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**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purchasing-and-flying-private-recreational-drones/919004 "2020-08-26T04:45:14Z")
About a year ago my wife and I bought a couple of small drones to entertain our children. I think on some level my wife thought that they could be flown by a 5 and/or 3 year old. Seems kind of silly in retrospect. Alt… --- ## [Did i miss the dinosaur extinction anniversary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-miss-the-dinosaur-extinction-anniversary/918426)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-miss-the-dinosaur-extinction-anniversary/918426 "2020-08-26T04:23:59Z")
As far back as i remember, i always heard the dinosaurs extinctified 65 million years ago… I’ve recently started seeing references to it being 66 million years… So when did that tick over ? --- ## [Does every tribe and every nation honor Sunday at the first day of the week?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-every-tribe-and-every-nation-honor-sunday-at-the-first-day-of-the-week/918823)
**Author:** [@Forever77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Forever77)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-every-tribe-and-every-nation-honor-sunday-at-the-first-day-of-the-week/918823 "2020-08-26T04:19:31Z")
Perhaps everyone and every calendar? Perhaps not? --- ## [Voting Rights Act of 2021. What would you put in this hypothetical Act?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-rights-act-of-2021-what-would-you-put-in-this-hypothetical-act/917744)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-rights-act-of-2021-what-would-you-put-in-this-hypothetical-act/917744 "2020-08-26T04:07:30Z")
We’ve been reading about all the different ways Trump, the Republican Party, Russia, China, etc. can / will screw with the election this fall. In this hypothetical, Biden has won a fairly close race (somewhere in the lo… --- ## [Any Go players on the SDMB? I just started playing and would like help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-go-players-on-the-sdmb-i-just-started-playing-and-would-like-help/918895)
**Author:** [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-go-players-on-the-sdmb-i-just-started-playing-and-would-like-help/918895 "2020-08-26T02:30:02Z")
I’ve found myself trying to figure out the game over the past few weeks, and I feel somewhat stuck. I have the rules down but can’t seem to figure out how to develop a strategy or tactics. Sometimes I win sometimes not, … --- ## [Best UTV for hauling equipment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-utv-for-hauling-equipment/918888)
**Author:** [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-utv-for-hauling-equipment/918888 "2020-08-26T02:08:46Z")
We own a cabin on a lake. It’s ~350 feet down a modestly sloped dirt path to get to our dock. Each weekend my husband hauls our paddle board, life jackets, coolers, and a 15 gallon gas tank (on wheels) down the hill, a… --- ## [My mouse is unresponsive in the morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouse-is-unresponsive-in-the-morning/918257)
**Author:** [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouse-is-unresponsive-in-the-morning/918257 "2020-08-26T02:01:16Z")
I have a Windows 10 desktop, less than 6 months old. I turn it off only once a week, and keep it on the rest of the time. Each morning I come to my desk to start doing whatever on the pc, but there’s no mouse pointer on … --- ## [Threadspotting - QZ Style](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadspotting-qz-style/919013)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadspotting-qz-style/919013 "2020-08-26T01:39:18Z")
A few days ago I hit refresh on my unread page and got: The thumbnail shown here in the post is useless but the full image is kinda funny. This is unretouched. What are the odds of that? p.s. This is my first attem… --- ## [Can someone explain the A Level and GCSE scandal in the U.K.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-a-level-and-gcse-scandal-in-the-u-k/918325)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-a-level-and-gcse-scandal-in-the-u-k/918325 "2020-08-26T01:18:05Z")
I understand what the tests are from a previous GQ thread, but what is the current scandal all about? It seems like every news story starts in the middle and assumes I already know the background. Did the scoring system… --- ## [What services have improved since COVID?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-services-have-improved-since-covid/918977)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-services-have-improved-since-covid/918977 "2020-08-26T01:08:37Z")
I tend to be somewhat pessimistic about many/most efforts to replace traditionally “human” activities w/ technology - such as phone answering systems instead of human receptionists. Over the past week, I had a tele-dr v… --- ## [Parks and Rec - Didn't Leslie & Ben's relationship turn really "inappropriate"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-and-rec-didnt-leslie-bens-relationship-turn-really-inappropriate/919005)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-and-rec-didnt-leslie-bens-relationship-turn-really-inappropriate/919005 "2020-08-26T01:07:01Z")
