# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=981 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 982 --- ## [Please Help Me Identify This Car Used In The Burglary Of My Friend's House!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-car-used-in-the-burglary-of-my-friends-house/657591)
**Author:** [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-car-used-in-the-burglary-of-my-friends-house/657591 "2013-05-14T05:51:18Z")
Good evening everyone! I need the help of car buffs and internet sleuths. On Friday night the home of a friend of mine was broken into. I happened to catch video of the car used on my home security system. Here is the … --- ## [A self-rescue MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-rescue-mmp/657605)
**Author:** [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Replies:** 434\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-rescue-mmp/657605 "2013-05-13T21:29:17Z")
My wife, on a regular basis, gives me a lot of grief for things I do and stuff I buy. This, dear Mumpers, is the story of how my quirkiness had a big payoff. Of late, I’ve been buying stuff aimed at outdoors skills and … --- ## [Ask the gopayment customer rep](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-gopayment-customer-rep/658072)
**Author:** [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-gopayment-customer-rep/658072 "2013-05-13T18:34:09Z")
Anyone interested in gopayment? Have questions about it? Want to know the ins and outs? Fire away, and I’ll do my best to answer them. I’ve been an “Intuit Care Agent\*” since Jan 28th, and in that time have handled over … --- ## [My doggie loves a good booty smacking!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doggie-loves-a-good-booty-smacking/658206)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doggie-loves-a-good-booty-smacking/658206 "2013-05-13T18:08:36Z")
I think my dog is weird. He absolutely LOVES a spanking on his hind-area (that part of his lower back right before where his tail starts). I can literally spank him pretty much as hard as I can, over and over, until my h… --- ## [What did you do this weekend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-do-this-weekend/658151)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-do-this-weekend/658151 "2013-05-13T17:58:44Z")
Mother’s Day is today. I don’t have a mother, so I don’t have anything planned. The weekend is pretty much like any other. Yesterday I surfed the 'Net and drank a pot of coffee. Then I had more coffee. We went down … --- ## [Talk to me about your desk job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-your-desk-job/658069)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-your-desk-job/658069 "2013-05-13T17:15:21Z")
Next month I am changing jobs. 80% of my time will be spent piloting a desk. I have never had a desk job in my life. I have been at my current position – in which I am on my feet and moving a great deal of the time – fo… --- ## [Soylent Juicy vs. the CN Tower for the WWF](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soylent-juicy-vs-the-cn-tower-for-the-wwf/651544)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soylent-juicy-vs-the-cn-tower-for-the-wwf/651544 "2013-05-13T16:48:06Z")
Very special thanks to Marley23 and the Mods for allowing me to post this. I’ll be climbing all 1,776 steps up the CN Tower on Saturday April 27 to raise money for the World Wildlife Fund. This will be my 3rd time doin… --- ## [I need to find this chandelier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-find-this-chandelier/657849)
**Author:** [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-find-this-chandelier/657849 "2013-05-13T16:46:38Z")
I’m looking for a chandelier - I saw this one on a TV show and took a screen cap. This is the style I’m looking for. I’m hoping to get something similar, that is at least 40" in diameter. Any ideas? --- ## [Mystifying Mental Mixups](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystifying-mental-mixups/658023)
**Author:** [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystifying-mental-mixups/658023 "2013-05-13T16:23:14Z")
I have noticed a few seemingly odd occurrences that the brain seems to mix up. Please share if you have experienced the same, and any others you have had. When any concussive force hits my head (don’t worry, not often… --- ## [John Paulk- former poster boy for ex-gay movement not so ex in his gay anymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-paulk-former-poster-boy-for-ex-gay-movement-not-so-ex-in-his-gay-anymore/656622)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-paulk-former-poster-boy-for-ex-gay-movement-not-so-ex-in-his-gay-anymore/656622 "2013-05-13T16:19:48Z")
John Paulk, the former openly gay drag queen turned “ex-gay” Dobson acolyte turned husband to ex-gay woman turned “I was just in that gay bar to have a drink” scandal figure turned ex-Dobson but still ex-gay is now ex-ex… --- ## [Going to start swimming!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-start-swimming/657552)
**Author:** [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-start-swimming/657552 "2013-05-13T14:12:27Z")
So I tore my knee up pretty badly playing football (soccer) which makes running tricky. I’d like to start swimming to supplement my running. I can swim but by no means am I a solid swimmer. Any advice or tips as to ho… --- ## [Birthday List](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-list/61046)
**Author:** [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-list/61046 "2013-05-13T13:39:58Z")
What the hell, I’m bored, so I’m going to start a birthday list. Okay, so call me the happy fuzzy bunny of the SDMB, but I just don’t think anybody should be forgotten on their birthday. I won’t be belaboring the server … --- ## [Chances of acquiring STDs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chances-of-acquiring-stds/535291)
**Author:** [@curious\_mind\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious_mind_1)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chances-of-acquiring-stds/535291 "2013-05-13T12:08:47Z")
Over the past 4 years, I’ve seen maybe 15 escorts. Just random sex flings to satisfy my urge. But I’m a married man of 12yrs. I’ve used condoms on all but 2 occasions (1 being back in 2007 and the last one being in ma… --- ## [In a good joke context is all important. So work this one out.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-good-joke-context-is-all-important-so-work-this-one-out/658223)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-good-joke-context-is-all-important-so-work-this-one-out/658223 "2013-05-13T11:13:54Z")
A guy in the pub says, “Did you see the Pope’s dead?” And his mate replies, “I bet that bastard Mulley’s riding him.” If you aren’t an Aussie horse racing follower: the answer Do you have one? --- ## [If Zeerust came true](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-zeerust-came-true/657945)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-zeerust-came-true/657945 "2013-05-13T06:52:51Z")
