# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=883 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 884 --- ## [It's Monday Somewhere: a very early MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-monday-somewhere-a-very-early-mmp/679825)
**Author:** [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Replies:** 355\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-monday-somewhere-a-very-early-mmp/679825 "2014-02-03T09:41:41Z")
Only because every time I volunteer to start one, I get ninja’d by someone who’s too impatient to wait until I’ve fed the cat and made coffee. Have you ever had a dream that you so desperately wanted to hang onto and th… --- ## [High School Memories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-memories/679840)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-memories/679840 "2014-02-03T04:54:40Z")
I saw that my old high school was listed on one of those sites that has pictures of the faculty and the students and promises you can get in touch with the students who attended there. Well, It’s been close to 50 years … --- ## [I saw Mercury last night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-mercury-last-night/680331)
**Author:** [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-mercury-last-night/680331 "2014-02-03T02:22:08Z")
It’s always amazed me that Mercury was ever discovered by the ancients. Because it’s so close to the sun (from our viewpoint), it’s only visible to the naked eye for a few days at a time, a few times a year. And even w… --- ## [My new passport arrived!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-passport-arrived/680146)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-passport-arrived/680146 "2014-02-03T02:07:04Z")
Yes, I am now legal to travel outside the country again! I have a shiny new Canadian passport that doesn’t expire until the twenties. The new passport is actually quite beautiful inside; each page has a different engrav… --- ## [Some people hear themselves implicated even when they are not!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-hear-themselves-implicated-even-when-they-are-not/680284)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-hear-themselves-implicated-even-when-they-are-not/680284 "2014-02-03T01:22:35Z")
I have a little 8# chihuahua that sleeps next to me in the bed under the covers. I made the statement last night that if I were him I would be concerned with getting crushed, it would be like me sleeping next to a hippop… --- ## [I gave blood today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-blood-today/680381)
**Author:** [@spotthegerbil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spotthegerbil)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-blood-today/680381 "2014-02-03T00:50:52Z")
Yeah. I know. Big deal. Not like I’m actually directly involved in healthcare or anything. I have been able to give blood since I was 17, and I tried thereafter to give blood as often as I could. We don’t pay for he… --- ## [A giraffe walks into a bar..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-giraffe-walks-into-a-bar/680282)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-giraffe-walks-into-a-bar/680282 "2014-02-03T00:23:50Z")
… at Lion park in Johannesburg. Not a bar, but a restaurant.:wink: --- ## [Now this is a garage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-this-is-a-garage/680018)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-this-is-a-garage/680018 "2014-02-03T00:22:40Z")
Just saw this in my house search and wanted to share… This is from a house for sale in Houston. http://images-81.har.com/e1/mediadisplay/81/hr3281581-24.jpg That window up top on left is into the “media room” the size … --- ## [Hey Shodan, I'm going to New York...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-shodan-im-going-to-new-york/679990)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-shodan-im-going-to-new-york/679990 "2014-02-02T22:07:14Z")
…Is there anything you want me to give to Broadway? :slight\_smile: mmm --- ## [Getting through professional school quicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-through-professional-school-quicker/680318)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-through-professional-school-quicker/680318 "2014-02-02T17:30:29Z")
I knw Law and Medical school are traditionally 3 and 4 yrs., respectively. Is it possible for a gifted student to finish quicker? --- ## [I think my pet rock is sick.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-pet-rock-is-sick/679626)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-pet-rock-is-sick/679626 "2014-02-02T17:23:14Z")
Recently, I adopted a pet rock. I named him “Dwayne” after my favorite actor - Dwayne Johnson. Dwayne is a Gabbro which is a breed known to be very stable, but still retain some of the volcanic nature that makes them s… --- ## [Horses abandoned in Whatcom County](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horses-abandoned-in-whatcom-county/678361)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2014, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horses-abandoned-in-whatcom-county/678361 "2014-02-02T05:27:59Z")
Horses abandoned at an alarming rate in Whatcom County Every so often we check out the Barnyard Animals link on the Whatcom County Adoption page. The SO likes horses, and she 'Aw!'s over the ones available. Last mont… --- ## [AAAand I'm back.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaaand-im-back/679985)
**Author:** [@MovingTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovingTarget)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaaand-im-back/679985 "2014-02-02T00:28:11Z")
Man it’s been a while. Can’t even believe I remembered my stupid password. But I hope to get back into active posting on here and look forward to many, many, many important topics to read. Love you all. Good to be ba… --- ## [Getting my 90 year old mother into assisted living](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-my-90-year-old-mother-into-assisted-living/680253)
**Author:** [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-my-90-year-old-mother-into-assisted-living/680253 "2014-02-01T23:47:24Z")
She’s stubborn, still living alone, and still driving–it’s the scariest thing you’ll meet on the highway, my mother. I’ve been working on her for a couple of years to give up her car and move into assisted living. This … --- ## [If you use Facebook, how do you handle happy birthday wishes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-use-facebook-how-do-you-handle-happy-birthday-wishes/680103)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-use-facebook-how-do-you-handle-happy-birthday-wishes/680103 "2014-02-01T23:06:59Z")
