# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=870 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 871 --- ## [Osteen church burgled for HOW MUCH??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osteen-church-burgled-for-how-much/683543)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2014, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osteen-church-burgled-for-how-much/683543 "2014-03-15T04:16:41Z")
About $600k. “Victimized”, the Washington Times headline says, though the ignorant saps that give money to this huckster are the true victims. Guess how long it takes that church to bring in $600k in donations…tax-free… --- ## [The Return of Assessment Test Sentence gems!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-assessment-test-sentence-gems/661145)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-assessment-test-sentence-gems/661145 "2014-03-15T02:37:45Z")
I haven’t posted any of the sentence gems from college placement exams since late 2011, so I thought it was high time to bring them back. (It’s nothing illegal–the students do not own the tests, never get them back, and… --- ## [Real life events that were really funny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-events-that-were-really-funny/683406)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-events-that-were-really-funny/683406 "2014-03-15T02:15:35Z")
My brother and I were shooting pool at a one pool table bar in Las Vegas, Nevada. Now, my brother was (now deceased) a pool aficionado. Played by the rules and didn’t allow any slop shots. A middle age couple came in … --- ## [What topic has never even been mentioned on SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-topic-has-never-even-been-mentioned-on-sdmb/601085)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-topic-has-never-even-been-mentioned-on-sdmb/601085 "2014-03-15T01:35:58Z")
To the best of your knowledge, that is. --- ## [Florida Social Studies teacher needs remedial lessons in how the society works](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-social-studies-teacher-needs-remedial-lessons-in-how-the-society-works/683629)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-social-studies-teacher-needs-remedial-lessons-in-how-the-society-works/683629 "2014-03-15T00:41:55Z")
FL teacher who routinely tweets ‘OBAMA IS A P\*SSY’ upset at exclusion from Obama event A Florida Social Studies teachers claims his right to free speech was violated when school officials barred him from attending an ap… --- ## [Anglo-Saxon Treasure Hoard Displayed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anglo-saxon-treasure-hoard-displayed/683571)
**Author:** [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anglo-saxon-treasure-hoard-displayed/683571 "2014-03-14T23:52:49Z")
An Anglo-Saxon treasure hoard discovered five years ago by an unemployed metal detector in Staffordshire is assembled and displayed. This is breathtakingly beautiful, and I love that it was found just off the A5, which w… --- ## [In case you were wondering why Putin is after Ukraine...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-you-were-wondering-why-putin-is-after-ukraine/683656)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-you-were-wondering-why-putin-is-after-ukraine/683656 "2014-03-14T23:45:59Z")
… and why US should be involved. http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/talking-numbers/this-oil-giant-could-get-crush-by-ukraine-200317976.html Ukraine sits on 39 trillion cubic feet of natural gas reserves. That’s about one-… --- ## [Doggy door doctor avoids jail time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doggy-door-doctor-avoids-jail-time/683580)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doggy-door-doctor-avoids-jail-time/683580 "2014-03-14T22:59:55Z")
Update on the Houston emergency doc who busted into her romantic rival’s house through the doggy door\* and sent her threatening text messages (as you’d expect, the best coverage comes from the Daily Mail and the N.Y. Dai… --- ## [Meeting in the Wild: Thanks to SDMB'er Capt Kirk!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meeting-in-the-wild-thanks-to-sdmber-capt-kirk/683697)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meeting-in-the-wild-thanks-to-sdmber-capt-kirk/683697 "2014-03-14T20:37:35Z")
I’ve only met a few Dopers IRL - consistently pleased by all. Last night was no exception when I connected with our own Capt Kirk. His day, er, night job is the sound man/overall organizer for performing acts - and he … --- ## [Obit with a Monty Python flair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obit-with-a-monty-python-flair/683635)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obit-with-a-monty-python-flair/683635 "2014-03-14T18:51:48Z")
He wrote it himself, I’ve read elsewhere: http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/walter-george-bruhl-jr-dupont-co-retiree/1139838 --- ## [New mom almost loses baby because of poppy seeds.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mom-almost-loses-baby-because-of-poppy-seeds/683599)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mom-almost-loses-baby-because-of-poppy-seeds/683599 "2014-03-14T17:41:22Z")
The hospital’s invasion of this woman’s privacy is appalling. Privacy is supposed to be protected under HIPAA laws. What seems the most disturbing is reporting the woman only based on an unauthorized urine test. They ig… --- ## [Wiseass paying in all pennies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiseass-paying-in-all-pennies/683658)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiseass-paying-in-all-pennies/683658 "2014-03-14T03:13:19Z")
Remember THIS? Today I got dispatched to the cashiers office of the municipal court. A guy was pissed because \[he claims\] he didn’t get a notice of the date of his traffic court case and was found guilty in absentia. He… --- ## [Tell me something I don't know](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-i-dont-know/502084)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-i-dont-know/502084 "2014-03-14T01:47:18Z")
Know any interesting trivia that hasn’t already been beaten to death? I am looking for factual items, preferrably with cites. I will go first: Ho Chi Minh was once a baker at the Parker House hotelin Boston. (PDF) --- ## [Explosion in Upper Manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosion-in-upper-manhattan/683535)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2014, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosion-in-upper-manhattan/683535 "2014-03-14T00:24:54Z")
Police and fire officials are on the scene of an explosion and partial building collapse at 116th Street and Park Avenue – East Harlem residents reported hearing a large explosion in the six-story apartment building arou… --- ## [Et tu, Subaru?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/et-tu-subaru/683553)
**Author:** [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/et-tu-subaru/683553 "2014-03-14T00:15:26Z")
My favorite car manufacturer, my bitterest automotive disappointment. I said nothing as you slowly deformed the Forester from a slightly goofy, boxy, utilitarian carry-all into an ugly, bloated athletic-shoe of a “cross… --- ## [Going for the snowfall record.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-for-the-snowfall-record/683475)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-for-the-snowfall-record/683475 "2014-03-13T23:53:53Z")
