# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=858 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 859 --- ## [Sure your puppy is cute...but lookie mine!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-your-puppy-is-cute-but-lookie-mine/685506)
**Author:** [@Boogly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boogly)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-your-puppy-is-cute-but-lookie-mine/685506 "2014-04-21T01:11:44Z")
http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u483/Boogliest/CAM00053\_zpsf15bac52.jpg http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u483/Boogliest/CAM00055\_zps43b103c2.jpg So the kids and their Mom decided we needed a mutt. We’ve been ha… --- ## [If goods manufactured in China/ Rest of Asia are cheap because of the labour and inferior quality...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-goods-manufactured-in-china-rest-of-asia-are-cheap-because-of-the-labour-and-inferior-quality/686480)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-goods-manufactured-in-china-rest-of-asia-are-cheap-because-of-the-labour-and-inferior-quality/686480 "2014-04-20T23:00:26Z")
Does that mean that the jokes is on the Western consumer for paying $500 for iPads and computers which become obsolete and break down in 5-10 years? It seems today planned obsolescence is the driver of profit. Companies… --- ## [My dad died today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died-today/686056)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died-today/686056 "2014-04-20T21:48:02Z")
Heading down the hill on his tractor, I was behind him in case anything fell off. He started gaining speed, lost control and rolled down the side of a hill. The tractor rolled on him, and he was killed instantly. I’m in… --- ## [People You Would Rather Have in Your Social Circle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-would-rather-have-in-your-social-circle/686560)
**Author:** [@longPath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longPath)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-would-rather-have-in-your-social-circle/686560 "2014-04-20T21:03:26Z")
We have known this guy since he was a wee lad. His Mom and Dad, considerably longer. http://www.rcmp.gc.ca/eng/wanted-by-the-rcmp/wanted-steven-douglas-skinner Our son is in the palliative stages cancer. I think we are… --- ## [Not everyone wants to "celebrate" Thanksgiving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-everyone-wants-to-celebrate-thanksgiving/674930)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-everyone-wants-to-celebrate-thanksgiving/674930 "2014-04-20T17:09:17Z")
I got roped into another boring dinner with my parents tomorrow, and I really don’t want to go. The only reason I will is because I’ll get to see my nieces. I’ll probably just eat and leave. I live 50 miles away, so I… --- ## [Gainesville Dopers... Hang out with Spice Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gainesville-dopers-hang-out-with-spice-weasel/686459)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gainesville-dopers-hang-out-with-spice-weasel/686459 "2014-04-20T17:05:25Z")
Hey! I know it’s been for freaking ever since I’ve popped in. I’ve got a big-girl job now. It’s pretty crazy. Sr. Weasel and I are moving to Gainesville in early June. So we’re flying down to go apartment hunting / mee… --- ## [Something still haunts me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-still-haunts-me/686345)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-still-haunts-me/686345 "2014-04-20T16:39:00Z")
About 2005 I was hiking in a very remote desert area about 150 miles north of Las Vegas. I found a wallet that was empty except for an Id tag from work. The gentleman was a medical tec of some kind from Chicago. The tag … --- ## [alcoholics anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcoholics-anonymous/686501)
**Author:** [@kenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenzo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcoholics-anonymous/686501 "2014-04-20T00:23:50Z")
Hi I’m a member off AA in Glasgow Scotland is there anymore AAs out there, cheers godbless x --- ## [How to change a flat tire: feat. Lance Armstrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-change-a-flat-tire-feat-lance-armstrong/686346)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-change-a-flat-tire-feat-lance-armstrong/686346 "2014-04-19T21:35:06Z")
How the mighty have fallen. Most amusing part is that he forgot what the valve stem is called. :slight\_smile: --- ## [People with an Aversion to Changing Toilet Paper Roll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-an-aversion-to-changing-toilet-paper-roll/686091)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-an-aversion-to-changing-toilet-paper-roll/686091 "2014-04-19T14:39:15Z")
When growing up, I noticed that my sister would never actually change the toilet paper roll. She would leave the old cardboard roll there and put a new roll on top of it. I questioned her on it numerous times, but she … --- ## [Man kills infant son so he can play video games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-kills-infant-son-so-he-can-play-video-games/686441)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-kills-infant-son-so-he-can-play-video-games/686441 "2014-04-19T03:57:26Z")
