# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=882 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 883 --- ## [Goofy flight options - has SABRE gone senile?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-flight-options-has-sabre-gone-senile/680518)
**Author:** [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-flight-options-has-sabre-gone-senile/680518 "2014-02-05T19:58:31Z")
Why would an airline reservations system offer a flight that has connections at different airports? I was looking at flights from San Francisco to Charlotte, and one of the uglier options was a flight from SFO to JFK, t… --- ## [Extreme Chinook Helicopter Landing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-chinook-helicopter-landing/563210)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-chinook-helicopter-landing/563210 "2014-02-05T17:28:35Z")
This is pretty cool. Watch this chinook pilot carefully maneuver his chopper into position in the rugged terrain of Afghanistan to pick up some troops. Look how close the rotors are to the ground and look how he finally… --- ## [Acquaintance/teammate has leukemia -- what's the appropriate response?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acquaintance-teammate-has-leukemia-whats-the-appropriate-response/680489)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acquaintance-teammate-has-leukemia-whats-the-appropriate-response/680489 "2014-02-05T10:00:35Z")
I’m the team captain of a recreational adult flag football team, and one of my players told me that he was diagnosed with a curable form of leukemia and won’t be able to play this spring. He’s a good guy, but I don’t kn… --- ## [Hey twickster...moriah...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-twickster-moriah/680236)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-twickster-moriah/680236 "2014-02-05T08:07:11Z")
My 80-year-old mom doesn’t read message boards, doesn’t know that I do (mainly because she wouldn’t give a rat’s ass if I even told her) and has never of The Straight Dope, which is why I had to laugh when I got this ema… --- ## [Highly Honored Heritage Hipsters -- Part 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highly-honored-heritage-hipsters-part-2/679847)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highly-honored-heritage-hipsters-part-2/679847 "2014-02-05T03:02:45Z")
The other thread is getting pretty big and may be too hard to wade through for those who haven’t posted in a while. So there’s this for that purpose. The other thread is still active as of this post. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Am wondering if my coworker will still be alive by summer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-wondering-if-my-coworker-will-still-be-alive-by-summer/532965)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-wondering-if-my-coworker-will-still-be-alive-by-summer/532965 "2014-02-05T01:40:41Z")
An engineer in our group has been feeling ill the last couple of weeks. He showed up today, and his skin was yellow. He said the hospital drained some fluid out of his belly a few days ago. It looked like he had lost a … --- ## [shocking & Disgusting Local News Item--NSFW](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shocking-disgusting-local-news-item-nsfw/680471)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shocking-disgusting-local-news-item-nsfw/680471 "2014-02-05T01:12:12Z")
Who says nothing ever happens in a small town. We have a local Amazon Warehouse, & this was found— L8ink is NSFW --- ## [Montreal -- an era of family history is over](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-an-era-of-family-history-is-over/680512)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-an-era-of-family-history-is-over/680512 "2014-02-05T00:14:41Z")
There have been close family members living in Montreal since I was born. Since before I was born, actually, since my grandparents immigrated there from Europe in 1958. I personally lived there for a while when I was a… --- ## [Dept Transportation announces plans for new anti collision technology.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dept-transportation-announces-plans-for-new-anti-collision-technology/680462)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dept-transportation-announces-plans-for-new-anti-collision-technology/680462 "2014-02-05T00:11:33Z")
The Dept of Transportation’s recommendations were announced today. It seems like a good idea that should be developed. I’m puzzled how the system will work in heavy traffic. It seems like that many signals from cars wo… --- ## [Ask The Patriotic American Intellectual Conservative Christian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-patriotic-american-intellectual-conservative-christian/528234)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 296\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-patriotic-american-intellectual-conservative-christian/528234 "2010-02-19T20:05:21Z")
In lieu of all the “Ask the…” threads here is Ask the Patriotic American Intellectual Conservative Protestant thread. --- ## [Are you the right you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-the-right-you/680422)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-the-right-you/680422 "2014-02-04T17:59:10Z")
In reading biographies of those who are successful, massively successful, famously successful, or world-changing, it seems that there is always one or two absolutely critical but highly unlikely events that led to that s… --- ## [The consent form to donate our embryo to research has arrived](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consent-form-to-donate-our-embryo-to-research-has-arrived/680487)
**Author:** [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consent-form-to-donate-our-embryo-to-research-has-arrived/680487 "2014-02-04T16:47:43Z")
And I’m surprised at how sad it’s making me, considering I’ve already approved it in principle once before. I think this is one of those Cornelian dilemmas - we have been very lucky with the IVF process to have quickly … --- ## [Cheerios airs commercial with multiracial family. I'm sure you can guess what happens next.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerios-airs-commercial-with-multiracial-family-im-sure-you-can-guess-what-happens-next/659879)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerios-airs-commercial-with-multiracial-family-im-sure-you-can-guess-what-happens-next/659879 "2014-02-04T14:45:33Z")
People are losing their shit to the point where they disabled the comments on Youtube. I can kinda understand people’s anger: Cheerios showed a black man married to a white woman with an adorable daughter. Oh! The scanda… --- ## [Filing Taxes: That Was Fast!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filing-taxes-that-was-fast/680298)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filing-taxes-that-was-fast/680298 "2014-02-04T14:08:43Z")
As usual, I did my taxes this year with Taxslayer\* and just hit the “Submit” button for the eFile of my taxes. About 10 minutes later, I got notification that the IRS accepted my return and would be sending me my refund… --- ## [Civil servants don't need brains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-servants-dont-need-brains/680481)
