# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1744 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1745 --- ## [Ice Cruiser Norlandia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cruiser-norlandia/918507)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cruiser-norlandia/918507 "2020-08-22T17:58:35Z")
This is my latest sci-fi model. I finished it a month or two ago, but we had a series of home-related repairs that distracted me from sharing it here. The little sci-fi model club I belong to is having a challenge: “B… --- ## [I miss...........?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss/913760)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss/913760 "2020-08-22T17:40:15Z")
I miss: My solitude Driving Going somewhere on my own. Having time to do my art. Listening to music without background chatter, talking and a naked kid running through the house. Shopping in a store (what am I saying? … --- ## [I have wine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-wine/918638)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-wine/918638 "2020-08-22T17:33:16Z")
Given to me as a tip from a customer. 3 bottles of it🥳 One bottle, a Presto label, is a prosecco brut. Searching for how this wine should be consumed, I find that cheese and crackers are acceptable, but prosecco is usu… --- ## [The COVID College Conundrum – Our Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-covid-college-conundrum-our-story/918749)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-covid-college-conundrum-our-story/918749 "2020-08-22T16:17:17Z")
Sorry, wrong forum! Check the COVID forum for this one, my bad. --- ## [Steve Bannon arrested in alleged fraud scam linked to border wall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-arrested-in-alleged-fraud-scam-linked-to-border-wall/918585)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-arrested-in-alleged-fraud-scam-linked-to-border-wall/918585 "2020-08-22T16:12:08Z")
The gift that just keeps on giving … --- ## [How can I find a chair like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-a-chair-like-this/918541)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-a-chair-like-this/918541 "2020-08-22T15:49:01Z")
I want to get a chair like the one in this picture — A.C. Senray on Instagram But I don’t know what search terms to use. Any suggestions? --- ## [Two hurricanes may hit Gulf of Mexico simultaneously](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hurricanes-may-hit-gulf-of-mexico-simultaneously/918704)
**Author:** [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hurricanes-may-hit-gulf-of-mexico-simultaneously/918704 "2020-08-22T02:31:15Z")
Because it’s 2020, two hurricanes may soon hit the Gulf of Mexico simultaneously. My extended family is in Houston. One of the two storms is heading right for them. :worried: --- ## [What is your most mundane superpower? Which one would you wish for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-mundane-superpower-which-one-would-you-wish-for/915782)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-mundane-superpower-which-one-would-you-wish-for/915782 "2020-08-22T15:36:00Z")
I’m pretty good at knowing what to add to any recipe or dish to make it better. (Answer: cream, feta cheese, seasoned salt, lemon). I can also summon my dog at will. Provided he is in the general area. But it would b… --- ## [Our COVID College Conundrum and how we solved it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-covid-college-conundrum-and-how-we-solved-it/918750)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-covid-college-conundrum-and-how-we-solved-it/918750 "2020-08-22T15:32:05Z")
It was, without a doubt, the most complex decision I’ve made in my life. Surprisingly, it was the way in which the complete lack of national and State leadership impacted us the most. I’m still not sure I made the intell… --- ## [Help me with my Hebrew class: guess what this means](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-hebrew-class-guess-what-this-means/918647)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-hebrew-class-guess-what-this-means/918647 "2020-08-22T15:06:31Z")
So, I’m teaching 4th grade Hebrew this year. I’ve been teaching 3rd grade Judaics for 4 years, but have been asked to switch to Hebrew, because they really liked the way I taught the Hebrew labs at the end of the year la… --- ## [Diet sodas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-sodas/918596)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-sodas/918596 "2020-08-22T14:48:59Z")
I have reactive hypoglycemia, so I have to stay away from stuff with a high refined sugar content. I used to just plain stay away from soda, because I find aspartame nasty. However, lately, they have less aspartame, and… --- ## [Why are there so many steps to starting an engine on a plane? Why not a turn-key start?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-steps-to-starting-an-engine-on-a-plane-why-not-a-turn-key-start/916306)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-steps-to-starting-an-engine-on-a-plane-why-not-a-turn-key-start/916306 "2020-08-22T14:14:14Z")
