# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=98 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 99 --- ## [Share Something of a Time and Place](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-something-of-a-time-and-place/1004490)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2024, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-something-of-a-time-and-place/1004490 "2024-07-21T10:49:39Z")
Sometimes I’m reminded of something that anyone who was of a certain time and place would know, but maybe most anyone else wouldn’t know. I’ll give my example and I think you’ll know what I mean: NO ASSING ROUGH If you… --- ## [N.K. official defects to South Korea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/n-k-official-defects-to-south-korea/1004324)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/n-k-official-defects-to-south-korea/1004324 "2024-07-20T21:06:15Z")
I always wonder what the culture shock is like for defectors, and how much planning he needed to pull it off. --- ## [Finally, alcoholics get the respect they deserve!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-alcoholics-get-the-respect-they-deserve/1004469)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-alcoholics-get-the-respect-they-deserve/1004469 "2024-07-20T19:21:03Z")
The jamboree bear Liver Lips McGrowl is being replaced because alcoholics might be offended by his name. He is being replaced by Romeo McGrowl, who will later be replaced for having a name that ideates teen suicide. --- ## [The hijinks and horrors of boot camp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hijinks-and-horrors-of-boot-camp/1002277)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hijinks-and-horrors-of-boot-camp/1002277 "2024-07-20T17:34:21Z")
Offshoot of this thread: The military. Did you join? Why or why not? Hardass DI’s, section 8 bunkmates, exhausting all-day PT, fun midnight blanket parties, homesickness galore, pointless manual labors-let’s hear them! --- ## [Tesla Cybertruck is here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck-is-here/989702)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck-is-here/989702 "2024-07-20T14:39:49Z")
thoughts about the cybertruck? . here are mine: . (not that a Big Mac was my first option to begin with …) --- ## [Why does it feel like more people are "out and about" these days? Especially during the week?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-feel-like-more-people-are-out-and-about-these-days-especially-during-the-week/1004476)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-feel-like-more-people-are-out-and-about-these-days-especially-during-the-week/1004476 "2024-07-19T22:45:27Z")
Even though it depends on where we live & work, I live and work around suburban areas (the biggest city around my area isn’t that far of a drive as well) However, I’m not sure if anyone else has noticed, but there seems… --- ## [This Years Overpriced Hallmark Ornament](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-years-overpriced-hallmark-ornament/1004333)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2024, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-years-overpriced-hallmark-ornament/1004333 "2024-07-18T23:52:47Z")
Last year it was the “Han Solo, and He’s been Frozen in Carbonite” ornament for $70. You got the immortal dialogue, and you saw Hane disappear into the hole, then come back up, carbonit-dipped. This year it’s the “Shut … --- ## [Being Taught How to Dive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-taught-how-to-dive/1004395)
**Author:** [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-taught-how-to-dive/1004395 "2024-07-18T22:38:49Z")
Do you remember ever being taught how to dive? I saw a kid getting tips from his dad or whatever down in the pool - doing that whole hands over your head, bend the knees, lean forward, let your weight take you - and I do… --- ## [The Prime Day 2024 thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prime-day-2024-thread/1004384)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2024, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prime-day-2024-thread/1004384 "2024-07-18T11:48:52Z")
Prime Day is here! @ZipperJJ usually jumps on this but she’s busy elsewhere so I’ll start this one. Prime Day began yesterday and runs through today. My weakness is watches. I have a small collection of rather cheap and… --- ## [Login dot gov questions and experiences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/login-dot-gov-questions-and-experiences/1004389)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2024, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/login-dot-gov-questions-and-experiences/1004389 "2024-07-18T10:04:21Z")
I was notified today that the website mysocialsecurity dot gov is transitioning from their own login credentials to using login dot gov credentials. So I set up login dot gov login credentials for myself. For my security… --- ## [Any suggestions about cleaning fabric lampshades?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-suggestions-about-cleaning-fabric-lampshades/1004349)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-suggestions-about-cleaning-fabric-lampshades/1004349 "2024-07-17T21:57:28Z")
I recently bought an assortment of lamps at an estate sale. Some of them were just regular ol’ lamps but I did get a few treasures in the lot. One being a Tiffany glass lamp that I know how to clean. I really like this … --- ## [Richard Simmons Dead at 76](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-simmons-dead-at-76/1004160)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-simmons-dead-at-76/1004160 "2024-07-17T15:42:39Z")
The only information I’m seeing right now is “Law enforcement sources say Richard took a fall last night, which may be connected to his passing.” --- ## [Earliest Obsessions ( before age 12)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-obsessions-before-age-12/1004279)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-obsessions-before-age-12/1004279 "2024-07-17T15:11:41Z")
I had 2 obsessions starting around the first grade. The first one was national statistics, and the other one was animals of all kinds. Everything I learned came from encyclopedias, --- ## [Six found dead in Bangkok hotel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-found-dead-in-bangkok-hotel/1004325)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2024, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-found-dead-in-bangkok-hotel/1004325 "2024-07-17T09:40:54Z")
Very weird. Some kind of cult thing? Does Vietnam have a beef with anyone? --- ## [Caring about outcomes to a degree far exceeding one's ability to determine them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caring-about-outcomes-to-a-degree-far-exceeding-ones-ability-to-determine-them/1004302)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2024, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caring-about-outcomes-to-a-degree-far-exceeding-ones-ability-to-determine-them/1004302 "2024-07-17T04:43:37Z")
It’s kind of the human condition. Not being in control enough. Wanting those outcomes. So wanting power not (initially) for its own sake but as a means to an ends. But that’s what power means. An ability to have t… --- ## [Seen any new (birdwatching) life list birds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-any-new-birdwatching-life-list-birds/999674)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-any-new-birdwatching-life-list-birds/999674 "2024-07-16T23:00:55Z")
