# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=941 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 942 --- ## [If you're having a bad day...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-having-a-bad-day/666891)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-having-a-bad-day/666891 "2013-08-22T18:51:21Z")
…I have a present for you. :smiley: cheer up My husband sent me this today. He’s away for 2 weeks and I miss him. --- ## [Bad English](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-english/665669)
**Author:** [@runningdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runningdude)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-english/665669 "2013-08-22T18:21:19Z")
Every so often, I see signs that, upon further reflection, show just how bad our use of English is! For example: At a public computer lab: “Visiting inappropriate content is prohibited”; duh! The content is already ina… --- ## [Simple retirement calculator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-retirement-calculator/666321)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-retirement-calculator/666321 "2013-08-22T17:14:42Z")
Here’s a good one, that doesn’t require a CPA to interpret. http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21563675/ns/business-your\_retirement/ns/business-your\_retirement/t/retirement-calculator/#.Ug0ECNK-o\_z --- ## [an accident waiting to happen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-accident-waiting-to-happen/666650)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2013, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-accident-waiting-to-happen/666650 "2013-08-22T14:22:29Z")
Dear Mr Motorcycle Man It’s been a while since I have seen you but the last few days I have had the misfortune to have crossed your path multiple times You scare the hell out of me It’s not enough that you blow past … --- ## [My brother has gangrene](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-has-gangrene/658607)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-has-gangrene/658607 "2013-08-22T14:01:50Z")
This is a cautionary tale for any it may apply to. My brother, who is 77 this year, is diabetic. It’s adult onset, as with most diabetics, but his has progressed to his having to use insulin. In his younger years, he … --- ## [Rule number one of gunrunning: don't brag about guns and cash on social media](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rule-number-one-of-gunrunning-dont-brag-about-guns-and-cash-on-social-media/666852)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2013, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rule-number-one-of-gunrunning-dont-brag-about-guns-and-cash-on-social-media/666852 "2013-08-22T12:10:09Z")
Granted, the article seems to be saying that the Instagram posts didn’t kick off the investigation — just confirm that the cops were on the right track, if that — but I still found it amusing. :slight\_smile: --- ## [This is kinda depressing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-kinda-depressing/666689)
**Author:** [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-kinda-depressing/666689 "2013-08-22T04:09:20Z")
My daughter’s teacher sent home a paper asking for parent’s name, phone and email address and it had a check box if you’d like to share the info with other parents. I got the list today. 21 kids and all parents opted in … --- ## [I'm going to hide some trivial info in my marriage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-hide-some-trivial-info-in-my-marriage/666545)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-hide-some-trivial-info-in-my-marriage/666545 "2013-08-22T01:11:58Z")
My mum gave my wife a set of 8 cups, saucers and plates as well as a tea pot, milk jug and sugar bowl. They were matching hand-made blue/brown stoneware. When my mum was offering them to my wife I was trying to talk my w… --- ## [Rec room; family room, living room, dinner room, study...keep one.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rec-room-family-room-living-room-dinner-room-study-keep-one/666788)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rec-room-family-room-living-room-dinner-room-study-keep-one/666788 "2013-08-22T00:43:40Z")
When reading a description of a largish house (and most US houses look excessively large to me) I have a hard time distinguishing what goes on respectively in the rec room, family room, living room, dinner room, study. L… --- ## [just gave my notice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-gave-my-notice/666797)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-gave-my-notice/666797 "2013-08-22T00:06:35Z")
Nervous… all is well, going to a new job Keep telling myself…the company is not here to look out for me…They have no loyalty to me… --- ## [HIV+ woman wants to "share the wealth".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiv-woman-wants-to-share-the-wealth/663224)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiv-woman-wants-to-share-the-wealth/663224 "2013-08-21T20:20:40Z")
