# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=921 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 922 --- ## [We finally know who is responsible for the fiscal problems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-finally-know-who-is-responsible-for-the-fiscal-problems/671310)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-finally-know-who-is-responsible-for-the-fiscal-problems/671310 "2013-10-16T14:39:20Z")
From this article in this morning’s NYT: :smiley: --- ## [Attn French Dopers! Meetup in Fontainebleau?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-french-dopers-meetup-in-fontainebleau/671311)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2013, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-french-dopers-meetup-in-fontainebleau/671311 "2013-10-16T07:11:26Z")
I’m currently in Fontainebleau, France. It’s pissing down with rain and I have a bit of a cold and the chateau itself is closed. I’ll be visiting it tomorrow. I know there are a number of French Dopers; are any of you i… --- ## [Dave Ramsey explains Obamacare to his audience - Video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-ramsey-explains-obamacare-to-his-audience-video/671278)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2013, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-ramsey-explains-obamacare-to-his-audience-video/671278 "2013-10-16T06:20:28Z")
Here Starts smoothly by promising an even handed approach but devolves about halfway through into a not so veiled attack on “socialism” and “takers”. --- ## [Potential norovirus vaccine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potential-norovirus-vaccine/671007)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2013, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potential-norovirus-vaccine/671007 "2013-10-16T04:18:44Z")
I’m sure many people have gotten sick with this bug and wondered why there isn’t a vaccine for it. Well, maybe there will be soon. more at link --- ## [What's your "never going to win" argument with your SO?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-never-going-to-win-argument-with-your-so/670813)
**Author:** [@NVME702-redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NVME702-redux)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-never-going-to-win-argument-with-your-so/670813 "2013-10-16T04:01:23Z")
I happened to remember this when pondering another thread I was going to start in Café Society, but when I was married to the Ex#2, he always insisted on doing our taxes by hand, on paper, from the forms available for fr… --- ## [My creepy upsetting Sunday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-creepy-upsetting-sunday/671259)
**Author:** [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-creepy-upsetting-sunday/671259 "2013-10-16T03:09:40Z")
I worked early Sunday morning and was reflecting on my ex-boyfriend. We broke up a year ago (after two years serious-but-not-living-together) and even though he dumped me, he’s been obsessed ever since with getting back … --- ## [How did/do you pass time in church?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-do-you-pass-time-in-church/188166)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-do-you-pass-time-in-church/188166 "2013-10-16T02:34:04Z")
For those who have spent some time in church services only. Non-church-goers needn’t apply. Until I was in my teens, church was required. If I could have gotten out of it I would have, and after I left home for college … --- ## [Emotional Lines from the Space Program](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-lines-from-the-space-program/667216)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-lines-from-the-space-program/667216 "2013-10-16T01:15:20Z")
Maybe I’m an old softy, but there are several phrases from the Space Program that make me emotional - some for good reasons, other for bad. Here are a couple of examples: “Go at throttle up” “Houston, we have a proble… --- ## [Mistress of John Edwards, Rielle Hunter, is really, really sorry.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistress-of-john-edwards-rielle-hunter-is-really-really-sorry/671319)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistress-of-john-edwards-rielle-hunter-is-really-really-sorry/671319 "2013-10-16T00:18:47Z")
HuffPo link: I, Rielle Hunter, Apologize | HuffPost Latest News She sounds humbled and contrite…and ready to re-boot selling her book, now with humble and contrite revisions!! :rolleyes: :dubious: \[QUOTE=Rielle Hunt… --- ## [Well, that was a little stressful](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-a-little-stressful/671158)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-a-little-stressful/671158 "2013-10-15T20:54:22Z")
So a few months ago I got a new job. I.T. at a bank, doing network stuff only with close to a 25% increase in pay. What’s not to love, right? Well, the job was a fucking nightmare. They managed the I.T. staff through fe… --- ## [Baby Steps on the Road to Hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-steps-on-the-road-to-hell/670913)
**Author:** [@LuckyBastid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LuckyBastid)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-steps-on-the-road-to-hell/670913 "2013-10-15T20:38:58Z")
The link below goes to a news story about a group of Orthodox Jewish men (including two Rabbis) who’ve been indicted for kidnapping and torturing parishoners (?) in order to obtain consent for divorce. http://abcnews.go… --- ## [New Ebay tactic, revenge buying.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ebay-tactic-revenge-buying/671249)
**Author:** [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ebay-tactic-revenge-buying/671249 "2013-10-15T20:24:44Z")
I have been selling and buying on Ebay for many years and rarely have had any problems. Maybe 3 non paying bidders and one flaky seller that insisted I didn’t pay even though Paypal and Ebay both showed I paid. This new… --- ## [I don't care about anyone anymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-about-anyone-anymore/671051)
**Author:** [@Came\_in\_like\_a\_Wrecking\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Came_in_like_a_Wrecking_Ball)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-about-anyone-anymore/671051 "2013-10-15T19:32:59Z")
Within the last few years I’ve stopped caring about other people. I think it’s due to all the experience with a wide range of people I’ve had the last few years. I’ve deduced that most people really suck. Even the ‘nice… --- ## [Dry Ice Bombs at LAX.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-ice-bombs-at-lax/671321)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-ice-bombs-at-lax/671321 "2013-10-15T17:51:56Z")
