# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=933 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 934 --- ## [So I might have kidney issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-might-have-kidney-issues/668351)
**Author:** [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-might-have-kidney-issues/668351 "2013-09-11T17:35:00Z")
I’ve been pretty tired recently and it seemed like I wasn’t recovering from workouts like I was just a few months ago. I went to the doctor, did a blood test, and it came back with high levels (1.5~) of creatinine and v… --- ## [Well this truely sucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-this-truely-sucks/667009)
**Author:** [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-this-truely-sucks/667009 "2013-09-11T14:30:31Z")
Long story short, I’m in the hospital with issues with my pancreas, and it looks like my gall bladder will have to come out. Got sick on Tuesday, went to primary care Dr. on Wed. Got misdiagnosed, (thanks doc!) went to… --- ## [MS gets another one.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-gets-another-one/668455)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-gets-another-one/668455 "2013-09-11T14:10:58Z")
Multiple sclerosis is a terrible way to die. I’m heading back home to Montreal tomorrow for a funeral, because MS finally took Sonya, Dad’s second wife. I’d call her my stepmother, because technically I guess she is, bu… --- ## [my back itches and it's driving me insane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-back-itches-and-its-driving-me-insane/668483)
**Author:** [@grama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grama)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-back-itches-and-its-driving-me-insane/668483 "2013-09-11T03:08:04Z")
I’m laying in bed at the hospital, broken pelvis, the pain I can manage, but the itch is true torture. --- ## [Syria agrees to give up control of chemical weapons.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syria-agrees-to-give-up-control-of-chemical-weapons/668493)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syria-agrees-to-give-up-control-of-chemical-weapons/668493 "2013-09-11T01:52:41Z")
Wonderful news this early morning. :smiley: :smiley: The entire world is a little bit safer now that theres no need to bomb Syria. --- ## [Buying shoes for family members.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-shoes-for-family-members/668303)
**Author:** [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-shoes-for-family-members/668303 "2013-09-11T01:13:11Z")
Once again tonight, I see a commercial where the mom is getting hugs and kisses because she has been out shopping for the family and surprised them with new shoes that they love. Sometimes it’s a Christmas gift…sometimes… --- ## [I saw the Dalai Lama yesterday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-dalai-lama-yesterday/668398)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-dalai-lama-yesterday/668398 "2013-09-10T21:30:06Z")
Sitting in front of McDonald’s on Freedom Square in Riga. I walked past him thinking, “Oh, wow, a Buddhist monk!” Wasn’t until later I found out he’s visiting Latvia and is scheduled to give a public address this after… --- ## [Iowa grants gun permits to the blind.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iowa-grants-gun-permits-to-the-blind/668366)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iowa-grants-gun-permits-to-the-blind/668366 "2013-09-10T19:35:47Z")
:eek: :eek: :eek: :stuck\_out\_tongue: Remind me never to visit Iowa. OMG the stupidity of this is beyond words. I realize that some legally blind people have limited vision. If they can hit a target then they can carry … --- ## [FB Purity users - is it gone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fb-purity-users-is-it-gone/668030)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fb-purity-users-is-it-gone/668030 "2013-09-10T19:25:14Z")
Anyone else have their FB page cluttered w/ crap again? I looked at the extensions on my Firefox, and I do have the latest version running, but it’s not showing on my page :frowning: Damn I hate all the tickers and sug… --- ## [Stuff I found on eBay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-i-found-on-ebay/668460)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-i-found-on-ebay/668460 "2013-09-10T18:54:51Z")
Last weekend, I picked up a whole bunch of stuff at a garage sale that was winding down, and paid them $10. While going through it earlier today, I found a bunch of old sheet music, most of it accordion/piano music from… --- ## [Batman and Captain America rescue cat!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-and-captain-america-rescue-cat/668471)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-and-captain-america-rescue-cat/668471 "2013-09-10T17:04:10Z")
