# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=835 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 836 --- ## [Police tracked footage from hidden men's room camera to Craig's List and one of their own officers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-tracked-footage-from-hidden-mens-room-camera-to-craigs-list-and-one-of-their-own-officers/691814)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2014, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-tracked-footage-from-hidden-mens-room-camera-to-craigs-list-and-one-of-their-own-officers/691814 "2014-06-29T12:27:38Z")
Cerna has been let go and the cybercrimes division is investigating if he has footage of children. --- ## [Ever feel like the rest of your life will be kind of meh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-feel-like-the-rest-of-your-life-will-be-kind-of-meh/691628)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2014, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-feel-like-the-rest-of-your-life-will-be-kind-of-meh/691628 "2014-06-29T04:41:31Z")
I’m in my late 30’s and lately I’ve been feeling kind of meh about getting enthusiastic about a lot of things. I’ve tried a bunch of things career-wise, lots and lots of dead end jobs that never really went anywhere. … --- ## [Ed's Dong Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eds-dong-repair/691820)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eds-dong-repair/691820 "2014-06-29T02:02:23Z")
At the library today, my son brought me a pile of books he’d pulled off the Comics shelf, including a Garfield collection. I flipped through, because I generally think of Garfield these days as lame. These actually weren… --- ## [The time I landed an aircraft gear-up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-i-landed-an-aircraft-gear-up/691756)
**Author:** [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-i-landed-an-aircraft-gear-up/691756 "2014-06-28T18:54:33Z")
I mentioned this in passing in another thread, and was asked for details. The aircraft was my own Grob Astir CS sailplane. It started when I arrived back at the airport with gobs and gobs of altitude. Like 10,000’ I n… --- ## [Need a good "how I broke my hand" story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-how-i-broke-my-hand-story/438390)
**Author:** [@stargazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stargazer)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-how-i-broke-my-hand-story/438390 "2014-06-28T17:38:20Z")
No, not me – Mr. Gazer. I was at work yesterday and my husband was taking care of our 6-month-old son. The baby, while usually fun and charming, was being a pain in the ass. Mr. Gazer was at the end of his rope, so he… --- ## [I am of course](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-of-course/691850)
**Author:** [@SarahLiamJarvie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SarahLiamJarvie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-of-course/691850 "2014-06-28T14:47:12Z")
Last night, I did 320 hammercurls using a 5kg dumbbell. Tonight, I am aiming for 640. Pls wish me good luck and send me photos of your boobs. --- ## [Man walks into Queens McDonald's with a knife in his back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-walks-into-queens-mcdonalds-with-a-knife-in-his-back/691697)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-walks-into-queens-mcdonalds-with-a-knife-in-his-back/691697 "2014-06-28T14:01:42Z")
No, it’s not the start of a joke, it really did happen! Cite. I know it’s terrible, but if I’d been the counter person, I would have been tempted to say “You want fries with that?” --- ## [I'm sick and scared.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-and-scared/690141)
**Author:** [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-and-scared/690141 "2014-06-28T11:24:00Z")
I see the urologist tomorrow so I’m doing all I can at this point. But 2 weeks ago I went to clinic for what felt like a UTI, with all the usual UTI symptoms. The doctor told me I have blood in my urine but no infection … --- ## [Screwed and tricked again by a web site.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screwed-and-tricked-again-by-a-web-site/691848)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screwed-and-tricked-again-by-a-web-site/691848 "2014-06-28T08:52:02Z")
You’d think I’d know better after 20 years. I needed to make 4 minor three letter changes to a pdf. pdfiller.com looked promising. no software to up load. Just browse and get the pdf. Edit in the browser. Made my c… --- ## [Tell me if this experiment will work: above-ground fish pond](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-if-this-experiment-will-work-above-ground-fish-pond/691821)