I was watching a video of a guy climbing into a small plane and starting it before flying off (see below). My question is why so much button pushing, switch flipping and whatnot to start the engine (in this case a singl… --- ## [Some time in the past in nature I saw](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-time-in-the-past-in-nature-i-saw/917237)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-time-in-the-past-in-nature-i-saw/917237 "2020-08-22T13:52:44Z")
As a complement to this thread and not to hijack it, here’s a thread for some of your favorite nature observations that weren’t from today. Here is a Great Golden ground wasp in my yard in 2007. A parasitic ground-nesti… --- ## [Good recent science books?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-recent-science-books/917428)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-recent-science-books/917428 "2020-08-22T13:40:57Z")
From around 2010 to now. Any kind of science is good for me. Here is my recommendation. The End of Everything — KATIE MACK, ASTROPHYSICIST Author is a professor who studies cosmology. Just came out this week. … --- ## [How did Spain feel about the name "Spanish Flu"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-spain-feel-about-the-name-spanish-flu/918011)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-spain-feel-about-the-name-spanish-flu/918011 "2020-08-22T13:08:10Z")
I’ve seen people post things along the lines of “Well Spain wasn’t offended by the name ‘Spanish Flu’”, as an argument that there’s nothing wrong with calling COVID19 the “Chinese Virus”. Putting the whole Chinese virus… --- ## [Who's currently lit, (high,) while reading this thread tittle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-currently-lit-high-while-reading-this-thread-tittle/918537)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-currently-lit-high-while-reading-this-thread-tittle/918537 "2020-08-22T11:32:06Z")
Because I’m about to get high. Bonus: What do you plan doing besides being on Straight Dope? --- ## [Would you ever consider living with someone of the opposite gender, as roommates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ever-consider-living-with-someone-of-the-opposite-gender-as-roommates/836954)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ever-consider-living-with-someone-of-the-opposite-gender-as-roommates/836954 "2020-08-22T11:22:37Z")
During college or once you move out on your own? For me, I wouldn’t want to live with a random person unless if I personally knew them or are good friends with them. However, if I ever choose to live with random people … --- ## [Do Your Friends/Family Use Message Boards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-friends-family-use-message-boards/913257)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-friends-family-use-message-boards/913257 "2020-08-22T11:18:27Z")
I certainly don’t suggest them to everyone, but anyone who comes over will hear me mention a message board, because my laptop is connected to my TV, and I usually have music on… But for those who are huge music (or movie… --- ## [When dealing with a clogged drain, do not overlook the noble Shop-Vac](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-dealing-with-a-clogged-drain-do-not-overlook-the-noble-shop-vac/915069)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-dealing-with-a-clogged-drain-do-not-overlook-the-noble-shop-vac/915069 "2020-08-22T11:15:50Z")
Yes gentlefolk, learn from my tale of woe, and redemption. When I moved into my house there was a note from the previous owner, that the bathroom sink had always run slow. As I lived in the house it was certainly slow. … --- ## [Kleenex boxes - Am I nuts or is this normal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kleenex-boxes-am-i-nuts-or-is-this-normal/915698)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kleenex-boxes-am-i-nuts-or-is-this-normal/915698 "2020-08-22T11:12:29Z")
I live in a 3 bedroom, 2-1/2 bath 2200 square foot residence with just my wife. So far so ordinary by middle American standards. Scattered around our place are 11 open boxes of kleenex for just us two people. Is that nut… --- ## [Jill Karofsky, newest WI Supreme court justice, sworn in during 100 mile run](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jill-karofsky-newest-wi-supreme-court-justice-sworn-in-during-100-mile-run/917034)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jill-karofsky-newest-wi-supreme-court-justice-sworn-in-during-100-mile-run/917034 "2020-08-22T10:53:42Z")
