# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=840 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 841 --- ## [27 Tons And Whaddya Got ? Indiana cops on the move](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-tons-and-whaddya-got-indiana-cops-on-the-move/690611)
**Author:** [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-tons-and-whaddya-got-indiana-cops-on-the-move/690611 "2014-06-14T04:32:25Z")
From /. \* “Eight different law enforcement agencies in Indiana have purchased massive Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles (MRAP) that were formerly used in Iraq and Afghanistan, Mark Alesia reports for the Indy St… --- ## [Tell Me Why You Want my 1965 Encyclopedia Britannica](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-you-want-my-1965-encyclopedia-britannica/688016)
**Author:** [@troubledwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troubledwater)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-you-want-my-1965-encyclopedia-britannica/688016 "2014-06-14T02:32:42Z")
(Posted here with permission of mods) Before there was Google, there was the Encyclopedia Britannica. My mother bought this set in the early 1970’s for the usual reasons, and we relied on it for years. Now the time ha… --- ## [Take a look at this woman and tell me if she deserves $200K ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-look-at-this-woman-and-tell-me-if-she-deserves-200k/690540)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2014, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-look-at-this-woman-and-tell-me-if-she-deserves-200k/690540 "2014-06-14T01:55:12Z")
after drugging a wealthy man with a drug similar to the date rape drug. Here is a link to the story: The headline reads as follows: Strippers busted in plot to drug, blackmail wealthy clients Apparently some NYC st… --- ## [Baron Poopy Von Poop is not pooping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baron-poopy-von-poop-is-not-pooping/690024)
**Author:** [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baron-poopy-von-poop-is-not-pooping/690024 "2014-06-14T00:41:51Z")
. . . much. A couple of weeks ago my daughter found a stray kitten on her way home from school. It couldn’t have been more than a week old, as it was tiny and its eyes were not fully open. She said she found it right … --- ## [How does one negotiate an auto lease with a dealer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-negotiate-an-auto-lease-with-a-dealer/690729)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2014, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-negotiate-an-auto-lease-with-a-dealer/690729 "2014-06-13T21:29:49Z")
I’m thinking about leasing a car for the first time. In the past, I have always purchased. I know (I think I know) how to buy a car. Find out the dealer invoice, the incentives, etc. and make an offer at that level, l… --- ## [I built the world's first Twitter-enabled litterbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-built-the-worlds-first-twitter-enabled-litterbox/690609)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-built-the-worlds-first-twitter-enabled-litterbox/690609 "2014-06-13T20:18:10Z")
No, really! You can see the Twitter feed here. And I have some build instructions here. It uses an Arduino, Raspberry Pi, external ADC, and some other bits. Obligatory cat pic at the end. Hackaday did a quick blurb … --- ## [Apple's new "Spaceship" campus is \*massive\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples-new-spaceship-campus-is-massive/690696)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples-new-spaceship-campus-is-massive/690696 "2014-06-13T19:44:53Z")
I took a mental health day yesterday and my husband and I went shopping near Cupertino. We decided to do a drive-by of the construction site where Apple is building their new “spaceship” building. Good lord, that thing… --- ## [Sadly, I lose another cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadly-i-lose-another-cat/690455)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadly-i-lose-another-cat/690455 "2014-06-13T19:00:57Z")
Friends, it is with regret that I announce the passing of one of my feline friends: Stripe. I first introduced Stripe to the SDMB in The Kitten in our Yard thread. I updated the news about him in the Update on our fera… --- ## [What was your Hypnagogic Hallucination ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-hypnagogic-hallucination/602143)
**Author:** [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-hypnagogic-hallucination/602143 "2014-06-13T18:20:43Z")
So I ran across this phrase in another thread, and I realised I’ve had a couple of these in the past, one in particular I still get ridiculed by my wife for. I ‘dreamt/hallucinated’ whatever you want to call it, that th… --- ## [I just had an astounding realization: Many babies alive today...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-an-astounding-realization-many-babies-alive-today/690673)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-an-astounding-realization-many-babies-alive-today/690673 "2014-06-13T16:21:30Z")
…will live to see the year 2100. And I remember thinking 1984 sounded futuristic. mmm --- ## [serrah](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serrah/690476)
**Author:** [@SarahLiamJarvie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SarahLiamJarvie)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2014, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serrah/690476 "2014-06-13T05:18:01Z")
Are DMT visions supposed to be real but in the future; I tend to see things that aren’t there but have a potential to be apparently; I also know before it tells me so is it some sort of loophole or is it just reinstati… --- ## [Theories you have about the previous owners of your rescue pet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theories-you-have-about-the-previous-owners-of-your-rescue-pet/690322)
**Author:** [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2014, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theories-you-have-about-the-previous-owners-of-your-rescue-pet/690322 "2014-06-13T04:27:28Z")
Do you have theories about the people who owned your pet before you? Or things you deduced from their behaviour? Or maybe something you pieced together from what you were told at the shelter together with what you notice… --- ## [Tesla opens its patents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-opens-its-patents/690655)
**Author:** [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-opens-its-patents/690655 "2014-06-13T00:25:17Z")
Didn’t see a thread on this, so… Seems that the Tesla Company has made its patents ‘open’,or did they? They state that they will not pursue lawsuits if people use their technology in good faith: I wonder if this actua… --- ## [Learning to Dance = new positive things!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-to-dance-new-positive-things/690602)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-to-dance-new-positive-things/690602 "2014-06-13T00:02:45Z")
