# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1625 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1626 --- ## [Use "the good one" every day, or save it for special occasions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-the-good-one-every-day-or-save-it-for-special-occasions/927215)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-the-good-one-every-day-or-save-it-for-special-occasions/927215 "2020-12-07T14:40:15Z")
Do you have multiple versions of anything, where one is “better” - maybe more expensive/older/more fragile/whatever, such that you use it only on “special occasions”, and use a “lower quality” version more frequently. … --- ## [What is the greatest comeback in NFL history?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-greatest-comeback-in-nfl-history/927419)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-greatest-comeback-in-nfl-history/927419 "2020-12-07T14:32:42Z")
As I sit here watching the Patriots annihilate the Chargers 44-Bupkis with five minutes left, it makes me wonder what the greatest comeback in NFL history might be. What is the greatest reversal in the shortest amount o… --- ## [Fall/Winter Holidays 2020 - What are your plans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-winter-holidays-2020-what-are-your-plans/923610)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-winter-holidays-2020-what-are-your-plans/923610 "2020-12-07T14:31:25Z")
Halloween is next week. Thanksgiving next month. Xmas and whatnot after that. In these strange times, how are you planning to handle them? Halloween we usually stay home and give out candy, but I don’t know if trick-or… --- ## [SDMB Bigoted Asshole Omnibus Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-bigoted-asshole-omnibus-thread/623489)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 3685\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-bigoted-asshole-omnibus-thread/623489 "2020-12-07T12:05:30Z")
We get it. You’re racist. More garbage here. I’m not going to debate with you. I’m just going to kindly ask you (and by you, I mean all you racist fuckers) to stop wasting space on my message board. Your opinion… --- ## [Looking For Two Books: Barkskins, The Mothman Prophecies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-two-books-barkskins-the-mothman-prophecies/855545)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-two-books-barkskins-the-mothman-prophecies/855545 "2020-06-12T19:17:03Z")
Mrs. Homie has expressed interest in reading these two books. The local book merchant has neither, and Amazon thinks I’m going to pay $20 for a used paperback; Amazon is mistaken. Anyone have a copy of both or either th… --- ## [Online education programs/resources for Elementary School age kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-education-programs-resources-for-elementary-school-age-kids/849997)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-education-programs-resources-for-elementary-school-age-kids/849997 "2020-03-22T01:33:03Z")
So this week my 1st and 4th grader began learning at home thanks to Covid-19, probably for some time to come. Their school uses ClassLink which is good, but my children also enjoy Prodigy and beg to do it for fun in the… --- ## [Political etiquette on tv shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-etiquette-on-tv-shows/927433)
**Author:** [@LoneRhino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoneRhino)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-etiquette-on-tv-shows/927433 "2020-12-07T06:56:26Z")
Most of what I know about proper etiquette in Washington I learned from watching The West Wing. I know that in the White House everybody is supposed to stand when the president enters the room. I just started watching M… --- ## [Have you ever driven a car or truck with a carburetor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-driven-a-car-or-truck-with-a-carburetor/925911)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-driven-a-car-or-truck-with-a-carburetor/925911 "2020-12-07T04:56:29Z")
Kind of a random question, but it hit me the other day that I am pretty sure I have never actually driven a car or truck that’s had a carburetor. I got my first driver’s license in 1996, and carburetors had become rare … --- ## [Good home exercise bike?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-home-exercise-bike/927408)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-home-exercise-bike/927408 "2020-12-07T04:05:59Z")
My budget is around $600, there are many to choose from. Prefer the regular style rather than recumbent but open to all models. --- ## [Entering 2020... leaving 2020 (picture thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entering-2020-leaving-2020-picture-thread/927386)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entering-2020-leaving-2020-picture-thread/927386 "2020-12-07T03:31:06Z")
Entering 2020: Leaving 2020: --- ## [What law is preventing Biden from receiving security briefings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-law-is-preventing-biden-from-receiving-security-briefings/926186)