Politics? Game Room? I’ll start here. This article is written about the future, but it is now in the past (I couldn’t find a post event news piece) I get a fair bit of WI news (as I am very near the border), and knew… --- ## [Value proposition of RV vacations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/value-proposition-of-rv-vacations/918319)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/value-proposition-of-rv-vacations/918319 "2020-08-22T10:35:45Z")
My wife and I have never traveled in an RV. We kind of tossed the idea around, maybe next spring taking an extended vacation to a few national/regional/state parks. Kind of like camping without having to rough it. I sta… --- ## [What are you going to do in your last week on earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-do-in-your-last-week-on-earth/915455)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-do-in-your-last-week-on-earth/915455 "2020-08-22T10:34:15Z")
According to Chad Daybell the world is going to end on 7/22/20, when he and Lori Vallow will lead the 144,000 chosen ones to the promised land. So how are you going to spend the next week? StG --- ## [Grolsch beer varieties worth drinking or bottled cat piss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grolsch-beer-varieties-worth-drinking-or-bottled-cat-piss/918631)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grolsch-beer-varieties-worth-drinking-or-bottled-cat-piss/918631 "2020-08-22T06:47:03Z")
we have some of the old Grolsch bottles with the metal flip top and porcelain caps that’s worth 5-8 bucks a piece …but realized no ones ever tried any and it seems they make different types of beer and some of it is very… --- ## [Do people in other countries frequently invoke their constitution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-in-other-countries-frequently-invoke-their-constitution/916158)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-in-other-countries-frequently-invoke-their-constitution/916158 "2020-08-22T05:31:47Z")
To start with (someone else’s) joke: “I understand that to Americans, your constitution is very important. I respect it, but please understand that every country has one as well. It’s no more special than any other con… --- ## [On salsa: ambrosia itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-salsa-ambrosia-itself/915970)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-salsa-ambrosia-itself/915970 "2020-08-22T05:29:11Z")
I have fallen deeply in love with homemade salsa – in my mind the quintessential summer food – and am on a quest to try new recipes. I started my career as an educator at a local community college in southern Oregon. My… --- ## [Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin indicted in Ivy League bribery scheme](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felicity-huffman-lori-loughlin-indicted-in-ivy-league-bribery-scheme/831001)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 463\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felicity-huffman-lori-loughlin-indicted-in-ivy-league-bribery-scheme/831001 "2020-08-22T05:27:59Z")
William H. Macy must be having an awesome morning… Hollywood actors, CEOs charged in nationwide college admissions cheating scam Oh, no! Not Aunt Becky! --- ## [Trump campaign ordered to provide evidence of voter fraud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-campaign-ordered-to-provide-evidence-of-voter-fraud/918283)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-campaign-ordered-to-provide-evidence-of-voter-fraud/918283 "2020-08-22T04:20:58Z")
A federal judge (appointed by Trump) ordered the Trump campaign to put up or shut up about mail-in voter fraud. Last Thursday, the judge gave them until Friday to responded. All I’m looking for is if and/or how the Trump… --- ## [What are stadium owners doing for revenue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-stadium-owners-doing-for-revenue/918703)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-stadium-owners-doing-for-revenue/918703 "2020-08-22T04:20:36Z")
To host a game requires all the crew except the concessions, crowd control etc. Are stadiums just going to have to pay their staff and bear it? --- ## [Beck has too many siblings. Jeez, Daddy I so wanted to be an only child. What were you thinking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-has-too-many-siblings-jeez-daddy-i-so-wanted-to-be-an-only-child-what-were-you-thinking/918642)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-has-too-many-siblings-jeez-daddy-i-so-wanted-to-be-an-only-child-what-were-you-thinking/918642 "2020-08-22T03:23:37Z")
There were 8 babies. I have 6 sibs I grew up with. An older sister who died well before the rest of us were born. And one, deceased as an adult, sister. My birth order is 4th. I’m exactly in the middle. 1 boy and 2 gi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1743) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1745)