Currently happening in my city: This HIV+ woman was previously busted for trolling the barracks at the nearby military base wearing not much more than a pink thong and offering guys sex. She then disappeared from the… --- ## [Good News of the Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-of-the-day/666711)
**Author:** [@luvrbcs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luvrbcs)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-of-the-day/666711 "2013-08-21T19:22:40Z")
I would like to start something that is good news for once. There still is a lot of good out there and it is refreshing to hear it. Hopefully this will get as big as some of the other xxx of the Day threads. http://www… --- ## [I just saved $11.38 on Amazon UK!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saved-11-38-on-amazon-uk/666819)
**Author:** [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saved-11-38-on-amazon-uk/666819 "2013-08-21T18:27:42Z")
Frequently I purchase DVDs from Amazon UK that are not available from Amazon USA. Today I received the ubiquitous email " people who bought blah blah also bought this." Sure enough there was a DVD I would really like so … --- ## [My wife "jokes" that she has a penis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-jokes-that-she-has-a-penis/666618)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-jokes-that-she-has-a-penis/666618 "2013-08-21T17:55:52Z")
At least twice now my wife has gone on about how she has a penis… I say things like that I thought I married a woman, etc. Eventually she says that she’s joking. I guess I can’t prevent her from doing this again but it w… --- ## [Thats the wrong way to have a fork ... (medical)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-wrong-way-to-have-a-fork-medical/666636)
**Author:** [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2013, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-wrong-way-to-have-a-fork-medical/666636 "2013-08-21T10:34:30Z")
An elderly Australian gentleman had to have a fork removed from his \[SPOILER\]penis after a failed attempt to achieve some form of sexual gratification :eek: Link (includes xray of offending item\[/SPOILER\] I have no wo… --- ## [Help CERN physicists with their antimatter experiment - AEgIS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-cern-physicists-with-their-antimatter-experiment-aegis/666791)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2013, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-cern-physicists-with-their-antimatter-experiment-aegis/666791 "2013-08-21T09:35:10Z")
This is a recent trend in data analysis - crowd sourcing. It has been done with classifying galaxies IIRC but there are several other examples as well. This one is to help determine how antimatter responds to gravi… --- ## [I had no idea they were selling sex at the mall!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-no-idea-they-were-selling-sex-at-the-mall/665661)
**Author:** [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2013, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-no-idea-they-were-selling-sex-at-the-mall/665661 "2013-08-21T05:28:50Z")
Today I needed to get a new shirt so I went to the local mall. It is a pretty normal mall, with an Auntie Annie’s and a Build-a-Bear and all of those standard mall-type stores. On my way to find a shirt I passed by one o… --- ## [Wowsers - Amazon's dead!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wowsers-amazons-dead/666652)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2013, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wowsers-amazons-dead/666652 "2013-08-21T05:25:20Z")
I tried shopping just now and got a fairly cute “sorry” screen with pictures of a bunch of books with apologies as titles (“I’m sorry, my bad”, “Grave Mistake”, “Oops”). Apparently it’s a widespread outage. This’s gotta… --- ## [Need advice on strange behavior](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-on-strange-behavior/666407)
**Author:** [@honey\_blondie\_33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/honey_blondie_33)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-on-strange-behavior/666407 "2013-08-21T02:57:30Z")
Good morning. I am new to the boards here. I am wondering if someone can help me figure out what is going on with a certain guy in my life. I am usually good at figuring these things out, but this one really stumps me. I… --- ## [The Obamas get a new dog.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-obamas-get-a-new-dog/666683)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2013, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-obamas-get-a-new-dog/666683 "2013-08-21T02:33:22Z")
So now Bo has a friend. The new dog is the same hypoallergenic type, but this time it’s a girl… Sunny! http://usnews.nbcnews.com/\_news/2013/08/19/20095470-bo-gets-a-buddy-at-the-white-house? Apparently they thought Bo… --- ## [Federal govt mailing lists - FDA, USDA, NIH, NIMH, etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-govt-mailing-lists-fda-usda-nih-nimh-etc/666759)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-govt-mailing-lists-fda-usda-nih-nimh-etc/666759 "2013-08-21T00:01:33Z")
