# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=837 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 838 --- ## [The SO sent someone to the ER](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-so-sent-someone-to-the-er/691296)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2014, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-so-sent-someone-to-the-er/691296 "2014-06-23T12:54:49Z")
I don’t know how much I can ethically share, so I’ll have to remain a little vague. SO, RN, BSN is teaching at a college. The other day was an EKG lab, and she noticed one of the students’ EKG was showing PVCs. I beli… --- ## [Dispose of unused and expired medications by tossing into the trash???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dispose-of-unused-and-expired-medications-by-tossing-into-the-trash/690878)
**Author:** [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2014, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dispose-of-unused-and-expired-medications-by-tossing-into-the-trash/690878 "2014-06-23T11:27:58Z")
I’m doing some decluttering. The medicine cabinet is next on my list. I asked my pharmacy if they take old expired pills. She said they’re not allowed to by law. She said some group (can’t remember who) has a take ba… --- ## [Cranking Up The MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cranking-up-the-mmp/690891)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 308\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2014, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cranking-up-the-mmp/690891 "2014-06-23T04:56:28Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. YAWN 'Tis 71 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 92 for the day and it might rain. Or not. Nobody knows. Today my new assistant starts. Poor thing will be innundated with train… --- ## [Ask a "high-functioning" borderline your questions!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-high-functioning-borderline-your-questions/691169)
**Author:** [@Tinply\_the\_Dimply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinply_the_Dimply)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-high-functioning-borderline-your-questions/691169 "2014-06-23T02:23:51Z")
Afternoon, all. So, I am a 32 year old female living in Canada. I was dx’d with BPD in 2005, along with GAD, which I think is my predominate illness. Nonetheless, BPD plays a part in my life, my thinking and my emotiona… --- ## [Dumbass Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-dad/691360)
**Author:** [@SecuriHelp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecuriHelp)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-dad/691360 "2014-06-23T01:49:05Z")
Why is my dad such an Dumbass? Srsly. Heres the stuff a normal idiot would not do. He gave away a phone that we still have payments to a friend because “He don’t have one” Gave away a Camera that cost 500 to a rela… --- ## [Go-Go Go-Rilla!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-go-go-rilla/691374)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-go-go-rilla/691374 "2014-06-22T22:40:55Z")
Man in a Gorilla Suit Bites Baby! Copy Editors Around The World Clap their Hands In Glee, Over Being Able To Write A Headline As Nuts As That! --- ## [Get out of my lane! The biggest road-rage triggers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-my-lane-the-biggest-road-rage-triggers/689132)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-my-lane-the-biggest-road-rage-triggers/689132 "2014-06-22T19:57:46Z")
They didn’t mention my pet peeve. I’m driving 67 or 68mph in a 65mph zone (single lane highway) and see a car on my bumper. Am I supposed to risk a ticket just to make the other guy happy? I hate being the slow poke on t… --- ## [I am looking for informations about real-life case....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-looking-for-informations-about-real-life-case/691322)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-looking-for-informations-about-real-life-case/691322 "2014-06-22T19:22:14Z")
I remember watching an episode of Crime stories and they featured a story about a guy who was convicted of rape as a teenager, the only forensic evidence linking him to the case being hair samples found on the scene (for… --- ## [SDMB on Reddit. What are the must read threads here on the boards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-on-reddit-what-are-the-must-read-threads-here-on-the-boards/691361)
**Author:** [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-on-reddit-what-are-the-must-read-threads-here-on-the-boards/691361 "2014-06-22T18:42:19Z")
is there anyone here on Reddit? i’ve recently taken over /r/sdmb and i’m wondering what to do with it. there’s no need for yet another forum but i was thinking perhaps it could be used for user-voted thread (or post) spo… --- ## [The Magazines have disappeared from the Newsstand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-magazines-have-disappeared-from-the-newsstand/691153)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-magazines-have-disappeared-from-the-newsstand/691153 "2014-06-22T18:15:13Z")
