# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380 "2022-09-28T11:33:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 119
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2362 "2023-03-03T17:49:00Z")
My parents were renting when they had their first child, my eldest sister. Their apartment was so small that, very early on, she often slept in blankets in a cardboard box in the bathtub. I’ve dined in rotating restaurants in Atlanta, Pittsburgh and Calgary. I like 'em, as I enjoy seeing the scenery gradually change. It was at the Calgary restaurant, when I was a kid, that my parents first noticed that I needed glasses, because I couldn’t see some of the things they pointed out to me along the skyline. Mustn’t forget Athens, Ohio, home of OU: [Athens, Ohio - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens,_Ohio) > [@Loach](#): > > Are these polls or the lyrics to a very boring remake of “I’ve Been Everywhere”? Ha! I just gotta share this: [http://www.johnnycashhasbeeneverywhere.com/](http://www.johnnycashhasbeeneverywhere.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2363 "2023-03-03T17:54:39Z")
Dang. 33 games played on that list (that I can remember, at least). My misspent youth haunts me. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2364 "2023-03-03T18:01:43Z")
I have played no video games. None. Yes, I am old. Yes, I am weird, even for being old. I have played most of the other games; but haven’t played any of them well, and last played most of them so long ago that I’ve forgotten how. Anybody wanna take me on at Scrabble or 500 Rummy, though? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2365 "2023-03-03T18:11:11Z")
I played a bit of Galaga in college but was otherwise not much of a videogame guy. These days I love my handheld Tetris game, and play it whenever I have a little time to kill. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2366 "2023-03-03T18:12:39Z")
That poll where you can pick 5 things that bother you? I picked 12. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2367 "2023-03-03T18:18:47Z")
Can’t answer the refrigerator question, since we have two. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2368 "2023-03-03T18:34:03Z")
My refrigerator has french doors, with a freezer below the fridge. There doesn’t seem to be an option for that. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2369 "2023-03-03T19:12:46Z")
Plain door; but it’s got nothing to do with looks. I don’t use that much ice, and don’t want to deal with an icemaker. > [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > That poll where you can pick 5 things that bother you? I picked 12. Did it let you? – I picked four plus “other”, figuring that other would cover both some additional things and a couple of the ones that didn’t fit. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2370 "2023-03-03T19:16:47Z")
When we bought our current house my parents wanted to buy us a new refrigerator. We had our choice but the only thing I wanted was a bottom freezer. Intentionally chose a model without in-door ice and water; those are _always_ the first thing to break. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2371 "2023-03-03T19:30:47Z")
My parents were renting when they got married. A little more than 3 years later when they had three babies it was time to move. They bought new construction in the suburbs. My mother told me they found out at closing that they were going to be paying $20 more a month than they thought. They were worried that they wouldn’t be able to afford it. And it was a close thing for awhile. I came along years later as a happy surprise (she assured me). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2372 "2023-03-03T19:36:01Z")
I proposed to my girlfriend on one knee, on her birthday, in our apartment. I didn’t do it in the restaurant where we’d had dinner earlier that night, because I knew she’d be mortified by other people staring and just might say no. Fortunately, at home, she said yes! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2373 "2023-03-03T19:37:53Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > > > I’m not autistic, and that was never a concern. I was a very gregarious, happy baby and child, developed my vocal and reading skills very early > > I’m also not going to declare you’re autistic but interestingly reading very early (like age 2 and/or they seem to teach themselves) is also an autism symptom. It’s called [hyperlexia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperlexia) Very interesting. My daughter became obsessed with a game called Viva Piñata. The purpose of the game was to breed living piñatas. There were various criteria needed before different piñatas would show up. There were written screens that would explain the prerequisites. She played it well enough just by asking and experimenting. One day she grabbed me and her mother and sat us down to watch her play. She brought up the instruction screens and read them to us. She skipped over some words but got about 90%. It was meant to be an all ages game but it wasn’t written for new readers. She was three and we had gone over her alphabet but hadn’t tried to get her to read yet. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2374 "2023-03-03T19:38:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I proposed to my girlfriend on one knee, on her birthday, in our apartment. I didn’t do it in the restaurant where we’d had dinner earlier that night, because I knew she’d be mortified by other people staring and just might say no. Fortunately, at home, she said yes! This is, word for word, how I proposed to my then-girlfriend/now-wife, though it was at my apartment, not hers. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2375 "2023-03-03T19:39:11Z")
I was sitting next to my GF on a rock when I proposed. Didn’t seem right to start what should be an equal partnership with one person down on a knee. Or at least that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2376 "2023-03-03T19:40:04Z")
Understood. 😉 And good on ya, **kenobi**! It’ll be 33 years for us this August. How long for you? ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2377 "2023-03-03T20:02:14Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > My refrigerator has french doors, with a freezer below the fridge. There doesn’t seem to be an option for that That is the very definition of a french door fridge [![](https://mobileimages.lowes.com/productimages/0107ce64-fd74-4761-926e-61c387930990/16436926.jpg?size=pdhism) ](https://mobileimages.lowes.com/productimages/0107ce64-fd74-4761-926e-61c387930990/16436926.jpg?size=pdhism) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2378 "2023-03-03T20:08:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > And good on ya, **kenobi**! It’ll be 33 years for us this August. How long for you? 31 years this upcoming August, as well! ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2379 "2023-03-03T20:21:02Z")
No, I had to drop seven choices. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2380 "2023-03-03T20:22:35Z")
My family bought Pong for our TV. From Sears ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2381 "2023-03-03T20:24:26Z")
Our main fridge in the kitchen (our old one is in the garage) is a Side by side. Freezer on the left, fridge on the right. Ice and water through the door. Like this one (not our kitchen) > **[Sub-Zero 42" Classic Side-by-Side Refrigerator Dispenser](https://www.subzero-wolf.com/sub-zero/full-size-refrigeration/builtin-refrigerators/42-inch-built-in-side-by-side-refrigerator-freezer-dispenser)** > > Sub-Zero 42" Classic Side-by-Side Refrigerator Dispenser (CL4250SD/S) features Split Climate intelligent cooling, ClearSight LED lights and touch control panel. Next to it is a wine cooler. Even cooler (heh) is the refrigerator freezer drawers that look like cabinets > **[Sub-Zero 30" Designer Freezer Drawers - Panel Ready (ID-30F)](https://www.subzero-wolf.com/sub-zero/counter-refrigerator/30-inch-freezer-drawers-panel-ready)** > > The Sub-Zero 30" Freezer Drawers Panel Ready (ID-30F) holds 4.9 cu. ft. of food in two storage drawers with removable dividers fitted with customizable panels. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=118) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=120)