# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=889 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 890 --- ## [What little things did your mom or dad do that you realize now are big deals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-little-things-did-your-mom-or-dad-do-that-you-realize-now-are-big-deals/677805)
**Author:** [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2014, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-little-things-did-your-mom-or-dad-do-that-you-realize-now-are-big-deals/677805 "2014-01-16T05:14:32Z")
My dad died on December 19. He was 91 years old. While Mom and I were sitting with him in the hospital one night, I started making notes for his eulogy. (He’d suffered a heart attack, and we knew he wasn’t going to rega… --- ## [I farted and my laptop fan came on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-farted-and-my-laptop-fan-came-on/678810)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2014, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-farted-and-my-laptop-fan-came-on/678810 "2014-01-16T05:14:20Z")
The laptop is actually sitting in my lap. I’ve heard that computers are becoming more sentient, but this is ridiculous. And a bit creepy. --- ## [Ask the food pantry volunteer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-food-pantry-volunteer/677163)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2014, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-food-pantry-volunteer/677163 "2014-01-16T05:09:06Z")
I’ve been volunteering at a local food pantry in Portland, Oregon for about eight years now, working intake for the most part, but I’ve also worked other areas occasionally. Any questions? --- ## [My day yesteday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-day-yesteday/678930)
**Author:** [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-day-yesteday/678930 "2014-01-16T02:47:09Z")
Posted this to Facebook but thought I’d share it here, too: So I had an interesting day yesterday. I went to Westmead Hospital to trial a couple of newer ventilators, which was pretty fun–infectious patients around me w… --- ## [Christmas Cards for Doper Kids - 2013](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cards-for-doper-kids-2013/674787)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cards-for-doper-kids-2013/674787 "2014-01-16T01:01:15Z")
I haven’t seen a thread yet this year. Is anyone planning to co-ordinate? I’d like to participate this year, if possible. Last year’s thread. StG --- ## [Hah! What have y'all done that was so damn impressive this morning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hah-what-have-yall-done-that-was-so-damn-impressive-this-morning/678581)
**Author:** [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hah-what-have-yall-done-that-was-so-damn-impressive-this-morning/678581 "2014-01-15T22:59:03Z")
I just spelt “paraphernalia” correctly in one attempt, without really thinking about it! :cool: So what have you guys done that was so damn impressive this cloudy, January Sunday morning? --- ## [Spam-filter-like phone service to block robo-calls!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-filter-like-phone-service-to-block-robo-calls/678859)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-filter-like-phone-service-to-block-robo-calls/678859 "2014-01-15T21:24:41Z")
. . . and more ways to torment telemarketers. How to torment telemarketers, Los Angeles Times columnist David Lazarus, January 14, 2014. Asked readers to suggest ways to torment telemarketers, got deluged with response… --- ## [What If You Came with a Label?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-you-came-with-a-label/678604)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-you-came-with-a-label/678604 "2014-01-15T19:58:51Z")
What if you came with a label attached? What would it say? Mine would say: \*\*BONA FIDE ANTIQUE. AVOID PIV. FEED WITH PEANUT BUTTER AND CHOCOLATE. \*\* --- ## [Returning your rental car with a "full" tank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/returning-your-rental-car-with-a-full-tank/678582)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/returning-your-rental-car-with-a-full-tank/678582 "2014-01-15T19:54:55Z")
Here’s something to be wary of… at least with Dollar Rentacar. I returned the car I rented and was charged about $30 for fuel. In looking at the fineprint I now see the requirement to provide a receipt from a gas stati… --- ## [Ice Shove](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-shove/678756)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-shove/678756 "2014-01-15T17:35:29Z")
Number 2,946,277 under Things I Don’t Have to Worry About in Thailand is the ice shove. Criminy! I’ve never heard of these things before. Do these occur often? --- ## [As serious as a.... well, you know](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-serious-as-a-well-you-know/678761)
**Author:** [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-serious-as-a-well-you-know/678761 "2014-01-15T16:15:11Z")
Mr J. had a heart attack yesterday morning, it doesn’t appear to have been a real bad one… but still, a freakin heart attack, he had a heart cath today & a stint put in, I gotta go back to work tomorrow & I dread it,… --- ## [Did I ever tell you my wolf story?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ever-tell-you-my-wolf-story/678616)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ever-tell-you-my-wolf-story/678616 "2014-01-15T15:41:00Z")
My apologies if I already have. This happened about twelve years ago. I woke up one morning, walked out of my bedroom, and there was a wolf sitting on the couch. (Zeke, my housemate’s German Shepherd, was sitting at t… --- ## [I'm pregnant!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pregnant/676208)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pregnant/676208 "2014-01-15T14:26:49Z")
I don’t want to tell too many people IRL because it’s super early and, you know, anything can happen and I don’t want to have to untell a bazillion people. I mean super-super early, Tuesday was the first day suggested t… --- ## [Evil in my attic? (NAF!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-in-my-attic-naf/678642)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-in-my-attic-naf/678642 "2014-01-15T14:15:22Z")
Sounds like someone who can’t type playing with an oldish electric typewriter. It’s too late to borrow a cat, I have a fire extinguisher handy, anything else I should do? --- ## [My neighbor's brightly glowing penises](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-brightly-glowing-penises/677610)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-brightly-glowing-penises/677610 "2014-01-15T08:01:35Z")
I just noticed that one of my neighbors has a big bright penis in each of his front windows. They are made of Christmas lights, white for the “shaft” and red for the “head.” I’m assuming they’re supposed to be candles, b… --- ## [Lust4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lust4life/678605)
