# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=812 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 813 --- ## [San Joaquin River To Nowhere...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-joaquin-river-to-nowhere/697441)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-joaquin-river-to-nowhere/697441 "2014-09-06T04:26:15Z")
I found this article to be a compelling firsthand account of the San Joaquin River and it’s historical journey from salmon-infused watershed to current status as a farming irrigation/often dammed water route. The articl… --- ## [Hiring a hookah...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiring-a-hookah/697574)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiring-a-hookah/697574 "2014-09-06T03:56:49Z")
This piece was in the local paper this morning and I damn near broke something laughing at it. Hooker Busted for Stealing Hookahs All I can think is that the reporter was mumbling thankyougod all the way through… --- ## [General Hair thread: stuff that promotes hair growth.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-hair-thread-stuff-that-promotes-hair-growth/697547)
**Author:** [@Contemplation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contemplation)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-hair-thread-stuff-that-promotes-hair-growth/697547 "2014-09-06T00:14:05Z")
So, I decided to try out this stuff called Thuja Occidentalis. If you don’t know what it is, it’s the oil of eastern white cedar (thuja occidentalis) It is often used to treat a wide variety of skin problems such as sk… --- ## [Axial Engine. Very Cool.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axial-engine-very-cool/697585)
**Author:** [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axial-engine-very-cool/697585 "2014-09-06T00:06:10Z")
I know there have been some other variants of this over the years but imagine this powering a generator for something like a Chevy Volt or as a marine engine. Duke Axial Engine --- ## [Help me find a thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-thread/697548)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-thread/697548 "2014-09-05T23:46:24Z")
A guy thinks someone on facebook was a woman he had a one-night stand with and she has a kid that might be his. IIRC the words “drunk” and “skank” were in the OP. He eventually decided that it was his kid even before a… --- ## [Hearing Aid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hearing-aid/697457)
**Author:** [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hearing-aid/697457 "2014-09-05T23:23:57Z")
I think I misspelled a three letter word. I’ve been deaf as an anvil in my left ear for more years than than I can remember. I had an extensive hearing test yesterday and the results showed that my left ear was all but … --- ## [I found the cyclist everyone thinks of when they think of bad cyclists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-cyclist-everyone-thinks-of-when-they-think-of-bad-cyclists/696815)
**Author:** [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-cyclist-everyone-thinks-of-when-they-think-of-bad-cyclists/696815 "2014-09-05T22:48:53Z")
I contemplated putting this in the pit, but ultimately decided that A) it’s not worth taking that seriously, and 2) I can’t be arsed to come up with the requisite number of creative uses of the word “fuck.” So here’s a … --- ## [Another Payne Stewart incident is in the making](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-payne-stewart-incident-is-in-the-making/697599)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-payne-stewart-incident-is-in-the-making/697599 "2014-09-05T22:22:19Z")
Breaking news now. A private plane flying from Rochester NY, to Naples, FL has stopped responding to radio calls, and is flying off to nowhere. It’s currently over Cuban airspace. Looks like another cabin depressuriza… --- ## [Stupidity you have heard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-you-have-heard/694761)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 303\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-you-have-heard/694761 "2014-09-05T22:02:11Z")
In the Pit just now there’s a thread about parents refusing to have their newborns recieve a vitamin K shot. Stupid ignorant pigheaded parents who refuse vitamin K shots for their newborns. - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dop… --- ## [Greatest Russian dashboard cam video ever. Cannot be topped.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-russian-dashboard-cam-video-ever-cannot-be-topped/697331)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-russian-dashboard-cam-video-ever-cannot-be-topped/697331 "2014-09-05T21:58:37Z")
From the conversation etc. - it is real. No way the guys in the car with the camera can be such great actors. --- ## [Question for lawyers: Do you really want stupid/ignorant jurors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-lawyers-do-you-really-want-stupid-ignorant-jurors/697259)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-lawyers-do-you-really-want-stupid-ignorant-jurors/697259 "2014-09-05T21:28:36Z")
I hear this many times in stories on the Dope or in the media, that during the process of voir dire, lawyers on both sides prefer stupid or ignorant people they can influence to their side. I guess the logic is that dum… --- ## [Who Are The People In Your Neighborhood (Hospital)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-people-in-your-neighborhood-hospital/697021)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-people-in-your-neighborhood-hospital/697021 "2014-09-05T17:40:21Z")
As promisedin this thread, I’ve made a list of people a patient may run into in the hospital. Edits/changes/additions welcome. This is very first-drafty. Nurses: Triage Nurse: The triage nurse is trained to quickly ass… --- ## [The guy with the upside down head](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guy-with-the-upside-down-head/697555)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guy-with-the-upside-down-head/697555 "2014-09-05T14:48:19Z")
This was a story at Huffington Post that I got a quick glimpse of. I’m not proud to admit that severe physical deformities make me uncomfortable, so I won’t be going back until I’m sure it’s gone. I’ve never heard of thi… --- ## [Somethings amok at eBay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somethings-amok-at-ebay/697385)
**Author:** [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somethings-amok-at-ebay/697385 "2014-09-05T14:48:02Z")
Just tried signing in to my account to check on some things I’m selling, and was told my password was incorrect. I know my password and entered it three times. No caps lock or any other problems from my end. Now, trying… --- ## [Boob Aid: Japanese Porn Actresses Fight Aids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boob-aid-japanese-porn-actresses-fight-aids/697335)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2014, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boob-aid-japanese-porn-actresses-fight-aids/697335 "2014-09-05T05:09:47Z")
