# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1568 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1569 --- ## [The Repair Shop --- BBC TV series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-repair-shop-bbc-tv-series/931039)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-repair-shop-bbc-tv-series/931039 "2021-01-25T16:34:58Z")
Anybody watching this series? It’s on the Makeful Channel several times a week, and I find it quite interesting. People bring in family heirlooms to be mended and or restored. These things range from toy UFOs and colo… --- ## [Apples Oranges or Banans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples-oranges-or-banans/931306)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples-oranges-or-banans/931306 "2021-01-25T16:03:54Z")
Which would you rather I find in your lunchbox? --- ## [Billy Graham TV advert](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-graham-tv-advert/931345)
**Author:** [@allyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/allyn)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-graham-tv-advert/931345 "2021-01-25T16:01:13Z")
I’ve started seeing Franklin Graham doing a pitch for the Billy Graham organization on our local Fox TV station (KTVU - Oakland, CA). Is anyone else seeing these? The ad was running during the 10 Pm news… --- ## [Opinions on no-fault divorce?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-no-fault-divorce/711207)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-no-fault-divorce/711207 "2021-01-25T15:15:26Z")
With no-fault divorce if either partner wants a divorce they can get it and since their is no “who caused the divorce” the assets are split and alimony is rewarded regardless of the circumstance of the divorce. Do you l… --- ## [Great Films that contain their best scene in the first ten minutes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-films-that-contain-their-best-scene-in-the-first-ten-minutes/930551)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-films-that-contain-their-best-scene-in-the-first-ten-minutes/930551 "2021-01-25T15:06:52Z")
…but otherwise are still great films…so i don’t mean films that go into the shitter after. Dances With Wolves…particularly the shot of The General leading the charge across the field. --- ## [Triple Bypass Surgery Experiences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-bypass-surgery-experiences/930351)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-bypass-surgery-experiences/930351 "2021-01-25T14:28:14Z")
I’m scheduled to undergo triple bypass surgery next week. I’ve been reading up on procedures and suchlike, but I’d like to get some feedback on what peoples’ experiences were afterward. What is recovery like? Were you … --- ## [Economists: Is There A Collective Term For This Type Of Product/Service (explained in OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economists-is-there-a-collective-term-for-this-type-of-product-service-explained-in-op/931287)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economists-is-there-a-collective-term-for-this-type-of-product-service-explained-in-op/931287 "2021-01-25T13:58:50Z")
I’m looking for a term that describes the economy that relies on the purchaser pretending that they aren’t purchasing the product for the reason they’re purchasing it. For example, at the head shop, you don’t buy a bong… --- ## [Shows or film that were actually filmed in the place where they are set](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-or-film-that-were-actually-filmed-in-the-place-where-they-are-set/930764)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-or-film-that-were-actually-filmed-in-the-place-where-they-are-set/930764 "2021-01-25T13:49:19Z")
In the thread “Subtle inaccuracies in depictions of your city/region in fiction” many of the examples are of shows that were filmed in places that don’t really look like the place they’re supposed to be set. I mentioned… --- ## [Is it problematic to to say 'refugee' to refer to privileged people waiting out COVID in nice places?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-problematic-to-to-say-refugee-to-refer-to-privileged-people-waiting-out-covid-in-nice-places/931247)
**Author:** [@edwin\_klockars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwin_klockars)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-problematic-to-to-say-refugee-to-refer-to-privileged-people-waiting-out-covid-in-nice-places/931247 "2021-01-25T12:58:40Z")
Aloha from Maui. I’m here with dozens of other folks from Silicon Valley who moved due to our towns and cities being effectively shutdown due to COVID as well as the significantly reduced likelihood of contracting the v… --- ## [Godzilla vs Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-vs-kong/931410)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-vs-kong/931410 "2021-01-25T11:45:06Z")
I donno, guys–the trailer looks really low-budget. And the poster! \[Album\] imgur.com … --- ## [My argument for why Standard American English really is "no accent" -](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-argument-for-why-standard-american-english-really-is-no-accent/592101)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-argument-for-why-standard-american-english-really-is-no-accent/592101 "2021-01-25T11:03:22Z")
