# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=895 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 896 --- ## [Where's Aquaman when you really need him? Newslink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-aquaman-when-you-really-need-him-newslink/677237)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-aquaman-when-you-really-need-him-newslink/677237 "2013-12-29T20:09:56Z")
Sixty Injured In Mass Piranha Attack! EEEPS!:eek: Oh, sweet North America, I shall never leave thee! The trout never do that! --- ## [What's your greatest Thrift Store find?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-greatest-thrift-store-find/674522)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-greatest-thrift-store-find/674522 "2013-12-29T16:35:35Z")
I just bought a Lululemon hoodie for $25 at Value Village. It looks brand new. I also got one that looks slightly worn (not scruffy, just washed many times) a couple months ago there for $35. They retail for $125. Ye… --- ## [Can someone please translate into Polish for me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-translate-into-polish-for-me/677402)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-translate-into-polish-for-me/677402 "2013-12-29T15:47:08Z")
Hi. I was listening to a streaming radio station based in Poland tonight, one I listen to often. I heard a song, a beautiful song, it is instantly my favorite goa song. But somehow,the file association for a playlist … --- ## [How did you name your pet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-name-your-pet/674301)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2013, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-name-your-pet/674301 "2013-12-29T10:54:50Z")
My dog is named Nathan. He’s a dachshund, and a Doper suggested the name, since “he’s such a good wiener dog.” At the dog park there’s a cute little chi-weenie named Leroy. The dog’s color is brown. Another dog is na… --- ## [Christmas 2013: what'd you get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-2013-whatd-you-get/677210)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2013, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-2013-whatd-you-get/677210 "2013-12-29T08:37:20Z")
Anything good? Are you particularly proud of anything you gave? --- ## [What on Earth is WRONG with me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-on-earth-is-wrong-with-me/508628)
**Author:** [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-on-earth-is-wrong-with-me/508628 "2013-12-29T03:56:42Z")
My fuse seems to have gotten very short recently. Little things that would have bothered me a little but rolled off my back, have started to piss me off to the point of insanity. A few cases in point, all of which have… --- ## [Bird Watchers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-watchers/677333)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-watchers/677333 "2013-12-29T02:40:59Z")
I live in the South Bay area of Los angeles over my 65 years I have watched many changes in certain bird populations. The english sparrow seemed to be somewhat immune to the factors affecting many other species and remai… --- ## [How Would The Corleone Family (1946) Compare to Today's Crime Families?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-the-corleone-family-1946-compare-to-todays-crime-families/677317)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-the-corleone-family-1946-compare-to-todays-crime-families/677317 "2013-12-29T00:29:14Z")
Given the nature of crime, I think that a resurrected Don Corleone would be very much at home today. the basic rackets remain: -prostitution -loansharking -gambling -labor union racketeering Notice I omitted drugs… --- ## [Presentience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presentience/677180)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presentience/677180 "2013-12-28T20:39:18Z")
Presentience: knowing your intentions ahead of time. --- ## [Children on medical marijuana](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-on-medical-marijuana/673074)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-on-medical-marijuana/673074 "2013-12-28T20:37:17Z")
Note to mods: I am not advocating anything. I am simply reporting on events. Over the last few months, the Colorado Springs Gazette has been running occasional articles on a unique strain of medical marijuana that is… --- ## [Those old Hershey wrappers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-old-hershey-wrappers/677291)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2013, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-old-hershey-wrappers/677291 "2013-12-28T08:20:06Z")
This thread, talking about how ‘chocolate has gotten thin’, reminded me of Hershey bars. Now, I have an idea that your typical Hershey Bar With Almonds was bigger when I was a child than they are now. I don’t know, tho… --- ## [What would a real shrinking machine do to life as we know it? (Honey I Shrunk The Kids )](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-real-shrinking-machine-do-to-life-as-we-know-it-honey-i-shrunk-the-kids/677151)
**Author:** [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2013, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-real-shrinking-machine-do-to-life-as-we-know-it-honey-i-shrunk-the-kids/677151 "2013-12-28T06:09:40Z")
The Transporter thread got me thinking about this. --- ## [Anyone else addicted to nasal sprays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-addicted-to-nasal-sprays/524619)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2013, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-addicted-to-nasal-sprays/524619 "2013-12-28T04:34:28Z")
I have been for years. It’s a miserable situation to be in; the more you use, the more you need. Quitting cold turkey is next to impossible (assuming you like breathing). Anyway, I’ve recently run across a website that … --- ## [Cessna will buy Beechcraft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cessna-will-buy-beechcraft/677302)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cessna-will-buy-beechcraft/677302 "2013-12-28T04:01:20Z")
Link Well, Textron, the company that owns Cessna, will buy Beechcraft. Cessna shows little interest in promoting General Aviation, at least insofar as providing the aircraft needed to produce the pilots needed to fly t… --- ## [RIP Mikhail Kalashnikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mikhail-kalashnikov/677021)
**Author:** [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mikhail-kalashnikov/677021 "2013-12-28T01:40:04Z")
Weapon designer Mikhail Kalashnikov has died. He was 94. Story. --- ## [Guess who's having a baby!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-whos-having-a-baby/677091)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-whos-having-a-baby/677091 "2013-12-28T00:13:59Z")
