# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1433 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1434 --- ## [The economics of Walmart's delivery policy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-economics-of-walmarts-delivery-policy/942014)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-economics-of-walmarts-delivery-policy/942014 "2021-06-10T09:55:27Z")
We order a lot of stuff delivered from Walmart; they have free delivery with a $35 minimum order. Walmart seems to have private freelancers doing the deliveries in their own vehicles (or sometimes in rented U-Haul or Ryd… --- ## [Casual sightings of political figures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casual-sightings-of-political-figures/943849)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casual-sightings-of-political-figures/943849 "2021-06-10T08:08:28Z")
Sitting out on a pedestrian mall on my morning coffee break, and the Lieutenant Governor of the province and his wife just walked by. --- ## [Star Trek tech features that logically should exist but didn't seem to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tech-features-that-logically-should-exist-but-didnt-seem-to/938193)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tech-features-that-logically-should-exist-but-didnt-seem-to/938193 "2021-06-10T07:41:50Z")
In the Star Trek quote thread, there’s a quote from a character saying something to the effect that they’re glad someone grabbed 'em of they’d have fallen, and “it’s a long way to the bottom of the warp core.” Why would… --- ## [Man needs to sell MASSIVE LEGO collection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-needs-to-sell-massive-lego-collection/847364)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-needs-to-sell-massive-lego-collection/847364 "2020-02-04T23:49:35Z")
It seems a man is set to retire and move to another country and has to sell a massive LEGO collection that fills his basement. This makes me wonder about people with say large train sets or other massive level hobbies, … --- ## [Abandoned property](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abandoned-property/943856)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abandoned-property/943856 "2021-06-10T05:52:36Z")
Last Friday there were tree trucks trimming trees around electric lines, I assume for the electric company. A few of the big trucks came back our road and they used a smaller lift to follow lines that go deep into the w… --- ## [Circular Saw Blade Dimensions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circular-saw-blade-dimensions/943917)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circular-saw-blade-dimensions/943917 "2021-06-10T05:52:19Z")
Dewalt expresses a circular saw blade as “16” x 5/32" x 20mm".Stihl expresses what I believe is an equivalent blade as “16” x 20mm". Is Dewalt over dimensioning the item? Or, is Stihl not saying enough? Can someone in … --- ## [Please recommend me a moisturizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-me-a-moisturizer/829415)
**Author:** [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-me-a-moisturizer/829415 "2021-06-10T05:49:01Z")
Like many men, I spent decades not giving a thought to moisturizing my skin. But now, at age 51, said skin, especially on my face, is feeling dry and just seems to be losing its life at the same time my hair goes gray. W… --- ## [Horror where the protagonists use. an intelligent approach](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-where-the-protagonists-use-an-intelligent-approach/943715)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-where-the-protagonists-use-an-intelligent-approach/943715 "2021-06-10T03:41:37Z")
The tropes of the protagonist(s) in horror are well known. Knocking down the bad guy but not finishing him / her / it off. Running like crazy in the woods and falling down, twisting an ankle, when a slow steady jog wou… --- ## [Pedantic Basketball Rules Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedantic-basketball-rules-q/942753)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedantic-basketball-rules-q/942753 "2021-06-10T02:41:46Z")
Pedantic cause it would almost never happen. I’m trapped under my own rim and have used up my dribble. No one to pass to…can i hit my own rim with the ball and dribble? Different question and this could happen though I… --- ## [Men's baseball/Women's softball. Looks like the clowns at the NCAA haven't learned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-baseball-womens-softball-looks-like-the-clowns-at-the-ncaa-havent-learned/943618)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-baseball-womens-softball-looks-like-the-clowns-at-the-ncaa-havent-learned/943618 "2021-06-10T02:12:21Z")
NY Times. Massages vs. doubleheaders The Women’s College World Series, which began yesterday, is one of the most popular events in college sports. It is an eight-team softball tournament held every year in Oklahoma C… --- ## [You're a time traveler to the late 1800s. What do you do for money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-time-traveler-to-the-late-1800s-what-do-you-do-for-money/942546)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-time-traveler-to-the-late-1800s-what-do-you-do-for-money/942546 "2021-06-10T02:02:58Z")