I’ve actually never watched Parks and Recreation before the past week. But I’ve heard a lot of good things and since I have some time off, I started binge watching it (up to Season 4 at this point). But one thing that … --- ## [What's likely happening in this Google maps image?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-likely-happening-in-this-google-maps-image/918862)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-likely-happening-in-this-google-maps-image/918862 "2020-08-26T00:57:51Z")
The white granular spots on part (but only part) of the pond. Similar area on a different pond (one I used to visit as a kid before that hideous subdivision was there and it was all pasture) a few miles south. --- ## [An album where Song A is the most famous, but Song B is better](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-album-where-song-a-is-the-most-famous-but-song-b-is-better/915589)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-album-where-song-a-is-the-most-famous-but-song-b-is-better/915589 "2020-08-26T00:50:40Z")
Here’s a challenge. Come up with an album where one song is really super famous, but another song on the album is better. To make it a little more interesting, the really famous song must be really good, too. No namin… --- ## [Ad blocking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-blocking/918894)
**Author:** [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-blocking/918894 "2020-08-25T23:46:29Z")
There is no way I’m going to buy anything from an online ad, so what’s the point of forcing me to look at them in order to read a page? --- ## [Alias- Seasons 1 and 2 observations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alias-seasons-1-and-2-observations/918956)
**Author:** [@BigDfromLA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDfromLA)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alias-seasons-1-and-2-observations/918956 "2020-08-25T20:21:17Z")
Probably the biggest “stars” to come out of Alias were Bradley Cooper and J.J. Abrams. Interestingly, Bradley Cooper started the show as probably the sixth lead, unrecognizable in bleach blonde hair. He was a complete ne… --- ## [The Young Pope on HBO.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-pope-on-hbo/777479)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-pope-on-hbo/777479 "2020-08-25T19:17:32Z")
Anybody watching this new HBO series? It’s heavy handed. Stylistically exaggerated. Superbly acted by Jude Law but a bit let down by the rest of the cast (so far). I have no idea where it’s all headed. But I like it… --- ## [Sean Connery is 90 today (August 25 2020)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-connery-is-90-today-august-25-2020/918983)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-connery-is-90-today-august-25-2020/918983 "2020-08-25T19:15:30Z")
James Bond (sort of) turns 90 today. His last acting role was a voice performance in 2012. I remember saying that his appearance in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in 2003 felt like a Farewell Role for the act… --- ## [Are name-brand batteries better than "Brand X?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-name-brand-batteries-better-than-brand-x/918897)
**Author:** [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-name-brand-batteries-better-than-brand-x/918897 "2020-08-25T19:00:58Z")
Had a bit of sticker shock just now at the hardware store. Duracell D batteries were 8 for $16. TruValue brand, however, went for a mere $10 for an 8 pack. And so I ask you, how much better do you think the brand name ba… --- ## [People whose heights surprise you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-heights-surprise-you/917732)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-heights-surprise-you/917732 "2020-08-25T18:51:13Z")
So, I’m watching 30 Rock clips with Salma Hayek and noticed her and Fey are nearly the same height. i knew Salma was short (in reality Tina is 5’5" and Salma 5’2"…but on screen they looked closer)…but didnt know Tina was… --- ## [What type of bike/motorcycle racing did I watch growing up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-bike-motorcycle-racing-did-i-watch-growing-up/918993)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-bike-motorcycle-racing-did-i-watch-growing-up/918993 "2020-08-25T18:36:08Z")
They used to show these races on TV when I was a kid and I loved them. I’ve been trying to find them to show my son, who really enjoys watching any kind of racing on TV. Here is what I saw: motorbikes on a dirt track a… --- ## [Are you seeing a sort of under-the-radar sort of "Stay Home, Stay Safe" type fatigue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-a-sort-of-under-the-radar-sort-of-stay-home-stay-safe-type-fatigue/918022)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-a-sort-of-under-the-radar-sort-of-stay-home-stay-safe-type-fatigue/918022 "2020-08-25T18:33:55Z")
