# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=847 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 848 --- ## [Russia and China are getting pretty friendly. How concerned should we be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-and-china-are-getting-pretty-friendly-how-concerned-should-we-be/689003)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2014, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-and-china-are-getting-pretty-friendly-how-concerned-should-we-be/689003 "2014-05-23T11:17:35Z")
There’s been a bit of talk today about Russia and China making a big gas deal. Is this as worrisome to others as it is to me? I see both of these countries behaving pretty aggressively lately and find myself concerned. … --- ## [My boyfriend doesn't dig me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-doesnt-dig-me/688237)
**Author:** [@huitzilopochtli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/huitzilopochtli)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-doesnt-dig-me/688237 "2014-05-22T23:54:38Z")
My boyfriend and I have been together for 3 years. We had sex lots like you do when we first got together. But lately we don’t. At all. The last time was January. He would be happy if we never did it again it seems. I’ve… --- ## [Help me fix my touch pad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-fix-my-touch-pad/689002)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-fix-my-touch-pad/689002 "2014-05-22T23:22:21Z")
This morning, just for the fun of it, evidently, my Toshiba Satellite touch pad decided that it didn’t really have to show the cursor moving as I moved my fingers around the touch pad. Oddly enough, I am able to move the… --- ## [First time you were on a boat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-you-were-on-a-boat/688774)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-you-were-on-a-boat/688774 "2014-05-22T19:07:54Z")
This weekend I took a ferry across the Puget Sound (Kingston-Edmunds, for northwesterners) and back to see friends. I’m 38, and amazingly enough this is the first time I’ve ever been on a boat. I just don’t travel much… --- ## [You were a good dog, Baby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-a-good-dog-baby/688934)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-a-good-dog-baby/688934 "2014-05-22T17:20:30Z")
Our 6 year old lab mix died last night. I’m going to tell the story here because I think it will help me make sense of it. Be forewarned that it will be long and there will likely be some graphic content. Baby was an … --- ## [Bee careful driving in Delaware](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bee-careful-driving-in-delaware/689000)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bee-careful-driving-in-delaware/689000 "2014-05-22T16:49:12Z")
A tractor-trailer carrying 460 hives & 20,000,000 honey bees crashed. Story here & here I’m impressed they even have a Honey Bee Swarm Removal Plan! What other horror movies have they planned for? --- ## [Anonymous User is now R3d Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anonymous-user-is-now-r3d-anonymous/688926)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anonymous-user-is-now-r3d-anonymous/688926 "2014-05-22T16:07:46Z")
You will now address me as such. --- ## [First Diesel-powered Cirrus takes flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-diesel-powered-cirrus-takes-flight/688600)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-diesel-powered-cirrus-takes-flight/688600 "2014-05-22T15:33:48Z")
Link I know Cessna has a Diesel-powered 182 Skylane for a bit over half a million simoleons. I didn’t catch how much the Cirrus was. In any case, 350 horses is a pretty big engine. There needs to be something smalle… --- ## [Stolen car recovered!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-car-recovered/688972)
**Author:** [@huitzilopochtli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/huitzilopochtli)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-car-recovered/688972 "2014-05-22T11:47:15Z")
Although I would appreciate any advice, anecdotal or otherwise, I should probably just present this as a tale of what not to do. I should also add that I am well aware now of how stupid this story makes me appear and tha… --- ## [Ask the Pakistani Lawyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pakistani-lawyer/532339)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pakistani-lawyer/532339 "2014-05-22T06:37:43Z")
I am as many people would know, a lawyer and am practicing for nearly three years now in Pakistan (Islamabad). I am was also called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn and my underg… --- ## [Drama Button - for when you need that dramatic clash of horns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drama-button-for-when-you-need-that-dramatic-clash-of-horns/688779)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drama-button-for-when-you-need-that-dramatic-clash-of-horns/688779 "2014-05-22T04:44:08Z")
We’ve used it several times tonight. "You thought you were done with your homework… but are you?" "Dewey just seems like an ordinary dog… but is he?" "I just checked in the fridge… and we’re out of milk!" --- ## [It's my first day of law school!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-first-day-of-law-school/549747)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-first-day-of-law-school/549747 "2014-05-22T04:16:42Z")
Actually, it’s my first day of law school orientation, which for some reason is five days long. Still, it’s my first “first day of school” since 1999. I don’t remember there being required reading or assignments due last… --- ## [Random Thoughts from A Skinny Person Observing Dieters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-thoughts-from-a-skinny-person-observing-dieters/688606)
**Author:** [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-thoughts-from-a-skinny-person-observing-dieters/688606 "2014-05-22T01:24:48Z")
It’s insane! I’m naturally skinny, and always have been. When I want something, I eat it. Literally the only things that stop me from eating something are a. cost b. fullness At nearly every meal I stuff myself. Last… --- ## [Reminder when Memorial Day is this year ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminder-when-memorial-day-is-this-year/686882)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminder-when-memorial-day-is-this-year/686882 "2014-05-21T23:40:16Z")
Memorial Day 2014 is on May 26 this year … So what and where are you going to enjoy Memorial Day this year? Decoration Day or Memorial Day is a federal public holiday in the United States. Decoration Day is usually obs… --- ## [Elizabeth Marie-Gabrielle Watson née Young:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-marie-gabrielle-watson-nee-young/688966)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-marie-gabrielle-watson-nee-young/688966 "2014-05-21T22:03:20Z")
