# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1215 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1216 --- ## [What's wrong with our kitchen faucet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-our-kitchen-faucet/958498)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2022, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-our-kitchen-faucet/958498 "2022-01-28T03:12:14Z")
We have a kitchen faucet that’s not too old-- maybe a year, maybe two. It’s the kind that has one handle mounted on the side that you pull out to turn the water on, then forward or backward for cold / hot. About a week … --- ## [Amusing Amusement Park Stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-amusement-park-stories/957212)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-amusement-park-stories/957212 "2022-01-28T03:00:13Z")
What are some of the amusing/strange/interesting things that have happened to you or that you have observed at amusement parks? --- ## [Looking for a particular meme template](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-meme-template/958542)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-meme-template/958542 "2022-01-28T02:30:22Z")
I know I’ve seen it many times. It’s two pictures. A younger Black woman is expounding upon something. And in the second picture, an older woman, possibly her mother, is looking at her with an annoyed expression on her… --- ## [TV remote changes 2 tv's. Is there any solution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-remote-changes-2-tvs-is-there-any-solution/958366)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2022, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-remote-changes-2-tvs-is-there-any-solution/958366 "2022-01-28T01:28:23Z")
My mom got a 2nd TV. The remotes are conflicting. Power off either remote shuts off both tv’s. Even worse, the new fancy TV remote freezes the screen on the 2nd TV. Have to press enter to unfreeze. The new tv’s channe… --- ## [How to taxes work on spontaneously created/minedcrypto currency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-taxes-work-on-spontaneously-created-minedcrypto-currency/958538)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-taxes-work-on-spontaneously-created-minedcrypto-currency/958538 "2022-01-27T23:50:12Z")
In this thread I there was a discussion of the Lets Go Biden Token (LGBT) scam crypto currency. In which a group created 300 trillion Crypto tokens which they started up a market for, the going price is about 5 million … --- ## [Extraditing someone who sets foot on a US embassy on foreign soil (a non-extraditing nation)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extraditing-someone-who-sets-foot-on-a-us-embassy-on-foreign-soil-a-non-extraditing-nation/958531)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extraditing-someone-who-sets-foot-on-a-us-embassy-on-foreign-soil-a-non-extraditing-nation/958531 "2022-01-27T23:25:12Z")
Say a wanted US fugitive goes into the US embassy in Moscow and gets arrested because he is setting foot on “US soil”. Could the US extradite him back to the US against the wishes of Russia? (they’d have to cross Russia… --- ## [Looking for earbuds with a specific feature set](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-earbuds-with-a-specific-feature-set/958322)
**Author:** [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-earbuds-with-a-specific-feature-set/958322 "2022-01-27T23:11:55Z")
My last earbuds were this model: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07YC66FW3/ref=ppx\_yo\_dt\_b\_asin\_title\_o03\_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 That one met most of my requirements but their lag/latency was rather high; it wasn’t possi… --- ## [RIP Charlie Brown (voice actor Peter Robbins)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-charlie-brown-voice-actor-peter-robbins/958440)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-charlie-brown-voice-actor-peter-robbins/958440 "2022-01-27T23:06:05Z")
Peter Robbins, the voice of Charlie Brown, has died by suicide after a lifelong battle with mental illness. --- ## [National Weather Service radar unavailable via Chrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-weather-service-radar-unavailable-via-chrome/958533)
**Author:** [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-weather-service-radar-unavailable-via-chrome/958533 "2022-01-27T22:45:38Z")
For several months I’ve been accessing the active radar for the North America using Google Chrome (my search engine of choice). That’s been unavailable for the last several days. It can get me to the NWS site, but clicki… --- ## [Three Dozen Probably Dead: Human Smuggling Boat Capsizes off Florida](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-dozen-probably-dead-human-smuggling-boat-capsizes-off-florida/958392)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-dozen-probably-dead-human-smuggling-boat-capsizes-off-florida/958392 "2022-01-27T22:21:33Z")
