# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=834 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 835 --- ## [Real places with literary counterparts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-places-with-literary-counterparts/692125)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-places-with-literary-counterparts/692125 "2014-07-01T21:22:01Z")
I’m gambling that this forum is the place for this sorta-Geography, sorta-Trivia, sorta-Literary, mostly-Game thing. The idea is to locate on the planet a real life place that may be better know from literature as a fic… --- ## [Welcome Loki!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-loki/692126)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-loki/692126 "2014-07-01T20:20:49Z")
Well, for a while we have had 3 dogs. Here is a group shot from a few years ago. Now the German Shepherd is an adult, and sadly the dog on the far right died last year from splenic cancer (although she was in remission… --- ## [Who's ridden a unicycle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-ridden-a-unicycle/691262)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-ridden-a-unicycle/691262 "2014-07-01T18:29:08Z")
I’ve just been out shopping and someone rode past me on the footpath on a unicycle. You don’t see people riding them very often. I’ve always thought it would be terribly difficult to keep one’s balance on one of them. H… --- ## [What's the physics joke with the three baseball umpires?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-physics-joke-with-the-three-baseball-umpires/692002)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-physics-joke-with-the-three-baseball-umpires/692002 "2014-07-01T17:56:58Z")
See subject. Something with “I calls 'em as I sees 'em,” “I call them as they are,” and some quantum physics punchline. --- ## [Moving Into A TownHouse in 10 Days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-into-a-townhouse-in-10-days/691956)
**Author:** [@humbled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/humbled)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-into-a-townhouse-in-10-days/691956 "2014-07-01T16:43:15Z")
I’m moving into a townhouse in 10 days and I’m very excited to move out of my current living situation. I have to pay a little more per month, but it’s worth it to have my own space. Also, it’s in an apartment complex, w… --- ## [Unintentionally confusing/amusing headlines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-confusing-amusing-headlines/691301)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2014, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-confusing-amusing-headlines/691301 "2014-07-01T13:50:29Z")
I’ve actually come across three headlines today that I thought were kinda funny, even though I was aware of the context. I imagine someone being pretty confused if they came across them without knowing anything about th… --- ## [I'd like a list of people Karma seems to have missed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-a-list-of-people-karma-seems-to-have-missed/692004)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2014, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-a-list-of-people-karma-seems-to-have-missed/692004 "2014-07-01T10:12:59Z")
I’ve always sort of believed in Karma, but have lately begun to believe it’s just another bogeyman. To cement the deal for me, I’d like a list of people that appear to have never been touched by Karma. And likely never … --- ## [Hosting dinner for 100 people? Don't serve asparagus.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosting-dinner-for-100-people-dont-serve-asparagus/691459)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2014, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosting-dinner-for-100-people-dont-serve-asparagus/691459 "2014-07-01T06:15:53Z")
Mundane and pointless: I attended a large group dinner recently at which asparagus was served. By the end of the nght, the men’s bathroom smelled exactly like you would expect it to smell after 50 asparagus-eating men … --- ## [Has anyone retrofit their home to use passive solar for heating/cooling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-retrofit-their-home-to-use-passive-solar-for-heating-cooling/691964)
**Author:** [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2014, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-retrofit-their-home-to-use-passive-solar-for-heating-cooling/691964 "2014-07-01T05:21:25Z")
We live in Calgary and own a home built in the early 70’s. The back of our house is pretty much entirely south facing. We are just starting to kick off renovations and are interested in incorporating passive solar heatin… --- ## [Am I the only parent who's in a hurry at drop off/pick up at child care?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-parent-whos-in-a-hurry-at-drop-off-pick-up-at-child-care/691874)
