# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=91 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 92 --- ## [Google pictures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-pictures/1007258)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-pictures/1007258 "2024-09-14T22:19:05Z")
Has anyone noticed lately that when you look up an address on Google, I get pictures of back of buildings, vacant lot and once picture of sidewalk, which are useless. Is it just here in St Louis, or have others noticed t… --- ## [I'm going to Morocco for Two Weeks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-morocco-for-two-weeks/977937)
**Author:** [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-morocco-for-two-weeks/977937 "2024-09-14T21:26:08Z")
Basically, I signed up for this tour in late Feb/early Mar, which takes the long way from Casablanca to Marakesh via a bunch of other sites. The tour itself is pretty regimented, but do dopers have any great opinions o… --- ## [My blood tests are confusing me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-tests-are-confusing-me/1007218)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2024, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-tests-are-confusing-me/1007218 "2024-09-14T05:45:04Z")
I’ve written before about the toxic-mold house I was living in for nine months (I finally moved out a month ago.) Among other things, I’d lost ten pounds for no good reason and was having constant headaches. Right befor… --- ## [Why do women wear shirts that don't cover their stomach, then pull them down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-women-wear-shirts-that-dont-cover-their-stomach-then-pull-them-down/354796)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-women-wear-shirts-that-dont-cover-their-stomach-then-pull-them-down/354796 "2024-09-13T21:41:18Z")
I see this all the time. A woman will wear a shirt that only comes down to her belly button and then she will spend a good deal of time adjusting her shirt, trying to pull it down to cover her stomach. Why do women do t… --- ## [Maybe the greatest car review of all time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-the-greatest-car-review-of-all-time/1007183)
**Author:** [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-the-greatest-car-review-of-all-time/1007183 "2024-09-13T20:20:51Z")
All you car nerds are probably already acquainted with John Phillips from A) Montana and B) Car and Driver. Here is his review of the Cadillac Escalade Pickup from 2002. I posit this is the most awesome review of a veh… --- ## [Political borders in the middle of the road](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-borders-in-the-middle-of-the-road/1007063)
**Author:** [@Yelnick\_McWawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yelnick_McWawa)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-borders-in-the-middle-of-the-road/1007063 "2024-09-13T19:58:37Z")
The sign on the right side of the road said, “Entering Lincoln”. One half mile later, there was another sign that said, “Entering Lincoln” on the left side of the road. So I went to google maps to see the town border b… --- ## [New post office vehicles unveiled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-post-office-vehicles-unveiled/1007167)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-post-office-vehicles-unveiled/1007167 "2024-09-13T18:04:13Z")
I was a letter carrier for awhile. Exhausting work, especially driving one of those little tin cars. Hopefully the new ones work well-I give cautious credit to DeJoy for getting them on the streets. The article doesn’t h… --- ## [I’m having brain surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849 "2024-09-12T22:27:11Z")
So I had a minor seizure and fell on my face a couple weeks ago. Here’s what I looked like just after: And thanks for the blood thinners I was on, here’s what I look like … --- ## [The Typo Thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-typo-thread/1006385)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-typo-thread/1006385 "2024-09-12T18:20:26Z")
Given the recent turn away from hijacks, it may be a bit distracting to call them out in the thread in question for the obligatory gentle teasing, be it a casual brainfart or an autocorrect disaster, so here we are. So … --- ## [Why I hate insurance sales people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-insurance-sales-people/1007164)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-insurance-sales-people/1007164 "2024-09-12T17:25:50Z")
I want a very specific life insurance product. It is a policy that covers me for life but without any savings or investment part to it. I don’t need a cash value component. My goal is that when I die, my granddaughter… --- ## [The Dark Web has my SS number, dammit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-web-has-my-ss-number-dammit/1006589)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-web-has-my-ss-number-dammit/1006589 "2024-09-12T14:55:50Z")
