# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1429 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1430 --- ## [Million Dollar Mansions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-mansions/943393)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2021, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-mansions/943393 "2021-06-15T02:25:30Z")
I see real estate shows where spectacular million dollar mansions are displayed, and I was wondering what a million dollars (more or less…and don’t go overboard on the “more”, please) worth of house would look like in yo… --- ## [Nothing to See Here - Reported Leak At Chinese Nuclear Power Plant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-see-here-reported-leak-at-chinese-nuclear-power-plant/944249)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-see-here-reported-leak-at-chinese-nuclear-power-plant/944249 "2021-06-15T01:19:52Z")
Gotta love the Chinese approach - to “fix” the problem increase the permitted amount of radiation release! Seems the French part-owners weren’t making headway and are now asking the US for assistance. I’m sure the Ch… --- ## [Tell me about gutter guards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-gutter-guards/944179)
**Author:** [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-gutter-guards/944179 "2021-06-15T00:35:59Z")
…or leaf filters, or gutter covers, or whatever you call 'em: those mesh screens that are installed over a house’s gutters to keep leaves out so that, supposedly, you don’t have to go up and clean out your gutters. (And… --- ## [Looking for new garage door opener](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-new-garage-door-opener/944133)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-new-garage-door-opener/944133 "2021-06-14T23:03:38Z")
My opener is 17 years old and works fine, but it’s lacking a few features common on today’s models. A battery backup system. I live in the country and power outages are not an everyday occurrence, but seem to occur as I… --- ## [Sweet Tooth (TV show) - Open spoilers after the first post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-tooth-tv-show-open-spoilers-after-the-first-post/943884)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-tooth-tv-show-open-spoilers-after-the-first-post/943884 "2021-06-14T22:47:14Z")
Is anyone else watching this Netflix series? it’s a sort of post-apocalyptic fable, complete with magical realism and a quest. I’m three episodes in and I’m enjoying it enough to keep watching, but not loving it either…… --- ## [How might Martian colonists arrange their calendar and keep time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-might-martian-colonists-arrange-their-calendar-and-keep-time/938902)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-might-martian-colonists-arrange-their-calendar-and-keep-time/938902 "2021-06-14T20:38:00Z")
Let’s assume in this thread that one day humans will settle on Mars. What should their calendar look like and how might they measure the time of day? Mars has a 687 Earth day year with seasons that are much more variabl… --- ## [Engineer\_comp\_geek, are you \*aware\* how racist this moderation sounds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-comp-geek-are-you-aware-how-racist-this-moderation-sounds/944129)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-comp-geek-are-you-aware-how-racist-this-moderation-sounds/944129 "2021-06-14T20:25:31Z")
This modding: I realize that this is a hot button topic for you. Perhaps you should avoid posting about it here on the SDMB (except perhaps in the Pit). As things currently stand, your anger makes you blow things out o… --- ## [Shower leak repair conundrum: can't afford expensive tile/drywall work, is there another way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-leak-repair-conundrum-cant-afford-expensive-tile-drywall-work-is-there-another-way/943724)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-leak-repair-conundrum-cant-afford-expensive-tile-drywall-work-is-there-another-way/943724 "2021-06-14T19:58:41Z")
Our shower leaks badly – more like it runs continuously (enough to quadruple our water bill). The cold-water valve stem is ruined in such a way that it cannot be shut off. Two plumbers have told us that a piece “on the b… --- ## [What happens if Japan cancels the Olympics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-japan-cancels-the-olympics/943038)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-japan-cancels-the-olympics/943038 "2021-06-14T19:35:56Z")
The Japanese public is strongly against holding the Olympic games later this summer, but the IOC is adamant that the games are going to happen: Assuming the Japanese government is representing the will of its people, … --- ## [Jeffery Toobin flashed his junk on a Zoom call to other New Yorker staffers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffery-toobin-flashed-his-junk-on-a-zoom-call-to-other-new-yorker-staffers/923363 "2021-06-14T18:58:33Z")
