# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=915 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 916 --- ## [Faking a photoshoot with Photoshop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faking-a-photoshoot-with-photoshop/672789)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faking-a-photoshoot-with-photoshop/672789 "2013-11-01T20:55:00Z")
I never realized how big a problem photoshop has become. The manipulation of images is much worse than I ever realized. Every thing in this photo has been faked. Even her neck & legs are stretched out and made longer. T… --- ## [Hoy Crap! Java is self-referential.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoy-crap-java-is-self-referential/672865)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoy-crap-java-is-self-referential/672865 "2013-11-01T20:21:13Z")
So I’m making a class (object\*). Let’s call it Cadobj. I’m writing a method in Cadobj and I’m thinking that I’d love to pass the entire variable that is an instance of Cadobj to the method. Obviously I can’t do that b… --- ## [Fit mom posts Facebook pic along with her 3 kids asking 'What's your excuse?' - Firestorm ensues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fit-mom-posts-facebook-pic-along-with-her-3-kids-asking-whats-your-excuse-firestorm-ensues/672010)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 294\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fit-mom-posts-facebook-pic-along-with-her-3-kids-asking-whats-your-excuse-firestorm-ensues/672010 "2013-11-01T19:01:30Z")
Interview here Fit mom of 3 defends posting picture that asks, ‘What’s your excuse?’ Pic here And the “favocates” also weighed in. --- ## [It's a dirty job but somebody has to do it MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-dirty-job-but-somebody-has-to-do-it-mmp/671799)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 396\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-dirty-job-but-somebody-has-to-do-it-mmp/671799 "2013-11-01T15:52:37Z")
Happy Moonday! Doesn’t anybody else get up early around these parts? It’s a dark cool 41 degrees outside with a projected high of 65. I’m up too early, again and nobody started the MMP - I’m looking at YOU SPIDEY for… --- ## [Worried about the zombie apocalypse? You need the fortress house!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worried-about-the-zombie-apocalypse-you-need-the-fortress-house/672589)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worried-about-the-zombie-apocalypse-you-need-the-fortress-house/672589 "2013-11-01T14:51:33Z")
Fortress house. Brutal, but awesome . --- ## [The tea kettles have ears.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-kettles-have-ears/672775)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2013, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-kettles-have-ears/672775 "2013-11-01T07:54:24Z")
Admittedly the story is likely bogus, but that’s mostly a technicality. --- ## [Lost our dog this morning.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-our-dog-this-morning/672759)
**Author:** [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2013, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-our-dog-this-morning/672759 "2013-11-01T03:35:18Z")
Lydia, our 16 year old Staff/Pitbull mix get critically ill in the middle of the night and after an ultrasound was done we decided the only humane thing to do would be to let her go. She was the most fucking awesome dog… --- ## [Google search no longer reports search terms to linked sites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search-no-longer-reports-search-terms-to-linked-sites/672497)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search-no-longer-reports-search-terms-to-linked-sites/672497 "2013-11-01T02:36:13Z")
This is about a month old and has probably already been mentioned here someplace but I couldn’t find it. source According the article linked to in the quote, this does not apply to ads that are clicked on though. --- ## [Small Plane Crashes at Big Airport, No One Notices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-plane-crashes-at-big-airport-no-one-notices/672660)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-plane-crashes-at-big-airport-no-one-notices/672660 "2013-10-31T19:50:47Z")
Story here. It was a foggy night at Nashville Airport, and when it lifted Tuesday morning, it was discovered … a small plane had crashed and burned near a runway! The sole occupant, the pilot, was dead. All they know is … --- ## [Black People With Blue, Green or Hazel Eyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-people-with-blue-green-or-hazel-eyes/672409)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-people-with-blue-green-or-hazel-eyes/672409 "2013-10-31T17:40:56Z")
Some striking photosof black people With blue, green or hazel eyes. Many are quite beautiful. The link above is a website/blog that has these photos. --- ## [Shooting in DC, at Washington Navy Yard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-in-dc-at-washington-navy-yard/668964)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-in-dc-at-washington-navy-yard/668964 "2013-10-31T13:02:18Z")
News story here. This is about a block from where I work, and I go to the Navy Yard several times a week for meetings/etc. I can see more than a dozen police cars and ambulances right outside the base entrance. Crazy. … --- ## [The Globe and Mail: Fred Phelps' granddaughters surface in Montréal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-globe-and-mail-fred-phelps-granddaughters-surface-in-montreal/672594)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2013, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-globe-and-mail-fred-phelps-granddaughters-surface-in-montreal/672594 "2013-10-31T12:56:37Z")
I just found this interesting article on The Globe and Mail: (paysite, but it lets you read 10 free articles a month) Fred Phelps’ granddauters are in Montréal, and gave an interview about their breaking with the Wes… --- ## [Forty cool maps to better understand the world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forty-cool-maps-to-better-understand-the-world/666593)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2013, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forty-cool-maps-to-better-understand-the-world/666593 "2013-10-31T08:56:33Z")
Love these: 40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World » TwistedSifter --- ## [Yada yada yada Hal Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yada-yada-yada-hal-briston/672628)
**Author:** [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2013, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yada-yada-yada-hal-briston/672628 "2013-10-31T05:28:39Z")
Not exactly NSFW but you’ll probably bust out laughing and then have to explain yourself. --- ## [Reroofing my house - Pitfalls and pratfalls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reroofing-my-house-pitfalls-and-pratfalls/672523)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2013, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reroofing-my-house-pitfalls-and-pratfalls/672523 "2013-10-31T03:11:16Z")
