# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=845 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 846 --- ## [The rain in Spain and other hispanic norms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-in-spain-and-other-hispanic-norms/689530)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-in-spain-and-other-hispanic-norms/689530 "2014-05-29T18:47:30Z")
My middle of three child is a 15yo girl, who is simultaneously the apple of her fathers eye and the one most likely to put her father in an early grave. So, a standard issue Aussie adolescent. She recently decided she w… --- ## [I am going to see a medium tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-going-to-see-a-medium-tonight/689495)
**Author:** [@delsina363](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delsina363)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-going-to-see-a-medium-tonight/689495 "2014-05-29T18:15:49Z")
:eek::eek: So, my sister called (the one I am talking to again) and she tells me her friend got her a ticket to a sold-out famous medium, tonight!! So, I was saying I wanted to go. My sister laughed and said “but you … --- ## [Help me choose a pair of swim trunks/shorts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-pair-of-swim-trunks-shorts/689555)
**Author:** [@ticker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ticker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-pair-of-swim-trunks-shorts/689555 "2014-05-29T18:09:59Z")
I am male, 50, and not a good swimmer. I have just signed up for and adult improvers swim class at my local pool and need to buy something to wear, but I haven’t investigated the swimwear market for many years. I am a bi… --- ## [There might be a cat in my house.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-might-be-a-cat-in-my-house/689435)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-might-be-a-cat-in-my-house/689435 "2014-05-29T17:58:08Z")
In my very room, perhaps, or in the attached crawl space. The first indication was when my oldest daughter brought a catlike animal home last night. I petted it through the door of its cage, then Oldest let it out and … --- ## [Advice wanted on my crazy life!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-wanted-on-my-crazy-life/688375)
**Author:** [@delsina363](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delsina363)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-wanted-on-my-crazy-life/688375 "2014-05-29T17:55:44Z")
Hello, I have only been hanging out around for around a month or two, long enough to know that the majority of dopers (not all mind you) are more educated and more rational than I am. I am not saying this for pity, just… --- ## [Women in the LA area better double bolt their doors and set their alarms systems beginning July 7.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-in-the-la-area-better-double-bolt-their-doors-and-set-their-alarms-systems-beginning-july-7/689156)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-in-the-la-area-better-double-bolt-their-doors-and-set-their-alarms-systems-beginning-july-7/689156 "2014-05-29T14:31:52Z")
The bumbling fools in our judicial system are releasing the pillowcase rapist. He admitted to 38 rape and the number may be closer to 70 in a ten year period. Maybe with a little luck he can rack up an even 100 before … --- ## [Just Bought three of the newest and most advanced fire detectors made.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-bought-three-of-the-newest-and-most-advanced-fire-detectors-made/689443)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-bought-three-of-the-newest-and-most-advanced-fire-detectors-made/689443 "2014-05-29T02:16:30Z")
Manufactured by a old and very distinguished company. Hi Tech fire detector. I sleep so much more soundly now. :wink: --- ## [Shooting and mass murder in Isla Vista](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-and-mass-murder-in-isla-vista/689177)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-and-mass-murder-in-isla-vista/689177 "2014-05-28T22:17:03Z")
I’m just seeing this on television news. A shooter drove through the densely populated college community of Isla Vista in Santa Barbara, targeting people. Seven are dead, seven injured, and the shooter himself dead. T… --- ## [Anyone Have Problems After Kitkat Update?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-problems-after-kitkat-update/689420)
**Author:** [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-problems-after-kitkat-update/689420 "2014-05-28T19:19:08Z")
I had a huge battery drain problem after my phone updated to Kitkat, all Android System (70% or more!) usage with the CPU, not the battery, getting hot. Tried everything suggested in Android forums to no avail, and final… --- ## [Theory: we crave threats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theory-we-crave-threats/689447)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2014, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theory-we-crave-threats/689447 "2014-05-28T12:44:48Z")
In the year 2000 when I was first becoming manic, put myself into more and more risky situations… You see I read some books by Ken Keyes that talk about being happy all the time. You can see a scan of a page from one o… --- ## [Glass-bottomed airplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-bottomed-airplane/689187)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2014, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-bottomed-airplane/689187 "2014-05-28T08:35:16Z")
No, really. Branson’s Virgin airline just launched it. --- ## [Help! My wife is allergic to mosquito bites.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-wife-is-allergic-to-mosquito-bites/689388)
**Author:** [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2014, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-wife-is-allergic-to-mosquito-bites/689388 "2014-05-28T06:24:17Z")
My wife and I are in Kauai for family business, and we’ve found out the hard way that she’s allergic to mosquito bites. Instead of “normal” mosquito bites – ~1cm in diameter and itchy – hers are up to 4 inches in diamet… --- ## [Have you ever driven a taxi? How would you have handled this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-driven-a-taxi-how-would-you-have-handled-this/689223)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-driven-a-taxi-how-would-you-have-handled-this/689223 "2014-05-28T02:04:48Z")
I was surprised by the following news item about a taxi driver. Judging from the cabbie’s broken English, he probably didn’t have much experience dealing with American customers. But still, what could or should he ha… --- ## [Movie to be based off MH370 disappearance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-to-be-based-off-mh370-disappearance/689280)
**Author:** [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-to-be-based-off-mh370-disappearance/689280 "2014-05-28T01:29:07Z")
Well, it’s finally happened: movie makers plan to make a thriller based on the MH370. Apparently it relates to an “investigative report by a journalist which was rejected by the media so it is definitely controversial.” … --- ## [Pope Francis endorses an independent Palestine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-francis-endorses-an-independent-palestine/689256)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-francis-endorses-an-independent-palestine/689256 "2014-05-28T00:32:34Z")
