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**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powered-by/952705 "2021-10-18T22:36:40Z")
You know how some online software apps say they’re “powered” by some other software? Like “powered by Inktomi” or “powered by Netscape Navigator” (I’m totally showing my age here). Obviously, that doesn’t mean literal p… --- ## [The Newbery Book Club](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newbery-book-club/779674)
**Author:** [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newbery-book-club/779674 "2021-10-18T22:30:20Z")
Inspired by the thread on the All-Time Best Newbery Medal Book, In Your Opinion thread. Several of us have set out to read all of the Newbery Medal winners on the list , and I expect others will be reading at least some… --- ## [Are more people trying to beat trains at crossings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-more-people-trying-to-beat-trains-at-crossings/950695)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-more-people-trying-to-beat-trains-at-crossings/950695 "2021-10-18T22:24:51Z")
All of a sudden, I’m hearing constant PSA’s on prime spots on radio warning against trying to cross tracks when a train is approaching. Why? Do people really need to be told this, and have accidents of this type become… --- ## [How does this banned poster from 17 years ago have an avatar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-this-banned-poster-from-17-years-ago-have-an-avatar/951232)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-this-banned-poster-from-17-years-ago-have-an-avatar/951232 "2021-10-18T21:39:00Z")
From an old thread someone linked to: @dorkusmalorkusmafia. We were still on vBulletin back then of course, long before Discourse. So how does he have an avatar? I seriously doubt that the avatar Greasemonkey script t… --- ## [Help me understand this CDC study on aerosol transmission about a teacher who infected almost her entire class with Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-cdc-study-on-aerosol-transmission-about-a-teacher-who-infected-almost-her-entire-class-with-covid/952573)
**Author:** [@craft458](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/craft458)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-cdc-study-on-aerosol-transmission-about-a-teacher-who-infected-almost-her-entire-class-with-covid/952573 "2021-10-18T21:24:56Z")
I read in the news a couple months ago about a case of a teacher who removed her mask to read to the kids in her classroom and ended up infecting most of the students in the classroom with Covid. I came across the actual… --- ## [My laptop's gone insane. I need help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-laptops-gone-insane-i-need-help/949647)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-laptops-gone-insane-i-need-help/949647 "2021-10-18T19:58:26Z")
My laptop has apparently decided to act on its long unfulfilled dream of being a mobile phone. I was working on it and the screen went black. But only for a second. However when the display came back it is now rotated n… --- ## [Help me undo this stupid thing I did - bad smell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-undo-this-stupid-thing-i-did-bad-smell/951945)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-undo-this-stupid-thing-i-did-bad-smell/951945 "2021-10-18T19:29:52Z")
We have cats. Every morning we clean out the cat box so the house smells nice. Wife walks of over to the dumpster. Well today, one of our cats came in and pooped after I cleaned the box. So I got a zip lock baggie and p… --- ## [Live in a red state? Dealin' ok?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-in-a-red-state-dealin-ok/952454)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-in-a-red-state-dealin-ok/952454 "2021-10-18T19:27:37Z")
No idea what forum to put this in, so please relocate if need be. Noticed some posters (kron? begbert2?) living, I think, in Idaho, and this curious Canuck was wondering how they and others who live in red states abide … --- ## [Possibly dating someone with MS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-dating-someone-with-ms/943632)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-dating-someone-with-ms/943632 "2021-10-18T19:14:17Z")
I am not sure if I should have posted in General Questions or not. I have been interested in this man in my building for a long time but never made any moves because i firmly believe the guy should. This is different, ho… --- ## [CalMeacham Book Publicity Continues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calmeacham-book-publicity-continues/942646)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calmeacham-book-publicity-continues/942646 "2021-10-18T18:54:51Z")
I just learned that the National Amusement Park Historical Association (NAPHA) will shortly be publishing an article that I wrote for them about Wonderland Park in their magazine, the NAPHA Chronicle. Tomorrow (Saturda… --- ## [Parents think their son isn't flushing the toilet. Psst, it's the cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-think-their-son-isnt-flushing-the-toilet-psst-its-the-cat/952418)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-think-their-son-isnt-flushing-the-toilet-psst-its-the-cat/952418 "2021-10-18T18:51:17Z")
Very clever cat. He probably pees on their pile of laundry. :wink: I wouldn’t believe it without video. --- ## [Betty Lynn aka Thelma Lou has died (Not our regular poster, ThelmaLou.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betty-lynn-aka-thelma-lou-has-died-not-our-regular-poster-thelmalou/952667)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betty-lynn-aka-thelma-lou-has-died-not-our-regular-poster-thelmalou/952667 "2021-10-18T18:50:37Z")
The Andy Griffith show brought me many wonderful hours of entertainment. Betty met a lot of fans after retiring to Mount Airy, N.C. Ron and Clint Howard and Maggie Peterson are the three cast members still living. Maggi… --- ## [Midget Sports](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midget-sports/952581)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midget-sports/952581 "2021-10-18T17:58:29Z")
A comedian was talking on the radio about how sports teams used to be divided by age groups into divisions such as atom, peewee, bantam…. He is incredulous there existed a “midget division” and regrets that the people on… --- ## [Salivary Antigens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salivary-antigens/952658)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salivary-antigens/952658 "2021-10-18T17:25:11Z")
I was thinking about how vaccines work (traditionally). One person gets sick, survives, we harvest their antigens, and then we replicate those antigens out to teach the immune systems of others. And all of this we discov… --- ## [Bill Burr VS Joey Pants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-burr-vs-joey-pants/952113)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-burr-vs-joey-pants/952113 "2021-10-18T17:24:23Z")