In the 12th annual event of its kind, nine Japanese porn actresses rolled up their T-shirts in Tokyo last weekend and let their fans cop a feel for a minimum donation to fight Aids, raising tens of thousabds of US dollar… --- ## [So I ordered both titanium and tungsten carbide rings - Here's my impressions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-ordered-both-titanium-and-tungsten-carbide-rings-heres-my-impressions/668630)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-ordered-both-titanium-and-tungsten-carbide-rings-heres-my-impressions/668630 "2014-09-05T04:14:29Z")
I paid $10-$20 each (shipped) via eBay for these rings. It was interesting that the identical rings I bought online were being sold on various US jewelry sites for $100-$200. Two were directly from Chinese sellers and th… --- ## [Who is deciding this stuff? (model thinness = attractiveness)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-deciding-this-stuff-model-thinness-attractiveness/696789)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-deciding-this-stuff-model-thinness-attractiveness/696789 "2014-09-05T04:14:02Z")
So I saw this thread and this news story and got to wondering just who out there is pushing this super-thin model ideal? It’s not the straight man ideal- even 25 years ago in college, we were debating whether models wer… --- ## [So I guess we went and had a baby?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-we-went-and-had-a-baby/693813)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-we-went-and-had-a-baby/693813 "2014-09-05T03:03:22Z")
Although to be perfectly honest it feels a lot more like I was in a car wreck and that, in unrelated news, we somehow got a puppy. I came home from work Thursday night (Friday marked 35 weeks pregnant) really not feelin… --- ## [Hefner's Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hefners-law/697168)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hefners-law/697168 "2014-09-05T01:47:17Z")
I propose “Hefner’s Law”: If you don’t pose for any nude pictures, there won’t be any nude pictures of you. --- ## [The Great Summer 2014 Postcard Exchange!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312)
**Author:** [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312 "2014-09-05T01:37:48Z")
We did one in Winter. We did one in Spring. It’s time to start hovering over your mailbox again! Elendil’s Heir, who coordinated the last coupla rounds, has graciously agreed to let me organize this one. So, here’s y… --- ## [Disheartening ALS Challenge Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disheartening-als-challenge-story/697492)
**Author:** [@Tremblay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tremblay)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disheartening-als-challenge-story/697492 "2014-09-05T01:37:12Z")
How absurd! Hopefully these kids do not get a slapped on the wrist. --- ## [Sniglet: Brocclefarts\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglet-brocclefarts/697379)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglet-brocclefarts/697379 "2014-09-05T01:17:45Z")
That moment when the reek emanating from your dog alerts you that the child didn’t actually eat her broccoli last night. \*This sniglet brought to you by the Celtling and her canine minion of darkness. --- ## [Not good. Eleven airliners stolen in Libya](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-good-eleven-airliners-stolen-in-libya/697400)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-good-eleven-airliners-stolen-in-libya/697400 "2014-09-04T22:45:59Z")
Just in case you didn’t have enough to worry about. A report has surfaced that nearly a dozen commercial airliners have been siezed by Islamic militants in Libya. And guess what? The 9/11 anniversary is just about a w… --- ## [Stupid IRS phone scam...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-irs-phone-scam/697515)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-irs-phone-scam/697515 "2014-09-04T21:06:18Z")
Got a call from someone with what I think was a Filipino accent saying they were from the IRS with a case against me. I actually let them transfer me to their “supervisor” or whatever (they’d woken me up from a nap, and … --- ## [So, what did people do before eyeglasses were invented](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-people-do-before-eyeglasses-were-invented/697208)
**Author:** [@BaldDudePeekskill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaldDudePeekskill)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-people-do-before-eyeglasses-were-invented/697208 "2014-09-04T19:33:42Z")
I can’t walk around in my house without my specs…so had do the folks deal with poor vision before eyeglasses became readily available ? --- ## [Dispute on credit report](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dispute-on-credit-report/697505)
**Author:** [@Tremblay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tremblay)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dispute-on-credit-report/697505 "2014-09-04T18:39:39Z")
Running my annual credit report, I saw an item that was sent to collections that I already paid on time. After I paid the invoice, I received another bill. I called the company and they saw the bill was paid in full on… --- ## [Ask me about " flight archery"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-about-flight-archery/697308)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-about-flight-archery/697308 "2014-09-04T18:17:12Z")
I just got back from the Bonneville Salt Flats where we hold our annual international flight shooting competition. This year I think 10 adult archers showed up, we are a dying breed. Ideally suited for smart, dedicated a… --- ## [Making Way for a Little Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-way-for-a-little-weasel/694499)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-way-for-a-little-weasel/694499 "2014-09-04T17:03:07Z")
I was really tempted to call it Baby Spice but I couldn’t do that to you all. I’ve been feeling like shit on a shingle for the past two weeks. Not to put too fine a point on it, but about 95% of known foods are repulsiv… --- ## [The trees are down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trees-are-down/697482)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trees-are-down/697482 "2014-09-04T16:39:52Z")
There’s a big project that’s started in the neighbourhood. I heard by the scuttlebutt that my next-door neighbour’s trees that are by the road might be cut down. I came home last evening by the beach road, and saw that… --- ## [Chechen leader, Putin ally Ramzan Kadyrov pits Islamic State](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chechen-leader-putin-ally-ramzan-kadyrov-pits-islamic-state/697487)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chechen-leader-putin-ally-ramzan-kadyrov-pits-islamic-state/697487 "2014-09-04T16:15:52Z")
IF anything reported by Fox News can be taken seriously (admittedly a big IF), Chechen leader and Putin ally Ramzan Kadyrov has discussed the Islamic State with words befitting our very own Barbecue Pit. Chechen leader,… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=811) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=813)