Really! They rescued a cat from a burning house. Rumors that Lex Luthor and Otto Octavius were seen fleeing the area are unconfirmed at this time. --- ## [The Savage Eye: How to defend yourself against Quaaaaars! \[Appropriate for State TV?\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-savage-eye-how-to-defend-yourself-against-quaaaaars-appropriate-for-state-tv/668109)
**Author:** [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-savage-eye-how-to-defend-yourself-against-quaaaaars-appropriate-for-state-tv/668109 "2013-09-10T15:43:57Z")
This is obviously a comedy sketch but it was shown on RTÉ again last night (it premiered ages ago). I was thinking that if Russia showed it, there’d be riots. It’s a joke, and I found it funny, but I can … --- ## [What do you see when you open your bedroom window.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663)
**Author:** [@Longshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longshanks)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663 "2013-09-10T13:57:52Z")
Saw this on some site and decided to do it on here. I see a rectangular park with some trees and fox burrows. How about you? --- ## [I Was Shown This Disgusting Baptist Website Thread By A Friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-shown-this-disgusting-baptist-website-thread-by-a-friend/668454)
**Author:** [@SeanHallam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeanHallam)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2013, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-shown-this-disgusting-baptist-website-thread-by-a-friend/668454 "2013-09-10T13:14:13Z")
It seems as if this “Good Christian tortured and murdered his wife”. It came from Cult like Baptist website. --- ## [107 year old killed by SWAT team](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/107-year-old-killed-by-swat-team/668323)
**Author:** [@DataX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataX)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2013, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/107-year-old-killed-by-swat-team/668323 "2013-09-10T11:28:26Z")
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201\_162-57601870/swat-team-kills-107-year-old-arkansas-man-in-shootout/ I’m guessing there aren’t many 100+ year olds making the news for stories not solely due to their age. I know police h… --- ## [What's your news IQ? \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-news-iq-edited-title/668149)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2013, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-news-iq-edited-title/668149 "2013-09-10T08:19:25Z")
Title should be - What’s your NEWS IQ Developed by Pew Research I got #3 wrong. Note: Demographic questions at end seem to be optional. MODS: Can you please change ‘new’ to ‘news’ in the title - sorry. Thought I … --- ## [Lee Richardson Zoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lee-richardson-zoo/540091)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2013, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lee-richardson-zoo/540091 "2013-09-10T06:56:43Z")
Garden City, Kansas, a city of 28,000, has an astonishingly nice little zoo. For such a small city, in the middle of nowhere (well, not quite nowhere, the In Cold Blood trial was held there (I did manage to convince myse… --- ## [I'm getting Google Fiber - 1 gigabit up and down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-google-fiber-1-gigabit-up-and-down/660872)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2013, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-google-fiber-1-gigabit-up-and-down/660872 "2013-09-10T05:23:23Z")
I have apartments in two cities, Chicago and Kansas City, Missouri. And the one in Kansas City is getting the fastest Internet connection available in the US, fiber to the home, 1 gigabit down AND up. The last is what ma… --- ## [Gut bacteria seem to play a role in obesity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gut-bacteria-seem-to-play-a-role-in-obesity/667979)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2013, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gut-bacteria-seem-to-play-a-role-in-obesity/667979 "2013-09-10T03:48:50Z")
It’s well known that intestinal flora are important in a variety of ways for a variety of reasons but the exact mechanisms are still being worked out especially since the whole concept of a human microbiome is still rela… --- ## [Bigoted, hateful Christians: They're not all like that (Dan Savage's NALT)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigoted-hateful-christians-theyre-not-all-like-that-dan-savages-nalt/668369)
**Author:** [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigoted-hateful-christians-theyre-not-all-like-that-dan-savages-nalt/668369 "2013-09-10T01:44:18Z")
Dan Savage, the sex advice columnist who co-started the “It Gets Better” campaign, has a new project. It’s the NALT campaign. It was inspired by Pat “Vomit” Robertson. Knowing that not all Christians are bigoted, hateful… --- ## [Homeland Security harasses pilots who have done nothing wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeland-security-harasses-pilots-who-have-done-nothing-wrong/659253)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeland-security-harasses-pilots-who-have-done-nothing-wrong/659253 "2013-09-10T01:40:53Z")
