# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=841 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 842 --- ## [Exotic street names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-street-names/686494)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-street-names/686494 "2014-06-11T14:57:16Z")
There is a street in Long Beach, CA, named Ximeno (SIMM-uh-no) Avenue. Less dramatic is Voorhees (VORE-hace) Avenue in north Redondo Beach. I know there is a street in San Francisco named Gough (Gawf) Street. Any othe… --- ## [Did you know that, "Operation Blue Star" led to the death of the prime minister of India](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-operation-blue-star-led-to-the-death-of-the-prime-minister-of-india/690438)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-operation-blue-star-led-to-the-death-of-the-prime-minister-of-india/690438 "2014-06-11T14:02:54Z")
I just read this story for the first time … seems that “Operation Blue Star’s” 30th anniversary was yesterday. Would make a great true adventure movie: https://in.news.yahoo.com/the-untold-story-before-operation-bluest… --- ## [Jog My Memory - Recent Political 'Event'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jog-my-memory-recent-political-event/690457)
**Author:** [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2014, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jog-my-memory-recent-political-event/690457 "2014-06-11T12:50:11Z")
Okay, so recently, back in 2012 or so, there was an event at the White House. A party of some sort, I believe–a gala, or perhaps a get-together. There were musicians invited, I believe. Some of them may have been rappers… --- ## [Admission test question for 1st grade in Hong Kong.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-test-question-for-1st-grade-in-hong-kong/690485)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2014, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-test-question-for-1st-grade-in-hong-kong/690485 "2014-06-11T07:22:08Z")
http://www.mathtricks.org/math-tricks/a-hong-kong-math-trick/ Chinese are taking over the world.:slight\_smile: --- ## [Astonishing picture of Mitt Romney](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-picture-of-mitt-romney/690444)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-picture-of-mitt-romney/690444 "2014-06-11T01:42:52Z")
The astonishing thing is, he’s the kid. The old guy is pappy George. --- ## [The Turing Test has been passed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-turing-test-has-been-passed/690362)
**Author:** [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-turing-test-has-been-passed/690362 "2014-06-10T20:56:49Z")
On the 60th anniversary of the death of Alan Turing, the University of Reading held ‘Turing Test 2014’ and this year the test was finally passed. I guess we’ll see what this means for the future of computers. --- ## [Got a little one off my bucket list.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-little-one-off-my-bucket-list/690418)
**Author:** [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-little-one-off-my-bucket-list/690418 "2014-06-10T20:56:48Z")
Inspired by this thread. Got up Thursday morning at 4:17 and took off to try doing the Saddlesore 1,000. That’s 1,000 miles in 24 hours on your motorcycle. Been thinking about it for several years and finally decided … --- ## [DIY tattoo removal.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diy-tattoo-removal/689793)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diy-tattoo-removal/689793 "2014-06-10T15:58:43Z")
A steel wire brush grinder works. Except his buddy nicked the guy’s eyeball. :eek: Makes me cringe thinking about it. It worked and the scaring isn’t too bad. Looks better than those jail tats and he has a chance to get… --- ## [I love science! :-)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-science/690439)
**Author:** [@Dana\_Scully](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dana_Scully)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-science/690439 "2014-06-10T15:07:09Z")
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html \[Link goes to “Astronomy Picture of the Day.” —Ellen\] --- ## [Ask the guy who just got out from under a foreclosure suit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-got-out-from-under-a-foreclosure-suit/688890)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2014, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-got-out-from-under-a-foreclosure-suit/688890 "2014-06-10T13:14:58Z")
The bank filed papers on me last July. The judge dismissed the case today. My long national nightmare is over. If you’re in the midst of yours, maybe something I’ve learned can be of value to you. Or perhaps not. --- ## [The dog attack (or, possibly I was better off being phobic of canines).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dog-attack-or-possibly-i-was-better-off-being-phobic-of-canines/689853)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dog-attack-or-possibly-i-was-better-off-being-phobic-of-canines/689853 "2014-06-10T00:54:52Z")
