# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1889 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1890 --- ## [Dangerous 70's toys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangerous-70s-toys/853050)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangerous-70s-toys/853050 "2020-05-06T22:58:18Z")
So I’ve already thought of: Tracer (disc) guns Spark guns Cap guns Lawn darts Dart darts Frigging bow and arrow sets for kids. What was the gun that shoots out a plastic projectile with a suction cup on the end? W… --- ## [You want Fries with that? Stripper Fast Food Drive Through](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-fries-with-that-stripper-fast-food-drive-through/853182)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-fries-with-that-stripper-fast-food-drive-through/853182 "2020-05-06T22:36:12Z")
Lucky Devil Lounge in Oregon has come up with yet another innovative, fun and sexy idea to keep income — and customers — coming during the pandemic. Love the logo for “Lucky Devil Eats” --- ## [Friendship etiquette/manners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendship-etiquette-manners/853065)
**Author:** [@cornflakes2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes2)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendship-etiquette-manners/853065 "2020-05-06T22:10:47Z")
Ok, we’ve all experienced this before. I don’t know which side of the fence you sit on but here’s the scenario: You and your friend live about an hour or more away from each other. You both decide to meet up but it e… --- ## [Anybody else receive a stimulus check for a dead relative?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-receive-a-stimulus-check-for-a-dead-relative/853286)
**Author:** [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-receive-a-stimulus-check-for-a-dead-relative/853286 "2020-05-06T21:35:06Z")
Just got a stimulus check yesterday. Addressed to my deceased mother-in-law, c/o Mrs. Martian (who was executor of my MIL’s estate). MIL died in 2018, we filed a final tax return last year. The IRS knows she’s deceased, … --- ## [Another Xbox Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-xbox-question/853206)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-xbox-question/853206 "2020-05-06T21:22:32Z")
I’m writing a screenplay and need some help. In looking online I found that it’s possible to send a message from an Xbox to someone’s phone as a text message. Assuming that’s true, and I have no way to verify that it i… --- ## [Occupations in Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupations-in-songs/852901)
**Author:** [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupations-in-songs/852901 "2020-05-06T20:45:47Z")
I was listening to a Donald Fagen album and one of the songs is Security Joan. In the song Joan works for airport security. I was thinking of what occupations are held by main characters in songs. For example, Lovely Ri… --- ## [Boomer Brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boomer-brain/853154)
**Author:** [@Organism](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Organism)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boomer-brain/853154 "2020-05-06T20:41:13Z")
\#NotAllBoomers but! Way too many of them: Get out of the way or into the ground. Choose one. Never in history has anyone who has benefited so much given so little, all the while whining as their whims are catered to… --- ## [Where can I find open Zoom meetings to join?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-open-zoom-meetings-to-join/853217)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-open-zoom-meetings-to-join/853217 "2020-05-06T20:25:03Z")
Preferably dealing with Zoom itself. I have downloaded the program and learned some basics. --- ## [With Lockdown, How Can I Spend My $1,200?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-lockdown-how-can-i-spend-my-1-200/853175)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-lockdown-how-can-i-spend-my-1-200/853175 "2020-05-06T20:21:07Z")
I told myself I would use it on fun, which I need… My car isn’t working, I don’t have uber, etc., and with so much closed down, I’m wondering what I can do. I’m planning life as if its all going to come crashing in a mon… --- ## [Cora Sue Collins: Last of the pre-Code actors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cora-sue-collins-last-of-the-pre-code-actors/853290)
**Author:** [@Princess\_Perfume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princess_Perfume)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cora-sue-collins-last-of-the-pre-code-actors/853290 "2020-05-06T19:58:17Z")
One of the most femininely beautiful and charming child actresses of the 1930s. I’ve always preferred her to Shirley Temple. And of course Cora Sue has achieved the ultimate revenge over her old rival Temple as she’s sub… --- ## [New York Times Front Page; 31 December 2019](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-front-page-31-december-2019/853239)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-front-page-31-december-2019/853239 "2020-05-06T19:52:51Z")
It was a simpler, more innocent time. -=Link=- Protesters Attack U.S. Embassy in Iraq, Chanting ‘Death to America’ F.D.A. Plans to Ban Most E-Cigarette Flavors but Menthol From the Brig to Mar-a-Lago, Former Navy SEAL… --- ## [Does Woot.com ever ship to Hawaii?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-woot-com-ever-ship-to-hawaii/853283)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-woot-com-ever-ship-to-hawaii/853283 "2020-05-06T19:28:16Z")
A tip from a SDMB user led me to Woot.com, where I bought a great birthday gift for my son and sent it to him in Pennsylvania. Now I get the Woot emails, and boy are there some good deals. However, anything I put in my … --- ## [AVG vs MS Security Essentials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avg-vs-ms-security-essentials/562970)
**Author:** [@robcaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robcaro)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avg-vs-ms-security-essentials/562970 "2010-12-09T23:38:16Z")
Is AVG as good as or better than MS Security Essentials? Free version of AVG. --- ## [Oddly juxtaposed Straight Dope threads of the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-juxtaposed-straight-dope-threads-of-the-day/853288)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-juxtaposed-straight-dope-threads-of-the-day/853288 "2020-05-06T18:53:04Z")
