# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=804 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 805 --- ## [Something seems fishy about the news reports on tech jobs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-seems-fishy-about-the-news-reports-on-tech-jobs/700700)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-seems-fishy-about-the-news-reports-on-tech-jobs/700700 "2014-10-08T00:26:40Z")
They always list the total number of people hired by tech companies. You often see"Amazon/Apple/Google hired X people this month" If you are a secretary, or doing building maintenance, you are not in a “tech job”, even… --- ## [See hundreds of hot-air balloons- Live, right now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-hundreds-of-hot-air-balloons-live-right-now/700642)
**Author:** [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-hundreds-of-hot-air-balloons-live-right-now/700642 "2014-10-07T19:24:23Z")
The annual Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta is underway and a Mass Ascension is taking place right now. I posted this in the General Aviation thread but I thought more people would see it if I started a new thread. KOB ch. 4 … --- ## [Take THAT, food industry!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-that-food-industry/700509)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-that-food-industry/700509 "2014-10-07T15:00:49Z")
Bumper sticker spotted the other day, made me laugh until I had to blow my nose: I :heart: GLUTEN As someone who has boxes of gluten on the pantry shelf… :smiley: --- ## [I just biked 145 miles and literally everything hurts but I feel great](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-biked-145-miles-and-literally-everything-hurts-but-i-feel-great/700526)
**Author:** [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-biked-145-miles-and-literally-everything-hurts-but-i-feel-great/700526 "2014-10-07T14:32:54Z")
So, to make a long story short, I decided for some damn-fool reason that I wanted to take a pleasant Sunday bike ride, only instead of pleasant, it should be harrowing and extremely painful. I’m weird like that. I theref… --- ## [Help, please: Family crap (really MPSIMS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-please-family-crap-really-mpsims/700525)
**Author:** [@PeacePlease](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeacePlease)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2014, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-please-family-crap-really-mpsims/700525 "2014-10-07T08:35:23Z")
Need some help, my beloved Dopers. TL/DR: I hate my sister but I’m not allowed to disassociate myself from her. I don’t even know how to start this or how to make it cohesive and short! My family is comprised of Mom, … --- ## [trifecta- my dog, a US presidents grave, and cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trifecta-my-dog-a-us-presidents-grave-and-cheese/700510)
**Author:** [@pabstist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pabstist)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trifecta-my-dog-a-us-presidents-grave-and-cheese/700510 "2014-10-07T04:28:47Z")
My wife and I are tourists in our own state. We live in Vermont, and drove around leaf peeping today. We happened to find our way into Plymouth, the birthplace of former president Calvin Coolidge. And the home of the Ply… --- ## [I think I just realized the real reason healthcare is so expensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-realized-the-real-reason-healthcare-is-so-expensive/700386)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-realized-the-real-reason-healthcare-is-so-expensive/700386 "2014-10-06T23:33:38Z")
My father works in the sterilization room in a hospital. He is always bringing back piles of batteries that the hospital was going to throw out, but were never used. There is also enormous amounts of disposable equipme… --- ## [Video camera falls from plane. Records all the way down. Lands in pig pen.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338 "2014-10-06T23:22:05Z")
--- ## [@6:45am, my kid texts me from his room...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-45am-my-kid-texts-me-from-his-room/700372)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2014, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-45am-my-kid-texts-me-from-his-room/700372 "2014-10-06T23:13:34Z")
…“Sorry, I don’t have to work until 1pm today.” :mad: I’ve been up since 6am knowing I have to drive him to work this morning. I’m nearly done my coffee so there’s no way I’m going back to sleep at this point. And las… --- ## [Hypotherical Question about cannibalism \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypotherical-question-about-cannibalism-edited-title/700370)
**Author:** [@silvermist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silvermist)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypotherical-question-about-cannibalism-edited-title/700370 "2014-10-06T22:58:29Z")
If you were stranded on a desert island with another person and that person died, could you eat them? It could be a friend, relative, spouse or stranger. --- ## [is it wierd to have a guest laptop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wierd-to-have-a-guest-laptop/700346)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wierd-to-have-a-guest-laptop/700346 "2014-10-06T22:15:37Z")
