# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=905 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 906 --- ## [I haven't had sex in three years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-had-sex-in-three-years/674779)
**Author:** [@Jesse\_Pinkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesse_Pinkman)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-had-sex-in-three-years/674779 "2013-12-01T17:36:24Z")
And I’m only 26. Lack of sex has made me lose my drive or desire to do anything in life. Hey, the whole meaning is to procreate and have children, but if no girl ever wants to do that with me regardless of what I do, th… --- ## [The new secret thread. PM me your secret](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-secret-thread-pm-me-your-secret/633553)
**Author:** [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Replies:** 436\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-secret-thread-pm-me-your-secret/633553 "2013-12-01T16:29:55Z")
Send me a PM with your secret and I’ll post it here, without your name. I will delete the message and never reveal who said what. Zebra the Confessor is now open. --- ## [Dopefest in Fairfax, Virginia.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopefest-in-fairfax-virginia/672831)
**Author:** [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopefest-in-fairfax-virginia/672831 "2013-12-01T15:23:27Z")
Geneb and I are now a part of this \[del\]wonderful\[/del\] traffically challenged community! … And there is a Dogfish Head Alehouse within driving distance. Was thinking, some Thursday or Saturday night, it might be nice t… --- ## [Newbie teacher rule #1. Never turn your back to the students!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-teacher-rule-1-never-turn-your-back-to-the-students/674978)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2013, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-teacher-rule-1-never-turn-your-back-to-the-students/674978 "2013-12-01T06:41:55Z")
I bet this newbie teacher never makes this mistake again. :eek: Keep those little angels in front of you! :stuck\_out\_tongue: Actually it was just one bad kid. But geez WTF was wrong with him? Just a few weeks ago a tr… --- ## [So what exactly is "a load of horse hockey?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-exactly-is-a-load-of-horse-hockey/10799)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-exactly-is-a-load-of-horse-hockey/10799 "2013-12-01T01:19:48Z")
I have always taken the term “horse hockey” to be synonymous with “equine feces.” I’ve also heard the term “bull hockey” with a similar meaning. What I have not been able to find, though, is how did “hockey” come to mea… --- ## [Doing first rate science is hard.....and sweet and tasty!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doing-first-rate-science-is-hard-and-sweet-and-tasty/675141)
**Author:** [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doing-first-rate-science-is-hard-and-sweet-and-tasty/675141 "2013-11-30T17:01:38Z")
Want to win a Nobel Prize? Eat more chocolate (or, at least, get your compatriots to). Here is the hard (unless it gets too warm) data. (And here is the explanation, sort of.) --- ## [Cute marriage proposal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-marriage-proposal/675081)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-marriage-proposal/675081 "2013-11-30T16:46:56Z")
The girl found out he was going to propose, so he changed his plan. Watch the whole thing. Proposing to Summer in Three Parts --- ## [FYI: Important Programmable Thermostat Information](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-important-programmable-thermostat-information/647412)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2013, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-important-programmable-thermostat-information/647412 "2013-11-30T08:13:44Z")
We discovered this week that programmable thermostats for your furnace have batteries in them, and if the batteries die, your furnace will run without shutting off. We figured out what was happening before we went to wor… --- ## [Another teenaged airplane thief](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-teenaged-airplane-thief/675089)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-teenaged-airplane-thief/675089 "2013-11-30T05:14:53Z")
Remember the ‘Barefoot Bandit’, who robbed houses and stole airplanes? Well here’s another teenaged airplane thief. While Colton Harris-Moore had a habit of crashing/crash-landing them, self-taught pilot, 18-year-old G… --- ## [I am quite high up in the sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-quite-high-up-in-the-sky/675120)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-quite-high-up-in-the-sky/675120 "2013-11-30T03:28:26Z")
