# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1001 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1002 --- ## [Scam E-Mails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-e-mails/962629)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2022, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-e-mails/962629 "2022-09-12T04:21:38Z")
Anyone else getting many of these? Lately, I’ve been getting one or two a day. It’s like the scammers have a pool going to see which one I’ll finally fall for. They’re a little more sophisticated than they used to be, r… --- ## [Ummm. They never asked me how I want my chicken(and other meats) treated. While they've been raised. Bad, bad, bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ummm-they-never-asked-me-how-i-want-my-chicken-and-other-meats-treated-while-theyve-been-raised-bad-bad-bad/971312)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ummm-they-never-asked-me-how-i-want-my-chicken-and-other-meats-treated-while-theyve-been-raised-bad-bad-bad/971312 "2022-09-12T02:31:58Z")
Chickens are free ranged. Not sure I wanna eat bugs and ticks even after it’s turned into my chicken nuggets. Feed raised is good enough for me. In a cage. Clean water. Pigs in cages? How you gonna keep them from killi… --- ## [How do I fit into my step mother's family after my dad died? LONG](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-fit-into-my-step-mothers-family-after-my-dad-died-long/971364)
**Author:** [@Mortimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mortimus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-fit-into-my-step-mothers-family-after-my-dad-died-long/971364 "2022-09-12T01:50:16Z")
About one year after my biological mother died my dad married his former HS sweetheart. The family he married into was fairly well-off. Most of them live in the same small town within a few minutes drive from my dad an… --- ## [I just installed a hoist on an I-beam. I have a question about it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-installed-a-hoist-on-an-i-beam-i-have-a-question-about-it/970938)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-installed-a-hoist-on-an-i-beam-i-have-a-question-about-it/970938 "2022-09-12T00:09:37Z")
I just installed a 1 ton electric hoist on a gantry lift (with I-beam) in my barn. Apparently there are two ways to configure it. One way is to use a simple end hook. The other way is to put the end hook into a slot on t… --- ## [Psychosomatic Itching](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychosomatic-itching/971403)
**Author:** [@Jakey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jakey)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychosomatic-itching/971403 "2022-09-11T22:42:16Z")
Why is it, when someone talks about e.g. their cat has fleas, do we suddenly feel the urge to scratch a previously nonexistent itch? Are we just becoming hyper aware of pre-existing itches or is it all in the mind? --- ## [Why the use of strange calibers like 5.56mm, 7.62mm, 155mm, 203mm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-use-of-strange-calibers-like-5-56mm-7-62mm-155mm-203mm/971311)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-use-of-strange-calibers-like-5-56mm-7-62mm-155mm-203mm/971311 "2022-09-11T22:32:16Z")
Out of curiosity, why aren’t firearms and artillery typically standardized more to something convenient and tidy like 5mm, 10mm, 100mm, 125mm and 150mm? --- ## [Town names that only locals get the pronunciation correct](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/town-names-that-only-locals-get-the-pronunciation-correct/969832)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/town-names-that-only-locals-get-the-pronunciation-correct/969832 "2022-09-11T21:02:48Z")
The Milwaukee suburb of New Berlin. Pronounced New BER-lin, not like the German city of ber-LIN. New Prague, MN. Actually pronounced ‘praig’ and not ‘prahg’. Kissimmee, FL. Pronounced ki-SIM-ee. Tourists usually go… --- ## [Why was King Charles III holding a blue book during his declaration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-king-charles-iii-holding-a-blue-book-during-his-declaration/971393)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-king-charles-iii-holding-a-blue-book-during-his-declaration/971393 "2022-09-11T20:01:49Z")
My wife and I are puzzled. During his declaration at the Accession Council, he held a blue book in his right hand. Why? What is it? It doesn’t look big enough to be a Bible or anything like that. It looks more like … --- ## [Could a WW1 fighter pilot fly a F111 (possible spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-ww1-fighter-pilot-fly-a-f111-possible-spoilers/929018)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-ww1-fighter-pilot-fly-a-f111-possible-spoilers/929018 "2022-09-11T18:21:04Z")
I am guessing no. If a healthy US Army Air Service pilot from 1918 was magically transported next to a F111, could he actually fly it right there and then? WIth(out) 12-18 months of instruction? Since he already knows ho… --- ## [Can I pit myself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-pit-myself/971361)