Today was my birthday and I had quite a few “Happy birthday” posts on my wall. Some people “like” each post. Others reply to each post. Some people even do both. I don’t do either. At the end of the day, I update my stat… --- ## [Netflix members, check for unauthorized viewing (passwords hacked?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-members-check-for-unauthorized-viewing-passwords-hacked/680312)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-members-check-for-unauthorized-viewing-passwords-hacked/680312 "2014-02-01T22:49:18Z")
I just noticed videos in my recently watched history that I had no memory of watching, and no interest in watching (bad ass, buying sex, feeding frenzy season one, when fish attack, swamp wars, 21 and over, bad boy stree… --- ## ["Hoping against all hope"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoping-against-all-hope/680181)
**Author:** [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoping-against-all-hope/680181 "2014-02-01T15:58:55Z")
This phrase always struck me as odd. It means hoping for something when reason tells you there’s no way it’s going to happen. So it’s really hoping against all reason. Hoping against all hope would be like… I don’t kn… --- ## [Old flames and friends...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-flames-and-friends/680049)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-flames-and-friends/680049 "2014-02-01T02:57:27Z")
Has anyone ever looked up someone from the far-ish past and had it be a good experience? Or have you learned, painfully and in repeated strokes, that it’s best to let the dead rest? I think I’ve learned. Finally. --- ## [Want to 3D print a Honda car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-3d-print-a-honda-car/680186)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-3d-print-a-honda-car/680186 "2014-02-01T02:39:37Z")
You can download files free from Honda. Here you go. :cool: What next? --- ## [Hilarious Ping Pong match](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-ping-pong-match/679996)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-ping-pong-match/679996 "2014-02-01T01:49:36Z")
Watch what these two guys decided to do during their pro. ping pong match. I’m guessing they did not value the actual match to seriously and just decided to have some fun. Screw the rules! Let’s do this thing! --- ## [Good News/Bad News With My Obamacare!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-bad-news-with-my-obamacare/680238)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2014, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-bad-news-with-my-obamacare/680238 "2014-02-01T01:23:00Z")
The good news is the website worked just great - and not only that, but due to my current (poor) economic status, I am fully eligible for Medicaid - which will cost me zero dollars. The bad news? Well, currently - in Ne… --- ## [Searching forv Time Travelers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-forv-time-travelers/680195)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-forv-time-travelers/680195 "2014-02-01T00:36:26Z")
Scientists at Mighigan Technological University have been scouring social media for indications that Time Travelers have inadvertently slipped up and revealed future information: This is only one story on this phenom… --- ## [Nine-year old girl sings opera like an angel on Holland's got talent, learnt by watching Youtube...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nine-year-old-girl-sings-opera-like-an-angel-on-hollands-got-talent-learnt-by-watching-youtube/672699)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nine-year-old-girl-sings-opera-like-an-angel-on-hollands-got-talent-learnt-by-watching-youtube/672699 "2014-01-31T23:43:46Z")
This nine-year old Dutch girl taught herself how to sing opera by watching Youtube vids. She hasn’t had singing lessons. The way she sings is unbelievable. Like, literally unbelievable. You’d think it was f… --- ## [Former TSA Blogger reflects on his old job.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-tsa-blogger-reflects-on-his-old-job/680231)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-tsa-blogger-reflects-on-his-old-job/680231 "2014-01-31T20:44:51Z")
I really enjoyed this article from a former TSA employee. He took the job before entering Graduate school to focus on creative writing. He Blogged about his experiences while still working at the TSA. Gutsy move. The ar… --- ## [7,000-yr-old European had dark skin and blue eyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-000-yr-old-european-had-dark-skin-and-blue-eyes/679923)
**Author:** [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-000-yr-old-european-had-dark-skin-and-blue-eyes/679923 "2014-01-31T16:20:19Z")
Bit of a surprise, apparently, because it was generally thought that Europeans had developed light skin not long after arriving there around 40,000 years ago. Since this guy was a hunter/gatherer, it supports another the… --- ## [Serial liar rejected for state bar.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-liar-rejected-for-state-bar/680140)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2014, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-liar-rejected-for-state-bar/680140 "2014-01-31T13:02:54Z")
The California Supreme Court says Glass “lacks the good moral character” to be a lawyer. Sometimes the jokes write themselves. :stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [Philomena Cunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philomena-cunk/680086)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philomena-cunk/680086 "2014-01-31T03:57:51Z")
investigates the mystery of Time. She sure reminds me of many who’ve had brief, brief posting careers here. “If we evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?” (Don’t answer that. I only asked it as a whithering… --- ## [Live in Seattle? I can see your house from here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-in-seattle-i-can-see-your-house-from-here/679918)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-in-seattle-i-can-see-your-house-from-here/679918 "2014-01-30T22:44:32Z")
First there was Gigapan. It introduced us to hi-res images of everything from cityscapes to nature. Some kids at Microsoft decided to play the game in Seattle and came up with this. A little back-and-forth with Google… --- ## [Seeing the other point of view](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-the-other-point-of-view/680152)
**Author:** [@Lunar\_Eclipse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lunar_Eclipse)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-the-other-point-of-view/680152 "2014-01-30T19:52:23Z")
I think I’m pretty good at seeing both sides of an issue. It is like an exercise in empathy to see where other people are coming from, and usually this is a good thing. Dopers, will you help me test this out? Tell me … --- ## [Zombie bees!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-bees/680150)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-bees/680150 "2014-01-30T19:10:30Z")
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