# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=961 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 962 --- ## [One year ago, I made a baby with the Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-ago-i-made-a-baby-with-the-dope/662775)
**Author:** [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-ago-i-made-a-baby-with-the-dope/662775 "2013-07-06T15:38:08Z")
Ok, so technically this time last year I was coming back from the bowling alley, annoyed at the lack of progress but not yet officially in labor. Nonetheless, it’s after midnight and that means my baby is one year old! T… --- ## [Groundhog Hat Trick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groundhog-hat-trick/662544)
**Author:** [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2013, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groundhog-hat-trick/662544 "2013-07-06T13:10:24Z")
The groundhogs have been at our garden and the neighbor’s gardens quite a bit this spring, so I finally got around to setting up the trap this weekend. Normally I’d expect that to be nearly useless - I generally set up … --- ## [Did you know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2013, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117 "2013-07-06T11:24:42Z")
\[ul\] \[li\]Radon is the only radioactive noble gas\[/li\]\[li\]Gene Roddenberry used to be a cop\[/li\]\[li\]Steve Wozniak also invented the first universal remote control\[/li\]\[/ul\] --- ## [Happy Independence Day, my American friends!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-independence-day-my-american-friends/662640)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2013, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-independence-day-my-american-friends/662640 "2013-07-06T07:25:54Z")
I just wanted to say ‘Happy Independence Day’ to all the American dopers. Much love from this Canadian, and thank you for making the world a more interesting place for the last 237 years. --- ## [So, so tired of knowing more than tech support...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-so-tired-of-knowing-more-than-tech-support/662586)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2013, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-so-tired-of-knowing-more-than-tech-support/662586 "2013-07-06T07:17:45Z")
Sigh. I understand that compared with the average person, I am a geek. Compared with real geeks, no. But I have been glued to my computer since 1987, and I have always been interested in understanding how things work so… --- ## [I just got offered a job in Antarctica](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-offered-a-job-in-antarctica/653506)
**Author:** [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2013, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-offered-a-job-in-antarctica/653506 "2013-07-06T05:09:09Z")
Just though I would share. --- ## [A Hidden Fortune in My New House?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hidden-fortune-in-my-new-house/660523)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hidden-fortune-in-my-new-house/660523 "2013-07-05T21:59:22Z")
Okay, I know this could simply be local urban neighborhood legend, but at least four people (including the previous owner and his grandfather, since deceased, who built the house) have told us that there is a very large … --- ## [Gun Safety Instructor Accidentally Kills Himself Cleaning Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-safety-instructor-accidentally-kills-himself-cleaning-gun/662183)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-safety-instructor-accidentally-kills-himself-cleaning-gun/662183 "2013-07-05T20:38:49Z")
" Orser, 41, a former Marine Corps reservist whose home has a full-sized British amphibious tank in the backyard, was found in the house by his wife with a fatal shotgun wound in the chest about 11:35 p.m., Carmel police… --- ## [homeowner hogties would-be robber, calls cops and goes to work.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeowner-hogties-would-be-robber-calls-cops-and-goes-to-work/662634)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeowner-hogties-would-be-robber-calls-cops-and-goes-to-work/662634 "2013-07-05T20:10:42Z")
All part of the morning routine. Cup of coffee, breakfast, get the kids ready and hog tie a burglar. :stuck\_out\_tongue: One less job for hubby on the honey do list. :wink: Glad this is something we can chuckle about. N… --- ## [Why can't cocks be easily detected?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-cocks-be-easily-detected/662565)
**Author:** [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-cocks-be-easily-detected/662565 "2013-07-05T20:01:41Z")
So I am reading the Why can’t socks be easily detected? thread and wondering why it isn’t about sock puppet accounts? And then I realize it’s a pit thread, and I am all like, wtf man? Why is such a benign and non comp… --- ## [Equality, finances and relationships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equality-finances-and-relationships/662635)
