# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1217 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1218 --- ## [What are your (possibly quirky) requirements in bed? (No, this isn't about sex.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-possibly-quirky-requirements-in-bed-no-this-isnt-about-sex/958186)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-possibly-quirky-requirements-in-bed-no-this-isnt-about-sex/958186 "2022-01-26T19:55:18Z")
I saw this cartoon yesterday and it made me think of this question. I’m an incredibly fussy sleeper. Fortunately my bed partner is an sweetly tolerant cat. I can’t imagine another hu… --- ## [How did I do it? (Brain teaser)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-do-it-brain-teaser/958292)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-do-it-brain-teaser/958292 "2022-01-26T19:42:21Z")
So yesterday my wife gets out of bed and all the slats in the bed come dislodged on one side and, next thing I know half the mattress/box spring is on the floor. Oh, great. How am I, 69 on my last birthday, going to li… --- ## [If the James Webb Space Telescope fails, how much and how long to replace it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-james-webb-space-telescope-fails-how-much-and-how-long-to-replace-it/957215)
**Author:** [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-james-webb-space-telescope-fails-how-much-and-how-long-to-replace-it/957215 "2022-01-26T19:27:53Z")
The James Webb Space Telescope was originally slated to cost $1 billion but rang in at $10 billion by launch date. If any of its 300 single points of failure cause it to fail today, how much would it cost us to replace … --- ## [What's a "6 figure salary" today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-6-figure-salary-today/958284)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-6-figure-salary-today/958284 "2022-01-26T18:33:28Z")
Growing up in the 80s, big shots were described as having a “six figure salary”. Online inflation calculators tell me that if I’d heard that in 1988, such a person would be making about 280k now. But things are also mor… --- ## [Are there Thermal Curtains that aren't blackout curtains?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-thermal-curtains-that-arent-blackout-curtains/957843)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-thermal-curtains-that-arent-blackout-curtains/957843 "2022-01-26T18:23:44Z")
I’m looking for curtains to keep my small exposed office warmer. A quick search on thermal seems to only return ones that are also blackout curtains. Not a feature I want or need. But I understand the two probably go tog… --- ## [Stephen Breyer to retire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-breyer-to-retire/958436)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-breyer-to-retire/958436 "2022-01-26T18:23:02Z")
The 1:00 news on CBC included a report that Stephen Breyer was planning to retire at the end of the current court term. It was reported as having been confirmed by both the court and the White House. --- ## [How do the logistics of solitary confinement work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-logistics-of-solitary-confinement-work/958431)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-logistics-of-solitary-confinement-work/958431 "2022-01-26T18:21:12Z")
Presumably, a prisoner needs haircuts, otherwise he’ll have waist-long hair eventually. He also needs toilet paper, showers, soap/shampoo/toothpaste, maybe medical attention if something happens, and if the authorities … --- ## [Biden gets a SCOTUS pick (Breyer retiring)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-gets-a-scotus-pick-breyer-retiring/958427)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-gets-a-scotus-pick-breyer-retiring/958427 "2022-01-26T17:35:07Z")
WOO-HOO ! --- ## [How plausible in reality were the plots of Dr. Strangelove and Fail-Safe in regards to the bombers getting through?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-plausible-in-reality-were-the-plots-of-dr-strangelove-and-fail-safe-in-regards-to-the-bombers-getting-through/930781)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-plausible-in-reality-were-the-plots-of-dr-strangelove-and-fail-safe-in-regards-to-the-bombers-getting-through/930781 "2022-01-26T17:23:35Z")
I know I’m missing the point with those movies, but the plot of each movie is kick-started with a single wing/formation of bombers is tricked into thinking nuclear war has started and goes to bomb Soviet targets despite … --- ## [Stupid Gun news of the day (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729)
**Author:** [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Replies:** 9999\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729 "2022-01-26T17:10:34Z")
Plenty of it on both sides of the fence, easy to have a race to the bottom. Post your favorite news report here. I’ll lead with this AR-15 in Krogers. Perhaps he is a vegetarian out hunting :dubious: --- ## [So the new OSX version requires 28 GB of free HD space to install](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-new-osx-version-requires-28-gb-of-free-hd-space-to-install/958400)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-new-osx-version-requires-28-gb-of-free-hd-space-to-install/958400 "2022-01-26T14:48:22Z")
And I have less than half that on this laptop of mine. Is it worth it right now? Is there a way to get that much quickly? Any other options? --- ## [AHunter3's Long-Touted Gender Book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahunter3s-long-touted-gender-book/958401)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahunter3s-long-touted-gender-book/958401 "2022-01-26T14:40:41Z")
So (if it isn’t crass to remind folks), yeah, my first-ever published book, GenderQueer: A Story From a Different Closet, did finally get published. Since I posted fairly extensively over the years here on SDMB on the … --- ## [RIP Louie Anderson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-louie-anderson/958179)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-louie-anderson/958179 "2022-01-26T14:27:41Z")
He did amuse. The Mrs. and I saw him in Vegas. He communicated his humor and his pain very poignantly. --- ## [F\*ck you, possible Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ck-you-possible-covid/958239)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ck-you-possible-covid/958239 "2022-01-26T13:05:59Z")
Yesterday I start feeling under the weather about lunchtime. I figure “I’ll get some food in me, I have a doctor’s appt. this afternoon so I’ll be leaving early and hopefully it won’t spread and will clear up.” But no. … --- ## [Sour Pickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sour-pickles/958365)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sour-pickles/958365 "2022-01-26T13:04:46Z")
Do y’all find classic, deli-style sour pickles in jars at your local grocery store? I never see them around here (Boston). I see them in individual bags, but I’m looking for jars of them. It looks like I can order them o… --- ## [Where does the orphaned sock go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-orphaned-sock-go/957657)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-orphaned-sock-go/957657 "2022-01-26T12:28:52Z")
