# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=89 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 90 --- ## [Possible War in Lebanon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-war-in-lebanon/1004947)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-war-in-lebanon/1004947 "2024-09-28T13:40:34Z")
Many people seem to think a war with Lebanon/Hezbollah and Israel is inevitable. There was a major strike into the Golan Heights over the weekend, which killed a number of children. https://apnews.com/article/israel-leb… --- ## [Apparently there's nothing wrong with me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-theres-nothing-wrong-with-me/1007777)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-theres-nothing-wrong-with-me/1007777 "2024-09-27T19:35:56Z")
Well, except for the extremely low white blood cell count (2 something for those who know what that means) Also anemia. I was sent to a hematologist, who had me do a bunch more tests and a bone marrow biopsy.\* Do I hav… --- ## [Mass Shooting in Birmingham, Alabama \[2024-09-22\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-birmingham-alabama-2024-09-22/1007600)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-birmingham-alabama-2024-09-22/1007600 "2024-09-27T16:09:13Z")
Yet another mass shooting. 4 dead, 17 injured. No suspects in custody. --- ## [An Urban75 Forum question (no, not a board fight!), for those who frequent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-urban75-forum-question-no-not-a-board-fight-for-those-who-frequent/1007778)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-urban75-forum-question-no-not-a-board-fight-for-those-who-frequent/1007778 "2024-09-27T13:35:41Z")
Once upon a very long time ago, someone on SDMB posted links to similar / kindred boards and I saved links to NADS, which did not survive, and to Urban75, which definitely did. I signed up for both and then mostly didn’… --- ## [Doesn't Lebanon have an army or air force?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-lebanon-have-an-army-or-air-force/1007634)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-lebanon-have-an-army-or-air-force/1007634 "2024-09-26T17:55:18Z")
Re: Israel’s recent attacks on Lebanon ostensibly to counter Hezbollah – These attacks are killing and wounding civilians in densely populated areas. They are not targeted assassinations. Doesn’t Lebanon have an army or … --- ## [My depressing dental journey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-depressing-dental-journey/1007698)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-depressing-dental-journey/1007698 "2024-09-26T16:50:30Z")
So, I mentioned a while back that I need a root canal on my front right tooth. Even with insurance I cannt afford it. Today, I went to the dentist for x-rays, check-up, make a plan. Before covid I was seeing a periodont… --- ## [NYC Mayor Eric Adams indicted Sept 25, 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-sept-25-2024/1007730)
**Author:** [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2024, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-sept-25-2024/1007730 "2024-09-26T02:18:30Z")
News is breaking on MSNBC but details are sparse thus far. Here’s a link to Yahoo News: At this point there are no specifics as to what he has been indicted for (I think that’s coming tomorrow for some reason) but it … --- ## [Something has changed with the Twitter algorithm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-has-changed-with-the-twitter-algorithm/1007685)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-has-changed-with-the-twitter-algorithm/1007685 "2024-09-25T18:48:40Z")
I saw a few folks talking about it, and now I’ve noticed myself - accounts I follow that disappeared from my Twitter feed are now re-emerging. Anyone else notice this? About 8 months ago I realized that I was no longe… --- ## [Are you glad you're a Doper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-glad-youre-a-doper/1007552)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-glad-youre-a-doper/1007552 "2024-09-25T14:55:46Z")
Just noticed that I have a birthday cake. Yep, looks like I’ve been here 24 years today. In that time, I’ve been contradicted, argued with, agreed with, corrected. I’ve posted silly song lyrics in accordance with even… --- ## [Exile in semi modern times](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exile-in-semi-modern-times/1007589)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2024, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exile-in-semi-modern-times/1007589 "2024-09-25T07:01:57Z")
I am only vaguely familiar with this. I am curious as to the whole subject of exiles. What were the trems of the exile. What could they expect once they landed? Were any laws in force? How quickly did they restart a more… --- ## [NASA planning to get sample from an asteroid Tues (with spacecraft OSIRIS-REx)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-planning-to-get-sample-from-an-asteroid-tues-with-spacecraft-osiris-rex/923357)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2024, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-planning-to-get-sample-from-an-asteroid-tues-with-spacecraft-osiris-rex/923357 "2024-09-25T04:38:15Z")
