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**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-know-what-dog-food-tastes-like/949471 "2021-09-12T23:44:24Z")
We don’t have a dog but do frequently look after a neighbor’s beagle-Jack Russell terrier mix. She’s a sweet little dog, 13-1/2 years old. Her owner gives us the food to feed her, and the flavors vary. Chicken, bacon, be… --- ## [Athlete's foot, help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/athletes-foot-help/949113)
**Author:** [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/athletes-foot-help/949113 "2021-09-12T23:22:01Z")
So, two years ago I had athlete’s foot, and now I have it again. Like last time, I must have gotten it an the BSA summer camp I attended with my troop. Last time it lasted for months. Probably from mid July till Octob… --- ## [Mentalist stage acts: how do they do it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentalist-stage-acts-how-do-they-do-it/949107)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentalist-stage-acts-how-do-they-do-it/949107 "2021-09-12T23:15:02Z")
I watch America’s Got Talent (don’t judge!) and virtually every season one of the finalist acts is a mentalist. The details vary, of course, but a typical act would boil down to: a stooge (usually one of the judges) wri… --- ## [Holding MAGAts responsible for their actions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holding-magats-responsible-for-their-actions/950516)
**Author:** [@Turki-lurki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turki-lurki)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holding-magats-responsible-for-their-actions/950516 "2021-09-12T21:21:52Z")
French politics are not necessarily anything the US should emulate. But every now and again they hit on a good idea. In my view this is one: France’s former health minister charged over handling of Covid crisis Many … --- ## [Simultaneous Flu and COVID-19 shots: your experiences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simultaneous-flu-and-covid-19-shots-your-experiences/950537)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simultaneous-flu-and-covid-19-shots-your-experiences/950537 "2021-09-12T21:18:39Z")
In the Who’s been vaccinated? thread, I noticed some people have been getting the flu shot with their COVID-19 shots. And I have questions. I almost put them in the original thread, but thought a new thread might be warr… --- ## [Why do ovens take so long to warm up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-ovens-take-so-long-to-warm-up/950371)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-ovens-take-so-long-to-warm-up/950371 "2021-09-12T20:05:02Z")
My oven probably takes about 10 minutes or so to get to 400 F. Why? The volume is probably no more than 15 cubic feet. Why wouldn’t there be a way to get it to 400 almost immediately? Is this limitation due to techno… --- ## [Stars Without Numbers campaign could use a +1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stars-without-numbers-campaign-could-use-a-1/950557)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stars-without-numbers-campaign-could-use-a-1/950557 "2021-09-12T16:44:18Z")
S w/o N is a TTRPG being played on Roll20. The campaign is designed to allow people to go in and out without really breaking the story and the group of 3 could use a +1. No experience necessary as we are learning the r… --- ## [Taco Bell Fire sauce discontinued?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-bell-fire-sauce-discontinued/948304)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-bell-fire-sauce-discontinued/948304 "2021-09-12T18:20:10Z")
I keep my fridge stocked with the supplies to make a late night burrito when I need to put to rest a belly full of booze. Taco Bell Fire sauce is a critical component. Months ago my grocery store stopped carrying it, a… --- ## [Wayward hurricane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wayward-hurricane/950495)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wayward-hurricane/950495 "2021-09-12T18:15:13Z")
So hurricane Larry, instead of being a self-respecting tropical cyclone and striking Puerto Rico, New Orleans, Savannah or somewhere warm like that, decides to go its own way and head north. Way north, not just to New Je… --- ## [The Great Summer 2021 Doper Postcard Exchange!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2021-doper-postcard-exchange/945355)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2021-doper-postcard-exchange/945355 "2021-09-12T17:02:41Z")
Northern Piper, melodyharmonius and jayrey have run them in the past, and they’re always fun, but it’s been awhile. Here’s how it works (as adapted from NP’s previous thread). Our rules, by the numbers, and written wit… --- ## [What is the monetary price of a life in the calculation of wartime damages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-monetary-price-of-a-life-in-the-calculation-of-wartime-damages/950535)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-monetary-price-of-a-life-in-the-calculation-of-wartime-damages/950535 "2021-09-12T14:43:53Z")
