# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1082 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1083 --- ## [Extremely cool Infographics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-infographics/966398)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-infographics/966398 "2022-06-17T23:38:09Z")
This could also go in the QZ: --- ## [Automatic romance between opposite sex (or two gay) characters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-romance-between-opposite-sex-or-two-gay-characters/966084)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-romance-between-opposite-sex-or-two-gay-characters/966084 "2022-06-17T21:55:40Z")
Though inspired by TV and movie plots, in which a man and a woman (or two gay characters (though I haven’t seen this in a movie I assume it happens as well)) are thrown into some situation and eventually fall in love, I’… --- ## [Impact of mortgage transfers on credit scores](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impact-of-mortgage-transfers-on-credit-scores/966394)
**Author:** [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impact-of-mortgage-transfers-on-credit-scores/966394 "2022-06-17T19:44:46Z")
I have a very high credit score, but one thing I’m getting dinged a bit for is number of accounts opened in the last two years. This is mostly the result of multiple mortgage refis as the rates kept decreasing. However t… --- ## [Legal Beagles and Pedants: Can "within" a given time "of receipt" include the time before rather than after?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-beagles-and-pedants-can-within-a-given-time-of-receipt-include-the-time-before-rather-than-after/966216)
**Author:** [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-beagles-and-pedants-can-within-a-given-time-of-receipt-include-the-time-before-rather-than-after/966216 "2022-06-17T18:43:53Z")
“Do X within 48 hours of receipt” usually means a person has 48 hours after getting something to accomplish X. Can it also mean that the person can do X 48 hours before receipt? For example: “Person A must inspect the g… --- ## [Thought experiment, heat exchange, conservation of energy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-heat-exchange-conservation-of-energy/966314)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-heat-exchange-conservation-of-energy/966314 "2022-06-17T17:54:41Z")
Not proposing a viable process here, just using it as a thought experiment. Suppose I took a small air-conditioning set up and made a few modifications. Instead of a fan blowing over the condenser and the evaporator I h… --- ## [Mod-edited post not marked as mod-edited](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-edited-post-not-marked-as-mod-edited/966205)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-edited-post-not-marked-as-mod-edited/966205 "2022-06-17T17:53:21Z")
Continuing the discussion from A U-Haul full of "Patriot Front" extremists pulled over on their way to Pride event: I have no problem with the moderation, but I’m concerned that the edited posts have no indication that… --- ## [What mental health assessment might my kids have taken?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-mental-health-assessment-might-my-kids-have-taken/966388)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-mental-health-assessment-might-my-kids-have-taken/966388 "2022-06-17T17:49:28Z")
As an example, one of my kids was having problems with anxiety. During intake, rather than something small like the GAD-7 assessment, we were given a much longer assessment that was clearly intended to identify a wide r… --- ## [Alien Signals Detected by China](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-signals-detected-by-china/966268)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-signals-detected-by-china/966268 "2022-06-17T16:28:09Z")
Most likely radio interference, but maybe not. Fun to think about. Actually, it looks like it’s already been discounted. --- ## [Cross-media tracking of my preferences or coincidence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-media-tracking-of-my-preferences-or-coincidence/966370)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-media-tracking-of-my-preferences-or-coincidence/966370 "2022-06-17T15:29:20Z")
I did a similar post a few years ago, when I still worked in an office. I went to Qdoba for lunch, paid cash, and put copious amounts of Cholula on my burrito (Qdoba has Cholula only; Chipotle has Tabasco only; it’s like… --- ## [A Question About Data and Anecdotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-data-and-anecdotes/966299)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-data-and-anecdotes/966299 "2022-06-17T15:06:51Z")
I don’t know if there is a factual answer to this or not so I am putting it here. I know this has been asked rhetorically in the past, but I don’t recall ever seeing the question posed as an actual serious question. Wh… --- ## [Ants and Rain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-and-rain/966307)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-and-rain/966307 "2022-06-17T14:45:56Z")
This story is inspired by my driveway. I have a lot of anthills in my driveway. And I can’t help but observe them and their lives. Ants are very industrious. Forget bees. Did you know, after every rainstorm, after it dr… --- ## [Carpet, cork, hardwood floors, and sound](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpet-cork-hardwood-floors-and-sound/963427)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpet-cork-hardwood-floors-and-sound/963427 "2022-06-17T14:29:57Z")
Every year at the strata AGM, there is a motion to amend the bylaws to allow owners to replace carpets with cork, lino, vinyl, or hardwood floors. It is regularly defeated, as people worry about sound between the units i… --- ## [3 (or 4) way switch wiring confusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-or-4-way-switch-wiring-confusion/966303)
**Author:** [@mmmiiikkkeee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmmiiikkkeee)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-or-4-way-switch-wiring-confusion/966303 "2022-06-17T14:06:28Z")
I’m trying to figure out how this lighting circuit is wired behind the drywall. Power comes into the big switch box from the breaker through wire 3 (14/2). This hot wire is spliced to supply power to switch 1, which goe… --- ## [Go on three cliche](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-on-three-cliche/965938)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-on-three-cliche/965938 "2022-06-17T12:14:10Z")
Hi SD, What is the first instance of the “go on three” cliche? Where two characters are about to do something daring, and one says “on the count of three!” He starts to count, and the other person says “You mean one t… --- ## [Automotive terminology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-terminology/425562)
