# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1830 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1831 --- ## [Mild intoxication from hand sanitizer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-intoxication-from-hand-sanitizer/855618)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-intoxication-from-hand-sanitizer/855618 "2020-06-16T14:51:49Z")
I’m curious about people who apply 20-30 squirts of hand sanitizer through the course of a day, or use an enormous dollop (say, five or ten times the usual amount) in one sanitizing go on their hands. Doesn’t this mean t… --- ## [Upgrading a Car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrading-a-car/855725)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrading-a-car/855725 "2020-06-16T14:07:35Z")
I have a 2012 Lincoln MKZ AWD with about 40k miles. It has been used regularly but mostly for short trips a couple of times a week. Being low in miles but high in years, I’m not sure whether to consider the car in need … --- ## [Help me choose a laptop between Thinkpad and Latitude](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-laptop-between-thinkpad-and-latitude/855593)
**Author:** [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-laptop-between-thinkpad-and-latitude/855593 "2020-06-16T10:50:37Z")
Hello all, I’m currently typing on my terrible, horrible, no-good very bad potato laptop: a Lenovo G50-70 Core i3 from 2014. I hate it for various reasons - it’s slow, but ultimately what gets me are the terrible build … --- ## [How do you get photo-editing done in Picasa to stick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-photo-editing-done-in-picasa-to-stick/442772)
**Author:** [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-photo-editing-done-in-picasa-to-stick/442772 "2008-03-27T03:26:40Z")
It seems like the in-program editing is superficial in that if you edit a photo and then put the photo anywhere, the editing won’t come with it. How do you save the photo into a version with the edits? --- ## [Today's Bible Lesson: "You Reap What You Sow."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-bible-lesson-you-reap-what-you-sow/854112)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-bible-lesson-you-reap-what-you-sow/854112 "2020-06-16T07:38:22Z")
\*\* Ga. church closes two weeks after reopening as families come down with Coronavirus\*\* Two weeks. Right on schedule. --- ## [Is there anyone who can please help me with this annoying development?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-who-can-please-help-me-with-this-annoying-development/689363)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-who-can-please-help-me-with-this-annoying-development/689363 "2014-05-27T19:00:17Z")
I have noticed a recent development that really angers me. When I link to some sites, I am presented with a small window that offers me some deal on subscribing to something they are selling and I can’t figure out how t… --- ## [Advice needed: Getting 2nd opinion for dental work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-getting-2nd-opinion-for-dental-work/855464)
**Author:** [@birchtree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/birchtree)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-getting-2nd-opinion-for-dental-work/855464 "2020-06-16T06:03:35Z")
I’ve never gotten a 2nd opinion before deciding on dental procedures; might need to do so in coming weeks. If you’ve done this, or if you’re in the dental profession: How does it work? Does patient pay full price for a… --- ## [Economic Stimulus Debit Cards from Money Network Cardholder Services](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economic-stimulus-debit-cards-from-money-network-cardholder-services/854619)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economic-stimulus-debit-cards-from-money-network-cardholder-services/854619 "2020-06-16T05:46:30Z")
Check your mail for a plain white envelope from Money Network Cardholder Services. I wasn’t expecting a stimulus payment at all, I didn’t think we qualified. So I almost threw this out thinking it was a scam. But a quick… --- ## [Can Double Jeopardy be plead as a bar to a warning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-double-jeopardy-be-plead-as-a-bar-to-a-warning/855384)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-double-jeopardy-be-plead-as-a-bar-to-a-warning/855384 "2020-06-16T05:39:54Z")
In this post: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22347485&postcount=159 Tomndebb warns mikecurtis for an infraction. Problem is that his warning was the third piece of moderation in the thread, with t… --- ## [Death from the Air - 1945](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-from-the-air-1945/638279)