**Author:** [@Mortimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mortimus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-pit-myself/971361 "2022-09-11T17:30:59Z")
I probably deserve it. I’m an old white guy. I’m an atheist, meat-eating liberal, non-gun owner. Some of my best friends are gay, black or both. I drive a rusted out 2006 minivan. I love puppies but kick cats at any… --- ## [New driveway or resurface?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-driveway-or-resurface/971068)
**Author:** [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-driveway-or-resurface/971068 "2022-09-11T17:25:14Z")
I have a single wide 50 foot driveway and was thinking of having a new one put in with an added parking pad next to it. Then found out it would cost about $25K. Since I don’t “really” need the parking pad I started thi… --- ## [Quidditch played by muggles in space is it possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quidditch-played-by-muggles-in-space-is-it-possible/971376)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quidditch-played-by-muggles-in-space-is-it-possible/971376 "2022-09-11T16:59:07Z")
Could we actually manage to have a quidditch like gameplay using some inflatable arena in low earth orbit and something like battery powered leaf blowers for brooms, and some form of drone maybe using compressed gas for … --- ## [Whose yet-to-be written memoirs would you most like to read?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-yet-to-be-written-memoirs-would-you-most-like-to-read/971338)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-yet-to-be-written-memoirs-would-you-most-like-to-read/971338 "2022-09-11T16:19:30Z")
Name a figure from any of the arts who hasn’t (as far as we know) written his/her memoirs but who would undoubtedly have a riveting story to tell! --- ## [Made-up cities on old world maps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-cities-on-old-world-maps/970937)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-cities-on-old-world-maps/970937 "2022-09-11T15:28:48Z")
I was looking at the famous 1570 “Typus Orbis Terrarum” map of Ortelius (link to JPEG file, about 7 MB) and noticed that even though the coastlines of the continents are represented reasonably accurately (with the except… --- ## [Does The Past Still Exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-past-still-exist/968408)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-past-still-exist/968408 "2022-09-11T15:21:32Z")
I guess I should tell you what inspired this question. I was watching this piece on a British museum on TV. And they were saying, the public really doesn’t like seeing depictions in museums about more relatively recent h… --- ## [Size of a black hole with the mass of the entire (observable) universe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-of-a-black-hole-with-the-mass-of-the-entire-observable-universe/970965)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-of-a-black-hole-with-the-mass-of-the-entire-observable-universe/970965 "2022-09-11T15:19:19Z")
I was watching a video by James Beacham, a particle physicist at CERN who has given a number of interesting talks, including at the famous Royal Institution in London. At one point he spoke about the calculated size of … --- ## [Polls: Will Grogu be a prominent character in season 3? \[The Mandalorian\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-will-grogu-be-a-prominent-character-in-season-3-the-mandalorian/949675)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-will-grogu-be-a-prominent-character-in-season-3-the-mandalorian/949675 "2022-09-11T15:18:19Z")
Two polls for the price of one! Will Grogu be a prominent character in season 3? poll Do you want Grogu to be a prominent character in season 3? poll I very much want him back but the show is called “The Mandalorian” … --- ## [OMG, did I just become a political activist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-did-i-just-become-a-political-activist/971134)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-did-i-just-become-a-political-activist/971134 "2022-09-11T14:32:07Z")
Some backstory: my company, based in the US, merged with a UK-based company a few years ago. As such, we inherited client bases from all over the world: Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe. Consequently,… --- ## [I might be on Google Maps Street View.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-on-google-maps-street-view/593230)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-on-google-maps-street-view/593230 "2022-09-11T13:30:26Z")
So today I was painting the outside of a house in an upscale subdivision in Grand Blanc, MI. Several times - at least four - a snazzily painted vehicle with “Google Street View” graphics all over it cruised slowly past t… --- ## [Advice about motion sensor lights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-about-motion-sensor-lights/971332)