Sad. Since it happened Saturday and no one was wearing a life jacket, very doubtful more than a very few survived. While you see this happening a lot in the Mediterranean, anyone remember the last time in the U.S. wit… --- ## [Fugitive Mafia boss found on Google StreetView](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fugitive-mafia-boss-found-on-google-streetview/957282)
**Author:** [@cytop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cytop)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fugitive-mafia-boss-found-on-google-streetview/957282 "2022-01-27T22:01:32Z")
One of those WTF things, but amusing (to me, at least) --- ## [Teeny little upstairs dormers on new homes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeny-little-upstairs-dormers-on-new-homes/958231)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeny-little-upstairs-dormers-on-new-homes/958231 "2022-01-27T21:24:15Z")
Our town sees a ton of teardowns and new home builds. Many of the new builds are 2-stories, with steep rooflines. Some are brick, others frame - what we call farmhouses on steroids. (I wonder how soon they will appear… --- ## [Poll: Is raising pets an acceptable alternative to raising kids? (take two)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-raising-pets-an-acceptable-alternative-to-raising-kids-take-two/957949)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-raising-pets-an-acceptable-alternative-to-raising-kids-take-two/957949 "2022-01-27T21:12:29Z")
Sorry all, I really botched the first poll. I’m going to try one more time. I ask that if you answer one question you answer all four to the best of your ability. All polls are anonymous, some results are held until the … --- ## [Making a "Periodic" Table of Masonry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-periodic-table-of-masonry/958395)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-periodic-table-of-masonry/958395 "2022-01-27T20:53:07Z")
For some reason, I’ve become fascinated with infographics made to resemble the Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements. I’ve printed out a few for use with my students (Periodic Table of Storytelling, Periodic Table of V… --- ## [Is there a term for a positive existential crisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-a-positive-existential-crisis/958451)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-a-positive-existential-crisis/958451 "2022-01-27T20:35:21Z")
So is there a term for a sense of enjoyment (for lack of a better term) from knowing things that normally cause an existential crisis? The knowledge that life is temporary, theres no higher plan or purpose, that no matt… --- ## [Why couldn't blood banks also do routine draws for lab work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-couldnt-blood-banks-also-do-routine-draws-for-lab-work/958495)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-couldnt-blood-banks-also-do-routine-draws-for-lab-work/958495 "2022-01-27T20:09:39Z")
I have to get a draw for lab work twice a year as part of routine physicals. And I also go to the blood bank four times per year to donate double red cells (this is the fastest cycle they permit for double reds). Is ther… --- ## [Let us give you money](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-give-you-money/931349)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-give-you-money/931349 "2022-01-27T19:37:48Z")
Mr. Zotti and/or Sun-Times Media, We’re going on six months now without a way to subscribe. You’re obviously paying Discourse for enterprise hosting, and I’m guessing you’re one of their bigger customers. A portion of s… --- ## [The 'Prophecy' of the Great Seal of Detroit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prophecy-of-the-great-seal-of-detroit/664977)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prophecy-of-the-great-seal-of-detroit/664977 "2022-01-27T19:36:29Z")
The Great Seal of Detroit was designed after the great fire of 1805. One female figure mourns the city in ruins. Her Latin legend reads SPERAMVS MELIORA (“We Hope for Better Things”). The figure on the right seems to com… --- ## [Understanding a molecular biology paper on kidney development](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/understanding-a-molecular-biology-paper-on-kidney-development/958500)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/understanding-a-molecular-biology-paper-on-kidney-development/958500 "2022-01-27T19:20:52Z")
Continuing the discussion from Why do we have two of some things but only one of others?: So I have like a high school education in biology (but not chemistry), and for the heck of it, I’m trying to read and understand … --- ## [Belligerent covid patients frustrate ER personnel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belligerent-covid-patients-frustrate-er-personnel/958068)
**Author:** [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belligerent-covid-patients-frustrate-er-personnel/958068 "2022-01-27T19:09:54Z")
My ER Nurse daughter is exhausted dealing with belligerent COVID patients. This is not the infrequent nut case running thru the ER. These are routine patients who won’t accept a Covid diagnosis. They reject the diagnosi… --- ## [What was the title of a recently cornfielded thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-title-of-a-recently-cornfielded-thread/958499)