**Author:** [@LinusK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LinusK)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-if-this-experiment-will-work-above-ground-fish-pond/691821 "2014-06-28T05:49:08Z")
I’m building a pond on my back porch, made of white limestone blocks masonry joints. The dimensions are approximately 6x4. The porch itself is cement. Originally I was going to put in one of those ugly black liners, but… --- ## [Are you ever asked to donate your vacation time at work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ever-asked-to-donate-your-vacation-time-at-work/691570)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ever-asked-to-donate-your-vacation-time-at-work/691570 "2014-06-28T04:53:30Z")
Over the years various co-workers have fallen victim to difficult circumstances - usually major illness - in which they are in need of extended (paid) time off work. The call inevitably goes out for donations of sick tim… --- ## [Another gay marriage ban struck down (Indiana)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-gay-marriage-ban-struck-down-indiana/691619)
**Author:** [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-gay-marriage-ban-struck-down-indiana/691619 "2014-06-27T22:53:04Z")
http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Judge-strikes-down-Indiana-ban-on-gay-marriage-5578554.php?cmpid=hp-hc-nationworld --- ## [Delta Airlines web site is the pits.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delta-airlines-web-site-is-the-pits/691782)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delta-airlines-web-site-is-the-pits/691782 "2014-06-27T19:32:17Z")
Sorry, I just have to vent this. Tomorrow my wife and I are flying from Montreal to Myrtle Beach. I tried to get a boarding pass. Went through the whole boring shtick of entering my name, date of birth, passport #, na… --- ## [Brain-dead at the beach](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-dead-at-the-beach/691461)
**Author:** [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-dead-at-the-beach/691461 "2014-06-27T19:14:49Z")
At least once a year, my lovely and talented wife Aries28 and I decide that our children aren’t doing enough to drive us crazy, so we all pile into the minivan for a four-hour road trip to the beach. Orange Beach, Alaba… --- ## [Did I ever tell you about the time I was an exchange student from the Soviet Union?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-time-i-was-an-exchange-student-from-the-soviet-union/686876)
**Author:** [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-time-i-was-an-exchange-student-from-the-soviet-union/686876 "2014-06-27T18:48:00Z")
There’s a thread going on now in In My Humble Opinion on why Red Lobster is failing as a restaurant chain. I’m afraid I may be the reason for the restaurant’s decline, and it’s time to come clean. Waaaay back in the mid… --- ## [My Husband doesn't need to see your boobs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-doesnt-need-to-see-your-boobs/691324)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-doesnt-need-to-see-your-boobs/691324 "2014-06-27T15:22:29Z")
I recently discovered this wonderful blog of insanity and the title of one of the blog entries therein. Basically the woman is complaining about how hard it is to deal with summertime because all the slutty unmarried who… --- ## [8 Corvettes fall in a hole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-corvettes-fall-in-a-hole/681169)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-corvettes-fall-in-a-hole/681169 "2014-06-27T14:46:05Z")
A 1962 and seven others have fallen into a sinkhole which opened under the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY. --- ## [Man gets stuck in vagina, Firefighters called.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-stuck-in-vagina-firefighters-called/691507)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-stuck-in-vagina-firefighters-called/691507 "2014-06-27T14:25:37Z")
I never thought I’d type a thread title like that. :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: Vaginas are enticing, scintillating, and can trap a careless guy just looking for some fun. :stuck\_out\_tongue: :cool: --- ## [Why do black women care so much about kid's hair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-black-women-care-so-much-about-kids-hair/691654)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-black-women-care-so-much-about-kids-hair/691654 "2014-06-27T13:23:35Z")
Do an internet search for “blue ivy hair” and read the articles that come up, here is a sample if you don’t want to bother: http://www.yourblackworld.net/2013/04/black-news/black-women-hair-blue-ivy/ I’d thin… --- ## [Stray Cat With Kittens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stray-cat-with-kittens/691765)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stray-cat-with-kittens/691765 "2014-06-27T12:37:02Z")
