me about using acronyms because I used “Aug” in a job tenure date (yes… --- ## [Remembering the Fitz - 39 Years Ago Tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-the-fitz-39-years-ago-tonight/704310)
**Author:** [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2014, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-the-fitz-39-years-ago-tonight/704310 "2014-11-11T09:49:44Z")
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead When the skies of November turn gloomy \[ul\] \[li\] The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald … --- ## [We Had Quite a Gullywasher Today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-quite-a-gullywasher-today/704218)
**Author:** [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2014, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-quite-a-gullywasher-today/704218 "2014-11-11T07:30:45Z")
The gully in this case was theSchuster Parkway that runs alongside downtown Tacoma. My sister, Scrub Jay, was probably less than a half hour behind the guys who shot the video linked above. By the time she got there, t… --- ## [what kind of dog...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog/704108)
**Author:** [@Henryunderborn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henryunderborn)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2014, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog/704108 "2014-11-11T06:22:04Z")
I dont know anything about dogs. I cant remember where Ive seen it, a few movies i think. A brown dog that looks somewhere inbetween a german shepard and a pit bull? can you provide pictures? --- ## [Lets reminisce about Spencer Gifts in the 80s.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-reminisce-about-spencer-gifts-in-the-80s/702669)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2014, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-reminisce-about-spencer-gifts-in-the-80s/702669 "2014-11-11T06:19:50Z")
My mother was a Spencers girl in the mid to late 80’s. There. I said it. It’s true. I was 10-14 years old when she worked there. I didn’t understand what she was doing or why. I remember getting dropped off at the mall… --- ## [Strange Calculator Discovery.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-calculator-discovery/697118)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2014, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-calculator-discovery/697118 "2014-11-11T04:25:11Z")
I play around a lot with calculators. And I’m not ashamed to admit. You can learn a lot that way, believe it or not. I have even shared some of these things with the SDMB in the past. This next one is equally as bizarre… --- ## [Why is "alex from target" so popular](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-alex-from-target-so-popular/704068)
**Author:** [@sara20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sara20)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-alex-from-target-so-popular/704068 "2014-11-11T01:27:01Z")
Someone took a picture of him working at target, apparently everyone thought he was really good looking and it went viral. The thing is he just looks like a average guy to me, not really handsome or anything. He looked b… --- ## [The Gluttony Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gluttony-thread/703184)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gluttony-thread/703184 "2014-11-11T01:22:20Z")
I just ate a pound of bacon. And I don’t feel even a pang of guilt. I toasted a big hoagie roll and piled on the crispy bacon; I was going to make a big ass BLT but I decided the hell with it and I laid on a handful of… --- ## [Jihadists want to kill da Queen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jihadists-want-to-kill-da-queen/704041)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jihadists-want-to-kill-da-queen/704041 "2014-11-11T00:47:44Z")
Don’t they know she’s a great grandma now? Such a sweet old lady and they wanted to knife here. Seriously do these idiots have any concept of the shit storm that would be unleashed by murdering the most beloved and res… --- ## [Well hello there little guy! (found a strange dog in my house.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-hello-there-little-guy-found-a-strange-dog-in-my-house/703869)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-hello-there-little-guy-found-a-strange-dog-in-my-house/703869 "2014-11-10T22:28:19Z")
I woke up this morning an d noticed my dog wasn’t laying at my feet, which is unusual. So I get up out of bed and stroll on into the living room. When I arrived, I see my dog laying on the couch and he has a little frien… --- ## [9th Annual SDMB Shot Glass Exchange](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/683214)
**Author:** [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/683214 "2014-11-10T19:10:57Z")
It’s about that time… where dopers from all corners send a shot glass to another doper (usually along with some goodies!). The rules are simple: \[ul\] \[li\]Reply to this thread expressing your interest in the exchange.\[… --- ## [Stranger knocked on door, asked for ketchup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-knocked-on-door-asked-for-ketchup/704065)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-knocked-on-door-asked-for-ketchup/704065 "2014-11-10T19:06:19Z")
So yesterday my parents and I had just arrived at my house at lunchtime (after lunch out together). I went to the bathroom. When I came back they told me a woman had knocked on my back door and asked if she could have … --- ## [Refusal to show police ID...can it be obstruction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refusal-to-show-police-id-can-it-be-obstruction/703366)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refusal-to-show-police-id-can-it-be-obstruction/703366 "2014-11-10T15:40:10Z")
As we all know, in the U.S. one is not required to carry identification when in a public place. Some states have a “stop and identify” law where a person must state his name and other information upon demand. Let’s ass… --- ## [Detroit Bankruptcy Trial: Fruitcake day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-bankruptcy-trial-fruitcake-day/691627)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-bankruptcy-trial-fruitcake-day/691627 "2014-11-10T14:29:16Z")
Well the big Detroit bankruptcy deal is is largely signed off by the major players, with a few odds and ends to be approved or voted on. Not M or P at all in general, but the whole thing is in front of the Judge, going … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=792) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=794)