It’s becoming pretty much standard these days that people want to check email, or their fantasy football score whatever when they come over to visit. So for the last couple years I have taken my old laptop and put it on … --- ## [Leukemia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leukemia/700587)
**Author:** [@Iamnotivan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iamnotivan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leukemia/700587 "2014-10-06T20:48:09Z")
I hesitate to write this as it will be an easy target for those calling it snake oil yada yada, but I think it may be as useful to many people as it has been for me. On November 1 last year, I saw an article in a newspa… --- ## [When You Kick the Bucket..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-kick-the-bucket/700508)
**Author:** [@Daemon\_1up\_Moik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daemon_1up_Moik)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-kick-the-bucket/700508 "2014-10-06T20:08:00Z")
So I was pondering this idea a while ago, and I assume that at some point, much of the labor of building and maintaining such a structure as this would be automated with robotics and A.I, so could become larger and more… --- ## [I googled my Chipolte commie bag quote & all I got was hate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-googled-my-chipolte-commie-bag-quote-all-i-got-was-hate/700162)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-googled-my-chipolte-commie-bag-quote-all-i-got-was-hate/700162 "2014-10-06T15:10:20Z")
My Chipolte purchased this evening came in a bag with this quote on the side. I didn’t go to “commie” automatically, but I thought it was kind of an odd sentiment for company that pays it’s line workers minimum wage a… --- ## [Noisy Neighbor!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noisy-neighbor/700505)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2014, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noisy-neighbor/700505 "2014-10-06T11:37:26Z")
Sitting here listening to a great horned owl hooting away - TV is off and I have the window open slightly and the only light is my laptop. The cat is sitting on the window sill looking out intently. Sometimes living out… --- ## [Pluto to be a planet again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-to-be-a-planet-again/700224)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2014, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-to-be-a-planet-again/700224 "2014-10-06T11:11:01Z")
Owen Gingrich himself is apparently advocating for it: Take that Neil deGrasse Tyson! Although it could be that the Mi-Go threatened to put Tyson’s brain in a labeled box with wires attached… --- ## [Congratulations, India!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-india/699412)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2014, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-india/699412 "2014-10-06T09:41:30Z")
For those of y’all not following this particular incident: \[ \](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS\_INDIA\_MARS\_MISSION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-09-24-00-42-45) I’m very happy for all of I… --- ## [Don't carry a psycho cat when you're nekkid in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-carry-a-psycho-cat-when-youre-nekkid-in-the-mmp/699840)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 286\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2014, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-carry-a-psycho-cat-when-youre-nekkid-in-the-mmp/699840 "2014-10-06T09:10:36Z")
I think the title sums it up nicely. While I was away, \*\*FCD \*\*instituted a no-cats-sleeping-in-the-bedroom-at-night policy. I disagree, but it’s not that big a deal. But the other night, Ziva followed me in when I we… --- ## [Epson gifts the world with two printers that use a refillable ink reservoir. No more cartridges!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epson-gifts-the-world-with-two-printers-that-use-a-refillable-ink-reservoir-no-more-cartridges/700230)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2014, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epson-gifts-the-world-with-two-printers-that-use-a-refillable-ink-reservoir-no-more-cartridges/700230 "2014-10-06T01:57:03Z")
So when will the US get these Epson printers in our stores? Meanwhile I predict sellers from Britain will be selling them on Ebay soon. We Americans should be able to get one. International shipping will be costly, but… --- ## [What I've learned from dash webcams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ive-learned-from-dash-webcams/700343)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2014, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ive-learned-from-dash-webcams/700343 "2014-10-06T05:04:02Z")