While visiting Israel. Story here. OK, but, what’s the point? The people involved might be religious, but they are not Catholic or even Christian; why would they listen to the Pope? --- ## [Gun safety irony of the day.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-safety-irony-of-the-day/689406)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-safety-irony-of-the-day/689406 "2014-05-27T23:08:08Z")
Look at the picture heading this article. Appears to be a picture of an idiot at a gun show. Now look a little more closely. See it? It’s actually a combination of two things. First, dipshit has his finger on the tr… --- ## ["Obamacare" question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamacare-question/689211)
**Author:** [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamacare-question/689211 "2014-05-27T22:36:19Z")
My friend is claiming his insurance rate doubled following the implementation of “Obamacare.” He said “My insurance premiums almost double last year, it’s seems to be only the working people participating while the non … --- ## [I've been trying to get a career for ten years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-trying-to-get-a-career-for-ten-years/689131)
**Author:** [@Lemmytheseal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemmytheseal2)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-trying-to-get-a-career-for-ten-years/689131 "2014-05-27T19:24:22Z")
When is this going to stop? I got an MA in August of 2011. Unlike my nightmarish undergraduate years (2000-2004), I got a few internships under my belt, and I thought I made a lot of friends/contacts who could help me, … --- ## [When did Memorial Day become a fireworks holiday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-memorial-day-become-a-fireworks-holiday/689261)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-memorial-day-become-a-fireworks-holiday/689261 "2014-05-27T18:46:22Z")
There’s all kinds of heavy duty fireworks being set off in the neighborhood. I don’t recall this from past MDs. Give a vet PTSD? My elderly, sick dog is a wreck! Thanks assholes! --- ## [Ebay security breach - they are requesting that all users change their passwords ASAP.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-security-breach-they-are-requesting-that-all-users-change-their-passwords-asap/688929)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-security-breach-they-are-requesting-that-all-users-change-their-passwords-asap/688929 "2014-05-27T18:19:31Z")
Shit. I actually have an ebay account. Oh, well. --- ## [College Dorm designed for Single Mothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-dorm-designed-for-single-mothers/689389)
**Author:** [@LonghornDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonghornDave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-dorm-designed-for-single-mothers/689389 "2014-05-27T17:58:47Z")
I thought this was a cool story. $10 million dorm at College of St. Mary benefits single mothers Seems like a good idea. --- ## [Ever break-up then get married or similar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-break-up-then-get-married-or-similar/688894)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-break-up-then-get-married-or-similar/688894 "2014-05-27T17:31:32Z")
I broke up with my wife when we were dating. Then about a day or two later I tried to get back together with her. Thanks to one of her friends and my dad (I heard about it later) she gave me another chance. I also got a … --- ## [You're "lovely"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-lovely/689072)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-lovely/689072 "2014-05-27T17:29:42Z")
I was trying to think of some words that don’t involve saying that someone is objectively hot - e.g. “lovely”, “adorable” Though this could be used for people who aren’t particularly attractive, it could also be used on… --- ## [Ever had a partner that says they're ugly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-partner-that-says-theyre-ugly/688997)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-partner-that-says-theyre-ugly/688997 "2014-05-27T17:28:57Z")
Tonight my wife was saying how good looking I am and I said she’s “cute”. She said she’s ugly and fugly ("f\*\*\*ing ugly). Again I said she’s cute. One of her friends used to be a model but is now somewhat overweight and a… --- ## [Animal sanctuary reunites lonely goat with his missing best friend.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-sanctuary-reunites-lonely-goat-with-his-missing-best-friend/689273)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-sanctuary-reunites-lonely-goat-with-his-missing-best-friend/689273 "2014-05-27T15:50:19Z")
I enjoyed this video a lot. The transformation in this depressed goat is quite remarkable. The animal sanctuary said he had refused to eat or go outside for six days. He was energetic and eating within minutes of reuniti… --- ## [Time for another "Who's your Doper crush?" thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-whos-your-doper-crush-thread/686910)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-whos-your-doper-crush-thread/686910 "2014-05-27T15:30:44Z")
We’ve done this before, and it’s high time we do it again. Now then. I’m married, so this is purely a hypothetical exercise. That being said, I have two Doper crushes: ZipperJJ: she’s smart, funny, kind, and mouthy. An… --- ## [You are the only one alive on earth. What do you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-the-only-one-alive-on-earth-what-do-you-do/688840)
**Author:** [@Earth001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earth001)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-the-only-one-alive-on-earth-what-do-you-do/688840 "2014-05-27T15:22:29Z")
You wake up one morning to your bed. You noticed that everything is gone. No people and everything that is man made is gone except for your bed and the best set of clothes to protect you. What do you do? --- ## [50% chance of a extinction - level event in 2041?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-chance-of-a-extinction-level-event-in-2041/689313)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-chance-of-a-extinction-level-event-in-2041/689313 "2014-05-27T15:09:55Z")
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1137095 Wow! I’ll be 81 - good chance I’ll still be around to watch the End of Civilization as We Know It. --- ## [What the hell is BING up to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-bing-up-to/688956)
**Author:** [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-bing-up-to/688956 "2014-05-27T13:12:24Z")
I just saw a Bing car, are they making their own version on Google Maps? It just spent 20 minutes circling my cul-de-sac. Barring that, is someone searching for me on Bing? :smiley: --- ## [Oral sex - yes/no](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-sex-yes-no/689356)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-sex-yes-no/689356 "2014-05-27T11:40:36Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7696990#post7696990 About the discussion of sex on these forums: “The medical approach is OK, the Penthouse approach is not.” So I’ll use the medical terms - fellat… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=844) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=846)