Annals of the Security State: More Airplane Stories A pilot is detained for flying west to east from California. Apparently this is suspicious, as he was detained for two hours. Authorities told him his flight ‘fit a … --- ## [People who think BSA has too much fag & not enough Jesus propose an alternative. A "masculine" one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-think-bsa-has-too-much-fag-not-enough-jesus-propose-an-alternative-a-masculine-one/668358)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-think-bsa-has-too-much-fag-not-enough-jesus-propose-an-alternative-a-masculine-one/668358 "2013-09-10T01:37:31Z")
New group forms as answer to Boy Scouts of America lifting gay ban When someone tells you upfront they intend for something to be “masculine” it’s usually 180 degrees away from true masculinity. True masculinity has co… --- ## [\[Info\] How to argue properly by The Guardian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-how-to-argue-properly-by-the-guardian/668446)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-how-to-argue-properly-by-the-guardian/668446 "2013-09-09T22:08:58Z")
Not actually a debate, but this week The Guardian is running a series of articles on how to argue properly. I know habituees of GD will be most interested. --- ## [Hell. Officially scared out of me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hell-officially-scared-out-of-me/668102)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hell-officially-scared-out-of-me/668102 "2013-09-09T21:02:13Z")
I’m home alone. Doors locked, alarm on. Standard day. From the basement, I hear a voice upstairs. Then more. Shit. :eek: The alarm didn’t go off and the dogs aren’t barking. Luckily, I have things available to me… --- ## [So frustrating!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-frustrating/668424)
**Author:** [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-frustrating/668424 "2013-09-09T20:37:27Z")
I’m sure this has been addressed before, or maybe it belongs in the workplace rant thread, but it is so annoying to me when I see people who are in a higher hierarchy than me use horrible spelling and grammar in work-rel… --- ## [things to do at night in NE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-at-night-in-ne/668160)
**Author:** [@chaosshifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaosshifter)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-at-night-in-ne/668160 "2013-09-09T19:48:24Z")
so yea I know I should post more often considering how much i lurk as this is the one web forum i can ghost at work. but out of a sudden fit or vid watching on youtube and such was wondering where to meet up with either … --- ## [Dangerous dog virus in Ohio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangerous-dog-virus-in-ohio/668279)
**Author:** [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangerous-dog-virus-in-ohio/668279 "2013-09-09T14:41:44Z")
Ohio dog owners: There is a dangerous dog illness circulating in Ohio. It’s been seen around the Canal Fulton area but is spreading throughout the state. The symptoms include bloody diarrhea and vomiting as well as dif… --- ## [Interesting video of the design and casting of the one of the world's largest gold coins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-video-of-the-design-and-casting-of-the-one-of-the-worlds-largest-gold-coins/668227)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2013, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-video-of-the-design-and-casting-of-the-one-of-the-worlds-largest-gold-coins/668227 "2013-09-09T12:36:47Z")
Interesting video of the design and casting of the world’s largest gold coins. Website page for the coin here --- ## [Rape Laws and how they have changed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-laws-and-how-they-have-changed/668122)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2013, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-laws-and-how-they-have-changed/668122 "2013-09-09T11:25:22Z")
I was reviewing old cases and came across this rape law from West Virginia which was only modified in 1978. I can’t imagine how people then thought this was sufficient. \[QUOTE=W.Va. Code 61-2-15 (Repld. 1978)\] If any … --- ## [A Laborious MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laborious-mmp/667794)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 288\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laborious-mmp/667794 "2013-09-09T04:05:52Z")
Since it’s Labor Day in the US, I thought I’d give us all a chance to tell what we want/wanted to be when we grow/grew up, or what we wish we’d done. Or interesting/unique/terrifying jobs we’ve held in the past. Whatev… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=932) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=934)