**Author:** [@Honolulu\_Lulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honolulu_Lulu)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-law-is-preventing-biden-from-receiving-security-briefings/926186 "2020-12-07T03:23:57Z")
The GSA is refusing to release funds that would normally fall to the President Elect’s transition team, but Trumps refusal to concede is holding this up. If we assume that Trump never concedes, when is Biden authorized… --- ## [Love Or Fornication](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-or-fornication/927252)
**Author:** [@Jillena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jillena)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-or-fornication/927252 "2020-12-07T02:46:57Z")
Hi SD people Morally speaking, is love a good excuse for having sexual relations outside of traditional marriage? Jillena --- ## [Do the rich pay their fair share?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-rich-pay-their-fair-share/921817)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-rich-pay-their-fair-share/921817 "2020-12-07T02:29:34Z")
I did a quick search and found very little specifically about this. In association with the latest story about DJT’s tax returns, I heard a statistic that the wealthiest Americans pay an average of 24% in Federal Income… --- ## [The Godwulf Manuscript; Robert B. Parker’s SPENSER Online Book Club](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-godwulf-manuscript-robert-b-parker-s-spenser-online-book-club/926167)
**Author:** [@Temporary\_Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Temporary_Name)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-godwulf-manuscript-robert-b-parker-s-spenser-online-book-club/926167 "2020-12-07T01:58:33Z")
Finally finished this earlier today and I am eager to hear what others thought of this very first SPENSER novel. I will post more tomorrow afternoon after others have had a chance to comment first. I will say this thou… --- ## [How, on a cold blustery day, in S. Ark., the Wrek house decorates for the holidays](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-on-a-cold-blustery-day-in-s-ark-the-wrek-house-decorates-for-the-holidays/927332)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-on-a-cold-blustery-day-in-s-ark-the-wrek-house-decorates-for-the-holidays/927332 "2020-12-07T01:55:02Z")
The lil’wrekker and Grandwrex start whining. Mid-daughter laments the forthcoming mess. DIL calls and says Son-of-a-wrek may get to come home for Christmas. Sickly Beck makes a to-do list. Everyone groans. Eggnog is mad… --- ## [How to pronounce "Chateau d'Ax"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-chateau-dax/926685)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-chateau-dax/926685 "2020-12-07T01:01:07Z")
There is an international chain of furniture stores called Chateau d’Ax. There is a branch of the store near me with the name on the sign transliterated\* in the local language (Hebrew) as “Shat-oh Ducks”. Is this corre… --- ## [The Biden Transition Officially Begins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-transition-officially-begins/926310)
**Author:** [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-transition-officially-begins/926310 "2020-12-07T00:36:03Z")
Emily Murphy, claiming no coordination with Trump, has finally decided that Biden IS the “apparent winner”: --- ## [SI Sportsperson of the Year 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/si-sportsperson-of-the-year-2020/922757)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/si-sportsperson-of-the-year-2020/922757 "2020-12-06T22:42:01Z")
Yes, there was an earlier thread about this, but that one assumed that there would be no professional sports after early April. In light of both the NBA and NHL completing their seasons, MLB having its World Series (barr… --- ## [Relative weight of diamonds and rocks, for the purposes of disarming a trap (need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relative-weight-of-diamonds-and-rocks-for-the-purposes-of-disarming-a-trap-need-answer-fast/927299)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relative-weight-of-diamonds-and-rocks-for-the-purposes-of-disarming-a-trap-need-answer-fast/927299 "2020-12-06T22:31:56Z")
Sadly, it’s not as exciting as the title makes out… I’m DMing an online Dungeons and Dragons session in about an hour. In a last-minute burst of creativity, I’ve come up with a trap that our brave heroes will encounter. … --- ## [The Music and Magic of the Disney Animated Canon, Vol. 7: The Three Caballeros](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-music-and-magic-of-the-disney-animated-canon-vol-7-the-three-caballeros/927349)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-music-and-magic-of-the-disney-animated-canon-vol-7-the-three-caballeros/927349 "2020-12-06T22:19:42Z")
