# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=821 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 822 --- ## [Today..I am a Job Creator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-a-job-creator/694919)
**Author:** [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-a-job-creator/694919 "2014-08-09T03:56:22Z")
Just put 33 people on staff at my new Pizza place in Florida. It is in Port St John Florida. Message me if you are ever near there and I’ll set you up with a free Pizza. :wink: --- ## [Not at the Library](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-at-the-library/695076)
**Author:** [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-at-the-library/695076 "2014-08-08T21:12:27Z")
None of the books by Ralph Moody are at the Library! None!! Honestly,this is a shock, I’ll start looking for them at Goodwill,garage sales.such… --- ## [Two (sorta) hurricanes about to (eventually) hit my home (maybe, kinda)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sorta-hurricanes-about-to-eventually-hit-my-home-maybe-kinda/695101)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sorta-hurricanes-about-to-eventually-hit-my-home-maybe-kinda/695101 "2014-08-08T18:22:12Z")
Well, right now it’s close to midnight Hawaii time, and this being a Thursday I should be in bed by now, except that my office, along with pretty much every other State function and most of the malls, is going to be clos… --- ## [So did Donald Eugene Ivens ever materialise? (Follow-up to "found wallet from the 70's" thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-did-donald-eugene-ivens-ever-materialise-follow-up-to-found-wallet-from-the-70s-thread/536097)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2014, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-did-donald-eugene-ivens-ever-materialise-follow-up-to-found-wallet-from-the-70s-thread/536097 "2014-08-08T08:15:19Z")
I googled and it doesn’t appear he did but ya never know. --- ## [Is it possible for a cat to feel guilt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-for-a-cat-to-feel-guilt/694939)
**Author:** [@lilihob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilihob)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2014, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-for-a-cat-to-feel-guilt/694939 "2014-08-08T04:57:26Z")
I live with two cats, a spoiled middle-aged yellow female (not involved in this), and an ex-feral younger male. Socrates(Sox), was living on the tracks behind my home, and now is MY cat. He is normally extremely sweet… --- ## [Friend died ... Four years ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-died-four-years-ago/694333)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-died-four-years-ago/694333 "2014-08-08T03:17:15Z")
Yesterday I thought it’s been too long since I’ve seen Steve and it was high time to meet up again. It’s been, what, a year or two since we last met up? Couldn’t get through on his numbers so I called his office. Steve … --- ## [Victim of credit card fraud again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victim-of-credit-card-fraud-again/692600)
**Author:** [@Saturn\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saturn_Dreams)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victim-of-credit-card-fraud-again/692600 "2014-08-08T02:20:29Z")
I received a call from my bank on Monday asking about recent purchases I made on my credit card overseas. All of them I verified as being legitimate except the very last item, which she prefaced as being the most suspic… --- ## [Kidney stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kidney-stone/694962)
**Author:** [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kidney-stone/694962 "2014-08-08T00:10:25Z")
Dr said the stone is bigger than a quarter,not as big as a silver dollar(old). So I get to take 3 pills twice a day to melt it away. He said that the kidney didn’t look too good anyway:eek::confused:No idea what he mea… --- ## [Insurance company pays settlement w/ loose change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-company-pays-settlement-w-loose-change/694985)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-company-pays-settlement-w-loose-change/694985 "2014-08-07T22:27:57Z")
An auto-insurance company in California has apparently paid off a 20K settlement in unrolled coins. :eek: Clearly some high ranking executive is vindictive in the extreme considering how much more trouble they’d have t… --- ## [Is this the best job ever? A professional sex toy tester.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547 "2014-08-07T22:20:34Z")
The news is abuzz with excitement. Is this the worlds best job or what? That’s a serious sized toy she’s holding in the top photo. Is that red & white box the battery pack for that big boy? I don’t know what else that… --- ## [Brian Dunning (skeptoid) pleads guilty to wire fraud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brian-dunning-skeptoid-pleads-guilty-to-wire-fraud/656267)
