# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=796 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 797 --- ## [I'm taking the bar exam tomorrow.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-taking-the-bar-exam-tomorrow/694281)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-taking-the-bar-exam-tomorrow/694281 "2014-11-03T15:05:23Z")
In Florida. Starts at 9 am (though we have to be there by eight for security/housekeeping purposes). Right now I’m sitting in my hotel room alternating between last minute cramming and waiting for it to be seven o’clock … --- ## [A Halloween miracle kitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-halloween-miracle-kitten/703158)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-halloween-miracle-kitten/703158 "2014-11-03T13:31:18Z")
My garage doors have been closed for at least 3 days. A while ago, I went out to put my car away, and as soon as I opened the door, I heard the cries of a kitten. First, I saw a dead solid black one near the door. Then, … --- ## [Time to change the clocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-change-the-clocks/702540)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-change-the-clocks/702540 "2014-11-03T12:17:55Z")
Outside of the USA, that is. I believe the reason the USA now delays it is to add one more hour of daylight to Halloween. Here in St. Petersburg, we’ve gone to Permanent (try it for a while) Winter Time. Two years ago t… --- ## [How Often Do You Buy Things You Turn Out Not Wanting and How Often Do You Sell/Give Things You Later](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-buy-things-you-turn-out-not-wanting-and-how-often-do-you-sell-give-things-you-later/703426)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-buy-things-you-turn-out-not-wanting-and-how-often-do-you-sell-give-things-you-later/703426 "2014-11-03T11:17:33Z")
How Often Do You Buy Things You Turn Out Not Wanting and How Often Do You Sell/Give Things You Later Obtain After Realizing You Really Want It? I used to buy a lot of things that I turned out not wanting, but am getting… --- ## [Northern Dopers, have you turned your heat on yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-dopers-have-you-turned-your-heat-on-yet/698898)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-dopers-have-you-turned-your-heat-on-yet/698898 "2014-11-03T04:55:17Z")
I resist it for as long as I can - mainly because I like the house cool, and I like having the windows open and hearing crickets at night, and bird song at dawn. However, for at least the last week, it’s been getting do… --- ## [The watch the birdie MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watch-the-birdie-mmp/702632)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 235\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watch-the-birdie-mmp/702632 "2014-11-03T04:01:36Z")
On Sunday, we piled up the cars & headed out to Hawk Mountain to watch the birdies & the tree colors in the valley (mostly golden). This week, there are far more eagles than hawks; but the animal with the highest count,… --- ## [Lone Cop gets taunted by large group of motorcyclists.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lone-cop-gets-taunted-by-large-group-of-motorcyclists/702302)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lone-cop-gets-taunted-by-large-group-of-motorcyclists/702302 "2014-11-03T01:29:28Z")
This never happened to Ponch and Jon. :wink: The lone cop made the right decision to withdraw. There’s nothing he could do by himself. I don’t understand why they didn’t call out the Police Helicopter to get eyes on… --- ## [Convincing others you are really, really sick \[and not just malingering\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convincing-others-you-are-really-really-sick-and-not-just-malingering/702940)
**Author:** [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convincing-others-you-are-really-really-sick-and-not-just-malingering/702940 "2014-11-03T00:08:26Z")
I’m off work today - a bad cold that’s not going away. I had to send a few emails to my colleagues to get them to cover me for meetings and stuff. Because they are suspicious, small-minded and petty people who think I’… --- ## [Brief Military Veteran Inputs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brief-military-veteran-inputs/702542)
**Author:** [@Chicago\_Faucet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicago_Faucet)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brief-military-veteran-inputs/702542 "2014-11-01T23:53:28Z")
I am a veteran of the Marine Corps - some twenty years later. Since my time in the Marine Corps, I have met several other veterans of all of the services. Needless to say, some of the stories get quite long-winded. Wh… --- ## [Who is the Biggest Celebrity that's been w/i 20 feet of ME?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-biggest-celebrity-thats-been-w-i-20-feet-of-me/703296)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-biggest-celebrity-thats-been-w-i-20-feet-of-me/703296 "2014-11-01T21:53:42Z")
