# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=802 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 803 --- ## [I have found God ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-god/701147)
**Author:** [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-god/701147 "2014-10-14T18:13:28Z")
… in this image of the galactic center. He is at the bottom edge, well over towards the right, with his left arm cocked against his hip and his right apparently protecting his crotch. He appears to be wearing some kind o… --- ## [Thread fulla hysteria - pick yer subject](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-fulla-hysteria-pick-yer-subject/700944)
**Author:** [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-fulla-hysteria-pick-yer-subject/700944 "2014-10-14T16:24:24Z")
I’m gonna go with : “OMG! I live just 200 miles north of Ebola Central, TX. And the winds are from the south!” Step right up - plenty to choose from. --- ## [British Parliament Recognizes Palestinian State in Symbolic Vote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-parliament-recognizes-palestinian-state-in-symbolic-vote/701244)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-parliament-recognizes-palestinian-state-in-symbolic-vote/701244 "2014-10-14T16:19:01Z")
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/14/world/europe/british-parliament-palestinian-state.html?\_r=0 In a few years I expect only the United States will automatically rubber-stamp anything Israel does–while the rest of the wo… --- ## [My cat needs to be on a calendar. NEEDS. Cute cat pic linked.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-needs-to-be-on-a-calendar-needs-cute-cat-pic-linked/701270)
**Author:** [@Teaira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teaira)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2014, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-needs-to-be-on-a-calendar-needs-cute-cat-pic-linked/701270 "2014-10-14T13:26:01Z")
Hi everyone, Just a quick post to show off my adorable cat Tiny. She’s in a contest right now on Facebook to win a spot on her rescue agency’s calendar (she needs to make it into the top twelve most liked pics in the al… --- ## [Is there any process more soul sucking than job searching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-process-more-soul-sucking-than-job-searching/700573)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-process-more-soul-sucking-than-job-searching/700573 "2014-10-14T12:43:55Z")
Here I go again into the godawful world of job searching… It’s for a better reason that before really, my girlfriend has a job in Orlando and I want to go down to her, so I have a job right now, but is there any process… --- ## [O Dear. Geezerhood in one hour, 36 minutes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-dear-geezerhood-in-one-hour-36-minutes/701017)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2014, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-dear-geezerhood-in-one-hour-36-minutes/701017 "2014-10-14T07:18:00Z")
I am approaching age 65 far too rapidly. Help me out here. :eek: :mad: :frowning: :smack: :o --- ## [I done TOLD that SOB I needed a shingles vaccine!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-done-told-that-sob-i-needed-a-shingles-vaccine/700903)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2014, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-done-told-that-sob-i-needed-a-shingles-vaccine/700903 "2014-10-14T05:39:26Z")
No, he said. Not old enough, he said. No risk factors, he said. You don’t need it, he said. . . :confused: That was less than two years ago.:mad: Shingles hurt.:eek: Waaaahhhhhh!!! :frowning: That is all. --- ## [The Crows Are Having a Blast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crows-are-having-a-blast/701251)
**Author:** [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crows-are-having-a-blast/701251 "2014-10-14T01:14:40Z")
The wind has picked up in advance of a stormy evening and the crows, who seem to live for days like these, are making the most of it. As I watch them surf and tumble about in the gusts, I can just about feel the exhilar… --- ## [Antikytherian shipwreck dived. New finds.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antikytherian-shipwreck-dived-new-finds/701118)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antikytherian-shipwreck-dived-new-finds/701118 "2014-10-14T00:41:09Z")
Didn’t see this posted yet: http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/10/2014/2000-year-old-antikythera-ship-much-larger-than-previously-thought Divers are exploring the wreck that produced the Antikytherian devi… --- ## [Gee, Delta, thanks for changing my flight to two hours earlier on a whim...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-delta-thanks-for-changing-my-flight-to-two-hours-earlier-on-a-whim/700598)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-delta-thanks-for-changing-my-flight-to-two-hours-earlier-on-a-whim/700598 "2014-10-13T18:44:44Z")
Thanks for letting me have an entire three days thinking I had the exact flights I wanted. But hey, at least you let me know, right? No harm, no foul, right? grumbles --- ## [Werewolves and Lunar Eclipse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werewolves-and-lunar-eclipse/700716)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werewolves-and-lunar-eclipse/700716 "2014-10-13T15:55:16Z")
Tonight we have a lunar eclipse, and also a full moon. So does a werewolf change because the moon is full, then go back to human form during the eclipse, then change back to a werewolf after the eclipse, then change aga… --- ## [Noon whistle!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noon-whistle/700659)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noon-whistle/700659 "2014-10-13T13:51:12Z")
It’s the first Tuesday of the month and it was 10:04 AM, so of course, the local noon whistle sounded. For about 2 or 3 minutes. So, there’s one pretty close and some in the distance. One was pitched higher than the othe… --- ## [Halloween Costumes -- Ideas? What is Yours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-costumes-ideas-what-is-yours/701130)
**Author:** [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2014, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-costumes-ideas-what-is-yours/701130 "2014-10-13T12:12:53Z")
Dopers, I need some help with a Halloween costume for work. My new employer has a costume contest and a department decorating contest, and both sound fun. This also should be something that non-Americans people will “g… --- ## [If the moon landings had been faked, how many would have been "in" on the conspiracy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-moon-landings-had-been-faked-how-many-would-have-been-in-on-the-conspiracy/700808)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2014, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-moon-landings-had-been-faked-how-many-would-have-been-in-on-the-conspiracy/700808 "2014-10-13T05:43:06Z")
I just watched “Capricorn One” for the 8th time. It’s about a conspiracy to fake a mission to Mars. In the movie, we see at least a score of people who knew of the conspiracy, including the FBI agents who guard the ast… --- ## [It's the MMP for the (Hockey) Season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-mmp-for-the-hockey-season/700527)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 264\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-mmp-for-the-hockey-season/700527 "2014-10-13T02:52:49Z")