**Author:** [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brian-dunning-skeptoid-pleads-guilty-to-wire-fraud/656267 "2014-08-07T20:57:31Z")
I’ve been expecting to see a thread on this for the last couple of days, but since it hasn’t popped up I’ll put this here for those interested. http://www.skepticalabyss.com/?p=291 Arstechnica’s article. Basically Bri… --- ## [Average car on the road in US is 10 years old!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-car-on-the-road-in-us-is-10-years-old/694647)
**Author:** [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-car-on-the-road-in-us-is-10-years-old/694647 "2014-08-07T19:44:38Z")
Yesterday on NPR I heard that the average age of cars on the road in the US is 10 years old. The context was that it was a sign of a poor economy and an indicator of pent-up demand, which is probably true. But I see a … --- ## [Bee Sting In Toe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bee-sting-in-toe/694842)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bee-sting-in-toe/694842 "2014-08-07T14:29:47Z")
I’m gonna whine and complain here, because there’s no one else around to hear me. I haven’t had bee stings in FOREVER. Not even when I was having problems with bees around my deck and the siding of my house. This year I… --- ## [Bloody prednisolone...love ya, hate ya.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloody-prednisolone-love-ya-hate-ya/695009)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2014, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloody-prednisolone-love-ya-hate-ya/695009 "2014-08-07T13:12:03Z")
After a recent bout with ‘Aeroplane Ear’ and the resulting deafness that ensued, a doc prescribed a short but relatively high dose of prednisolone to treat the underlying inflammation. All good, my hearing was back with… --- ## [Khmer Rouge -- Not Evil, just very, very misunderstood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khmer-rouge-not-evil-just-very-very-misunderstood/605132)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2014, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khmer-rouge-not-evil-just-very-very-misunderstood/605132 "2014-08-07T06:19:35Z")
I guess The Killing Fields and all those journalists just got it wrong. --- ## [Ax the person who's never going to ride in a car again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ax-the-person-whos-never-going-to-ride-in-a-car-again/694557)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2014, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ax-the-person-whos-never-going-to-ride-in-a-car-again/694557 "2014-08-07T02:06:33Z")
When they say, “Live each day as if it might be your last,” this is the sort of thing they’re referring to. Flying ax, I-95 – oh, just go look at the picture. That poor passenger. Of all days, to be wearing white pant… --- ## [I'm on a committee \](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-on-a-committee-squee/694982)
**Author:** [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-on-a-committee-squee/694982 "2014-08-07T01:56:37Z")
I’m very excited. I received an email telling me that I was chosen for the Arena Football League’s Fan Advisory Council. I’m going to get multiple opportunities to give the league feedback on how to make it even more fan… --- ## [Frank Hoover saves Jerry Jones from blackmail bc it's WJWD or something](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-hoover-saves-jerry-jones-from-blackmail-bc-its-wjwd-or-something/694972)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-hoover-saves-jerry-jones-from-blackmail-bc-its-wjwd-or-something/694972 "2014-08-06T20:43:12Z")
I’m no psychologist, but I still try to understand the motives behind internet crackpots (as I mock them), such as Frank Hoover. In a nutshell, there’s a few crappy-res pix of Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, i… --- ## [Welcome to 50 - here's your colonoscopy kit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-50-heres-your-colonoscopy-kit/689979)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-50-heres-your-colonoscopy-kit/689979 "2014-08-06T18:27:46Z")
So, I turned 50 and I have my wonderful birthday present coming up later this week. I’m supposed to have a light breakfast tomorrow then only clear liquids until Thursday at noon. Any tips or advise on getting through th… --- ## [And speaking of mundane stuff, why is it that...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-speaking-of-mundane-stuff-why-is-it-that/694965)
**Author:** [@Schrade\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schrade_1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-speaking-of-mundane-stuff-why-is-it-that/694965 "2014-08-06T18:14:31Z")
Why is it that the hotter they are, the worse they smell? THis seems to be a direct linear function; perhaps even a logarithmic function. But with no way of measuring the ‘disgust’ response of others (your own stuff NEV… --- ## [Ohio State Marching Band: the band nerds become the coolest kids on the field](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-state-marching-band-the-band-nerds-become-the-coolest-kids-on-the-field/672370)