**Author:** [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-servants-dont-need-brains/680481 "2014-02-04T14:02:21Z")
French ones, anyway: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(07)61127-1/fulltext --- ## [Awesome ole' timey map of the internet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-ole-timey-map-of-the-internet/680259)
**Author:** [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-ole-timey-map-of-the-internet/680259 "2014-02-04T10:27:43Z")
Don’t know if this has already been posted, but check out this really amazing Rand-McNally style map of the internet! --- ## [Someone is analyzing and rating your posts!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-analyzing-and-rating-your-posts/680202)
**Author:** [@Lunar\_Eclipse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lunar_Eclipse)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-analyzing-and-rating-your-posts/680202 "2014-02-04T08:33:02Z")
I was using google to find out if there were any past SDMB threads on the phrase “do the needful” that keeps showing up in my emails. (There are, by the way). I came across this website, where an SDMB thread is analyze… --- ## [Man goes through woodchipper and survives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-goes-through-woodchipper-and-survives/680166)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-goes-through-woodchipper-and-survives/680166 "2014-02-04T05:17:34Z")
Story here. I don’t know if I’d call a broken leg, hip, punctured lung and other injuries “being lucky,” unless you consider the alternative. --- ## [Your memorable teachers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-memorable-teachers/680209)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-memorable-teachers/680209 "2014-02-04T04:54:51Z")
A comment in another post reminded me of my 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Gordon. Milman/mailman. Children can have interesting pronunciations. Very young children may have trouble pronouncing the letter ‘r’, for example. … --- ## [How good are you at estimating the passage of time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-are-you-at-estimating-the-passage-of-time/680433)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-are-you-at-estimating-the-passage-of-time/680433 "2014-02-04T03:58:46Z")
In the Super Bowl thread, I made a passing reference to a rule change that happened “a few years ago”, that turned out to have occurred in 1994. :o This happens to me more and more – I’ve gotten so I take the time span… --- ## [What driverless cars should we produce](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-driverless-cars-should-we-produce/680440)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-driverless-cars-should-we-produce/680440 "2014-02-03T23:35:05Z")
I’ve been reading about SARTRE, the new high-tech project in the European Union wherein a lead vehicle is driven by a human being and a “train” of computer-controlled cars follows close behind, with the movements of the … --- ## [I've started throwing pennies away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-started-throwing-pennies-away/680393)
**Author:** [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-started-throwing-pennies-away/680393 "2014-02-03T22:58:29Z")
Like, in the garbage. It wasn’t a conscious decision, but somewhere in the past few weeks a mental threshhold was crossed, and pennies were judged to be no longer worth consideration. They’re just garbage. What - I sa… --- ## [Tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanstaafl/680183)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanstaafl/680183 "2014-02-03T22:18:47Z")
There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. So… They gave the kids lunches. Then they took the lunches away and threw them in the trash. Then they gave each kid an orange and some milk. This is cost-effective… How? … --- ## [TARDIS Lands in Salem, Massachusetts!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tardis-lands-in-salem-massachusetts/680386)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tardis-lands-in-salem-massachusetts/680386 "2014-02-03T21:39:30Z")
I don’t know how I missed this before, but we noticed it when returning from North of Boston this afternoon. Salem MA artist Amanda Dunham painted an electrical box in Salem this past summer so that it looks like a TARDI… --- ## [When did "Women" become an Adjective?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-women-become-an-adjective/679993)
**Author:** [@Falchion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falchion)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-women-become-an-adjective/679993 "2014-02-03T20:25:55Z")
The question’s in the title. I suppose this has probably been going on for a while, but over the last two days I’ve been reading things and paused at references to “women lawyers” and “women judges” (is this a legal styl… --- ## [What is wrong with my mouse/browser?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-my-mouse-browser/680394)
**Author:** [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-my-mouse-browser/680394 "2014-02-03T19:12:13Z")
I’m having weird problems with my mouse while using Firefox. For instance, if I were on the Dope I can click on a thread and that works. If I click on the ‘forum jump’ pull down box, that list appears but I can’t click… --- ## [Advice for a new cyclist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-a-new-cyclist/680244)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-a-new-cyclist/680244 "2014-02-03T19:00:18Z")
Well not completely new, I used to have a mountain-bike but gave it up in favour of running because I felt using the bike took much longer to get the same level of fitness. Due to sickness I’ve taken no exercise for the… --- ## [What happens to all the blow jobs after marriage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-all-the-blow-jobs-after-marriage/36119)
**Author:** [@madd1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madd1)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-all-the-blow-jobs-after-marriage/36119 "2014-02-03T17:56:46Z")
What happens to all the blow jobs after marriage? Before marriage, all the time, no problem. After marriage…forget it, go away, and do not even bring it up. I’m talking about ‘completing’ the act. --- ## [One thing I don't get about tattoos: They are (mostly) invisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-i-dont-get-about-tattoos-they-are-mostly-invisible/649742)
**Author:** [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-i-dont-get-about-tattoos-they-are-mostly-invisible/649742 "2014-02-03T16:52:14Z")
Two disclaimers: I will never get a tattoo. If you want to get 1034.7 tattoos I have no problem. Most of the tattoos people get are either invisilbe to you (in the back, the outside of the leg) needing mirrors for a c… --- ## [Sarah Silverman meets Jesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-silverman-meets-jesus/680147)
**Author:** [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-silverman-meets-jesus/680147 "2014-02-03T16:19:16Z")
Awww, xians and pro-lifers are upset over this little vid. Share and Enjoy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=881) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=883)