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**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukraine-attack-not-working-as-planned-scenarios/960188 "2022-03-05T00:58:16Z")
Deliberately posting this in IMHO … it seems that the attack on Ukraine is not going according to plans for the russians … I admit the waters are still quite murky to call it but there seems to be patterns forming: .r… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - February 2022 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-february-2022-edition/958722)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-february-2022-edition/958722 "2022-03-05T21:08:13Z")
Whoop! Almost missed this again! So here we are 2022 and it feels and looks remarkably similar to 2020… Except for the kitten trying to steal my pot pie in my lap. So what are we all reading? On audiobook, I’m reading… --- ## [Have you ever had a dream where you believed something absurd, and still believed after waking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-where-you-believed-something-absurd-and-still-believed-after-waking/960477)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-where-you-believed-something-absurd-and-still-believed-after-waking/960477 "2022-03-05T19:46:08Z")
This morning I had a dream, right before waking, wherein I needed the toilet, but the only toilets available were those ones that you needed a license to use. Similar to a TV license. This was just assumed knowledge in m… --- ## [Is there any type of device that can locate a buried metal box, even if a metal detector can't find it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-type-of-device-that-can-locate-a-buried-metal-box-even-if-a-metal-detector-cant-find-it/960501)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-type-of-device-that-can-locate-a-buried-metal-box-even-if-a-metal-detector-cant-find-it/960501 "2022-03-05T19:21:54Z")
(Other than a very long pointy stick, I mean.) Long, long ago, when I was in fifth grade, we buried a time capsule in front of the school. I don’t remember what we put into it, but all the classes participated. I thin… --- ## [The "Forbidden Riff" - Guitar enthusiast challenges ubiquitous social norm!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-forbidden-riff-guitar-enthusiast-challenges-ubiquitous-social-norm/960522)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-forbidden-riff-guitar-enthusiast-challenges-ubiquitous-social-norm/960522 "2022-03-05T19:06:41Z")
This YouTuber is a huge guitar nerd and I just love this video for the way it shows how much he engaged with the equipment in the various parts of this part of this store(? or is it a convention?) before he tries playing… --- ## [Opinion: Lia Thomas shouldn’t swim in the Womens team](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-lia-thomas-shouldn-t-swim-in-the-womens-team/960437)
**Author:** [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-lia-thomas-shouldn-t-swim-in-the-womens-team/960437 "2022-03-05T18:58:12Z")
When I say ‘opinion’ I mean my opinion, but also the opinion of quite a lot of more knowledgeable people out there I wasn’t paying a huge amount of attention to this story as it developed, but just the other day I read … --- ## [How could the u.s. have prevented putin? (Title edited for clarity)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-the-u-s-have-prevented-putin-title-edited-for-clarity/960459)
**Author:** [@Macfries](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macfries)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-the-u-s-have-prevented-putin-title-edited-for-clarity/960459 "2022-03-05T17:16:02Z")
What coukd we of done in tge 90s to stop this,before it had begun.? --- ## [Let's Go 106 M.P.H. on a Sharp Curve.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-106-m-p-h-on-a-sharp-curve/719997)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-106-m-p-h-on-a-sharp-curve/719997 "2022-03-05T16:41:49Z")
Anyone want to venture a guess how this happened? --- ## [Really Mundane: New Motorcycle!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-mundane-new-motorcycle/960377)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-mundane-new-motorcycle/960377 "2022-03-05T16:05:23Z")
My old Honda Shadow and Ms. P’s old Yamaha Virago both reached the “ain’t worth it to fix it” stage. We decided that we would get a new one to share, at least until I retire in a few years. We got a candy apple red Roy… --- ## [Health benefits of drinking water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-benefits-of-drinking-water/960462)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-benefits-of-drinking-water/960462 "2022-03-05T15:46:58Z")