Elizabeth Marie-Gabrielle Watson née Young: Happy Birthday to you, wherever you are. (tomorrow) Love always, Pamela --- ## [10 Things 'Real Pilots' Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-real-pilots-do/688684)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-real-pilots-do/688684 "2014-05-21T21:05:20Z")
10 things “real pilots” do Heck, I’d be ecstatic if I ‘only’ had a Cessna 172! (Of course a Schweizer 300 would be more fun, if much less practical. :wink: ) --- ## [Weird Wisconsin DNR Science](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wisconsin-dnr-science/688901)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wisconsin-dnr-science/688901 "2014-05-21T19:13:00Z")
From THIS story, is it just me or does David Horzewski look (and act) a little too much like Chet from 'Weird Science"? --- ## [help me sleep tonight...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-sleep-tonight/688896)
**Author:** [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-sleep-tonight/688896 "2014-05-21T16:41:59Z")
Earlier today, a friend and I were having a discussion about a mutual acquaintance and my friend made a comments about him saying, “He’s just immature.” Well, ever since then I’ve been hearing what I’m pretty sure is a … --- ## [World's Oldest Sperm Discovered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-oldest-sperm-discovered/688488)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-oldest-sperm-discovered/688488 "2014-05-21T15:08:51Z")
And it’s BIG. In Australia, where every thing is bigger. Shrimp sperm became perfectly preserved 17 million years ago. The shrimp, called ostracods, were only one millimeter long, but their sperm stretches an impressive… --- ## [Dog-bit lawsuit: How big is an undecillion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bit-lawsuit-how-big-is-an-undecillion/688866)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bit-lawsuit-how-big-is-an-undecillion/688866 "2014-05-21T13:54:08Z")
In the spirit of pointing out links to bizarre news stories, there’s this: The Dog Who Might Bankrupt the World Homeless dude, with hobby of outrageous and frivolous lawsuits, is bitten by dog he claims is rabid, gets … --- ## [114 Year-old cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/114-year-old-cat/688918)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/114-year-old-cat/688918 "2014-05-21T13:25:20Z")
In people years. Here. --- ## [Kim Jong-Un's Executed Girlfriend Is Back From the Dead!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-uns-executed-girlfriend-is-back-from-the-dead/688681)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-uns-executed-girlfriend-is-back-from-the-dead/688681 "2014-05-21T13:00:19Z")
“A North Korean singer said to be Kim Jong-Un’s ex-girlfriend and reported to have been executed by firing squad last year has appeared on state television, apparently alive and well.” Most of us read about the executi… --- ## [Purpose of this dogs response to sleeping?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purpose-of-this-dogs-response-to-sleeping/688831)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purpose-of-this-dogs-response-to-sleeping/688831 "2014-05-21T12:44:57Z")
My girlfriend and I have a 6 year old chihuahua. When either one of us returns home he goes absolutely berserk in his welcome home ritual wanting lick our faces, barking etc. If one of us happens to be sleeping he has th… --- ## [Time travel joke I heard that reminded me of the Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-joke-i-heard-that-reminded-me-of-the-dope/688767)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-joke-i-heard-that-reminded-me-of-the-dope/688767 "2014-05-21T11:59:53Z")
Time travel is one of those topics that frequently pops up here on the dope, especially in GQ and IMHO ranging from possibility of said technology to if you could send a piece of technology back in time what would you se… --- ## [SSM in Oregon: Next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssm-in-oregon-next/688723)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssm-in-oregon-next/688723 "2014-05-21T03:46:45Z")
Oregon may be the next state to legalize same-sex marriage. It may have already happened, by the time you read this. I’m wondering what took them so long. --- ## [Inspired by Google...Am I the only one whose first thought was to take a Rubik's Cube apart?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspired-by-google-am-i-the-only-one-whose-first-thought-was-to-take-a-rubiks-cube-apart/688713)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspired-by-google-am-i-the-only-one-whose-first-thought-was-to-take-a-rubiks-cube-apart/688713 "2014-05-21T03:33:27Z")
I played with it for about 2 minutes, realized that I’d never figure it out, so busted it up and put it back together. I’m sure I’m not the only one, so fess up :slight\_smile: --- ## [Pimp My Scooter!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pimp-my-scooter/688841)
**Author:** [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pimp-my-scooter/688841 "2014-05-21T03:30:55Z")
So, yet another sign that life is in no way too short – enough parts of my body have worn out to the point where I now need a mobility scooter to get between buildings at work. Now granted, these buildings are about 150… --- ## [I just realized I take notes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-i-take-notes/688879)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-i-take-notes/688879 "2014-05-21T02:51:34Z")
while reading the Dope. This is why I LOVE this place! --- ## [Nigerian Hunters Want to Find abducted SchoolgirlsGirls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nigerian-hunters-want-to-find-abducted-schoolgirlsgirls/688758)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nigerian-hunters-want-to-find-abducted-schoolgirlsgirls/688758 "2014-05-21T01:20:02Z")
Interesting idea. No one knows the bush areas of Nigeria like the aboriginal hunters. Their tracking and stalking skills could be very helpful. They’d have more chance of getting the locals to tell them about strangers i… --- ## [Most Expensive High School Football Stadium--A Piece of Junk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-high-school-football-stadium-a-piece-of-junk/685279)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-high-school-football-stadium-a-piece-of-junk/685279 "2014-05-20T20:43:31Z")
Cracks in the most expensive high school football stadium in America (in Allen, Texas–$60 million dollars) could lead to its demolition after only two years. http://www.designntrend.com/articles/11668/20140314/a-60-mill… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=846) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=848)