Thread Of The Day

Today, the science geeks of TheScienceForum.com are discussing the human nature of making eye contact.

http://www.thescienceforum.com/Eye-contact-13024t.php

I learned from this thread that most people, when making eye contact, only look at one eye.

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Woot.com is a whimsical deal-a-day website. Every day, they sell only one product. At midnight, they move on to the next item. The majority of the products are electronics, but they can be anything. I have seen pens, pistachios, vacuum cleaners, wine, 65 inch tvs. Whatever the item, it is always a great deal and shipping is a flat $5 no matter how big or small the product.

Most days I pass on whatever they are selling, but still go back every day to read the write up of today’s product. They are always hilarious. Their writers are brilliant.

I have bought a few items there and have been very satisfied with my purchases. Recently, Woot was offering a nice looking Breville 800ESXL espresso machine. Williams-Sonoma and Bed Bath & Beyond sell it for $400. It gets good reviews on Amazon.com where the best price is $380. Woot’s price was only $150 so I jumped on it.

The reason I bring this up here on ThreadOfTheDay.com is because each product does have it’s own forum thread. This is only the second time I have highlighted a forum I participate in. The first was “Isla Mujeres Dolphin Rescue“.

It turns out this great deal is turning out to be a bust. Many of the espresso machines are being reported as defective, including mine. Lots of them have a weird problem where the internal pump continuously directs water to the excess water tray that sits under your coffee cup on the machine, completely bypassing your coffee grounds. This has caused quite a few flooded kitchen counters as the pump can kick on even when the power is off.

Here is a link to the thread. Since it is a long one, I skipped ahead to when people’s machines begin arriving and they report the condition of their espresso makers.  There is a very high percentage of members with defects. What a mess.

http://www.woot.com/Forums/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=2608562&PageIndex=7&ReplyCount=373#post2621223

Despite this hiccup, I will probably continue to use woot.com. I am sure they will get this straightened out somehow. Also Breville seems like a good company and have promised new machines to those who called them, including myself. I hope everything works out. Stay tuned.

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Over at ThePregnancyForum.com boards, a woman is concerned that her friend may be faking her pregnancy.

http://www.thepregnancyforum.com/general-discussion/14449-am-i-over-reacting.html

At the time of the original forum post, her friend was due in about six weeks and was showing no signs of a baby bump. Coincidentally, the future mommy and the would-be-daddy were not married until after she announced this pregnancy.

The due date was September 15. On the 22nd, the forum is updated that she still has not had the baby. Supposedly, the doctor said she was dilated, but sent her home. As of today, everybody is waiting to hear what happened. Hopefully the original poster updates them soon.

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Today’s Thread of the Day is an emotional one.

http://www.dogforums.com/2-general-dog-forum/36766-will-wednesday-12-30-a.html

A woman at dogforums.com has to go through the pain of putting her long time friend Lucky the dog to sleep today at 12:30. Lucky has been at her side for 18 years, since she was in the fourth grade. The other forum members do their best to comfort her.

So sad, but I’m sure Lucky will be in a better place now.

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If you are currently homeless, or ever find yourself homeless, Dumpster Dave has some advice for you. He has been on the streets for nine years, and he knows a trick or two to make it more comfortable.

Here is his thread in the forums of homeless.org.au

http://forums.homeless.org.au/showthread.php?t=2116

Tip number one should be applied to everybody, not just the homeless. Find a good pair of footwear.

This thread contains several other great tips. Most of us will probably never be homeless, knock on wood, but anything is possible.

If you browse through the other threads in this forum, you will see that the homeless are not really different than those of us more fortunate. Many of them were in horrible situations where the only place to get away was the streets. Some may have made poor choices to help cope with reality, such as drug use. However they got there, homeless people are still human beings with compassion looking to get through the daily grind like the rest of us.

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I generally don’t like to cover major news stories here on ThreadOfTheDay.com.  There are already millions of sites that do that, and I like to be a little original. But today it is hard for me to avoid. The economy right now is scaring me.

The DOW Jones dropped 777.68 points today, the worst single day point decline in history. Seven doesn’t seem like a very lucky number anymore. Have we reached bottom or is it going to get much worse? Could we slip into the Great Depression II. I am not an economics expert, but I don’t think even they know the answers.

The experts in the WallStreetOasis.com forum are raging mad that the government bailout plan of the financial institutions did not pass. They think this is the only way to save the economy. They could be right, or things might just turn around on their own.

I agree with them on many points in this thread:

http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/bailout-fails-in-the-house

One poster said it probably failed because the elections are just over a month away and the Representatives are scared to do anything drastic that could hurt their re-election bids. Another member says it should be called an “asset purchase” instead of a “bail out”. Very good points.

What will happen next? I have no clue. I’m just happy I don’t need my 401K for another 30 years. I think things will recover by then.

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HalloweenForum.com is a place for Halloween fanatics to gather all year round to discuss their favorite holiday. With the big day only 33 days away, their preparations have long been underway. In this thread, a very pregnant woman is looking for costume ideas and gets some creative ideas.

http://www.halloweenforum.com/halloween-costume-ideas/68947-pregnant-need-help-costume-ideas.html

The giant, blinking eyeball would be cool.

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Today’s thread is very weird and gross. There are guys out there that have an unusual fetish. They get turned on by girls farting. There are even videos that cater to them. I am not pulling your leg, or finger.

In the forum at gassyerotica.com, a website exclusively for guys with this strange fetish, they discuss who their favorite sexy video girls are and why.

http://www.gassyerotica.info/wbb2/thread.php?threadid=2495&sid=28623aabd0f233ab20c6c8709df31aac

Warning: this link is of an adult nature.

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What would you do if you knew today was the last day of your life?

That is a topic of discussion at PureTalkForum.com.

http://www.puretalkforum.com/f67/if-today-last-day-your-life-4142.html

Hopefully, I would find the best forum thread ever on that day. In the meantime readers, feel free to nominate your own Thread of the Day on the link at the top of this page.

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Officer.com has a forum where police officers discuss their jobs. In this thread they compare stupid things they have done while on duty.

http://forums.officer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98040

There are stories of locking themselves out of the squad car while a suspect is in the back seat and even locking themselves in while cleaning the back seat. One sergeant was reprimanding a rookie officer after he made what could have been a deadly mistake. He warned his officer to “always be aware of your surroundings” then immediately walks into a glass wall.

One policeman had the evidence, a bag of weed he confiscated from the criminal in the back seat, fly out the window while driving down the highway. Another had a bear take a bite out of his steering wheel. He even got a picture of the bear.

Bear at Police Car

There are quite a few funny stories in this thread. Make sure you catch the one about the tube an officer pulled out of a suspect’s pocket. A definate must read.

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