# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=80 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 81 --- ## [There will always be a ginger cat at Churchill's country home, Chartwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-always-be-a-ginger-cat-at-churchills-country-home-chartwell/1010850)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-always-be-a-ginger-cat-at-churchills-country-home-chartwell/1010850 "2024-12-04T04:15:25Z")
Just learned this. I love the specificity of the Churchill family’s request. --- ## [I found a service-station today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-service-station-today/1011050)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-service-station-today/1011050 "2024-12-02T23:43:08Z")
Today I pulled into a petrol station to fill my car. Got out, grabbed the nozzle and stuck it in my tank and a fellow came running out tutting his finger at me. Huh? Whut? Well, it turned out this was one of the original… --- ## [Be careful when you’re out hunting deer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-careful-when-you-re-out-hunting-deer/1010818)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-careful-when-you-re-out-hunting-deer/1010818 "2024-12-02T23:19:22Z")
I always thought that the main danger when hunting was disturbing a bear, or accidentally being shot oif you didn’t wear your orange. But it makes sense that a sudden burst of activity might cause fatal wear and tear on … --- ## [Uptick on credit card scams and scam fone calls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uptick-on-credit-card-scams-and-scam-fone-calls/1010957)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uptick-on-credit-card-scams-and-scam-fone-calls/1010957 "2024-12-02T23:01:22Z")
I have been watching scams by fone and internet for over 25 years. Recently, I have been subject to an increase in credit card problems and I wonder if the scammers have become more sophisticated. In the last 2 years, … --- ## [Released Time, yea or nay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/released-time-yea-or-nay/1010542)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/released-time-yea-or-nay/1010542 "2024-12-02T20:23:46Z")
In the United States released time is a concept that allows public school students to (with parental consent) leave campus to receive privately funded religious instruction off-premis during the school day. I believe in … --- ## [My Mother Died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-died/1010940)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-died/1010940 "2024-12-01T16:03:14Z")
Complications of breast cancer which metastasized to her lungs, along with pneumonia and blood clots. She was fine in September. In and out of area hospitals, draining fluid from the pleura, transfusions, antibiotics. … --- ## [AMA: I Marched in the 2024 NYC Macy's T-Day Parade !1! Woot!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-i-marched-in-the-2024-nyc-macys-t-day-parade-1-woot/1010936)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-i-marched-in-the-2024-nyc-macys-t-day-parade-1-woot/1010936 "2024-12-01T14:07:36Z")
Hi folks - Courtesy of a certain well-connected Doper who shall remain anonymous I had the rare privilege yesterday of marching in the famous parade. His role is that of a balloon “pilot”; the guy in charge of getting o… --- ## [The Macy's Thanksgiving Parade '24](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-macys-thanksgiving-parade-24/1010995)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2024, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-macys-thanksgiving-parade-24/1010995 "2024-12-01T05:22:12Z")
All right, it’s going to be four long days to vainly attempt to shake off the mental burden of recent events, so let’s begin with that glitzy annual tradition, the Macy’s Thanksgiving D… \[Sees that the streets are darke… --- ## [Mystery Sex Tool in Peach Jello package](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-sex-tool-in-peach-jello-package/1010643)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-sex-tool-in-peach-jello-package/1010643 "2024-11-30T19:04:37Z")
Peach is the only Jello flavor worth a fuck. There is ‘Red’ (Cherry, Raspberry, Strawberry) which all taste the same, Orange, which tastes like Open Ass, and Green (Lime) which is a Crime Against Humanity. But I can I g… --- ## [2024 Hurricane Season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-hurricane-season/1003076)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 423\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-hurricane-season/1003076 "2024-11-30T18:06:45Z")
I thought I would start a general thread for hurricanes this season: With winds up to 50 mph and thus not a hurricane: Some areas of Texas could get up to 5 to 10 inches of rain, while some areas of Mexico could ge… --- ## [Haunting Aroma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haunting-aroma/1010813)
**Author:** [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haunting-aroma/1010813 "2024-11-30T04:51:08Z")
Since 2007 I have experienced an occasional but random haunting aroma. It’s hard to describe but it elicits a nostalgic sorrow in me. Part industrial, part water, a mix of gentle chemicals. It happens everywhere almost … --- ## [I'll be danged. Looks like I got a job (racist threats by text)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-danged-looks-like-i-got-a-job-racist-threats-by-text/1010051)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-danged-looks-like-i-got-a-job-racist-threats-by-text/1010051 "2024-11-30T02:42:14Z")
I have 2 phones. A regular one that was my daughter’s old IPhone. Piece of junk. But it gets calls and texts. Mostly from medical stuff. I don’t block stuff on it. Because you never know what number a doctors office or … --- ## [Banana Art back in the news. Sells for 6.24 million](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banana-art-back-in-the-news-sells-for-6-24-million/1010951)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banana-art-back-in-the-news-sells-for-6-24-million/1010951 "2024-11-29T22:37:45Z")
Didn’t someone pull it off and eat the banana last year? It was in a exhibition for awhile. Found the old link from 2019 https://www.cnn.com/style/article/banana-artwork-eaten-scli-intl/index.html Anyhow some one with … --- ## [These turkeys can't fly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-turkeys-cant-fly/1010931)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-turkeys-cant-fly/1010931 "2024-11-29T15:49:16Z")
Alaska Turkey Bomb --- ## ["There's a place in France..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-place-in-france/11132)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-place-in-france/11132 "2024-11-29T01:57:47Z")
Where did this supposedly Arabic song/melody come from? The words I learned as a kid went something like this: “There’s a place in France Where the women wear no pants. Stepped on banana peeling Flew up and hit the c… --- ## [Share your useful text replacements](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-useful-text-replacements/1010826)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-useful-text-replacements/1010826 "2024-11-28T15:23:56Z")
