# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=85 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 86 --- ## [New largest prime number](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-largest-prime-number/1009144)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-largest-prime-number/1009144 "2024-10-25T02:06:45Z")
Ran across this on youtube - a new largest known prime number was recently found: 2^{136,279,841} -1 Last big number was in 2018 – long gap. Brian “Math doesn’t take a holiday” --- ## [My daughter is the last in a very long lineage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-the-last-in-a-very-long-lineage/1008790)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-the-last-in-a-very-long-lineage/1008790 "2024-10-25T02:05:50Z")
It occurred to me that ever since the LUCA , at every step along the way my ancestors have been good… or lucky. Billions of years ago, my microscopic ancestors made it past all of the dangers and evolved into higher for… --- ## [Why, 'Good Idea Fairy', must you choose to visit me at 2:30AM?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-good-idea-fairy-must-you-choose-to-visit-me-at-2-30am/1008989)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-good-idea-fairy-must-you-choose-to-visit-me-at-2-30am/1008989 "2024-10-25T01:22:52Z")
Dear Good Idea Fairy, I wildly appreciate you and your service. You are my muse. You help me think ‘outside of the box’, like a cigar smokin’, pink-tutu wearin’, M60 totin’ Arnold Schwarzenegger with wings, that break… --- ## [Resources for helping elderly relatives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resources-for-helping-elderly-relatives/1009157)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resources-for-helping-elderly-relatives/1009157 "2024-10-25T00:44:41Z")
My spouse’s mother is in her late 80s. His father died a few years ago, leaving her living alone in their home, which is about an hour and a half from where we live. She has an extensive family (three of my spouse’s olde… --- ## [Counties with interesting names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counties-with-interesting-names/1009066)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counties-with-interesting-names/1009066 "2024-10-24T16:36:36Z")
Election years remind me of the picturesque names some US counties have Bucks County in Pennsylvania, carries a catchet for rusticity Yell County Arkansas, a primal frontier named with a primal scream (although named a… --- ## [How tasty is cocaine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tasty-is-cocaine/980984)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tasty-is-cocaine/980984 "2024-10-24T14:12:29Z")
Never having been around the stuff I don’t know. I read the real story of the cocaine bear, and it said the bear’s stomach was packed with coke. I guess I imagine the stuff as being bitter, or at least something someone … --- ## [When does a new day begin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-a-new-day-begin/1009140)
**Author:** [@Chumba\_Wumba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chumba_Wumba)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-a-new-day-begin/1009140 "2024-10-24T13:46:09Z")
The title is the post. Did anybody anticipate the Great Depression? Sure, in retrospect it seems obvious, but hindsight is always 20/20. Weren’t there any economists, businessmen or anybody at all who saw what was coming… --- ## [Glad to have my PC back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glad-to-have-my-pc-back/1009127)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glad-to-have-my-pc-back/1009127 "2024-10-24T03:42:32Z")
My desktop was in the shop yesterday, which reminded me of how clumsy and inconvenient viewing the SDMB is on my Android. Increasingly slow and erratic behavior on the computer’s part was getting to be unendurable. I fin… --- ## [Bad parenting moments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-parenting-moments/1009005)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2024, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-parenting-moments/1009005 "2024-10-23T12:41:16Z")
Back in the day when drive-ins were still a thing, our local was offering a double feature with Milo and Otis being the first movie off the rank. Bundled the four little kids into the station wagon with blankets, pillow… --- ## [Attention Kmart shoppers: The last full-size Kmart in the mainland United States is closing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-kmart-shoppers-the-last-full-size-kmart-in-the-mainland-united-states-is-closing/1007644)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-kmart-shoppers-the-last-full-size-kmart-in-the-mainland-united-states-is-closing/1007644 "2024-10-23T03:20:38Z")
i know a certain departed doper is somewhere rejoicing over this but I find this a bit sad …although I remember the last few years of our poor kmart … --- ## [Does anyone remember elementary school movie projects with built-in screens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-elementary-school-movie-projects-with-built-in-screens/1009003)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2024, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-elementary-school-movie-projects-with-built-in-screens/1009003 "2024-10-23T01:49:19Z")
