# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=902 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 903 --- ## [Industries pricing themselves out of the market](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/industries-pricing-themselves-out-of-the-market/675834)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2013, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/industries-pricing-themselves-out-of-the-market/675834 "2013-12-11T06:58:48Z")
You’ve read my rants about the price of Cessnas, and my opinion that Cessna is putting itself out of business by pricing their airplanes far out of reach of their target market. I’ve written that a brand-new 1982 Skyhaw… --- ## [I'm going to be a first time Grandma-To twin boys!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-be-a-first-time-grandma-to-twin-boys/675873)
**Author:** [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2013, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-be-a-first-time-grandma-to-twin-boys/675873 "2013-12-11T05:38:25Z")
Like the title says my one and only child is expecting twin boys in March. I’m not looking for a whole bunch of congrats. What I would like, is for you to share some of your experiences with twins. My daughter is a ti… --- ## [TLDR...My Online Therapy, Chapter 1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tldr-my-online-therapy-chapter-1/675802)
**Author:** [@InappropriateHumor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InappropriateHumor)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tldr-my-online-therapy-chapter-1/675802 "2013-12-11T04:49:17Z")
This is going to fall well within the TLDR category. Feel free to scroll along to the next thread. I don’t want to burden my friends and family with a bunch of words they can’t escape from, and apparently talking it thr… --- ## [New "PM me your secret" thread. (Taking over for Zebra)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pm-me-your-secret-thread-taking-over-for-zebra/676002)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pm-me-your-secret-thread-taking-over-for-zebra/676002 "2013-12-10T23:57:36Z")
I didn’t see anyone else post for this so I volunteer. As with what Zebra did, if you want to PM me your secret, I will post it in this thread completely anonymously. Thanks to Zebra for his previous thread and confiden… --- ## [Did you ever mail cereal boxtops to get neat stuff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-mail-cereal-boxtops-to-get-neat-stuff/675691)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-mail-cereal-boxtops-to-get-neat-stuff/675691 "2013-12-10T23:05:58Z")
Seeing the thread about “Why did it used take so long to receive stuff by mail” reminded me of the times I mailed cereal boxtops with quarters taped to them. We lived in a small town, so we didn’t have stores with neat … --- ## [Free USGPO publications](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-usgpo-publications/676005)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-usgpo-publications/676005 "2013-12-10T22:11:17Z")
The US Govt Printing Office has a wealth of information, much of it free. For 2014 they’ve put together a free packet that has a potpourri of items at least some of which will probably be of interest to most people. You… --- ## [Domestic violence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domestic-violence/652557)
**Author:** [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domestic-violence/652557 "2013-12-10T13:22:34Z")
The couple next door fight on the regular, most of it being him shouting at her. This happens every other day or so, but this morning it was more intense than normal and included the woman crying and begging and the soun… --- ## [Stolen radioactive cargo recovered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-radioactive-cargo-recovered/675534)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-radioactive-cargo-recovered/675534 "2013-12-10T04:24:15Z")
Stolen cobalt-60 found abandoned in Mexico Is there a Mexican idiom for ‘Hoist with his own petard’? But… So maybe the thieves weren’t exposed, and the ‘death sentence’ warning is just a ploy to flush them out as th… --- ## [The Fall Of The House Of Sequential Threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 712\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806 "2013-12-10T02:52:41Z")
There was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart…at yet another sequential threads thread. Aaaagh!!! \*\* If you were on death row, what would be your last meal? The Phoenix Dies, and Will not Rise from its Ashe… --- ## [By popular demand: Krokodil comes to the U.S. of A.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-popular-demand-krokodil-comes-to-the-u-s-of-a/669816)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-popular-demand-krokodil-comes-to-the-u-s-of-a/669816 "2013-12-09T23:41:06Z")
Clap if you still have some appendages. \[gag . . . retch. . .\] If you get to the part of the article where it tells you that the images at a certain link are horrible and graphic . . . you’re probably gonna wanna take … --- ## [Love at first shot.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-at-first-shot/675902)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-at-first-shot/675902 "2013-12-09T21:45:37Z")
