# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=798 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 799 --- ## [The Last MD-11 Passenger Flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-md-11-passenger-flight/702621)
**Author:** [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-md-11-passenger-flight/702621 "2014-10-27T18:09:47Z")
With Last MD-11 Passenger Flight, Another Aviation Icon Goes Away | IBTimes While now gone from passenger flights, I regularly see them land as FeDEx cargo jets. --- ## [Have you ever heard of "Click Bait"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-click-bait/702006)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-click-bait/702006 "2014-10-27T18:03:15Z")
I recently was looking through some Youtube files and saw a link titled, “The 25 best movies of all time” I decided to take a look and unfortunately, it only showed one per page and you had to click on “Next” to get to … --- ## [Is this pup hella cute or what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-pup-hella-cute-or-what/702218)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-pup-hella-cute-or-what/702218 "2014-10-27T17:01:00Z")
Don’t know if anyone has posted anything about Jiff yet. But I think he’s one of the cutest doggy dog dogs I’ve seen in a long time. He looks cuddly like a teddy bear! And uber talented. Play the video (work safe) you’l… --- ## [I'm being discriminated against for my sexuality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-discriminated-against-for-my-sexuality/702277)
**Author:** [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-discriminated-against-for-my-sexuality/702277 "2014-10-27T16:31:36Z")
I’ve been holding this in for a long time, but I feel the need to finally let it all out. After being ridiculed and mocked once again today, I can’t hold it in any longer. I sexually identify as a mailbox and everywhere… --- ## [Online Romance Flames Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-romance-flames-out/702221)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-romance-flames-out/702221 "2014-10-27T03:21:42Z")
Story here. A California woman spurned by a man she’d met online and went out with a couple of times got stuck in his chimney after she tried to enter his house through it. The man’s final words on the matter are gold: … --- ## [Fundraiser For The Littlest Briston -- Anyone Care To Help Out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundraiser-for-the-littlest-briston-anyone-care-to-help-out/701934)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2014, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundraiser-for-the-littlest-briston-anyone-care-to-help-out/701934 "2014-10-27T03:08:33Z")
As some of you know, The Littlest Briston has type-1 diabetes. Basically, in addition to normal parenting duties, we also have to act as her pancreas as well. We keep very involved in the T1D support community, and she … --- ## [A virginal MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-virginal-mmp/701902)
**Author:** [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Replies:** 289\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-virginal-mmp/701902 "2014-10-27T01:21:11Z")
Did I finally get the chance to make an MMP? Oh Sandman, why do you continue to elude me? No content here from this Zombified Mumper. Happy new week all! --- ## [Glasgow smile and other city adjective noun combos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glasgow-smile-and-other-city-adjective-noun-combos/702547)
**Author:** [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2014, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glasgow-smile-and-other-city-adjective-noun-combos/702547 "2014-10-27T00:39:20Z")
So, i guess actor Tommy Flannagan has a scar from a Glasgow Smile which from what I understand is slicing the corners of your mouth and leaving a distinctive scar going up to toward your ear. I guess this is also the or… --- ## [Fraudster Kevin Trudeau gets a 10 year prison sentence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fraudster-kevin-trudeau-gets-a-10-year-prison-sentence/683994)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fraudster-kevin-trudeau-gets-a-10-year-prison-sentence/683994 "2014-10-26T22:20:53Z")
From CNN Kevin Trudeau is a ginourmous douchebag who’s been preying on every sort of idiot who’d give him an audience for decades now. His get rich quick schemes prey on the greedy and stupid, but he’s one of the leadi… --- ## [I got in a huge fight with Amy Poehler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in-a-huge-fight-with-amy-poehler/702386)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in-a-huge-fight-with-amy-poehler/702386 "2014-10-26T22:05:26Z")
I wanted her to move in with me but she said she was really in love with the old Victorian house she was sharing with her room mates and she really liked living with her girlfriends and really appreciated the support and… --- ## [Have you ever been air-bagged?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-air-bagged/701070)
**Author:** [@liontamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liontamer)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-air-bagged/701070 "2014-10-25T16:14:21Z")
Personally, no and few people I know have ever had it happen. Who has experienced this and how does it feel? --- ## [Paralysed man walks again after cell transplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paralysed-man-walks-again-after-cell-transplant/702011)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paralysed-man-walks-again-after-cell-transplant/702011 "2014-10-25T15:22:45Z")
This is amazing news which could lead to a cure for many paralysed people. --- ## ['Art' in national parks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-in-national-parks/702362)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2014, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-in-national-parks/702362 "2014-10-25T12:24:52Z")
IMO, The Pit should be for flaming Dopers and not for recreational outrage; so I’m posting this here. Woman travels to national parks, painting graffiti Casey Nocket has been visiting our national parks and tagging the… --- ## [Attention all skinheads and punks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-all-skinheads-and-punks/701829)
**Author:** [@Longshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longshanks)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2014, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-all-skinheads-and-punks/701829 "2014-10-25T10:19:22Z")
If there are any British dopers out there who were skinheads/punks/mods or whatever else back in the late 70s and early 80s I would like to know what happened to you. After that period of your life how easy or hard was i… --- ## [Do you own an etui?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2014, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-etui/702154 "2014-10-25T08:42:17Z")
And other crossword puzzle mysteries in this life… Just how many of those convenient words that fit I crossword grids are common to you in that environment but unknown to you elsewhere? There must be hundreds to thousan… --- ## ["Have they started the heart yet?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-they-started-the-heart-yet/702089)
