# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=820 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 821 --- ## [I'm a direct descendant of Edward the First !](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-direct-descendant-of-edward-the-first/131175)
**Author:** [@Reuben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reuben)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-direct-descendant-of-edward-the-first/131175 "2014-08-13T18:26:11Z")
I have a family tree that a genealogist cousin put together over many years, which goes right back to 1410. Just yesterday I was sorting through some papers in my grandfather’s bureau and found some ancient letters and n… --- ## [50's stuff -- nostalgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50s-stuff-nostalgia/694869)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50s-stuff-nostalgia/694869 "2014-08-13T18:08:38Z")
Just got this in email and thought it might be fun here. These instructions came with it If you have other such goodies to share, post a lionk to it/them here. Enjoy! --- ## [Why do people say "lose weight" instead of "lose width?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-say-lose-weight-instead-of-lose-width/695262)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-say-lose-weight-instead-of-lose-width/695262 "2014-08-13T17:22:36Z")
(In this thread, I’m referring to people who want to become thin to look more attractive. Someone who is a medical patient may well need to lose weight.) If people want to be thinner, why do they talk about ‘losing weig… --- ## [Super Moon looks normal to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-moon-looks-normal-to-me/695203)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-moon-looks-normal-to-me/695203 "2014-08-13T16:13:38Z")
I’m looking at the Moon right now: it looks completely normal to me. It’s maybe 60 degrees above the horizon and full, but otherwise completely normal. After Googling, this is the supposed difference. No wonder I can’… --- ## [British Columbia (B.C.) Woman charged in the death of 6 dogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-columbia-b-c-woman-charged-in-the-death-of-6-dogs/695298)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2014, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-columbia-b-c-woman-charged-in-the-death-of-6-dogs/695298 "2014-08-13T08:18:11Z")
I’m sorry if this is not the correct forum in which to post this story. I first posted it in The Game Room (mistakenly thinking “dog walking” had something to do with sports). But I’m really not sure what would be the co… --- ## [Anybody EVER Told Your Boss Off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-told-your-boss-off/190184)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2014, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-told-your-boss-off/190184 "2014-08-13T05:12:14Z")
I just saw that hilarious “SENFELD” episode where George goes in to his boss and tells him off! He calls the bost an incompetent, idiot, etc. Later that weekend, George thinks better of it, and shows up for the Monday mo… --- ## [Forgot meds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-meds/694677)
**Author:** [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2014, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-meds/694677 "2014-08-13T02:49:16Z")
Again!! I have a little flip-tab thingie that lets me know YES,you did take them,but remembering to take the blasted things seems to be difficult. Any ideas for a reminder? --- ## [I'm morbidly curious about what my neighbors have going on upstairs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-morbidly-curious-about-what-my-neighbors-have-going-on-upstairs/695064)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-morbidly-curious-about-what-my-neighbors-have-going-on-upstairs/695064 "2014-08-13T00:02:59Z")
In this home with the strangely non-fenestrated second storey Did they rip out the upper floor and ceiling, and sit in 20-foot rooms under naked joists & rafters? An upstairs Jehovah’s Witness Temple? (for people wanti… --- ## [Unlocking all doors on a Prius](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlocking-all-doors-on-a-prius/695256)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2014, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlocking-all-doors-on-a-prius/695256 "2014-08-12T21:19:18Z")
One thing that’s always bugged me about my 2005 Prius is that only the driver’s door will unlock when you touch the handle. I live in Rainland. When I go to the market I’ve had to open the driver’s door so that I could… --- ## [Geocacheing-like help requested in the Ottawa, Canada area](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geocacheing-like-help-requested-in-the-ottawa-canada-area/695292)