So the official advice is still to stay home if you possibly can, and not go out and do anything but necessary stuff like grocery shopping, food pickup (if you have to), and the like. Basically a sort of self-quarantine… --- ## [Cowboy coffee - using cold water to settle the grounds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboy-coffee-using-cold-water-to-settle-the-grounds/918971)
**Author:** [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboy-coffee-using-cold-water-to-settle-the-grounds/918971 "2020-08-25T18:17:34Z")
Cowboy Kent Rollins shows us how to make camp coffee. I’ve been watching Kent Rollins on YouTube because I’ve been experimenting with that kind of open fire and hot coal dutch oven cooking. I don’t know how serious to t… --- ## [Foiling Domestic Drones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foiling-domestic-drones/664108)
**Author:** [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foiling-domestic-drones/664108 "2020-08-25T18:16:04Z")
With what seems like the inevitability of domestic drones being used for law enforcement, would it he legal to make the airspace above your house/yard unviewable and/or inaccessible? I’m thinking of camouflage netting or… --- ## [The Last Narc - What say you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-narc-what-say-you/918998)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-narc-what-say-you/918998 "2020-08-25T17:54:39Z")
Amazon Prime - its multi-part documentary about the events surrounding the kidnapping/murder of DEA agent Kiki Carmarena in Mexico in 1986. I real like it despite the very small subtitles (and there a lot of them). Many… --- ## [Trump to announce Emergency Auth for convalescent plasma treatment of COVID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-announce-emergency-auth-for-convalescent-plasma-treatment-of-covid/918837)
**Author:** [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-announce-emergency-auth-for-convalescent-plasma-treatment-of-covid/918837 "2020-08-25T17:44:56Z")
From CNN. Here is the big announcement Trump is touting tonight: It’s Trump, so naturally the whole thing is suspicious and fucked up. The treatment is not FDA-approved, and there has still not been a randomized clinic… --- ## [Gardening clothes immune to burrs and stickers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardening-clothes-immune-to-burrs-and-stickers/918889)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardening-clothes-immune-to-burrs-and-stickers/918889 "2020-08-25T17:34:51Z")
I set out to tackle a backyard full of weeds yesterday and bailed after just five minutes because of the variety of burrs and stickers accumulating on my shirt, pants, socks, and shoes. I spent the rest of the day rescui… --- ## [Doctors, Dentists, and Medical People--This is crazy, right? (tongue-piercing rumor)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-dentists-and-medical-people-this-is-crazy-right-tongue-piercing-rumor/139858)
**Author:** [@The\_Wrong\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Wrong_Girl)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-dentists-and-medical-people-this-is-crazy-right-tongue-piercing-rumor/139858 "2020-08-25T17:06:17Z")
Once again, I’ve been suckered into believing something I read on the Internet. This time, a poster on the Ms. Boards, in a thread about tongue piercing, mentioned that friend of hers, who worked in a “very reputable me… --- ## [Succession in North Korea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/succession-in-north-korea/918953)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/succession-in-north-korea/918953 "2020-08-25T16:49:10Z")
It has been reported that Kim Jong Un, the Supreme Commander of the DPRK, has had a stroke or another stroke. His sister, Kim Yo-jong, seems to have stepped up as Jong Un’s second in command. Jong Un is reported to have… --- ## [Question about USPS in the 1970s and 1980s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-usps-in-the-1970s-and-1980s/918717)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-usps-in-the-1970s-and-1980s/918717 "2020-08-25T14:33:24Z")
I have a question about mail processing at that time, and Google isn’t helping me. Maybe I’m leaving out a crucial keyword, IDK. Anyway, I knew several women (all women; keep the era in mind) who worked at the central … --- ## [Some Christians and Alcohol Consumption](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-christians-and-alcohol-consumption/918549)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-christians-and-alcohol-consumption/918549 "2020-08-25T14:28:22Z")
This one has vexed me for some time now. Where exactly does it say in the Bible you can’t drink whiskey? In fact in Jesus’ first miracle, the miracle at Cana (John 2: 1-11–look it up :slight\_smile:), he furnished people … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1739) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1741)