…and has now been suspended. He says he thought he wasn’t sharing video…Hmmmmmm. He has requested time off for personal matters at his other gig, CNN and they have granted it. C’mon, what possible reason would he ha… --- ## [Would you rather have telepathy or precognition?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-have-telepathy-or-precognition/943777)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-have-telepathy-or-precognition/943777 "2021-06-14T18:53:23Z")
Precognition: You can see up to 30 days into the future (both personal and impersonal events) with the ability to change it. You’ll also be able to see the outcomes of decisions you haven’t made yet so you can choose whi… --- ## [Is there no redirect message when a thread is moved to a new forum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-redirect-message-when-a-thread-is-moved-to-a-new-forum/944146)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-redirect-message-when-a-thread-is-moved-to-a-new-forum/944146 "2021-06-14T18:07:32Z")
I just suggested that a thread I started in GQ might be better suited to IMHO. It was promptly moved, but when I go to GQ I see no trace of the fact it was ever there. Now it seems to me that people who might have wante… --- ## [Do laptop security cables actually prevent theft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-laptop-security-cables-actually-prevent-theft/944232)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-laptop-security-cables-actually-prevent-theft/944232 "2021-06-14T17:57:28Z")
They work by inserting a tiny little tab into a tiny little hole in the case and extending a tiny little arm to “lock” it into place. Laptop cases are not particularly heavy duty. I have never tried this but it seems tha… --- ## [Talk to my about my triglycerides](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-my-about-my-triglycerides/943943)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-my-about-my-triglycerides/943943 "2021-06-14T17:38:54Z")
(I have no idea where to post this, so I’m shooting here. Maybe more MPSIMP)… Talk to me about triglycerides. I don’t know what they are or why mine are so dumb-high. I’ve been really working on my health since March. … --- ## [Alcohol and breastfeeding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-and-breastfeeding/944138)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-and-breastfeeding/944138 "2021-06-14T17:27:55Z")
The sources I have looked at seem to be a bit dividend on this. Because the alcohol percentage is diluted one more time before it reaches the baby’s blood stream, it seems like it shouldn’t matter at all. But still, ther… --- ## [When things don't work. At all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-things-dont-work-at-all/944159)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-things-dont-work-at-all/944159 "2021-06-14T16:23:05Z")
My task for today was to install a new toilet in the powder room we just added. I had already installed the new flange, so it should have been a simple matter of setting the toilet on the flange seal and bolting it in pl… --- ## [Electric Scooters for Adults?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-scooters-for-adults/944174)
**Author:** [@LivingGhost371](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LivingGhost371)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-scooters-for-adults/944174 "2021-06-14T14:27:27Z")
I’m a grown adult bored out of my mind in this pandemic and in somewhat of a midlife crisis. I see young people on these rental electric scooters, and even some kids are riding around with the neighborhood on one their p… --- ## [Fusion food with that extra...something](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fusion-food-with-that-extra-something/944241)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fusion-food-with-that-extra-something/944241 "2021-06-14T15:06:27Z")
The local paper has a feature on best food trucks in the area, and this one really stood out: Hillbilly Hibachi. “Hillbilly Hibachi is these country boys’ take on the Japanese inspired favorite without all the formaliti… --- ## [Memorial gathering for Nate Wooley/Jonathan Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-gathering-for-nate-wooley-jonathan-chance/944149)
**Author:** [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-gathering-for-nate-wooley-jonathan-chance/944149 "2021-06-14T14:56:12Z")
In case there are any here who would like to attend, this is an invitation to the memorial gathering for Nate/Jonathan To all who wish to celebrate the life of Nate Wooley, a drop-in memorial service will be held July 3… --- ## [RIP Ned Beatty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ned-beatty/944204)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ned-beatty/944204 "2021-06-14T14:33:29Z")
Dead at 83. Quite the actor. I still like him best in Silver Streak. --- ## [Where does this GIS data come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-this-gis-data-come-from/944066)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-this-gis-data-come-from/944066 "2021-06-14T14:24:54Z")
If you zoom in to this Panera map, you get an odd database with neighborhood names. I can’t believe that this is an official place name database, it’s more of something that home builders created. Where does this data c… --- ## [Do you know any good ‘Best 80s albums’ lists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-good-best-80s-albums-lists/943852)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-good-best-80s-albums-lists/943852 "2021-06-14T14:23:32Z")
