# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=936 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 937 --- ## [An Interesting Factoid About Space Exploration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-factoid-about-space-exploration/667829)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-factoid-about-space-exploration/667829 "2013-09-04T00:03:12Z")
Thanks to some help from The Dope, here is an interesting factoid that I came up with, which I intend to use the next time such a category comes up in a Cracked Photoplasty contest: The Voyager spacecraft has traveled a… --- ## [Fix For Win7 Not Letting You Delete Files](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fix-for-win7-not-letting-you-delete-files/667940)
**Author:** [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fix-for-win7-not-letting-you-delete-files/667940 "2013-09-03T23:40:19Z")
I, TonySinclair qqqq, am posting this so I can find it in a google search if I ever need it again, but I hope it helps other people. If you created folders in XP, and you’re now using the same drive in Win7, you might f… --- ## [Meet the worst drivers in the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-worst-drivers-in-the-us/667686)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-worst-drivers-in-the-us/667686 "2013-09-03T19:49:07Z")
This is an interesting site with lots of cool graphics, but here’s one that shows average number of years for a driver between collisions. visual statistix at tumblr --- ## [The power of AM radio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-power-of-am-radio/527647)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-power-of-am-radio/527647 "2013-09-03T19:45:23Z")
We know that AM radio can be heard from further away during the night. Coming back from Colorado, I was picking up a San Antonio station almost into Flagstaff almost 950 miles away. I also had a Tulsa, Omaha, and Los A… --- ## [Newest PETA nonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-peta-nonsense/667873)
**Author:** [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-peta-nonsense/667873 "2013-09-03T19:28:29Z")
Maybe I should blame my tiny 8 inches on my mother’s taste for KFC. Cite. --- ## [Have you ever stopped patronizing a store for non-price/service reasons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stopped-patronizing-a-store-for-non-price-service-reasons/667746)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stopped-patronizing-a-store-for-non-price-service-reasons/667746 "2013-09-03T19:25:12Z")
There’s a thread in Cafe Society on people who’ve quit or never shopped at a store due to the bad music they play. Let’s extend it to any reasons besides being too expensive/poor selection/poor service. The only time I… --- ## [How did you meet your S.O.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-meet-your-s-o/667335)
**Author:** [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-meet-your-s-o/667335 "2013-09-03T16:46:19Z")
Not sure if there’s been a thread like this recently, but partly prompted by the OKCupid success story, I would like to ask, how did you meet your S.O.? I am mid-40s, (almost!) divorced and really would love to meet some… --- ## [The t-shirt the NSA won't let you wear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-t-shirt-the-nsa-wont-let-you-wear/667870)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-t-shirt-the-nsa-wont-let-you-wear/667870 "2013-09-03T15:36:29Z")
Bastards! Jack booted thugs! Or at least that’s how it appears. The shirt does seem to be available here however (shhhhh) --- ## [Friend Losing Her Mind, Roping Me In To Insane Charitable Thing For Herself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-losing-her-mind-roping-me-in-to-insane-charitable-thing-for-herself/667863)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2013, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-losing-her-mind-roping-me-in-to-insane-charitable-thing-for-herself/667863 "2013-09-03T14:08:55Z")
Really, the title says it all but I feel like telling you all the story. I went to school with “Ann” years ago and we kept in touch on Facebook and such. Ann was one of the more flat-out impressive people I’ve ever kno… --- ## [Hot cat beats the heat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-cat-beats-the-heat/667716)
**Author:** [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2013, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-cat-beats-the-heat/667716 "2013-09-03T08:06:42Z")
Yesterday was very hot here in L.A. I arrived home late in the afternoon to find my three cats miserable from the heat. I opened windows and turned on fans, but my place has always been hard to cool. I opened the refri… --- ## [Some airline pilots barely make living wage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-airline-pilots-barely-make-living-wage/667538)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2013, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-airline-pilots-barely-make-living-wage/667538 "2013-09-03T06:14:10Z")
You really have to love what you do, or be exceedingly patient, to consider becoming a regional airline pilot. Wages on the chart are as low as $19/hour – and that’s only for the hours you’re ‘flying’ (i.e., the engines… --- ## [Best and/or Worst Laptop you've ever owned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-or-worst-laptop-youve-ever-owned/667791)
**Author:** [@Beelzebubba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beelzebubba)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-or-worst-laptop-youve-ever-owned/667791 "2013-09-02T22:50:25Z")
I got my first laptop as a college graduation gift from my parents way back in 1997. It cost $2400 and had a 333MHz Pentium 2 processor and a whopping 64MB of RAM (or 1/16th of 1GB)! It only has a 13.3” display, but we… --- ## [Tree frogs are LOUD tonight!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tree-frogs-are-loud-tonight/667619)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tree-frogs-are-loud-tonight/667619 "2013-09-02T13:31:17Z")
This is the loudest I have heard in a long time, the tree frogs are singing an aria tonight… I opened the decibel meter app on my iPhone and it registered a peeper volume of SEVENTY decibels! Normal still evening ambie… --- ## [Science vines compilation - 6 second science videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-vines-compilation-6-second-science-videos/667783)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2013, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-vines-compilation-6-second-science-videos/667783 "2013-09-02T06:33:30Z")
I can’t really tell what most of these are - see if you can. Six second videos demonstrating science fair concepts sponsored by GE Video also on Youtube --- ## [The I stayed up until midnight just to post this MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-until-midnight-just-to-post-this-mmp/667180)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 316\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-until-midnight-just-to-post-this-mmp/667180 "2013-09-02T04:11:33Z")
