# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=838 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 839 --- ## [The kindness of strangers - part two.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kindness-of-strangers-part-two/691151)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2014, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kindness-of-strangers-part-two/691151 "2014-06-20T23:13:39Z")
I just finished reading this resurrected zombie thread and it made my heart happy: I understand why Twickster clubbed that particular zombie, but can we please open another thread with such stories? I have so many th… --- ## [I Ran My First 5k](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ran-my-first-5k/691188)
**Author:** [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ran-my-first-5k/691188 "2014-06-20T20:09:11Z")
I’m 39 and in the past only ever ran when chased. Started running in March using the c25k plan and decided to give myself a goal race to stay focused and motivated. Damn three months goes by really fast. It didn’t go … --- ## [Those Little Moments of Absurdity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-little-moments-of-absurdity/691183)
**Author:** [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-little-moments-of-absurdity/691183 "2014-06-20T18:55:19Z")
So, as I mentioned in another thread, I’ve recently moved. My youngest sister (I’ll call her Mrs. Raven) helped me with the last load of furniture and boxes. The truck she used is one they use in the family business fo… --- ## [People you know who are much older/younger than they look](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-know-who-are-much-older-younger-than-they-look/690804)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-know-who-are-much-older-younger-than-they-look/690804 "2014-06-20T17:08:02Z")
Like me, for example-I am a month from my 52nd birthday, and some people think I am in my mid-to-late-30’s. My face is unlined except for my forehead and some around my eyes, the flesh beneath my chin still firm, a touc… --- ## [Hooker in public library quietly passes notes to Johns.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooker-in-public-library-quietly-passes-notes-to-johns/690941)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooker-in-public-library-quietly-passes-notes-to-johns/690941 "2014-06-20T15:21:31Z")
She was passing handwritten notes and being very respectful of the library’s no noise rule. :cool: I guess it was BJ’s in the bathroom? Article doesn’t say. I can’t imagine why she choose that location for her business… --- ## [Best way to research an elementary school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-research-an-elementary-school/300076)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-research-an-elementary-school/300076 "2014-06-20T13:41:27Z")
I need to find out about the elementary school that my son will be going to if I stay in my current apartment. I’m nervous because it isn’t in the school district that I thought it was–I’m on the wrong side of the apartm… --- ## [I need B12 injections to prevent nerve damage, but there's a supply shortage.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-b12-injections-to-prevent-nerve-damage-but-theres-a-supply-shortage/681422)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-b12-injections-to-prevent-nerve-damage-but-theres-a-supply-shortage/681422 "2014-06-20T01:51:26Z")
Because I’m lacking a large portion of my bowel, I don’t absorb a sufficient amount of B12. I found this out because I began to have nerve problems with my legs. Because of this I have to give myself monthly injections o… --- ## [YesAllWomen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesallwomen/689277)
**Author:** [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesallwomen/689277 "2014-06-20T00:23:04Z")
\#YesAllWomen is the hashtag women are using to share their opinions and experiences with gender based violence over on Twitter. #YesAllWomen --- ## [New keyboard and mouse - I like 'em](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-keyboard-and-mouse-i-like-em/691036)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-keyboard-and-mouse-i-like-em/691036 "2014-06-19T21:54:20Z")
I just got a new Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic desktop (keyboard, separate number keypad, mouse). It looks cool, it’s ergonomic (as advertised) and the mouse encourages good wrist position (or so it seems so far). I also li… --- ## [Is "Prepping" for Doomsday Worth It?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-prepping-for-doomsday-worth-it/687344)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-prepping-for-doomsday-worth-it/687344 "2014-06-19T14:18:19Z")
I was watching this show on Netflix called “Doomsday Bunkers” about these people spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on bunkers to protect them and their families in case of natural and man made disaster. These peo… --- ## [Chiropractic office called "Alternatives To Medicine INC"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiropractic-office-called-alternatives-to-medicine-inc/691020)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiropractic-office-called-alternatives-to-medicine-inc/691020 "2014-06-19T13:46:47Z")
Saw this on my way to a real doctor today: Calling itself an alternative to medicine is kind of admitting it doesn’t work, right? It’s not calling itself “alternative medicine… --- ## [Removing a stuck Ring from your finger. Simple and easy.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-stuck-ring-from-your-finger-simple-and-easy/691094)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-stuck-ring-from-your-finger-simple-and-easy/691094 "2014-06-19T03:15:35Z")
I wish that I had thought of this. Such a simple and elegant solution for removing a stuck ring. All thats needed is a piece of string and something to get the string started under the ring… http://www.health.harvard.ed… --- ## [Have you ever benefited from the kindness of strangers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-benefited-from-the-kindness-of-strangers/580218)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2014, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-benefited-from-the-kindness-of-strangers/580218 "2014-06-19T03:05:50Z")
Suggested by a couple of cynical threads I don’t intend to link to. I’d rather people shared stories in which they were helped or comforted by people they didn’t know, but I don’t object to the the reverse. I’m fairly su… --- ## [What do you, personally, do when you are not able to clap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-personally-do-when-you-are-not-able-to-clap/690996)
**Author:** [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-personally-do-when-you-are-not-able-to-clap/690996 "2014-06-19T00:38:36Z")
This could be that you’re holding a drink, holding a child’s hand, holding a book, etc - what is the sound of one hand clapping? :smiley: Or it could be when your hands don’t work so well any more and you can’t clap. I… --- ## [I don't like sports: am I weird?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-sports-am-i-weird/690907)