I’ve been addicted to text replacement for 30 years or however long it’s been available and I think it’s been at least 30 years, although I think back then it was just via a third-party apps. I think most people who use… --- ## [Yep, willingly walked right into Crazy-town](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-willingly-walked-right-into-crazy-town/1010772)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2024, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-willingly-walked-right-into-crazy-town/1010772 "2024-11-28T13:52:21Z")
The grocery store. My lord, there were people wall to wall. Grabbing and reaching around you. I prefer a decent distance between me and others. I was very uncomfortable. Now, we plan ahead for big deals like Thanksgi… --- ## [Approved Go Fund Me for food pantry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/approved-go-fund-me-for-food-pantry/1010441)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/approved-go-fund-me-for-food-pantry/1010441 "2024-11-27T22:26:06Z")
With the permission of the Moderators I would like to bring attention to this GoFundMe for the Hereford House Food Pantry, located in Portland, Oregon. Due to recent break-ins (the windows are now barred) and a need to u… --- ## [Remember me - are you memorable to those you rarely encounter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-me-are-you-memorable-to-those-you-rarely-encounter/1010768)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-me-are-you-memorable-to-those-you-rarely-encounter/1010768 "2024-11-27T18:56:34Z")
Are you memorable? Not to your friends & family but to people you rarely deal with. I called to place my ‘usual unusual’ Thanksgiving order. I started to tell her what I wanted, which include special instrux on where… --- ## [Cats, and things architectural](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-and-things-architectural/1007337)
**Author:** [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-and-things-architectural/1007337 "2024-11-27T16:01:46Z")
So this week, and for the first time in several years, I got some cats after being catless for quite some time. I got an adult pair who seemed even-tempered enough, though they meowed quite pitifully and at length on th… --- ## [Staph blood bacteria sucks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staph-blood-bacteria-sucks/1005743)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staph-blood-bacteria-sucks/1005743 "2024-11-27T15:26:50Z")
It’s been 25 days for me now, and I gotta rant about this. I thought about putting this in The Pit, but didn’t think it was really Pit-worthy. Have you or someone you know had a blood bacteria? Not fun, right? I was in… --- ## [Is NOW the time to buy that new car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-now-the-time-to-buy-that-new-car/1010425)
**Author:** [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2024, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-now-the-time-to-buy-that-new-car/1010425 "2024-11-27T04:02:05Z")
…before the economy takes a dive? We have two aging cars, 2012 and 2015. Both need some repairs but neither is on the verge of falling apart. As we are retired, we don’t really need two cars. We’ve been thinking abou… --- ## [OCD Rituals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ocd-rituals/1010669)
**Author:** [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ocd-rituals/1010669 "2024-11-27T00:53:11Z")
I’ve always had a few activities in my daily life that could be construed as OCD rituals. In the past some of these were a bit over the line but nothing serious. I am vigilant about the blurry line these cross. Without … --- ## [Diabetes. Blankity-blankity-blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diabetes-blankity-blankity-blank/1010810)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diabetes-blankity-blankity-blank/1010810 "2024-11-27T00:27:14Z")
My tests are in. I got type 2. Dammit. Provider meeting next month. --- ## [Chlorine doesn’t make pools smell like chlorine, pee does](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chlorine-doesn-t-make-pools-smell-like-chlorine-pee-does/1010740)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chlorine-doesn-t-make-pools-smell-like-chlorine-pee-does/1010740 "2024-11-26T20:45:25Z")
It’s true. Check out this video starting at 4:08. Link. (Mark Rober - science channel) --- ## [(Old) Spot the Lunatic - A Cat MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-spot-the-lunatic-a-cat-mmp/1010390)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 397\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-spot-the-lunatic-a-cat-mmp/1010390 "2024-11-26T00:39:32Z")
Having an extra day off means Spot gets an extra 24 hours to kill and eat my hand. So now it’s one more round before I go to work. Hijack away! --- ## [I lost my Mother this morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-mother-this-morning/1003030)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-mother-this-morning/1003030 "2024-11-25T18:36:01Z")
Yes, I looked behind the couch. She had been ill for quite some time now. Her lungs were being wracked by some autoimmune disorder, so she’d been on O2 for about a year now. Her pulmonolgist had given her a poor progn… --- ## [Speculation About Republican Party Political Officers placed in U.S military and naval units](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-about-republican-party-political-officers-placed-in-u-s-military-and-naval-units/1010728)
**Author:** [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-about-republican-party-political-officers-placed-in-u-s-military-and-naval-units/1010728 "2024-11-24T21:59:53Z")
As Trump seems to want to politicize the military, does anyone see him wanting to place Republican Party Political Officers in military units (much in the same way that Stalin placed political officers in the Soviet mili… --- ## [Question about British regional accents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-british-regional-accents/1010481)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-british-regional-accents/1010481 "2024-11-24T14:58:39Z")
Inspired by the “Britishisms” thread, of course. There’s a film I love called Riff Raff. Unfortunately, I don’t own it on DVD or Blu-Ray, because I have not yet found an edition with subtitles. Not even digital subtitle… --- ## [Does anyone remember this ancient thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-ancient-thread/1010680)
**Author:** [@Toaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toaster)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-ancient-thread/1010680 "2024-11-24T00:07:24Z")
It had a Doper with their outdoor Christmas display, and their Santa would go Ho Ho Ho! but it was low on batteries and went something like, Heeewooooooorah. Sorry, that’s all I’ve got! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=79) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=81)