I don’t usually do hypotheticals, but I’ve been watching a fair amount of TV westerns lately and I thought it might be an interesting topic. Sometimes when I hear the price of something on a period show I check it agains… --- ## [Popular songs where the backup singers are more famous than the lead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-where-the-backup-singers-are-more-famous-than-the-lead/943467)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-where-the-backup-singers-are-more-famous-than-the-lead/943467 "2021-06-10T01:59:12Z")
I’m thinking of songs like Mick Jagger singing backup on Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain.” I’m not talking about one-off live performances where a star will make an appearance as a cameo. I also just mean singers, not mu… --- ## [Have you been back to the movies since the pandemic started?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-back-to-the-movies-since-the-pandemic-started/943845)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-back-to-the-movies-since-the-pandemic-started/943845 "2021-06-10T01:58:37Z")
My mother and I finally went to see a movie in theaters for the first time since February or March of last year, before this whole nightmare started (we saw Sonic the Hedgehog back then, for my birthday). Yesterday, we … --- ## [I'm looking for a good walking shoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-a-good-walking-shoe/943471)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-a-good-walking-shoe/943471 "2021-06-10T01:54:33Z")
I’ll take any opinions but I’m particularly interested in Skechers since they’ve been all over my TV lately. Mainly, I need a lot of padding. --- ## [Is Herd Immunity Just...Luck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-herd-immunity-just-luck/940487)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-herd-immunity-just-luck/940487 "2021-06-10T01:46:42Z")
I’d be interested to hear others’ thoughts on this - if herd immunity is just playing the odds? I never had chickenpox as a child. At age 28, in the 1990s (pre-chickenpox vaccine era), I broke out with chickenpox. A da… --- ## [Is it True that Stanley Kubrick is the only person that has been allowed to film within the Pentagon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-stanley-kubrick-is-the-only-person-that-has-been-allowed-to-film-within-the-pentagon/943855)
**Author:** [@breakneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breakneck)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-stanley-kubrick-is-the-only-person-that-has-been-allowed-to-film-within-the-pentagon/943855 "2021-06-10T01:10:31Z")
Was Stanley Kubrick the only person ever in history to film within the pentagon? --- ## [Give me some Instant Pot Recipes and/or Recipe Websites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-instant-pot-recipes-and-or-recipe-websites/848096)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-instant-pot-recipes-and-or-recipe-websites/848096 "2021-06-10T00:59:02Z")
I did a cursory look to see if a thread like this was already created, and I couldn’t find one… So I got Mrs. Cups an Instant Pot for Valentine’s Day and we’re looking for recipes! We’ve done some Pinterest-ing and Goog… --- ## [Tablets are large. Changing the battery should be easy? Nope!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tablets-are-large-changing-the-battery-should-be-easy-nope/943872)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tablets-are-large-changing-the-battery-should-be-easy-nope/943872 "2021-06-10T00:20:07Z")
Battery finally crapped out on a Samsung S4 tablet. Charging gets it dangerously hot. We’re not risking a fire by plugging it in again. We bought it in 2016. I thought changing the battery would be easy. Tablets are so … --- ## [Earth and moon from mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-and-moon-from-mars/943854)
**Author:** [@breakneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breakneck)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-and-moon-from-mars/943854 "2021-06-10T00:03:20Z")
How come the photos from mars shows you can see the earth and the moon. Does Mars have moons? how come we cant see them ? --- ## [Dial Double Zero \[Ray Bradbury’s story\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dial-double-zero-ray-bradbury-s-story/943903)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dial-double-zero-ray-bradbury-s-story/943903 "2021-06-09T22:54:01Z")
In junior high or elementary school we watched a film dramatisation of Ray Bradbury’s story Dial Double Zero. A guy answers his phone and says, ‘Hello?’ IIRC, there was at first no answer so he hung up. The phone ring… --- ## [How much oil can a car burn in 1000 miles, a week of driving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-oil-can-a-car-burn-in-1000-miles-a-week-of-driving/943847)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-oil-can-a-car-burn-in-1000-miles-a-week-of-driving/943847 "2021-06-09T20:45:58Z")