And gosh it feels funny. i feel small chills, everything spins and focus Is quite hard to achieve. Drunk, under some xanax, my antidepressants, weed and alcohol. I never felt that good on a few months. --- ## [I hate it when long time dopers disappear.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-long-time-dopers-disappear/673817)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-long-time-dopers-disappear/673817 "2013-11-30T01:38:52Z")
TDN hasn’t posted in about 6 weeks or so now and I haven’t seen Jack Batty around in awhile, though his profile doesn’t say when he last logged in. I think Jack posted that he lost his job right after purchasing a house… --- ## [Trying to bring Black Friday to Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-bring-black-friday-to-canada/674769)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-bring-black-friday-to-canada/674769 "2013-11-30T00:40:32Z")
When my wife and I went to the nearby mall this morning to walk (boring, but it beats being out at -10 degrees) the door to the mall had a sign that said “faites de la place pour le vendredi fou” (literally “make room fo… --- ## [Does GRB 130427A mark the first time we have witnessed the birth of a black hole?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-grb-130427a-mark-the-first-time-we-have-witnessed-the-birth-of-a-black-hole/675073)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2013, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-grb-130427a-mark-the-first-time-we-have-witnessed-the-birth-of-a-black-hole/675073 "2013-11-29T22:02:50Z")
Maybe, maybe not. But people are very excited at the prospect. --- ## [Who was the first man to go to the moon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-man-to-go-to-the-moon/674741)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-man-to-go-to-the-moon/674741 "2013-11-29T18:51:01Z")
(Selected MPIMS as I don’t think that this has a factual answer, though I am happy to be corrected) While Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon, he was Johnny-come-lately as far as travelling to the moon … --- ## [Vastly different products with the same name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vastly-different-products-with-the-same-name/674550)
**Author:** [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vastly-different-products-with-the-same-name/674550 "2013-11-29T18:14:35Z")
I’ve been trying to find a replacement part for my bicycle’s Shimano Nexus 7 internal 7 speed hub. I’m overwhelmed with Nexus 7 tablet information. It’s easy enough to filter out stuff, but even then you’ll get hits for … --- ## [Weaponize your smartphone case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weaponize-your-smartphone-case/675030)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weaponize-your-smartphone-case/675030 "2013-11-29T14:57:39Z")
I have no doubt that some if not all of these will be illegal in many places, so I’m not advocating anyone actually purchase these, but I thought the concepts were good for a laugh. You have such things as the knuckle d… --- ## [Miscellaneous trivia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miscellaneous-trivia/675019)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miscellaneous-trivia/675019 "2013-11-29T13:02:51Z")
Not sure what prompted this, but I wanted to know what a trillion US dollars looked like so I got the measurement for US notes and decided to use the highest current denomination, the $100. If I did the math properly (d… --- ## [Some boyfriends send flowers; unfortunately my boyfriend is not one of them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-boyfriends-send-flowers-unfortunately-my-boyfriend-is-not-one-of-them/211822)
**Author:** [@ShadiRoxan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadiRoxan)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-boyfriends-send-flowers-unfortunately-my-boyfriend-is-not-one-of-them/211822 "2013-11-29T12:55:08Z")
I’ve been doing the LDR thing with my boyfriend, Daniel, for the past year. Between the 350 miles of separation, him being in the Navy, and me never home because of either school or work, things can get a little frustra… --- ## [Norfolk police warn of alarming clown epidemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norfolk-police-warn-of-alarming-clown-epidemic/675037)
**Author:** [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2013, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norfolk-police-warn-of-alarming-clown-epidemic/675037 "2013-11-29T10:35:58Z")
I know we have some international Dopers here so I just wanted to spread the word. Fortunately, The Guardian is on the job. Man, sometimes I wish I was British. --- ## [Mustache rides - A great way to raise...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mustache-rides-a-great-way-to-raise/675056)