**Author:** [@CLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CLee)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-state-marching-band-the-band-nerds-become-the-coolest-kids-on-the-field/672370 "2014-08-06T18:06:46Z")
This is incredible. The Ohio State University Marching Band Performs their Hollywood Blockbuster Show - YouTube There must be a program that generates the steps to take for these formations, right? Video is seven minutes… --- ## [The woman who almost killed Martin Luther King](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-who-almost-killed-martin-luther-king/694812)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-who-almost-killed-martin-luther-king/694812 "2014-08-06T17:37:05Z")
TSG has a pretty interesting article about now-98-year-old Izola Curry, who stabbed MLK with a letter opener in 1958. She was committed and everybody pretty much forgot about her, until they tracked her down to a nursing… --- ## [Two injured when eggnog explodes!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-injured-when-eggnog-explodes/694790)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-injured-when-eggnog-explodes/694790 "2014-08-06T15:46:22Z")
Well, eggnog flavoring in Totowa, New Jersey. Story here --- ## [Arrested for leaving 9 year old at park](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-for-leaving-9-year-old-at-park/693739)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-for-leaving-9-year-old-at-park/693739 "2014-08-06T14:09:20Z")
A single working mom making minimum wage at McDonald’s was arrested for leaving her apparently responsible nine year old alone at a park that was 7 minutes away, and a 6 minute walk from her home for which she had a key.… --- ## [Facebook status please come rob me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-status-please-come-rob-me/694925)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2014, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-status-please-come-rob-me/694925 "2014-08-06T10:59:14Z")
My teenage nephew lives in the back part of the house with his own external door, he has always had friends coming and calling him outside because they don’t know where he lives exactly. Last few days he has been acting … --- ## [How come no-one picks up all those used oriental carpets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-no-one-picks-up-all-those-used-oriental-carpets/609505)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2014, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-no-one-picks-up-all-those-used-oriental-carpets/609505 "2014-08-06T07:39:09Z")
My hobby is browsing Goodwill stores. And I’ve noticed that lots of them now have the most gorgeous oriental carpets. Wool, hand dyed, hand knotted. Carpets that used to cost many hundreds, even thousands of dollars. Mos… --- ## [New here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/694804)
**Author:** [@jrock645](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrock645)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/694804 "2014-08-05T23:59:52Z")
new here and looking forward to getting to talk with everybody. I just started a blog that I wanted to share- \[URL deleted — Ellen\] Just a random collection of thoughts that are of the moment. Hope everybody is having a … --- ## [Wander vs. wonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wander-vs-wonder/693903)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2014, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wander-vs-wonder/693903 "2014-08-05T23:50:57Z")
More and more I’m hearing these two words pronounced the same. I dread the Christmas season, when I hear the song “I Wonder as I Wander” . . . or is it “I Wander as I Wonder” I can’t tell any more. --- ## [Love Quotes - best way to express feelings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-quotes-best-way-to-express-feelings/694674)
**Author:** [@meetlesli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meetlesli)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-quotes-best-way-to-express-feelings/694674 "2014-08-05T22:17:57Z")
“Don’t keep everything in your heart, one day they might trap there forever.” --- ## [Recovery timeline from trauma in real life vs. TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovery-timeline-from-trauma-in-real-life-vs-tv/694876)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovery-timeline-from-trauma-in-real-life-vs-tv/694876 "2014-08-05T19:18:27Z")
This might belong in Cafe Society, mods please move if necessary. Okay so I was watching an old episode of Castle and it was the time when Beckett was shot in the chest and flatlined. Of course her boyfriend doctor sav… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=820) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=822)