**Author:** [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2014, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-parent-whos-in-a-hurry-at-drop-off-pick-up-at-child-care/691874 "2014-07-01T04:33:18Z")
Consistently, every morning I drop my daughter off at the child care. Invariably I encounter the following situations: \[ul\] \[li\]Mom asking preschool to walk up the stairs, who adamantly refuses (thereby blocking stairs… --- ## [Medieval Vignettes, or Amusing Tales of Ye Olde Times](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medieval-vignettes-or-amusing-tales-of-ye-olde-times/676991)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2014, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medieval-vignettes-or-amusing-tales-of-ye-olde-times/676991 "2014-07-01T03:34:13Z")
This thread is intended to be a repository of vignettes, or other entertaining such-like, cribbed from medieval chronicles, letters, or other sources, for my own amusement and hopefully, for the amusement of others. Thin… --- ## [The picture in the dictionary next to "TMI"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-picture-in-the-dictionary-next-to-tmi/691980)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-picture-in-the-dictionary-next-to-tmi/691980 "2014-07-01T01:09:15Z")
WARNING: TMI FOR REAL!!! STOP NOW IF SQUEAMISH. But I just have to get this off my chest. Eeew, no pun intended. I work as an in-home assistant for elderly and disabled people. One of my clients is an older woman w… --- ## [Dog shot in Salt Lake City by Police Officer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shot-in-salt-lake-city-by-police-officer/692001)
**Author:** [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shot-in-salt-lake-city-by-police-officer/692001 "2014-06-30T20:49:53Z")
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/58118281-78/officer-dog-kendall-police.html.csp A few days ago in Salt Lake City a dog was shot while an officer was looking for a “lost child”. The officer unlatched a gated yard where… --- ## [Holy shit! A truck carrying cars just crashed into the restaurant next door!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-a-truck-carrying-cars-just-crashed-into-the-restaurant-next-door/691242)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-a-truck-carrying-cars-just-crashed-into-the-restaurant-next-door/691242 "2014-06-30T19:29:54Z")
I work in the office building next door to a restaurant. Our windows were open because it’s nice. We didn’t see the crash, but we sure as hell heard it. If there are no dead people inside, it’s a miracle. Ambulances, cop… --- ## [Did you "plike"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-plike/691894)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2014, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-plike/691894 "2014-06-30T12:47:52Z")
How did you pronounce “play like” when you were little? What other “personalizations” of words and phrases did you use that went away as you got older and more “hip” to the real world around you? Did you have other syn… --- ## [The worst intersection in Ann Arbor just got worse.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-intersection-in-ann-arbor-just-got-worse/691045)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2014, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-intersection-in-ann-arbor-just-got-worse/691045 "2014-06-30T11:37:50Z")
Looky here at this map, and you will see a nexus where Nixon Road runs north/south, and Green Road and Dhu Varren Road run into Nixon with a slight offset. Believe it or not, this is NOT two separate tee intersections: … --- ## [How fascist are you? Take the fascism quiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fascist-are-you-take-the-fascism-quiz/691271)
**Author:** [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fascist-are-you-take-the-fascism-quiz/691271 "2014-06-30T04:28:49Z")
Fascism quiz here. I am a “liberal airhead” (2.1, thankfully), and only barely escaped being a “whining rotter”. But what about you? Unlike most of there quizzes, there is an actual explanation of the questions at the… --- ## [Volcano Cam!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volcano-cam/691978)
**Author:** [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2014, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volcano-cam/691978 "2014-06-30T04:23:57Z")
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/cams/panorama.php?cam=HMcam http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/cams/panorama.php?cam=HTcam http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/cams/panorama.php?cam=PTcam http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/cams/panorama.php?cam=MTcam and yes, the… --- ## [From the SIICPR files...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-siicpr-files/691096)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-siicpr-files/691096 "2014-06-30T03:01:28Z")
That would be the “So Ironic It Came Pre-Rusted” files. So a year ago, I opened a little office in a high-traffic zone, mainly to get the fabulous sign exposure that came with it. (I work from an attached studio.) It co… --- ## [Officially the strangest name I've seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-the-strangest-name-ive-seen/690732)