**Author:** [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-title-of-a-recently-cornfielded-thread/958499 "2022-01-27T19:08:50Z")
Earlier this morning, I saw a weirdly-worded thread title that I think had the word “women” in it twice? It already had several replies. Something about the title gave me the impression that it might have anti-trans con… --- ## [Christmas 2021 Game sale - whadja get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-2021-game-sale-whadja-get/956515)
**Author:** [@DreamsOfACheetah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreamsOfACheetah)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-2021-game-sale-whadja-get/956515 "2022-01-27T19:07:31Z")
So the big steam sale has started! My wife gave me a card early and I went a little over, but that’s ok because she loves me :star\_struck: I grabbed: Dead Cells and both expansions - seems like a really good metrovan… --- ## [Shrimp shells...when do you eat them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrimp-shells-when-do-you-eat-them/948040)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrimp-shells-when-do-you-eat-them/948040 "2022-01-27T18:55:01Z")
I have seen it said that in some shrimp dishes you can/should eat the shells. What dishes are those? Seems madness to me. In my mind, shrimp shells are up there with eating finger nails. Is this ever a worthwhile thi… --- ## [Anyone familiar with Orompotoniyun, the 'legendary first female king of Oyo Alaafin'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-orompotoniyun-the-legendary-first-female-king-of-oyo-alaafin/958505)
**Author:** [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-orompotoniyun-the-legendary-first-female-king-of-oyo-alaafin/958505 "2022-01-27T18:51:53Z")
There are several articles online talking about her, mostly repeating the same story (often verbatim). Here’s one example: https://ng.opera.news/ng/en/politics/0204918ed030e22cfadfad6bf429ddb0 Long story short—she was… --- ## [My friend released her first published work: A novella about Jack the Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-released-her-first-published-work-a-novella-about-jack-the-ripper/958510)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-released-her-first-published-work-a-novella-about-jack-the-ripper/958510 "2022-01-27T18:29:50Z")
From Jill, with Love by Suz Stracener is a book about a nurse’s growing insanity as her new husband’s affairs with the ladies of the night cause her to get an STD that costs the life of her newborn child. Wracked with… --- ## [What's your life expectancy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-life-expectancy/957257)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-life-expectancy/957257 "2022-01-27T17:53:49Z")
Use this site to calculate your life expectancy. Surprisingly, they didn’t even ask about some of the factors that may actually impact my life expectancy. Anyway, it tells me I’ll live to 83, seven years from now. --- ## [Train travel - "track" vs "platform"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/train-travel-track-vs-platform/958358)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/train-travel-track-vs-platform/958358 "2022-01-27T16:51:32Z")
I have seen these terms (“track” and “platform”) used interchangeably when referring to a train’s departure point. Is “platform” more a non-North American term? In a major station, I think of a “platform” as a piece o… --- ## [Fluoride Toothpaste vs. Mouthwash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoride-toothpaste-vs-mouthwash/958341)
**Author:** [@jjakucyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjakucyk)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoride-toothpaste-vs-mouthwash/958341 "2022-01-27T16:46:11Z")
So there is a topic dealing with this from 10 years ago, but I don’t think I want to resurrect that. My question relates to fluoride toothpaste versus fluoride mouthwash for cavity prevention. Not really concerned abou… --- ## [LOTR: Who resurrected Gandalf to become "Gandalf the White"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-who-resurrected-gandalf-to-become-gandalf-the-white/958376)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-who-resurrected-gandalf-to-become-gandalf-the-white/958376 "2022-01-27T16:33:03Z")
After Gandalf fought the Balrog he died (they both did). But, Gandalf was returned to Middle-Earth as Gandalf the White (no longer Gandalf the Grey). Who resurrected Gandalf? Was it Eru? I thought Eru was pretty hand… --- ## [Do a web search from any Windows application](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-a-web-search-from-any-windows-application/957732)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-a-web-search-from-any-windows-application/957732 "2022-01-27T13:30:00Z")
This seems like such a fundamental thing that would have been in place 20 years ago what with all the frenzy to integrate to the Internet, but does not seem to be there. If I am on a web page, I can select some text, an… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1214) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1216)