I have a 2007 Ford Escape. It seems to be losing oil, but I know it’s not leaking as I see no spots in my driveway. I just got the oil changed 7-10 days ago, I went on a highway trip and have put about 1000 miles on it i… --- ## [How does one prepare for the US becoming fascist or breaking up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-prepare-for-the-us-becoming-fascist-or-breaking-up/943778)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-prepare-for-the-us-becoming-fascist-or-breaking-up/943778 "2021-06-09T20:43:19Z")
A question brought to mind by the following: But I didn’t want to hijack that thread. What should I do? What would you do (or are doing)? --- ## [Cannot distinguish reply to previous post vs reply to original post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannot-distinguish-reply-to-previous-post-vs-reply-to-original-post/941439)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannot-distinguish-reply-to-previous-post-vs-reply-to-original-post/941439 "2021-06-09T20:34:15Z")
Continuing the discussion from Testing the "continuing this discussion…" option: When a reply is made to the previous post, or when a reply is made to the original post, there is no indication who the reply is to. But w… --- ## [Is a lemonade and vodka really just. . . a Lemonade and Vodka?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-lemonade-and-vodka-really-just-a-lemonade-and-vodka/238547)
**Author:** [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-lemonade-and-vodka-really-just-a-lemonade-and-vodka/238547 "2021-06-09T19:40:58Z")
One of my favorite summertime cocktails is mix-it-yerself lemonade and vodka. We just had a conversation here at “work” and nobody knew if if had a cool name (e.g. vodka + oj = screwdriver) or not. A quickie web search… --- ## [A friend has developed a resistance to anti-biotics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friend-has-developed-a-resistance-to-anti-biotics/943820)
**Author:** [@TheGreenHornet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheGreenHornet)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friend-has-developed-a-resistance-to-anti-biotics/943820 "2021-06-09T19:04:55Z")
She developed this by using anti-biotics prescribed by a doctor for a chronic urinary tract infection which began some years ago. I tried to tell her the risks of doing that a couple of yrs. ago. Does anyone know of a … --- ## [ID sound from trees - SW Michigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-sound-from-trees-sw-michigan/943768)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale1)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-sound-from-trees-sw-michigan/943768 "2021-06-09T18:12:43Z")
I’d appreciate assistance identifying the source of a sound we heard from high in the trees last weekend in SW Mich - NE of Muskegon. The call was a single note, repeated maybe 10-15 times. The most significant aspect … --- ## [The Big Lie, Pharma-Style (or Katie Porter is a National Treasure)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lie-pharma-style-or-katie-porter-is-a-national-treasure/942524)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lie-pharma-style-or-katie-porter-is-a-national-treasure/942524 "2021-06-09T17:40:27Z")
Katie Porter’s most recent takedown of a pharmaceutical corporate executive is masterful and should not be missed. I hope it goes viral, if it hasn’t already. Some dialogue: Porter: Mr. Gonzalez, how much did you s… --- ## [Lego Masters US season 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-masters-us-season-2/943452)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-masters-us-season-2/943452 "2021-06-09T17:02:56Z")
As a fan of LEGO, I want to like this show, but the reality TV aspects are too much for me to overcome. Watching with the mute button ready does help. I do think the dragon float was really cool. Brian --- ## [Why are oven doors hinged at the bottom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-oven-doors-hinged-at-the-bottom/943682)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-oven-doors-hinged-at-the-bottom/943682 "2021-06-09T16:37:46Z")
I assume there’s a practical reason why modern oven doors are typically hinged at the bottom. It’s standard even on most toaster ovens. Almost no other door one usually encounters works that way; they are almost always h… --- ## [What Gives Money Its Value?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-money-its-value/848013)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-money-its-value/848013 "2021-06-09T16:30:44Z")
True story. Back in HS government class, our teacher told us US money is backed with basically nothing. Then she gave us a parable. If someone gave you a thousand dollars, what would you do, burn it or spend it. Anyway … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1432) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1434)