Some guys win girls over with candles and flowers. Others take a more direct approach. :stuck\_out\_tongue: The mayo was shaken but didn’t break. :smiley: --- ## [Belt sander issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belt-sander-issue/675915)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belt-sander-issue/675915 "2013-12-09T21:09:14Z")
Wondering if anyone else had this problem. I have a 6X48 belt sander, been using it for many years daily. All of a sudden the belts are too large and I can’t get them tight. I check everything for wear and play and it al… --- ## [Poor Kitteh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-kitteh/675826)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-kitteh/675826 "2013-12-09T20:49:02Z")
I think I put back his training to take prey to the bath tub to dismember it - I didn’t look inside the tub when I reached in and turned on the shower :frowning: Next thing I know there is a little grey and tan whirlwind… --- ## [Oooops! I replied out loud to a computer game...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oooops-i-replied-out-loud-to-a-computer-game/675884)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oooops-i-replied-out-loud-to-a-computer-game/675884 "2013-12-09T16:21:34Z")
So I’m really enjoying Lord of the Rings Online - the designers are clearly Tolkien fans and the storyline, graphics and music fit Middle Earth superbly. My character has a few things to sell, so I approach an Elf trade… --- ## [Ever been kicked off a forum? Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-kicked-off-a-forum-why/675248)
**Author:** [@amorali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amorali)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2013, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-kicked-off-a-forum-why/675248 "2013-12-09T08:28:31Z")
Just curious if this has happened to anyone else for non obvious reasons? I was on a relationship site and got banned for pointing out that people in affairs don’t just “fall” into them. I’m a longtime forum fan, since… --- ## [The I'm up early MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-im-up-early-mmp/675276)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 245\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2013, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-im-up-early-mmp/675276 "2013-12-09T07:26:15Z")
I was up late Saturday to start the Death Pool at midnight Sunday, so I went to be early and am now awake. Why not start the MMP? I’ve had four days off, and wish I could have one more before going back to work. --- ## [It's so cold my bedroom window broke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-so-cold-my-bedroom-window-broke/675731)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2013, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-so-cold-my-bedroom-window-broke/675731 "2013-12-09T06:46:58Z")
Background: we live in an old house with double-hung sash windows. This year, due to pressures of work and Grey Cup festivities, I never got around to putting the storm window on, so all that is protecting us from the -… --- ## [♫ Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, mincemeat cooking on the stove ♫](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chestnuts-roasting-on-an-open-fire-mincemeat-cooking-on-the-stove/675762)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2013, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chestnuts-roasting-on-an-open-fire-mincemeat-cooking-on-the-stove/675762 "2013-12-09T05:42:06Z")
Right, it’s December, and now is the time to start Christmas stuff, not early October when the “holiday eggnog” first appeared on the shelves, just in time for Canadian Thanksgiving. Vince Guaraldi’s “Charlie Brown Chri… --- ## [Q&A from Ask.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-a-from-ask-com/675876)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2013, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-a-from-ask-com/675876 "2013-12-09T03:59:04Z")
I was Googling some obsolete or no-longer-sold products, and when I got to “Massengill Douche Powder”, I got this link. Language is SFW. http://www.ask.com/question/massengill-douche When I was a teenager, I was babys… --- ## [Trying to move to a new apartment and finding the right one is very depressing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-move-to-a-new-apartment-and-finding-the-right-one-is-very-depressing/675861)
**Author:** [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-move-to-a-new-apartment-and-finding-the-right-one-is-very-depressing/675861 "2013-12-09T03:10:14Z")
I have to live with roommates because of my financial situation, so it’s really an open room that I’m searching for, not an actual apartment. My current roommate has turned into an absolute nutcase so I’d like to get out… --- ## [Dialect map of the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dialect-map-of-the-us/675415)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dialect-map-of-the-us/675415 "2013-12-08T23:13:51Z")
