# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=794 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 795 --- ## [Waves from St Petersburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waves-from-st-petersburg/703910)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waves-from-st-petersburg/703910 "2014-11-10T14:12:54Z")
I have no idea why it has taken us so long to arrive at this beautiful place. The architecture is simply stunning- really nothing is done on a not lavish scale- and despite some really cranky types running souvenier stal… --- ## [Monday, Monday, da da da dada dada MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-monday-da-da-da-dada-dada-mmp/703447)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2014, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-monday-da-da-da-dada-dada-mmp/703447 "2014-11-10T10:53:10Z")
It’s Moanday, I’m up, caffeinated, and starting today’s MMP. I’ll be working in da Hood today. --- ## ['I've been on food stamps and welfare. Anybody help me out? No.'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-on-food-stamps-and-welfare-anybody-help-me-out-no/704207)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-on-food-stamps-and-welfare-anybody-help-me-out-no/704207 "2014-11-10T03:11:26Z")
I just saw this nine-second clip (uploaded in 2009) of actor Craig T. Nelson ‘gives us all a lesson in how personal responsibility beats government intervention. “I’ve been on foodstamps and welfare, did anyone help me o… --- ## [Horizontal sliding window air gap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horizontal-sliding-window-air-gap/702943)
**Author:** [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horizontal-sliding-window-air-gap/702943 "2014-11-10T02:42:00Z")
I just purchased a late 70’s split level with fairly nice wooden horizontal sliding windows. In preparation for winter I’m trying to close up any gaps in the windows and doors to make the house a little more efficient. I… --- ## [Damn, Zusje, I only poured boiling oil on you ONCE, chill!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-zusje-i-only-poured-boiling-oil-on-you-once-chill/704151)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-zusje-i-only-poured-boiling-oil-on-you-once-chill/704151 "2014-11-10T00:44:17Z")
True story. Zusje is my pitbull. When she was about 10 or 12 weeks old, I was frying chicken or rather preparing to. I’m still not sure why, but when I added the first piece of chicken to the oil it began rapidly foam u… --- ## [It's only Sunday. Yayyyyyyyyyy!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-only-sunday-yayyyyyyyyyy/704137)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-only-sunday-yayyyyyyyyyy/704137 "2014-11-09T19:44:02Z")
I just woke up, grumbling and ready to go to work. And then my daughter tells me it’s Sunday! How did I miss a day? What a magnificent feeling, I put another log in the wood stove, and am now slinking back to sleep f… --- ## [Ask the PhD dropout.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-phd-dropout/703951)
**Author:** [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-phd-dropout/703951 "2014-11-09T19:37:14Z")
By request, and heck, I needed to call it something… Shorter version told before. Location: a very large American university. Many people also think it’s very good, simply because they hear its name a lot; it happens t… --- ## [25 years ago the Berlin wall fell, a lodging company made an ad about dealing with reunification.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25-years-ago-the-berlin-wall-fell-a-lodging-company-made-an-ad-about-dealing-with-reunification/704166)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25-years-ago-the-berlin-wall-fell-a-lodging-company-made-an-ad-about-dealing-with-reunification/704166 "2014-11-09T17:27:15Z")
http://creativity-online.com/work/airbnb-wall-and-chain/37780 Wall and Chain: The twist: And some should get a hanky before watching. :slight\_smile: --- ## [I'ms eating a cheese sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ims-eating-a-cheese-sandwich/704104)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ims-eating-a-cheese-sandwich/704104 "2014-11-09T14:28:32Z")
Tomorrow I may have a ham sandwich. That is all. --- ## [Wow am I glad I have health insurance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-am-i-glad-i-have-health-insurance/703973)
**Author:** [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2014, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-am-i-glad-i-have-health-insurance/703973 "2014-11-09T09:56:25Z")
Short back story: lump on a toe Podiatrist exam: $250.00 Podiatrist took & sent a biopsy to the lab: $650.00 Podiatrist follow up ??? Lab #1 charged insurance: $460.52 Lab #2 charged insurance: $355.00 Me: $30 Thi… --- ## [Funny cold sore story (share yours)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-cold-sore-story-share-yours/703998)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2014, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-cold-sore-story-share-yours/703998 "2014-11-09T06:04:54Z")