I had posted here about how to get information about consumer product recalls but recently read about the fact that while product recalls have been declining, drug and medical device recalls have been increasing. I look… --- ## [I just found out that my church was picketed by the Westboro people.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-that-my-church-was-picketed-by-the-westboro-people/666723)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-that-my-church-was-picketed-by-the-westboro-people/666723 "2013-08-20T23:12:51Z")
I don’t know when it happened, but it was some time between 2003 and 2012, when I wasn’t living here. We must be doing something right. :cool: :smiley: --- ## ["Calvin Klein's Boyfriend Doesn't Want Any Gay People to Touch Him" - Musto is a genius interviewer!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-kleins-boyfriend-doesnt-want-any-gay-people-to-touch-him-musto-is-a-genius-interviewer/666687)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-kleins-boyfriend-doesnt-want-any-gay-people-to-touch-him-musto-is-a-genius-interviewer/666687 "2013-08-20T21:36:24Z")
Calvin Klein’s Boyfriend Doesn’t Want Any Gay People to Touch Him This has to be one of the funniest interviews I’ve ever read. The article comments are gold. --- ## [Five Women Killed in Limo Fire on San Mateo Bridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-women-killed-in-limo-fire-on-san-mateo-bridge/657559)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-women-killed-in-limo-fire-on-san-mateo-bridge/657559 "2013-08-20T20:23:09Z")
"The limo caught fire trapping people inside, according to witnesses. Five women in their 30s died Saturday night when a stretch limousine burst into flames on the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, police confirmed to NBC News. … --- ## [China? Why Not "Minga"? (Or "Cathay")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-why-not-minga-or-cathay/666672)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-why-not-minga-or-cathay/666672 "2013-08-20T18:34:11Z")
Modern China gets its name from the Chi’n Dynasty-which is millennia old. The Ming Dynasty was far more important-so why isn’t the country named for it? Incidentally, the old Portuguese name for China (Cathay) is much… --- ## ["If... we'd now be speaking..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wed-now-be-speaking/666120)
**Author:** [@vontsira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vontsira)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wed-now-be-speaking/666120 "2013-08-20T16:30:49Z")
A thing often come across, which annoys me – probably silly to get annoyed over; hence putting it on MPSIMS. In discussion of relatively-recent history: people tend to say that if such-and-such had or had not been done b… --- ## [Trump Hotel Not Apologizing for Booting Duck Dynasty Star](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-hotel-not-apologizing-for-booting-duck-dynasty-star/666471)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-hotel-not-apologizing-for-booting-duck-dynasty-star/666471 "2013-08-20T16:11:41Z")
Trump International Hotel called it unfortunate, but is not quite ready to apologize after a staff member mistakenly thought Duck Dynasty star Jase Robertson was a homeless vagrant and kicked him out of the pricey Manhat… --- ## [Do you want to answer some questions about smartphone Amber Alerts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-answer-some-questions-about-smartphone-amber-alerts/666714)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-answer-some-questions-about-smartphone-amber-alerts/666714 "2013-08-20T14:56:20Z")
I’m working on a story about wireless alerts and need to interview some man-on-the-street. If you’ve got an opinion send me a PM with contact info (phone) and willingness to answer an on-the-record question or two. Tha… --- ## ["We value your feedback!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-value-your-feedback/666708)
**Author:** [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2013, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-value-your-feedback/666708 "2013-08-20T13:48:46Z")
I do a fair amount of online shopping. And just like service in a restaurant, if something really wows me, or really disappoints me, I’ll make an effort to put it in writing. But a vast majority of the time, I don’t fe… --- ## [Well, shucks. My Google Doodle is wishing ME a happy birthday.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-shucks-my-google-doodle-is-wishing-me-a-happy-birthday/665217)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-shucks-my-google-doodle-is-wishing-me-a-happy-birthday/665217 "2013-08-20T13:46:53Z")
Well, that was unexpected. I just went to https://www.google.ca and there’s cakes and candles and the mouse-over says “Happy Birthday Doug!” Gee. I am not worthy, but thanks Google-bots. Doug [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=940) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=942)