# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=975 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 976 --- ## [Helen Mirren Has Tea with Dying Boy After Actual Queen Says No](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-mirren-has-tea-with-dying-boy-after-actual-queen-says-no/659020)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-mirren-has-tea-with-dying-boy-after-actual-queen-says-no/659020 "2013-05-29T18:15:08Z")
Mirren brought Oliver and his family to Gielgud Theatre to see her play the Queen in Peter Morgan’s The Audience. Still dressed as the Queen, she then invited Oliver backstage to have tea and cakes (served by footmen!) … --- ## [Anything I can do with a lot of blank CD-Rs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-i-can-do-with-a-lot-of-blank-cd-rs/659432)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-i-can-do-with-a-lot-of-blank-cd-rs/659432 "2013-05-29T15:46:17Z")
So I used to use CD-R(W)'s as backups, but then I found the joys of DVD-Rs, which can back up my entire hard drive at once, so I stopped. (Then the burning process stopped working, but that’s neither here nor there.) I… --- ## [Hypothetical situation: You're going to be alone in a room for ten years but have points for perks.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-situation-youre-going-to-be-alone-in-a-room-for-ten-years-but-have-points-for-perks/659367)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-situation-youre-going-to-be-alone-in-a-room-for-ten-years-but-have-points-for-perks/659367 "2013-05-29T14:50:35Z")
You are being forced into isolation for ten years (for what reason–I don’t know–make one up yourself if you want. Suffice to say, it’s that or death of you and your loved ones). Your room will already have a bed and a l… --- ## [Babies Taste Lemons for the First Time - video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babies-taste-lemons-for-the-first-time-video/659426)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babies-taste-lemons-for-the-first-time-video/659426 "2013-05-29T13:40:36Z")
What’s the matter baby? --- ## [What driving law did I unwittingly break](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-driving-law-did-i-unwittingly-break/659601)
**Author:** [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2013, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-driving-law-did-i-unwittingly-break/659601 "2013-05-29T13:38:41Z")
Please help me figure out what driving law I broke. This happened in Florida. It started while leaving a one lane side street for a 4 lane divided main road. I was behind a car that tuned right by pulling out onto the … --- ## [Cool clips by astronaut from the Space Station](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-clips-by-astronaut-from-the-space-station/659614)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2013, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-clips-by-astronaut-from-the-space-station/659614 "2013-05-29T09:46:16Z")
You may have seen these clips already, but I discovered them recently and thought they were incredibly neat. Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield just finished a five month tour of duty in the Space station and he loaded u… --- ## [Tramp Stamp = tramp..who knew?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramp-stamp-tramp-who-knew/659362)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2013, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramp-stamp-tramp-who-knew/659362 "2013-05-29T06:47:20Z")
I thought this was funny. Get a “tramp stamp” and guess what? Guys are more likely to think you are a tramp! WTF did you gals think it’s called a tramp stamp in the first place? http://now.msn.com/tramp-stamp-study-say… --- ## [Tornado Shelters at the schools aren't practical.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tornado-shelters-at-the-schools-arent-practical/658954)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2013, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tornado-shelters-at-the-schools-arent-practical/658954 "2013-05-29T06:14:32Z")
This article was obviously written by someone thats never lived in a tornado region. Tornado Watches are issued frequently every spring and can last for hours or even most of the day. Life has to go on. You can’t just di… --- ## [Silly things you've heard reporters say or ask.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-things-youve-heard-reporters-say-or-ask/659064)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2013, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-things-youve-heard-reporters-say-or-ask/659064 "2013-05-29T06:03:13Z")
I don’t want to hijack this thread about the woman finding her dog, Oklahoma Tornado Survivor Finds Missing Dog During Live Interview - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board, so I’ll… --- ## [Pulling a David Carradine in Thailand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulling-a-david-carradine-in-thailand/659550)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2013, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulling-a-david-carradine-in-thailand/659550 "2013-05-29T05:54:34Z")
