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Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
4769

Which best describes you?

  • Slow on the draw slow on the trigger
  • Slow on the draw quick on the trigger
  • Quick on the draw slow on the trigger
  • Quick on the draw quick on the trigger
0 voters
4770

Are you familiar with the term “witness tree”?

  • Yes I know what the term means.
  • I have heard of the term but I’m not sure what it means.
  • I’ve never heard of it.
0 voters
4771
Spelling question
  • facsimile
  • fascimile
  • it should be facsimile, but it really is fascimile
  • it should be fascimile, but it really is facsimile
  • Other
  • I don’t know how to spell this word
0 voters
Pronunciation question
  • I pronounce that word with a “K” sound in it
  • I pronounce that word with no “K” sounds anywhere
  • I don’t know how to pronounce that word
0 voters
4772

Your credit card usage.

  • I use a credit card(s) and pay off the balance every month.
  • I use a credit card(s), I carry a balance, but it is getting smaller.
  • I use a credit card(s), I carry a balance, but it stays about the same.
  • I use a credit card, I carry a balance, and it is getting larger.
  • I have a credit card(s), but I haven’t used it in over a year.
  • I don’t have a credit card.
0 voters
4773

A 1990s Newsweek article said that 1 in 4 people feel they have a good book inside them. Do you?

(Technically, the article said “1 in 4 Americans,” but for the purposes of this poll it will include Dopers of all nationalities.)

  • Yes, and in fact, I’ve already written a book.
  • Yes, and my book is either in-progress, or I at least have the material/idea in my head for one
  • No, I do not/could not write a book
0 voters
4774

You need to buy a new widget as your last one has broken. As far as you can tell widgets are all functionally identical, although some people swear by their brand. You go to the hardware store. Do you buy:

  • Widget A, endorsed by a politician you hate: $25
  • Widget B, no endorsements listed: $30
  • Widget C: Endorsed by public figure who to you, consistently speaks sense and is right about most subjects: $40
0 voters
4775
Observing the eclipse today? (04/08/2024)
  • Yes. I traveled to see it.
  • Yes. Did not travel to see it.
  • Yes. Did not need to travel to see it.
  • Maybe. I don’t know yet.
  • No. Don’t care.
  • No. Seen eclipses before, don’t like reruns.
  • No. I will be otherwise occupied.
  • No. I am not anywhere that I could see it.
  • Something else?
0 voters
4776

When you watch TV shows on streaming apps, how often do you skip the intro?

  • Always
  • Sometimes
  • Rarely
  • Never, I always watch the intro
  • Never, because I don’t watch streaming TV shows
0 voters
4777



(not 100% certain but I think that’s ebony, maple, ebony, maple, rosewood, maple from left to right above)

What type of guitar fretboard wood do you like best? Guitarists, what is your preference, non-guitarists, which do you prefer aesthetically?
  • Ebony
  • Maple
  • Rosewood
  • Depends on the rest of the instrument
  • I’m a guitarist, and I like to play on a different one than I prefer aesthetically.
  • I don’t have any opinion
  • Something else?
0 voters
4778

When drinking a bottle of beer, do you position the bottle so the label is facing a particular way?

  • I don’t drink beer from a bottle or I don’t drink beer at all.
  • Yes
  • No
  • Sometimes
  • Other? I’ll drink to that!
0 voters
4779

What kind of barrel is RollOutTheBarrel rolling out?

  • a beer barrel
  • a whiskey barrel
  • a barrel of monkeys
  • a cask of Amontillado
  • a barrel of fun
  • a heap of fine beryl
  • who cares, as long as it makes my toes numb
0 voters
4780

How many pills do you take every day? (prescription meds, vitamins, supplements, etc)

  • none
  • 1-10 pills
  • 11-20 pills
  • more than 20 pills per day
0 voters
4781
How many total solar (sun 100% covered, i.e. annulars don’t count) have you seen?
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6 or more
0 voters
4782

Three: 1999 in Hungary; 2017 in Clarksville TN; 2024 in Lebanon, IN. Got good views all three times. This is the first time I didn’t bother photographing it and just enjoyed it. I have good photos from the last time, but I just 100% wanted to be in the moment this time.

4783

2017 in Prineville, OR
2024 in Waco, TX

I hope to see the 2026 in Spain.

4784

Guys, take it to the discussion thread please

4785

Dress

  • Left
  • Right
0 voters
4786

If you voted in my poll just above, did you understand what it means to dress right and dress left?

  • Yes, I voted my own choice
  • Yes, I voted another person’s choice
  • No, I voted what I thought it meant
  • That’s what it means? Are you kidding me?
0 voters
4787

Did you have any clue what the phase “dress left” (or “dress right”) means.

  • Yes, and i voted in the poll
  • No, but i voted anyway
  • Yes, but i skipped the poll (and might say something in the discussion thread)
  • No, so i skipped the poll
0 voters
4788
You can determine the fate of your favorite sports team forever, but these are your only choices.
  • Win a title in about 20 year spans, but otherwise be mediocre to terrible all other years.
  • Consistently be among the best teams every year, but only wins a title once every century.
  • I don’t have a favorite sports team.
0 voters
You can determine the fate of your LEAST favorite sports team forever, but these are your only choices.
  • Win a title in about 20 year spans, but otherwise be mediocre to terrible all other years.
  • Consistently be among the best teams every year, but only wins a title once every century.
  • I don’t have a least favorite sports team.
0 voters