Link I hope he enjoyed his video game and the episodes of Fringe he watched. Because I doubt they have X-Box and cable TV in prison, so they’ll have to last him the next 15 years. --- ## [What's the most Extreme Thing you've ever done?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-extreme-thing-youve-ever-done/528615)
**Author:** [@Remarkable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Remarkable)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-extreme-thing-youve-ever-done/528615 "2014-04-19T02:51:10Z")
Skydiving or Bungee Jumping? The bulls in Pamplona? Been hunted as sport?? A 3 day DVD-athon??? … even putting that extra shot of brandy into the Christmas cake is good if thats you living it up. :smiley: --- ## [The Derby Square Bookstore has closed!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-derby-square-bookstore-has-closed/686434)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2014, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-derby-square-bookstore-has-closed/686434 "2014-04-19T02:27:59Z")
…in Salem, MA. It was the last remaining bookstore in Salem, which once had so many used and new bookstores. The Cornerstone closed a couple of years ago (right after Halloween, appropriately), and the Derby was the last… --- ## [I've got wood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-wood/680691)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-wood/680691 "2014-04-19T01:03:43Z")
After a decade living in the PNW, I finally have an actual cord of wood. I’ve had some trees cut down before they fell down, and they provided enough wood for a couple of Winters. Having burned the last of the maple tr… --- ## [Spring Rituals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-rituals/686360)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-rituals/686360 "2014-04-19T00:57:25Z")
What rituals do you have each Spring? A trip, visit, dinner, celebration that has to be done every year to signify the end of Winter. For me, it’s the annual ski trip to Tuckerman Ravine. It’s a lot of work, crowded, po… --- ## [Annoying Writing Style or Far Sighted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-writing-style-or-far-sighted/686382)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2014, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-writing-style-or-far-sighted/686382 "2014-04-18T23:55:03Z")
There is a thread in the MPSIMS forum in which there seems to be some controversy about starting each sentence with a lower case word. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17299760#post17299760 I didn’t… --- ## [Woman throws shoe at Hillary Clinton in Las Vegas; exposes Operation Cynthia (1967, Bolivia)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-shoe-at-hillary-clinton-in-las-vegas-exposes-operation-cynthia-1967-bolivia/685829)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-shoe-at-hillary-clinton-in-las-vegas-exposes-operation-cynthia-1967-bolivia/685829 "2014-04-18T20:43:24Z")
\[What’s the frequency, Kenneth? \](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_HILLARY\_CLINTON\_VEGAS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-04-10-18-37-56) Fut the whack? --- ## [Amanda Todd - heartbreaking story of cyberbullying - what options?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-todd-heartbreaking-story-of-cyberbullying-what-options/637655)
**Author:** [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2014, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-todd-heartbreaking-story-of-cyberbullying-what-options/637655 "2014-04-18T18:31:31Z")
In case some of you haven’t heard this story, this was a teen from British Columbia that killed herself after years of being bullied and making a heartbreaking anti-bullying video and posting on YouTube. Video here: Ama… --- ## [Stabbing rampages in Calgary and Regina](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stabbing-rampages-in-calgary-and-regina/686254)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stabbing-rampages-in-calgary-and-regina/686254 "2014-04-18T17:29:15Z")
Two nights ago, five people were stabbed to death at a party in Calgary to celebrate the end of the university term: The five students killed in Calgary’s worst murder have been identified Then, at supper hour yesterda… --- ## [Earth-sized planet in habitable zone discovered!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-sized-planet-in-habitable-zone-discovered/686407)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-sized-planet-in-habitable-zone-discovered/686407 "2014-04-18T13:38:45Z")
Kepler keeps on delivering: we’ve just discovered the first Earth-sized planet within its sun’s habitable zone. That alone might not mean much, of course: it’s not clear whether it has an atmosphere at all, and if it doe… --- ## [Baby mouse- need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-mouse-need-answer-fast/685896)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2014, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-mouse-need-answer-fast/685896 "2014-04-18T09:54:56Z")
