# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1756 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1757 --- ## [Who Knew Dental Work Could Inspire Debate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knew-dental-work-could-inspire-debate/830284)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knew-dental-work-could-inspire-debate/830284 "2020-08-13T19:14:59Z")
As a bit of background: I recently cracked a tooth. It was a pretty good crack, going entirely across the top surface of the tooth. Not extremely deep, thank goodness, but biting down on it was like getting an electri… --- ## [How to make new Google Voice work like Legacy GV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-new-google-voice-work-like-legacy-gv/917941)
**Author:** [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-new-google-voice-work-like-legacy-gv/917941 "2020-08-13T18:04:18Z")
If I don’t go to legacy Google Voice I can’t call because it says I don’t have a mic on my computer. I don’t want to call with my computer, I want GV to call my landline like legacy GV does. Anyone know how to make it wo… --- ## [Tears of Joy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tears-of-joy/35925)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tears-of-joy/35925 "2020-08-13T17:39:57Z")
Why do we cry when something really wonderful and poignant happens? --- ## [How much of China's debt does US bond holders have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-chinas-debt-does-us-bond-holders-have/918006)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-chinas-debt-does-us-bond-holders-have/918006 "2020-08-13T17:38:43Z")
I was watching a video and one thing that was brought up was a huge amount of bonds (debt) that US bond holders have from China. Of course, when I google this I get all about how much debt China has wrt US bonds. Does … --- ## [Where to find a Musical Transcriptionist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-find-a-musical-transcriptionist/917694)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-find-a-musical-transcriptionist/917694 "2020-08-13T17:22:51Z")
I compose. I just barely read music. Every now and then I get an urge to write down my compositions on staff paper, with key signatures and time signatures and notes perched on the wires and all that. It’s a lot like … --- ## [Have you used this time to do or learn something new?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-used-this-time-to-do-or-learn-something-new/917945)
**Author:** [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-used-this-time-to-do-or-learn-something-new/917945 "2020-08-13T16:47:05Z")
What new activities, hobbies, knowledge, etc. have you gained while staying home due to Covid-19? I have 3 things that I can’t say I would have taken up without this enforced time at home: I can now solve 5 kinds of … --- ## [Are other countries having testing problems too?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-other-countries-having-testing-problems-too/854351)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-other-countries-having-testing-problems-too/854351 "2020-08-13T16:10:29Z")
From the beginning the US has had major problems with testing. First we rejected tests from other counties to develop our own, and those tests turned out to be defective. And then, once we got tests that were actually ac… --- ## [Any risk for putting a grounding adapter for a non grounded electrical appliance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-risk-for-putting-a-grounding-adapter-for-a-non-grounded-electrical-appliance/917944)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-risk-for-putting-a-grounding-adapter-for-a-non-grounded-electrical-appliance/917944 "2020-08-13T15:46:06Z")
I got some with some disability issues a set of remote control outlets like this. The wall outlets have no grounding outlet. The electrical appliance (fans and air purifiers) do not have grounding prongs either. but t… --- ## [IMHO: College students seem to be more accepting and understanding when compared to other groups of people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-college-students-seem-to-be-more-accepting-and-understanding-when-compared-to-other-groups-of-people/917902)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-college-students-seem-to-be-more-accepting-and-understanding-when-compared-to-other-groups-of-people/917902 "2020-08-13T15:42:57Z")
I’m not sure if it has to do with being surrounded by other young people, different maturity levels, or the overall college experience, but after 4 years, I believe that college students are more likely to be accepting a… --- ## [Shipping Costs on eBay & Amazon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shipping-costs-on-ebay-amazon/917925)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shipping-costs-on-ebay-amazon/917925 "2020-08-13T15:03:31Z")
Based on my experience, ISTM that it’s very common for eBay sellers to offer free shipping, even on relatively low cost items, but on Amazon unless you hit their free shipping threshold or have Prime it’s very rare. One… --- ## [The Jim B. Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jim-b-pit/917858)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jim-b-pit/917858 "2020-08-13T14:52:14Z")