**Author:** [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-terminology/425562 "2022-06-17T10:20:54Z")
I was reading an article on Austin Healeys about how AH considered using a Rolls Royce engine to continue the production of the big Healeys. In the article they refer to the engine as being an inlet over-exhaust 4-1litr… --- ## [Do speed limit cameras cut some slack?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-speed-limit-cameras-cut-some-slack/965450)
**Author:** [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-speed-limit-cameras-cut-some-slack/965450 "2022-06-17T10:14:26Z")
It’s extremely common for cops to not issue speeding tickets unless you’re exceeding the speed limit by 5 MPH or so (closer to 10 on highways). But what about these speed limit cameras? Are they programmed to refrain fro… --- ## [Old telegraph wires along railroad tracks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-telegraph-wires-along-railroad-tracks/966049)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-telegraph-wires-along-railroad-tracks/966049 "2022-06-17T09:41:23Z")
Last month I took a long distance train trip, from Sacramento to Chicago. One thing I noticed all along the tracks were these old telegraph wires on old fashioned glass insulators. I actually managed to accidentally ge… --- ## [Personalized For You!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-for-you/966015)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-for-you/966015 "2022-06-17T09:33:22Z")
I do a lot of reading - some medicine, some more esoteric stuff. I try to stay sort of current with several subjects including business. Digital marketing has been a thing for many years. Big computer companies can ea… --- ## [Which animals will you kill, or have killed on your behalf?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animals-will-you-kill-or-have-killed-on-your-behalf/966119)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animals-will-you-kill-or-have-killed-on-your-behalf/966119 "2022-06-17T02:37:25Z")
A while back I read a book I found interesting, discussing our complicated relations with animals. Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat.. I thought about this book when, in a recent thread, some posters took me to ta… --- ## [Chillwell A/C units. Do they work or is it a scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chillwell-a-c-units-do-they-work-or-is-it-a-scam/966272)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chillwell-a-c-units-do-they-work-or-is-it-a-scam/966272 "2022-06-17T02:11:53Z")
Hello Everyone, So for the millionth time a Chillwell as came up on YouTube. If you’re not familiar this is a gadget that is about the size of a small box that is supposed to 'revolutionize the A/C industry". The ad cla… --- ## [John Hinckley Jr Freed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-hinckley-jr-freed/966297)
**Author:** [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-hinckley-jr-freed/966297 "2022-06-17T01:31:27Z")
So I’m not sure where to put this, but since it’s sort of breaking news I’ll start here - mods feel free to move at need. I was listening to a news podcast this morning and heard this, so I went looking for a bit more i… --- ## [Cool off! Make ice cream in a bag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-off-make-ice-cream-in-a-bag/966239)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-off-make-ice-cream-in-a-bag/966239 "2022-06-17T01:04:03Z")
I did this when the kids were little. Recently my younger son did it with his friend as part of extra credit in their high school honors chemistry class. Making ice cream for honors chemistry, not an elementary class exp… --- ## [Do you eat at restaurants with NO televisions sets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-at-restaurants-with-no-televisions-sets/966210)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-at-restaurants-with-no-televisions-sets/966210 "2022-06-17T00:48:02Z")
I’m a chain restaurant guy and the local independent places I frequent are mostly sports bars. So there can be lots of TVs. The only place I can think of that only has one TV and that is in the bar - is Sorrento’s which … --- ## [A new podcast from Popehat!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-podcast-from-popehat/966326)
**Author:** [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-podcast-from-popehat/966326 "2022-06-17T00:23:27Z")
Serious Trouble Popehat is the nom de Web of former Federal prosecutor and current defense attorney Ken White. He is a popular legal commenter online and sometimes in print. I see him quoted from time to time in legal a… --- ## [Are editors and proofreaders still a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-editors-and-proofreaders-still-a-thing/964118)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-editors-and-proofreaders-still-a-thing/964118 "2022-06-17T00:21:13Z")
On these boards we all make mistakes. Typing “the” when we meant “they” and such. But most of us here are not professional writers. No big deal. But I have noticed more and more online and in newspapers and magazines g… --- ## [Traveling with legal marijuana](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-with-legal-marijuana/966266)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-with-legal-marijuana/966266 "2022-06-16T23:41:41Z")
My bf wants to vacation this winter in Texas, his dad has a place where we could stay. Hes curious if he could take his luster pod with him on the plane, or if not, he could buy some down there. His medical card is good … --- ## [Recommendations for my road trip (Charlotte to Jacksonville)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-my-road-trip-charlotte-to-jacksonville/965754)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-my-road-trip-charlotte-to-jacksonville/965754 "2022-06-16T22:57:36Z")
Hey gang! It’s that time of year again! I’m heading off on my annual Baseball Trip next week, and as usual, I turn to the Dope for help filling the hours between games. If you’re familiar with the following places, and/… --- ## [Thinking about buying an e-bike - suggestions/tips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-buying-an-e-bike-suggestions-tips/965554)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-buying-an-e-bike-suggestions-tips/965554 "2022-06-16T22:55:49Z")
A couple years back, my car suffered some mechanical failures while out of town which would’ve cost more than the car was worth, so I decided to have it towed away and scrapped for what little the parts were worth. Since… --- ## [Homeless encampments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-encampments/965527)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-encampments/965527 "2022-06-16T22:15:40Z")
In theory, it might be supposed that homeless encampments are built by down-on-their-luck people trying to makeshift the best they can for themselves. That sounds compassionate. And yet the reality is that these either a… --- ## [Covid is screwing up when flu and other viruses usually appear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-is-screwing-up-when-flu-and-other-viruses-usually-appear/966262)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-is-screwing-up-when-flu-and-other-viruses-usually-appear/966262 "2022-06-16T21:55:18Z")
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