# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=872 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 873 --- ## [Forward, March! in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forward-march-in-the-mmp/682743)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 296\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2014, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forward-march-in-the-mmp/682743 "2014-03-10T05:03:27Z")
Seeing as how this is the first MMP for March of 2014, let’s share our personal marching experiences. I’ll start. As you all better know, I was in the Navy. Naturally, bootcamp means marching. One does not simply wal… --- ## [Coelacanth tracking study bears some fruit. Newslink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coelacanth-tracking-study-bears-some-fruit-newslink/683320)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coelacanth-tracking-study-bears-some-fruit-newslink/683320 "2014-03-10T01:54:19Z")
Interesting. http://www.sanbi.org/news/coelacanth-tagging-study-success --- ## [Seriously. What's Your First Name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994)
**Author:** [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Replies:** 195\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994 "2014-03-10T00:50:14Z")
I’m Grant. --- ## [Internet to the rescue -- Years too late!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-to-the-rescue-years-too-late/683270)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2014, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-to-the-rescue-years-too-late/683270 "2014-03-09T22:16:28Z")
Yesterday while I was searching for some evidence that what I had heard long ago might have some basis in fact, I discovered White Bears – The Paradox of Mental Suppression which was published in late 2009. I had had no … --- ## [Crackpot Mathematical Proofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crackpot-mathematical-proofs/683279)
**Author:** [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crackpot-mathematical-proofs/683279 "2014-03-09T19:44:50Z")
As requested in this Pit thread, here are a few crackpot math proofs I’ve run across over the years. To clarify, the people responsible for these websites (and/or their friends and family) have solicited a group I am as… --- ## [I have invented a game but how the hell do you play it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-invented-a-game-but-how-the-hell-do-you-play-it/683254)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-invented-a-game-but-how-the-hell-do-you-play-it/683254 "2014-03-09T15:51:31Z")
I went here - Straight Dope thread. I defy anyone to work out from these posts what the hell the thread was originally about. Further examples will be admired. How to post the posts and make a game of it would be geniu… --- ## [Obama/Putin hour long phone call: Transcript revealed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-putin-hour-long-phone-call-transcript-revealed/683179)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-putin-hour-long-phone-call-transcript-revealed/683179 "2014-03-09T15:38:20Z")
As a spinoff from this thread: In case anyone’s interested, I happen to have in my grubby little hands the transcript for the phone call between Barack Obama & Vladmir Putin from last week (as referenced at the end of t… --- ## [International Women's Day (and Google)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-womens-day-and-google/683130)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2014, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-womens-day-and-google/683130 "2014-03-09T08:21:57Z")
International Women’s Day is tomorrow, and I’m all for it. And Google made a Doodle about it. But, as I watch, I couldn’t help but laugh: not a single bit of it is in English. So apparently, women in English speaking cou… --- ## [Bill Gothard resigns from ministry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-gothard-resigns-from-ministry/683205)
**Author:** [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2014, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-gothard-resigns-from-ministry/683205 "2014-03-09T05:12:50Z")
Bill Gothard, founder of the Institute in Basic Life Principles and the ATI homeschooling program has resigned from his position as head of the organization due to 39 women saying he sexually harassed them and reports th… --- ## [The reverse camera on vehicles exists for a reason...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reverse-camera-on-vehicles-exists-for-a-reason/683242)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2014, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reverse-camera-on-vehicles-exists-for-a-reason/683242 "2014-03-09T04:25:27Z")