Yes, yes I did stay up until midnight EST because I know some of you are waiting… just waiting, for me to post the first post of the week What would happen if one of you got up earlier than I did and there was no MMP… --- ## [Someone's dissing the Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someones-dissing-the-dope/667779)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someones-dissing-the-dope/667779 "2013-09-02T02:00:33Z")
Someone’s insulting a lot of us. Well, a lot of people are insulting a lot of us. Okay, so I found this thread on something called Giraffe boards. It’s making me pretty angry. The people there are insulting me, and not … --- ## [The I stayed up until midnight just to post this MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-until-midnight-just-to-post-this-mmp/661757)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 372\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2013, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-until-midnight-just-to-post-this-mmp/661757 "2013-09-02T01:54:43Z")
So I’m starting this before midnight but it will probably take me until midnight to finish it. It’s 77 degrees and dark outside. I’m sitting here typing away, while also playing Words with Friends and watching Thrille… --- ## [Blonde 20-something quadriplegic Georgian girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blonde-20-something-quadriplegic-georgian-girl/667677)
**Author:** [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blonde-20-something-quadriplegic-georgian-girl/667677 "2013-09-01T20:50:34Z")
No, not me, but I read this article today about a girl paralysed after being hit by a car, and it reminded me of several of our favourite trolls. I wonder if her story inspired them? Or is the Guardian being trolled. --- ## [Nelson Mandela](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nelson-mandela/661749)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nelson-mandela/661749 "2013-09-01T18:43:55Z")
I noted this in another thread instead of starting one since another thread on Mandela existed. But it got closed, probably because it was in the middle of a derail. But BBC TV is reporting that Nelson Mandela, who has … --- ## [Boss is being \[emotionally\] battered. I should do something nice. Suggestions? \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boss-is-being-emotionally-battered-i-should-do-something-nice-suggestions-edited-title/666817)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boss-is-being-emotionally-battered-i-should-do-something-nice-suggestions-edited-title/666817 "2013-09-01T15:43:55Z")
My poor boss! Her mother died this year. Her sister had a heart attack a couple of months ago. Her sister had a stroke a few weeks ago. And now… Someone broke into her house in the afternoon the other day. They cut… --- ## [Get ready for a US/EU free trade zone - TTIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-ready-for-a-us-eu-free-trade-zone-ttip/667711)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-ready-for-a-us-eu-free-trade-zone-ttip/667711 "2013-09-01T12:41:14Z")
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). It’s set to be finalized by November 2014 but given the hurdles to be overcome, it’s anyone’s guess if that will happen. However the K Street lobbying machi… --- ## [Illinois couple married 71 years die hours apart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-couple-married-71-years-die-hours-apart/667638)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-couple-married-71-years-die-hours-apart/667638 "2013-09-01T05:24:41Z")
I don’t know these people but this story is too good not to share. They left five children and 18 grandchildren. --- ## [If only this license plate were from Minnesota!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-only-this-license-plate-were-from-minnesota/667519)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-only-this-license-plate-were-from-minnesota/667519 "2013-09-01T04:41:48Z")
Moose and Squirrel As someone posted, ‘Well played, New Hampshire driver.’ I hope this made you smile. :slight\_smile: --- ## [New scam to watch out for when sellling items.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-scam-to-watch-out-for-when-sellling-items/667363)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-scam-to-watch-out-for-when-sellling-items/667363 "2013-09-01T04:05:25Z")
A local guy was trying to sell a couple dachshund puppies. A buyer from out of state mailed him payment (cashiers check). The seller saw it was for too much money. Calls the buyer and lets him know. \[SPOILER\]"No problem… --- ## [Uranus has trapped asteroids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-has-trapped-asteroids/667586)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-has-trapped-asteroids/667586 "2013-09-01T03:22:44Z")
I sh\*t you not. Story here. Apparently scientists previously believed that Uranus was too unstable to hold asteroids, and that they would just tumble out, but new data says they’ll be stuck there for at least 70,000 ye… --- ## [Is this Chinese video a parody piece or real](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-chinese-video-a-parody-piece-or-real/667681)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-chinese-video-a-parody-piece-or-real/667681 "2013-09-01T03:14:25Z")
Chinese villagers dig up a strange mushroom that nobody has seen before, which is actually a discarded sex toy. Is this a real thing, or is this a parody? Everything I can find says this is real (plus I don… --- ## [Thoughts upon Watching Coverage of 9/11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-upon-watching-coverage-of-9-11/667333)
**Author:** [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-upon-watching-coverage-of-9-11/667333 "2013-09-01T02:47:45Z")
When 9/11 happened, I was at work all day, so I never got to watch the actual, as it happens, news coverage (which was torture for a news junkie like me). I was limited to only radio and Internet, which in those days wa… --- ## [When it happens to you (creep in a neighbourhood)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-it-happens-to-you-creep-in-a-neighbourhood/666829)
**Author:** [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-it-happens-to-you-creep-in-a-neighbourhood/666829 "2013-09-01T01:01:25Z")
You think it will never happen to you as a parent and you go about daily life without a pause. Then, your 7 year old daughter suddenly enters the house and says that a guy (who already looks a bit shifted) made an inapp… --- ## [The Greatest Job in America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-job-in-america/667534)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-job-in-america/667534 "2013-09-01T00:06:20Z")
Found this online at Business Insider… http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/ofc/4031083041.html Some first-class douche advertising executive\* is looking for a new personal assistant, and he posted the above advertisement o… --- ## [Need jokes, funny videos, memes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-jokes-funny-videos-memes/665679)
**Author:** [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-jokes-funny-videos-memes/665679 "2013-08-31T23:25:59Z")
I have a friend that is real stressed right now with work. I want to send them some funny stuff off the net to cheer them up. I need funny stuff, videos, pictures, memes, whatever. To start off I have Cartube [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=935) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=937)