**Author:** [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-about-motion-sensor-lights/971332 "2022-09-11T13:21:58Z")
There were some car burglaries in our neighborhood and DH can’t park his truck in the garage so we decided to put a security light on the garage. He was a bit concerned because his experiences with motion-sensing lights… --- ## [Jaws: Why DOES Quint say 'I'll never put on a life jacket again"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-why-does-quint-say-ill-never-put-on-a-life-jacket-again/971309)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-why-does-quint-say-ill-never-put-on-a-life-jacket-again/971309 "2022-09-11T13:06:02Z")
And am I misremembering, but in the book, doesn’t him not having on a life jacket lead to his death? Maybe im misrembering… But to the original question, is he basically saying, “Fuck waiting around a week to die…if its… --- ## [I'm trying to understand why this thread got closed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-understand-why-this-thread-got-closed/971292)
**Author:** [@damuriajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/damuriajashi)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-understand-why-this-thread-got-closed/971292 "2022-09-11T06:21:45Z")
I am assuming you are referring to the sea lion cartoon when you say you almost issued a warning. Does everyone get away without a warning for a clear violation or only the ones with “clean records”? If that’s the ca… --- ## [Continuing the discussion from ATMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuing-the-discussion-from-atmb/971349)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuing-the-discussion-from-atmb/971349 "2022-09-11T03:51:43Z")
Continuing the discussion from I'm trying to understand why this thread got closed: I don’t think that’s the case, and I don’t think the mods here are biased. But I do think this TJHSST school hits too close to home fo… --- ## [Moving Window of Monarchical Selection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-window-of-monarchical-selection/971287)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-window-of-monarchical-selection/971287 "2022-09-11T02:27:08Z")
As an alternative to primogeniture, I would recommend this system: Figure out the line of succession according to the rules of primogeniture (including both boys and girls). Remove all persons from the list who are und… --- ## [The United States of Africa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-united-states-of-africa/971298)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-united-states-of-africa/971298 "2022-09-11T02:02:04Z")
To anyone’s knowledge has this ever been discussed by African nations in a serious way? I see Africa as a potential hotspot for world Peace in the not so distant future. --- ## [Beverly Hillbillies fans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillies-fans/971240)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillies-fans/971240 "2022-09-11T00:57:29Z")
Link to Reddit question In season 2, episode 27 of The Beverly Hillbillies a car drives off from their mansion and the passenger side of the car is blacked out. Anyone know why? --- ## [Non-colored things that come in multiple colors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-colored-things-that-come-in-multiple-colors/958048)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-colored-things-that-come-in-multiple-colors/958048 "2022-09-11T00:11:14Z")
Not too long ago, I found that hydrogen, a nominally colorless gas, comes in multiple colors. The color indicates its source or how it’s produced. black H comes from coal grey H comes from methane/natural gas green H e… --- ## [Question about "Double Indemnity" (the movie)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-double-indemnity-the-movie/970911)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-double-indemnity-the-movie/970911 "2022-09-10T22:16:08Z")
I’m watching the movie right now on TCM. It’s one of my all-time favorites. The following exchange takes place near the beginning of the film, when Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck first meet: Phyllis: Neff is the … --- ## [The economics of restaurant paper napkin dispensers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-economics-of-restaurant-paper-napkin-dispensers/971291)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-economics-of-restaurant-paper-napkin-dispensers/971291 "2022-09-10T21:08:27Z")
I have always wondered about the economics of the subject. Some restaurants change the traditional paper napkin dispenser from pick as many at a time that you want to a single napkin at a time. I guess the single napkin… --- ## [Kellogg Cereal, just add water](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kellogg-cereal-just-add-water/971230)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kellogg-cereal-just-add-water/971230 "2022-09-10T20:20:48Z")
Powered milk already mixed with cereal. Add water and stir. I’ve never liked powdered milk. I don’t think this boxed cereal will sell well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1000) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1002)