It’s been almost a year since I began my crazy dance adventure. I’ve now officially traveled to three dance conventions, gone dancing 1-4 times every week, taken private lessons, practice at home. and now even have a dan… --- ## [Fox News Most Trusted Television News Source](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-most-trusted-television-news-source/690549)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-most-trusted-television-news-source/690549 "2014-06-12T21:28:19Z")
MSNBC least. Who’da thunk it? Link (page 36) :slight\_smile: --- ## [This Bud's for you (NOT!!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-buds-for-you-not/690650)
**Author:** [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-buds-for-you-not/690650 "2014-06-12T19:17:11Z")
Sad day for rednecks as a semi load of beer overturned on the interstate. --- ## [Guns in the toys... how sick can these individuals be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-in-the-toys-how-sick-can-these-individuals-be/690145)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-in-the-toys-how-sick-can-these-individuals-be/690145 "2014-06-12T18:04:52Z")
So last week a “loss prevention officer” - the extreme irony of the name will become apparent - found a loaded pistol sitting on boxed toys in a toy aisle at a North Carolina Target. Think about it - even with heavy ind… --- ## [O.J.'s Wild Ride, 20 years on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-s-wild-ride-20-years-on/690490)
**Author:** [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-s-wild-ride-20-years-on/690490 "2014-06-12T17:37:50Z")
June 17th will be 20 years since O.J. and Al Cowlings took their famous slow ride down the 405 in a white Ford Bronco. My parent’s generation had the shared “where were you when?” memory of JFK’s assassination. I think m… --- ## [If you have a tablet, when and where do you use it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-tablet-when-and-where-do-you-use-it/690345)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-tablet-when-and-where-do-you-use-it/690345 "2014-06-12T17:24:28Z")
I bought a Samsung Galazy 10.1" tablet about 2 1/2 years ago, thinking I’d get a lot of use out of it. But I haven’t. Not because it isn’t a nifty device - it is - but when I’m home, my PC is is more practical (bigger s… --- ## [Ohi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohi/690597)
**Author:** [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohi/690597 "2014-06-12T17:06:51Z")
I’ve been lurking for quite awhile,thought I’d step out from behind the curtain… I’m from Texas and quite old so please excuse the unentended oopsies… --- ## [Holy shit! Sikh sword fight breaks out in temple!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-sikh-sword-fight-breaks-out-in-temple/690238)
**Author:** [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-sikh-sword-fight-breaks-out-in-temple/690238 "2014-06-12T15:02:27Z")
Holy shit! On holy ground! Now I’m interested to learn more about this schism. But mostly just . . . Holy shit! Sikh sword fight!! --- ## [Things to keep out of your eye](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-keep-out-of-your-eye/690268)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2014, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-keep-out-of-your-eye/690268 "2014-06-12T10:06:39Z")
So, last night I made a mango and black bean salsa to take to a marina party. I opened one too many cans of black beans, and diced too much red onion for the number of mangoes I had, so I refrigerated the left overs. T… --- ## [The child-molesters at my old school.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-child-molesters-at-my-old-school/690523)
**Author:** [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-child-molesters-at-my-old-school/690523 "2014-06-12T04:30:34Z")
At least five known ones. \* Three of them were my teachers at various times, though they never got to me. I wish I could say that this was new news (these guys have mostly been convicted and done their time or, in one … --- ## [A Mad Update](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mad-update/690520)
**Author:** [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mad-update/690520 "2014-06-12T03:16:09Z")
Life has changed significantly for me. I moved out, at the request of my soon to be ex-wife. The divorce will be final in September. I now live in public housing in the same county but much closer to civilization; I’m n… --- ## [Big chest, bigger problems (please, no jokes)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-chest-bigger-problems-please-no-jokes/541965)
**Author:** [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-chest-bigger-problems-please-no-jokes/541965 "2014-06-12T02:54:26Z")
I have already talked with some of you about breast reduction surgery and the general consensus was that it is definitely helpful for people like myself (big chest, back and shoulder pain, etc.). Right now surgery just … --- ## [Suggestions for gift -- visiting a long-lost relative](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-gift-visiting-a-long-lost-relative/690566)
**Author:** [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-gift-visiting-a-long-lost-relative/690566 "2014-06-12T02:32:23Z")
A few years back, a long-lost sister contacted our family (my mom’s first daughter whom she had to give up for adoption), and her family and my family have all met each other except me. This summer, my family and I are … --- ## [Is it wrong to screw with people on Craigslist/similar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wrong-to-screw-with-people-on-craigslist-similar/689434)
**Author:** [@Melvin\_Munster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melvin_Munster)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wrong-to-screw-with-people-on-craigslist-similar/689434 "2014-06-11T20:47:08Z")
In Canada, we use Cragslist as well as a very similar service called “Kijiji” for those unfamiliar. Recently, I came across a user on Kijiji with literally dozens of ads up for the most mundane, silly household items fo… --- ## [Grammar Nazis!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-nazis/690528)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-nazis/690528 "2014-06-11T20:07:54Z")
Literally. ( link to screenshot in case the tweet is removed - http://i.imgur.com/vH91EQY.png ) --- ## [The Wonderful In My Day Today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonderful-in-my-day-today/690447)
**Author:** [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonderful-in-my-day-today/690447 "2014-06-11T16:07:33Z")
Every now and then, in the middle of an ordinary but somewhat frustrating day, something wonderful happens. Today was one of those days with wonderful stuck right in the middle of the afternoon, much to my delight. You … --- ## [Mrs Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-mouse/503853)
**Author:** [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-mouse/503853 "2014-06-11T15:40:11Z")
Mrs. Mouse was worried. Here she was all pregnant and no place in her small home to raise her babies. “I know”, thought Mrs. Mouse., “ I’ll climb up onto the deck at BubbaDog’s house and see if there is a suitable home… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=839) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=841)