# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1623 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1624 --- ## [Android messages out of order](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-messages-out-of-order/927518)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-messages-out-of-order/927518 "2020-12-08T22:33:30Z")
I have a Motorola phone and I message a lot with it. Tonight it misfiled a message…essentially it put the wrong time stamp on it. Even though I sent it at 5:35 CST on 12/7/2020, when I dove into the messages I found it… --- ## [QZ moderator simply wrong and rather than admit it shuts all up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qz-moderator-simply-wrong-and-rather-than-admit-it-shuts-all-up/927529)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qz-moderator-simply-wrong-and-rather-than-admit-it-shuts-all-up/927529 "2020-12-08T22:18:25Z")
Here the QZ moderator banned a poster from a thread for posting further in a thread due to “blatant misinformation” … when the specific information posted was within the range of expert opinion, albeit on the low side. @… --- ## [Pearl Harbor Day, Dec 7, 1941 - 79th Anniversary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-harbor-day-dec-7-1941-79th-anniversary/927466)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-harbor-day-dec-7-1941-79th-anniversary/927466 "2020-12-08T21:17:59Z")
Any Dopers have parents, grandparents, or other relatives who are old enough to remember? Both my parents are gone, but my dear friend and “adopted” mother is 91, and she was a teenager when it happened. We’re getting… --- ## [Trump cost himself the election in Georgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cost-himself-the-election-in-georgia/926227)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cost-himself-the-election-in-georgia/926227 "2020-12-08T21:12:29Z")
According to Georgia SoS Raffensperger, Trump suppressed Republican mail vote which cost him that state. There were about 24,000 Republicans who voted absentee in the June primary who did not vote at all in November. Tha… --- ## [Genetics vs environment vs bacteria](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genetics-vs-environment-vs-bacteria/927593)
**Author:** [@komolono](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/komolono)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genetics-vs-environment-vs-bacteria/927593 "2020-12-08T20:58:35Z")
First I tell you a story dating back to my birth some 60 years ago. My father must have had a strong suspection about the events that led to my birth. I was a so-called “blue baby”. Both parents brown eyed and a nice kid… --- ## [Home fitness: Peloton or The Mirror. Any opinions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-fitness-peloton-or-the-mirror-any-opinions/927247)
**Author:** [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-fitness-peloton-or-the-mirror-any-opinions/927247 "2020-12-08T20:43:55Z")
I’m thinking of getting my spouse a trendy interactive home fitness thingy for Christmas. Our kid out east just got a Peloton bike, so there is some heightened enthusiasm for such things in our house. I’ve heard my spo… --- ## [Great article about Woodrow Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-article-about-woodrow-wilson/738239)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-article-about-woodrow-wilson/738239 "2020-12-08T20:38:17Z")
If you are rolling your eyes at the recent news of rallying Princeton students, I point you to this enlightening article: Woodrow Wilson was extremely racist, even by the standards of his time. --- ## [The most important scene in Star Wars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-important-scene-in-star-wars/927216)
**Author:** [@Lantern2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern2)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-important-scene-in-star-wars/927216 "2020-12-08T20:18:43Z")
The scene where Obi-Wan speaks to Luke after rescuing him where a lot of, not just ANH, but the entire saga is set up. You have: The Jedi knights and their history The Force Light-sabers Darth Vader A… --- ## [Electric (non-boogaloo) airplanes 2: supercaps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-non-boogaloo-airplanes-2-supercaps/927374)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-non-boogaloo-airplanes-2-supercaps/927374 "2020-12-08T20:15:48Z")
Last year, I started a thread on electric airplanes. I recently had a thought about them that didn’t seem to be covered there. Rather than make everyone read through that long thread, er … topic, I figured I’d start a ne… --- ## [In your experience how close to full grown is a 5-month-old kitten?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-experience-how-close-to-full-grown-is-a-5-month-old-kitten/927150)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-experience-how-close-to-full-grown-is-a-5-month-old-kitten/927150 "2020-12-08T20:00:12Z")
