# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=799 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 800 --- ## [Solar Eclipse – Oct. 23rd](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipse-oct-23rd/702105)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipse-oct-23rd/702105 "2014-10-24T05:55:23Z")
Partial solar eclipse this Thursday. Can’t wait to share this one with my son. Anyone else anticipating this one? Visible to most of North America all day. It’ll start early morning, then reach its peak pretty much befo… --- ## [Do you stop at stop signs.........](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-stop-at-stop-signs/702288)
**Author:** [@Phu\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phu_Cat)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-stop-at-stop-signs/702288 "2014-10-24T04:36:05Z")
at the mall if there is no oncoming traffic? Why would you? It’s private property and a cop can’t site you, who would you be stopping for? However,you wouldn’t want to be involved in an accident running one of these s… --- ## [Ever forget something in a hotel room? Ever get it back? Or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-forget-something-in-a-hotel-room-ever-get-it-back-or-not/620891)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-forget-something-in-a-hotel-room-ever-get-it-back-or-not/620891 "2014-10-24T04:23:48Z")
I left a favorite t-shirt in my hotel room on my last trip. No big deal-it’s easily replaceable and not worth calling about. This isn’t the first time I’ve forgotten something, and despite my policy of making one last … --- ## [Workers Comp claim - Ebola](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workers-comp-claim-ebola/702276)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workers-comp-claim-ebola/702276 "2014-10-24T00:32:23Z")
Good news, Texas nurse Amber Vinson has improved and will soon be transferred out of isolation. They saved her dog too. :wink: Now what about the Workers Comp claim? Do they have a check box for Ebola? She got injur… --- ## [Mac OS X Yosemite bitchfest thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-os-x-yosemite-bitchfest-thread/701637)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-os-x-yosemite-bitchfest-thread/701637 "2014-10-24T00:14:54Z")
People who have great things to say about the new OS, please chime in and let me know what you like; I have to live with this so I’d like to like it. But so far, like so many recent Apple OS updates, I hate the look. W… --- ## [My cat is getting neutured today. I have some questions about his road to recovery.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-is-getting-neutured-today-i-have-some-questions-about-his-road-to-recovery/702162)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-is-getting-neutured-today-i-have-some-questions-about-his-road-to-recovery/702162 "2014-10-23T21:02:00Z")
My cat, Garby, is getting his balls removed today. I feel for him. I was wondering if anyone here had any tips on how to make his recovery process as comfortable as possible. I was asked by the vet if I thought that h… --- ## [What Dope story do you want to know more of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dope-story-do-you-want-to-know-more-of/701267)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dope-story-do-you-want-to-know-more-of/701267 "2014-10-23T16:09:33Z")
So, this has probably been resolved in some other thread that I missed, or the poster moved on, or who knows what - but I was just thinking today of the poor guy who was a doctoral candidate, I want to say in Georgia or … --- ## [A brave and humble man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brave-and-humble-man/702236)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brave-and-humble-man/702236 "2014-10-23T15:57:42Z")
The article really says it all. --- ## [Bazillion-car recall over defective airbags?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bazillion-car-recall-over-defective-airbags/702102)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bazillion-car-recall-over-defective-airbags/702102 "2014-10-23T15:24:58Z")
I just noticed this AP news article, US agency warns car owners to get air bags fixed, dated yesterday (October 20, 2014), as republished in Yahoo News. It says a batch of airbag inflators manufactured by a certain comp… --- ## [Ebola virus vaccine vs. HIV vaccine like comparing apples to oranges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebola-virus-vaccine-vs-hiv-vaccine-like-comparing-apples-to-oranges/701673)
**Author:** [@Amberlei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amberlei)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebola-virus-vaccine-vs-hiv-vaccine-like-comparing-apples-to-oranges/701673 "2014-10-23T15:10:22Z")
I am getting frustrated with everyone saying that since we’ve not found a vaccine for HIV, we’ll never find one for Ebola virus. Being involved in vaccine research, and having previous experience with studying HIV recom… --- ## [Snopes: Do people REALLY believe this crap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-do-people-really-believe-this-crap/701236)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-do-people-really-believe-this-crap/701236 "2014-10-23T03:27:06Z")
I like to read the “What’s New” section of Snopes, which has a roundup of the current urban legends. These days there seems to be a whole bunch that are showing up that are plainly absurd. Some are obvious jokes. Snopes … --- ## [You know you're going to have a bad day when...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-going-to-have-a-bad-day-when/701335)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-going-to-have-a-bad-day-when/701335 "2014-10-23T02:42:56Z")
There’s a funny list, somewhere about this. I remember one was YKYGTHABDW: You put your bra on backward and it fits better. Now, this guy knew he was going to have a bad day when the bear attacked, but I doubt he expect… --- ## [I'm sick of all these "parody news" sites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-all-these-parody-news-sites/702219)
**Author:** [@Wisp00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wisp00)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-all-these-parody-news-sites/702219 "2014-10-23T02:01:16Z")
So, I was never a huge fan of The Onion, but I admit they have their moments, and, at the very least, everyone knows they’re fake. But I’m so sick of these stupid, clickbait, fake news sites that just get off on seeing … --- ## [The sides of beef are hanging, but nobody's home.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sides-of-beef-are-hanging-but-nobodys-home/702080)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sides-of-beef-are-hanging-but-nobodys-home/702080 "2014-10-23T01:06:44Z")
I walked by a relatively new restaurant/butcher concept restaurant in my neighborhood today. It was closed and a sign said something to the effect of “we are closed briefly for repairs, but we will be open again soon.” … --- ## [So how does Publisher's Clearing House make its money these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-does-publishers-clearing-house-make-its-money-these-days/702007)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-does-publishers-clearing-house-make-its-money-these-days/702007 "2014-10-23T00:58:13Z")
