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**Author:** [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-grief-i-used-to-do-this-every-day/916149 "2020-07-23T19:06:14Z")
I just worked my first full day in months. Not real, paying, work, my friend needed some exterior trim work rebuilt on his house before it gets painted. 8 hours of labor outside in 85 degrees. I used to build stuff all d… --- ## [There's more than a Chance this warning was unwarranted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-more-than-a-chance-this-warning-was-unwarranted/915634)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-more-than-a-chance-this-warning-was-unwarranted/915634 "2020-07-23T18:38:14Z")
TL;DR Mr. Chance admitted that he has a bias against me, he ignored another poster who legitimately got hostile with me, and he issued a warning against me for indefensible reasons. I would like the warning removed, plea… --- ## [Oh, the scourge, the heartbreak and embarrassment. And the pain, yes PAIN](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-scourge-the-heartbreak-and-embarrassment-and-the-pain-yes-pain/915867)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-scourge-the-heartbreak-and-embarrassment-and-the-pain-yes-pain/915867 "2020-07-23T18:19:08Z")
I have the dreaded dish-pan hands. Red, raw and burning. It’s bad. I got the O’Keefe’s out. It burnt like fire on my poor hands. Now, see, here’s the thing. I’ve been putting my bare hands in everything I’ve done for y… --- ## [Is the late-July flattening of the US curve real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-late-july-flattening-of-the-us-curve-real/916059)
**Author:** [@illoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/illoe)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-late-july-flattening-of-the-us-curve-real/916059 "2020-07-23T18:12:51Z")
I’ve been following the US case trackers pretty closely, and have been a little surprised at the speed with which the US curve has flattened since the reporting protocols were changed to bypass the CDC. Florida in partic… --- ## [Teach Me about Sump Basins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-about-sump-basins/915729)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-about-sump-basins/915729 "2020-07-23T18:05:34Z")
We bought a house last year that has a sump pump in the crawlspace basement. Having never had one before I tried to learn as much as a could about it so I could maintain it as needed. The pump cycles around the clock, so… --- ## [Police Uniforms in Escape from New York](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-uniforms-in-escape-from-new-york/916045)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-uniforms-in-escape-from-new-york/916045 "2020-07-23T16:54:30Z")
I was watching the old movie Escape from New York the other day and it appeared to me that the paramilitary police uniforms in that dystopian future are less scary than the actual police uniforms today. Anyone agree or … --- ## [Qantas last flight of its 747 fleet...traces its logo in the sky just after departure...sad day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qantas-last-flight-of-its-747-fleet-traces-its-logo-in-the-sky-just-after-departure-sad-day/916018)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qantas-last-flight-of-its-747-fleet-traces-its-logo-in-the-sky-just-after-departure-sad-day/916018 "2020-07-23T16:17:11Z")
Qantas is retiring its fleet of 747 aircraft. Today was the last flight of a 747 from Sydney to Los Angeles. As the plane left Sydney, out over the ocean, the plane flew a route that traced the Qantas logo which I thou… --- ## [Why "Buy one get one free", & not half-price off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-buy-one-get-one-free-not-half-price-off/915879)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-buy-one-get-one-free-not-half-price-off/915879 "2020-07-23T15:58:13Z")
My local grocery store does this all the time, and it drives me batty. WI I only want ONE of the items? Yeah, in some cases I can just store the 2nd one for use down the line, but in other cases I really may just want … --- ## [Girl Genius-- What's happening?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-genius-whats-happening/916050)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-genius-whats-happening/916050 "2020-07-23T15:36:22Z")
I know there are others here who follow Girl Genius. In all the time the comic has been running, it’s been posted every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday without fail. Occasionally there’s been a filler page when the inten… --- ## [Fox news hosts accused of rape and sex harrasment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-hosts-accused-of-rape-and-sex-harrasment/915882)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-hosts-accused-of-rape-and-sex-harrasment/915882 "2020-07-23T15:05:58Z")
