# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1354 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1355 --- ## [Why do all airports look alike?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-airports-look-alike/573404)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2021, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-airports-look-alike/573404 "2021-08-30T03:29:31Z")
I’m sure that someone more well-travelled can inform me whether all airports are, in fact, alike. But in the past couple of years I’ve noticed something about a handful of airports on the east coast and one on the west c… --- ## [Aluminum Poptops Recycling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aluminum-poptops-recycling/185362)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2021, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aluminum-poptops-recycling/185362 "2021-08-30T03:10:37Z")
I thought this question might have been addressed here before, but a search didn’t reveal anything, so if it’s been answered, please accept my apologies and put me out of my misery by answering once more…:slight\_smile: M… --- ## [Software for uploading LP records to iMac - HELP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-for-uploading-lp-records-to-imac-help/949501)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2021, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-for-uploading-lp-records-to-imac-help/949501 "2021-08-30T02:04:27Z")
I’m pretty frustrated at this point. We have a lot of old jazz and classical LPs that we’d like to get rid of, but not before digitizing them. I’ve done this before using the EZ Tape Converter program, but that was on an… --- ## [Facebook password scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-password-scam/949706)
**Author:** [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2021, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-password-scam/949706 "2021-08-30T01:54:02Z")
I’ve received several emails today stating “We received a request to reset your Facebook password. Enter the following password reset code:” Is someone trying to hack into my account, or is this a scam email phishing f… --- ## [No wonder "Under a Velvet Cloak" didn't get published \[includes minor spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-wonder-under-a-velvet-cloak-didnt-get-published-includes-minor-spoilers/507796)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-wonder-under-a-velvet-cloak-didnt-get-published-includes-minor-spoilers/507796 "2021-08-29T23:40:25Z")
OK, it did but by a small (maybe vanity?) company. The eighth (and third final) book of the Incarnations of Immortality series is about Nox and I just finished reading it. My headache is starting to finally go away. I… --- ## [FritoLay variety snack packs and a silly math question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fritolay-variety-snack-packs-and-a-silly-math-question/949727)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fritolay-variety-snack-packs-and-a-silly-math-question/949727 "2021-08-29T23:19:21Z")
For no real reason, I looked at one of those FritoLay variety snack pack bundles in the grocery store yesterday. You know, the ones with 18 individual serving bags, of various assortments of chips? If anyone cares, I p… --- ## [My AirBnB Host is using a fake/stock photo...how worried should I be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-airbnb-host-is-using-a-fake-stock-photo-how-worried-should-i-be/949597)
**Author:** [@edwin\_klockars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwin_klockars)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-airbnb-host-is-using-a-fake-stock-photo-how-worried-should-i-be/949597 "2021-08-29T22:39:18Z")
I’ve stayed in a handful of AirBnBs before but something struck me as unusual about my upcoming stay in LA. It’s a ‘team’ of people that engage in correspondence but the official host is named "Ryan’ and he his profile … --- ## [Question about quantum entanglement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-quantum-entanglement/949683)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-quantum-entanglement/949683 "2021-08-29T22:36:52Z")
Not sure if this question has been addressed before so apologies if so. If I’m understanding what I read correctly, there is (very probably) no such thing as hidden variables- a quantum does not contain any sort of prop… --- ## [Player/Character Gender in Video Gaming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/player-character-gender-in-video-gaming/948237)
**Author:** [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/player-character-gender-in-video-gaming/948237 "2021-08-29T22:26:32Z")
Quantic Foundry ran a survey of 2,956 gamers and found that 29% of men prefer to play as a female character, if given the option. Conversely, only 9% of women prefer to play as male characters. Curiously, men who prefe… --- ## [Couplers and rods on steam locomotives' pilots (cowcatchers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couplers-and-rods-on-steam-locomotives-pilots-cowcatchers/949697)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couplers-and-rods-on-steam-locomotives-pilots-cowcatchers/949697 "2021-08-29T22:00:20Z")