…and I know this. Which is why I’m still puzzling over the fact that I decided to look exclusively over my shoulder backing out of a parking space, with a point-of-view that was too high to be able to see the small car p… --- ## [Carmen Berra, wife of Yogi, passes at 85](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carmen-berra-wife-of-yogi-passes-at-85/683240)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carmen-berra-wife-of-yogi-passes-at-85/683240 "2014-03-09T03:57:05Z")
Complications from an earlier stroke. The couple had celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on Jan 26. --- ## [The clock on my Grandmother's piano](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clock-on-my-grandmothers-piano/682999)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clock-on-my-grandmothers-piano/682999 "2014-03-09T00:12:19Z")
My Grandmother owned a nice mantle clock. It sat on top of her upright piano, and Grandmother kept it wound. It ticked away, and bonged the quarter, half, and three-quarter hours, as well as the hours themselves. I we… --- ## [Auto-payments hide woman's death for six years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-payments-hide-womans-death-for-six-years/683180)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-payments-hide-womans-death-for-six-years/683180 "2014-03-09T00:12:09Z")
Link A Michigan woman was last seen by her employer in 2008. Her body was found in her car, in her garage, with the key halfway into the ignition, this week. She’d had a habit of travelling, and no one thought it too … --- ## [Find out how fast you read](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-out-how-fast-you-read/682636)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-out-how-fast-you-read/682636 "2014-03-08T20:04:25Z")
Link is here. I always thought of myself as a slow reader even though I love to read but this says I am 18% faster than the national average. --- ## [Pregnant mom drives into ocean at Daytona Beach. Wants to take her kids to a "better" place.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnant-mom-drives-into-ocean-at-daytona-beach-wants-to-take-her-kids-to-a-better-place/683150)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnant-mom-drives-into-ocean-at-daytona-beach-wants-to-take-her-kids-to-a-better-place/683150 "2014-03-08T19:16:46Z")
:eek: She won’t be winning any mother of the year awards. Geez, there are some crazy ass people in this world. Lets hope these charges stick and she goes to prison. She should never have custody of any children again. C… --- ## [Parents lose settlement due to daughter's Facebook. Legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-lose-settlement-due-to-daughters-facebook-legal/682886)
**Author:** [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-lose-settlement-due-to-daughters-facebook-legal/682886 "2014-03-08T17:20:05Z")
Basically, the guy won an age-discrimination lawsuit and were awarded an $80,000 lawsuit. Their teenager daughter then posted this on her public Facebook: “Mama and Papa Snay won the case against Gulliver. Gulliver is n… --- ## [KC Mayor tells pro-gun MO Legislature to "go fly a kite"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kc-mayor-tells-pro-gun-mo-legislature-to-go-fly-a-kite/683135)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kc-mayor-tells-pro-gun-mo-legislature-to-go-fly-a-kite/683135 "2014-03-08T14:52:51Z")
The Kansas City Council had a vote yesterday whether to support the Missouri Legislature’s new gun law that allows people to “carry while intoxicated”, as long as they don’t use the firearm illegally, and the vote was 7-… --- ## [Why am I still hungry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-still-hungry/683045)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2014, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-still-hungry/683045 "2014-03-08T13:24:06Z")
Breakfast was a bowl of Puffins cereal with a banana, blueberries, raisins and a glass of OJ. Lunch about three hours later was a turkey sandwich and an apple. Twenty minutes after that was about two dozen grapes. So,… --- ## [Is something strange happening with P2P downloads in the USA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-strange-happening-with-p2p-downloads-in-the-usa/683183)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2014, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-strange-happening-with-p2p-downloads-in-the-usa/683183 "2014-03-08T09:11:13Z")
I use a VPN for much of my internet access. It enables me to be in America for my Netflix account, be in England for my BBC online streaming and be anonymous for anything else. Recently I have found that if I choose to u… --- ## [What would happen if 50 cent was dubbed over an anti-masturbation video...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-50-cent-was-dubbed-over-an-anti-masturbation-video/682871)
**Author:** [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2014, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-50-cent-was-dubbed-over-an-anti-masturbation-video/682871 "2014-03-08T06:36:33Z")
…made by Jehovah’s Witnesses for deaf people? Audio is 50 cent…so may be NSFW. --- ## [If The Moon Were Only One Pixel: Accurate Solar System Scale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-moon-were-only-one-pixel-accurate-solar-system-scale/683159)
