# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=816 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 817 --- ## [Found why the phone was out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-why-the-phone-was-out/696478)
**Author:** [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-why-the-phone-was-out/696478 "2014-08-25T19:02:21Z")
The silly klutzes who were attaching my neighbor to the outside world cut my line! I was/am not amused --- ## [Is 'Toyota' a generic term for a Japanese/Asian import car in Texas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-toyota-a-generic-term-for-a-japanese-asian-import-car-in-texas/696380)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-toyota-a-generic-term-for-a-japanese-asian-import-car-in-texas/696380 "2014-08-25T19:01:38Z")
Mom, kids pulled from car at gunpoint (video link) A woman calls the cops in Forney, TX to report someone possibly waving a gun out of the window of a speeding car. Her call: What do the police do? They pull over a bu… --- ## [UNRWA - an organ of Hamas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrwa-an-organ-of-hamas/696424)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrwa-an-organ-of-hamas/696424 "2014-08-25T18:39:27Z")
RIDDLE: You’re an American citizen, born and raised in the U.S., who has never set foot outside your country. You are also a refugee from a faraway land. What is the explanation? HINT: Your parents and grandparents ar… --- ## [Can anyone explain this cartoon to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-this-cartoon-to-me/696455)
**Author:** [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-this-cartoon-to-me/696455 "2014-08-25T17:13:07Z")
I came across this cartoon more or less by chance, but I can’t for the life of me figure out what (if anything) it is saying. It has got The Beatles, Islamic extremists, British police (looking a bit ineffectual, a smart… --- ## [6.1 Earthquake this morning near Napa.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-1-earthquake-this-morning-near-napa/696367)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-1-earthquake-this-morning-near-napa/696367 "2014-08-25T17:08:35Z")
Significant damage being reported as a strong earthquake hits northern California. Any dopers affected? I didn’t feel anything up here near Placerville. --- ## [Let's share some misery. Anybody else sick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-share-some-misery-anybody-else-sick/696417)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2014, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-share-some-misery-anybody-else-sick/696417 "2014-08-25T16:56:57Z")
So, I have a cold or something. I’ve had fever and a horribly stuffy nose. I choked on my own saliva yesterday while driving and seriously thought I was going to die. A little later in the day, my throat hurt so much, … --- ## [Skip to the end: The Internet and Biographies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skip-to-the-end-the-internet-and-biographies/696452)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skip-to-the-end-the-internet-and-biographies/696452 "2014-08-25T16:55:01Z")
I really can’t think of a descriptive title for this one and its mundane as hell but I was ruminating today on one aspect of wikipedia and the internet I personally find very useful/interesting. I have an interest in mo… --- ## [Oops! Ship runs into sub](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-ship-runs-into-sub/637722)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-ship-runs-into-sub/637722 "2014-08-25T15:32:31Z")
The Court Martial for this one is going to be interesting. I presume the sub’s CO will get canned for parking himself in front of a ship, but I wonder if the ship’s CO will also get canned for not having detected the s… --- ## [Kissing the Koala](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kissing-the-koala/696212)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kissing-the-koala/696212 "2014-08-25T14:16:08Z")
For today’s heart-warming story, I give you Sir Chompsalot, a koala that was hit by a car and revived by a quick-thinking Aussie wildlife official who gave him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Would you give the “kiss of l… --- ## [Live from Raleigh, It's the MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-raleigh-its-the-mmp/695813)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 308\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2014, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-raleigh-its-the-mmp/695813 "2014-08-25T12:28:11Z")
I’m up and caffeinated, and nobody started one up yet. --- ## [Why would a restaurant allow this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-restaurant-allow-this/696427)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2014, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-restaurant-allow-this/696427 "2014-08-25T06:41:54Z")
:dubious: Even if I was paying for it I can’t imagine ANY place allowing me to do this kind of nutball shit, hell I usually have trouble even asking for a little extra sumac at the middle eastern place. I assume if I … --- ## [Tool-using grizzly bears?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tool-using-grizzly-bears/696241)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tool-using-grizzly-bears/696241 "2014-08-24T23:53:26Z")
Tool-using grizzlies? We’re pretty much doomed now. Link from the CBC. --- ## [Man, I'm starting to miss "one weird old trick".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-im-starting-to-miss-one-weird-old-trick/696403)
**Author:** [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-im-starting-to-miss-one-weird-old-trick/696403 "2014-08-24T23:34:12Z")
The current ads, here on the board and elsewhere around the internets that I visit, seem to be dominated by AMERICAN PARASITE FOUND!! and celebrity RACK quizzes. Oh, occasionally celebrities’ big BALLOONS as well. Seri… --- ## [Have you ever taken a cat to the vet to be spayed...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-taken-a-cat-to-the-vet-to-be-spayed/696207)
**Author:** [@QuarkChild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuarkChild)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2014, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-taken-a-cat-to-the-vet-to-be-spayed/696207 "2014-08-24T22:46:22Z")
…only to be told that your cat is a male? That happened to me today. Three weeks ago, my cat died. She was a tiny black female cat, about 14-15 years old. One week ago, I went to the SPCA and found a new cat, black f… --- ## [Rockets should land on their tails, as God and Heinlein intended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockets-should-land-on-their-tails-as-god-and-heinlein-intended/687490)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2014, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockets-should-land-on-their-tails-as-god-and-heinlein-intended/687490 "2014-08-24T21:32:15Z")
SpaceX’s latest effort SpaceX is on a roll lately. Their Falcon 9 Reusable testbed continues to make improvements. In case it’s not apparent from the video, that’s a big rocket. Each leg is something like 25 feet lon… --- ## [From the Unclear on the Concept Department](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-unclear-on-the-concept-department/696235)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-unclear-on-the-concept-department/696235 "2014-08-24T20:30:15Z")