And I’ve gotten at least one Brit to agree: Because no matter how thick a person’s accent might be, or where it’s from in the whole wide world… when they SING their accent disappears. (With some rare exceptions). They p… --- ## [Tattoo shakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-shakes/931273)
**Author:** [@Ally1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ally1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-shakes/931273 "2021-01-25T10:04:12Z")
I got my first tattoo yesterday and it was a 3 hour tattoo with no breaks. By the end I was shaking so bad I couldn’t stop and sense then I’ve been getting the shakes randomly my tattoo doesn’t hurt and I’m not cold is t… --- ## [The Trump Interregnum is Over](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-interregnum-is-over/931158)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-interregnum-is-over/931158 "2021-01-25T07:23:40Z")
Interregnum a period during which the normal functions of government or control are suspended An interregnum (plural interregna or interregnums ) is a period of discontinuity or “gap” in a government, organization, … --- ## [Did ALL fathers in Ancient Rome have the right to kill their children, or only the "paterfamilias"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-all-fathers-in-ancient-rome-have-the-right-to-kill-their-children-or-only-the-paterfamilias/931028)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-all-fathers-in-ancient-rome-have-the-right-to-kill-their-children-or-only-the-paterfamilias/931028 "2021-01-25T06:12:17Z")
As a classics scholar, I learned that the “paterfamilias” or oldest male of a family had absolute authority over his children (including adult children). This included the power to sell them into slavery or even to put t… --- ## [What's the cheapest way to bring something from LEO back to earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-cheapest-way-to-bring-something-from-leo-back-to-earth/842939)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-cheapest-way-to-bring-something-from-leo-back-to-earth/842939 "2021-01-25T05:38:18Z")
Assume we manage to tow an asteroid from outer space into LEO and we establish a robotic mining colony there to extract platinum and nickel. How do we get the minerals from LEO down to earth affordably while also not tur… --- ## [Resolved that Twitter can legally boot you for any reason, other than membership in a protected class](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-that-twitter-can-legally-boot-you-for-any-reason-other-than-membership-in-a-protected-class/930929)
**Author:** [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-that-twitter-can-legally-boot-you-for-any-reason-other-than-membership-in-a-protected-class/930929 "2021-01-25T04:37:54Z")
I don’t give a flying fuck about Facebook, Google, Apple, etc. I don’t care about whether it’s a good thing, a bad thing, or an indifferent thing. If you want to discuss these things, I can point you to several threads t… --- ## [I love the comic "Pearls Before Swine." \[Covid themed\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-comic-pearls-before-swine-covid-themed/931409)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-comic-pearls-before-swine-covid-themed/931409 "2021-01-25T03:28:46Z")
Today’s is excellent. --- ## [Street Address = zero?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-address-zero/9901)
**Author:** [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-address-zero/9901 "2021-01-25T02:55:02Z")
What happens if (say, in the US, where all the even building address numbers are on the same side of the street, and all the odd numbers are on the opposite side) on a particular street, there exists house #2, and j… --- ## [Biden forces schools and colleges to allow biological males to compete in women's sports](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-forces-schools-and-colleges-to-allow-biological-males-to-compete-in-womens-sports/931098)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 277\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-forces-schools-and-colleges-to-allow-biological-males-to-compete-in-womens-sports/931098 "2021-01-25T02:03:38Z")
Today he signed an executive order banning discrimination based on gender identity in any educational institution receiving federal funding; transgender students must now be allowed to play on whatever team they identify… --- ## [Any Navy service besides the Russians have a tradition of drinking seawater as initiation? Safety issues?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-navy-service-besides-the-russians-have-a-tradition-of-drinking-seawater-as-initiation-safety-issues/931350)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-navy-service-besides-the-russians-have-a-tradition-of-drinking-seawater-as-initiation-safety-issues/931350 "2021-01-25T01:52:58Z")