**Author:** [@iamsparticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamsparticus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equality-finances-and-relationships/662635 "2013-07-05T18:58:41Z")
A long time ago I had a truly shameful relationship with a boy. I felt that the relationship was wrong because I was, as the boy knew, unemployed and desperately lost. Nevertheless, the relationship grew, awkwardly, last… --- ## [(TMI?) Bacon Doesn’t Count …](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-bacon-doesn-t-count/662720)
**Author:** [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-bacon-doesn-t-count/662720 "2013-07-05T14:57:00Z")
as a food to be refrained from for Fecal Occult Blood Testing! (if ya know what I’m talking about, ya know what I’m talking about) (per my local VA Clinic; may not be valid in other regions or apply to individuals that… --- ## [Thank you, France, Spain, Holland, and Mysore! We couldn't have done it without you!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-france-spain-holland-and-mysore-we-couldnt-have-done-it-without-you/662682)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-france-spain-holland-and-mysore-we-couldnt-have-done-it-without-you/662682 "2013-07-05T13:21:23Z")
Well, maybe we could, but it would take longer. Holland recognized the USA first. France, along with the Netherlands and Spain, liked that we were a thorn in Britain’s side and provided material support, but France als… --- ## [Retractable screen doors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retractable-screen-doors/661187)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retractable-screen-doors/661187 "2013-07-05T13:21:04Z")
Several years ago I had retractable screen doors put on the exterior doors of the back bedrooms. Basically, the screens are on a spool and they pull out from there. They stay closed by use of magnetic catches. Nice, b… --- ## [Flags: where do you see them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flags-where-do-you-see-them/662303)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2013, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flags-where-do-you-see-them/662303 "2013-07-05T09:39:43Z")
In the U.S. there probably isn’t a city block without a American flag on someone’s house. Although much less common, I’ve seen other flags here in the Northwest: Washington State and Alaska flags on commercial building… --- ## [Wing walker plane crashes at air show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wing-walker-plane-crashes-at-air-show/661643)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wing-walker-plane-crashes-at-air-show/661643 "2013-07-04T23:07:56Z")
Happened just a few hours ago, near where I live: http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/news/local/wing-walkers-plane-crashes-at-dayton-air-show/nYSBY/ Video (warning - graphic): --- ## [I probably being too suspicious, but this "1 million dollar vodka theft" story reads like a viral ad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-probably-being-too-suspicious-but-this-1-million-dollar-vodka-theft-story-reads-like-a-viral-ad/662653)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-probably-being-too-suspicious-but-this-1-million-dollar-vodka-theft-story-reads-like-a-viral-ad/662653 "2013-07-04T23:06:02Z")
The story here - Spirits of the Tsars Golden Vodka Worth More Than $1 Million Taken in Heist --- ## [How are Dopers in the West handling the extreme heat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-dopers-in-the-west-handling-the-extreme-heat/662272)
**Author:** [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-dopers-in-the-west-handling-the-extreme-heat/662272 "2013-07-04T20:39:24Z")
Here in my neck of the woods, it’s overcast and cool. I’ve watched the Weather Channel and was informed that various places in the western states are experiencing triple digit heat events. How are you all handling this… --- ## [Wow, I hate mice (the desktop kind)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-hate-mice-the-desktop-kind/662127)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-hate-mice-the-desktop-kind/662127 "2013-07-04T20:33:53Z")
More MPSIMS than pit, but moderator differences of opinion accepted. I sometimes forget how much I hate computer mice. I guess for small-screen, basic use they’re as good as any other solution, and better than most lapt… --- ## [U.S. Postal Service Logging All Mail for Law Enforcement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-postal-service-logging-all-mail-for-law-enforcement/662561)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-postal-service-logging-all-mail-for-law-enforcement/662561 "2013-07-04T19:36:07Z")