**Author:** [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-the-strangest-name-ive-seen/690732 "2014-06-30T02:46:20Z")
Yes, I’m the one who looks at the baby announcements and shouts “that’s not a name!” or cringes at creative spellyinngz. But I was watching Family Feud the other day and was brought up short when the camera panned to th… --- ## [Beat the Heat in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-the-heat-in-the-mmp/691432)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 288\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-the-heat-in-the-mmp/691432 "2014-06-30T02:31:05Z")
Good morning! Summer is here and I’m not amused with the heat. I’m also not rich enough to have a ceement pond like some people, so I’m always looking for ways to stay cool. What are your preferred methods? While you… --- ## [Loser in Oklahoma U.S. House primary claims his opponent is a body double](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loser-in-oklahoma-u-s-house-primary-claims-his-opponent-is-a-body-double/691807)
**Author:** [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loser-in-oklahoma-u-s-house-primary-claims-his-opponent-is-a-body-double/691807 "2014-06-30T02:18:20Z")
So, Tim Murray is protesting the results of this week’s election, because he is claiming that the victor, Representative Frank Lucas, well… isn’t. Instead, he claims that the real Frank Lucas was killed in 2011 in Ukrain… --- ## [Wal-Mart v. Union, round whatever: Wal-Mart loses battle, wins war in Supreme Court of Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wal-mart-v-union-round-whatever-wal-mart-loses-battle-wins-war-in-supreme-court-of-canada/691933)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wal-mart-v-union-round-whatever-wal-mart-loses-battle-wins-war-in-supreme-court-of-canada/691933 "2014-06-29T23:37:40Z")
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that Wal-mart has to pay compensation to workers who lost their jobs when Wal-mart closed a unionised store in Jonquière, Quebec, but the store stays closed. Some of you may remembe… --- ## [Feeling shitty about my parenting skills...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-shitty-about-my-parenting-skills/691842)
**Author:** [@starryspice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/starryspice)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-shitty-about-my-parenting-skills/691842 "2014-06-29T23:10:04Z")
I’m not sure if I’m in need of advice or reassurance or a talking-to. I’m just feeling really shitty and my husband’s out tonight and I don’t know who else to talk to. I picked up my son (2.5 yo) from daycare today, and… --- ## [Young animals are big babies.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-animals-are-big-babies/691895)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-animals-are-big-babies/691895 "2014-06-29T18:37:24Z")
We recently had some roof and soffit work done, which covered access for the squirrels that lived up there. I watched a mother and teenaged squirrel deal with it, approaching from different angles and literally bouncing… --- ## [I need an example of a "lefty" website parallel to this "righty" one.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-example-of-a-lefty-website-parallel-to-this-righty-one/691928)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-example-of-a-lefty-website-parallel-to-this-righty-one/691928 "2014-06-29T17:38:24Z")
For purposes of explaining signs of non-credibility in a politically neutral manner, and because I must use the above website due to the context in which this is coming up, I am looking for a roughly equivalent lefty w… --- ## [RO-Bot! RO-Bot! RO-Bot! With Newslink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-bot-ro-bot-ro-bot-with-newslink/691936)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-bot-ro-bot-ro-bot-with-newslink/691936 "2014-06-29T17:30:21Z")
Oklahoma Republican Candidate claims his opponent was killed, replaced by Robot Double. No. I mean it. So does he. http://kfor.com/2014/06/26/congressional-candidate-feels-opponent-is-a-body-double/ Candidate Murra… --- ## [Vacation from your partner, anyone else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacation-from-your-partner-anyone-else/691206)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacation-from-your-partner-anyone-else/691206 "2014-06-29T13:36:06Z")
Spouse, sig. other, whatever, anyone else feel the need to get away for just a week? And I’m a widow, so I should cherish every moment right? I do love him, he’s my friend, we travel together a lot, live together. But… --- ## [Ever made a Pilgrimage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-made-a-pilgrimage/691757)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2014, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-made-a-pilgrimage/691757 "2014-06-29T12:45:58Z")
Have you ever made a Pilgrimage, formally or casually, to a place associated with someone you admired? I had a day to kill in Pittsburgh, so I drove down to Donora, and asked at the library, and went to see the house wh… --- ## [Who said it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-said-it/691911)
**Author:** [@Cerridwyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerridwyn)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2014, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-said-it/691911 "2014-06-29T12:42:39Z")
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