I don’t think the other guys will be axed right away like Ed Henry. --- ## [Chart of relative timing of recent fads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chart-of-relative-timing-of-recent-fads/916123)
**Author:** [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chart-of-relative-timing-of-recent-fads/916123 "2020-07-23T15:02:51Z")
Thinking of the nostalgiafests like Ready Player One and Stranger Things, as well as the cash-in/revisit attempts (Transformers, TMNT, etc.)… and my own formative years heading into the late 80s and early 90s. Has anyon… --- ## [Why do some countries show pronounced weekend effect and others do not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-countries-show-pronounced-weekend-effect-and-others-do-not/916118)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-countries-show-pronounced-weekend-effect-and-others-do-not/916118 "2020-07-23T14:53:40Z")
For Each one, scroll down to “Daily New Cases” In Brazil and Mexico it is very strong. In the US it is mild/medium. In India and Russia, it is virtually non-existent. My best guess is how much of the society changes … --- ## [Music in Escape from New York and Christine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-in-escape-from-new-york-and-christine/916042)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-in-escape-from-new-york-and-christine/916042 "2020-07-23T14:30:24Z")
I watched Christine a few days ago for the first time in decades. It was neat to hear the dramatic drum theme pacing some long smooth scenes. It is a similar score as “Escape From New York”, although not as incessant. I … --- ## [When the plague is over in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-plague-is-over-in-the-mmp/915194)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 323\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-plague-is-over-in-the-mmp/915194 "2020-07-23T13:57:10Z")
Once the virus is tamed/vaccinated/reduced to insignificance, what do you plan to do first? When you no longer need a mask and the kids can all go back to school and “social distancing” disappears from daily conversatio… --- ## [Is Trump is Posturing for a Convention Surprise to Invigorate the Base?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-is-posturing-for-a-convention-surprise-to-invigorate-the-base/916010)
**Author:** [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-is-posturing-for-a-convention-surprise-to-invigorate-the-base/916010 "2020-07-23T13:07:49Z")
Now that Trump is coming out for mask wearing and seemingly taking the COVID-19 seriously it makes me realize that this is all a ploy put force by his new campaign manager. He is being told to become emphatic towards th… --- ## [What is the oldest man made object in the Americas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-man-made-object-in-the-americas/823486)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-man-made-object-in-the-americas/823486 "2020-07-23T12:22:12Z")
A link in this thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=864451 Got me to wondering, what is the oldest (reasonably verified) man made object found in the Americas - mainly the current US? Obviously… --- ## [NICU stays are down (unexpected benefit!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicu-stays-are-down-unexpected-benefit/915973)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicu-stays-are-down-unexpected-benefit/915973 "2020-07-23T10:27:20Z")
From the NY Times: Evidently, there are a lot fewer preemies being born nowadays. They don’t know why. My theory is that with people being at home more, they are going through less physical stress; I told my husband “W… --- ## [Hannibal - why Minnesota?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannibal-why-minnesota/915244)
**Author:** [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannibal-why-minnesota/915244 "2020-07-23T09:09:08Z")
Re-watching Hannibal (the tv series) and I realize they’re going back and forth between Virginia and Minnesota quite often… like from one day to the next. There doesn’t seem to be any indication of the actual traveling w… --- ## [The system user has taken ownership of some older posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-system-user-has-taken-ownership-of-some-older-posts/916080)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-system-user-has-taken-ownership-of-some-older-posts/916080 "2020-07-23T07:05:08Z")
Dear Straight Dope, I just wanted to bring to your attention that the system user appears to have gobbled up a number of posts in the thread, “What will the UK do about Brexit?”. It appears that the user whose posts wer… --- ## [Replace battery on 2007 Prius?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-battery-on-2007-prius/915511)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-battery-on-2007-prius/915511 "2020-07-23T04:17:30Z")