"that is only a forerunner of a vastly more expansive effort, the Mail Isolation Control and Tracking program, in which Postal Service computers photograph the exterior of every piece of paper mail that is processed in t… --- ## [150th Anniversary of Gettysburg (and other major Confederate defeats)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150th-anniversary-of-gettysburg-and-other-major-confederate-defeats/662353)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150th-anniversary-of-gettysburg-and-other-major-confederate-defeats/662353 "2013-07-04T16:30:04Z")
There’s a huge reenactment I understand. I think Confederates are going to be “Skins” this year (which for many Civil War reenactors would be a horrifying thought). To many Gettysburg is a major “What if?” moment in Am… --- ## [No pictures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pictures/662398)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pictures/662398 "2013-07-04T16:25:19Z")
Who doesn’t have a digital camera? At very least you probably have one on your phone. You can buy a very rudimentary one at Walmart for $8. So why do a lot of people try to sell stuff on Craigslist, Ebay, Gunbroker, etc… --- ## [Clever, funny lines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-funny-lines/662270)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-funny-lines/662270 "2013-07-04T16:18:37Z")
I just read this clever line in a Detective pot-boiler set in Bangkok. “Thailand’s history may not repeat itself but it certainly rhymed.” :slight\_smile: Got any clever funny lines you’d like to share? J. --- ## [Squirrel Nutcase is dead, alas! -or- Do your pets hunt indoors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel-nutcase-is-dead-alas-or-do-your-pets-hunt-indoors/662596)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel-nutcase-is-dead-alas-or-do-your-pets-hunt-indoors/662596 "2013-07-04T15:34:17Z")
My daughter came down this morning to find the Little Girls in the living room, taking turns killing and rekilling a squirrel that had made its way into the house. It got in yesterday and was scurrying around my room on… --- ## [My leg hurts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-leg-hurts/662407)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-leg-hurts/662407 "2013-07-04T14:45:20Z")
It’s really annoying. I think I pulled something in my calf. BRING ME SYMPATHY! --- ## [What dumb little joke made a fact stick in your head?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dumb-little-joke-made-a-fact-stick-in-your-head/662088)
**Author:** [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2013, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dumb-little-joke-made-a-fact-stick-in-your-head/662088 "2013-07-04T13:38:20Z")
For longest time I kept forgetting whether males or females had a Y chromosome. And then Tim Allen made a joke in a rerun of “Home Improvement” that for whatever reason replays in my head if ever I should forget the answ… --- ## [What do Mangetout and Tom Hanks have in common?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-mangetout-and-tom-hanks-have-in-common/662349)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2013, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-mangetout-and-tom-hanks-have-in-common/662349 "2013-07-04T12:11:09Z")
Yes, that’s right: our very own Mangetout and famous actor/director Tom Hanks share a rather unique hobby: collecting snapshots of lost gloves. The only thing stranger than the fact that these two otherwise (I assume) un… --- ## [Looking for the best locations for non-drivers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-best-locations-for-non-drivers/662312)
**Author:** [@USA2Elsewhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USA2Elsewhere)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2013, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-best-locations-for-non-drivers/662312 "2013-07-04T08:04:32Z")
Anyone else here misplaced (at least partially) because they don’t drive? What areas are best for those who reject the “car culture” in your country? Portland? London? Toronto? Phoenix? San Francisco? Boston? These ar… --- ## [How did it become the Obama phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-it-become-the-obama-phone/662188)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-it-become-the-obama-phone/662188 "2013-07-04T01:38:56Z")
I can recall seeing commercials for government provided cell phones for qualifying low income earners in the USA during Dubya’s term, the program was started in his term. How in the blue bloody hell did they become Obam… --- ## [Stupid thought of the day...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-thought-of-the-day/662370)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-thought-of-the-day/662370 "2013-07-03T23:00:36Z")
FACT: The $1.00 box of New Orleans red beans and rice from the dollar store is way better than Zatarain’s at $3.50 a box. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=960) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=962)