I’m getting a little confused about how big Poe is going to be. He’s a Maine Coon kitten, and will be five months old tomorrow. This picture is 3 weeks old - I mostly have blurry more recent photos because he’s an activ… --- ## [Need to get in touch with someone at the Chicago Defender](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-get-in-touch-with-someone-at-the-chicago-defender/927495)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-get-in-touch-with-someone-at-the-chicago-defender/927495 "2020-12-08T19:51:08Z")
I’m hoping that people in Chicago might have a better way of contacting editorial at the Chicago Defender than their contact page. I’ve tried the form, the email, Facebook messaging, and not heard back a word, not even g… --- ## [Very short music videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-music-videos/927390)
**Author:** [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-music-videos/927390 "2020-12-08T19:29:40Z")
A couple favorites. Ryan George, Chumbawumba Cover Band (10 seconds): Anne Reburn, “I’m a Believer” cover (36 seconds): --- ## [Sounds you don't want to hear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-dont-want-to-hear/844926)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-dont-want-to-hear/844926 "2020-12-08T19:00:00Z")
I woke up in the middle of the night because I could hear my cat horking something up. Leaped out of bed, hoping I could catch him before it got on the carpet. Not only did I not make it, but my bare foot squished down… --- ## [Doxie Dog: Old, Deaf, Crippled and still a Stone Killer! Very Mundane unless you like Dachshunds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doxie-dog-old-deaf-crippled-and-still-a-stone-killer-very-mundane-unless-you-like-dachshunds/927546)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doxie-dog-old-deaf-crippled-and-still-a-stone-killer-very-mundane-unless-you-like-dachshunds/927546 "2020-12-08T18:15:20Z")
Poor old dude is going hard these days. Not sure if he can hear anymore. Doesn’t seem to respond, so I hook him up to Ted The Dog with a leash when we go out for the daily Jeep And Kill ride. I can keep track of him, an… --- ## [Tips for house breaking a 1 year old stubborn pooper (DOG)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-house-breaking-a-1-year-old-stubborn-pooper-dog/926974)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-house-breaking-a-1-year-old-stubborn-pooper-dog/926974 "2020-12-08T18:14:09Z")
Hey there. So we got a puppy who was born last August, so she’s over a year old. She’s VERY smart and EXTREMELY independent (stubborn). Altho my fiancee and I are good with dogs and have had several, we just can’t get he… --- ## [Another nuclear weapon story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-nuclear-weapon-story/927498)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-nuclear-weapon-story/927498 "2020-12-08T17:25:55Z")
From the “You Were There” book on NASA I should write. Back in the 1970s the US had a stockpile of nuclear bombs which could be dropped at fairly low speeds. The think tank in DC wondered if they could be modified to ena… --- ## ["fortyv" Banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortyv-banned/922158)
**Author:** [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortyv-banned/922158 "2020-12-08T17:10:30Z")
Aw- I sent “forfyv” over here and he got banned within hours. He started a thread in “Politics and Elections” called " New form of government?. I was sad to see he didn’t survive long. He’s an older guy who seems kinda… --- ## [What's the lowest measured resting metabolic rate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-lowest-measured-resting-metabolic-rate/336492)
**Author:** [@dre2xl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dre2xl)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-lowest-measured-resting-metabolic-rate/336492 "2020-12-08T16:45:24Z")
I’m engaged in an argument with someone who thinks that hypothyroidism is no big deal–that it lowers the BMR only a couple hundred points. I’ve Googled this to no avail. What’s the lowest BMR measured for someone who w… --- ## [Have you had a catheter ablation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-a-catheter-ablation/927176)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-a-catheter-ablation/927176 "2020-12-08T16:32:52Z")
After two episodes of tachycardia, and two trips to the ER a few weeks ago, I was diagnosed with Atrial Flutter and will getting a catheter ablation on Monday. How did yours go? --- ## [Beat Me Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-me-daddy/927493)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-me-daddy/927493 "2020-12-08T16:18:25Z")