So today the inevitable happened - a few years ago, I facilitated my mom buying a friend’s used Prius, because her prior car had been held together with duct tape and baling wire for years, and it was a great deal. The P… --- ## [Free Republic.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-republic-com/916066)
**Author:** [@Yankees\_1996\_Champs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankees_1996_Champs)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-republic-com/916066 "2020-07-23T03:24:03Z")
What do you think about the conservative website Free Republic.com? http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/\*/index --- ## [What's your favorite novety song that most people haven't heard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-novety-song-that-most-people-havent-heard/915550)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-novety-song-that-most-people-havent-heard/915550 "2020-07-23T02:05:18Z")
Mine is the one about the girl who only likes her man for his Willie Nelson impression: --- ## [In the Navy what is the difference between "standard rudder," or "full rudder" or "hard rudder"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-navy-what-is-the-difference-between-standard-rudder-or-full-rudder-or-hard-rudder/915737)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-navy-what-is-the-difference-between-standard-rudder-or-full-rudder-or-hard-rudder/915737 "2020-07-23T01:55:44Z")
I was watching the movie “Greyhound” and these terms were used. What do they mean? --- ## [Greyhound - Can a non-stop action movie with Tom Hanks be... boring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greyhound-can-a-non-stop-action-movie-with-tom-hanks-be-boring/915209)
**Author:** [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greyhound-can-a-non-stop-action-movie-with-tom-hanks-be-boring/915209 "2020-07-23T00:42:30Z")
I just watched Greyhound. There is exactly one half-hearted stab at character development: Near the beginning, there’s a 5 min scene where Tom Hanks’ character sort-of proposes to a girl, and she turns him down. We gath… --- ## [Which fandoms are you actively involved in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fandoms-are-you-actively-involved-in/916053)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fandoms-are-you-actively-involved-in/916053 "2020-07-23T00:26:05Z")
By “actively involved”, I mean you regularly spend time, online or in person, interacting with your fellow fans in some way. I’m a fan of many books, but in terms of fandom I have three major ones. Silmarillion What … --- ## [My wife has breast cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-breast-cancer/915955)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-breast-cancer/915955 "2020-07-23T00:23:44Z")
Not mundane or pointless but: My wife of 14 years was just diagnosed with breast cancer. It appears they caught it early, so hopefully the prognosis will be good. Tomorrow she talks to the oncology department to discu… --- ## [What percentage of people do you think will never be directly touched by COVID?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-people-do-you-think-will-never-be-directly-touched-by-covid/914218)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-people-do-you-think-will-never-be-directly-touched-by-covid/914218 "2020-07-23T00:05:50Z")
As in be infected themselves or have someone they directly know infected, until the crisis is globally acknowledged to be at least stable. I ask about both Americans and worldwide. I was wondering about this because the… --- ## [What are these vegetables?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-vegetables/916051)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-vegetables/916051 "2020-07-22T23:46:34Z")
We get a bag-o-veggies each week from the local farmers’ market. They put whatever they want into it. This week there were these very small. . .somethings. Any ideas? https://imgur.com/a/rALlu35 --- ## ["What, me worry?" PAUL Newman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-me-worry-paul-newman/915888)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-me-worry-paul-newman/915888 "2020-07-22T23:41:00Z")
I have this memory of watching some sort of action film on TV when I was a kid (1960s or 70s) starring Paul Newman where during a chase scene he suddenly breaks the fourth wall, looks at the camera, and says, “What? Me w… --- ## [Is the U.S. women's national soccer team disliked more than other soccer teams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-u-s-womens-national-soccer-team-disliked-more-than-other-soccer-teams/915517)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-u-s-womens-national-soccer-team-disliked-more-than-other-soccer-teams/915517 "2020-07-22T23:02:58Z")
The prowess of the USWNT is indisputable; they are clearly the No. 1 women’s team on the planet. So there isn’t much to discuss about that; nobody would deny that they are good from a skill standpoint. But from a likabi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1779) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1781)