# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=809 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 810 --- ## [Great. Now North Korea has a volcano.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-now-north-korea-has-a-volcano/698666)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-now-north-korea-has-a-volcano/698666 "2014-09-19T23:39:11Z")
Technically it’s always had one, but it seems to be waking up. What would be the response to this thing going ka-blooey? It’s right on the DPRK/China Border. --- ## [Fruit fly trap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruit-fly-trap/698791)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruit-fly-trap/698791 "2014-09-19T23:14:07Z")
‘Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.’ The SO likes to have fruit in the house, so naturally there are fruit flies. I haven’t made a fruit fly trap in years, but I did so last Saturday. Half-fill a sm… --- ## [Rakuten is full of half-assed dropshippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rakuten-is-full-of-half-assed-dropshippers/698944)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rakuten-is-full-of-half-assed-dropshippers/698944 "2014-09-19T22:08:25Z")
One of my friends said this site was full of great deals, so I took a look. When I opened the electronics section, I saw lots of Rosewill products for sale with free 2-day shipping, all 30% more expensive than on Newegg… --- ## [Home Mortgage applicants- share your triumphs or trials in this process](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-mortgage-applicants-share-your-triumphs-or-trials-in-this-process/698790)
**Author:** [@NVME702-redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NVME702-redux)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-mortgage-applicants-share-your-triumphs-or-trials-in-this-process/698790 "2014-09-19T18:36:16Z")
Mr. NVME and I are on the perilous road to prepare for a home mortgage application. We’ve both owned homes in the past with previous spouses and now we desire a homestead of our own together. We have quite a bit of work… --- ## [My Baby (dog) Dolly is Gone, and I Am Profoundly Sad (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-baby-dog-dolly-is-gone-and-i-am-profoundly-sad-long/698756)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-baby-dog-dolly-is-gone-and-i-am-profoundly-sad-long/698756 "2014-09-19T18:18:33Z")
Dolly had been sick most of the year. In March we dealt with what seemed 100% to be Old Dog Vestibular Syndrome which in the grand scheme of things wasn’t that traumatic and she did indeed get back to normal after 10 day… --- ## [How to talk like a French chef](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-talk-like-a-french-chef/698906)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-talk-like-a-french-chef/698906 "2014-09-19T16:35:07Z")
It starts fairly tame and gets progressively more intense. The text near the end is… well, it’s curse words in French and English, so shoulder-surfers might have their eyes lock on some interesting phrases: --- ## [The Milky Way is looking spectacular tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-milky-way-is-looking-spectacular-tonight/698922)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2014, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-milky-way-is-looking-spectacular-tonight/698922 "2014-09-19T12:19:17Z")
It’s a clear, chilly spring evening and I’ve been out in the garden star-gazing: Mars and Antares are confronting each other, to a backdrop of Scorpius and Sagittarius and the stunning Milky Way. --- ## [Start Of Volcanic Eruption In Papua New Guinea Caught On Video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-of-volcanic-eruption-in-papua-new-guinea-caught-on-video/698425)
**Author:** [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-of-volcanic-eruption-in-papua-new-guinea-caught-on-video/698425 "2014-09-19T04:07:08Z")
A short but cool video clip. The guy with the camera had it pointed right at the volcano at the moment when it erupted; you can even see the shockwave moving across the sky before it hits. Fortunately they were far enoug… --- ## [Pjen, out of curiosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pjen-out-of-curiosity/698879)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2014, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pjen-out-of-curiosity/698879 "2014-09-19T03:49:38Z")
When you type rUK, I know what UK stands for, but what does the r stand for? Thanks. --- ## [What counts as light/medium/heavy infantry in the military](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-counts-as-light-medium-heavy-infantry-in-the-military/698882)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-counts-as-light-medium-heavy-infantry-in-the-military/698882 "2014-09-19T03:12:40Z")
I was reading something a while back, I think about Pat Tillman and the 75th Rangers. The author was describing all the weapons the soldiers had and then followed it up by saying they were lightly armed infantry. The so… --- ## [NPR listeners, anyone else love how Ofeibea Quist-Arcton says Dakar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-listeners-anyone-else-love-how-ofeibea-quist-arcton-says-dakar/558033)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-listeners-anyone-else-love-how-ofeibea-quist-arcton-says-dakar/558033 "2014-09-19T01:50:13Z")
Any NPR listeners out there notice this: when NPR correspondent Ofeibea Quist-Arctonis reporting from Dakar, she doesn’t just end her piece with - “Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, reporting from Dakar.” No it’s, "Ofeibea Quist-Ar… --- ## [Have you ever called the cops?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-called-the-cops/693927)
**Author:** [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-called-the-cops/693927 "2014-09-19T00:31:32Z")
I listen to police radio while I’m online pretty often. Usually local stuff, but Chicago is always active and very entertaining. One thing that surprises me is how many Chicago people call 911 for trivial things that I… --- ## [Unfortunate logos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-logos/698708)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-logos/698708 "2014-09-18T21:52:01Z")
Maybe you need a dirty mind for this but… I see this logo for TAARP in several local businesses, it looks for all the world to me like a squatting person who has just shit out a gold nugget. http://ttarptobago.org/wp-c… --- ## [Riverine-directional trivia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riverine-directional-trivia/698742)
**Author:** [@vontsira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vontsira)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riverine-directional-trivia/698742 "2014-09-18T19:58:29Z")
I seem to be at a very loose end – the post which follows, would for sure register high on any “mundane pointless” scale. Anyway: it’s prompted by the discussion which there has been on TSD in the past, involving the fa… --- ## [All the Talk Of The Market (ATOM!): Curious anachronisms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-talk-of-the-market-atom-curious-anachronisms/698633)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-talk-of-the-market-atom-curious-anachronisms/698633 "2014-09-18T15:56:00Z")