…With a Wooden Broom". Background: My father played the clarinet and was 20 years old in 1945. I was born in 1947. I heard him play a few times at home and he seemed to like a jazzy style. I heard him sing/say the title… --- ## [Has the USPS lost their minds again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-usps-lost-their-minds-again/927487)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-usps-lost-their-minds-again/927487 "2020-12-08T16:05:43Z")
So you all probably recall a few months ago when the US Postal Service was in the news because there was some drama with the Postmaster General, mail-in ballots, and removal of modern sorting equipment in many central po… --- ## [Lodge pan seasoning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lodge-pan-seasoning/927575)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lodge-pan-seasoning/927575 "2020-12-08T15:57:08Z")
We’ve had threads on cast iron pans, the care and use of, before. I think I actually may have started one, maybe. Anyway, my little 9 inch lodge pan did something I wasn’t expecting. I made cornbread in it the other d… --- ## [You create a new TV series -- what's the premise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-create-a-new-tv-series-whats-the-premise/927393)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-create-a-new-tv-series-whats-the-premise/927393 "2020-12-08T15:35:25Z")
Ever thought up an original idea for a TV series? Tell us about it. --- ## [Aquarium Help Needed - Black Algae](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aquarium-help-needed-black-algae/927120)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aquarium-help-needed-black-algae/927120 "2020-12-08T15:11:16Z")
I have a 10-gallon aquarium with 5 tetras. It has artificial plants (plastic), standard aquarium gravel, a filter/pump (Aqueon) that hangs on the top of the aquarium. So it’s nothing fancy-schmancy. The aquarium has dev… --- ## [Worrying too much about COVID and Politics? Try Worrying about Invasive Tegu Lizards for a change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worrying-too-much-about-covid-and-politics-try-worrying-about-invasive-tegu-lizards-for-a-change/927509)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worrying-too-much-about-covid-and-politics-try-worrying-about-invasive-tegu-lizards-for-a-change/927509 "2020-12-08T15:03:54Z")
Evidently invasive Black and White Tegu Lizards, a native of Argentina and other South American countries, has gotten loose in the Southeastern US. It has no predators there, eats the eggs of ground-nesting birds, and ca… --- ## [Computer Message](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-message/927484)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-message/927484 "2020-12-08T14:47:39Z")
I always check my home email at work. I’ve been doing it for years. My email provider is the cable company. Suddenly I am receiving the following message after I enter my password: The info you’re about to submit is not… --- ## [Magnetic strips on hotel doors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magnetic-strips-on-hotel-doors/926319)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magnetic-strips-on-hotel-doors/926319 "2020-12-08T14:44:04Z")
How do magnetic strips on hotel doors work so that, if you fail to return one, you can’t break into the same hotel room, occupied by somebody else, the following night? --- ## [Two Quick Questions On Life In England, c. 1940-1950](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quick-questions-on-life-in-england-c-1940-1950/927148)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quick-questions-on-life-in-england-c-1940-1950/927148 "2020-12-08T13:29:16Z")
I’m listening to a (fiction) audiobook that takes place in England between the beginning of World War II (c. 1940) to the early stages of the Cold War (c. 1950). In/around 1940, the protagonist offers a maid five poun… --- ## [Bob Dylan sells off his songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-sells-off-his-songs/927489)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-sells-off-his-songs/927489 "2020-12-08T09:43:02Z")
For $300 million not bad for an old guy --- ## [Another pandemic on the way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-pandemic-on-the-way/927553)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-pandemic-on-the-way/927553 "2020-12-08T09:30:28Z")
OK, I shouldn’t scare you guys, but there’s a possible new disease that’s cropped up in southern India: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1622) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1624)