Yesterday I went into the nearby Newsstand at the Mall. I looked to see what magazines were left. The last time I looked, there was a single solitary rack. Now, even that one rack is gone. I asked the nice Indian woman … --- ## [Help me find a link to this mechanical cat.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-link-to-this-mechanical-cat/691367)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-link-to-this-mechanical-cat/691367 "2014-06-22T17:31:22Z")
My uncle, in his declining days, had someone give him a mechanical cat. It operated with batteries, could move it’s head, swish it’s tail, and make purring noises. My uncle would have it on his lap and stroke it, and I… --- ## [Gas Wars: Anyone Old Enough To Remember What They Were In The 60's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-wars-anyone-old-enough-to-remember-what-they-were-in-the-60s/354817)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-wars-anyone-old-enough-to-remember-what-they-were-in-the-60s/354817 "2014-06-22T17:14:31Z")
Was talking with my elderly aunt and she mentioned gas wars back in the day…I had to laugh, as I immediately though of Iraq, but then remembered what she was talking about. Back in the late 50’s and early 60’s, gas stat… --- ## [Things you don't want your bare feet to step on at 2am](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884)
**Author:** [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884 "2014-06-22T17:02:13Z")
Things you don’t want your bare feet to step on at 2am: A Lego Soggy dog chewy Single piece of cat food The carpet tacK that pokes through where the carpet in the hall meets the tile of the kitchen A barfed up hairb… --- ## [South Korean Soldier Runs Amok](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korean-soldier-runs-amok/691329)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2014, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korean-soldier-runs-amok/691329 "2014-06-22T09:11:49Z")
From \[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caATBZEKL4c\]The Korea Herald\*: More at the link. --- ## [Screaming man summons up the courage to shoo a bird out of his house.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-man-summons-up-the-courage-to-shoo-a-bird-out-of-his-house/691281)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2014, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-man-summons-up-the-courage-to-shoo-a-bird-out-of-his-house/691281 "2014-06-22T08:50:42Z")
He’s not exactly one of those Alaska frontier mountain men that are featured on the History and Discovery channels. But after some initial squealing, screaming and running this fine example of masculinity shoos the scary… --- ## [Calling all former/current exchange students!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-former-current-exchange-students/153966)
**Author:** [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2014, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-former-current-exchange-students/153966 "2014-06-22T07:59:03Z")
Hi all. I was an excahnge student with Rotary in 1993/94 to Liege, Belgium. Anyone else been on exchange there? Actually… anyone who was an exchange student somewhere, please post… I would love to know how many of us … --- ## [Gerry Conon has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gerry-conon-has-died/691351)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2014, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gerry-conon-has-died/691351 "2014-06-22T05:06:18Z")
Link There were six men in Birmingham In Guilford there’s four. That were picked up and tortured And framed by the law… Gerry Conlon was one of the four men in Guilford who were falsely imprisoned for a pub bombing … --- ## [Bangkok Ducks are revolting!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bangkok-ducks-are-revolting/691246)
**Author:** [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bangkok-ducks-are-revolting/691246 "2014-06-22T04:08:58Z")
I saw this gif yesterday of thousands of ducks storming down the street. Turns out, it’s just a fragment of a two and half minute army of ducks that took to the street in some sort of mass protest. Here’s the gif - He… --- ## [Our HOA is having a civil war, grab some popcorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-hoa-is-having-a-civil-war-grab-some-popcorn/688512)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-hoa-is-having-a-civil-war-grab-some-popcorn/688512 "2014-06-22T03:21:02Z")
What is it with HOAs and attracting the crazy? We just moved into a group of new townhouses here in Taiwan. The small, 23-unit complex was developed last year and we moved in in February. One of our friends “Don” is tig… --- ## [Hal's kind of sheeple.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hals-kind-of-sheeple/691247)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hals-kind-of-sheeple/691247 "2014-06-22T02:40:32Z")