There is a difference that I have remarked on the pilot (AKA cowcatcher) of older (ca. 1860s) steam engines and newer ones (late 19th- to mid-20th century). On the newer ones, you typically - nay, almost univerally - hav… --- ## [I found a bug in my milk. What kind is it? Where did it come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-bug-in-my-milk-what-kind-is-it-where-did-it-come-from/669227)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-bug-in-my-milk-what-kind-is-it-where-did-it-come-from/669227 "2021-08-29T21:47:15Z")
The Scenario: I took a glass out of my kitchen cabinet. I pushed it against my refrigerator ice dispenser lever and I received about 5 pieces of ice. I poured 1% milk into the cup.\* I started to walk to the table and t… --- ## [Bad hand from the Dealer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-hand-from-the-dealer/850106)
**Author:** [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-hand-from-the-dealer/850106 "2021-08-29T21:25:38Z")
So we bought a new car a few weeks ago. 2020 Subaru Outback. I love it, until it’s fancy tablet like Digital dash display shuts down Leaving a blank screen and no access to radio Bluetooth navigation climate controls no… --- ## [What Scam Was Attempted at the Gas Station?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scam-was-attempted-at-the-gas-station/949633)
**Author:** [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scam-was-attempted-at-the-gas-station/949633 "2021-08-29T21:01:24Z")
This happened years ago - I was pulling up to the pump at a pay-at-the-pump gas station when I noticed two women waving me over to another pump. I stayed where I was and got out of the car and started buying gas. They … --- ## [Young oak tree with acorns on just one branch. Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-oak-tree-with-acorns-on-just-one-branch-why/949696)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-oak-tree-with-acorns-on-just-one-branch-why/949696 "2021-08-29T20:46:06Z")
I didn’t plant the tree, but I know that it is less than 11 years old. I suspect its about 7, but what do I know, I didn’t plant it. It appears healthy, its growing, the leaves are glossy green and I’m not seeing any si… --- ## [Reading the Sunday funnies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-the-sunday-funnies/949726)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-the-sunday-funnies/949726 "2021-08-29T20:22:08Z")
It’s kind of a cliché illustration: Dad is sitting in an easy chair reading the sports, and Junior is on the floor, laying on his stomach, propped up on his elbows, reading the funnies. Can anybody comfortably read anyth… --- ## [Dow Handi-Wrap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dow-handi-wrap/949135)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dow-handi-wrap/949135 "2021-08-29T19:40:28Z")
In our household when I was growing up, the plastic wrap we always had was Handi-Wrap. It was stretchy and futzy to rip on the metal teeth — the place where you ripped it would invariably spring back onto the rest of th… --- ## [If you had tons of excess money to waste, what niche employees would you hire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-tons-of-excess-money-to-waste-what-niche-employees-would-you-hire/947347)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-tons-of-excess-money-to-waste-what-niche-employees-would-you-hire/947347 "2021-08-29T17:38:43Z")
For me, I want a full-time Tall Person. Someone to just be there, instantly ready to retrieve stuff from the top shelves of the kitchen cabinets or dust the top of the fridge or replace burned out light bulbs in ceiling… --- ## [Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson - you're practicing medicine without a license](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-gov-asa-hutchinson-youre-practicing-medicine-without-a-license/949711)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-gov-asa-hutchinson-youre-practicing-medicine-without-a-license/949711 "2021-08-29T16:27:29Z")
I wasn’t sure whether to post it here or in the Pit, but in short, he tweeted that anyone with COVID can go to a pharmacy and get antibody treatment. Really? REALLY!?!?!? Even if p… --- ## [And you thought Jello was easy to make](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-jello-was-easy-to-make/949127)
**Author:** [@bodangus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bodangus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-jello-was-easy-to-make/949127 "2021-08-29T16:11:21Z")
Probably a weird request, but I’m making jello. Seems simple enough, right? Sugar free strawberry jello powder in a bowl, 2 cups of boiling water, stir to dissolve and then I get some weird idea. I dissolve a big spoon… --- ## [Indoor vs Outdoor temperature equalization](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indoor-vs-outdoor-temperature-equalization/949608)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indoor-vs-outdoor-temperature-equalization/949608 "2021-08-29T14:58:35Z")
My wife hates air conditioning. Believes it is unhealthy, unnatural, whatever. So there is a constant battle in the family about using AC on hot days (say when it’s going to be 90F+). We will get her to agree to turn on… --- ## [Help me find this comedy routine from the 70s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-comedy-routine-from-the-70s/949687)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-comedy-routine-from-the-70s/949687 "2021-08-29T14:56:18Z")