Previous Threads: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs \[The Music and Magic of the Disney Animated Canon, Vol. 1: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Pinocchio \[The Music and Magic of the Disney Animated Canon, Vol. 2: Pinocch… --- ## [The Tomato Manifesto](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tomato-manifesto/927411)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tomato-manifesto/927411 "2020-12-06T22:04:30Z")
I often feel like a tomato. You know that a tomato is a fruit, yes? A fruit is a ripened flower ovary and it contains seeds. I often feel like a tomato in a world where fruits are generally sweet and vegetables are ge… --- ## [Odds of winning (Klondike) solitaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odds-of-winning-klondike-solitaire/925724)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odds-of-winning-klondike-solitaire/925724 "2020-12-06T21:39:19Z")
Most people are familiar with the draw three, unlimited pass version of solitaire common on computers and elsewhere. Since there are probably more possible hands than grains of sand, the winning odds might be found by s… --- ## [Are some nations just better people? If so, why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-nations-just-better-people-if-so-why/926183)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-nations-just-better-people-if-so-why/926183 "2020-12-06T21:29:52Z")
This is something I’ve thought of quite a bit in terms of New Zealand’s success in controlling coronavirus. Some posters here seem very insistent on attributing good portions of that success to immutable things like its… --- ## [Immigrant Visa to the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigrant-visa-to-the-us/741271)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigrant-visa-to-the-us/741271 "2020-12-06T20:36:22Z")
As I’ve mentioned before, the wife and I are planning to move back to the US in the next couple of years, quite probably in mid-2016. We’re starting to prepare the paperwork now and would like to submit Form I-130, in wh… --- ## [Windows 10 S Mode](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-s-mode/927300)
**Author:** [@GnuMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GnuMe)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-s-mode/927300 "2020-12-06T20:11:05Z")
Don’t see a thread discussing this OS. Forgive if I seem to be speaking authoritatively when I don’t intend to. All I know is what I’ve learned since buying an inexpensive laptop (HP Stream 1.1 Ghz, 4GB ram, 64 bit) a c… --- ## [Backyard mechanics I need a little help (Mounting a wheel to an electric motor)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backyard-mechanics-i-need-a-little-help-mounting-a-wheel-to-an-electric-motor/927219)
**Author:** [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backyard-mechanics-i-need-a-little-help-mounting-a-wheel-to-an-electric-motor/927219 "2020-12-06T19:18:21Z")
I’m looking to make a DIY pitching machine for my kids and dog. I have an old Westinghouse 1/2 HP, 1725 RPM motor with a 5/8ths shaft and 3/16 keyway. I would like to mount a 8-12” wheel and tire to the motor. I thought… --- ## [Precisely who does a U.S. representative represent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/precisely-who-does-a-u-s-representative-represent/927144)
**Author:** [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/precisely-who-does-a-u-s-representative-represent/927144 "2020-12-06T19:05:56Z")
I’m not sure whether this should go in GQ or the Politics forum. I’m looking for a factual answer based on constitutional text, statute, case law, Rules of the House, or similar. I have no objections if the mods want to … --- ## [Japan brings back part of asteroid for research](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-brings-back-part-of-asteroid-for-research/927365)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-brings-back-part-of-asteroid-for-research/927365 "2020-12-06T17:58:08Z")
Probe was launched in 2014 --- ## [Are gyms open in your area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gyms-open-in-your-area/915779)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gyms-open-in-your-area/915779 "2020-12-06T17:24:18Z")
In my part of Canada, gyms just opened. I’d done a mediocre job of staying in shape in the meantime, and was happy to see this. I would have thought a lot of others would be too. One local gym, quite large, might have… --- ## [What do container ship crews do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-container-ship-crews-do/925450)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-container-ship-crews-do/925450 "2020-12-06T16:56:55Z")
Inspired by my own post here, in which I mention the ability to book passage on a container ships. In some cases the ship can be at sea for as much as two weeks between ports. Never mind paying passengers - what do the… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1624) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1626)