This pitting is a long time coming. I’m so sick and tired of encountering this person’s mind-numbingly stupid threads, the latest of which is: Why Are Some Lesbians So Mean? (“And why are gay men the opposite”) Jim, i… --- ## [Interest in credit scores, unique to Americans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interest-in-credit-scores-unique-to-americans/917119)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interest-in-credit-scores-unique-to-americans/917119 "2020-08-13T14:51:21Z")
I follow a Facebook page on budgeting. A lot of the posts are from people asking for advice on maximising their credit score. Questions are about things such as whether to pay off cards immediately, wait for the bill, le… --- ## [What is the latest on how you can get the virus? Also...how has the conventional wisdom changed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-latest-on-how-you-can-get-the-virus-also-how-has-the-conventional-wisdom-changed/917645)
**Author:** [@GnuMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GnuMe)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-latest-on-how-you-can-get-the-virus-also-how-has-the-conventional-wisdom-changed/917645 "2020-08-13T14:39:38Z")
So the classic illness seems to be resiratory but I’ve also seen heart problems (Eduardo Rodriguez;Boston Red Sox) and reports of lingering effects on the brain. Breathing it in thru the nose seems to be what most are c… --- ## [Spectrum Originals "Paradise Lost" series: anyone else bother to watch it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectrum-originals-paradise-lost-series-anyone-else-bother-to-watch-it/917995)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectrum-originals-paradise-lost-series-anyone-else-bother-to-watch-it/917995 "2020-08-13T13:52:15Z")
Mrs. ToKnow and I finished watching season one last night and I’m curious to know if anyone else bothered. Spectrum Originals require you to have Spectrum (duh) and low expectations, so I am willing to bet there aren’t m… --- ## [Why Did English Lose All Its G's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-english-lose-all-its-gs/917577)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-english-lose-all-its-gs/917577 "2020-08-13T13:30:25Z")
Middle English lost a lot of g’s, when transitioning from Old English. At least according to my dictionary. I will just cite the examples I know. ‘Eye’ was ēage in Old English. That actually makes sense, because eye, li… --- ## [Powered USB Hub](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powered-usb-hub/917897)
**Author:** [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powered-usb-hub/917897 "2020-08-13T12:54:58Z")
I need to power my micro-controller development environment from the USB hub (O scope (2), emulator, ball mouse, maybe USB screen). This requires 4 or more ports and a lot of current. I picked up a powered hub from Walm… --- ## [How are Hebrew Calendar dates written and said?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-hebrew-calendar-dates-written-and-said/917766)
**Author:** [@yearofglad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yearofglad)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-hebrew-calendar-dates-written-and-said/917766 "2020-08-13T11:39:07Z")
Looking at the dates for Hanukkah, Wikipedia says it starts on 25 Kislev and ends on 2 Tevet or 3 Tevet. I’m assuming that’s the correct way to write it, with the number first and the month second? Is it also read aloud… --- ## [America implements another country’s COVID plan with NO changes. Which are we best off going with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-implements-another-country-s-covid-plan-with-no-changes-which-are-we-best-off-going-with/917673)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-implements-another-country-s-covid-plan-with-no-changes-which-are-we-best-off-going-with/917673 "2020-08-13T11:27:21Z")
Something I was curious about. Assume that government would have to directly request and get any suspensions of current American law and policy that the plan would require. --- ## [Did blue, canary-shaped plug-in nightlights exist before 1990?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-blue-canary-shaped-plug-in-nightlights-exist-before-1990/917252)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-blue-canary-shaped-plug-in-nightlights-exist-before-1990/917252 "2020-08-13T08:44:01Z")
Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch Who watches over you Make a little birdhouse in your soul It is generally believed that the lyrics of Birdhouse in Your Soul by They Might be Giants, are narrated from the… --- ## [How do I do this in GIMP: Turning an object from one picture into a new picture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-do-this-in-gimp-turning-an-object-from-one-picture-into-a-new-picture/917658)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-do-this-in-gimp-turning-an-object-from-one-picture-into-a-new-picture/917658 "2020-08-13T08:16:40Z")
I’m very much illiterate when it comes to graphics processing, but there must be a very simple way for doing what I want to do. It’s just that I haven’t found it after two hours of playing around in GIMP and using online… --- ## [Why isn't Uber Surge Pricing considered gouging?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-uber-surge-pricing-considered-gouging/917849)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-uber-surge-pricing-considered-gouging/917849 "2020-08-13T08:16:08Z")