If all goes well it will happen. Japan did this once . --- ## [It's ON: nothing like Donkey Kong (Radar Images of Asteroid)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-on-nothing-like-donkey-kong-radar-images-of-asteroid/1007627)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2024, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-on-nothing-like-donkey-kong-radar-images-of-asteroid/1007627 "2024-09-25T04:14:26Z")
There are some excellent radar images of Asteroid 2024 ON, which passed nearby a week ago. A contact binary. --- ## [What exactly does this political (?) shirt mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-does-this-political-shirt-mean/1007640)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2024, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-does-this-political-shirt-mean/1007640 "2024-09-25T04:13:19Z")
At least I think it’s political I assume the red states are actual “red states” but I don’t get what the beer has anything to do with it. --- ## [How many amazing crime busts have cops pulled off so far by using License Plate Reader technology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-amazing-crime-busts-have-cops-pulled-off-so-far-by-using-license-plate-reader-technology/1007393)
**Author:** [@GoodZuckerbergs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodZuckerbergs)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-amazing-crime-busts-have-cops-pulled-off-so-far-by-using-license-plate-reader-technology/1007393 "2024-09-24T19:03:53Z")
I know many of you probably dislike that some cops now have a device that can scan thousands of license plates every minute- it’s totalitarian, it’s a slippery slope that leads to loss of freedoms/privacy- I get it, I’m … --- ## [Do you occasionally or routinely practice the habit of "first sleep" and "second sleep"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-occasionally-or-routinely-practice-the-habit-of-first-sleep-and-second-sleep/1007417)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-occasionally-or-routinely-practice-the-habit-of-first-sleep-and-second-sleep/1007417 "2024-09-23T21:35:47Z")
Apparently there is evidence that medieval and ancient peoples followed the practice of going to sleep for a couple of hours, then waking up and performing various tasks, and then going back to bed and sleeping until mor… --- ## [How many people actually believed 51% or more that Harold Camping's May 21st 2011 Apocalypse prediction was going to come true?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-actually-believed-51-or-more-that-harold-campings-may-21st-2011-apocalypse-prediction-was-going-to-come-true/1007448)
**Author:** [@GoodZuckerbergs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodZuckerbergs)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2024, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-actually-believed-51-or-more-that-harold-campings-may-21st-2011-apocalypse-prediction-was-going-to-come-true/1007448 "2024-09-23T15:13:30Z")
I know that there’s no way anyone could know an exact number (or closer than a ballpark educated guess backed up by certain numbers) of how many human beings believed with 51% or greater fervency/conviction that May 21… --- ## [NATO vessel fired on by Russian Warship? Uncertain value to news. Confirmation/details?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nato-vessel-fired-on-by-russian-warship-uncertain-value-to-news-confirmation-details/1007608)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nato-vessel-fired-on-by-russian-warship-uncertain-value-to-news-confirmation-details/1007608 "2024-09-23T02:05:32Z")
I was watching a news accumulator/compiler channel on ROKU (Haystack News), and one of the channels ran a news bar at the bottom of the page stating that a Russian Naval vessel fired on a NATO vessel in NATO waters. I c… --- ## [Why did Trump mismanage the covid pandemic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-trump-mismanage-the-covid-pandemic/1007528)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-trump-mismanage-the-covid-pandemic/1007528 "2024-09-22T21:25:55Z")
Continuing the discussion from What is the point of political yard signs?: \[quote=“We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves, post:1, topic:1007392, full:true”\] Hmm, I’m trying to take @What\_Exit 's advice about linking an answer, b… --- ## [American soldier crosses into North Korea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-soldier-crosses-into-north-korea/987221)
**Author:** [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Replies:** 339\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-soldier-crosses-into-north-korea/987221 "2024-09-22T15:53:58Z")
Apparently he’d been facing some sort of disciplinary action, but how can ANYONE think this is a good solution to your problems? --- ## [GoFundMe for Former SDMB mod @Idle\_Thoughts; he needs some help after some personal challenges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gofundme-for-former-sdmb-mod-idle-thoughts-he-needs-some-help-after-some-personal-challenges/1006171)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gofundme-for-former-sdmb-mod-idle-thoughts-he-needs-some-help-after-some-personal-challenges/1006171 "2024-09-22T15:05:46Z")
