# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=924 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 925 --- ## [Good scores from Op Shops (Goodwill) Part 34.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-scores-from-op-shops-goodwill-part-34/670567)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2013, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-scores-from-op-shops-goodwill-part-34/670567 "2013-10-07T05:32:15Z")
Now that spring has sprung here in the southern hemisphere, one’s thoughts tend to meander towards meanderings…I’m going camping in a couple of weeks, and hopefully every weekend or so after that for the foreseeable futu… --- ## [Where does one upload interesting images they've found on Google Street View?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-one-upload-interesting-images-theyve-found-on-google-street-view/670550)
**Author:** [@Came\_in\_like\_a\_Wrecking\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Came_in_like_a_Wrecking_Ball)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-one-upload-interesting-images-theyve-found-on-google-street-view/670550 "2013-10-07T03:40:48Z")
Someone giving a peace sign while driving next to Columbine High School (perhaps to represent the two gunmen who shot it up on 4/20/99? ;)). Thought it was cool, I found it myself. Spread it. --- ## [I just don't understand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dont-understand/670325)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dont-understand/670325 "2013-10-07T00:33:14Z")
It’s a puzzle that I don’t understand. How do they have 1 block left over, while still ending up with 4x6 rows? What obvious thing am I missing? --- ## [Why do similar businesses cluster together?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-similar-businesses-cluster-together/540512)
**Author:** [@DivineComedienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DivineComedienne)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-similar-businesses-cluster-together/540512 "2013-10-06T18:41:04Z")
Today I was buying gas, and went to my usual gas station. Now, this station sits at the intersection of two roads, and on this intersection there are THREE GAS STATIONS on the corners (corner #4 is a house). Usually, o… --- ## [My teeth are rotting out of my mouth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-teeth-are-rotting-out-of-my-mouth/665399)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-teeth-are-rotting-out-of-my-mouth/665399 "2013-10-06T18:02:39Z")
I have had one cavity in my whole life before the last 12 months, now it is like all my teeth are literally rotting out of my mouth. I started noticing it 6 months ago and everytime I look or go for another filling or ex… --- ## [Could things stop being awful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-things-stop-being-awful/670479)
**Author:** [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-things-stop-being-awful/670479 "2013-10-06T17:44:52Z")
I just need to get this all out. Warning, long and whiny. All the things I can control in my life are going okay. I have a job. A pretty good job with a great boss and lovely coworkers. It’s not the most exciting thing … --- ## [I do not want my family to be an episode of Gerry Springer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-not-want-my-family-to-be-an-episode-of-gerry-springer/670505)
**Author:** [@Port\_Royal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Port_Royal)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-not-want-my-family-to-be-an-episode-of-gerry-springer/670505 "2013-10-06T14:54:05Z")
I am truly sorry if I have chosen the wrong forum for this thread. Please, mods, move it if necessary. I have looked at the guidelines, and I am just not sure whether here or the Pit is the place. My husband’s family has… --- ## [Noteflight score](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noteflight-score/670506)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noteflight-score/670506 "2013-10-06T14:06:22Z")
Wrote a song. It’s just a minute or two long. I do this every now and then. There’s nothing really to do with these things except let some people listen to them, so here it is: Let me know what you think. ETA: Things… --- ## [Cool Bird Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bird-story/670379)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2013, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bird-story/670379 "2013-10-06T07:57:19Z")
So yesterday I was walking down a quiet suburban street when I noticed an enormous flock of birds hanging out on someone’s lawn a few houses down the road. I don’t usually see birds there, and this was… just masses of th… --- ## [Why did I not get stung?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-i-not-get-stung/670423)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2013, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-i-not-get-stung/670423 "2013-10-06T06:01:33Z")
I was taking a bike ride to a local shopping center and I tied it to a stop sign. When I came back, I guess I jostled it a little and in a split second I was surrounded by wasps, probably a dozen. I swiftly departed the … --- ## [Thanksgivukkah question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgivukkah-question/670252)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2013, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgivukkah-question/670252 "2013-10-06T03:52:12Z")
So, will the leftover turkey last 7 days after the first night? :confused: --- ## [I just got laid off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-laid-off/670375)
**Author:** [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-laid-off/670375 "2013-10-06T00:44:14Z")
Got an instant message from my manager to meet. Went up and was let go. I’m in a cab now going home. At least it wasn’t just me, in the sense that I wasn’t fired over anything I did but because of positions being elim… --- ## [Most visited site by country](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-visited-site-by-country/670459)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-visited-site-by-country/670459 "2013-10-05T20:46:02Z")
Maybe not too surprising by and large, but maybe a couple of surprises. --- ## [Self-Immolation on the National Mall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-immolation-on-the-national-mall/670428)
**Author:** [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-immolation-on-the-national-mall/670428 "2013-10-05T20:09:09Z")
Man Sets Self On Fire At National Mall reads the headline: and apparently he’s still alive, or he was when arrived at the hospital But that’s all I know just in that article there. Is it on the big news channels? Is… --- ## [The pat yourself on the back thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pat-yourself-on-the-back-thread/669871)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pat-yourself-on-the-back-thread/669871 "2013-10-05T18:36:47Z")