My BIL and I have been planning to reroof my house for months. We were taking the old tin off and putting new metal on. There were some leaky spots on the low flat part - the plan was to put down new decking on that part… --- ## [theoretical fleas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theoretical-fleas/672647)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theoretical-fleas/672647 "2013-10-31T02:14:04Z")
for awhile my three dogs had theoretical fleas after one developed tapeworm and I was told it was likely they had fleas. so I searched for them on each dog, deliberately, with a flea comb and more randomly whenever Sammi… --- ## [Smoke coming from car's hood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoke-coming-from-cars-hood/672626)
**Author:** [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoke-coming-from-cars-hood/672626 "2013-10-30T23:48:48Z")
There was smoke coming from under my car’s hood. Very worrisome. My husband and I were out running errands, and we noticed it just as we got back home. So he popped the hood…and discovered that the squirrels have deci… --- ## [Please help me identify the connection here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-the-connection-here/672689)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-the-connection-here/672689 "2013-10-30T22:13:34Z")
The title of Yada yada yada Hal Briston has had my mind spinning trying to identify the TV source/connection for that whatever-it-is. I suspect it’s a relatively recent (a few months at most) meme or catchphrase or funn… --- ## [Well... now that's a street fight!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-thats-a-street-fight/671986)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-thats-a-street-fight/671986 "2013-10-30T19:10:49Z")
I had no idea where this was goinguntil the alleged victim joined the fray. --- ## [Middle-aged and older Dopers, do you still think of the 19th century as the "last" century?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-aged-and-older-dopers-do-you-still-think-of-the-19th-century-as-the-last-century/672596)
**Author:** [@Tante\_Dillie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tante_Dillie)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-aged-and-older-dopers-do-you-still-think-of-the-19th-century-as-the-last-century/672596 "2013-10-30T14:52:48Z")
I was born in the middle of the 20th century and when I was growing up, there were still people around - grandparents, other relatives and neighbors - who were born in the 1880’s and 90’s. I think I acquired a feeling th… --- ## [New Puppy Passed Away - Feeling Very Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy-passed-away-feeling-very-down/672214)
**Author:** [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2013, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy-passed-away-feeling-very-down/672214 "2013-10-30T14:16:42Z")
The new puppy, Rocky, I recently adopted from the shelter just passed away. He was already an unhealthy dog when I got him from the shelter, and I brought him to the vet’s office and it looked like things were going to … --- ## [Jeezus Kripes!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeezus-kripes/672606)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2013, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeezus-kripes/672606 "2013-10-30T11:57:36Z")
You can’t make this stuff up! --- ## [Snobbery of chronology...can't believe people used to believe that](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snobbery-of-chronology-cant-believe-people-used-to-believe-that/672367)
**Author:** [@knel3030](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knel3030)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2013, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snobbery-of-chronology-cant-believe-people-used-to-believe-that/672367 "2013-10-30T11:53:02Z")
Looking back at the past from our sleek modern scientific towers, we can look at the superstitious dirty peoples of ages past and say things like…I can’t believe those dolts didn’t understand germ theory. They didn’t ev… --- ## [They're Back!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-back/672480)
**Author:** [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2013, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-back/672480 "2013-10-30T10:55:27Z")
The Asian Lady Beetles are back. I am NOT happy about it, either! Here in my area of west central Indiana, they’re out in force today. They’re swarming EVERYWHERE. They’re all over the windows, trees, just everywhere! T… --- ## [Mum busted her hip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mum-busted-her-hip/672526)
**Author:** [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2013, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mum-busted-her-hip/672526 "2013-10-30T09:04:48Z")
or to be more precise, she had a fall and fractured the neck of the femur. Happened Thursday night the week before last. Bloody fun and games since. Mum lives alone in a country town. I live in Melbourne 2/12 hours dri… --- ## [Woman Claims Dad Was Zodiac Killer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-claims-dad-was-zodiac-killer/494805)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2013, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-claims-dad-was-zodiac-killer/494805 "2013-10-30T08:46:00Z")
and that he took her along when he did some of the killings, she printed some of his letters and embroidered his hood. News Link She’s currently involved in making a documentary about the crimes. Good time for some pub… --- ## [Funny craigslist personals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-craigslist-personals/672623)
**Author:** [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-craigslist-personals/672623 "2013-10-30T03:25:06Z")
I like to check out craigslist personals from time to time to see if there’s anything funny posted there. Here’s a couple recent missed connections in my area. Anything funny in your area? --- ## [Genetic basis for bipolar disorder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genetic-basis-for-bipolar-disorder/672615)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genetic-basis-for-bipolar-disorder/672615 "2013-10-30T03:01:47Z")
I don’t know if this is the first solid genetic lead, but this sounds exciting. From the NIH director’s blog: --- ## [Its Deermageddon!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-deermageddon/672105)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-deermageddon/672105 "2013-10-30T02:36:38Z")
So its rutting season. The deer are out to play. Which means they are getting hunted by their only natural predator, the motor vehicle. But I have never seen it this bad before. Deer carcasses strewn across every road. E… --- ## [Thank goodness for honest, caring people.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-goodness-for-honest-caring-people/672600)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-goodness-for-honest-caring-people/672600 "2013-10-30T02:25:41Z")
My lost Samsung flip phone got returned today. :slight\_smile: It fell out of my pocket last August. I knew it was either in Home Depot or Lubys. Those were the two places I had visited that afternoon. They are across … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=914) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=916)