And another one bites the dust. A 76-year-old ex-Nasa offical who is also the author of (self-published, I’m told) books such as Suicide Inc, described as a “romantic and erotic thriller,” was found dead upcountry “with … --- ## [Dad accidentally films his wife with his teenage son](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-accidentally-films-his-wife-with-his-teenage-son/659026)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2013, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-accidentally-films-his-wife-with-his-teenage-son/659026 "2013-05-29T04:47:30Z")
“So that’s how it is in their family…” \[/Ed Rooney\] \*\* A TASMANIAN man set up a video camera to capture paranormal activity instead filmed his partner engaging in a sexual relationship with his teenage son, a court has… --- ## [Ask the child support officer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-child-support-officer/485787)
**Author:** [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-child-support-officer/485787 "2013-05-29T01:12:49Z")
I’ve been debating about starting this thread for a few weeks now, but what with the thread in Great Debates regarding abortion and child support, I decided to bit the bullet and dive in. I’ve worked as a Child Support … --- ## [Xbmc , windows or linux](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbmc-windows-or-linux/659515)
**Author:** [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbmc-windows-or-linux/659515 "2013-05-29T00:52:51Z")
Which OS would be better if xbmc was going to be the prime app for watching ripped movies and internet scraping of media content. Thinking Win 7 for the microsoft side , and not really settled on what linux distro. The… --- ## [New Garage Door Opener](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-garage-door-opener/659475)
**Author:** [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-garage-door-opener/659475 "2013-05-28T23:44:47Z")
So I had a garage door opener installed. Is it just me, or does anyone else with one drive around town clicking the button to see if it opens anyone else’s door? --- ## [Drought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drought/659399)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drought/659399 "2013-05-28T23:38:06Z")
For the first time in quite a while The US Drought Monitor is showing the eastern half of the US to be out of the drought range. But look at Texas! And Oklahoma! Tornadoes and floods don’t help all that much it would see… --- ## [Could imported cut flowers harbour dangerous spider?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-imported-cut-flowers-harbour-dangerous-spider/659549)
**Author:** [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-imported-cut-flowers-harbour-dangerous-spider/659549 "2013-05-28T22:59:27Z")
I was sitting reading the SDMB on my tablet when I hear what sounds like something small and hard hitting the coffee table beside me. I first thought that it was a leaf or stem falling from the bunch of flowers on the t… --- ## [World's Strongest Glue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-strongest-glue/352366)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-strongest-glue/352366 "2013-05-28T22:23:18Z")
How would you get the cap off? http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060410/sc\_space/worldsstrongestglueavailableonlyfromnature --- ## [The return of debtor’s prisons in the U.S.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-debtor-s-prisons-in-the-u-s/659461)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-debtor-s-prisons-in-the-u-s/659461 "2013-05-28T21:03:47Z")
Debtor’s prisons were one of the more horrific institutions in the mid to late 17th century. The county poor farm was alive and well even into the 1930’s in some places. It’s disturbing to realize this can return even in… --- ## [Would This Be Hard To Do? (Oriental Carpet in Car)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-hard-to-do-oriental-carpet-in-car/659358)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-hard-to-do-oriental-carpet-in-car/659358 "2013-05-28T16:12:06Z")
I like the look of oriental carpets-and I have a nice large one. Could a pro cut and fit a carpet to my car? Or is this something impossible? Modern car carpets are molded-would a woven oriental fit the floors of a … --- ## [Now There's a News Summary You Don't See Every Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-theres-a-news-summary-you-dont-see-every-day/659535)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-theres-a-news-summary-you-dont-see-every-day/659535 "2013-05-28T15:56:06Z")
CNN news story summarized by bullet points. That last one is hilarious. --- ## [Going to pick up a starving horse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-pick-up-a-starving-horse/658953)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-pick-up-a-starving-horse/658953 "2013-05-28T15:45:36Z")
