# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=801 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 802 --- ## [In what country do you live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-country-do-you-live/700853)
**Author:** [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-country-do-you-live/700853 "2014-10-18T00:51:04Z")
This thread did pretty well; 49 out of 50 US states accounted for so far and I’m still hopeful we will get someone from Delaware to post. But now it’s time to find out just how diverse we are here at the SDMB and how mu… --- ## [Ebola at our local jail - I'm about to jump on a bandwagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebola-at-our-local-jail-im-about-to-jump-on-a-bandwagon/701496)
**Author:** [@llcoolbj77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llcoolbj77)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebola-at-our-local-jail-im-about-to-jump-on-a-bandwagon/701496 "2014-10-17T18:16:28Z")
So I hate seeing all the stupid shit on Facebook… blaming Obama for not cancelling all flights into the U.S. from Africa, etc… But we just got word that our local jail is on lockdown because of an Ebola scare. :eek: O… --- ## [Anyone with Comcast done the equipment upgrade?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-with-comcast-done-the-equipment-upgrade/701476)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-with-comcast-done-the-equipment-upgrade/701476 "2014-10-17T16:53:42Z")
So Comcast had a free offer for upgrading the cable modem box. I decided to send in for it, because why not. It turns out that it also functions as a wireless hub. However, I’d like to keep on using my old Airport Expres… --- ## [I have passed another milestone on the road to ranty old guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-passed-another-milestone-on-the-road-to-ranty-old-guy/701317)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-passed-another-milestone-on-the-road-to-ranty-old-guy/701317 "2014-10-17T13:56:47Z")
I went to a bingo game at a casino. My sister goes every week and convinced me to try it. The best thing about it was that I hated it, which tells me I’m not too far down the road to old coot yet. The first bad thing … --- ## [Find a Grave - What a Great resource for Genealogy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-a-grave-what-a-great-resource-for-genealogy/699052)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2014, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-a-grave-what-a-great-resource-for-genealogy/699052 "2014-10-17T13:12:40Z")
I’ve been researching my family history. Find A Grave has been so helpful. Found nearly all my grandfather’s brothers scattered around in different cemeteries. My aunt researched my dad’s side of the family and used vac… --- ## [Physical decription thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-decription-thread/701142)
**Author:** [@Longshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longshanks)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2014, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-decription-thread/701142 "2014-10-17T11:23:17Z")
This thread is for people to give everyone else a rough mental image of what they look like. Descripe the usuals of height, weight, colour etc… But also include any minor details or bodily quirks that may be of interest … --- ## [Vaccines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccines/701472)
**Author:** [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2014, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccines/701472 "2014-10-17T10:33:55Z")
I know how adamant some people are that their children not be vaccinated. If, however, the Canadian (or some other) vaccine for Ebola seems to work and is offered to the general public, how many of these parents do you t… --- ## ["World's Worst Maintained Railroad"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-worst-maintained-railroad/701510)
**Author:** [@Mr.Natural](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Natural)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2014, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-worst-maintained-railroad/701510 "2014-10-17T07:15:33Z")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUCU2GhG8zE --- ## [My dad died a week ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died-a-week-ago/701292)
**Author:** [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died-a-week-ago/701292 "2014-10-17T03:39:56Z")
He was under hospice care at home for about six weeks and had pulled his feeding tube out a few days prior, so we knew it was coming soon. Based on what I saw over the last 12 years since his first cancer diagnosis: if … --- ## [So how did table scraps become poisonous to dogs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-did-table-scraps-become-poisonous-to-dogs/701390)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-did-table-scraps-become-poisonous-to-dogs/701390 "2014-10-17T01:43:25Z")
For probably 99% of domestic dogs relationship with human beings their primary diet was essentially table scraps and leavings from the human diet, they certainly seemed to make it fine. Here in Trinidad few people excep… --- ## [TWO Teachers Charged For Sex With SAME Student](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-teachers-charged-for-sex-with-same-student/700314)
**Author:** [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-teachers-charged-for-sex-with-same-student/700314 "2014-10-16T23:47:24Z")
I copy and pasted the article here, it is not long at all. :smiley: (Text removed - story here – Hal Briston, MPSIMS Moderator) --- ## [The Dallas ebola guy just died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dallas-ebola-guy-just-died/700768)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dallas-ebola-guy-just-died/700768 "2014-10-16T20:47:48Z")
Breaking news now. Thomas Eric Duncan, the man being quarantined for Ebola in Dallas, died Wednesday morning. --- ## [Ever feel like there are insects crawling under your skin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-feel-like-there-are-insects-crawling-under-your-skin/701471)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-feel-like-there-are-insects-crawling-under-your-skin/701471 "2014-10-16T18:51:15Z")
It might not be insects, but spiders. Have a good night. --- ## [Boston Common stabbings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-common-stabbings/701406)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-common-stabbings/701406 "2014-10-16T16:59:18Z")
So I was in Bawstun yesterday with the Barbarian tribe (family birthday excursion), and in the late afternoon we are strolling wearily through the Common. We went north of the Frog Pond, because I wanted one look at “Che… --- ## [Greenpeace submarine attacked by Giant Squid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenpeace-submarine-attacked-by-giant-squid/701411)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2014, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenpeace-submarine-attacked-by-giant-squid/701411 "2014-10-16T16:56:13Z")
Here is the amazing video : --- ## [Federal Judge rules against different fitness standards for women](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-judge-rules-against-different-fitness-standards-for-women/690749)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2014, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-judge-rules-against-different-fitness-standards-for-women/690749 "2014-10-16T10:08:32Z")
