# 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:** 44
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/862 "2022-12-11T04:44:13Z")
I had a pager, briefly, for a job in the late 90s. The first time it went off I was in a crowded elevator. I looked around wondering where that sound was coming from. When I got to the office, my boss asked if I got the page. I said “oh, that’s what that was”. 😁 ---
**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:** [December 11, 2022, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/863 "2022-12-11T04:47:42Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > …The house wasn’t much damaged, and that wasn’t why I didn’t buy the place. I don’t know whether the realtor believed that, though…. “Motivated seller!” - Lionel Hutz That Piña Colada song question was worded, “You must give up forever…,” so I answered, “having half a brain.” I guess I assumed my alternative was to have a _complete_ brain, but hearing that song again would probably kill too many of my remaining grey cells to allow for that. When I was a prosecutor, every few months I was lent one of the office’s pagers when I was on night search-warrant duty. It didn’t go off all that many times, fortunately. Filth is nasty; depravity is/can be fun. I’m not surprised depravity got a lot more Doper votes. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/864 "2022-12-11T04:53:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Filth is nasty A lot of stuff that’s called filth either is perfectly good topsoil, or will make perfectly good compost. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2022, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/865 "2022-12-11T04:55:25Z")
Oddly enough, I wasn’t thinking gardening. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/866 "2022-12-11T06:43:56Z")
I assume if I have to give up not being into yoga, that means I have to get into yoga. A bit of a tricky double negative there. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/867 "2022-12-11T11:10:38Z")
Regarding pagers: I _still_ carry one for work. mmm ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/868 "2022-12-11T15:06:03Z")
So how would depravity figure into gardening? ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/869 "2022-12-11T15:13:41Z")
Adolescent boys can do disgusting things with a watermelon. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/870 "2022-12-11T17:39:10Z")
No one in either extended family ever sent out family newsletters ---
**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:** [December 11, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/871 "2022-12-11T18:46:28Z")
@squeegee’s christmas day poll: Currently, family, but by Zoom. And it may not be on the 25th. And it isn’t exactly Christmas, though it includes some Christmassy elements. (The latter two statements also true when/if I’m there in person.) Didn’t vote. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/872 "2022-12-11T18:59:23Z")
I like xmas cards featuring a picture/pictures of the person or family. My daughter had pictures taken and cards made with her, her husband, and their two dogs. It came in the mail four days ago and I still can’t stop looking at the pictures. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/873 "2022-12-11T23:43:29Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > I looked around wondering where that sound was coming from. That’s a great story. I didn’t so much have a pager as I had the keyboard pager, with which I could update copier repair technicians. Could I be paged on it? Yes, but usually the techs just called me for clarification on whatever I paged them with or news, such as a train derailed on a road near the warehouse, so don’t travel that road/direction. I was lucky to work with the top technician team in the company. This was a group of really awesome techs who could solve any problem. They were a bit older than the others, their customers loved them and they had bonded well as a team. One quiet post-Christmas day, one of our fax helpline experts came into the office with a bunch of small comedy books with fabulous “doing the dozens” or “your mama” jokes. I asked to borrow a book each day and would start the day warning the team they would be receiving the jokes if the calls were slow. And I started sending jokes. “Your house is so small that when you drop a washcloth it looks like wall to wall carpeting.” “Your brother is so dumb he tried to wake a sleeping bag.” Etcetera. Early on day three of this fun, one of the techs stopped by to beg me to stop sending the texts because they were checking them out at the client’s businesses and bursting into laughter, after which they had to share the jokes. They were afraid that the customers would complain about me not doing my job (not so, I busted my butt for these guys). The truth came out though is that most of the customers wanted to know where they could buy the books for gifts next Christmas. The techs were afraid for me lest it would get back to my then humorless boss. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/874 "2022-12-12T02:38:55Z")
Do people really use cruise control? Over the years I’ve attempted but it seemed more trouble than it’s worth. Maybe if I lived somewhere empty. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2022, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/875 "2022-12-12T02:53:57Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Do people really use cruise control? I use it because my Audi sedan really really wants to go 85 in a 65. I get tired of holding it back and just use the cruise control, especially on long hills near my house where nobody knows how to maintain speed going up the hill. In crowded conditions? No way, not worth it. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/876 "2022-12-12T02:55:48Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Do people really use cruise control? Yeah, I use it pretty much every time I drive on the freeway, provided it’s not rush hour. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/877 "2022-12-12T03:48:07Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Do people really use cruise control? Over the years I’ve attempted but it seemed more trouble than it’s worth. Maybe if I lived somewhere empty. It’s very dependent on where you live. I’ve spent most of my life in the Southwest states, where if you’re on the interstate going between cities it’ll be 40-50 miles between exits. Especially in my annual / bi-annual trip from Colorado Springs to Las Cruces. But I can’t use it for more than a few minutes in the 60-70 mile drive between Colorado Springs and Denver due to traffic and road construction. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2022, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/878 "2022-12-12T12:15:52Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Do people really use cruise control? Never. My daily driving is usually 35 mph. When I drive on highways I never think of using cruise control. I’d have to RTFM to see how-to. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/879 "2022-12-12T13:47:30Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Do people really use cruise control? All the time. It’s a foot saver driving to Vegas and back. Never use it around SoCal - too much traffic. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/880 "2022-12-12T14:08:54Z")
I use it anytime I’m going to be on the freeway for more than a few minutes. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/881 "2022-12-12T14:21:02Z")
I use CC on long road trips. Helps to counter my lead foot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=45)