**Author:** [@The\_Dord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dord)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2014, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-moon-were-only-one-pixel-accurate-solar-system-scale/683159 "2014-03-08T06:19:45Z")
This site really brings the solar system into perspective! :eek: Hint: You’re going to be scrolling to the right for quite a while :smiley: --- ## [Travoltify your username](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travoltify-your-username/682842)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2014, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travoltify-your-username/682842 "2014-03-08T04:49:40Z")
John Travolta mangled the name of singer Idina Menzel at the Oscars on Sunday (“Adele Dazeem?” Really, John? You’re given one responsibility at the show on Sunday and you can’t not f it up? Really?), and now Slate has an… --- ## [Rock Star Name = Instruction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-star-name-instruction/683051)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-star-name-instruction/683051 "2014-03-08T01:30:27Z")
In what’s probably the stupidest post I’ve ever made, I have to share a pre-coffee insight I had while getting dressed this morning. As I was pulling on an article of clothing, it occurred to me that I was executing the… --- ## [Northern Californian couple finds a huge stash of gold coins on their property](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-californian-couple-finds-a-huge-stash-of-gold-coins-on-their-property/682241)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2014, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-californian-couple-finds-a-huge-stash-of-gold-coins-on-their-property/682241 "2014-03-08T00:27:47Z")
Wow, and it’s valued at $10 million. Story here. They found them buried in rusty cans. The coins date from various times in the 19th century, and many have never been in circulation and are flawless. Unfortunately, t… --- ## [I bought Lifelock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-lifelock/682767)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-lifelock/682767 "2014-03-07T23:53:25Z")
Target Kickstarter Michael’s Hobby & Craft And now, likely, Sears. All hacked for credit card data, & I shopped at all of them. I just popped for Lifelock. I’m not happy. But I really don’t think anything less is p… --- ## [Tu-95 'Bear' for sale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tu-95-bear-for-sale/683028)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tu-95-bear-for-sale/683028 "2014-03-07T23:46:24Z")
Here’s something you don’t see every day. There’s a Tupolev Tu-95 ‘Bear’ for sale on eBay. Nobody has made the $3 million opening bid. Now, I’m a fan of ‘warbirds’; but this is getting ridiculous! Might be good for,… --- ## [New washing machine makes squeaky sound](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-washing-machine-makes-squeaky-sound/683138)
**Author:** [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2014, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-washing-machine-makes-squeaky-sound/683138 "2014-03-07T20:13:44Z")
New washing machine (Maytag, non-HE, agitator) was delivered yesterday. I did 2 loads, and the agitator makes a duck like noise. No noise during the fill and spin cycle though. It’s not a grinding noise, it sounds li… --- ## [Are there any Dopers in or from Ipswich?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dopers-in-or-from-ipswich/683127)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dopers-in-or-from-ipswich/683127 "2014-03-07T19:19:44Z")
There is a soon-to-be disappeared spam thread in ATMB that was selling used “display” kitchens from a local shop in Ipswich, England, and I would like to know if anybody here was the target audience. If you are in or fr… --- ## [Saw this plumber's truck today (maybe NSWF)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-this-plumbers-truck-today-maybe-nswf/683065)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-this-plumbers-truck-today-maybe-nswf/683065 "2014-03-07T17:45:39Z")
Same picture was on the sides too. --- ## [Parents legally are on the hook to support kids after they turn 18. Oh my, goodness.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-legally-are-on-the-hook-to-support-kids-after-they-turn-18-oh-my-goodness/682915)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-legally-are-on-the-hook-to-support-kids-after-they-turn-18-oh-my-goodness/682915 "2014-03-07T17:23:49Z")
I can’t believe what I’m reading. I’ve always understood that once a kid was 18 they were on their own. Sure, I continue to help out my loving and courteous daughters but it’s entirely voluntary because I care about the… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=871) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=873)