I wondered if other posters might enjoy a thread in which folk can list new additions to their life lists. I’m fine with anyone posting any other info/questions about their birdwatching activities. I’m a pretty casual … --- ## [Witnessing an event that very few got to see](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-an-event-that-very-few-got-to-see/1004004)
**Author:** [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-an-event-that-very-few-got-to-see/1004004 "2024-07-16T22:11:56Z")
There have been thousands of events that have taken what I consider the world stage. Sometimes millions witness this event, sometimes it’s only a few hundred. Some people have been to multiple events, up till a few weeks… --- ## [Peter Buxtun, Tuskegee Experiment whistleblower, dies at 86](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-buxtun-tuskegee-experiment-whistleblower-dies-at-86/1004353)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2024, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-buxtun-tuskegee-experiment-whistleblower-dies-at-86/1004353 "2024-07-16T22:06:19Z")
If you don’t know, the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment was run by the U.S. government from the 1930s to the 1970s, and it involved denying syphilis treatment to hundreds of black men in the Deep South. What’s really curiou… --- ## [Happy 'Die Hard' Day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-die-hard-day/1004291)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-die-hard-day/1004291 "2024-07-16T21:56:26Z")
I don’t get a chance to post that often anymore, but being on travel this evening, I noted that today is a very special holiday–it’s Die Hard day! Release date of July 15, 2024–36 years ago, it still holds up as a legit… --- ## [Speculation on a symbol/icon/logo on a battery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-on-a-symbol-icon-logo-on-a-battery/1004345)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-on-a-symbol-icon-logo-on-a-battery/1004345 "2024-07-16T20:52:43Z")
I’m curious about this symbol I found on a battery. It doesn’t have a cross through it so apparently is a recommended procedure. Taunt the child with a package? Decapitate the robot? --- ## [Could this story be true? (About bringing ice cream onto a plane)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-story-be-true-about-bringing-ice-cream-onto-a-plane/1004295)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-story-be-true-about-bringing-ice-cream-onto-a-plane/1004295 "2024-07-16T20:14:03Z")
This story is at least from a friend of a friend, maybe more steps. It sounds too neat, but could it possibly be done? Supposedly a woman got on a commercial plane leaving NYC for Spain. She had a carryon, a canvas to… --- ## [Odd construction near me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-construction-near-me/1004158)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-construction-near-me/1004158 "2024-07-16T17:01:14Z")
So this lot has had nothing but a garage on it for several years. Last fall the guy fenced off the lot and began digging with an excavator. I figured he was finally building a house. The hole never had vertical walls and… --- ## [Artisanal pencil sharpening](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artisanal-pencil-sharpening/1004077)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artisanal-pencil-sharpening/1004077 "2024-07-16T13:58:14Z")
This is something I have known about for decades but I wonder if others have heard of it. You can send your pencils to a guy who will sharpen them to perfection. He returns the shavings with the newly (certified) dangero… --- ## [Do any of you have stories/resentment over parents not treating children equally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-have-stories-resentment-over-parents-not-treating-children-equally/1003459)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-have-stories-resentment-over-parents-not-treating-children-equally/1003459 "2024-07-15T19:00:09Z")
I got together with a long-time friend today, and she was simmering mad the whole time. She comes from a family of four children, the first three of which (she’s #2) were born just a year and a half to two years apart. … --- ## [Difference in Trump news coverage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-in-trump-news-coverage/1004223)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-in-trump-news-coverage/1004223 "2024-07-15T18:38:28Z")
I find this hilarious. CNN has a single lead story with a photo of the shooter and one other article with just a type-written headline buried amongst the other news. Fox News has over 20 stories - Twenty! - each with a … --- ## [Yeah, I scoffed, I warned. They went anyway.(Zoo trip)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-scoffed-i-warned-they-went-anyway-zoo-trip/1004245)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-scoffed-i-warned-they-went-anyway-zoo-trip/1004245 "2024-07-15T14:09:43Z")
The Moms made a plan. Have to keep these things on the DL or kids get riled up. They won’t sleep, they won’t eat(well, that’s a lie, they always eat) they sweat the small stuff. Cause problems for Moms, mostly. I say, … --- ## [Had to share this scam phone call](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-to-share-this-scam-phone-call/1004258)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-to-share-this-scam-phone-call/1004258 "2024-07-15T12:34:31Z")
So I answer my phone and after a while (presumably the scammer was checking several calls for an answer) a voice says “Hello?” Me: Hello Scammer: I’m with your Internet provider. Have you got your computer switched on? … --- ## [(Old) Ain't gonna move no more in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-aint-gonna-move-no-more-in-the-mmp/1003894)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 354\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-aint-gonna-move-no-more-in-the-mmp/1003894 "2024-07-15T06:19:09Z")
Inspired by JtC’s recent and ongoing rehoming - how many among us have said “This is my last move!” How many of us truly believe that? Yep, it’s Movin’ Moanday!! And to answer my own question, Yes we’ve said that, and … --- ## [Chatauqua!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chatauqua/1004079)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2024, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chatauqua/1004079 "2024-07-14T23:51:09Z")
Before looking it up, did you know the meaning of this word? (Not the city) I never heard that term before. --- ## [Did the game Risk mess with your knowledge of geography?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-game-risk-mess-with-your-knowledge-of-geography/1004065)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-game-risk-mess-with-your-knowledge-of-geography/1004065 "2024-07-14T23:13:19Z")
After reading (no pun intended) the Monopoly Reading thread I was reminded of another Parker Brothers game our family would often play on Sundays, From Seinfeld: “The Ukraine is weak!” Yes, the Gigantic Ukraine and w… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=97) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=99)