# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=937 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 938 --- ## [NSA now using Storks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsa-now-using-storks/667688)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsa-now-using-storks/667688 "2013-08-31T22:26:07Z")
Bird that’s ruffling government feathers: Stork suspected of being a SPY detained by police in Egypt: Concerned man took the bird to a police station in the Qena governorate Suspected the bird was an spy because it c… --- ## ["I can see my house from up here..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-see-my-house-from-up-here/667694)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-see-my-house-from-up-here/667694 "2013-08-31T21:30:58Z")
Fire up Google Earth and go to your house bookmark. (I know you have one.) Turn off all markers smaller than county lines. At what virtual altitude can you locate your house well enough to hit it with, say, a 100-foot Ci… --- ## [Gaint yellow concrete arrows guided early airplane pilots across America!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaint-yellow-concrete-arrows-guided-early-airplane-pilots-across-america/667670)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaint-yellow-concrete-arrows-guided-early-airplane-pilots-across-america/667670 "2013-08-31T21:14:10Z")
True Fact! More here --- ## [Minneapolis hits 90F and the schools close?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-hits-90f-and-the-schools-close/667480)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-hits-90f-and-the-schools-close/667480 "2013-08-31T21:09:00Z")
I saw this story about how Minneapolis is closing schools because of high temperatures. And the temperature predictions I’m reading are for about 90F. Snerk. Seriously? You know how Minneapolitans might laugh when pe… --- ## [Miles Davis and Me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miles-davis-and-me/667564)
**Author:** [@tarnation\_eudemonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarnation_eudemonia)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miles-davis-and-me/667564 "2013-08-31T20:39:40Z")
Having done some reasonably in-depth research into the subject, I have come up with a list of the 6 most significant differences between Miles Davis and me. These are: I am quite a good deal taller than Miles was. M… --- ## [The end is nigh, goodbye!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456)
**Author:** [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456 "2013-08-31T20:18:30Z")
https://picasaweb.google.com/116321657869809362085/August282013#5917328259967143586 Just wanted to say it’s been fun and interesting being part of the Doper community. But, as you can see from that letter, my hometown a… --- ## [Extremely slow gas pumps (at BJ's)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-slow-gas-pumps-at-bjs/667611)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-slow-gas-pumps-at-bjs/667611 "2013-08-31T19:24:30Z")
So I get into town and am low on gas, and as usual I make my first stop at BJ’s for gas. It’s a little out of the way, but often 10 cents or more cheaper. (Actually, I was going to forgo the savings, it being the afterno… --- ## [RIP our cats Zubin and Mehta](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-our-cats-zubin-and-mehta/667616)
**Author:** [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-our-cats-zubin-and-mehta/667616 "2013-08-31T18:23:36Z")
Three months ago our wonderful Bengal cat Mehta had to be euthanized. I thought I was a pretty tough guy, but holding him while they did the injections, I used up half a box of tissues they kindly placed on the table. N… --- ## [Who else goes to estate sales?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-goes-to-estate-sales/667610)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-goes-to-estate-sales/667610 "2013-08-31T17:40:29Z")
We discovered the fun of going to estate sales a couple of years ago, and have been to at least one nearly every week since. We get bargains, certainly, and \*\*rjk \*\*has a weakness for old cookbooks, to the point that we… --- ## [What is it with southern Delaware & tossin' food in Oct?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-southern-delaware-tossin-food-in-oct/667621)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-southern-delaware-tossin-food-in-oct/667621 "2013-08-31T15:57:49Z")
The weekend after Halloween is home to the Punkin’ Chunkin’ World Championship \* Now I’ve learned of a Scrapple\*\* toss at a Apple/Scrapple festival just a few weeks earlier in the same town. WTF, didn’t their mothers … --- ## [I want to start my own makeshift intranet!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-my-own-makeshift-intranet/667258)
**Author:** [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-my-own-makeshift-intranet/667258 "2013-08-31T14:04:00Z")
I came up with the idea a few years back of starting my own ISP from scratch, so I could connect to the web without suckling on the teet of the big providers. I can’t find my original post, but basically that idea was a … --- ## [Easy way to protect your shoulder.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-way-to-protect-your-shoulder/667649)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2013, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-way-to-protect-your-shoulder/667649 "2013-08-31T09:59:18Z")
I’ve been bothered by a recurring shoulder injury the past year. It often started after picking up my laptop beside the bed. I keep it leaning against the bedroom wall. I can easily lean over from in bed to pick it up an… --- ## [You Can Buy Positive Pregnancy Tests on Craigslist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-buy-positive-pregnancy-tests-on-craigslist/667584)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2013, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-buy-positive-pregnancy-tests-on-craigslist/667584 "2013-08-31T05:04:01Z")
\*\*Will the wonders of the Internet never cease to amaze and disgust us? In this week’s episode of Bizarre Shit You Buy on Craigslist, some industrious women are selling their positive pregnancy tests to other people onli… --- ## [Segway Tours](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/segway-tours/666835)
**Author:** [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/segway-tours/666835 "2013-08-31T03:58:17Z")
I just did a segway tour of the waterfront in my sleepy little burg. Damn those things are fun to ride but standing still for an hour and a bit plays hell on your feet! --- ## [Giant canyon discovered beneath Greenland ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-canyon-discovered-beneath-greenland-ice/667627)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-canyon-discovered-beneath-greenland-ice/667627 "2013-08-31T02:08:00Z")