I’m used to hearing a lot of nonsense from nutritionists and dieticians, but one thing in particular they are unable to make much sense to me is the need to drink a lot of water. I understand the need to stay hydrated, … --- ## [Amazing Race 33](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-33/957298)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-33/957298 "2022-03-05T15:19:18Z")
It’s back! Oh. My. God. How did they find do so many ignorant people? Don’t know what a bobby is? Or what Big Ben looks like? --- ## [That armored-vehicle column/convoy north of Kiev](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-armored-vehicle-column-convoy-north-of-kiev/960276)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-armored-vehicle-column-convoy-north-of-kiev/960276 "2022-03-05T14:57:23Z")
what are the most likely scenarios of the Ukr. engaging this 10-60km (depending sources) long convoy full of tanks/supply trucks/tankers/armed personnel carrier/artillery pieces? does the situation get more favorable (o… --- ## [I'm Hosting the party and playing The Beatles - choose Red or Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358 "2022-03-05T14:45:25Z")
I keep The Beatles Red and Blue albums on all my devices. Thats almost 60 songs. I don’t have the original Beatles albums except on old & badly scratched vinyl. I’m hosting the party with beer,wine and soda pop. Which B… --- ## [Question for fellow Landlords](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-fellow-landlords/960155)
**Author:** [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-fellow-landlords/960155 "2022-03-05T13:35:45Z")
I have several rental properties. One of them is a story and a half built in the early 1900s so 2 small upstairs bedroom and a staircase with multiple turns. The current tenants have lived there about 7 years and are mo… --- ## [Six-letter Wordle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-letter-wordle/960504)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-letter-wordle/960504 "2022-03-05T05:50:27Z")
I’ve been trying the six-letter version to see if it’s more challenging than the five-letter one. Yes and no. I can cover all five vowels, the letter Y, and six common consenants with two guesses - ADIEUS and PORTLY. An … --- ## [Canadian university graduates: Do you recall your student number?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-university-graduates-do-you-recall-your-student-number/960392)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-university-graduates-do-you-recall-your-student-number/960392 "2022-03-05T12:11:57Z")
I still remember my undergrad student number at the University of Toronto: 790-XXX-XXX. (Where Xs replace the actual numbers, for privacy’s sake.) I cannot recall my student number at the University of Alberta, where I … --- ## [Can a congress person be escorted out of a SOTU address for heckling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-congress-person-be-escorted-out-of-a-sotu-address-for-heckling/960422)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-congress-person-be-escorted-out-of-a-sotu-address-for-heckling/960422 "2022-03-05T05:12:45Z")
I won’t argue that’s what should have happened at Tuesdays night Address, I’m just wondering if they could. I vaguely remember there being some sort of law that prevents law enforcement (or anybody) from keeping congres… --- ## [Under what non-adoptive circumstances might a birth certificate be sealed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-what-non-adoptive-circumstances-might-a-birth-certificate-be-sealed/960472)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-what-non-adoptive-circumstances-might-a-birth-certificate-be-sealed/960472 "2022-03-05T03:43:09Z")
None of this first-hand info, so what I describe is the absolute limit of my knowledge on the subject. Anyway. . . I have a relative who claimed that her birth certificate is ‘sealed’ (the word I got from two other rel… --- ## [Fill 'Er Up!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-er-up/960235)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-er-up/960235 "2022-03-05T03:42:00Z")
As I stand outside in the whipping wind with temps below zero filling my gas tank, I often think, I’d gladly pay a little extra per gallon if someone would pump the gas for me and I can stay in my warm car. So how much … --- ## [Dry Shampoo for Cats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-shampoo-for-cats/960415)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-shampoo-for-cats/960415 "2022-03-05T02:30:02Z")
My cat Tippy is huge. I know I shouldn’t have let her get that way, but I have three cats to feed, and she will go after the other’s leftovers, whether they are leftovers or not. But the bottom (snerk) line is, Tippy c… --- ## [My grandmother, she came from Kyiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grandmother-she-came-from-kyiv/960366)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grandmother-she-came-from-kyiv/960366 "2022-03-05T02:05:48Z")