**Author:** [@tonyfop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonyfop)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2014, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geocacheing-like-help-requested-in-the-ottawa-canada-area/695292 "2014-08-12T08:07:10Z")
Bear with me. I was browsing the toy aisle at a North Carolina Walmart yesterday, and I came across a toy I had never seen before. It was a Mega Bloks set based on the Call of Duty games. This was specifically the Ca… --- ## [Tick bite could cause allergies to red meat and dairy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tick-bite-could-cause-allergies-to-red-meat-and-dairy/695308)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tick-bite-could-cause-allergies-to-red-meat-and-dairy/695308 "2014-08-12T03:52:29Z")
On behalf of the entire state of Texas: I apologize. Apparently, the bite of a critter called the Lone Star tick can trigger an immune reaction in people who used to be able to consume dairy and red meat with no previous… --- ## [Any idea why filenames won't show up in dropbox in Chrome on my laptop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-why-filenames-wont-show-up-in-dropbox-in-chrome-on-my-laptop/695350)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-why-filenames-wont-show-up-in-dropbox-in-chrome-on-my-laptop/695350 "2014-08-12T02:59:36Z")
When I look at my dropbox files in Chrome, they are fully accessible, but no file nor folder actually has a name displayed. Internet Explorer works fine in this regard. I did just update Java, and dropbox worked fine i… --- ## [I am the center of the universe!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-center-of-the-universe/686773)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-center-of-the-universe/686773 "2014-08-11T19:33:22Z")
Reading LifeSucks’ thread on his fear of anesthesia and his belief that one dies when they are unconscious reminded me of an idea I developed when I was about 7 or 8. That my being is actually the center of the universe… --- ## [French translation help: L'Ombre Chinoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-translation-help-lombre-chinoise/695120)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-translation-help-lombre-chinoise/695120 "2014-08-11T17:47:38Z")
This is the title of an Inspector Maigret mystery by Georges Simenon. Penguin is coming out with new English-language paperback editions of all his Maigret mysteries, and so far they have ignored previous English-languag… --- ## [Two Year Old Boy Origin of Ebola Catastrophe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-year-old-boy-origin-of-ebola-catastrophe/695205)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-year-old-boy-origin-of-ebola-catastrophe/695205 "2014-08-11T17:38:02Z")
“Patient Zero in the Ebola outbreak, researchers suspect, was a 2-year-old boy who died on Dec. 6, just a few days after falling ill in a village in Guéckédou, in southeastern Guinea…A week later, it killed the boy’s mot… --- ## [Motorcyclists - what do you do with your helmets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcyclists-what-do-you-do-with-your-helmets/694952)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcyclists-what-do-you-do-with-your-helmets/694952 "2014-08-11T14:07:59Z")
Say you take your motorcycle somewhere like the store or a fair. You get off the bike. Take off your helmet. Do you now have to carry it with you or is there some way to secure it to the bike? Will it fit in those cargo … --- ## [Dammit, the ants have found the cat's dish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-the-ants-have-found-the-cats-dish/695158)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-the-ants-have-found-the-cats-dish/695158 "2014-08-11T02:44:54Z")
I go to give him his morning refill and it looks like a Salvador Dali nightmare. So I mopped the floor with carbolic acid soap to break the pheromone trail, but I might have just as well mopped it with Mrs Butterworth’s … --- ## [Putting yourself first (No More Mr Nice Guy)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-yourself-first-no-more-mr-nice-guy/695152)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2014, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-yourself-first-no-more-mr-nice-guy/695152 "2014-08-11T02:14:16Z")
Glover, Robert (2010-11-10). No More Mr. Nice Guy (Kindle Locations 952-957). . Kindle Edition. Hi I’m not saying I do this but it has influenced me to become more self-centered than I used to be years ago. --- ## [Serious Insomnia: the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-insomnia-the-mmp/694766)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 295\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-insomnia-the-mmp/694766 "2014-08-11T01:56:13Z")
I should have been asleep long ago, I get up so very eary. But tonight/this morning, for some reason, I can’t sleep. I’ve tried reading, some light meditation, but nothing is working. So I figured I might as well surf… --- ## [The teenager mustache. I fucking hate it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-teenager-mustache-i-fucking-hate-it/694517)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-teenager-mustache-i-fucking-hate-it/694517 "2014-08-10T21:03:01Z")