**Author:** [@yawuntz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawuntz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2013, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mustache-rides-a-great-way-to-raise/675056 "2013-11-29T07:37:58Z")
…awareness and funds for men’s health! Not quite what it was cracked up to be - turns out it’s all done by bicycle. I had a different impression of what mustache rides were all about :confused: Anyway you’ve got to ha… --- ## [The SDMB Thanksgiving Day Banquet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-thanksgiving-day-banquet/674993)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2013, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-thanksgiving-day-banquet/674993 "2013-11-29T07:01:59Z")
Dopers have come from all over to celebrate. The food for this spread includes three large tom turkeys and two baked hams. Mashed potatoes, succotash, cranberries, green-bean casserole, and plenty of salad… Chilled bee… --- ## [Check out this whackadoodle apprentice program](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-whackadoodle-apprentice-program/674943)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-whackadoodle-apprentice-program/674943 "2013-11-29T03:22:53Z")
If you want to be an apprentice tigerkeeper,this is what you’re in for. Pets? No. Friends and family? No. Vacations? No. Weekends, holidays? No. Federally approved work hours? No. Eating meat? No. Living on … --- ## [So...I got fired today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-fired-today/674951)
**Author:** [@r\_u\_serious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/r_u_serious)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-fired-today/674951 "2013-11-29T01:10:01Z")
Well, I got let go because they said I was no longer a good fit and didn’t seem to want to be there. Happy Thanksgiving huh? I suspect it was more due to the fact that I declined the last minute invitation to their Chris… --- ## [Does anyone else dislike "cromulent"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-dislike-cromulent/674818)
**Author:** [@vontsira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vontsira)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-dislike-cromulent/674818 "2013-11-28T23:28:51Z")
Very many of us have particular annoyance-generating hot buttons, concerning things related to use of the English language. For most folk, objectively this stuff is pretty harmless in the general scheme of things; but … --- ## [Sit on Santa's lap...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-on-santas-lap/674765)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-on-santas-lap/674765 "2013-11-28T23:15:14Z")
…and tell Santa what frivolous toy you want for Christmas. It must cost $50 or less Objects for your personal enjoyment-no gift cards or money for bill paying No live animals Just this once, let’s not fight the hypoth… --- ## [We need a cool science forum.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-cool-science-forum/675014)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-cool-science-forum/675014 "2013-11-28T21:39:13Z")
In absence of that, I give you: Beer bottle tapping physics. Which links to an even cooler cavitation explanation, in near zero gravity. Dinner prep is done and I’m killin’ time with coffee and the interwebs. --- ## [Damn relatives.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-relatives/674891)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-relatives/674891 "2013-11-28T20:21:29Z")
Sorry, I just need to verbally vomit and this is the place I’m doing it. Fuck I’m just pissed at my relatives. Everybody is mad at somebody and then what happens is you have a relative die and barely anyone shows up to … --- ## [John Kennedy Funeral on CSPAN now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-kennedy-funeral-on-cspan-now/675022)
**Author:** [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-kennedy-funeral-on-cspan-now/675022 "2013-11-28T18:42:58Z")
Just came on to advise any who may care that NBC’s coverage of JFK’s funeral services, processions, mass, & burial is on CSPAN between 1 & 7 p.m. (Eastern) today-David Brinkley and others reporting. --- ## [3 women freed after 30 years as captives in the UK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-women-freed-after-30-years-as-captives-in-the-uk/674456)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-women-freed-after-30-years-as-captives-in-the-uk/674456 "2013-11-28T17:02:58Z")
Was Ariel Castro part of some crazy cult that thrives on keeping people captive? :eek: Prolly not, but this story from the UK is just breaking here in the US. \[ \](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU\_BRITAIN\_SL… --- ## [3' of snow, to sweltering heat!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-of-snow-to-sweltering-heat/674980)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-of-snow-to-sweltering-heat/674980 "2013-11-28T16:25:13Z")
In a mere 30 hours we’ve gone from 3.5 ft of snow, freshly fallen to the sweltering heat of SE Asia! Still getting over the jet lag and aclimatizing to the heat. But right after that, it’s adventure time! Island hoppng o… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=904) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=906)