What I’m absolutely sure about: Bill Burr-- stand up, Joey Pants-- no stand up. The Mandalorian-- Bill Burr, The Matrix-- Joey Pants. Just Shoot Me-- Neither??? Please tell me who is in what because all you white peopl… --- ## [Thinking of getting into the dating pool again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-getting-into-the-dating-pool-again/951702)
**Author:** [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-getting-into-the-dating-pool-again/951702 "2021-10-18T17:11:09Z")
After my divorce a few years ago, I had no interest in dating. I did belong to several groups, hiking, bicycling, tennis etc. and met a lot of cool people, but most were couples or appeared to be uninterested in dating. … --- ## [The wonder of evolution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-of-evolution/951887)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-of-evolution/951887 "2021-10-18T16:28:02Z")
This isn’t really a question but if there are evolutionary biologists out there feel free to fight my ignorance. Evolution can achieve amazing things over millions of years. I can understand how evolution led to things … --- ## [Five dead in Norway bow and arrow attack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-dead-in-norway-bow-and-arrow-attack/952467)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-dead-in-norway-bow-and-arrow-attack/952467 "2021-10-18T15:30:41Z")
No idea of motive or anything yet, but that headline certainly grabbed my attention. --- ## [Another old song question. Copperhead road](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-old-song-question-copperhead-road/952535)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-old-song-question-copperhead-road/952535 "2021-10-18T14:26:07Z")
Another good old 80’s song. Had a discussion with a dude about the early verse… Now the revenue man wanted Grandaddy bad He headed up the holler with everything he had It’s before my time but I’ve been told He never… --- ## [Recommend a smoky Islay Scotch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-smoky-islay-scotch/952560)
**Author:** [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-smoky-islay-scotch/952560 "2021-10-18T13:38:49Z")
My partner craves a really smoky Islay Scotch, but that is not my jam at all and I wouldn’t know a good scotch from a bagpiper’s bowel movement. A cursory Google search says Octomore, a revived brand from Bruichladdich … --- ## [George Carlin's 1st Appearance On The Tonight Show w/ Mort Sahl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlins-1st-appearance-on-the-tonight-show-w-mort-sahl/952645)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlins-1st-appearance-on-the-tonight-show-w-mort-sahl/952645 "2021-10-18T13:38:12Z")
NBC was trying to find a replacement for Jack Paar, and considered Mort Sahl, but the job went to Johnny Carson unfortunately. This was actually the first time Carlin was on Network TV --- ## [Sunflowers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunflowers/952550)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunflowers/952550 "2021-10-17T22:32:21Z")
Does anyone here raise sunflowers? I planted mine late this year and they are just blooming right now. After blooming flowers seem to keep getting bigger and bigger although nowhere near besides they’re supposed to be. I… --- ## [How to pick wheels for winter tires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pick-wheels-for-winter-tires/951943)
**Author:** [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pick-wheels-for-winter-tires/951943 "2021-10-18T05:55:59Z")
For the first time, we are getting winter tires for a vehicle ('21 Honda Pilot). And based on the cost to switch out tires on the wheels we have vs. switch separate wheels, it looks like it makes sense to get a separate … --- ## [No-haggle car dealerships? Good or bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-haggle-car-dealerships-good-or-bad/952206)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-haggle-car-dealerships-good-or-bad/952206 "2021-10-18T03:41:12Z")
In the "outdated customs thread, FairyChatMom wrote that “negotiating with a salesman when buying a car is stupid. Don’t waste my time - give me the bottom line,” with which I strongly agree. There have been some attempt… --- ## ["The world's goin' to hell but I'm still here" MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-goin-to-hell-but-im-still-here-mmp/952298)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 336\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-goin-to-hell-but-im-still-here-mmp/952298 "2021-10-18T03:26:19Z")
Hey, Mumpers! I’m awake at stupid o’clock so I’ll get this week’s show started. I’m still alive and kicking. That’s the best I’ve got. How’s life in your corner of the world? --- ## [What is the worst board game you have ever played?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-board-game-you-have-ever-played/805868)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-board-game-you-have-ever-played/805868 "2021-10-18T03:00:31Z")
The topic was brought up in the “Least Favourite…” game thread, And I thought I would turn it into a thread of its own. I have played the “Twin Peaks” game-Overly complicated yet you’ll only get through it via pure luck… --- ## [I cant wait to play as Newcastle in FM 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-wait-to-play-as-newcastle-in-fm-2023/952663)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-wait-to-play-as-newcastle-in-fm-2023/952663 "2021-10-18T01:11:53Z")
Yes, next years not this…where I’ll have like a billion to spend in the Championship. --- ## [Toasted squash seeds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toasted-squash-seeds/952656)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toasted-squash-seeds/952656 "2021-10-17T22:48:52Z")
I enjoy toasted pumpkin seeds, but not so much the pumpkin. This year I’ve been toasting up seeds from delicatas and acorn squash. They’re less flavorful but still a nice garnish and, I assume, source of zinc. I like th… --- ## [The Ancient Art of War enemy leaders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ancient-art-of-war-enemy-leaders/952612)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ancient-art-of-war-enemy-leaders/952612 "2021-10-17T18:42:09Z")
Yeah, major shot in the dark here, but I haven’t been able to dig up anything solid anywhere else, including the game manual, and I just started vacation and don’t have the energy for a full-fledged what’s-with-games-the… --- ## [Classic Nintendo Baseball Music Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-nintendo-baseball-music-question/441652)
**Author:** [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2021, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-nintendo-baseball-music-question/441652 "2021-10-17T17:03:48Z")
I’ve noticed that quite a few classic Nintendo baseball games contain background music that is a different arrangement of the same tune: (wav files at links) Bases Loaded (Jaleco, 1988) Baseball Simulator 1.000 (Cultu… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1310) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1312)