Today I was thinking of 1970s AV equipment. We certainly had free-standing film projectors that projected to screens in front of the room (to screens that pulled down, or mobile screens), but I’m recalling something a b… --- ## [Hamas attacks Israel, October 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-attacks-israel-october-2023/991234)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 569\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-attacks-israel-october-2023/991234 "2024-10-22T13:01:46Z")
Hamas claims to have captured some soldiers. From the article: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “we are at war, and we will win it” as the country’s air force began striking Hamas targets in Gaza on Sat… --- ## [Trying to frame a problem ( springs)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-frame-a-problem-springs/1009023)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2024, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-frame-a-problem-springs/1009023 "2024-10-21T23:17:33Z")
Suppose I have a coiled spring. The spring is 3 ft long with 2 coils per ft, total of 6 coils. When I compress the spring the coil has a slight amount of twist say about 45 degrees at the top coil. If I made that same sp… --- ## [Doing Cologuard again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doing-cologuard-again/1003833)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doing-cologuard-again/1003833 "2024-10-21T19:57:56Z")
I did this test once back in, oh, early 2021 I think. My doc says that due to my age and my redundant bowel, it’s time to do it again. It seems a bit early to me, but whatever. So as soon as the caffeine kicks in and … --- ## [When Safety Measures Kill You (5 Dead in Helicopter Crash in New York City)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-safety-measures-kill-you-5-dead-in-helicopter-crash-in-new-york-city/810462)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-safety-measures-kill-you-5-dead-in-helicopter-crash-in-new-york-city/810462 "2024-10-21T18:42:18Z")
Unlike the passengers the pilot wasn’t strapped in with this type harness and was able to escape. So inventive Dopers what is the solution? You have a design for a quick release harness which won’t be unlatched accid… --- ## [Reading up on the Punic Wars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-up-on-the-punic-wars/1009008)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-up-on-the-punic-wars/1009008 "2024-10-21T16:20:48Z")
At one point Hannibal is expecting to be joined by his brother’s army. But on his way, he gets slaughtered. Hannibal realizes his dream of conquest is over when a Roman horseman rides into his camp and throws down the br… --- ## [(Old) Today in History - a pivotal moment in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-today-in-history-a-pivotal-moment-in-the-mmp/1008758)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 334\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2024, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-today-in-history-a-pivotal-moment-in-the-mmp/1008758 "2024-10-21T08:15:57Z")
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 43c/6f with a predicted high of 11c/51f and cloudy. Weather app says “It’s fucking dreich out. Please pronounce “dreich” like you’re spitting at the fucking sky.” Yes, it’s cloudy out… --- ## [SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg SFB tonight — so cool!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacex-falcon-9-launch-from-vandenberg-sfb-tonight-so-cool/1008988)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2024, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacex-falcon-9-launch-from-vandenberg-sfb-tonight-so-cool/1008988 "2024-10-21T07:11:49Z")
I’m in Santa Barbara CA for the weekend and tonight at 2213 hours (about ½ hour ago) there was a launch from Vandenberg SFB which is about 53 miles WNW from me. I did not see the launch but did see the booster return in … --- ## [Assistant Director of Corrections and Alabama Inmate disappear on way to Court \[update: They have been captured\] {2022-05-02}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assistant-director-of-corrections-and-alabama-inmate-disappear-on-way-to-court-update-they-have-been-captured-2022-05-02/963830)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assistant-director-of-corrections-and-alabama-inmate-disappear-on-way-to-court-update-they-have-been-captured-2022-05-02/963830 "2024-10-20T21:32:04Z")
What an interesting story. Assistant Director of Corrections Vicki White worked for Lauderdale County for 17 years. The Sheriff is quite complimentary in the first article. The next day the Sheriff announces a warrant h… --- ## [Odd gravesite--The Afterglow Vista LINK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-gravesite-the-afterglow-vista-link/1008996)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-gravesite-the-afterglow-vista-link/1008996 "2024-10-20T20:27:36Z")