Dry Ice bombs are an old prank that makes a big boom. Can be dangerous by blowing out eardrums or shrapnel from the plastic bottle. Mythbusters has set several off over the years. Who would risk prison setting one off a… --- ## [Today's word usage pet peeve: "temper"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-word-usage-pet-peeve-temper/661328)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-word-usage-pet-peeve-temper/661328 "2013-10-15T14:48:45Z")
Some people say, “Oh, he has a temper!” when they mean “an inability to control anger.” But temper means “the ability to control emotional volatility.” Someone says, “He has a terrible temper” and someone who doesn’t kno… --- ## [Check out this satirical version of The Onion!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-satirical-version-of-the-onion/671243)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-satirical-version-of-the-onion/671243 "2013-10-15T14:03:27Z")
--- ## [Bizarre things previous homeowners did](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-things-previous-homeowners-did/670678)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-things-previous-homeowners-did/670678 "2013-10-15T11:45:08Z")
I closed on a house last Monday. My GF and I both got shutdown furloughed the next day, which turned out to be somewhat nicely timed, giving us a week to work on the house and move some things. Anyway, this is an older… --- ## [Latest NSA news: They're harvesting online address books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-nsa-news-theyre-harvesting-online-address-books/671286)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-nsa-news-theyre-harvesting-online-address-books/671286 "2013-10-15T04:27:33Z")
The newest revelation about NSA surveillance: They are harvesting online email address books. If I understand the article correctly, this potentially extends not just to foreign targets but to millions of Americans, si… --- ## [where does Google end?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-google-end/671241)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-google-end/671241 "2013-10-15T02:28:17Z")
I was thinking about numerical sequences, and at what point will Google provide no search results. Here’s what I found so far - no results for the following: “Rocky LXXXI” “Snow White and the eighteen dwarfs” “World … --- ## [What are the rules of the MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-rules-of-the-mmp/670575)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 329\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-rules-of-the-mmp/670575 "2013-10-15T00:00:18Z")
I suggested last thread that rule 7 allows, nay encourages whining as needed. It’s high time that we got all rules together and enumerated. First, of course, is that all Mumpers get nicknames… or at least, most do. T… --- ## [Two great things together at last: toilet-themed restaurant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-great-things-together-at-last-toilet-themed-restaurant/671248)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-great-things-together-at-last-toilet-themed-restaurant/671248 "2013-10-14T23:26:02Z")
If it has ever been your dream to sit on the commode while dining, eat off of a urinal, or simply enjoy a tasty “Golden Poop” dish, today is your lucky day. I’m not as horrified as perhaps I should be, but I’m not going… --- ## [How did your older sibling(s) treat you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-older-sibling-s-treat-you/669813)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-older-sibling-s-treat-you/669813 "2013-10-14T22:15:33Z")
The SO and I were talking last night, and she mentioned nasty things her 8-year-older-than-she sister did to her. The SO’s imaginary friends were Buffy and Jodie from Family Affair. Her sister killed them. There was a… --- ## [Bejeweled human skeletons galore!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bejeweled-human-skeletons-galore/671033)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bejeweled-human-skeletons-galore/671033 "2013-10-14T21:41:03Z")
Link to story with strange, strange pictures. --- ## [The Creepy People](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-people/670358)
**Author:** [@Quarter\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quarter_Girl)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-people/670358 "2013-10-14T20:45:27Z")
There’s already a small dent in October and where is the creepy part of this message board? I lurk a lot but I really, really like the creepy threads around October. I can’t believe there isn’t one yet (at least as far a… --- ## [Is it just me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me/671108)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me/671108 "2013-10-14T19:53:05Z")
For some reason, i just think this is wrong, wrong wrong. --- ## [Yes Virginia, there are stupid questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-virginia-there-are-stupid-questions/670950)
**Author:** [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-virginia-there-are-stupid-questions/670950 "2013-10-14T18:06:42Z")
So recently a good friend and my room mate died. He was estranged from his family so when he went to the hospital, I was the contact person. So he died. So today, one of his doctors had their assistant call me. My fr… --- ## ['Pro god, pro life, pro guns'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-god-pro-life-pro-guns/670661)
**Author:** [@mumma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mumma)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-god-pro-life-pro-guns/670661 "2013-10-14T13:46:06Z")
Saw this on t-shirt the other day in large bold letters…someone was actually wearing it. What ridiculous t-shirt logos/slogans have you seen recently? --- ## [Scott Carpenter dead at 88.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-carpenter-dead-at-88/670923)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-carpenter-dead-at-88/670923 "2013-10-14T12:05:48Z")
Link. We are slowly losing the people who made us once great. Go with God, Scott. Your flight help pave the way to the stars. --- ## [Englert & Higgs win!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/englert-higgs-win/670679)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/englert-higgs-win/670679 "2013-10-13T23:55:21Z")
WOOT! Good job, Nobel Prize Committee! Way to go Englert & Higgs! \[ \](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NOBEL\_PHYSICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-10-08-08-59-23) --- ## [Internet geographic location switching services](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-geographic-location-switching-services/671156)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-geographic-location-switching-services/671156 "2013-10-13T21:47:17Z")
Although anyone who subscribes to a VPN service can probably do much the same thing if the service allows you to switch servers easily, this seems to be a different and much cheaper animal although I have to assume it wo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=920) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=922)