A thread to celebrate those little accomplishments in life that just don’t qualify for the 11 O’clock news. My accomplishment. I finally made perfect Aebilskivers (ebelskivers) after several months of trying and lear… --- ## [Dad is moving to hospice care](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-is-moving-to-hospice-care/670326)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-is-moving-to-hospice-care/670326 "2013-10-05T16:50:21Z")
He was determined to match the profile of someone “in the last six months of life” today. It isn’t a shock… he broke his hip twice, suffers from Alzheimer’s, can’t feed himself, can’t walk, and can barely speak. When he … --- ## [Do cars ever really backfire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cars-ever-really-backfire/670292)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cars-ever-really-backfire/670292 "2013-10-05T14:13:10Z")
I always hear gunshots described this way, but cannot recall ever experiencing this, or hearing it. Anyone? :confused: --- ## [Just saying hi. I'm new here too.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saying-hi-im-new-here-too/670296)
**Author:** [@Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mander)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2013, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saying-hi-im-new-here-too/670296 "2013-10-05T11:49:58Z")
I’ve been reading the boards for the past week or so and am happy to be here. --- ## [Real estate question: What is just value?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-estate-question-what-is-just-value/670422)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2013, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-estate-question-what-is-just-value/670422 "2013-10-05T10:19:09Z")
I bought my first home(a condo) in 2010 for $38,200. According to the appraisal by the local taxing authority, it’s now worth $32,000 in “just value”. But recently four apartments in my complex sold, for prices ranging f… --- ## [Is there a word in the English language for...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-in-the-english-language-for/670207)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2013, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-in-the-english-language-for/670207 "2013-10-05T04:44:49Z")
…the recursive phenomenon whereby people do something they think they have to do because everyone else does it, and those people did it because they saw other people do it, and so on and so forth? I’m not talking about s… --- ## [What did you have for breakfast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-have-for-breakfast/670341)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2013, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-have-for-breakfast/670341 "2013-10-05T03:35:04Z")
I just had 3 eggs over easy, chili con carne (nice change-up from corned beef hash), whole wheat toast, coffee, and a screwdriver (no work today). You? --- ## [When is a meth lab a meth lab](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-a-meth-lab-a-meth-lab/670079)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-a-meth-lab-a-meth-lab/670079 "2013-10-05T00:21:25Z")
Inspired by breaking bad of course so maybe my conception of this is biased by a fictional show Say you have a bunch of glassware and lab equipment in your garage. Surely that is not illegal? And have some household c… --- ## [Dopers - Design a City with no Automobiles!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-design-a-city-with-no-automobiles/670003)
**Author:** [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-design-a-city-with-no-automobiles/670003 "2013-10-04T18:53:43Z")
Are there any modern cities that have a setup where there are no automobiles through it? I’m trying to conceptualize how a city might be designed with no autos. The most obvious logistic (to me) is delivery of goods. Ho… --- ## [R is for Replica](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-is-for-replica/670268)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-is-for-replica/670268 "2013-10-04T17:50:40Z")
The old Rainier brewery had a large big red R on top of it. It was taken down in 2000, and replaced with a big green T (for Tully’s Coffee). The original big red R is in the Museum of History and Industry. Now a repli… --- ## [Obamacare - The No Win Spin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamacare-the-no-win-spin/670374)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamacare-the-no-win-spin/670374 "2013-10-04T17:08:19Z")
I find it humorous that the GOP are banging their drums about the ACA system having its capacity issues and growing pains as they scale it as an indication of just how “bad for 'merica” Obamacare is as though they have a… --- ## [Share your 'wise guy' stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-wise-guy-stories/670321)
**Author:** [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-wise-guy-stories/670321 "2013-10-04T14:13:17Z")
This thread is to collect stories attributed to ‘men (women) of wisdom’ that illustrate a new way of looking at a problem, creative or unconventional thinking, or just plain street-smarts. I don’t care if the story is pa… --- ## [An almost porn moment at the Doctors office today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-almost-porn-moment-at-the-doctors-office-today/669758)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2013, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-almost-porn-moment-at-the-doctors-office-today/669758 "2013-10-04T11:42:22Z")
I’ve recently got a new female doctor. She’s a fairly attractive woman. I went in today for a physical. In the room with me, as she’s telling me to drop trough is a nurse. A top heavy, over the fucking top gorgeous nurs… --- ## [So Bad at Their Job: Last Day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-bad-at-their-job-last-day/669913)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2013, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-bad-at-their-job-last-day/669913 "2013-10-04T01:50:58Z")
I was flipping channels this morning, looking at the cable the cable previews when I happened upon the classic spy-chase thriller from 1973, “The Day of The Jackal”. For its time, it was amazing… a sort of anti-James Bo… --- ## [Refrigerator magnets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refrigerator-magnets/670163)
**Author:** [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refrigerator-magnets/670163 "2013-10-04T01:47:17Z")
We have on our refrigerator almost 500 magnets. We travel a lot and I get one wherever we go. A couple of days ago I spent some two hours rearranging things to get a more efficient packing. But it looks like the best I… --- ## [PLEASE help me get motivated to clean my sh\*tfest apartment!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-get-motivated-to-clean-my-sh-tfest-apartment/92951)
**Author:** [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-get-motivated-to-clean-my-sh-tfest-apartment/92951 "2013-10-03T20:23:32Z")
Seriously. I just can’t do it. I’ve been in the doldrums (don’t want to get into that…) for the last few days and my apartment has gone straight to hell. I need to do laundry. Kitchen is a disaster. Bathroom is yuck. Li… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=923) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=925)