I’m still pinching myself in case I’m dreaming, but I’m already past 12 weeks, and it sure looks like we’re going to be parents in July! I’ve spent the last couple of months in a bit of a daze, having to remind myself th… --- ## [Calgary Christmas Dopefest - Beer and Steak & Guiness Pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-christmas-dopefest-beer-and-steak-guiness-pie/676691)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-christmas-dopefest-beer-and-steak-guiness-pie/676691 "2013-12-27T21:16:54Z")
Hi Everybody! We’d like to get together with any Dopers who would like to show up (we’re assuming they would be from Alberta, likely from Calgary, but anyone else who wants to come would be welcome too). Time and place w… --- ## [Bringing a snowman to life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-a-snowman-to-life/676406)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-a-snowman-to-life/676406 "2013-12-27T19:15:52Z")
I’m not a smart man-- I don’t know much about physiology, biology, kinesiology, meteorology or the voodoo necessary to animate frozen precipitation-- but I’m fairly confident it’s not possible to bring a snowman to life.… --- ## [Your favorite childhood gift](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-childhood-gift/677238)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-childhood-gift/677238 "2013-12-27T18:34:00Z")
We seem to be focusing on adult gifts and current gifts to kids. How about your favorite gift you got as a kid . . . for Christmas or Hanukkah or a birthday, or whatever? When I was a kid, all I wanted to be was an arch… --- ## [Explain the reasoning behind this Christmas card design, please...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-reasoning-behind-this-christmas-card-design-please/677292)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-reasoning-behind-this-christmas-card-design-please/677292 "2013-12-27T16:44:50Z")
So I received a Christmas card earlier this month, the card from a family comprised of two professionals, a man and his wife, and their daughters. The two professionals are doctors in a medium-sized city in the US and, t… --- ## [Santa let me down (along with AAA)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-let-me-down-along-with-aaa/677184)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-let-me-down-along-with-aaa/677184 "2013-12-27T15:16:34Z")
Maybe I shouldn’t have posted that anti-Christmas post in the pit. I have posted before about my car having trouble starting. I had the battery and the alternator checked and they were fine. Yesterday I was finishing … --- ## [Boxing Day Plans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxing-day-plans/677217)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxing-day-plans/677217 "2013-12-27T14:14:41Z")
We normally just stay in and don’t go near the malls on Boxing Day, but my sister-in-law needs some help getting her new computer hooked up, so I’ll go to the computer store with her. May take the Cub tobogganing after … --- ## [I Can't Find Pope's Email.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-find-popes-email/677205)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-find-popes-email/677205 "2013-12-27T13:45:47Z")
Far be it from me to bother you people with trivial problems. But upon perusing the Pope’s website, I just can’t seem to find his email address. There are a lot of Latin links. But no email address, I can seem to find. I… --- ## [McDonald's advises employees not to eat fast food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-advises-employees-not-to-eat-fast-food/677088)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-advises-employees-not-to-eat-fast-food/677088 "2013-12-27T13:11:26Z")
Another McDonald’s faux pas To be fair, it’s not McDonald’s that is wrote this. It was written by a third-party vendor that was hired to provide advice to McDonald’s employees. McDonald’s published it though. Last m… --- ## [Words that sound like a string of letters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-like-a-string-of-letters/676999)
**Author:** [@Lubricious\_Integument](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lubricious_Integument)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-like-a-string-of-letters/676999 "2013-12-27T10:01:56Z")
The Good Escapee: SKP Empty: MT (depends on your dialect, but that’s the way I say it) The Bad Emcee: MC What are some others? --- ## [Man nearly ticketed for washing car in his driveway.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-nearly-ticketed-for-washing-car-in-his-driveway/676931)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-nearly-ticketed-for-washing-car-in-his-driveway/676931 "2013-12-27T03:55:55Z")
It wasn’t about water conservation. Apparently doing any work on your car in public is prohibited. Man what a shitty town to live in. :stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [My dad's going to die soon.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dads-going-to-die-soon/676048)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dads-going-to-die-soon/676048 "2013-12-27T00:22:54Z")
Last month my Dad, who had been traveling around for a couple of years in his motorhome, told me he’d had a little mini-stroke and was in the hospital for a day or so, but he said he was fine. He also apparenty had an ul… --- ## [What are you GIVING this ChrisNachuWanzaWeen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-giving-this-chrisnachuwanzaween/676972)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-giving-this-chrisnachuwanzaween/676972 "2013-12-27T00:21:04Z")
Here’s what the family is getting from me… Mom; new camera case for her digicam, she recently purchased one of the Nikon ZLR (zoom lens reflex point and shoot) and she needs a decent belt/shoulder case for it Sister; s… --- ## [The White House Responds to a Petition Requesting the Death Star by 2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-house-responds-to-a-petition-requesting-the-death-star-by-2016/677235)
**Author:** [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-house-responds-to-a-petition-requesting-the-death-star-by-2016/677235 "2013-12-26T22:42:22Z")
Looks like this Paul Shawcross guy is a Star Wars fan, all right: This Isn’t the Petition Response You’re Looking For --- ## [My kid and misleadingly boxed xmas presents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kid-and-misleadingly-boxed-xmas-presents/677160)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kid-and-misleadingly-boxed-xmas-presents/677160 "2013-12-26T21:27:06Z")
Little Frylock opened each gift and stopped at the box, assuming that each box contained exactly what it said, “I got oatmeal!!! Look! It’s my three favorite flavors, too!” “Take a picture of me with my new cat food!” H… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=894) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=896)