# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1423 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1424 --- ## [Another Medicare Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-medicare-thread/944339)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-medicare-thread/944339 "2021-06-20T23:50:00Z")
We’re not 65 just yet, but the wife and I are only a couple years away from having to make Medicare decisions. I know what Parts A, B and D cover, am a little mystified by Part C. The whole thing seems daunting, and I’ll… --- ## [Carbonated beverage question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonated-beverage-question/944439)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonated-beverage-question/944439 "2021-06-20T23:33:55Z")
When you drink a carbonated beverage, does your body absorb any of the CO2? Is it all burped/whatever, or does some remain? --- ## [Our pack has increased by one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-pack-has-increased-by-one/944404)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-pack-has-increased-by-one/944404 "2021-06-20T23:24:30Z")
We’ve been thinking about our dogs lately. We have three, and have found that to be a good number. The age of our pack is a concern, though. The eldest, Ella (on the left) is now 15 and has been close to death several … --- ## [My 18-year-old cat just played with a toy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-18-year-old-cat-just-played-with-a-toy/944520)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-18-year-old-cat-just-played-with-a-toy/944520 "2021-06-20T22:46:59Z")
Folks, my 18-year-old cat, whose name is Hope, just demonstrated that she’s not old yet. She was poking at a “magic wand” toy, which should have a feather on the end of a flexible stick. Hers has no feather, but I saw … --- ## [I Hate Flying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-flying/944326)
**Author:** [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-flying/944326 "2021-06-20T22:40:05Z")
Tomorrow, I am flying across the continent of North America to attend my mother’s memorial service. Please direct your condolences, if any, toward my having to get on a plane, not my mother’s death. Not only am I morall… --- ## [What is this linking issue Miller is mentioning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-linking-issue-miller-is-mentioning/944605)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-linking-issue-miller-is-mentioning/944605 "2021-06-20T22:26:39Z")
The techno-peasant needs guidance. @Miller has started a thread in thePit about a new rule about linking threads. I’ve read his intro to the thread a few times and I’m afraid I don’t understand it. Back-linking? I don… --- ## [How does Spirit Halloween find managers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-spirit-halloween-find-managers/944707)
**Author:** [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-spirit-halloween-find-managers/944707 "2021-06-20T22:11:33Z")
I’m sure they have no problem hiring store employees for a three month temporary job - but I can’t figure out how they find store and district managers when those are also temporary jobs (district managers start in July,… --- ## [Another song ID thread - "touch and go"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-song-id-thread-touch-and-go/944688)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-song-id-thread-touch-and-go/944688 "2021-06-20T21:52:23Z")
This popped into my head the other day, and it’s driving me crazy. All I can remember of the song is the phrase “touch and go”. And no, it’s not the Cars song. What I remember of the song is that “touch and go” was spok… --- ## [What is wrong with my Amazon Fire 7](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-my-amazon-fire-7/944651)
**Author:** [@smokey78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smokey78)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-my-amazon-fire-7/944651 "2021-06-20T21:52:10Z")
What is wrong with my Amazon FIre 7? Last few weeks (I’ve had this FIre for two years) it will no detect my Wifi, however it detects all other Wifis in my neighborhood. I tried factory reset, cancelling and re-entering … --- ## [1st Thing You Think Of w/ These Decades For Movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1st-thing-you-think-of-w-these-decades-for-movies/944656)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1st-thing-you-think-of-w-these-decades-for-movies/944656 "2021-06-20T21:28:25Z")
With these decades for movies? Could be one word, a sentence, etc… 1930s - populism 1940s - heroism 1950s - rebellion 1960s - independence 1970s - gritty, natural, and a combination of previous decades --- ## [Indian's Ramirez hits a wild triple](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indians-ramirez-hits-a-wild-triple/944443)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indians-ramirez-hits-a-wild-triple/944443 "2021-06-20T21:16:48Z")
Thanks to less then stellar fielding by the Orioles. Well worth watching: --- ## [Masking posts linked to the Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masking-posts-linked-to-the-pit/944471)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masking-posts-linked-to-the-pit/944471 "2021-06-20T20:45:24Z")
A while back, I created this thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-linked-to-pit-threads It didn’t get much traction, but I think this is still an issue, and it has been raised multiple times in the thread ab… --- ## [Since when does a website have hours of operation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-when-does-a-website-have-hours-of-operation/944681)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-when-does-a-website-have-hours-of-operation/944681 "2021-06-20T20:21:51Z")
We’re getting towards retirement age so I’ve been using the SSA website for some calculations and general information. My husband and I each have a login, and we can access income history and projected retirement payment… --- ## [Anger management issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anger-management-issues/944642)
**Author:** [@SharltoCopley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SharltoCopley)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anger-management-issues/944642 "2021-06-20T19:59:02Z")
The term ‘anger management’ is really a sanitary way to describe what I actually say and do whenever I am angry enough. I am the unquestionable heir of my father’s anger, and it is a disease I have struggled with for mos… --- ## [Normal temperature cycling for refrigerator freezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-temperature-cycling-for-refrigerator-freezer/944540)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-temperature-cycling-for-refrigerator-freezer/944540 "2021-06-20T19:11:39Z")
