# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=873 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 874 --- ## [Looks like Mt. Gox might be gone.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-mt-gox-might-be-gone/682231)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-mt-gox-might-be-gone/682231 "2014-03-07T15:58:06Z")
Bitcoins are having some trouble. Again. The Mt. Gox exchange has gone offline. Supposedly, the CEO is laying low, and nobody was at their Tokyo-based offices today. Rumor has it that 740,000 Bitcoins were stolen fro… --- ## [If you get to ask one question for a person from the 1800s, what would it be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-get-to-ask-one-question-for-a-person-from-the-1800s-what-would-it-be/682920)
**Author:** [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-get-to-ask-one-question-for-a-person-from-the-1800s-what-would-it-be/682920 "2014-03-07T13:32:33Z")
Happy Birthday Misao Okawa! she has been around since the last, last century! i wonder how much of her past does she remember? --- ## [When TV gets it very wrong: spelling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tv-gets-it-very-wrong-spelling/676675)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2014, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tv-gets-it-very-wrong-spelling/676675 "2014-03-07T11:03:36Z")
So I’m kicking back with my coffee watching the most popular morning TV show in Aus when a report comes up about a bashing in Sydney overnight. Ever so common nowadays amongst the younger-bloke set, seems you can’t go o… --- ## [Inventing Backronyms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventing-backronyms/682955)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2014, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventing-backronyms/682955 "2014-03-07T10:57:38Z")
I got to thinking–suppose that a government office had a mouse problem, and brought in a cat to control it. Government being government, they would have to give the cat a bureaucratic title. That cat would be known as … --- ## [Zit Popping PORN!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zit-popping-porn/683063)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2014, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zit-popping-porn/683063 "2014-03-07T04:36:16Z")
Behold: Let the pore orgasms commence! --- ## [World War Three about to start. Russian psychics says so.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-war-three-about-to-start-russian-psychics-says-so/683048)
**Author:** [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2014, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-war-three-about-to-start-russian-psychics-says-so/683048 "2014-03-07T00:17:43Z")
Yes, another Ukraine thread. But lighter, not debates about sovereignty and democracy and the like. An article from 2011: It’s already upon us. Read the signs, people! --- ## [Early harbingers of spring where you live](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-harbingers-of-spring-where-you-live/678592)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-harbingers-of-spring-where-you-live/678592 "2014-03-06T20:33:43Z")
Yayyyy! My snowdrops are peeking out from the ground! Only 2 or 3 months till spring! --- ## [Novel sexy fashion and the Coolidge Effect](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novel-sexy-fashion-and-the-coolidge-effect/682980)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novel-sexy-fashion-and-the-coolidge-effect/682980 "2014-03-06T17:25:06Z")
This explains why about half of people cheat… they simply become more attracted to new partners compared to their old one. This also explains why people seek new porn rather than just use the old porn all the time. I… --- ## [About the Democrat(ic) thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-democrat-ic-thing/682894)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-democrat-ic-thing/682894 "2014-03-06T16:36:33Z")
Currently on Politico.com - top of the page, combo box where you select which primary results you want to see. “Democrat Senate Primary” and “Democrat Governor Primary”. Those dastardly Luntzians :slight\_smile: --- ## [Need help contacting Google](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-contacting-google/683008)
**Author:** [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-contacting-google/683008 "2014-03-06T13:22:42Z")
I’m in a catch 22 situation. I signed up for AdSense under one email address which I no longer use. I can’t sign up for AdSense because it’s detecting the old account. It wants me to log in with the old account and cance… --- ## [Weird terms and conditions for the cloud storage offered by my bank.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-terms-and-conditions-for-the-cloud-storage-offered-by-my-bank/682680)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2014, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-terms-and-conditions-for-the-cloud-storage-offered-by-my-bank/682680 "2014-03-06T08:07:13Z")
I’ve recently been looking for somewhere to keep files securely that would be (more or less) automatically accessible by my wife or kids in the event of my demise (I’ll elaborate in a later post). I found that my bank o… --- ## [I'm at the Iditarod!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-the-iditarod/682660)
**Author:** [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-the-iditarod/682660 "2014-03-06T00:47:26Z")
Well, at the start of it, anyway. For general info, you can go to iditarod.com, but if there’s anyone who has any questions, fire away. I’m to be working as a volunteer in things like data entry, answering phones, et… --- ## [Dear folks in the Red River Valley, please start preparing now.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-folks-in-the-red-river-valley-please-start-preparing-now/682925)
**Author:** [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-folks-in-the-red-river-valley-please-start-preparing-now/682925 "2014-03-05T22:08:35Z")
This past winter in Minnesota, we have had a lot of snow. On top of that, we’ve had an almost record amount of below 0° F days. This weekend, the forecast is currently showing a high of 42° F on Sunday. Snow is gonna mel… --- ## [Break Out The Kleenex...Ohio Boy Pays it Forward](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-out-the-kleenex-ohio-boy-pays-it-forward/682798)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-out-the-kleenex-ohio-boy-pays-it-forward/682798 "2014-03-04T02:30:09Z")
There’s definitely something in my eye… --- ## [Viet Nam vets who were dishonorably discharged are suing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viet-nam-vets-who-were-dishonorably-discharged-are-suing/682921)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viet-nam-vets-who-were-dishonorably-discharged-are-suing/682921 "2014-03-05T12:52:07Z")
Men who had overt signs of PTSD were given dishonorable discharges rather than medical. The article says it was before PTSD had a name, but PTSD is just the current name for the disorder that people who have gone to wa… --- ## [The 38th POTUS is...wait!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-38th-potus-is-wait/682814)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2014, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-38th-potus-is-wait/682814 "2014-03-05T06:17:21Z")