**Author:** [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lust4life/678605 "2014-01-15T07:31:24Z")
I just want to say that in the past I have been very aggressive and anti social, not just on here but IRL . I have had psychological problems, and have often had a knee jerk reaction to often wrongly perceived "attacks … --- ## [I got a new kitten today. So I guess I'm required to put pictures here.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-new-kitten-today-so-i-guess-im-required-to-put-pictures-here/678763)
**Author:** [@Two\_Dollar\_Tallboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Dollar_Tallboy)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-new-kitten-today-so-i-guess-im-required-to-put-pictures-here/678763 "2014-01-15T06:50:51Z")
Over the weekend my girlfriend and I decided we needed a kitten. After some browsing at a local shelter, we decided on this little guy. We dubbed him Sam Vimes and boy is he a little… --- ## [Deduction anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deduction-anyone/677857)
**Author:** [@TheFinder411](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFinder411)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deduction-anyone/677857 "2014-01-15T05:54:10Z")
I have been searching (for quite an amount of time) for a thread devoted the habit of noticing things, as well as thinking about them. Since I have found no ongoing threads, I thought to create one. The rules of the ga… --- ## [FUCK damn fuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-damn-fuck/678826)
**Author:** [@mythoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mythoughts)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-damn-fuck/678826 "2014-01-15T05:40:33Z")
I registered, and typed a long new thread that took quite a while… I had to be logged in to even type the message of course, but during the compose it seems the website logged me out and the message seem irretrievable. … --- ## [Moments on the cusps of time.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-on-the-cusps-of-time/678680)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-on-the-cusps-of-time/678680 "2014-01-15T05:38:46Z")
In your lifetime there have probably been many moments you can look at as dividing your lifetime into various “before” and “after” periods. Some are shared by many and some may apply only to you and your close associate… --- ## [The next time you find a clot of hair or a hairball . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-you-find-a-clot-of-hair-or-a-hairball/678712)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-you-find-a-clot-of-hair-or-a-hairball/678712 "2014-01-15T01:47:50Z")
. . . you may wish to think twice before brushing it away or picking it up. Me, I’m just going to call my husband to deal with it from now on. --- ## [Bacon-Grease-In-A-Tube®!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-grease-in-a-tube/59057)
**Author:** [@Sweet\_Walter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Walter)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-grease-in-a-tube/59057 "2014-01-15T01:34:12Z")
Bacon-Grease-In-A-Tube®!! It’s for vegetarians who have no source for their oh so handy bacon grease. Have any of your selfish meat eating friends ever offered you any of their bacon grease for those around the house ch… --- ## [SS Thistlegorm - has to be a recreational divers dream trip.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ss-thistlegorm-has-to-be-a-recreational-divers-dream-trip/678834)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ss-thistlegorm-has-to-be-a-recreational-divers-dream-trip/678834 "2014-01-15T01:08:29Z")
It’s only a 30m (98 ft) dive. Clear water. Some great WWII artifacts on this sunk cargo ship. I’m so jealous. :cool: The pictures in this article are so fascinating. Most old wrecks are just piles of rust. This WWII s… --- ## [A flock of Prius.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-flock-of-prius/678458)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-flock-of-prius/678458 "2014-01-14T18:21:49Z")
7, yes count 'em… 7 within rock throwing distance of me on my commute to work this morning. It’s like being surrounded by domestic appliances at Sears; front loading washing machines and bread makers wherever you look. … --- ## [Talk me out of quitting my job on Friday.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-out-of-quitting-my-job-on-friday/646524)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-out-of-quitting-my-job-on-friday/646524 "2014-01-14T16:27:38Z")
With notice, of course. I’ll try to make it a short back-story if I can. Is it worth going to work somewhere I’m not happy just so I can make a little more money? I used to think so…but now I’m pretty sure it’s not. … --- ## [Hawk 1, Squirrel 0](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawk-1-squirrel-0/678670)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawk-1-squirrel-0/678670 "2014-01-14T03:56:40Z")
The circle of life has come to Royal Oak, MI. I’ve been noticing a large bird of prey (a hawk or falcon or somesuch) in my neighborhood for about a year now. Yesterday, I was in my son’s room, and I looked out his wind… --- ## [Ask a Dutch-Brazilian (Dutchzilla) living in Brazil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-dutch-brazilian-dutchzilla-living-in-brazil/678678)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2014, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-dutch-brazilian-dutchzilla-living-in-brazil/678678 "2014-01-14T02:03:30Z")
Well… I don’t think there are many “Dutchzillas” around. I am a 24-year-old designer, born in the Netherlands but raised in Brazil. Any questions about life down here? Politics? Traditions? Food? Hit me! :smiley: --- ## [Satanists propose monument to the Dark Lord on Oklahoma State Capitol grounds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satanists-propose-monument-to-the-dark-lord-on-oklahoma-state-capitol-grounds/678354)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satanists-propose-monument-to-the-dark-lord-on-oklahoma-state-capitol-grounds/678354 "2014-01-14T01:52:02Z")
Stories. How could the OK lawmakers who approved the 10 Commandments monument not have seen this coming? --- ## [We are not smart/savvy enough to work at a Walmart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-smart-savvy-enough-to-work-at-a-walmart/533189)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-smart-savvy-enough-to-work-at-a-walmart/533189 "2010-03-24T19:42:22Z")
I was helping my daughter apply online with Walmart. This would be her first real job. She was confused when she came to the part where you have to answer a series of hypothetical work-situation questions, as she’s never… --- ## [Things that don't work at 30 below](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-work-at-30-below/677024)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-work-at-30-below/677024 "2014-01-13T22:28:53Z")
Dripping icicle Christmas lights - we have some strands of lights that have plastic icicles, with lights inside the icicles that run in sequence to look like the icicles are dripping by his morning, some weren’t on at al… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=888) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=890)