Well, in the next 24 hours Detroit is forecast to just break the all time record for snow in a season. And still more than half of March and April to go. Although I have my doubts, it will make it this time. Today was th… --- ## [Yet another mall shooting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-mall-shooting/679702)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2014, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-mall-shooting/679702 "2014-03-13T23:13:34Z")
Columbia Mall, in Columbia, Maryland. Three dead. Huh. I used to live just a few blocks from there; went there all the time. --- ## [The boiler in my building doesn't work, there's no hot water, repairs are scheduled for tomorrow.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boiler-in-my-building-doesnt-work-theres-no-hot-water-repairs-are-scheduled-for-tomorrow/683579)
**Author:** [@kstarnes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kstarnes)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boiler-in-my-building-doesnt-work-theres-no-hot-water-repairs-are-scheduled-for-tomorrow/683579 "2014-03-13T22:14:31Z")
The boiler in my building is broken, we’ve got no hot water for the foreseeable 24 hours or so, I feel dank and stank. What should I do? What do you people do in this situation? How do you handle it? I think I’m going t… --- ## [Any Georgia Lawyers Out There](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-georgia-lawyers-out-there/683645)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-georgia-lawyers-out-there/683645 "2014-03-13T21:23:16Z")
If so, drop me a PM, will you? No big, people. Just need some info. --- ## [Seen on the Street Recently - Photo Fail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-on-the-street-recently-photo-fail/683624)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-on-the-street-recently-photo-fail/683624 "2014-03-13T21:02:10Z")
Ad for local yoga studio. I don’t think this poster is conveying the message they were aiming for. Or maybe it was - yoga gives you awesome, solid poop? :smiley: --- ## [Some words have not changed for 15,000 years!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-words-have-not-changed-for-15-000-years/657761)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-words-have-not-changed-for-15-000-years/657761 "2014-03-13T18:04:23Z")
I’d be fascinated to hear the Dope’s linguists’ takes on this one. Links: The article. Listen to the evidence. --- ## [Odd Wikipedia Bio on Patty Mills of San Antonio Spurs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-wikipedia-bio-on-patty-mills-of-san-antonio-spurs/683591)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-wikipedia-bio-on-patty-mills-of-san-antonio-spurs/683591 "2014-03-13T16:15:18Z")
Patty Mills is a guard for the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs. He was also somewhat prominent when he played for St. Mary’s College a few years ago. I would expect a much better bio on him in Wikipedia. This is the strangest… --- ## [I just tried dry needling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-tried-dry-needling/683458)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-tried-dry-needling/683458 "2014-03-13T16:00:37Z")
My calves tend towards being tight, and my muscles have a bad habit of shortening and failing to move, stretch, and glide against each other as they should. It causes me a lot of problems, to the point that I have a hand… --- ## [How angry would you be if Carol Vorderman asked you to add up two and two?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-angry-would-you-be-if-carol-vorderman-asked-you-to-add-up-two-and-two/683566)
**Author:** [@compositejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/compositejoe)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-angry-would-you-be-if-carol-vorderman-asked-you-to-add-up-two-and-two/683566 "2014-03-13T15:50:32Z")
The sting in the tale, of course, is that you would promptly drop dead if you got the answer wrong. --- ## [My Dad, Fox News, Rush Limbaugh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-fox-news-rush-limbaugh/682704)
**Author:** [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2014, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-fox-news-rush-limbaugh/682704 "2014-03-13T13:25:39Z")
Over the past few years I have grown distant from my father over his increasingly racist, paranoid politics. We only speak a few times a year, usually on holidays or birthdays. I miss my Dad, the man who taught me so man… --- ## [Enyone emember the spree murders on the Pa. Turnpike by the son of Step 'n Fetchit??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enyone-emember-the-spree-murders-on-the-pa-turnpike-by-the-son-of-step-n-fetchit/106122)
**Author:** [@berdollos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/berdollos)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2014, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enyone-emember-the-spree-murders-on-the-pa-turnpike-by-the-son-of-step-n-fetchit/106122 "2014-03-13T11:33:43Z")
in the late '60s or early 70s. I was driving West to East about 30 minutes behind him. I remember seeing cars driven into the wood and bodies with legs sticking out from under yellow tarps. He drove alongside randomly … --- ## [Map geek alert: Victorian London](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-geek-alert-victorian-london/683534)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2014, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-geek-alert-victorian-london/683534 "2014-03-13T05:38:10Z")
This is really cool. An overlay of incredibly detailed Victorian maps of London onto modern-day Google imagery. I’ve seen similar things in the past but nothing as detailed and perfectly aligned as this. The original ma… --- ## [Anybody else going skiing this month?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-going-skiing-this-month/683545)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-going-skiing-this-month/683545 "2014-03-13T02:51:42Z")
Headed to Colorado this weekend for spring break ski trip. Looking forward to beautiful views and enjoying time with my family. --- ## [What Plane Is Flying Over Your House?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230 "2014-03-12T23:08:25Z")
Airplane buffs will LOVE this! Have you ever wondered where that plane flying overhead is going and what type of aircraft? Every day you see planes in the sky, sometimes very high, with or without con-trails. We often a… --- ## [A Gift From My Wife to All of Us](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-from-my-wife-to-all-of-us/683260)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-from-my-wife-to-all-of-us/683260 "2014-03-12T19:21:39Z")
Hello dopers. I’m not one of the big names on the board, so most of you don’t know me. Only a few people know that I lost my wife last month, to a stroke, at the age of 49. Her name was Susan, and she was an amazing wom… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=869) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=871)