Last Tuesday morning I was out bicycling when I saw, a few houses away, a very large dog, sitting in yard and surveying the street. A few years ago I would have been compelled to immediately cross the street, regardless … --- ## [The cat who saved my life.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-who-saved-my-life/690281)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-who-saved-my-life/690281 "2014-06-10T00:13:49Z")
In 1998 my cat Dagny had kittens. In my bed. At 3 o’clock in the morning. Dagny had 4 kittens. I kept two. Gouda and Sleestak. By that time I was pretty deep into my alcoholism. I kept a job, and did pretty well at it, … --- ## [I Lost a Student Yesterday.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-student-yesterday/690196)
**Author:** [@furlibusea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furlibusea)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-student-yesterday/690196 "2014-06-09T22:29:57Z")
I don’t know what happened except that his mother helped with with an assignment till fairly late at night and when she got up early in the morning he was dead. I am trying to make sense of the senseless at the moment. … --- ## [Checked a BIG one off my Bucket List last week (Pilot stuff)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checked-a-big-one-off-my-bucket-list-last-week-pilot-stuff/690347)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checked-a-big-one-off-my-bucket-list-last-week-pilot-stuff/690347 "2014-06-09T21:32:02Z")
I’m sitting with the remains of my holdback bar\*, my honorary Tailhooker certificate… and a big grin on my face. :smiley: Last week for various reasons, it became apparent I would be spending a few days on a carrier. … --- ## [Tales from the Front Desk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-front-desk/690371)
**Author:** [@Cryptic\_C62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptic_C62)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-front-desk/690371 "2014-06-09T20:48:01Z")
I work the front desk at a climbing gym, herein referred to as “Ace Rock Climbing”. Some fun tales of customer shenanigans: Across the parking lot is a trampoline gym I’ll refer to as “Sky High.” A group of young women… --- ## [Another "Solar Roadways"? "19-Year-Old Figured Out How To Clean Up The Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-solar-roadways-19-year-old-figured-out-how-to-clean-up-the-pacific-ocean-garbage-patch/690336)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-solar-roadways-19-year-old-figured-out-how-to-clean-up-the-pacific-ocean-garbage-patch/690336 "2014-06-09T19:10:48Z")
This video is all over the web. George Takei is pushing it on Facebook. And, of course, it’s raising money through crowdfunding. I’m skeptical. The idea is pretty straighforward, but I question the 10 yea… --- ## [I think I've got some kinda Benjamin Button disease](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-got-some-kinda-benjamin-button-disease/690404)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-got-some-kinda-benjamin-button-disease/690404 "2014-06-09T17:08:31Z")
In my wedding photo from ten years ago I look far older than I do now, like by a decade or two!:eek: If I am clean shaven I am routinely mistaken for a teenager, people think my four year old son is my younger brother w… --- ## [Cool simulation of the relativistic effects while approaching c](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-simulation-of-the-relativistic-effects-while-approaching-c/690412)
**Author:** [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-simulation-of-the-relativistic-effects-while-approaching-c/690412 "2014-06-09T17:07:24Z")
This here was linked to in an article in Cracked today. It is a way cool simulation from NASA of what you would experience if you were approaching the speed of light. It’s old, but I thought I’d post it for those inter… --- ## ["Nobody likes a tattletale"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-likes-a-tattletale/689774)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-likes-a-tattletale/689774 "2014-06-09T15:14:44Z")
I am a parent of a 4 year old and a 1 year old and recently the 4 has become my informant. Sure most of it is just minor infractions or updates on what #2 is getting into at the moment, but in all its harmless. I want … --- ## [In which I admit defeat to inertia and apathy of a 15 year old.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-admit-defeat-to-inertia-and-apathy-of-a-15-year-old/690271)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-admit-defeat-to-inertia-and-apathy-of-a-15-year-old/690271 "2014-06-09T12:12:51Z")
For 3 long, frustrating, exhausting, years I’ve fought the good fight. I’ve used every trick in the book, and invented one or two in the process I’m sure. It is clear to me that there is no force on earth that is grea… --- ## [It kinda hits you...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-kinda-hits-you/690355)