What is the monetary price of a life in the calculation of wartime damages? I’m particularly interested in how the price of a life figured into the calculations of WWI and WWII reparations payed by Germany but also moder… --- ## [Mets vs Yankees and 9/11 discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-vs-yankees-and-9-11-discussion/950533)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-vs-yankees-and-9-11-discussion/950533 "2021-09-12T13:37:42Z")
Watching the Mets/Yankees game and the obligatory discussion about 9/11 and the almost 3000 US civilians killed on that day and “Never Forget.” Well how the hell can anyone forget? But why is this a topic for discussion … --- ## [Why can't the GOA draw on the third tranche or sign the medium term 1.5 billion credit with the commercial banks if the British don't accept a delay in the IMF's condition?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-the-goa-draw-on-the-third-tranche-or-sign-the-medium-term-1-5-billion-credit-with-the-commercial-banks-if-the-british-dont-accept-a-delay-in-the-imfs-condition/950541)
**Author:** [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-the-goa-draw-on-the-third-tranche-or-sign-the-medium-term-1-5-billion-credit-with-the-commercial-banks-if-the-british-dont-accept-a-delay-in-the-imfs-condition/950541 "2021-09-12T12:27:32Z")
After the Falklands War, Argentine Ambassador to the U.S. Garcia del Solar (GDS) raised the question of foreign debt during a courtesy call on U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. GDS said sector… --- ## [Finally, a political issue that really is black and white!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-a-political-issue-that-really-is-black-and-white/950470)
**Author:** [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-a-political-issue-that-really-is-black-and-white/950470 "2021-09-12T11:02:27Z")
So, apparently some zebras are on the loose in Maryland, and Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has issued a statement that she has nothing to do with it. Which seems like an odd statement to make, to me. The DC delegate to co… --- ## [Why didn't the US Army destroy aircraft that fell into Taliban hands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-the-us-army-destroy-aircraft-that-fell-into-taliban-hands/949838)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-the-us-army-destroy-aircraft-that-fell-into-taliban-hands/949838 "2021-09-12T04:52:30Z")
The original idea was to leave Afghanistan and let the US-trained Afghan army take control of its own country, using the US equipment.Sounds logical…but obviously it didn’t work So once it became obvious that the Afghan… --- ## [A no win situation for doctors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-no-win-situation-for-doctors/949790)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-no-win-situation-for-doctors/949790 "2021-09-12T00:53:36Z")
\[Ohio judge orders hospital to treat COVID patient with Ivermectin despite CDC warnings\] They are required to give potentially toxic, unapproved treatment and either way if he dies the wife will probably sue. --- ## [Los Angeles Foodie Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/los-angeles-foodie-question/950520)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/los-angeles-foodie-question/950520 "2021-09-12T00:17:23Z")
mrAru was wisting after a restaurant in LA of the past called the Iranian Shish Kebab House, that closed \[because the head cook and his staff apparently walked out\] back in the 1970s. I know it is a long shot, but he was… --- ## [Trying To Identify This Horror/Suspense TV/Streaming Show, Description In OP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-identify-this-horror-suspense-tv-streaming-show-description-in-op/950497)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-identify-this-horror-suspense-tv-streaming-show-description-in-op/950497 "2021-09-12T00:09:12Z")
Mrs. Homie and I watched this a few years ago. I don’t know if there were only a few episodes, or if we lost interest. The protagonist was a young woman, in an unhappy relationship with her boyfriend. They meet at a rest… --- ## [Another "Simple and Stupid Wiring Question"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-simple-and-stupid-wiring-question/950447)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-simple-and-stupid-wiring-question/950447 "2021-09-11T21:16:17Z")
Inspired, of course, by UltraVires’s, “Simple and Stupid Wiring Question”. Please don’t laugh. Everything in our school is, of course, 3-pronged wiring, the round connector being the ground. Occasionally, teachers wil… --- ## [Hearing aid costs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hearing-aid-costs/950150)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hearing-aid-costs/950150 "2021-09-11T21:04:51Z")
My brother has some hearing problems that are getting worse with age. I find myself having to yell at him sometimes. He went to an audiologist years ago and was told that he needs a multi-channel hearing aid that would c… --- ## [How did you find the SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-sdmb/685213)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-sdmb/685213 "2021-09-11T18:45:08Z")