A damned strange burial site in the State Of Washingtom. Some old Robber Baron named McMillian is buried under a stone table, surrounded by benches, & inside a “ruined Greek temple”. LINK TO GOOGLE MAPS. My superficia… --- ## [The exploding pagers, new information](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exploding-pagers-new-information/1008882)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exploding-pagers-new-information/1008882 "2024-10-20T16:56:32Z")
The original thread on the exploding pagers is closed, but enough new details on their construction has come out to warrant an update. The battery pack for the pager contained a thin 6 gram sheet of PETN along with a st… --- ## [What's the most degenerate thing you've done within the last month?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-degenerate-thing-youve-done-within-the-last-month/1008551)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-degenerate-thing-youve-done-within-the-last-month/1008551 "2024-10-19T17:55:15Z")
Me? Not so much what I done, it is what I didn’t do! I didn’t do any laundry. I’ve been too busy gambling, partying, and playing video games! Any down time I had, I was too exhausted to do laundry. No, I didn’t wear a b… --- ## [There is something out there](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-something-out-there/1008889)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2024, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-something-out-there/1008889 "2024-10-19T11:27:16Z")
My Wife and I have two ~60 pound border collie mixes. I walk them during the week. My Wife does weekends. Both dogs healthy and energetic. We do live remote. When I walk the dogs, I always have them wait on the thresho… --- ## [Ask the Generic Person Anything](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-generic-person-anything/1008836)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2024, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-generic-person-anything/1008836 "2024-10-19T11:21:57Z")
Inspired by Czarcasm, who asked “I don’t think we have ever had a generic “Ask The Generic Person” thread, have we?”. As a generic person, feel free to ask me generic questions. I may chime in with a generic answer but p… --- ## [Possible good comet coming!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-good-comet-coming/1007410)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2024, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-good-comet-coming/1007410 "2024-10-19T06:59:13Z")
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS may become a naked-eye object soon. Best viewing is likely to be the 2nd week in October, when it will be an evening object, hopefully visible just after sunset, close to the sun: --- ## [Pouf! It's gone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pouf-its-gone/1008967)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2024, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pouf-its-gone/1008967 "2024-10-19T04:55:24Z")
Poof. Pouf? Whichever. I keep loosing them. You know those net things. Pretty colors. You get great suds. Most any soap. I have a new grapefruit scented body wash. So great smelling. Makes you drool…oh well, I digress. … --- ## [I am losing my mind with Citi Bank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-losing-my-mind-with-citi-bank/1008912)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-losing-my-mind-with-citi-bank/1008912 "2024-10-19T01:50:18Z")
If anyone has any ideas I’m all ears. The Citi Cards website has been down for two days. My bill will be due in a couple of days. I am leaving for Europe in a few hours, and I need to get this bill paid. I simply cann… --- ## [Why are most jobs 9-5 (Monday thru Friday) rather than other hours/days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-most-jobs-9-5-monday-thru-friday-rather-than-other-hours-days/1008641)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-most-jobs-9-5-monday-thru-friday-rather-than-other-hours-days/1008641 "2024-10-18T21:17:31Z")
Even though 2nd & 3rd shift hours, along with weekend availability, could work for most jobs, it’s rare to see offices and doctors/specialists open after 5 pm or during the weekends. IMO, I don’t see an issue if some bu… --- ## [China: Hey, Italy! You think your Tower of Pisa is so hot? Hold my Beer!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-hey-italy-you-think-your-tower-of-pisa-is-so-hot-hold-my-beer/1008635)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-hey-italy-you-think-your-tower-of-pisa-is-so-hot-hold-my-beer/1008635 "2024-10-18T20:31:29Z")
I just learned today about the Tiger Hill Pagoda, which is in Suzhou, China. It dates back to 961 CE. The Wikipedia article says it leans at a 3 degree angle, but it looks like it’s leaning a lot more in the pictures. … --- ## [Places you wish you had visited in your life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-you-wish-you-had-visited-in-your-life/1008830)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-you-wish-you-had-visited-in-your-life/1008830 "2024-10-18T12:17:57Z")
Or maybe even plan to visit before you kick the proverbial bucket. I’ve seen some cool things in my life: the pyramids/sphinx, Victoria Falls, Niagara Falls, The Matterhorn, the Serengeti, Eiffel Tower, Antelope Canyon t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=84) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=86)