**Author:** [@Earth001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earth001)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-sports-am-i-weird/690907 "2014-06-18T23:00:50Z")
I am 20 and I never really liked Sports. I have always thought they were boring and uninteresting. I am far more interested in science fiction, fantasy, movies, video games, computers, technology, science, and other inte… --- ## [Ever been acknowledged?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-acknowledged/541723)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-acknowledged/541723 "2014-06-18T20:05:48Z")
As in, named in the Acknowledgments of a published work? Because I just have and it’s awesome!:smiley: It’s a scholarly work of little interest outside of a very specific area, but that matters not at all to me. I had n… --- ## [Lipstick on a Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipstick-on-a-pig/691068)
**Author:** [@postergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postergirl)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipstick-on-a-pig/691068 "2014-06-18T18:57:18Z")
:p:p :stuck\_out\_tongue: Is this not the most unattractive bride you have ever seen? I mean - get your hair done for the wedding! Anyhow, she married my ex who cheated on me with her for about a year - and when I conf… --- ## [Know the song "Amoeba"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-the-song-amoeba/691082)
**Author:** [@HelloKindWorld](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKindWorld)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-the-song-amoeba/691082 "2014-06-18T17:26:59Z")
Well, I had first heard it years ago, on one of the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater games’ soundtracks. Hadn’t heard it again only recently, and noticed the title this time. Up until then, I had always been under the belief that … --- ## [Well raise my rent. Jamaica to decriminalize personal marijuana possession.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-raise-my-rent-jamaica-to-decriminalize-personal-marijuana-possession/690689)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-raise-my-rent-jamaica-to-decriminalize-personal-marijuana-possession/690689 "2014-06-18T17:05:07Z")
Cool, Mon. I’m guessing “small quantities of ganja for personal use” is anything under a kilo. --- ## [Corporate Mutiny II, Electric Bugaloo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-mutiny-ii-electric-bugaloo/690978)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-mutiny-ii-electric-bugaloo/690978 "2014-06-18T14:13:36Z")
There have been some interesting developments since our last update that I thought I’d share. Our CEO made an announcement that 1) We are bringing in an executive consulting firm to review how we do business and advise … --- ## [Brand loyalty for milk. WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-loyalty-for-milk-wtf/690093)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2014, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-loyalty-for-milk-wtf/690093 "2014-06-18T11:26:48Z")
I’m not talking about organic screwball milk or anything special. I’m talking about regular old Moo Cow Fuck Milk. At the grocery store today I see Deans (1%, 2%, etc) and Bordens (1%, 2%, etc) milk. Right next to each … --- ## [In Which I Introduce Myself And Suggest We Post Thread Titles We'd Like to See](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-introduce-myself-and-suggest-we-post-thread-titles-wed-like-to-see/690608)
**Author:** [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-introduce-myself-and-suggest-we-post-thread-titles-wed-like-to-see/690608 "2014-06-18T03:40:27Z")
Hiya, everyone! I’ve lurked on and off for quite awhile but just recently signed up. Now that I have reliable internet (That is, I don’t have to go to the library and such to get hooked up), I want to participate more. … --- ## [So much for peer review. More than 120 published computer science papers withdrawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-for-peer-review-more-than-120-published-computer-science-papers-withdrawn/690879)
**Author:** [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-for-peer-review-more-than-120-published-computer-science-papers-withdrawn/690879 "2014-06-18T01:02:28Z")
because they were, in fact, computer generated gibberish. Generate your own realistic looking computer science paper here, or, if you prefer pure math, you can generate a gibberish math paper here. At least one of the … --- ## [I figured out why everything annoys me! I get it from my mother.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-figured-out-why-everything-annoys-me-i-get-it-from-my-mother/690958)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-figured-out-why-everything-annoys-me-i-get-it-from-my-mother/690958 "2014-06-18T00:25:43Z")
A couple weeks ago I spent a half-hour listening to dropmom bitching about everything, from her nurses who turn off the common TV just when CNN and MSNBC are getting interesting (she’s not used to going to bed before 11)… --- ## [New kitties need names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitties-need-names/688792)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitties-need-names/688792 "2014-06-17T22:28:29Z")
I have lot’o pictures, but none are great. They just move so fast! Breakfast, He, He too and trouble. They are a boy and a girl. The person I got them from told me they were identical twins, both girls. Not even. The b… --- ## [Anniversary of D-Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anniversary-of-d-day/584495)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anniversary-of-d-day/584495 "2014-06-17T21:51:10Z")
Today is the 67th anniversary of D-Day. Mr. Neville’s grandfather was at D-Day. I’ll have to remember to call him after work today. --- ## [Have you been to the highest point in your state?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-the-highest-point-in-your-state/690214)
**Author:** [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-the-highest-point-in-your-state/690214 "2014-06-17T21:49:50Z")
Obviously, some states will be more challenging than others—I’m looking at you, Florida— but I was fortunate to have the ability and opportunity to reach the highest point in Washington State on several occasions back in… --- ## [Non-Americans, what are our iconic landmarks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-what-are-our-iconic-landmarks/690231)
**Author:** [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-what-are-our-iconic-landmarks/690231 "2014-06-17T21:25:39Z")
Everyone knows France has the Eiffel Tower and England has Big Ben. What do you consider it for us? I figure #1 would be the Statue of Liberty? Some possible others: \[ul\] \[li\]Mt Rushmore\[/li\]\[li\]Capitol or White Hous… --- ## [I heard a rumor that the US Immigration Department](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-rumor-that-the-us-immigration-department/690579)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-rumor-that-the-us-immigration-department/690579 "2014-06-17T20:27:07Z")
I heard a rumor that the US Immigration Department is working on a new litnecy test for people entering the United States for the first time. Please answer the following question correctly in order to process your appli… --- ## [Thread in BBQ Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-in-bbq-pit/691000)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-in-bbq-pit/691000 "2014-06-17T20:22:21Z")
So, someone starts a thread complaining about an E-Bay buyer. The first reply could not have been more accurate. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=837) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=839)