Rather than use buckets of ice water, there are four firefighters fighting for their lives after being electrocuted while spraying a marching band with their hose. --- ## [Chicago - Willis or Hancock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-willis-or-hancock/695988)
**Author:** [@mcott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcott)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-willis-or-hancock/695988 "2014-08-24T16:05:40Z")
Title says it all - first time visiting in October, only want to pop for one tall building. Thoughts on which is better? --- ## [South Carolina boy arrested for threatening his school with a dinosaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-carolina-boy-arrested-for-threatening-his-school-with-a-dinosaur/696201)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-carolina-boy-arrested-for-threatening-his-school-with-a-dinosaur/696201 "2014-08-24T13:34:57Z")
Article here: Police, lawyer release statements on student's alleged dinosaur killing I, for one, am outraged – if stegosauruses are outlawed, only outlaws will have stegosauruses! :mad: --- ## [I am such a clutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-such-a-clutz/696356)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2014, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-such-a-clutz/696356 "2014-08-24T12:51:02Z")
Yesterday, I was making sandwiches. I was trying to apply mayonnaise, and as I lifted some from the jar on my knife blade, a dollop fell off onto the sandwich I had already prepared. So then I had to try to scrape the … --- ## [Photos of California's vanishing lakes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-californias-vanishing-lakes/696197)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-californias-vanishing-lakes/696197 "2014-08-24T02:48:51Z")
These before (2011) and after photos have left me stunned. I never thought that much water could disappear in only 3 years. The Enterprise Bridge’s foundation footings are visible. It’s spanning a mud hole now. --- ## [Buford Pusser, dead 40 years today. Anybody remember him?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buford-pusser-dead-40-years-today-anybody-remember-him/696154)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buford-pusser-dead-40-years-today-anybody-remember-him/696154 "2014-08-23T21:28:08Z")
Buford Pusser, Sherriff of McNairy Co., Tennessee and one-man crime-fightin’ unit, died 40 years ago today in a “suspicious” car crash. Killed the Corvette, too. His exploits inspired the movie\* Walking Tall\* and probabl… --- ## [Owls Is No-Good B###ards--Newslink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owls-is-no-good-b-ards-newslink/695950)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owls-is-no-good-b-ards-newslink/695950 "2014-08-23T17:12:23Z")
You can’t even keep keep a canary in your apartment anymore. http://cdapress.com/news/local\_news/article\_f57beda1-8a5c-5171-8f13-85c4b0ac997b.html --- ## [Apparently, I was never born.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-i-was-never-born/696115)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-i-was-never-born/696115 "2014-08-23T17:09:54Z")
So I’m at the hospital yesterday visiting my aunt after her surgery, and I think, “This is the hospital where I was born, and I’d like to see my birth records.” I was born premature, and was ijn the hospital in an incuba… --- ## [Little known free Xfinity/Comcast app lets you locate free Comcast WiFi hotspots nearby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-known-free-xfinity-comcast-app-lets-you-locate-free-comcast-wifi-hotspots-nearby/695680)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-known-free-xfinity-comcast-app-lets-you-locate-free-comcast-wifi-hotspots-nearby/695680 "2014-08-23T16:27:46Z")
I was leaving a Best Buy the other day and the local Xfinity rep was handing out bags and pens to touting their home alarm monitoring service. I chatted with him for a bit and in talking he told me about a free Xfinity/C… --- ## [Why is there no human vaccine for lyme disease](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-no-human-vaccine-for-lyme-disease/696259)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2014, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-no-human-vaccine-for-lyme-disease/696259 "2014-08-23T12:58:47Z")
Supposedly GSK created one and marketed it in the early aughts (around 2000) then pulled it from the market because demand was low. Is lyme disease a disease like malaria or HIV where the pathogen is very tricky and it … --- ## [Naughty / Nasty Phone Numbers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naughty-nasty-phone-numbers/696269)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2014, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naughty-nasty-phone-numbers/696269 "2014-08-23T12:17:55Z")
The thread on the phone number of Time of Day prompted me to start this one (as opposed to tossing this in as a comment there). Often you will see vans and delivery trucks and even semis on the road with things like “Ca… --- ## [Piper Cub, Mac truck, Cessna...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-mac-truck-cessna/695686)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2014, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-mac-truck-cessna/695686 "2014-08-23T06:09:48Z")
When people who don’t know about ‘little airplanes’ talk about ‘little airplanes’, it’s not uncommon for them to call them ‘Piper Cubs’ (or ‘Pipercubs’) or ‘Cessnas’. To them ‘Piper Cub’ or ‘Cessna’ is the generic term … --- ## [There's Rioting in Our Streets, Part 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-rioting-in-our-streets-part-3/674919)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 568\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-rioting-in-our-streets-part-3/674919 "2014-08-23T04:06:42Z")
A sequel to Part 1 and Part 2. It’s been three years since our last street protests, so we’re about due. They’re not exactly rioting … yet … but they are taking over and occupying government ministries and other state b… --- ## [Encountering weird sub-cultures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encountering-weird-sub-cultures/695905)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2014, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encountering-weird-sub-cultures/695905 "2014-08-23T03:34:52Z")
A recent purchase has led me down the internet tubes to one of the strangest places I’ve encountered - the subculture of men that are really into shaving. I bought myself a safety razor a couple weeks ago, and have been… --- ## [at&t](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-t/696260)
**Author:** [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2014, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-t/696260 "2014-08-23T02:03:09Z")
My phone is out,both the electronic one and the plug-in-the-wall. This is a matter of concern to me,because this means my “panic button” is out too. A repairman was supposed to arive between “8am and 8pm” It’s now 9pm,… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=815) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=817)