GAH. Got notice my Social Security number’s shown up on the dark web, along with name, address (old and current) and telephone number (old, new, and what the hell?). Already have my credit on lockdown with all three re… --- ## [What is the first recorded use of the slang term "Funsuck?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-recorded-use-of-the-slang-term-funsuck/1007088)
**Author:** [@GoodZuckerbergs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodZuckerbergs)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-recorded-use-of-the-slang-term-funsuck/1007088 "2024-09-12T13:54:30Z")
I see some definitions of the term on Urban Dictionary that date back to 2006 or so; what is the oldest use of the term that you can source? --- ## [Letters You Do Not Know Where To Send](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letters-you-do-not-know-where-to-send/961947)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letters-you-do-not-know-where-to-send/961947 "2024-09-12T02:10:30Z")
Dear Weather, Not many years ago, you offered predictability and consistency. The results were not always great. You were too hot and humid in the summer and too cold and snowy in the winter. Recently, you have decid… --- ## [Man sticks live eel (and lemon) up his rectum in attempt to feel "intense sensation", succeeds spectacularly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-sticks-live-eel-and-lemon-up-his-rectum-in-attempt-to-feel-intense-sensation-succeeds-spectacularly/1006123)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-sticks-live-eel-and-lemon-up-his-rectum-in-attempt-to-feel-intense-sensation-succeeds-spectacularly/1006123 "2024-09-11T16:47:02Z")
Nearly killed him. Google translate of Vietnamese website. https://benhvienvietduc-org.translate.goog/mo-cap-cuu-cuu-song-nguoi-benh-thung-dai-truc-trang-nhet-con-luon-va-di-vat-vao-hau-mon.html?\_x\_tr\_sl=vi&\_x\_tr\_tl=… --- ## [Avoiding the Trump-Harris debate tonight 9/10/24](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-the-trump-harris-debate-tonight-9-10-24/1007101)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-the-trump-harris-debate-tonight-9-10-24/1007101 "2024-09-11T16:44:15Z")
My husband has the TV on, but hearing just 1 minute of the pre-show from the other room was enough to get me seriously irritated. So I’m up in my room with the door closed and headphones on, listening to music. How long … --- ## [Everything Changed- A 9/11 World Trade Centers Narrative](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-changed-a-9-11-world-trade-centers-narrative/263923)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-changed-a-9-11-world-trade-centers-narrative/263923 "2024-09-11T00:37:13Z")
EVERYTHING CHANGED The camera meeting I was in that had started at 8:30 am was still going when the first plane hit. We were in the basement of a 150-year-old synagogue in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, on Norfolk St… --- ## [Anyone else here done the CERT training (US FEMA, CERT = Community Emergency Response Team)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-done-the-cert-training-us-fema-cert-community-emergency-response-team/1007012)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-done-the-cert-training-us-fema-cert-community-emergency-response-team/1007012 "2024-09-10T23:56:31Z")
I’m thinking about doing this training. Have you done it? Are you on your community’s response team? You can be trained without having to be on the response team. Wiki’s CERT page ➜ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commu… --- ## [I don't know why I feel so bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-why-i-feel-so-bad/1007026)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-why-i-feel-so-bad/1007026 "2024-09-10T19:34:21Z")
I, in my weird way am fascinated by death. Not like that. No ideation or anything. I wonder about it. I was freaked out, maybe have PTSD still about my Daddy’s death. I really struggled with it. I got stuck in one of th… --- ## [Resume/portfolio ideas for a teacher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resume-portfolio-ideas-for-a-teacher/1007061)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resume-portfolio-ideas-for-a-teacher/1007061 "2024-09-10T19:00:15Z")
I am updating my resume and I don’t want to use the traditional style. Two reasons for this: It looks soooooo 1980s I have been teaching for almost 3 decades. The traditional style seems inefficient for what I need. … --- ## [The cost of female beauty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cost-of-female-beauty/1006900)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cost-of-female-beauty/1006900 "2024-09-10T16:08:35Z")
This thread was triggered by a conversation I heard at my dentist’s office. And let me start with a disclaimer that I’m not intending to mock anyone’s choices. Onward… My mother never taught me how to use cosmetics. My … --- ## [My Brother goes into a VA Mental Hospital Soon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-goes-into-a-va-mental-hospital-soon/1006511)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-goes-into-a-va-mental-hospital-soon/1006511 "2024-09-10T04:22:15Z")