I’m in a residential neighborhood, and I have a stray cat with kittens lodging in my backyard woodpile. :slight\_smile: She doesn’t seem to be comfortable around humans. Any advice on what to do? I left out a tray of wate… --- ## [Stray Cat With Kittens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stray-cat-with-kittens/691764)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stray-cat-with-kittens/691764 "2014-06-27T11:03:33Z")
I’m in a residential neighborhood, and I have a stray cat with kittens lodging in my backyard woodpile. :slight\_smile: She doesn’t seem to be comfortable around humans. Any advice on what to do? I left out a tray of wate… --- ## [Teens to build airplane in two weeks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teens-to-build-airplane-in-two-weeks/691718)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teens-to-build-airplane-in-two-weeks/691718 "2014-06-27T05:36:03Z")
Glasair challenges teens to build an airplane in 2 weeks Oh, how I wish I could have done this sort of thing when I was in high school! --- ## [My Indian name is Runs with Bulls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-indian-name-is-runs-with-bulls/690352)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-indian-name-is-runs-with-bulls/690352 "2014-06-27T00:26:43Z")
Pamplona (in July) has long been on my bucket list. Yesterday I got to do the lite version. It was AWESOME!!! :cool: :smiley: The Trip-to-Europe fund has already been used this year, but I do beleve I know where I’m… --- ## [Questions too weird for Yahoo! Answers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-too-weird-for-yahoo-answers/691529)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-too-weird-for-yahoo-answers/691529 "2014-06-26T22:31:23Z")
Surely you can think of some at least as bizarre and thought-provoking as “How is babby formed?” Like, do ants get fat? Amusing side note: How Is Babby Formed? | Know Your Meme --- ## [Some of my neighbors have decided that I am a lesbian.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-my-neighbors-have-decided-that-i-am-a-lesbian/691483)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-my-neighbors-have-decided-that-i-am-a-lesbian/691483 "2014-06-26T21:20:37Z")
Quick background: I bought my house on a half-acre in August 2010, on a quiet dead-end road. I am a single female and also a painting contractor. I’ve become quite good friends with several of my neighbors, including “Jo… --- ## [Fortune ranks the 10 most Corrupt States.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortune-ranks-the-10-most-corrupt-states/691379)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortune-ranks-the-10-most-corrupt-states/691379 "2014-06-26T18:04:29Z")
A long article. I just listed the rankings. Louisiana (my dad’s family’s home state) is no surprise. A couple of Louisiana governors went to prison. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was convicted of corruption and is due f… --- ## [A chicken's gotta do what a chicken's gotta do!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chickens-gotta-do-what-a-chickens-gotta-do/691426)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chickens-gotta-do-what-a-chickens-gotta-do/691426 "2014-06-26T16:49:19Z")
We’ve got four chooks in our backyard, and they’ve been laying four wonderful eggs every day for the last couple of months. Until nearly two weeks ago, since when we’ve only been getting three eggs a day… Coincidentall… --- ## [LED/LCD numbers: minor rant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-lcd-numbers-minor-rant/691672)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-lcd-numbers-minor-rant/691672 "2014-06-26T15:48:49Z")
Why are we still seeing the same 7-stroke LED/LCD numbers that we’ve been seeing for a few decades already? Shouldn’t we be way past this crude type of display? The little characters I’m typing right now are fairly sophi… --- ## [No, you don't remember when a hashtag was called a pound sign.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-dont-remember-when-a-hashtag-was-called-a-pound-sign/691448)
**Author:** [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-dont-remember-when-a-hashtag-was-called-a-pound-sign/691448 "2014-06-26T15:16:27Z")
Because it never was. The # symbol is commonly called a number sign, a pound sign (in the US), a sharp, and a hash among other things. It is not called a hashtag by anyone except people who think they are being clever a… --- ## [Utah judge strikes down same-sex marriage ban!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utah-judge-strikes-down-same-sex-marriage-ban/676863)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 361\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utah-judge-strikes-down-same-sex-marriage-ban/676863 "2014-06-26T14:21:29Z")
Holy crap! Gay marriage is now legal in Utah! The state is planning to appeal of course, but the ruling strikes down a voter approved law from 2004 banning it in the state. The state AG will be trying to get a stay on… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=834) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=836)