So I’m a guy and I have a grape sized upper lip right now from a godforsaken cold sore. This is the 3rd time in my life I’ve ever had one (I’m 38). Made it through the first 34 years of my life without one and then my w… --- ## [Ask the guy who is not particularly bright about most things, but is in certain ways suprisingly so.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-not-particularly-bright-about-most-things-but-is-in-certain-ways-suprisingly-so/703952)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-not-particularly-bright-about-most-things-but-is-in-certain-ways-suprisingly-so/703952 "2014-11-09T03:30:24Z")
Amusement thread. Ask Away. I’m pharmacoholically prepared. --- ## [Alonzo Cushing honored for heroism at Gettysburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alonzo-cushing-honored-for-heroism-at-gettysburg/704013)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alonzo-cushing-honored-for-heroism-at-gettysburg/704013 "2014-11-09T03:01:04Z")
Never too late: Obama honors Civil War hero Alonzo Cushing from Wisconsin with posthumous Medal of Honor Wiki article on Cushing: Alonzo Cushing - Wikipedia --- ## [We only went to PetCo for rabbit food...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-only-went-to-petco-for-rabbit-food/629236)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-only-went-to-petco-for-rabbit-food/629236 "2014-11-08T21:14:41Z")
We brought home rabbit food and a rescued kitten! Tiger & Chippie have investigated each other a couple times but otherwise they’re being standoffish. Not sure if Tiger has eaten or used the litter since bringing him ho… --- ## [So we adopted a third kitty (pics)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-adopted-a-third-kitty-pics/703975)
**Author:** [@Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fool_in_the_Rain)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-adopted-a-third-kitty-pics/703975 "2014-11-08T20:14:43Z")
In late spring, a cute fuzzball started showing up in the yard. We didn’t know who she belonged to, but figured someone got a new kitty. Over time, we began to notice she was getting thin and her coat was looking dirty… --- ## [First power outage of the year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-power-outage-of-the-year/703643)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-power-outage-of-the-year/703643 "2014-11-08T17:29:31Z")
When I left for work yesterday at half past five in the ayem, I turned the porch light on because it was still night. Almost 12 hour later, driving home in the dark, I thought ‘Heh. I left with the porch light on, and … --- ## [What's the easiest way to learn punctuation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-easiest-way-to-learn-punctuation/704040)
**Author:** [@Rosapants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosapants)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2014, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-easiest-way-to-learn-punctuation/704040 "2014-11-08T13:30:40Z")
My new job is requiring me to do some public speaking ::barf::. I feel like I could use some punctuation help for some papers I may have to hand out to my coworkers. I’ve always been really lazy about punctuation, but … --- ## [Impressive honesty with money](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impressive-honesty-with-money/703859)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2014, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impressive-honesty-with-money/703859 "2014-11-08T13:01:27Z")
I was helping someone buy a car today and when she was asking the bank teller how much to get out she began by saying how much she thought was in that particular account. So they gave her that amount even though it was $… --- ## [The Warrior Diet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warrior-diet/699494)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 299\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warrior-diet/699494 "2014-10-20T20:46:06Z")
There is a diet that is fairly popular with body-builders - the Warrior Diet. http://www.warriordiet.com/ On Monday I started it. It basically involves undereating during the day (e.g. some raw fruits and vegetables, s… --- ## [I feel like crap/depressed tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-crap-depressed-tonight/702332)
**Author:** [@Rosapants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosapants)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-crap-depressed-tonight/702332 "2014-11-08T03:43:49Z")
I haven’t posted on this site for a while and kind of forgot my old account name, so I just made this new one. I knew that Yahoo Answers was probably going to make me feel worse with all of the trolling and whatnot. I … --- ## [You win lots of money, and choose to donate some to causes/charities. Which ones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-win-lots-of-money-and-choose-to-donate-some-to-causes-charities-which-ones/703870)