Everyone has bald tires Apparently no one uses a rear-view mirror before pulling out. People drive WAY faster than what the road conditions call for. --- ## [The Man on the Flying Trapeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-on-the-flying-trapeze/700302)
**Author:** [@Laplante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laplante)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2014, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-on-the-flying-trapeze/700302 "2014-10-06T05:00:47Z")
He flew through the air with the greatest of ease, the daring young man on the flying trapeze - His motions were graceful the girls got a fright - when his junk slipped out of his tights! -OR- She flew through the air … --- ## [News IQ Quiz: What Do You Know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-iq-quiz-what-do-you-know/700213)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-iq-quiz-what-do-you-know/700213 "2014-10-06T02:30:07Z")
I missed two - the unemployment rate and where the US government spends the most money. I’m actually astonished that in general, people did so poorly. But maybe not - today I heard some Joe Schmoe in Dallas interviewed a… --- ## [Hello!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/700250)
**Author:** [@sharma2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sharma2)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/700250 "2014-10-06T01:49:26Z")
Hello I am sharma. My boss laugh at my study of the English. He say clients not understand of my responds. I work hard but I am 48 years and late enter to language. I ask of raise he say no! All people from training get … --- ## [Um... didn't all of Western Civilization agree to stop using variations on the name Adolf?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-didnt-all-of-western-civilization-agree-to-stop-using-variations-on-the-name-adolf/700201)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-didnt-all-of-western-civilization-agree-to-stop-using-variations-on-the-name-adolf/700201 "2014-10-06T01:44:05Z")
A new Mexican restaurant just opened in my little town. It’s called Adolfo’s. Doesn’t seem to be a chain, but Googling tells me there’s one more just a few towns away. So, seems it may be a small independent place that … --- ## [Proof that I'm good at math](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-im-good-at-math/700489)
**Author:** [@ILikeForeignLanguages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ILikeForeignLanguages)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-im-good-at-math/700489 "2014-10-06T00:18:56Z")
Fancy pants + smarty pants = farty pants! Tada! --- ## [I lost 80 pounds so far this year!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-80-pounds-so-far-this-year/700428)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-80-pounds-so-far-this-year/700428 "2014-10-05T23:52:42Z")
In January I decided I needed to make changes so from that point on I made it my goal to lose weight. I cut out most fried foods and sweets and try to keep my calories between 1500-2000 a day. I also made a point to inc… --- ## [Is That a Turtle in Your Pants, or Are You Just Happy to See Me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-turtle-in-your-pants-or-are-you-just-happy-to-see-me/700430)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-turtle-in-your-pants-or-are-you-just-happy-to-see-me/700430 "2014-10-05T22:58:06Z")
A Chinese-Canadian man exiting the US has been stopped at the Canadian border with 51 turtles stuffed down his pants. They were presumably headed ultimately to China. (The turtles, not the pants, although probably the pa… --- ## [My "fad" diet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fad-diet/698565)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fad-diet/698565 "2014-10-05T17:19:15Z")
There is nothing stealth about this brag… except maybe my new stealthier body. I was not one who would be described as fat, but I’ve been carrying around some extra pounds for years now. I had also become more and more … --- ## ["Casablanca" question: Victor Lazlo vs. German major](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casablanca-question-victor-lazlo-vs-german-major/15956)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casablanca-question-victor-lazlo-vs-german-major/15956 "2014-10-05T14:03:31Z")
I watched the movie Casablanca, for the first time, on video last night. I’m a little bit puzzled on one point: If the German Major Strassner could order Rick’s saloon closed (after the patrons sang “La Marseillase”), wh… --- ## [There's a new little person in this world...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-new-little-person-in-this-world/692214)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-new-little-person-in-this-world/692214 "2014-10-05T03:43:45Z")
He arrived June 21, two weeks early, and he knocked my whole world upside down with love and exhaustion and frustration and wonder. Please say hi to Liam Arthur. I like him a whole bunch. I think I’ll keep him even if h… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=803) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=805)