Thought this was worth perusing: --- ## [Sterile service technician](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sterile-service-technician/675620)
**Author:** [@Longshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longshanks)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sterile-service-technician/675620 "2013-12-08T21:56:56Z")
I started working as a SST the other week and was just wondering if there are any other dopers who are currently working as or have previously worked as one. --- ## [Is it just me or are you not able to sleep unless you completely relieve your bladder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-you-not-able-to-sleep-unless-you-completely-relieve-your-bladder/675572)
**Author:** [@jrsone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrsone)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-you-not-able-to-sleep-unless-you-completely-relieve-your-bladder/675572 "2013-12-08T19:52:14Z")
It’s annoying. Even if I don’t have any real “urge” to go, but I know I could if I tried, I will not be able to go to sleep unless I go. My wife is the opposite. She can lie down, say, “I should have peed, oh well, I’… --- ## [How about a St. Louis Dopefest next week?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-st-louis-dopefest-next-week/674918)
**Author:** [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-st-louis-dopefest-next-week/674918 "2013-12-08T18:58:21Z")
I, the Wandering Doper who likes to meet other Dopers from lands near and far, will be in the St. Louis area next Thursday, December 5, and Friday, December 6th. Open to lunch or dinner on either day, but need suggestio… --- ## [Nice new(?) feature in Google Chrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-new-feature-in-google-chrome/675757)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-new-feature-in-google-chrome/675757 "2013-12-08T18:48:29Z")
I just noticed that if one of your tabs is playing sound, the tab at the top displays a little speaker icon. No more frantic hunting when a tab starts playing a video automatically. --- ## [Veteran learns tourism in former war zones can be risky.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veteran-learns-tourism-in-former-war-zones-can-be-risky/675752)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veteran-learns-tourism-in-former-war-zones-can-be-risky/675752 "2013-12-08T14:36:44Z")
A lot of veterans travel to former areas they served in. I guess that started with the WWII Vets? Then a lot of Viet Nam Vets have returned to Viet Nam as tourists. I hadn’t heard much about Korean Vets taking the scenic… --- ## [What is the purpose of corporations making employees fill out detailed expense reports?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-corporations-making-employees-fill-out-detailed-expense-reports/674900)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2013, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-corporations-making-employees-fill-out-detailed-expense-reports/674900 "2013-12-08T12:44:28Z")
I mean, I get it - in some cases. It’s low-level fraud protection. But I travel for work a lot, and my travel plans are always very public and well known to my manager. In my particular case, I’m feeling like - jeez, … --- ## [The Most-Arrested Person in the World](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-arrested-person-in-the-world/675684)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2013, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-arrested-person-in-the-world/675684 "2013-12-08T11:22:57Z")
Henry Earl, 64, of Lexington, Kentucky. Arrested more than 1500 times, mostly for alcohol-related offenses. They think 1600 times, but they’re being cautious. He’s been arrested constantly since 1970. Finally, The Man i… --- ## [Sample Math Problem from OECD International HS test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sample-math-problem-from-oecd-international-hs-test/675375)
**Author:** [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2013, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sample-math-problem-from-oecd-international-hs-test/675375 "2013-12-08T05:29:28Z")
Couldn’t decide whether to put this in the MPSIMS thread. This is a sample math problem from one of those “Chinese students are outstripping American ones in standardized testing…” tests. It was a nifty little problem. … --- ## [HIV-AIDS deniers: WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiv-aids-deniers-wtf/675720)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2013, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiv-aids-deniers-wtf/675720 "2013-12-08T04:53:51Z")
There was a 2008 episode of Law & Order: SVU on this evening about a doctor who claimed HIV does not cause AIDS. I’ve seen this episode several times and I really like it because I like when stupidity is exposed. I have… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=901) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=903)