The incessant TV ads tell me they’re still doing the sweepstakes, but the print magazine business ain’t what it used to be. So how are they making money? --- ## [Poodle Swollen Vulva](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poodle-swollen-vulva/701485)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poodle-swollen-vulva/701485 "2014-10-22T23:51:03Z")
So I’m doing a Google search this morning for information on the Poodle SSLv3 vulnerability. I get as far as typing “poodle vuln” and Google helpfully suggests that I’m searching for “Poodle Swollen Vulva.” No. No, I … --- ## [Happy Ruger Day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-ruger-day/702188)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-ruger-day/702188 "2014-10-22T23:38:09Z")
Happy Ruger Day! It’s 10/22. :slight\_smile: --- ## [I got a new job, finally](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-new-job-finally/702183)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-new-job-finally/702183 "2014-10-22T23:00:55Z")
I posted in this forum when I was laid off. That was quite a while ago. Since then I’ve been looking for a new job for sure but I’ve had other issues to deal with as well. Well, I finally found a new job, about as good … --- ## [16 year old pro boxer gets embarrassed by old man in a fuzzy sweater.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16-year-old-pro-boxer-gets-embarrassed-by-old-man-in-a-fuzzy-sweater/702184)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16-year-old-pro-boxer-gets-embarrassed-by-old-man-in-a-fuzzy-sweater/702184 "2014-10-22T20:56:05Z")
This video is so funny. This cocky “pro” boxer thinks its hilarious when this old, bald man in a sweater steps into the ring to spar with him. Ha, ha lets have some fun with the old man. The pro is knocked on his butt … --- ## [Benjamin Bradlee, Washington Post editor during Watergate scandal, has died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benjamin-bradlee-washington-post-editor-during-watergate-scandal-has-died/702114)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benjamin-bradlee-washington-post-editor-during-watergate-scandal-has-died/702114 "2014-10-22T20:16:59Z")
Ben Bradlee, the editor of the Washington Post, who directed Robert Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s coverage of the Watergate coverup and helped end Richard M. Nixon’s presidency has passed away at the age of 93. The paper… --- ## [What happened in this video? An explosion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-in-this-video-an-explosion/702048)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-in-this-video-an-explosion/702048 "2014-10-22T19:11:46Z")
What happened in this fail video at 3:14? The video is a bunch of dash cam clips of mostly car accidents. It’s not too grisly to watch but be warned that some people do get injured. I see in the comments that people are… --- ## [Do Macbook users where you work....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-macbook-users-where-you-work/701492)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-macbook-users-where-you-work/701492 "2014-10-22T19:09:54Z")
…constantly awkwardly walk around with the computer lid half open? I have a Macbook at home and assume it’s because the machine will sleep if the lid is completely closed. But isn’t it a fairly simple process to type i… --- ## [Moving to Salt Lake City](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-salt-lake-city/700270)
**Author:** [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-salt-lake-city/700270 "2014-10-22T17:55:13Z")
It’s been a very eventful month so far. One month ago today I was abruptly laid off from my the job I’d had for over five years here in northern Baltimore. No warning, just a perp-walk to the door and a month of severa… --- ## [Silly thoughts...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-thoughts/702047)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-thoughts/702047 "2014-10-22T16:23:32Z")
What was “Little Red Riding Hood”'s surname? Hood? Riding Hood? What? For that matter what was her first name? --- ## [Gunshots near Canadian parliament.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunshots-near-canadian-parliament/702150)
**Author:** [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunshots-near-canadian-parliament/702150 "2014-10-22T16:22:46Z")
and a soldier shot nearby. --- ## [Mormons officially reveal temple garments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mormons-officially-reveal-temple-garments/702092)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mormons-officially-reveal-temple-garments/702092 "2014-10-22T14:36:37Z")
Amazed it took this long: http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsfaithblog/58541815-180/clothing-church-temple-garments.html.csp --- ## [Just in time for Halloween... share your real-life ghost encounters.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-time-for-halloween-share-your-real-life-ghost-encounters/701183)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-time-for-halloween-share-your-real-life-ghost-encounters/701183 "2014-10-22T05:30:46Z")
So I figured that, since Halloween is coming, it’s time to share our real-world encounters with the supernatural. I’m going to tell you about the night I visited the shack. It was a dark and stormy night… Actually, my… --- ## [Are we too sensitive, re matters involving sense of smell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-too-sensitive-re-matters-involving-sense-of-smell/700557)
**Author:** [@vontsira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vontsira)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-too-sensitive-re-matters-involving-sense-of-smell/700557 "2014-10-22T05:10:37Z")
Thought initially of making this a Pit thread; but overall sentiments are probably not strong enough to be Pit-appropriate. The following, prompted by a recent correspondence on another message board on which I spend ti… --- ## [The traffic gods hate me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-traffic-gods-hate-me/701935)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-traffic-gods-hate-me/701935 "2014-10-22T03:34:23Z")
It never fails. Every time I leave the house early, there’s a massive crash on the freeway, it’s raining and Puget Sound people don’t know how to drive in the rain, there are a small collection of minor collisions, some… --- ## [Dress appropriately](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dress-appropriately/701949)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dress-appropriately/701949 "2014-10-22T01:50:09Z")
Remember those warnings you’d get every year, telling you your Halloween costume should have light colours and maybe you should carry a light lest you be hit by a car? The same goes for walking to school, apparently. S… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=798) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=800)