Based on this thread. C’mon, you’re supposed to be a celebrity… and you’ve been w/i 2o feet of me. …Who are you then? Yes, I knew Tom Cruz about 30 years ago… and yes he’s welcome to post if he wishes to create an … --- ## [Paranoid parents and Halloween candy.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paranoid-parents-and-halloween-candy/702694)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paranoid-parents-and-halloween-candy/702694 "2014-11-01T19:54:51Z")
My daughter had a 5th grade friend who has a mother that’s a bit paranoid. When the daughter goes trick-or-treating, daughter is not allowed to eat any of the candy for 48 hours. During those 48 hours, mom checked to … --- ## [So Katy "Perry" Hudson is a Cheeto at Kate Hudson's party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-katy-perry-hudson-is-a-cheeto-at-kate-hudsons-party/703195)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-katy-perry-hudson-is-a-cheeto-at-kate-hudsons-party/703195 "2014-11-01T17:58:26Z")
Yeah, really pointless. But I’m surprised no one else is saying it this way. New York Magazine article: http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/10/katy-perry-was-a-forlorn-cheeto-for-halloween.html I guess this could be a thread f… --- ## [Woman fools male-dominated development team into hiring her by dressing as man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-fools-male-dominated-development-team-into-hiring-her-by-dressing-as-man/703190)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-fools-male-dominated-development-team-into-hiring-her-by-dressing-as-man/703190 "2014-11-01T17:44:51Z")
Just kidding. But it is technically (partly) true. Our team never intentionally hired a woman\*, and yet we somehow have one working for us now. She came out as transgender today. Thanks to Una, I think I have a handl… --- ## [Our 23andme.com preliminary results are in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-23andme-com-preliminary-results-are-in/703172)
**Author:** [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-23andme-com-preliminary-results-are-in/703172 "2014-11-01T17:28:07Z")
About a year ago, I bought my husband and I 23andme genetic/ancestry kits and didn’t use them right away. Shortly after, the FDA shut them down for genetic testing, which is why we purchased it, so we never got around to… --- ## [What's wrong with some people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-some-people/701549)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-some-people/701549 "2014-11-01T13:15:20Z")
This mornings Dear Blabby (the one about the girl with the nut allergy) reminded me of something that happened 2 summers ago. My wife and I were going to have a party and invited our friends. Most of them are like us, i… --- ## [Heeere's Heidi ! --- Verdingkinder : Swiss Contract Children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeres-heidi-verdingkinder-swiss-contract-children/702833)
**Author:** [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2014, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeres-heidi-verdingkinder-swiss-contract-children/702833 "2014-11-01T05:04:06Z")
A remarkably depressing, quite long, article on verdingkinder. From the 1850s to the 1970s the Republic’s social services took children aged from 8, or much lower, from the improvident poor and placed them in service on… --- ## [New Sports Arena in your City?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-sports-arena-in-your-city/615120)
**Author:** [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-sports-arena-in-your-city/615120 "2014-11-01T01:19:12Z")
The major city in my area, Sacramento, has been trying for years to woo the Kings basketball team into staying put. The team has been threatening to leave for years due to their “not able to be competitive” in their curr… --- ## [Hendo Hoverboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hendo-hoverboard/703053)
**Author:** [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hendo-hoverboard/703053 "2014-10-31T23:15:23Z")
Here. For those of you who don’t/won’t click the link, the creators have somehow managed to make a maglev hoverboard that works on non-ferromagnetic surfaces. I want to do some more research as I don’t see how this work… --- ## [Construction drill pierced a tunnel serving the F train in NY. oops!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-drill-pierced-a-tunnel-serving-the-f-train-in-ny-oops/703061)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-drill-pierced-a-tunnel-serving-the-f-train-in-ny-oops/703061 "2014-10-31T21:18:22Z")
Thankfully no one got hurt. What a blunder. :stuck\_out\_tongue: I’ve drilled from my attic into a wall cavity and missed before. Even threaded 8 ft of Romex wire into the wall. Only to find it outside the wall and curl… --- ## [Halloween Google Doodle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-google-doodle/703153)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-google-doodle/703153 "2014-10-31T20:24:34Z")
I just noticed that there are FOUR different Google Doodles today. I opened one and left it open, then opened Google three more times and got a total of four different animated doodles, all Halloween-related. Don’t reca… --- ## ["The thing is..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-is/702670)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-is/702670 "2014-10-31T16:52:48Z")