Not for me - this poor guy was listed on Craigslist. A group from the Chronicle of the Horse message board got together to bail him out, find a foster and a permanent home and a small trust fund to get him started on his… --- ## [My God this is horrofying - "Meet Cody the screming dog" -](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-this-is-horrofying-meet-cody-the-screming-dog/659505)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-this-is-horrofying-meet-cody-the-screming-dog/659505 "2013-05-28T15:16:56Z")
Eeesh! --- ## [Fake cats on roof, does anybody else remember this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-cats-on-roof-does-anybody-else-remember-this/602058)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2013, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-cats-on-roof-does-anybody-else-remember-this/602058 "2013-05-28T10:30:39Z")
Growing up in the 70s in the Washington DC suburbs it was a common thing to see a little fake cat (kitten really) stuck up on someone’s roof. I suppose it was right up there with glass gazing balls in terms of elegant o… --- ## [I Am An Idiot - And It Cost Me $80](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-idiot-and-it-cost-me-80/659322)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2013, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-idiot-and-it-cost-me-80/659322 "2013-05-28T09:16:22Z")
I left the house yesterday to do a bunch of shopping. I had $300 in my wallet - one hundred dollar bill, a bunch of $20 bills and two $10 bills. First error - I left the house and forgot my glasses. I don’t really need… --- ## [I win the Internet! First MMP of the week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-win-the-internet-first-mmp-of-the-week/658782)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 384\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-win-the-internet-first-mmp-of-the-week/658782 "2013-05-27T19:57:52Z")
First! Where’s my adoring Teeming Minions? And a Corporate take on an old Fable: The Grasshopper spent all summer hopping about eating and fornicating with the hottie lady grasshoppers. Then he died in his sleep in th… --- ## [Canada's Mounties: Upholding the law for 140 years and counting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-mounties-upholding-the-law-for-140-years-and-counting/659116)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-mounties-upholding-the-law-for-140-years-and-counting/659116 "2013-05-27T16:00:52Z")
www.google.ca has a doodle today to commemorate the 140th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, originally called the North-West Mounted Police. The Mounties were founded by the Canadian government in 1873, … --- ## [Angelina Jolie has double mastectomy due to BRCA gene mutation cancer risk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angelina-jolie-has-double-mastectomy-due-to-brca-gene-mutation-cancer-risk/658313)
**Author:** [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angelina-jolie-has-double-mastectomy-due-to-brca-gene-mutation-cancer-risk/658313 "2013-05-27T14:27:56Z")
As someone whose own mother suffered and ultimately died from two different forms of cancer that were likely related to a BRCA mutation, I give Jolie a lot of credit for being so candid about this decision. (It’s also w… --- ## [Search the web like an NSA analyst](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-the-web-like-an-nsa-analyst/658905)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2013, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-the-web-like-an-nsa-analyst/658905 "2013-05-27T08:23:14Z")
Not sure where I first read about this but I think it was here on yahoo news. It talks about the NSA’s declassified research manual titled \[URL=“http://www.nsa.gov/public\_info/\_files/Untangling\_the\_Web.pdf”\]“Untangling … --- ## [What DON'T you use that everyone else does?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444 "2013-05-27T01:14:21Z")
I don’t buy or use paper towels. I use cloth towels that I wash and bleach. I also use cloth napkins. I also don’t have or want a dishwasher or cell phone. How about you? --- ## [Eating right and exercising are joyless chores; is it any wonder some choose to die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-right-and-exercising-are-joyless-chores-is-it-any-wonder-some-choose-to-die/658612)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-right-and-exercising-are-joyless-chores-is-it-any-wonder-some-choose-to-die/658612 "2013-05-26T22:23:38Z")
Spinoff from a thought I had in another thread. Sometimes I wonder why so many people get obese, why people go blind from diabetes, why some end up in scooters with oxygen tanks. Then I realize: I could very well end u… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=974) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=976)