Over here, Loach said: I said I thought the number of SDMB folks who joined because of the books is a fraction of those who discovered it the old-fashioned way: via the Internet. Let’s see who’s right! ETA: Lest anyo… --- ## [Diesel electric locomotive questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diesel-electric-locomotive-questions/950414)
**Author:** [@ASGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASGuy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diesel-electric-locomotive-questions/950414 "2021-09-11T17:58:54Z")
My understanding of a modern, conventional diesel electric railroad locomotive is that there are three driving components. My descriptions might be too simple but I think are basically correct. (A) The prime mover. This… --- ## [Class action settlement notice information](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/class-action-settlement-notice-information/950501)
**Author:** [@InfraBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InfraBlue)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/class-action-settlement-notice-information/950501 "2021-09-11T16:44:57Z")
Hi all, I received a class action settlement notice that included a website, www.texaserbillingclassactionsettlement.com , and a Website Access Code, but am not sure if it is legitimate. Does anyone have information abo… --- ## [Rhoden family killings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhoden-family-killings/769811)
**Author:** [@bubba001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubba001)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhoden-family-killings/769811 "2021-09-11T16:01:27Z")
I have read several articles on the murder of 8 members of a family from Pike county Ohio. I am surprised that very little information has been released. Are there any Dope members from the area that have anything to a… --- ## [Probability/percentage question when there are only 2 possible outcomes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probability-percentage-question-when-there-are-only-2-possible-outcomes/950418)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probability-percentage-question-when-there-are-only-2-possible-outcomes/950418 "2021-09-11T14:46:54Z")
This feels like a stupid question but I’m going to ask it anyways. I’m using fantasy football as an example but this isn’t a Game Room question as it could apply to any number of situations. I’m playing my daughter in … --- ## [Who was your Pangaean neighbor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-your-pangaean-neighbor/641332)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-your-pangaean-neighbor/641332 "2021-09-11T14:31:37Z")
If you live by a continental coast, look at this map: http://www.glosgeotrust.org.uk/downloads/pangaea.jpg and find where you live. Which country was your neighbor back when we were all Pangaean? I’ll go first. I live … --- ## [Fitness Studio Encouraging Face Shields INSTEAD of Masks...is this as dumb as it seems?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fitness-studio-encouraging-face-shields-instead-of-masks-is-this-as-dumb-as-it-seems/950425)
**Author:** [@edwin\_klockars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwin_klockars)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fitness-studio-encouraging-face-shields-instead-of-masks-is-this-as-dumb-as-it-seems/950425 "2021-09-11T14:29:29Z")
I’m a fully-vaxxed low-risk (young, no co-morbidities) inhabitant of Los Angeles and I recently decided to start gong back to group fitness classes, specifically, spinning (in-door exercise bike classes). The owner of t… --- ## [Any updates on FULL approval from the FDA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-updates-on-full-approval-from-the-fda/949150)
**Author:** [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2021, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-updates-on-full-approval-from-the-fda/949150 "2021-09-11T11:49:48Z")
Just to be clear, I got my shots in Feb and March, and I do plan to get the third whenever they tell me to. But I would feel more comfortable about it if the FDA would give full approval, not merely the emergency authori… --- ## [Stupid fun with Alexa and local accents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fun-with-alexa-and-local-accents/950344)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2021, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fun-with-alexa-and-local-accents/950344 "2021-09-11T05:08:21Z")
Are you part of the cot/caught merger and wondered which word it sounds like you’re saying to other people? Wonder if you say Aaron and Erin differently? Ever taken a really long time to figure out what words people were… --- ## [Favorite burgers: a poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-burgers-a-poll/948740)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2021, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-burgers-a-poll/948740 "2021-09-11T04:05:08Z")
I heard someone saying how great In N Out burgers are and I got my hopes up, but I wasn’t impressed. I wonder if we love what was popular wherever we grew up, like it “defined” the expectation of what a burger “should” … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1342) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1344)