I have an extra refrigerator in my garage. I keep a refrigerator thermometer in the freezer (the freezer is at the top of the fridge), because that’s the kind of person I am. I like to know stuff. Usually the temperatur… --- ## [Have you ever been pleasantly wrong about a person or situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-pleasantly-wrong-about-a-person-or-situation/944635)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-pleasantly-wrong-about-a-person-or-situation/944635 "2021-06-20T18:50:21Z")
I remember one time I made a snap judgment about someone that ended up being very wrong. Here’s the story: My then-husband and I had made reservations at The Melting Pot to celebrate his birthday. We ended up both hav… --- ## [Receiving a gift that’s uncomfortably extravagant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/receiving-a-gift-that-s-uncomfortably-extravagant/944588)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/receiving-a-gift-that-s-uncomfortably-extravagant/944588 "2021-06-20T18:19:50Z")
How did you handle it? Did you say anything? Or just squirm? Is the receiver obligated to graciously accept without comment? What if you don’t say anything and they keep doing it? How do you say something? What if it’… --- ## [Any TV-tech gearheads with a few free minutes, willing to give some advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tv-tech-gearheads-with-a-few-free-minutes-willing-to-give-some-advice/943938)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tv-tech-gearheads-with-a-few-free-minutes-willing-to-give-some-advice/943938 "2021-06-20T17:21:58Z")
My wife and I are in the market for a new TV, and she’s tasked me with the research. I haven’t really been paying close attention to the home-electronics market for a while, so I’m playing catch-up and could use some adv… --- ## [Can you id this early eighties movie? (Disney maybe?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-early-eighties-movie-disney-maybe/944564)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-early-eighties-movie-disney-maybe/944564 "2021-06-20T15:55:45Z")
I remember very little about this movie. It was a family type movie: Two guys go up in the space shuttle. Somehow they get hurled back in time to medieval England. Through the course of the movie, the two guys meet and… --- ## [How many newspapers do you read on a regular basis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-newspapers-do-you-read-on-a-regular-basis/944476)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-newspapers-do-you-read-on-a-regular-basis/944476 "2021-06-20T15:30:38Z")
Actual newspapers, not websites. I am curious as to how we compare to the public at large when it comes to perusing printed news. --- ## [The Polish CCC default issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-polish-ccc-default-issue/944686)
**Author:** [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-polish-ccc-default-issue/944686 "2021-06-20T14:30:48Z")
If we press Exim to move rapidly toward disbursement on Yacyreta (Argentine hydropower project)or other loans to Argentina that may be swept up in an Argentine rescheduling, Exim would have every legal basis for refusing… --- ## [Is something happening in Minneapolis right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-happening-in-minneapolis-right-now/944480)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-happening-in-minneapolis-right-now/944480 "2021-06-20T14:23:22Z")
There’s a social media post I’m seeing shared that claims “a full blown military occupation” going on there right now, including: Social media suppression (I know, I know, but apparently tweaking certain keywords helps… --- ## [Cruel nature on my deck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruel-nature-on-my-deck/944660)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruel-nature-on-my-deck/944660 "2021-06-20T13:31:01Z")
"Help me! Help me! " Cruel nature just off my deck. You can’t see the web in this shot, but neither could the fly. Nothing lives unless something else dies https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-0/s600x600/2024… --- ## [Mare of Easttown - Thought AFTER finale (SPOILERS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mare-of-easttown-thought-after-finale-spoilers/943356)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mare-of-easttown-thought-after-finale-spoilers/943356 "2021-06-20T11:35:22Z")
I have to say, I was a bit disapointed. I think they should have made the killer and end it that. Having it ackshully be was just a jump-the-shark moment and totally ruined it for me. It’s funny, I watched the “behi… --- ## [Arizona to use Zyklon B to kill prisoners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-to-use-zyklon-b-to-kill-prisoners/943561)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-to-use-zyklon-b-to-kill-prisoners/943561 "2021-06-20T11:06:52Z")
SS shoulder patches optional for the guards. --- ## [Old threads showing up in latest posts without any actual new posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-threads-showing-up-in-latest-posts-without-any-actual-new-posts/943496)
**Author:** [@Delayed\_Reflex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delayed_Reflex)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-threads-showing-up-in-latest-posts-without-any-actual-new-posts/943496 "2021-06-20T07:18:48Z")
This thread is showing up on my “Latest” thread list with the activity column showing “22h” ago - but when I opened the thread I was surprised to find that the most recent post in the thread was from 2013? Any idea what … --- ## [   ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbsp-nbsp/943998)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbsp-nbsp/943998 "2021-06-20T06:26:23Z")
--- ## [What is Anton Chigurh's back-story? Make one up! (Possible spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-anton-chigurhs-back-story-make-one-up-possible-spoilers/440502)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-anton-chigurhs-back-story-make-one-up-possible-spoilers/440502 "2021-06-20T05:42:05Z")
After we saw No Country for Old Men, my girlfriend and I argued about Anton Chigurh’s background. “He’s Russian!” I said. “He’s Mexican,” she insisted. “Come on, his accent is obviously Eastern European, I said.” “No, it… --- ## [Help ID this Critter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-critter/944667)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-critter/944667 "2021-06-20T03:59:34Z")
I see this critter swimming in the canal I live on all the time. For the first time, he jumped onto my dock and I was able to get a quick picture. I suppose he could be some kind of weasel, but he doesn’t look like pictu… --- ## [Two counties divided by a common language](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-counties-divided-by-a-common-language/944534)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-counties-divided-by-a-common-language/944534 "2021-06-20T03:51:42Z")
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