Zeerust, now-hilariously dated predictions of the future. Or are they? Postulate that something that hasn’t been taken seriously by science fiction in decades in fact comes true in the end. My entry: scientists discover… --- ## [Great science facts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-science-facts/657272)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-science-facts/657272 "2013-05-13T04:14:22Z")
I thought it might be fun to start a thread of interesting ways to describe the wonders of the universe in enjoyable and digestible ways. So let me begin with a few examples that I believe are true and a hope this thread… --- ## [I've one of those medical cost stories such as sometimes make the evening news.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-one-of-those-medical-cost-stories-such-as-sometimes-make-the-evening-news/657653)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-one-of-those-medical-cost-stories-such-as-sometimes-make-the-evening-news/657653 "2013-05-13T03:05:00Z")
A hospital emergency room charged me $64 for a pill that costs 0.04 cents at CVS. --- ## [Ottawa Dopefest May 11?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ottawa-dopefest-may-11/653027)
**Author:** [@jools](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jools)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ottawa-dopefest-may-11/653027 "2013-05-12T22:10:07Z")
Well as it’s been discussed in the Canadope thread. There will be a dopefest for the Tulip Festival in Ottawa. I think it should have it’s own thread, easier to follow what is being suggested and who is coming. I just … --- ## ["Extortion" in Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extortion-in-iterated-prisoners-dilemma/658167)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extortion-in-iterated-prisoners-dilemma/658167 "2013-05-12T20:03:23Z")
The Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma is a very famous game, sometimes linked to real-world economic or political decision-making. For many years, a simple “Tit for Tat” strategy was considered optimal: Do unto others as they… --- ## [Don't piss off a man with bulldozer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-piss-off-a-man-with-bulldozer/658073)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-piss-off-a-man-with-bulldozer/658073 "2013-05-12T19:24:45Z")
The pictures are pretty impressive. :stuck\_out\_tongue: For a random, senseless act of destruction this ranks pretty high. :smiley: That poor truck will never be the same. Anyone remember James Garner’s movie Tank? Sa… --- ## [Question for long-time Chicago residents....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-long-time-chicago-residents/658108)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-long-time-chicago-residents/658108 "2013-05-12T18:21:08Z")
When I was growing up, my Uncle George had a TV repair shop on a corner, and he and his family lived in an apartment above it. The building fronted on a street that apparently had a median strip, since there was a kind … --- ## [share you favorite sex related joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-you-favorite-sex-related-joke/657672)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-you-favorite-sex-related-joke/657672 "2013-05-12T17:06:03Z")
NSFW and spoiler tags as appropriate --- ## [Very neat North American dialect map and recordings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-neat-north-american-dialect-map-and-recordings/657731)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-neat-north-american-dialect-map-and-recordings/657731 "2013-05-12T16:57:53Z")
No real OP other than to say “Here’s a very neat North American dialect map and recordings”. Of course with TV and a lot more migration you have a lot more “designer dialects” than ever. I currently live in an area of … --- ## [Our solar system is an abberant freak](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-solar-system-is-an-abberant-freak/657725)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-solar-system-is-an-abberant-freak/657725 "2013-05-12T15:29:01Z")
I stumbled across an interesting article today. Astronomers have studied the solar systems of hundreds of planets by now, and most of them don’t look like ours. It seems like the typical planetary system has large gas … --- ## [Sock monkey = herkomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-monkey-herkomer/658123)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-monkey-herkomer/658123 "2013-05-12T13:04:50Z")
I’m keeping the grandkids this weekend. I was at the store getting some kid friendly snacks and grabbed a small sock monkey on a lark thinking they would like it. About the time I was checking out an elderly woman behind… --- ## [On the advice of my attorney I have.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-advice-of-my-attorney-i-have/657989)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-advice-of-my-attorney-i-have/657989 "2013-05-12T02:44:37Z")
Whimsical thread about potential lawyerly advice wherein each post begins with the phrase “On the advice of my attorney, I have”. On the advice of my attorney, I have decided to wear pants today. --- ## [For probably the first time in 3 million years, CO2 goes over 400 ppm in the atmosphere!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-probably-the-first-time-in-3-million-years-co2-goes-over-400-ppm-in-the-atmosphere/658027)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-probably-the-first-time-in-3-million-years-co2-goes-over-400-ppm-in-the-atmosphere/658027 "2013-05-12T02:02:49Z")
I did my part! I am proud that I helped in reaching this noteworthy goal. How about you, do you feel good about it? Climate Milestone: Earth’s CO2 Level Passes 400 ppm \[QUOTE=National Geographic Article linked above… --- ## [Three Girls Missing Since 2003, Found \[Alive\] In Cleveland (edited title)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-girls-missing-since-2003-found-alive-in-cleveland-edited-title/657669)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-girls-missing-since-2003-found-alive-in-cleveland-edited-title/657669 "2013-05-12T00:22:47Z")
Amanda Berry went missing on April 21, 2003 at the age of 16 (just before her 17th birthday). She was on her way home from her shift at Burger King and was never heard from again. More details. Georgina “Gina” DeJesus w… --- ## [Big screen TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-screen-tv/658086)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-screen-tv/658086 "2013-05-11T23:10:52Z")
When I was a kid, a 19-inch TV was the middle-class standard. Only posh people had a 20-inch. As a young adult, 20-inch TVs seemed to be the standard; and a lot of people who were a little older and had families splurg… --- ## [I pit APPLES!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-apples/657854)
**Author:** [@Shooby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shooby)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2013, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-apples/657854 "2013-05-11T21:40:13Z")
Apples. In the world of fruits, they are the epitome of middle-of-the-road boring. A bit of sweet, a bit of tart, and a weird scratchy texture that has a hint of but no dedication to crispness. Yet at the local QFC (su… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=980) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=982)