He lost his house, a couple years ago, & was living in a residence hotel. He has not had a job for ages. For years, he’s had trouble with depression. And anger. I’ve been supporting him, but now, I have to stop. I’ve … --- ## [Should Gargoyles come in pairs? (In West Virginia if that matters)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gargoyles-come-in-pairs-in-west-virginia-if-that-matters/1003520)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gargoyles-come-in-pairs-in-west-virginia-if-that-matters/1003520 "2024-09-10T00:59:00Z")
We recently bought a new home. It has brick gate posts? that are about four feet tall and 18x18 inches on the top. The neighbors to the left of me have carriage lamps on their brick gate posts and the neighbors to the ri… --- ## [Squirrel Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel-fun/1006835)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel-fun/1006835 "2024-09-09T16:49:48Z")
About 20 years ago a friend of mine gave me a weather station for Christmas. Like this: You hang this doo-dad outside and it transmits weather information to the screen pictured above. When I moved to The Home a year … --- ## [I'm sick. Everybody move back six feet. If you have a mask, put it on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-everybody-move-back-six-feet-if-you-have-a-mask-put-it-on/1005958)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-everybody-move-back-six-feet-if-you-have-a-mask-put-it-on/1005958 "2024-09-09T15:12:03Z")
This is about as miscellaneous and personal as it gets. Pretty damned pointless too! We live with The Daughter and her family in SCal. Who knows when we’ll get back to AZ? Anyway, six people and a whole bunch of cats un… --- ## [(Old) Be-Labor-ing a Point. An End of (Meteorological) Summer MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-be-labor-ing-a-point-an-end-of-meteorological-summer-mmp/1006602)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 328\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-be-labor-ing-a-point-an-end-of-meteorological-summer-mmp/1006602 "2024-09-09T13:14:25Z")
As you wish. So it’s 12:04 EST, I’m off work, and am celebrating workers by not working(and not shopping, so as not to encourage more businesses). Any of the non-RDOS off today? it’s also the (tradional) time for sch… --- ## [I got a job, moved to Wisconsin and now live here with half my family](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-job-moved-to-wisconsin-and-now-live-here-with-half-my-family/1005628)
**Author:** [@slalexan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slalexan)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-job-moved-to-wisconsin-and-now-live-here-with-half-my-family/1005628 "2024-09-08T22:28:09Z")
So when I was last here, I was lamenting about my job search. I lost my job abruptly after being fired for being scapegoated on a bad project. I was job hunting hard and really down in the dumps about it. Well, in May, I… --- ## ["Fat Leonard" by Craig Whitlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-leonard-by-craig-whitlock/1006967)
**Author:** [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-leonard-by-craig-whitlock/1006967 "2024-09-08T20:11:44Z")
I’ve been following this US Navy scandal off and on for years. I’m about halfway through Whitlock’s comprehensive and extremely detailed reporting on what happened and who the various culprits were. I’m amazed at the h… --- ## [Am I the last person to hear about "glamping"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-last-person-to-hear-about-glamping/1006687)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-last-person-to-hear-about-glamping/1006687 "2024-09-08T14:28:35Z")
My daughter recently texted me about her experience in the woods of upstate New York. She saw a black bear one evening and slept in a tent. She used the term “glamping”, which I assumed was a typo. But then later she a… --- ## [Knight in Shining Tow Truck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knight-in-shining-tow-truck/1006840)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knight-in-shining-tow-truck/1006840 "2024-09-08T00:15:35Z")
Tuesday I was doing a rescue dog transport. I do these pretty regularly - pickup a dog, drive it about 75 miles and hand it off to the next driver, It only costs a little gas and time and makes me feel good. As I was he… --- ## [Who is using a personal neurstim unit? Any relief? Are these all just snake oil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-using-a-personal-neurstim-unit-any-relief-are-these-all-just-snake-oil/1006908)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2024, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-using-a-personal-neurstim-unit-any-relief-are-these-all-just-snake-oil/1006908 "2024-09-07T23:54:04Z")
Big Disclaimer: Yes, I know that medical advice delivered on a message board is not vetted. I am soliciting opinions. Not a medical plan. I own a 20 year old TENS unit. Back when I broke my back, it did indeed stimulate… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=90) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=92)