So my youngest son’s mustache has grown in. I keep dropping hints to my son that he should shave it, but he just wont take the hint! I’m starting this thread to gauge other people’s opinion on the teenaged mustache. (No… --- ## [A kids best and most loyal friend is his dog.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-kids-best-and-most-loyal-friend-is-his-dog/695181)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-kids-best-and-most-loyal-friend-is-his-dog/695181 "2014-08-10T15:48:38Z")
These pictures reminded me of moments from my childhood. I love the sleeping baby on the German Shepherd. I smile just thinking of that photo. The photographer did a great job showing the special bond between a dog and … --- ## [People Who Won't Stop Talking to Their Kids When on the Phone with You](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-wont-stop-talking-to-their-kids-when-on-the-phone-with-you/695108)
**Author:** [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-wont-stop-talking-to-their-kids-when-on-the-phone-with-you/695108 "2014-08-10T12:43:34Z")
I have a friend I’ve known 20+ years who has become very difficult to keep in touch with because every time he calls, he spends about 20% of the time interacting with his 5-year-old son. Of course it’s natural for a kid … --- ## [Fun Grandfather stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-grandfather-stuff/695168)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2014, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-grandfather-stuff/695168 "2014-08-10T04:02:26Z")
My high school buddy became a grandfather a couple of weeks ago. And he’ll be getting a 2nd grandchild in a week or two, and yet a third one in January. He’s going to go with the philosophy that “Grandpas are there to h… --- ## [Australia readies to send Hercules to Iraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-readies-to-send-hercules-to-iraq/695185)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-readies-to-send-hercules-to-iraq/695185 "2014-08-10T01:53:06Z")
Herc smash! All good! --- ## [When do your crickets start chirping?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-your-crickets-start-chirping/695137)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-your-crickets-start-chirping/695137 "2014-08-10T01:15:02Z")
If you live in a place that has crickets, at what time of year do those crickets start chirping? The ones we have here in Montreal don’t seem to start until the end of July/beginning of August. They go on until at least… --- ## [Please join me in celebrating the life of Dawn, a horse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-in-celebrating-the-life-of-dawn-a-horse/694933)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-in-celebrating-the-life-of-dawn-a-horse/694933 "2014-08-09T16:21:32Z")
Friends, Please join me in celebrating the life of Dawn, a horse. My farmer friend, at the farm where I used to board my own horse, called to tell me the news. He had called the veterinarian, who did the kind thing. … --- ## [Evacuated!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evacuated/695121)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evacuated/695121 "2014-08-09T16:04:39Z")
I work in a high-rise in downtown LA, about 40 floors up. Today we got an announcement from the building that there was some sort of problem with the elevators, and they were going to be unusable for a while. A number of… --- ## [Kolga and LavenderBlue, get ready for more misinformation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kolga-and-lavenderblue-get-ready-for-more-misinformation/695148)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kolga-and-lavenderblue-get-ready-for-more-misinformation/695148 "2014-08-09T15:06:00Z")
…from the anti vaxxer nuts. Here’s the background: On my way into work, I heard a segment on Science Friday, called “Giving Viruses a License to Kill . . . Cancer.” Two cancer researchers, Balveen Kaun from Ohio State, … --- ## [James Brady's Death Ruled Homicide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bradys-death-ruled-homicide/695127)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2014, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bradys-death-ruled-homicide/695127 "2014-08-09T13:40:50Z")
NBC reports that the medical examiner said Brady died as a result of his injuries in the shooting 33 years ago. Apparently, this opens the door for a potential murder charge against John Hinkley, Jr… --- ## [...the JREF Forums will shortly no longer associated with the Randi Foundation.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jref-forums-will-shortly-no-longer-associated-with-the-randi-foundation/695001)
**Author:** [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jref-forums-will-shortly-no-longer-associated-with-the-randi-foundation/695001 "2014-08-09T13:17:03Z")
…just thought I’d mention this here, as I know there are a few Randi Forum members on the dope, and this whole thing has played out so fast and so quietly that I’m sure that many haven’t heard. Announcement here: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=819) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=821)