As shown here in this documentary, at about 8:10 Apparenty newly minted Russian submariners have to drink a half litre of sea water just before they go to sea. While obviously it’s a one time thing, half … --- ## [Some thoughts, questions, after the election and its aftermath](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-thoughts-questions-after-the-election-and-its-aftermath/931373)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-thoughts-questions-after-the-election-and-its-aftermath/931373 "2021-01-25T01:11:30Z")
My apologies if this seems disjointed and hard to follow. The events and character of this election has very deeply affected me and I’ve been trying to work out within myself my reactions. I think I’m at a place now wh… --- ## [Longest conveyance by public transportation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-conveyance-by-public-transportation/925447)
**Author:** [@Yelnick\_McWawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yelnick_McWawa)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-conveyance-by-public-transportation/925447 "2021-01-25T01:02:11Z")
Inspired by the thread about longest airplane flight, I’d be curious as to other forms of public transportation. This might apply to the longest scheduled conveyance that contains intermediate stops (e.g. a San Francisc… --- ## [Why are female muggers/burglars uncommon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-female-muggers-burglars-uncommon/930979)
**Author:** [@joesnowden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joesnowden)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-female-muggers-burglars-uncommon/930979 "2021-01-25T00:55:14Z")
Or dare I say it, non-existent? My best friend who is a woman was shopping at the supermarket on the weekend and someone tried to open her rear car door. She said that it was a teenage boy. He got scared and closed the d… --- ## [Question on a work-expense possible deduction (taxes)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-a-work-expense-possible-deduction-taxes/931333)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-a-work-expense-possible-deduction-taxes/931333 "2021-01-25T00:23:06Z")
I am a teacher and spent $1200 on renewing my national board certification and I’m curious if it is tax deductable. I know you are not my accountant or tax attorney. National board certification is not necessary to tea… --- ## [Fun fact, more people attended Joe Biden's inauguration than any other presidential inauguration in history](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-fact-more-people-attended-joe-bidens-inauguration-than-any-other-presidential-inauguration-in-history/931065)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-fact-more-people-attended-joe-bidens-inauguration-than-any-other-presidential-inauguration-in-history/931065 "2021-01-25T00:01:24Z")
This was clearly the biggest and best inauguration in American history. There has never been an inauguration as big as this one ever before. --- ## [Electric Can Opener Shortage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-can-opener-shortage/928653)
**Author:** [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-can-opener-shortage/928653 "2021-01-24T23:23:51Z")
So my mom is 89 and is didn’t like the safety can opener I bought her last month, so I took it back to Wally World and then saw that there were none on the shelves. OK, so I went to another and same story, all out. Jus… --- ## [What is the most useful skill you could learn in two hours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-useful-skill-you-could-learn-in-two-hours/930620)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-useful-skill-you-could-learn-in-two-hours/930620 "2021-01-24T22:59:30Z")
It could be CPR. Erhapspay Igpay Atinlay. But what is the most useful skill that: you have learned? you want to learn? one could theoretically learn? Given a loose two hour time constraint? --- ## [Has anyone tried the "Jammy Guitar"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-the-jammy-guitar/931391)
**Author:** [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-the-jammy-guitar/931391 "2021-01-24T21:49:50Z")
Guitar MIDI controller. Breaks down to fit in a suitcase. --- ## [Which do you take off first?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-take-off-first/931324)
**Author:** [@blabbermeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blabbermeister)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-take-off-first/931324 "2021-01-24T21:44:26Z")
You get back into your warm house or apartment after being outside, and you’re wearing: a heavy coat a mask shoes Which of these do you take off first? Thank you. poll --- ## [Your advice to Biden?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-advice-to-biden/931013)
**Author:** [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-advice-to-biden/931013 "2021-01-24T20:59:38Z")
What would be your advice to Biden for his Presidency? For me, I would give the bumper-sticker advice “Be Breathtaking!” As in, blow me away with boldness. To me, this is necessary to counteract the breathtaking natur… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1567) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1569)