My grandmother, she came from Kyiv Born there in times of strain and strife Before the Wars. Sustained by faith and table scraps, When soldiers came felt she must leave. And fled abroad to save her life. Progenitor… --- ## [State of the Union thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-thread/960322)
**Author:** [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-thread/960322 "2022-03-05T00:24:01Z")
Did I miss it? Hasn’t there typically been a State of the Union watch along thread? --- ## [Adopting stepchildren: Can children legally have 3 or more parents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adopting-stepchildren-can-children-legally-have-3-or-more-parents/957552)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adopting-stepchildren-can-children-legally-have-3-or-more-parents/957552 "2022-03-05T00:22:00Z")
I’ve been wondering about the adoption of stepchildren in more unusual setups. In all adoptions obviously the child’s, um, prospective parent must want and consent to this. I assume if both the current parents are aliv… --- ## [When - and how - would we detect an interstellar object the size of the Moon headed right at us?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-would-we-detect-an-interstellar-object-the-size-of-the-moon-headed-right-at-us/960256)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-would-we-detect-an-interstellar-object-the-size-of-the-moon-headed-right-at-us/960256 "2022-03-04T23:47:37Z")
Supposing a Moon-like object approaches the Solar System on a collision path with Earth (or the Moon!). When and how do we detect it? We can assume this object is spherical and roughly 3,500 km in diameter. With my bas… --- ## [We should talk about strokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-should-talk-about-strokes/958662)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-should-talk-about-strokes/958662 "2022-03-04T23:14:01Z")
In light of recent events that occurred in the otherwise lighthearted Polls only: No discussion thread, I just wanted to create a thread where we can actually talk about it. Not necessarily that specific event, but just … --- ## [Seeking: "Switcher" Guide for MacOS --\> iOS (i.e., iPhone tutorial for Mac proficient, cell-ignorant person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-switcher-guide-for-macos-ios-i-e-iphone-tutorial-for-mac-proficient-cell-ignorant-person/960463)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-switcher-guide-for-macos-ios-i-e-iphone-tutorial-for-mac-proficient-cell-ignorant-person/960463 "2022-03-04T22:55:22Z")
You’re perhaps familiar with the various guides and tutorials for “switchers” who know Windows like the back of their hands but are for the first time dipping their toes into Mac waters, or perhaps vice versa? I’m looki… --- ## [Stars that got better at playing their instruments after they got famous](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stars-that-got-better-at-playing-their-instruments-after-they-got-famous/957993)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stars-that-got-better-at-playing-their-instruments-after-they-got-famous/957993 "2022-03-04T22:34:27Z")
Rightly or wrongly I think that musicians tend to not improve musically after they get famous. I’m not talking about writing better songs. I mean getting better at the technical aspects of playing their instruments. I t… --- ## [Oreo Cookie symbol question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oreo-cookie-symbol-question/960419)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oreo-cookie-symbol-question/960419 "2022-03-04T21:58:39Z")
What is the meaning (if any) of the symbol stamped on Oreo cookies? --- ## [Europe's largest nuclear power plant on fire {Fire is Out but now in Russian Control}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/europes-largest-nuclear-power-plant-on-fire-fire-is-out-but-now-in-russian-control/960436)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/europes-largest-nuclear-power-plant-on-fire-fire-is-out-but-now-in-russian-control/960436 "2022-03-04T21:58:31Z")
A contested Ukrainian nuclear plant is under attack by Russian forces Russians in Ukraine seize Europe's largest nuclear power plant : NPR --- ## [It's happening again: we have another feral kitten hanging around!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happening-again-we-have-another-feral-kitten-hanging-around/960465)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happening-again-we-have-another-feral-kitten-hanging-around/960465 "2022-03-04T21:13:08Z")
A few years ago we had a bunch of feral kittens show up on our porch and ended up taking in two of them (old thread here: Anyone have experience taking in feral cats?) and they’ve been great cats ever since. There’s a n… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1179) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1181)