**Author:** [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2014, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-they-started-the-heart-yet/702089 "2014-10-25T08:35:45Z")
Overheard as two nurses walked by at the hospital\* today. Apparently there was a heart transplant going on. Hopefully some family is going home with good news. I know we’ve done “overheard conversations” before, but t… --- ## [2 men on a building project](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-men-on-a-building-project/702366)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2014, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-men-on-a-building-project/702366 "2014-10-25T07:44:31Z")
Venting here trying to lower my blood pressure. I have a friend who is very bright and comes up with some great ideas. He shared one of his ideas with me the other day and asked if I would help build some of these so he … --- ## [Obama bucks LOL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-bucks-lol/702420)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-bucks-lol/702420 "2014-10-25T03:26:23Z")
I was in a KFC in Port Of Spain tonight and a group of young to mid teen boys were in front of me, they wasted a shit load of time ordering a bunch of chicken and then tried to pay in Obama $1 USD bills, LOL! The clerk d… --- ## [Ask the Show/Pet Rat Breeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-show-pet-rat-breeder/587879)
**Author:** [@Feyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feyrat)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-show-pet-rat-breeder/587879 "2014-10-25T01:50:10Z")
shrug Why not, right? I breed rats for the last 17 years. It’s always been a matter of breeding for pets and never for feeders. My rats are all pedigreed, I’ve been working with the same consistent bloodlines at this po… --- ## [Is climate changing or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-climate-changing-or-not/702128)
**Author:** [@Jameson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jameson)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-climate-changing-or-not/702128 "2014-10-24T23:34:56Z")
Four Extreme Weather Changes and Why They’re Happening Now Ilissa Ocko, Environmental Defense Fund | October 21, 2014 02:15am ET If you think the weather’s acting strange, you’re correct. Extreme weather in the Uni… --- ## [The New England Hurricane(let) of 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-england-hurricane-let-of-2014/702249)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-england-hurricane-let-of-2014/702249 "2014-10-24T22:18:56Z")
So New England is known for weird, wonderful and rapidly-changing weather, but storms tend to move through the area, one direction or another. (Up from the south or west, normal; down from Maine, nor’easter and often rou… --- ## [Possibly my strangest, certainly my most entertaining (to me), dream ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-my-strangest-certainly-my-most-entertaining-to-me-dream-ever/702380)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-my-strangest-certainly-my-most-entertaining-to-me-dream-ever/702380 "2014-10-24T22:17:53Z")
I dreamt I was opening a chain of new businesses. There were two components. One part sells savings bonds – to cats. Another is a pawn shop – for cats. So they can sell their stuff, of course. I remember that I got … --- ## [Some fun with a map and mileages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-fun-with-a-map-and-mileages/702148)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-fun-with-a-map-and-mileages/702148 "2014-10-24T19:22:25Z")
There may be easier sites to use than Distance Calculator and if you have a better one, please share its address. But at least this one works for what I had in mind. As a matter of curiosity I wanted to know which of th… --- ## [Eek! Super creepy. (Or ladies, don't sell your panties to strangers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eek-super-creepy-or-ladies-dont-sell-your-panties-to-strangers/702345)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eek-super-creepy-or-ladies-dont-sell-your-panties-to-strangers/702345 "2014-10-24T17:54:47Z")
A friend of mine who is a bartender told me she sold her panties to a customer one night. She said it was a slow night, there were no customers to speak of and “this dude” offered her $200 dollars for her panties. So sh… --- ## [Ask the guy who installed solar panels on the roof anything](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-installed-solar-panels-on-the-roof-anything/702031)
**Author:** [@zwede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zwede)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-installed-solar-panels-on-the-roof-anything/702031 "2014-10-22T14:43:51Z")
I installed a grid-tied 5 kW (20 panels) systems on the roof of my house back in June this year. Ask away… --- ## [I just found a big pile of stolen mail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-a-big-pile-of-stolen-mail/702320)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-a-big-pile-of-stolen-mail/702320 "2014-10-24T16:23:43Z")
It was all lying in the gutter outside my house; about 60 items from various addresses in the neighbourhood. I assume it had been stolen. The only envelopes opened were those that promised the possibility of cheques or o… --- ## [How to safely clean countertops and fiberglass shower stalls.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-safely-clean-countertops-and-fiberglass-shower-stalls/702296)
**Author:** [@race\_to\_the\_bottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/race_to_the_bottom)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-safely-clean-countertops-and-fiberglass-shower-stalls/702296 "2014-10-24T14:57:27Z")
If you have a fiberglass shower stall, you know you cannot use scouring powder like Ajax on it. We have been using SoftScrub, but it comes in “lemon” and “fresh” scents. We are trying to maintain a fragrance-free househo… --- ## [Five bodies found in two cars in a lake.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-bodies-found-in-two-cars-in-a-lake/669120)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-bodies-found-in-two-cars-in-a-lake/669120 "2014-10-24T13:09:06Z")
Cold, wet cases: Oklahoma troopers stumble on five bodies in two cars at bottom of lake A mystery. Murder, or accident? Looking at a map, it seems Highway 44 runs very close to the lake; but I’ve never been there. C… --- ## [Frequency of Forgetting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequency-of-forgetting/702312)
**Author:** [@troubledwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troubledwater)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequency-of-forgetting/702312 "2014-10-24T11:16:05Z")
Once a year: To close the garage door when I leave the house To put coffee in the coffee maker when attempting to make coffee That I really need a LOT of flour on the rolling pin to make springerle cookies Measure tw… --- ## [Tell Me About the Post-Divorce Thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-post-divorce-thing/613484)
**Author:** [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-post-divorce-thing/613484 "2012-04-20T18:10:11Z")
So I was fine for the first year after we split. Well and truly fine. Friends, career, home life, volunteer work, all of it lining up pretty much the way I’d hoped. Better, actually. No men, but after 25 years of con… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=797) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=799)