**Author:** [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-from-the-air-1945/638279 "2020-06-16T03:39:52Z")
For some reason, I am amazed by these photos and the newspaper article. A few years later and this would have been Top Secret stuff. But in the fall of 1945, they helped sell Victory Bonds. Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka (Baka B… --- ## [Hi Bricker! Welcome back!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-bricker-welcome-back/855746)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-bricker-welcome-back/855746 "2020-06-16T03:24:19Z")
We’re glad to have you to kick around once more! :smiley: --- ## [What happens to the colony when I knock down a wasp nest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-colony-when-i-knock-down-a-wasp-nest/855697)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-colony-when-i-knock-down-a-wasp-nest/855697 "2020-06-16T03:10:37Z")
When I find a wasp nest on my porch or in my garage, I get a broom handle and knock it down. Does the colony relocate, or do they just disperse and die? I don’t mean them any ill will. I just don’t want them in an are… --- ## ["Trump’s Niece to Publish Book With ‘Harrowing’ Revelations"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-s-niece-to-publish-book-with-harrowing-revelations/855745)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-s-niece-to-publish-book-with-harrowing-revelations/855745 "2020-06-16T03:00:38Z")
It’s about a book, so I’ll put it here. Nothing like adding fuel to the fire. \*\*From The New York Times: Trump’s Niece to Publish Book With ‘Harrowing’ Revelations \*\* --- ## [I fought the chair mat, and the chair mat won](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fought-the-chair-mat-and-the-chair-mat-won/855711)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fought-the-chair-mat-and-the-chair-mat-won/855711 "2020-06-16T02:46:14Z")
I had to go out this weekend to get a new chair mat. Since I’ve been working at home every day for the last three months, my old chair mat was cracking and splitting everywhere. The first problem I had was getting the o… --- ## [Applicable law in civil case - which state?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/applicable-law-in-civil-case-which-state/855736)
**Author:** [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/applicable-law-in-civil-case-which-state/855736 "2020-06-16T02:35:31Z")
The Small claims court: Can you sue for additional damages for “inconvenience?” thread got me thinking about another legal issue. In a civil lawsuit between parties in two different states they could remove the matter t… --- ## [Cockburn gets "cock" burn on opponent.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockburn-gets-cock-burn-on-opponent/818791)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockburn-gets-cock-burn-on-opponent/818791 "2020-06-16T02:27:20Z")
Interesting topic and coincidental name. Virginia congressional candidate Leslie Cockburn gets a burn in on an opponent who has an interest in sasquatchii with more than just\* feet \*that are big. --- ## [Jitsi Meet is an amazingly easy platform.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jitsi-meet-is-an-amazingly-easy-platform/855742)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jitsi-meet-is-an-amazingly-easy-platform/855742 "2020-06-16T01:40:55Z")
It is even simpler then Zoom. Are there any other platforms like Jitsi? Somehow Discord is hard for me to grasp. I will learn UNHangout. --- ## [Recommend a balanced book about the Civil War and slavery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-balanced-book-about-the-civil-war-and-slavery/855557)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-balanced-book-about-the-civil-war-and-slavery/855557 "2020-06-16T01:28:52Z")
Recommend a book by a credible author that does not have its own political agenda. Factually breaks down the causes of the war, and the following elimination of slavery. Examines the roles of the major political parties … --- ## [Supreme Court holds that the 1964 Civil Rights Act Protects Gay and Transgendered Persons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-holds-that-the-1964-civil-rights-act-protects-gay-and-transgendered-persons/855715)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-holds-that-the-1964-civil-rights-act-protects-gay-and-transgendered-persons/855715 "2020-06-16T01:14:38Z")
https://d2qwohl8lx5mh1.cloudfront.net/8hVHe52Cq4sPdF0wEaTaCQ/content Pretty surprising that Gorsuch and Roberts signed on. 6-3. I have no particular qualms about the result, but it seems rather peculiar legal reasoning… --- ## [SCOTUS vs the donald on healthcare](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-vs-the-donald-on-healthcare/855713)
**Author:** [@Turki-lurki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turki-lurki)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-vs-the-donald-on-healthcare/855713 "2020-06-16T00:51:48Z")
I haven’t gotten my head around the implications of today’s Supreme Court ruling. It seems to say that discrimination against LGBTQ persons is sex discrimination and is unconstitutional. Does this stop the donald’s new p… --- ## [Leftover duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-duck/855612)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-duck/855612 "2020-06-16T00:46:15Z")