Okay, so my mom found a little mouse stumbling around in the crawl space when she was looking for some last-minute Passover stuff. It’s young- has fur, but the eyes are still closed and the ears are nearly flat against t… --- ## [Did your driving examiner try to trick you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-driving-examiner-try-to-trick-you/686225)
**Author:** [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2014, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-driving-examiner-try-to-trick-you/686225 "2014-04-18T04:33:48Z")
I was thinking about this earlier today. I’m talking about the actual driving portion with the instructor with you, not the written nor a simulator. It’s been many years/decades for me and I remember that the only thing… --- ## [What does it take for things to exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-take-for-things-to-exist/686380)
**Author:** [@androidbeepboop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/androidbeepboop)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2014, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-take-for-things-to-exist/686380 "2014-04-18T01:23:56Z")
I made this video on the fundamental basis of reality. Starting with the observation that physical bits of matter are no more than configurations of information (the argument for this is in part I, I’m linking to part II… --- ## [Baby Squirrel Wants to be Friends (video)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-squirrel-wants-to-be-friends-video/686294)
**Author:** [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-squirrel-wants-to-be-friends-video/686294 "2014-04-17T22:28:20Z")
My husband and I were working in the yard today when a little squirrel came out from under the bush I was trimming. He was too small to be on his own, but there was no sign of a mama squirrel nearby. I picked him up to m… --- ## [BMW = Break My Windows, or eine kleine schadenfreude](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bmw-break-my-windows-or-eine-kleine-schadenfreude/685903)
**Author:** [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bmw-break-my-windows-or-eine-kleine-schadenfreude/685903 "2014-04-17T21:30:24Z")
This is what happens when you park your car in front of a fire hydrant and a fire breaks out. Some stories are suggesting that the car, a BMW 3-series coupe, was only a few days old when this happened in Boston on Wedne… --- ## [One house, one computer, three broadband accounts!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-house-one-computer-three-broadband-accounts/686350)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-house-one-computer-three-broadband-accounts/686350 "2014-04-17T21:00:33Z")
I know of a real life situation I just can’t believe. One house populated by extended family, one computer they all use in a common area. Because they do not want to share or be beholden to each other they have signed… --- ## [What to do? My daughter saw her Easter Bunny presents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-my-daughter-saw-her-easter-bunny-presents/686253)
**Author:** [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-my-daughter-saw-her-easter-bunny-presents/686253 "2014-04-17T19:43:25Z")
My baby girl is now nine years old, but she’s still a big believer in the Easter Bunny. She has autism, not sure if that’s related but she’s just a little bit developmentally delayed and I know she really still believes. … --- ## [A little bragging is OK?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-bragging-is-ok/686344)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-bragging-is-ok/686344 "2014-04-17T18:17:03Z")
I noticed my jeans felt a little loose. I went in the bathroom and out of curioisity tugged at the belt loops and watched in amazement as the jeans slid down right over my hips…without undoing anything. Two years ago th… --- ## [What's the farthest you've traveled without stopping?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-farthest-youve-traveled-without-stopping/686250)
**Author:** [@Richard\_North](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_North)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-farthest-youve-traveled-without-stopping/686250 "2014-04-17T17:44:56Z")
I recently traveled 15 hours without eating or sleeping. I only stopped to pee and stretch my legs. BAM!!! I bet your man can’t do it like that! How about you? How long have you traveled without stopping? --- ## [Goodbye Jeanne](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-jeanne/686235)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-jeanne/686235 "2014-04-17T17:33:37Z")
A family friend passed away this weekend while I was on my honeymoon. Her name was Jeanne. She was the most knowledgable person I have ever met. That is saying something considering that in the group we were a part of ju… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=857) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=859)