Came across THIS political ad. Huh? --- ## [What was one of the roads in life you chose not to travel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-one-of-the-roads-in-life-you-chose-not-to-travel/680553)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2014, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-one-of-the-roads-in-life-you-chose-not-to-travel/680553 "2014-03-05T05:54:37Z")
After twenty-five years her eyes still sparkled as they fixed on mine from across the table. She asked, “Why did none of us date?” The people from the after-reunion, and her new husband, vanished for a moment and I met… --- ## [SDMB Believe It Or...(Weird Facts You've Learned Recently)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-believe-it-or-weird-facts-youve-learned-recently/681849)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2014, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-believe-it-or-weird-facts-youve-learned-recently/681849 "2014-03-05T04:44:26Z")
1.Blues guitarist Mike Bloomfield’s dad held patents on a few very common restaurant items: “He held the patents on some classic stove-side accessories: the hexagon-shaped glass salt shaker with the holes on top in the … --- ## [I don't say it enough](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-say-it-enough/682560)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-say-it-enough/682560 "2014-03-05T02:50:02Z")
And maybe it’s the booze talking, but I love this place. It’s been one of the constants in my life over the years and has helped me over some rough patches. --- ## [What's the official word/phrase for a mount for a stone for a necklace?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-official-word-phrase-for-a-mount-for-a-stone-for-a-necklace/682859)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-official-word-phrase-for-a-mount-for-a-stone-for-a-necklace/682859 "2014-03-04T23:43:33Z")
Ya know, where you twine this wire around the stone to set it in place, then attach the whole assembly to a necklace? Amazon was absolutely no help, as was the lady at Michaels, who simply waved casually at aisle 3 and … --- ## [Tissue donation, anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tissue-donation-anyone/682734)
**Author:** [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tissue-donation-anyone/682734 "2014-03-04T23:08:20Z")
Six years ago a friend of mine died of leukemia. She saved up to 150 lives, because that is how many of the people who registered as bone marrow donor in drives set up by her friends were matched to people who needed tr… --- ## [Mardi Gras on a Wednesday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mardi-gras-on-a-wednesday/682861)
**Author:** [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mardi-gras-on-a-wednesday/682861 "2014-03-04T22:49:34Z")
Maybe we collectively failed our high school French classes, but where I live the big Mardi Gras party is always held on Ash Wednesday. It somehow seems a bit odd to me to host the drunken revelry on the first day of Le… --- ## [I should apply for this job but i'm not sure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-apply-for-this-job-but-im-not-sure/682818)
**Author:** [@mrpayday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrpayday)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-apply-for-this-job-but-im-not-sure/682818 "2014-03-04T22:03:09Z")
There’s a casual computer technician job i am completely capableof doing but I am procrastinating about because I don’t want to be rejected. I’m 43, autistic, depressed , but I know how to assemble a computer and think … --- ## [Portland, here I come! (bragging thread...)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portland-here-i-come-bragging-thread/682795)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portland-here-i-come-bragging-thread/682795 "2014-03-04T21:30:22Z")
I’m 32 years old, never went to highschool, and basically only employable as a laborer – I have no real skills to speak of. I’ve worked as a hospice worker for something like 13 years, but that’s hardly skills that are h… --- ## [Free Food for Fat Tuesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-food-for-fat-tuesday/682837)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-food-for-fat-tuesday/682837 "2014-03-04T17:37:48Z")
From 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., IHOP restaurants nationwide offer a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes, and ask that they consider donating to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. IHOP says it served 4.5 million free pancakes… --- ## [Bombing in Islamabad courts. AK84, are you okay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombing-in-islamabad-courts-ak84-are-you-okay/682781)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2014, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombing-in-islamabad-courts-ak84-are-you-okay/682781 "2014-03-04T13:48:30Z")
News reports are of a major suicide bombing in the law courts of Islamabad. I hope our friend and Pakistani lawyer, AK84, is okay. --- ## [As I have witnessed, wild turkeys can fly.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-have-witnessed-wild-turkeys-can-fly/682602)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2014, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-have-witnessed-wild-turkeys-can-fly/682602 "2014-03-04T06:43:15Z")
Though why three of them are hanging around suburban northern New Jersey for two days in the middle of a serious cold snap is beyond me. I’ve seen all three of them fly up to sit on a fence. --- ## [Do you usually wash sheets before you use them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-usually-wash-sheets-before-you-use-them/682205)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-usually-wash-sheets-before-you-use-them/682205 "2014-03-04T03:57:43Z")
The ones I just got are in one of those zip-up soft plastic cases. I know clothing manufacturers supposedly coat stuff in formaldehyde to put 'em out on the shelves, but is there any reason to wash first with sheets? --- ## [Caboki Hairloss Dust?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caboki-hairloss-dust/652774)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caboki-hairloss-dust/652774 "2013-04-21T02:57:55Z")
What is this stuff exactly and how does it work? Would a rain storm or sweating from activity render it useless? Anyone try it? I am freaked out by it a little, I have to admit. --- ## [So I bought a poster that I don't think I can ever display or have framed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-bought-a-poster-that-i-dont-think-i-can-ever-display-or-have-framed/428811)
**Author:** [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-bought-a-poster-that-i-dont-think-i-can-ever-display-or-have-framed/428811 "2014-03-04T02:20:31Z")
I’m a huge fan of the lunatic fringe in art and culture, and am an enormous Crispin Glover fan. You might know him as “George McFly” or “that guy in Charlie’s Angels,” but Crispin makes super-weird movies on his own, inc… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=872) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=874)