I cooked a whole duck last night for supper. Now I have a bit more than half a duck in the fridge, removed from the bones. Any advice on what to do with it? I could just go with “eat it cold for lunch”, which is what I … --- ## [Should I have noticed if one lens of my glasses was off by .75 SPH?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-noticed-if-one-lens-of-my-glasses-was-off-by-75-sph/855717)
**Author:** [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-noticed-if-one-lens-of-my-glasses-was-off-by-75-sph/855717 "2020-06-16T00:36:19Z")
A couple of years ago, I suffered a scratch to the cornea of one eye. Immediately afterwards I went to my optometrist and we didn’t detect any change to my prescription at that time. I’m preparing to get new glasses so… --- ## [Small blog criticizes eBay. eBay executives go on a nasty harassment and cyberstalking campaign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-blog-criticizes-ebay-ebay-executives-go-on-a-nasty-harassment-and-cyberstalking-campaign/855734)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-blog-criticizes-ebay-ebay-executives-go-on-a-nasty-harassment-and-cyberstalking-campaign/855734 "2020-06-15T23:44:45Z")
They sent nasty packages to their home, placed fake craigslist ads to get people to show up at their address for sex and sent hardcore porn to their neighbors in their name as if it was slightly misaddressed. Unbeliev… --- ## [A well lived life.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-well-lived-life/855662)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-well-lived-life/855662 "2020-06-15T23:11:12Z")
This is the anniversary of the death of my sister. One year after my Daddy died. Almost to the day. He would’ve never dealt with her death, easily…So…that’s the only thing I can think of that makes his fluke of a death … --- ## [What role do NASCAR teams play?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-role-do-nascar-teams-play/855436)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-role-do-nascar-teams-play/855436 "2020-06-15T22:26:14Z")
I used to follow Formula One closely and it seems teams played a huge PR role because many of them were manufacturer based ie Ferrari, Mercedes, McLaren, Renault are often top teams with most of the others hybrid teams. … --- ## [Almost 30, never had a relationship. Any advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-30-never-had-a-relationship-any-advice/638807)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 291\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-30-never-had-a-relationship-any-advice/638807 "2020-06-15T22:23:43Z")
Y’know, it’s been this way for so long it seems more like the plot for some silly redemption movie than real life. But it is getting rather lonely and I’d like it to change, preferably before I turn 60. I’m just not real… --- ## [At Your Invitation, Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-your-invitation-colibri/855727)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-your-invitation-colibri/855727 "2020-06-15T22:02:56Z")
Here is the thread opened after reading the threads concerning Shodan’s ban and the nine page thread discussing Shodan’s ban, neither of which seemed to reach any definitive consensus. So, at your invitation, I’ll ask a… --- ## [Postus Interruptus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postus-interruptus/855586)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postus-interruptus/855586 "2020-06-15T21:37:48Z")
I bet I delete half the posts I compose. Maybe I think others will weigh in with something that will change my mind. Maybe it’s a hot-button topic. Other times I may think it doesn’t look as good after I type it. Or … --- ## [Question about the new rules that got Shodan banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-new-rules-that-got-shodan-banned/855724)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-new-rules-that-got-shodan-banned/855724 "2020-06-15T21:25:26Z")
I’ve been away. But as I understand it, and please correct me if I am wrong, it would draw a warning, or at least a note, to say something in Politics and Elections about, say, a prominent female politician, that the po… --- ## [Are you following golf/soccer/car racing - the only games in town?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-following-golf-soccer-car-racing-the-only-games-in-town/855709)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-following-golf-soccer-car-racing-the-only-games-in-town/855709 "2020-06-15T21:23:46Z")
I’m not a big fan of viewing sports. Pretty much the only sport I follow at all is pro golf, as I have enjoyed playing golf all my life. I was aware that there was a PGA tournament this past weekend - pretty much the o… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1829) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1831)