It’s 46 degrees Amurikin this morning, it’s dark, and Hockey season is a few short days away. I am a happy dogbutler.:smiley: Hijack away, y’all! And from the last MMP: Good luck with the CPAP thing, Morgyn! --- ## [I might (probably) travel with my boyfriend!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-probably-travel-with-my-boyfriend/701083)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-probably-travel-with-my-boyfriend/701083 "2014-10-12T21:09:31Z")
I really… love him. And we are starting to plan a trip to Europe. We live in Brazil, and the idea is to go on june/july.When will it be cheaper to buy the tickets? --- ## [More Bookstores Evaporate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bookstores-evaporate/700635)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bookstores-evaporate/700635 "2014-10-12T20:39:37Z")
Oh, man! I thought we might get a break here in the Boston area. It’s the Athens of America, right? We actually got a NEW bookstore opening in Salem after the demise of the Derby Square bookstore. The new owners declare… --- ## [Too many books, what do you choose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-books-what-do-you-choose/700885)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-books-what-do-you-choose/700885 "2014-10-12T19:45:06Z")
So I’m thinking like myself lots of other dopers face issues of books piling up around the house. Even if you have floor to ceiling shelves, or a dedicated room, no matter, still they pile up! And all too often we are f… --- ## [Cure for Type 1 Diabetes Imminent after Harvard Stem-cell Breakthrough](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cure-for-type-1-diabetes-imminent-after-harvard-stem-cell-breakthrough/700996)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cure-for-type-1-diabetes-imminent-after-harvard-stem-cell-breakthrough/700996 "2014-10-12T18:59:41Z")
“A cure for diabetes could be imminent after scientists discovered how to make huge quantities of insulin-producing cells, in a breakthrough hailed as significant as antibiotics.” This would be great news if it were tr… --- ## [Well, I'm a Rogaine girl.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-im-a-rogaine-girl/292717)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-im-a-rogaine-girl/292717 "2014-10-12T15:35:23Z")
As I think I mentioned in a previous thread, I recently started losing my hair. Like, a LOT of hair ~ 66% so far. Keeping in mind that I may be the vainest person on the planet, I promptly scheduled a meeting with my de… --- ## [Wifi in the UK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wifi-in-the-uk/701038)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wifi-in-the-uk/701038 "2014-10-12T13:39:53Z")
I keep thinking I should have typed ‘Anarchy’ up there. Anyway, I’m travelling to the UK over New Year’s Eve and want to know about wifi. Will my phone/tablet work or is wifi connectivity somehow different in Europe? … --- ## [Anyone exhibit echopraxia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-exhibit-echopraxia/701008)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-exhibit-echopraxia/701008 "2014-10-12T13:15:02Z")
Echopraxia. I’m curious if there are any other Dopers who have this quirk too. --- ## [Send in the Scary Clowns or Stay Away from Wasco](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-in-the-scary-clowns-or-stay-away-from-wasco/700784)
**Author:** [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2014, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-in-the-scary-clowns-or-stay-away-from-wasco/700784 "2014-10-12T10:28:24Z")
Mysterious scary clowns are appearing at night in Wasco, California. No one knows why. Is it some kind of viral marketing? Is it a couple locals having some early Halloween fun? Is it an invasion of clown aliens that wil… --- ## [I think if trapped in the past I'd go insane over food.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-if-trapped-in-the-past-id-go-insane-over-food/700949)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2014, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-if-trapped-in-the-past-id-go-insane-over-food/700949 "2014-10-12T03:51:03Z")
I really do think that would be the worst thing about being trapped in the past, imagining the look on the face of a grocery clerk while I ask where the feta cheese or sushi bar is. Hell even finding the ingredients to m… --- ## [Cricket Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-here/701022)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-here/701022 "2014-10-11T22:47:40Z")
I think it’s a cricket, but it has come into my very high upstairs second-floor computer/CD/media etc. room (post-Victorian farmhouse, built 1891, windows “rehabbed”) … it showed up on the top edge of the the window when… --- ## [What is the oldest object in your home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-object-in-your-home/700000)
**Author:** [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-object-in-your-home/700000 "2014-10-11T22:45:36Z")
This thought just sort of occurred to me out of the blue earlier today. I have a shoehorn that’s actually made out of a genuine animal horn of some sort. I can remember it sitting on my grandparents’ dresser drawer when… --- ## [Kim Jong Un conspicuously absent from important celebration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-conspicuously-absent-from-important-celebration/700984)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-conspicuously-absent-from-important-celebration/700984 "2014-10-11T22:44:06Z")
He’s been out of the public eye for more than five weeks, and was seen limping in his last appearance. Even more interesting is the fact that high-ranking NK officials appeared at the Asian Games in South Korea and agre… --- ## [We're on the menu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-on-the-menu/701002)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-on-the-menu/701002 "2014-10-11T21:34:19Z")
This tempting offer came in the mail today: “Schodinger (Funeral Home) invites you to learn about the many benefits of funeral and cremation pre-planning, while enjoying free pizza, salad and drinks! Come for the food a… --- ## [Winter is coming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-is-coming/700968)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-is-coming/700968 "2014-10-11T18:02:44Z")
But according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac: --- ## [Grade School "high tech" from the 1970's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grade-school-high-tech-from-the-1970s/442205)
**Author:** [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grade-school-high-tech-from-the-1970s/442205 "2014-10-11T16:41:21Z")
I have been on a nostalgia kick lately, reminiscing about grade school. In the mid 70’s when I was in school we would take special classes with the latest “high tech” equipment. One such machine was called “systems 80”. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=801) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=803)