I’ve had an urge to listen to pop/rock of the 80s. So far, I’ve listened to Songs From the Big Chair, Purple Rain, Synchronicity, and Born in the USA. The key is that the entire album has to be good, not just a one or t… --- ## [Why'd they use THAT recording of the song for the album?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whyd-they-use-that-recording-of-the-song-for-the-album/944003)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whyd-they-use-that-recording-of-the-song-for-the-album/944003 "2021-06-14T14:13:49Z")
For bands that have performed the same song many times (and recorded it or bootlegs of live performances exist), and the definitive version that they stuck on the album leaves you wondering why, when you’ve heard so many… --- ## [Withdrawal age of joint Roth IRA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/withdrawal-age-of-joint-roth-ira/944180)
**Author:** [@Astrocreep2K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astrocreep2K)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/withdrawal-age-of-joint-roth-ira/944180 "2021-06-14T13:49:53Z")
Been having a hard time using search engines to get the exact answer I need. If you and your spouse have a joint acct, when can you start drawing? When one or both of you reach 59.5? --- ## [U.S. State Department tends to use economic sanctions on Argentina to derive a larger gain from PM Thatcher, e.g., agreement to negotiate with Argentina over the final disposition of the Falklands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-state-department-tends-to-use-economic-sanctions-on-argentina-to-derive-a-larger-gain-from-pm-thatcher-e-g-agreement-to-negotiate-with-argentina-over-the-final-disposition-of-the-falklands/943947)
**Author:** [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-state-department-tends-to-use-economic-sanctions-on-argentina-to-derive-a-larger-gain-from-pm-thatcher-e-g-agreement-to-negotiate-with-argentina-over-the-final-disposition-of-the-falklands/943947 "2021-06-14T13:00:16Z")
I read a memorandum of the declassified documents from Foreign Relations of the United States, 1981–1988, Volume XIII, Conflict in the South Atlantic, 1981–1984, Document 359) The sanctions on Argentina should be lifted… --- ## [Aspects of Classic Movies that haven’t Aged Badly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspects-of-classic-movies-that-haven-t-aged-badly/944137)
**Author:** [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspects-of-classic-movies-that-haven-t-aged-badly/944137 "2021-06-14T12:54:06Z")
Risky Business was released in 1983. In one scene, a character notes how outrageous it was to spend four dollars for a cup of hot chocolate. I think most people would consider that a steep price even today, nearly 40 yea… --- ## [TV show Lost Question---Ab Aeterno](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-lost-question-ab-aeterno/944224)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-lost-question-ab-aeterno/944224 "2021-06-14T07:08:14Z")
I thought the idea was that the Man in Black/Smoke Monster could imitate someone so long as they were on the island. That’s why he could be Jack’s father and why it was necessary to bring Locke’s body back. So in this … --- ## [Good/easy ways to letterbox/pillarbox digital images?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-easy-ways-to-letterbox-pillarbox-digital-images/944157)
**Author:** [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-easy-ways-to-letterbox-pillarbox-digital-images/944157 "2021-06-14T04:45:27Z")
Let’s say I have some picture I want to use as my desktop wallpaper that has a 4:3 aspect ratio. My monitor, as one might expect these days, is 16:9. Cropping and/or zooming into the picture is the obvious solution, but … --- ## [I want to offer a contrarian take on this story: BLAME THE WOMAN MOM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-offer-a-contrarian-take-on-this-story-blame-the-woman-mom/942686)
**Author:** [@KennyT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennyT)\ **Replies:** 245\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-offer-a-contrarian-take-on-this-story-blame-the-woman-mom/942686 "2021-06-14T04:35:49Z")
Though, I pushed for a ban on The Daily Mail… because they’re click-bait garbage. However, they’re perfectly suited to bring stories such as this: Heartbreaking words of boy killed in car booster seat after mother gave … --- ## [PBS fundraiser fare...Peter Green tribute concert...thumbs up...!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-fundraiser-fare-peter-green-tribute-concert-thumbs-up/944205)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-fundraiser-fare-peter-green-tribute-concert-thumbs-up/944205 "2021-06-14T03:49:09Z")
I was surprised they didn’t find any black musicians to join in on a concert celebrating the blues, an African American based music genre but it is a celebration of the British blues revival circa the original Bluesbreak… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1428) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1430)