**Author:** [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-kinda-hits-you/690355 "2014-06-09T09:01:30Z")
Today, we had planned a small family outing. Dad, boys and canoe. Weather forecast just perfect: sun and twenty-something C (around seventies F) temps. When I manage to pull my teenage son out of his bunk and into the ba… --- ## [It's A Bear Story - An I can't think of a Witty Title This Late MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bear-story-an-i-cant-think-of-a-witty-title-this-late-mmp/689825)
**Author:** [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Replies:** 328\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bear-story-an-i-cant-think-of-a-witty-title-this-late-mmp/689825 "2014-06-09T01:31:51Z")
The Bear Story While I have had many encounters with Kodiak bears, or, as they are affectionately known, brownies, this remains my definitive interaction with a member of the ursine population of the island. It is fairl… --- ## [Urban and . . . legends?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-and-legends/690133)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-and-legends/690133 "2014-06-09T00:18:59Z")
Why do we never hear of suburban legends, exurban legends, rural legends, etc.? Surely they exist, but why aren’t these terms used? --- ## [Lightning strikes pickup. The rubber tires didn't help very much.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightning-strikes-pickup-the-rubber-tires-didnt-help-very-much/690198)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightning-strikes-pickup-the-rubber-tires-didnt-help-very-much/690198 "2014-06-08T14:52:19Z")
I’d always heard a vehicle’s tires prevented lightning from finding a path to ground. That may only be partially true.The couple in the pickup weren’t electrocuted. But, their vehicle caught fire. Quite interesting vide… --- ## [President Dwight Eisenhower's Rolex Watch up for auction. May get 1 million bucks.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-dwight-eisenhowers-rolex-watch-up-for-auction-may-get-1-million-bucks/690297)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2014, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-dwight-eisenhowers-rolex-watch-up-for-auction-may-get-1-million-bucks/690297 "2014-06-08T14:10:55Z")
One million for a watch seems a bit absurd to me. But there’s plenty of rich people that won’t give the cost a second thought. It’s an interesting historical artifact. They need to wind it up first and prove it still ru… --- ## [Where do early retirees go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-early-retirees-go/690162)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-early-retirees-go/690162 "2014-06-08T14:02:25Z")
I’ve been wondering a lot about this lately for some unknown reason. I know there are not too many people who are comfortably well off enough to retire in their 30’s and 40’s but there are some. I keep thinking there h… --- ## [The Alabama Men's Clinic: Apparently, their job is making terrible radio ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alabama-mens-clinic-apparently-their-job-is-making-terrible-radio-ads/657435)
**Author:** [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2014, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alabama-mens-clinic-apparently-their-job-is-making-terrible-radio-ads/657435 "2014-06-08T05:04:56Z")
Oh, those annoying radio ads. You know the type of ads I’m talking about … there’s always at least one on your local radio station(s) that bothers you no end. It can be for a variety of reasons – you don’t like the busi… --- ## [Lawnmower killers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawnmower-killers/657886)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawnmower-killers/657886 "2014-06-08T00:58:36Z")
Are any of you a lawnmower killer? This thread reminded me that I am. When I bought this house, my friend left his fairly-new lawnmower for me. One day I found a 3" or 4" diameter stump where someone had cut down an a… --- ## [What do you look for when apartment shopping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-look-for-when-apartment-shopping/689637)
**Author:** [@Astraea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astraea)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-look-for-when-apartment-shopping/689637 "2014-06-07T23:54:15Z")
Going to start apt shopping in a few mths and would like to know what you guys look for. Obviously no bed bugs, nice neighbors, price, location, crime rates, etc but what about: new apt must have good cell phone recep… --- ## [MyFamily.com is taking a dirt nap.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myfamily-com-is-taking-a-dirt-nap/690303)
**Author:** [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myfamily-com-is-taking-a-dirt-nap/690303 "2014-06-07T23:16:44Z")
If anyone here is a member of a MyFamily site, you have until Sep 5, 2014 to export content to your computer. After that it’s gone. Damn, I admin 5 sites started over 10 years ago by my late brother. I’ve got a ton of s… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=840) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=842)