I’m Facebook friends with Former SDMB mod @Idle\_Thoughts, also known as Chris N, and he has been going through some tragedies and challenges recently. Most notably, his mother died unexpectedly in a car accident, and thi… --- ## [Alzheimer's day was saturday!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alzheimers-day-was-saturday/1007577)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alzheimers-day-was-saturday/1007577 "2024-09-22T15:03:15Z")
I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Alzheimer’s Day, but I forgot. Sorry about that! :flushed: --- ## [The most awkward legacy - a diamond made from my body, before I die](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-awkward-legacy-a-diamond-made-from-my-body-before-i-die/1007583)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-awkward-legacy-a-diamond-made-from-my-body-before-i-die/1007583 "2024-09-22T14:48:39Z")
Juat a random thought that played through my mind… I could get one of those ‘lifegem’ lab grown diamonds made from my body before I die - just save up my nail clippings and hair and beard trimmings, reduce them to charco… --- ## [What's that tool, Charlie Brown?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-tool-charlie-brown/1007535)
**Author:** [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-tool-charlie-brown/1007535 "2024-09-22T14:16:51Z")
I’m stumped. This Peanuts strip from 1952 has Charlie Brown offering to tune Schroeder’s toy piano. He retrieves some tools: a saw, a heavy-looking hammer, a hatchet, a chisel. But what’s that tall thing he’s holding up?… --- ## [What could possibly go wrong with this new roller coaster design?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-possibly-go-wrong-with-this-new-roller-coaster-design/1007476)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-possibly-go-wrong-with-this-new-roller-coaster-design/1007476 "2024-09-22T00:33:16Z")
Cedar Point’s new roller coaster does something that scares the crap out of me. But hey, I’m no coaster guy. The highest section of track maybe 30 long just ends. ENDS! No bumper or anything, the car just stops there wit… --- ## [Tell me about Long Beach Washington](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-long-beach-washington/1007374)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-long-beach-washington/1007374 "2024-09-21T20:18:00Z")
I am taking a little vacation there the 20-24th of September, and I am wondering about the sights and sounds and goings on around town. Our condo faces the ocean (Worldmark), and we have no set plans in place. --- ## [Scientists Say They Have Created the First Electromagnetic Vortex Cannon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-say-they-have-created-the-first-electromagnetic-vortex-cannon/1007542)
**Author:** [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-say-they-have-created-the-first-electromagnetic-vortex-cannon/1007542 "2024-09-21T17:46:24Z")
Story here: Paging Dr Doom… For anyone struggling to find that perfect Christmas gift. Admit it. You want one, don’t you? --- ## [Help a moderator please? Go fund me for Rico online now, all help appreciated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-moderator-please-go-fund-me-for-rico-online-now-all-help-appreciated/1006886)
**Author:** [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-moderator-please-go-fund-me-for-rico-online-now-all-help-appreciated/1006886 "2024-09-21T15:08:52Z")
This has been approved by the Powers that Be. Greetings, fellow Dopers and friends! A bit of backstory, I joined the SDMB in 1997, when the group was still on AOL . I signed up for the Web SDMB the first day it was a… --- ## [Our poor dogs first acid trip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-poor-dogs-first-acid-trip/1006620)
**Author:** [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-poor-dogs-first-acid-trip/1006620 "2024-09-20T23:07:22Z")
Cole is a tough muscular Pit mix who is a COMPLETE baby when it comes to having his nails trimmed. Our vet confidently said she could do it and came out looking a little shaken after… --- ## [Today I learned about mini-moons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-learned-about-mini-moons/1007510)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-learned-about-mini-moons/1007510 "2024-09-20T17:35:41Z")
Apparently we get one every so often, and then they leave a short time later in a sort of astronomical summer fling. Pretty neat. If we did get a permanent new moon, I wonder what it would be called? Probably “Moony McMo… --- ## [Eating a sandwich made out of the end pieces](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-a-sandwich-made-out-of-the-end-pieces/1007361)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-a-sandwich-made-out-of-the-end-pieces/1007361 "2024-09-20T12:17:07Z")
Well, I finally did it. No more putting it off, no more excuses, no more waffling. It was time. I had nice shiny new loaf of bread sitting there, all full of possibilities, and I was about to simply take the first two sl… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=88) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=90)