(Disclaimer: In spite of the long-winded setup, this thread is not about the Heinlein novel, but I need to discourse on it to some extent in order to provide context.) I’m sure there are many here who have read The End … --- ## [Ask the adoptee who now has the info to find his bio parents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-adoptee-who-now-has-the-info-to-find-his-bio-parents/681306)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2014, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-adoptee-who-now-has-the-info-to-find-his-bio-parents/681306 "2014-09-18T12:25:56Z")
My parents mailed me a document with information I can use to find my biological parents. --- ## [Waiting room wait](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-room-wait/698684)
**Author:** [@Tremblay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tremblay)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2014, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-room-wait/698684 "2014-09-18T06:15:04Z")
Feeling under the weather and OTC meds not kicking the bug I have going on, I made an appt. to see my primary care physician. This is only my 2nd appt. with her since I recently purchased health insurance and didn’t hav… --- ## [What's your Wu-Name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wu-name/603109)
**Author:** [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wu-name/603109 "2014-09-18T02:55:30Z")
In this week’s Entertainment Weekly, Donald Glover (aka Troy from Community) mentioned he got his rap name “Childish Gambino” from the WuName generator, so of course I had to check it out.. My Dope Wu-Name is Bigoted, w… --- ## [The beacon was activated.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beacon-was-activated/698627)
**Author:** [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beacon-was-activated/698627 "2014-09-17T20:59:05Z")
Who is in danger? --- ## [Shaman vs Spacemen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaman-vs-spacemen/698224)
**Author:** [@MrQwertyasd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrQwertyasd)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaman-vs-spacemen/698224 "2014-09-17T20:17:31Z")
It’s pretty trendy nowadays to go to the jungle and speak with mother ayahuasca, who will - they say - help to bring the wisdom of the forest into your psyche and help inspire you to heal the planet and the human race. Y… --- ## [My husband is in the hospital, too. Yay!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-is-in-the-hospital-too-yay/645808)
**Author:** [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-is-in-the-hospital-too-yay/645808 "2014-09-17T16:02:30Z")
On Friday, Mr. M was at work (deputy sheriff) and running code (lights and sirens) to a structure fire - apparently, there was a fear that there might be people/kids inside. Some moron decided, instead of moving over whe… --- ## [My real mother died...on the 6th](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-real-mother-died-on-the-6th/698676)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-real-mother-died-on-the-6th/698676 "2014-09-17T14:13:09Z")
And the two chuckleheads that are my half brothers didn’t think to call anyone in the family or email them and let them know. Hell, we didn’t even know she was ill. My dad last talked to her in June and she seemed fine t… --- ## [Climbing My Way Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climbing-my-way-out/698625)
**Author:** [@Cryptic\_C62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptic_C62)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2014, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climbing-my-way-out/698625 "2014-09-17T07:11:53Z")
When I was in middle school, I was fortunate enough to be exposed to a lot of different activities. I was a terrible athlete, but guitar and theater featured prominently in my adolescent life. In seventh grade, I was inv… --- ## [Monster shredding machine is amazing!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-shredding-machine-is-amazing/698626)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-shredding-machine-is-amazing/698626 "2014-09-17T03:15:46Z")
This thing is hypnotic to watch as it gobbles up anything. The power is astounding. Monster Shredding Machine --- ## [Required viewing you would mandate.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-viewing-you-would-mandate/698078)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-viewing-you-would-mandate/698078 "2014-09-17T03:10:01Z")
List videos that you would require certain people to watch. Feel free to either keep it a surprise for the person clicking through or describe it so they know what they’re getting into. Comedy or drama? It don’t matte… --- ## [Super monsoon storm in Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-monsoon-storm-in-phoenix/697865)
**Author:** [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-monsoon-storm-in-phoenix/697865 "2014-09-17T02:43:40Z")
Woke up to hard rain early this morning. When I opened the front today just a little while ago water almost poured in through my front door. :eek: Water had filled the porch area and spilled over onto the sidewalk, which… --- ## [I cant believe I fell for a hackers bit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-fell-for-a-hackers-bit/698468)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-fell-for-a-hackers-bit/698468 "2014-09-16T23:44:16Z")
I got a call from someone claiming to be with Microsoft saying their was an issue with a hacker using my computer. I hung up but he called back several times repeating the same thing. Finally I listened and he basically … --- ## [9-16-25... Pythagorean Theorem Day ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-16-25-pythagorean-theorem-day/698658)
**Author:** [@Hooleehootoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hooleehootoo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-16-25-pythagorean-theorem-day/698658 "2014-09-16T20:51:03Z")
Eleven years from today will we all be carrying around 3,4,5 right triangles ? --- ## [musician who hates spotlight...can anyone relate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musician-who-hates-spotlight-can-anyone-relate/698443)
**Author:** [@goingfortheone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goingfortheone)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musician-who-hates-spotlight-can-anyone-relate/698443 "2014-09-16T20:04:37Z")
Hey guys, So I’m in the middle of forming a band with a couple of students in my university. I love music, and I love playing music. But I don’t really like being the centre of attention on the stage. It’s hard because … --- ## [Is this statutory rape?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-statutory-rape/698333)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-statutory-rape/698333 "2014-09-16T18:52:34Z")
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