Just for our favorite shepherd. Sheep Nation. Sheeple Portraits. --- ## [Slot machine pondering...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slot-machine-pondering/691332)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2014, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slot-machine-pondering/691332 "2014-06-22T00:45:35Z")
So slot machines commonly have combinations that pay less than what the player put in for that spin, right? Would it be possible to design a machine that won something on EVERY spin, even if it was much less than what th… --- ## [CIA reveals plans to make demonic bin Laden doll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cia-reveals-plans-to-make-demonic-bin-laden-doll/691209)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cia-reveals-plans-to-make-demonic-bin-laden-doll/691209 "2014-06-21T14:59:21Z")
Gotta admit, this one’s pretty damn clever: I so want one of these – wonder how much a prototype would fetch on eBay? --- ## [My new(ish) Denamarin song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-ish-denamarin-song/691293)
**Author:** [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-ish-denamarin-song/691293 "2014-06-21T14:51:21Z")
My dog has colitis, which I discovered due to his doggy diarrhea. So the internal medicine vet prescribed various steroid drugs to try to fix up his colon. Unfortunately, steroids tax the liver – so to combat that she … --- ## [Man arrested 8 times for having sex with an inflatable raft.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-8-times-for-having-sex-with-an-inflatable-raft/690855)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-8-times-for-having-sex-with-an-inflatable-raft/690855 "2014-06-21T13:55:43Z")
I guess the charge each time has been public indecency. But wouldn’t this guy benefit more from from ongoing counseling and care (plus it would surely be cheaper in the long run than repeated court processes)? Or gasp … --- ## [Proper tire pressure for Primewell tires.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-tire-pressure-for-primewell-tires/691270)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2014, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-tire-pressure-for-primewell-tires/691270 "2014-06-21T09:37:58Z")
I purchased a set of Primewell tires (PS830 185/65 R14 86T) for my car ('99 Corolla). I’ll be damned if I can find the correct tire inflation specs for this tire on The Net (and I usually have strong Google Fu) or on the… --- ## [Feeling depressed (teaching)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-depressed-teaching/691180)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2014, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-depressed-teaching/691180 "2014-06-21T05:43:46Z")
I have fought it hard for five years, and have been in a good place for the last five years despite lots of challenges. I think though I’ve hit a depression again…and this year it’s mostly from work. This is what I post… --- ## [A near-centenarian gives me the biggest belly-laugh I've had in a while](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-near-centenarian-gives-me-the-biggest-belly-laugh-ive-had-in-a-while/689300)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-near-centenarian-gives-me-the-biggest-belly-laugh-ive-had-in-a-while/689300 "2014-06-21T03:39:03Z")
One of my favorites, amongst the residents at the retirement home where I cook, is a 98-or 99-year-old woman named Annith. Annith is always up bright and early, so she often comes into the kitchen to say “good morning” w… --- ## [Oh Mental Illness, How You Suck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-mental-illness-how-you-suck/691157)
**Author:** [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-mental-illness-how-you-suck/691157 "2014-06-21T00:13:10Z")
Let me count the ways. :frowning: I’ve detailed my struggles with mental illness here on the boards quite a lot, but not always the improvements. So, this time, it’ll be a bit of both… Going back to 2009, I spent some … --- ## [Laconia Bike Week - Baggers everywhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laconia-bike-week-baggers-everywhere/691144)
**Author:** [@HotDogWater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HotDogWater)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laconia-bike-week-baggers-everywhere/691144 "2014-06-20T23:37:30Z")
I just got back from a few days at bike week, and boy, there was not alot of diversity there. I saw thousands of motorcycles over 52 hours and 620 miles, and almost all of them were H/D baggers. I mean, my guess is 80%. … --- ## [Farm/rural stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farm-rural-stories/688853)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farm-rural-stories/688853 "2014-06-20T23:34:12Z")
I love farm stories, even though I’ve never lived on a farm. But many of my relatives have. Here’s my deceased grandmother’s favorite: When she was a child, her family farm had a small bull (this would be southern GA,… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=836) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=838)