Ever noticed certain idiosyncrasies that certain people have? Mannerisms that come to define them. I recently noticed another poster that uses the phrase “the thing is” so much, that I would support him changing his us… --- ## [Berke Breathed Appreciation Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/berke-breathed-appreciation-thread/58125)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/berke-breathed-appreciation-thread/58125 "2014-10-31T16:52:28Z")
I’ve been meaning to do this for a while. We’ve had similar threads for Mel Blanc, I think we should do one for Berke too. Naturally, the phrases that have stuck in my mind are all from Opus: The Right Guard is a wee b… --- ## [Menino will still be dead for the 6 o'clock news](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/menino-will-still-be-dead-for-the-6-oclock-news/703057)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/menino-will-still-be-dead-for-the-6-oclock-news/703057 "2014-10-31T16:21:06Z")
Boston’s beloved 20-year mayor died this morning. Sometime during ThePriceIsRight, TheView, and Today, all the Boston stations broke in with the “Breaking News”. As I write this at 5:34pm, that’s all they’ve been talki… --- ## [Show me your Jack-o-Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-your-jack-o-lantern/702953)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-your-jack-o-lantern/702953 "2014-10-31T15:49:21Z")
Here’s mine. Just a traditional Jack-o-Lantern. I like the incredibly elaborate carvings people to, but I’m a traditionalist. (A traditionalist is someone who lacks the talent and ability to do the fancy ones. :wink: … --- ## [OTC Cough Syrup and laws](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otc-cough-syrup-and-laws/703100)
**Author:** [@CuriousCat\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCat_1)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2014, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otc-cough-syrup-and-laws/703100 "2014-10-31T12:20:22Z")
So, im new here and I was wondering, do I need ID in the state of Georgia to buy cough syrup or other DXM containing OTC products? --- ## [Dance class like "Rainbow Rhythms"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dance-class-like-rainbow-rhythms/703084)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2014, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dance-class-like-rainbow-rhythms/703084 "2014-10-31T09:18:40Z")
Hi here’s a clip from a comedy show called “Peep Show” I’ve been going to a dance class a bit like it… in the class the leader shows us two or so moves per song and she improvises. The group also improvises… --- ## [Another "Fix the House" Thing Unlikely to Ever Happen...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fix-the-house-thing-unlikely-to-ever-happen/703058)
**Author:** [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fix-the-house-thing-unlikely-to-ever-happen/703058 "2014-10-31T03:21:52Z")
This dump once had security (and an ancient WAN/LAN router or switch) out the yazoo - security system, bars on doors and windows - haven’t found concealed firearms (yet). The problem was the bars - there are 2 old Al sl… --- ## [Stuff obvious to you, not so obvious to others](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-obvious-to-you-not-so-obvious-to-others/702099)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2014, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-obvious-to-you-not-so-obvious-to-others/702099 "2014-10-31T01:24:42Z")
Have you ever found something so obvious that it seems everybody would see it the same way, only to see everybody else completely miss this “obvious” thing? Me: carrying objects through doors. In the restaurant busines… --- ## [Pope Says Evolution and The Big Bang Are Real](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-says-evolution-and-the-big-bang-are-real/702894)
**Author:** [@Kiber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiber)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-says-evolution-and-the-big-bang-are-real/702894 "2014-10-31T00:19:33Z")
I know other Popes have alluded to some of this - but this at least feels like a big deal. I’m not Catholic - but my wife is and we raise our kids Catholic. So I’m very happy to see the Church embrace accepted science.… --- ## [update on the neighborhood dog situation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-on-the-neighborhood-dog-situation/702976)
**Author:** [@Whatever4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whatever4)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2014, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-on-the-neighborhood-dog-situation/702976 "2014-10-30T23:50:44Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=4 I hope the above is the correct link to the beginning of the story. Mr. & Mrs. Neighbor have decided to keep their shelter dog, despite Mrs. Neighbor’s fear of t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=795) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=797)