**Author:** [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-win-lots-of-money-and-choose-to-donate-some-to-causes-charities-which-ones/703870 "2014-11-08T02:32:11Z")
Let’s say you win £50million on the Euromillions. In the UK, that’s tax-free, so for the sake of this hypothetical let’s say it’s tax-free for you too. And let’s say that you decide to pass some of that good luck on to s… --- ## [Think I got my first con artist call.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-i-got-my-first-con-artist-call/703657)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-i-got-my-first-con-artist-call/703657 "2014-11-08T02:29:24Z")
Some a-hole called claiming to be working on an IT project. Securing patient records for an Eye Clinic. Something about insurance and Identity theft. What puzzles me is he knew the doctor’s name that I saw last July. … --- ## [Whistleblower gives insight into Mortgage Crises.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whistleblower-gives-insight-into-mortgage-crises/704005)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whistleblower-gives-insight-into-mortgage-crises/704005 "2014-11-08T00:30:31Z")
The securities fraud is quite interesting. This lady risked a lot to do the right thing. Her comments about the quality of these troubled mortgages and the circumstances of their application is even more interesting. I’… --- ## [Am I the only one who thinks the new 1 World Trade Center building is...boring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-thinks-the-new-1-world-trade-center-building-is-boring/703530)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-thinks-the-new-1-world-trade-center-building-is-boring/703530 "2014-11-07T22:23:11Z")
Well, one of the news stories of the day…“1 World Trade Center” (The “Freedom Tower”) is now open for business, with a first tenant moving in. I mean, jolly good for them and all that, but am I the only one who thinks i… --- ## [Anyone else have an insane dog?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-an-insane-dog/703360)
**Author:** [@ArztWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArztWolf)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-an-insane-dog/703360 "2014-11-07T21:19:08Z")
My little 1yr old Dachshund/Chihuahua/Rat Terrier/Min Pin/Corgi (these are what multiple people have seen in him) does not have all his marbles. He was found last March wandering down the side of a very busy road (accor… --- ## [Texts from this morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texts-from-this-morning/703893)
**Author:** [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texts-from-this-morning/703893 "2014-11-07T21:15:41Z")
“I have a dead deer in my yard” “There’s a bathtub in the back of my truck.” --- ## [I was fired as Scoutmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-fired-as-scoutmaster/663035)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-fired-as-scoutmaster/663035 "2014-11-07T18:57:47Z")
I’ve mentioned in a few threads that I am a BSA Scoutmaster. Well the Troop Committee decided to fired me last month (technically the CO Rep but she is completely inactive and feels her role is to rubber stamp whatever … --- ## [Mandatory Ebola Quarantine, Can't this be done a bit more intelligently?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandatory-ebola-quarantine-cant-this-be-done-a-bit-more-intelligently/702629)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandatory-ebola-quarantine-cant-this-be-done-a-bit-more-intelligently/702629 "2014-11-07T18:18:17Z")
This nurse sums up quite well how clumsily and poorly planned the NJ and NY quarantine have been implemented. I’ve read in other interviews she was thrown into this room without anything to wear except a paper gown. No … --- ## [Is this a "good" health insurance plan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-health-insurance-plan/703916)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-health-insurance-plan/703916 "2014-11-07T17:32:50Z")
I’m deciding which health insurance plan to acquire but have little idea of what’s good bang for the buck and what’s not. How does this one sound? Cost: $4,500 a year. \*\*Annual deductible: \*\*$2,000 in-network, $4,000 … --- ## [The history of the wine corkscrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-of-the-wine-corkscrew/703984)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-of-the-wine-corkscrew/703984 "2014-11-07T15:13:09Z")
A lovely little article I thought I’d share. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=793) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=795)