Wow. Who said there’s nothing big left to discover on Earth?: http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/29/world/europe/greenland-megacanyon/index.html?hpt=hp\_t5 --- ## [Mercedes Is Not Happy That Its Car Was Used to Kill Hitler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercedes-is-not-happy-that-its-car-was-used-to-kill-hitler/667220)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2013, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercedes-is-not-happy-that-its-car-was-used-to-kill-hitler/667220 "2013-08-31T01:53:23Z")
An astounding spec ad for the Mercedes-Benz C-Class featuring the most incredible twist ending ever devised to promoting a car’s on-board collision-prevention-assist system is ruffling some stuffy feathers at the headqua… --- ## [The Syrian Cruise missile attack pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-syrian-cruise-missile-attack-pool/667391)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-syrian-cruise-missile-attack-pool/667391 "2013-08-31T00:23:18Z")
How many cruise missiles will the US launch during the first 24 hours of strikes against Syria? My guess: 115 Winner gets bragging rights! --- ## [I Applied for Graduate School - Doing It Differently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-applied-for-graduate-school-doing-it-differently/667603)
**Author:** [@Crumbled\_Bumble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crumbled_Bumble)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-applied-for-graduate-school-doing-it-differently/667603 "2013-08-30T23:45:00Z")
I realize that I made a mistake. I didn’t keep a portfolio during graduate school. So, I’ve decided I’m going back… This time, I’m going because I want to go - not because I need to. I want to get a master’s in Psycho… --- ## [Nidal Hassan sentenced to death.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nidal-hassan-sentenced-to-death/667458)
**Author:** [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nidal-hassan-sentenced-to-death/667458 "2013-08-30T21:26:44Z")
Cite. A pity. He WANTED this sentence; therefore life at hard labor without parole would have been more suitable. --- ## [Time Travel Blues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-blues/667043)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-blues/667043 "2013-08-30T20:28:57Z")
Mods: I’m not sure if this belongs here, but I didn’t think GQ was appropriate. I’m sorry if I guessed wrong. If so, please move it somewhere appropriate. Okay, I’ve build a time machine and I’m ready to take it out for… --- ## [Alternatives to investing in Gold (durable goods investing)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-investing-in-gold-durable-goods-investing/667604)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-investing-in-gold-durable-goods-investing/667604 "2013-08-30T19:49:38Z")
Mom has been worried lately about the “impending financial collapse”, she was watching a couple of those half hour long “teaser” ads that try to scare you into buying the guy’s promotional literature… She’s considering … --- ## [What is your cell phone alarm sound/mode?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-cell-phone-alarm-sound-mode/667520)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-cell-phone-alarm-sound-mode/667520 "2013-08-30T18:43:04Z")
What sound or action do you have set in your cell as the wake up alarm? I like to wake up to music. I most frequently use “Ain’t No Rest For the Wicked” by Cage the Elephant. Seemed appropriate, and I like the song. … --- ## ['Gentleman' Seeks 'Worthy' Woman in Personal Ad With 28-Question FAQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentleman-seeks-worthy-woman-in-personal-ad-with-28-question-faq/667453)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentleman-seeks-worthy-woman-in-personal-ad-with-28-question-faq/667453 "2013-08-30T05:40:11Z")
Wow. Douche-nozzle doesn’t begin to cover this guy! Oh, I had forgotten how much fun Craigslist ads could be… --- ## [My Dead Giraffe story (not sad)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dead-giraffe-story-not-sad/667395)
**Author:** [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dead-giraffe-story-not-sad/667395 "2013-08-30T04:48:32Z")
Inspired by the thread about the dead possum, I shall tell you the tale of the dead giraffe that washed up on my parents’ property on…wait for it! Lake Conroe. So, many years ago, BPMom and my sister and her best frien… --- ## [I work in a Military Prison. Ask me anything (Part II)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-work-in-a-military-prison-ask-me-anything-part-ii/649358)
**Author:** [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-work-in-a-military-prison-ask-me-anything-part-ii/649358 "2013-08-30T03:01:45Z")
I started http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=631030 this when I first got in a prison. I have been away for awhile and have seen a request to return. (Thanks, Elendil’s Heir). I will be back to answer … --- ## [What is this piece of gym equipment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piece-of-gym-equipment/667400)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piece-of-gym-equipment/667400 "2013-08-30T02:42:26Z")
This gym is giving $10 off if you guess what thisequipment is. It looks like a bag. (Link is clean, just regular photograph). Help me save $10 . . . --- ## [I know we don't need another religion thread...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-we-dont-need-another-religion-thread/667551)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-we-dont-need-another-religion-thread/667551 "2013-08-30T00:57:10Z")
But I can’t help myself: --- ## [What does "you've had the big green weenie" mean anyway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-youve-had-the-big-green-weenie-mean-anyway/667533)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-youve-had-the-big-green-weenie-mean-anyway/667533 "2013-08-30T00:28:46Z")
What could be more mudane/pointless than that question anyway? I just had lunch with President Obama when a message from the Russian ambassador came in from a rock thrown through the white house window on the side of th… --- ## [Unusual type of border face off at indo-china border](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-type-of-border-face-off-at-indo-china-border/667049)
**Author:** [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-type-of-border-face-off-at-indo-china-border/667049 "2013-08-29T22:39:48Z")
Video link I have never seen jostling happen between two heavily armed platoons. --- ## [Having the same name as your spouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-the-same-name-as-your-spouse/667425)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-the-same-name-as-your-spouse/667425 "2013-08-29T20:59:57Z")
(I’m a Christine, and I never go by Chris, but I thought this was just some telemarketer or something and in any case it’d be easier to deal with if I just handled it rather than attempting to alert my husband, who is on… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=936) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=938)