# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636 "2024-02-16T02:56:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 322
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6422 "2025-04-17T20:12:38Z")
I use disposable toothbrush heads for an electric model, less than zero reason to keep the old ones around. If I do need to clean some tight space yes I’ll just buy a manual one or such. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6423 "2025-04-17T20:13:07Z")
I keep a few old toothbrushes around and use them from time to time. Mostly i throw away toothbrushes, but only if i still have a few serviceable old ones in the cup. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6424 "2025-04-17T20:46:45Z")
I’ve sail boarded, and we did the extreme zipline at the Utah Olympic Park, which claims to be the steepest drop in the world for a zipline. > **[The XTREME ZipRider® at the Utah Olympic Park](https://ziprider.com/rides/uop/)** > > The “Xtreme” ZipRider® parallels the 120 meter Nordic jump There’s a good video on the website, it really was quite fun. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6425 "2025-04-17T20:50:34Z")
I mean, technically, every time I swim in the ocean, I’ve swum with whales and dolphins. I voted “no,” though, as the spirit of the poll seemed to be for athletic prowess, not the technicalities that would reduce them to pointlessness. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6426 "2025-04-17T21:31:05Z")
I jumped off a fairly high (10 meters, maybe) bridge into a river once. Not trying to harm myself, my buddies and I just thought it would be fun. And it was. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6427 "2025-04-17T22:21:46Z")
I took it to mean swimming while close to dolphins. I did this in New Zealand, many years ago, Dusky dolphin are very playful and one was spinning round me doing a lap every 1 to 2 seconds. No athletic prowess on my behalf but an amazing experience. More recently I went swimming with a basking shark at one point I got worried it would swallow me whole. I am actually dioning this from a B&B before going scuba diving with my club over the Easter weekend. Of things I have never done, I have never lived in a republic so no presidential voting. I also said I had never been TO Vegas. I went to the Hoover Dam (travelling from Phoenix) and then went to Zion national Park, I went through Vegas but never left I11. Vegas does not interest me at all. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6428 "2025-04-17T22:43:17Z")
Bushwhacked through a jungle: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. I was with a group and were following a guide, but we were not on any sort of marked trail. The guide did hack through brush with a machete to create a path for us. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6429 "2025-04-17T22:57:11Z")
I saw with dolphins but it was one of those tourist things, not in the wild. Did none of the rest. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6430 "2025-04-17T23:28:55Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I keep a few old toothbrushes around and use them from time to time. Mostly i throw away toothbrushes, but only if i still have a few serviceable old ones This. They’re useful for scrubbing in otherwise hard to reach places. I have done some hiking around in mountains and am pretty sure some of it was above 5000 feet but I don’t remember any actual summitting and all of it was on established foot trails. Voted none of the above. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6431 "2025-04-17T23:32:58Z")
I’m counting that. I did it at sea world, or someplace like that. I’m not sure how long a Zipline needs to be to qualify. I’ve gone down two, i would say “medium”, Ziplines. And I’ve probably skied down a black diamond trail, but the ratings have changed a lot since when i skiied, and i didn’t know whether I’ve done it by today’s standards. Also, the one time i keenly remember doing so, i didn’t go very fast, and it was a mistake. My father took me to the top of a mountain, and due to terrible conditions, that was the only way down that was open. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6432 "2025-04-17T23:42:01Z")
Again folks feel free to err on the conservative side. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6433 "2025-04-18T00:20:05Z")
Yes, I took a couple of survival courses- I did Search and Rescue- low level, mind you but I was also a volunteer ranger. _Bushwhacked through a jungle_- I helps chop a newish trail thru California brush- but I didnt count that. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6434 "2025-04-18T00:44:13Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Yep, but now i use and electric brush and I toss the replaceable heads. Me, too. And my dentist gives me manual toothbrushes every time I go in for a cleaning so I’ve got a _ton_ of them. I did the Captain Nemo submarine ride at Disneyland, so I counted that as “going underwater in a submarine.” I hiked to the top of Mt. Whitney, but I did throw up a lot on the way. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6435 "2025-04-18T00:49:01Z")
I took a wilderness first aid course, but i don’t think that’s what the question was getting at. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2025, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6436 "2025-04-18T05:23:36Z")
I’ve done a black diamond run, at least a couple of times, and often at speed. Though mostly because I was a teenager rather than as a reflection of my actual skill level. Two decades or so when I last hit the slopes, I figure I was high intermediate. So it was absolutely a stretch of my skills, and included occasional falls. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6437 "2025-04-18T13:23:44Z")
I have never swum with dolphins, but they are frequently nearby when I am wadefishing. A dolphin once stole a trout off my stringer, and I was knocked off my feet one time when a pod of them made one of their patented swooping moves to corral mullet(or whatever) to the shoreline for easy pickings. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6438 "2025-04-18T14:55:51Z")
Instead of “Finished a marathon bicycle race” it could be “Completed a ‘century’ bike ride (100 miles)” - I have never been in a bicycle race but I have ridden 100 miles in a day a few times. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6439 "2025-04-18T18:24:06Z")
I’m not entirely sure what this metering light system is. I assume it’s for tolls. I’m driving back from my father’s house tomorrow, so no protests for me. I believe **Mrs Magill** will go. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6440 "2025-04-18T18:26:48Z")
> [@Maus\_Magill](#): > > I’m not entirely sure what this metering light system is. I assume it’s for tolls. Entrance ramps onto highways in busy areas, in my experience. They’re a method to restrict the number of cars which enter onto the highway at a given time.. Here in the Chicago area, we have them on the ramps to many of our expressways. They cycle between red and green every few seconds during rush hours, and during non-rush periods, they’re usually a steady green. [![](https://www.lohud.com/gcdn/presto/2018/11/21/PWES/25ea8343-9f8c-4ee3-9ba2-b43049685742-jm112018_ExitRamp_05.JPG?width=1733&height=1058&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp) ](https://www.lohud.com/gcdn/presto/2018/11/21/PWES/25ea8343-9f8c-4ee3-9ba2-b43049685742-jm112018_ExitRamp_05.JPG?width=1733&height=1058&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6441 "2025-04-18T18:38:40Z")
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