As you probably know, Uber pricing can fluctuate based on the supply of drivers vs. the demand of riders. Uber says: Bad weather, rush hour, and special events, for instance, may cause unusually large numbers of people… --- ## [Was Liver a common main dish in the past?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-liver-a-common-main-dish-in-the-past/917669)
**Author:** [@Bacon\_Cheeseburger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bacon_Cheeseburger)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-liver-a-common-main-dish-in-the-past/917669 "2020-08-13T08:12:57Z")
Watching old timey movies/TV shows it seems like Liver and Onions would be mentioned from time to time, usually comically about a child not eating his dinner or something. My mother did make Liver occasionally but never… --- ## [Spinning disk goes from 0 to relativistic speed. What happens to RPM and angular momentum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinning-disk-goes-from-0-to-relativistic-speed-what-happens-to-rpm-and-angular-momentum/917288)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinning-disk-goes-from-0-to-relativistic-speed-what-happens-to-rpm-and-angular-momentum/917288 "2020-08-13T08:12:08Z")
Inspired by the pizza thread, I had a question. Say a disk spinning about its internal axis (say at 100 RPM) is slowly accelerated to the speed of light. When I mean accelerates, I mean the center of mass of the disk ac… --- ## [Let us now praise... our favorite, comfortable underpants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-now-praise-our-favorite-comfortable-underpants/917592)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-now-praise-our-favorite-comfortable-underpants/917592 "2020-08-13T04:51:33Z")
I’m talkin’ bottoms here… people’s bottoms and the garments that enclose them. Searching for the Ideal Underpant. I’m fed up to here (or rather, to down there) with itchy elastic that irritates your skin until the day i… --- ## [My Chrome browser has gone nuts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-chrome-browser-has-gone-nuts/917937)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-chrome-browser-has-gone-nuts/917937 "2020-08-13T04:19:52Z")
I can’t change the URL on any tab. I can start a new blank tab and send it to the URL I want, but I can’t click from the tab I am on to move to another open tab. I can use the bookmarks but only to open in a new tab (or … --- ## [Name one thing whose quality has improved in your life, and one thing whose quality has declined](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-thing-whose-quality-has-improved-in-your-life-and-one-thing-whose-quality-has-declined/917923)
**Author:** [@ZosterSandstorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZosterSandstorm)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-thing-whose-quality-has-improved-in-your-life-and-one-thing-whose-quality-has-declined/917923 "2020-08-13T02:24:26Z")
Some people have a very rose-colored view of the “good old days.” In reality, a lot of things have gotten better in the lifetime of a 20, 40, or 60 year old person. But some things haven’t. IMPROVED: Cars, across the bo… --- ## [What would be the best chemical elements for a shapeshifter to turn into?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-best-chemical-elements-for-a-shapeshifter-to-turn-into/917895)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-best-chemical-elements-for-a-shapeshifter-to-turn-into/917895 "2020-08-13T01:38:24Z")
If someone had the ability to shapeshift into any chemical element, compound, form or material while still maintaining normal human speed/motion like Metamorpho and Absorbing Man what would be the best and most versatile… --- ## [Prince of the City movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-of-the-city-movie/917934)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-of-the-city-movie/917934 "2020-08-13T01:00:20Z")
Just watched it again for about the 27th time and it still moves me. It is a more complex version of Serpico. Serpico was never corrupt, from the begining he would not take money that was found when cops arrested drug d… --- ## ["Impose" in a legal description](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impose-in-a-legal-description/917928)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impose-in-a-legal-description/917928 "2020-08-13T00:31:14Z")
I was reading about shortbreads and shortcakes (while eating some Walkers shortbread fingers) and came across this sentence in the Wiki article on Petit-Beurre. What does it mean to “impose the basic recipe”? “When desi… --- ## [Incorrect band name origins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incorrect-band-name-origins/917737)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incorrect-band-name-origins/917737 "2020-08-13T00:17:55Z")
Have you ever heard the name of a band, and some explanation of the origin of that name pops into your head, even though you know your idea is probably completely wrong? For example, when I first heard of the band Fleet… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1755) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1757)