So I just encountered this situation at the Omni house and a shower thought was born. The wife did laundry and one of my socks came out without his buddy. Lonely but clean, my wife filed him into the sock drawer to awai… --- ## [Gun owner’s liability insurance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-owner-s-liability-insurance/958412)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-owner-s-liability-insurance/958412 "2022-01-26T12:12:21Z")
San Jose, California will require gun owners to carry liability insurance: This is sure to be challenged in court; will it stand? Should it stand? --- ## [If hate speech isn’t illegal, why was this NY couple arrested?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-hate-speech-isn-t-illegal-why-was-this-ny-couple-arrested/958187)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-hate-speech-isn-t-illegal-why-was-this-ny-couple-arrested/958187 "2022-01-26T05:47:32Z")
It appears the “endangerment of a child” is a kind of stretch…but i could see it being squeezed in. The behavior of the couple is deplorable, but I’m having difficulty finding it criminal. Maybe the throwing of the … --- ## [What happened to face shields?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-face-shields/957971)
**Author:** [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-face-shields/957971 "2022-01-26T05:06:01Z")
Early in the pandemic, a few folks were wearing clear face shields instead of or in addition to cloth/surgical masks. They supposedly offered some protection against large droplets, especially for the eyes. Now we’re bei… --- ## [True or false? In order for you to feel happiness, parts of your life have to suck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false-in-order-for-you-to-feel-happiness-parts-of-your-life-have-to-suck/958119)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false-in-order-for-you-to-feel-happiness-parts-of-your-life-have-to-suck/958119 "2022-01-26T04:30:13Z")
For example: The weekends would be less enjoyable if you didn’t bust your ass at work all week. (Same for retirement) --- ## [When was the last time you played Trivial Pursuit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-played-trivial-pursuit/956112)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-played-trivial-pursuit/956112 "2022-01-26T02:51:28Z")
This game used to be everywhere, but haven’t played it in years. You? --- ## [Film: The Nevadan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-the-nevadan/958393)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-the-nevadan/958393 "2022-01-26T02:32:57Z")
A 1950 Randolph Scott western. When the bad guys are assaulting Scott and his side kicks in a ranch house, there are three white towers in the far background with steam or smoke coming from them. What are they, a genera… --- ## [Come on Now. Beau Monde Seasoning Is Just Celery Salt? Isn't it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-now-beau-monde-seasoning-is-just-celery-salt-isnt-it/958256)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-now-beau-monde-seasoning-is-just-celery-salt-isnt-it/958256 "2022-01-26T02:34:06Z")
True story, about thirty years ago I was making this recipe. And it called for Beau Monde Seasoning. Any true gourmand knows what I went through to get it. I searched far and wide, high and low. Finally I found it at a … --- ## [Thich Nhat Hanh has died at age 95](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thich-nhat-hanh-has-died-at-age-95/958203)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thich-nhat-hanh-has-died-at-age-95/958203 "2022-01-26T01:01:42Z")
I’m on his mailing list. Just got this one: With a deep mindful breath, we announce the passing of our beloved teacher, Thay Nhat Hanh, at 00:00hrs on January 22, 2022 at Từ Hiếu Temple in Huế, Vietnam, at the age of 9… --- ## [About that "end of democracy" talk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-that-end-of-democracy-talk/956796)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-that-end-of-democracy-talk/956796 "2022-01-26T00:54:16Z")
To the extent that there are any, have any adult Republicans sought to assuage those “end of democracy” fears? I’m guessing most of our current crop of Repubs are getting cramps from grinning so hard, but aren’t there an… --- ## [US-Mexican border: Is the passport check going out the same as coming in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-mexican-border-is-the-passport-check-going-out-the-same-as-coming-in/958260)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-mexican-border-is-the-passport-check-going-out-the-same-as-coming-in/958260 "2022-01-25T23:55:10Z")
Never been there before: Is Customs and Immigration essentially scanning your passport and “emigrating” you when you go into Mexico exactly the same when you come right back in and they scan and “immigrate” you? --- ## [Repair man says txts and phone calls to my phone don't work. Could he be right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repair-man-says-txts-and-phone-calls-to-my-phone-dont-work-could-he-be-right/958309)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repair-man-says-txts-and-phone-calls-to-my-phone-dont-work-could-he-be-right/958309 "2022-01-25T23:07:23Z")
I’ve been trying for weeks to get this repair man to come fix something and plans keep falling through, he says partly because he can’t send txts or get calls to ring or leave phone messages on my iPhone. However, it wor… --- ## [Digitizing Old Photos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digitizing-old-photos/957929)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digitizing-old-photos/957929 "2022-01-25T21:44:12Z")
I came across a collection of old family photos. I am betwixt and between. On one hand, I have not bothered to look at these things in decades. They have little value to me, and will have less value when I pass away. On … --- ## [Garden Gnomes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garden-gnomes/474302)
**Author:** [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Replies:** 372\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garden-gnomes/474302 "2022-01-25T18:44:07Z")
My neighbour had, up to yesterday 17 of these bastards in his front garden. Gnomes fishing, ringing bells,climbing miniature trees,sitting on toadstools, shaking hands, sitting on wells. Everything except shagging but I… --- ## [How best (that is, cheapest & easiest) to get wifi to a chicken coop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-that-is-cheapest-easiest-to-get-wifi-to-a-chicken-coop/954346)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-that-is-cheapest-easiest-to-get-wifi-to-a-chicken-coop/954346 "2022-01-25T18:17:49Z")
We have a chicken coop about 200 ft from the nearest corner of our house. We moved it there last spring and expanded it. Over the previous winter, it had been tucked in next to our house and we put in several Wyze Cams t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1216) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1218)