I think it might be Cheech and Chong. Two stoners are talking and one says that he played \[some song by some band, maybe some Led Zeppelin song?\] backwards and saw God. The other one says, “Oh yeah, man, I did that with … --- ## [The ukulele (and other stringed instrument) advice thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ukulele-and-other-stringed-instrument-advice-thread/949671)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ukulele-and-other-stringed-instrument-advice-thread/949671 "2021-08-29T14:11:41Z")
Continuing the discussion from Lefty/righty guitar or ukulele playing: The above thread (automatic thread linking is maybe my favorite Discourse feature) has me playing my ukulele for the first time in a long time, and … --- ## [LOTR: Did the Nazgul still wear the rings of power Sauron gave them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-did-the-nazgul-still-wear-the-rings-of-power-sauron-gave-them/949703)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-did-the-nazgul-still-wear-the-rings-of-power-sauron-gave-them/949703 "2021-08-29T13:55:46Z")
Title kinda says it all. I just wonder why Sauron didn’t take a ring or two away from some Ringwraiths and send those rings back out into the world to corrupt others? --- ## [Vaccinated, wearing a mask... How much risk is there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccinated-wearing-a-mask-how-much-risk-is-there/949596)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccinated-wearing-a-mask-how-much-risk-is-there/949596 "2021-08-29T12:56:42Z")
I was vaccinated fully in April (Pfizer). I live in Philadelphia which is not a place where politicians are trying to kill people (in fact Philly proper has reinstated a max mandate two weeks ago). I am content to wear m… --- ## [Frustrations as a healthcare worker...Obama's Bash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frustrations-as-a-healthcare-worker-obamas-bash/948733)
**Author:** [@PossumPie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PossumPie)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frustrations-as-a-healthcare-worker-obamas-bash/948733 "2021-08-29T11:18:54Z")
As a nurse, I’m constantly fighting ignorance of how Covid-19 is spread and why packing into a local church or bar especially without a mask is foolish. I know Obama had everyone tested, I know they were negative, I kn… --- ## [Recruiting 1-2 players for the He Hate Me Fantasy Football League (19 years running)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recruiting-1-2-players-for-the-he-hate-me-fantasy-football-league-19-years-running/949715)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recruiting-1-2-players-for-the-he-hate-me-fantasy-football-league-19-years-running/949715 "2021-08-29T08:05:42Z")
League thread He Hate Me is the longest running SDMB fantasy football league at 19 years. It’s a 14 man league, and we are currently 2 players short (well, possibly one, depending on how we feel about off-board recruitm… --- ## [UPS batteries need replacing. Should I just replace entire unit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ups-batteries-need-replacing-should-i-just-replace-entire-unit/948939)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ups-batteries-need-replacing-should-i-just-replace-entire-unit/948939 "2021-08-29T07:30:09Z")
I have a Tripp-Lite UPS for my computer setup. After a recent power blink in our area, I ran a test and learned that the batteries need replacing. The unit is 4 years old. A new one costs about $150ish. Two new batterie… --- ## [Son sues mom'n'dad for throwing out his porn stash - WINS LAWSUIT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-sues-momndad-for-throwing-out-his-porn-stash-wins-lawsuit/928307)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-sues-momndad-for-throwing-out-his-porn-stash-wins-lawsuit/928307 "2021-08-29T06:55:24Z")
Ya can’t make this stuff up: The guy’s in his 40, stayed with his parents for a while after he divorced, yadda yadda. I’d love to know what his ex-wife thinks of all this. --- ## [Car battery as energy alternative in hurricane?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-battery-as-energy-alternative-in-hurricane/949220)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-battery-as-energy-alternative-in-hurricane/949220 "2021-08-29T06:15:07Z")
As a recent immigrant to South Florida, I’ve been worrying about hurricanes in general but specifically about coping when our power goes down for a couple or three or five days, as I hear it tends to do. Specifically, I… --- ## [I bought some fancy pants Extra Virgin Olive Oil and I have seen the light!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-some-fancy-pants-extra-virgin-olive-oil-and-i-have-seen-the-light/949631)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-some-fancy-pants-extra-virgin-olive-oil-and-i-have-seen-the-light/949631 "2021-08-29T03:30:18Z")
A spaghetti and meatballs recipe called for it. The guy was very specific and said NOT to buy the cheap shit. So I went ahead and got the fancy stuff (certified and all that jazz). Man, the difference is like night and … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1353) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1355)