http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/Articles/2014/06/12/FBI-Gender-Discrimination-6-12.aspx The FBI engaged in gender discrimination by using a physical fitness test for prospective agents that is biased against men, a fe… --- ## [My father-in-law just passed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-in-law-just-passed/689339)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2014, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-in-law-just-passed/689339 "2014-10-16T06:25:23Z")
This is a PSA - quit smoking! He was a life-long smoker, and lung cancer ended up killing him. Maybe he thought it was a reasonable deal - a (possibly) longer life traded for 60 years of smoking. Anyway, we knew it was… --- ## [itchy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itchy/701457)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2014, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itchy/701457 "2014-10-16T05:41:49Z")
My arm is itchy. Last Friday I was trying to find my vape, which I assumed had fallen down inside the couch (turned out a dog stole it). I flipped the ratty old thing upside down and cut a hole in the black fabric linin… --- ## [The blind will see. That is all.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blind-will-see-that-is-all/701352)
**Author:** [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2014, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blind-will-see-that-is-all/701352 "2014-10-16T05:26:16Z")
The study just came out in the Lancet. Articles www.thelancet.com Published online October 15, 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61376-3 1 Human embryonic stem cell-derived retinal pigment epithelium in p… --- ## [Ask the uber-nicotine addict how she finally quit smoking after 37 years with e-cigs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-uber-nicotine-addict-how-she-finally-quit-smoking-after-37-years-with-e-cigs/688694)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-uber-nicotine-addict-how-she-finally-quit-smoking-after-37-years-with-e-cigs/688694 "2014-10-15T22:44:45Z")
A little background: I am 56 and have smoked since I was 17. I’m a serial quitter and have quit elebenty-twenty times for anywhere from a few hours to about a year, then started smoking again. I am bi-polar and quitting … --- ## [Have You Ever Convinced Someone to Quit Smoking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-convinced-someone-to-quit-smoking/696923)
**Author:** [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-convinced-someone-to-quit-smoking/696923 "2014-10-15T19:39:42Z")
Of course you can’t make anyone do anything and an adult’s behavior is both up to them and their own business, but I spent decades trying to get a couple of family members to stop. Both died horrible smoking-related deat… --- ## [saw something cool tonight...buzzards migrating (?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-something-cool-tonight-buzzards-migrating/701159)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-something-cool-tonight-buzzards-migrating/701159 "2014-10-15T16:07:20Z")
I’m guessing that’s what was going on, anyway. It was just before dusk and the sky was heavily overcast. I look up and see a buzzard soar overhead, then another, then another and another… They were flying east to west, h… --- ## [Potential North Korean coup attempt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potential-north-korean-coup-attempt/700318)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potential-north-korean-coup-attempt/700318 "2014-10-15T15:22:54Z")
Oh please oh please oh please oh please be true. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2779139/Has-Kim-Jong-Un-lost-control-North-Korea-Nation-s-former-intelligence-officer-says-overthrown-2013-just-puppet-leader.ht… --- ## [We've just had about 30mm of rain in half an hour](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-just-had-about-30mm-of-rain-in-half-an-hour/701288)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2014, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-just-had-about-30mm-of-rain-in-half-an-hour/701288 "2014-10-15T10:44:59Z")
The place is awash. And it’s cold. And there’s snow falling in the mountains to the west of Sydney. Winter is back with a vengeance! --- ## [Dead people in my phone and email contacts list.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-people-in-my-phone-and-email-contacts-list/701242)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-people-in-my-phone-and-email-contacts-list/701242 "2014-10-15T03:48:47Z")
How do you deal with that, personally? I’m of an age where I am starting to lose friends. Right now I have four people in my contacts list who have died. Cancer, congestive heart failure, cancer, cancer. And another fri… --- ## [Help me find a Doper, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-doper-please/701258)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-doper-please/701258 "2014-10-15T01:14:49Z")
Embarrassingly enough, I cannot remember her name. I’m pretty sure it begins with the letter “R”, though. This poster has identified as female, and as one who lives in the Los Angeles area, and works cleaning houses. C… --- ## [Old school computer screen savers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-computer-screen-savers/700727)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-computer-screen-savers/700727 "2014-10-14T20:58:25Z")
When I was a kid my dad had a Compaq computer. It originally came with windows 3.1 . He didn’t even bring it to work every day - I sat at home many times playing sim town, when we updated it to windows 95. I remember tha… --- ## [Vapid comments for the utterly bored](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vapid-comments-for-the-utterly-bored/701313)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vapid-comments-for-the-utterly-bored/701313 "2014-10-14T20:43:21Z")
This room is at a pleasant temperature and I’m not hungry now. --- ## [Oh great, my cough drops are in the service of the capitalist overlords.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-great-my-cough-drops-are-in-the-service-of-the-capitalist-overlords/700695)
**Author:** [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-great-my-cough-drops-are-in-the-service-of-the-capitalist-overlords/700695 "2014-10-14T20:25:41Z")
I should be home in bed watching cartoons, but I dragged myself and my cold into work, because that’s what we do here in PTO-land. Then, when I went to unwrap another cough drop, I noticed the labels had been printed wi… --- ## [online airline/car rentals-first try cheapest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-airline-car-rentals-first-try-cheapest/701298)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-airline-car-rentals-first-try-cheapest/701298 "2014-10-14T18:26:49Z")
I recently had to book a flight and car rental to Washington DC. I am amazed at the price differences between the initial online inquiries and subsequent attempts. My desired car rental quote more than doubled after a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=800) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=802)