Seen here today at 11:13 EST (link to JPEG on Dropbox) --- ## [Suggestions for new musical instruments to self-teach](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-new-musical-instruments-to-self-teach/853149)
**Author:** [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-new-musical-instruments-to-self-teach/853149 "2020-05-06T18:49:35Z")
I’m pondering the idea of using some of my now-free time to teach myself to play a musical instrument, and I’m looking for ideas. It’s been a few years since I’ve played anything, but I read music pretty well, I took ab… --- ## [Borderlands 3 Science Arcade game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/borderlands-3-science-arcade-game/851450)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/borderlands-3-science-arcade-game/851450 "2020-05-06T18:11:01Z")
Borderlands 3 has added this arcade game in the corner of Dr. Tannis’s lab: It presents you with simple block puzzles that you solve, and you’re supposedly helping map the human microbiome. It is inconceivable to me … --- ## [Binge reading -- you too?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/binge-reading-you-too/853179)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/binge-reading-you-too/853179 "2020-05-06T18:09:42Z")
Now that my work has dwindled away to pathetically meager, there’s more time to read for pleasure, and I’ve begun bingeing on long-running series of books, which is providing some unexpected delights. For example, I own… --- ## [Medical advice sought: Sudden onset burning foot/feet, excrutiating pain in big toe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-advice-sought-sudden-onset-burning-foot-feet-excrutiating-pain-in-big-toe/852890)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-advice-sought-sudden-onset-burning-foot-feet-excrutiating-pain-in-big-toe/852890 "2020-05-06T17:59:29Z")
Three nights ago when I went to bed, my right big toe joint became very painful and woke me up. I took ibuprofen, which is what works for me, and it alleviated the pain. Two days ago, I awoke again with the pain and put … --- ## [Independent single women: How do you confront your physical weakness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independent-single-women-how-do-you-confront-your-physical-weakness/729291)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independent-single-women-how-do-you-confront-your-physical-weakness/729291 "2020-05-06T17:33:39Z")
A couple of weeks ago, I bought a lawnmower from my neighbor. He had seen me hacking at the grass with my weed-eater for the past eight weekends, so he decided to give me first dibs on his old one before putting it up o… --- ## [I Need A Translation Of This Text From India](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-translation-of-this-text-from-india/695109)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2014, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-translation-of-this-text-from-india/695109 "2014-08-11T06:05:05Z")
My girlfriend reads IIRC Hindi, Gujarati and some Sanskrit. She can’t read this. She thinks it’s Bengali. I’d greatly appreciate any help my fellow Dopers can give me. --- ## [Are you looking for companionship? Love? Raw, animal-like sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-looking-for-companionship-love-raw-animal-like-sex/853276)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-looking-for-companionship-love-raw-animal-like-sex/853276 "2020-05-06T17:14:38Z")
First read this, cuz the Dope don’t approve. Or just says you’re on your own, but be careful. Or something; I didn’t read it and the authors didn’t stick around to answer your questions. Next, sit back and think abo… --- ## [How do I save this plant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-save-this-plant/853203)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-save-this-plant/853203 "2020-05-06T17:06:21Z")
The one in the foreground. I would have needed an ID but someone identified it as azaleas on imgur right before I posted this. It is dying. The reason I know this is another one no… --- ## [Borderlands 3(?) teaser, Mask of Mayhem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/borderlands-3-teaser-mask-of-mayhem/831633)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/borderlands-3-teaser-mask-of-mayhem/831633 "2020-05-06T16:55:52Z")
Woohoo, :slight\_smile: Been waiting for this one for a looooong time. I won’t even mention how many hours I have into BL2, Because most people would say I’m a liar, and the rest would think me very weird … --- ## [California: Refer to "at-risk" students as "at-promise"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-refer-to-at-risk-students-as-at-promise/851224)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-refer-to-at-risk-students-as-at-promise/851224 "2020-05-06T16:45:35Z")
Not long ago, California passed legislation - subsequently signed by the governor - that now replaces the term “at-risk” (used to describe students who are at risk) - with “at-promise.” Educators and law enforcement pers… --- ## [They need to start telling me these things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-need-to-start-telling-me-these-things/853233)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-need-to-start-telling-me-these-things/853233 "2020-05-06T16:28:18Z")
Nurse Kevin, Sunday: “We thought you had it back when you were hospitalized for not being able to breathe.” It, of course, is Corvid-19 and when was later January and early February. And Corvid-19 is my annoyingly cut… --- ## [How does Trump compare to typical narcissists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-trump-compare-to-typical-narcissists/853138)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-trump-compare-to-typical-narcissists/853138 "2020-05-06T15:53:40Z")
Question for psychologist Dopers, or anyone who has particular experience interacting with narcissists in their life: The most evident traits of Trump’s narcissism are Nothing is his fault, always other’s fault; Takin… --- ## [Love in the time of Corona.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-in-the-time-of-corona/852894)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-in-the-time-of-corona/852894 "2020-05-06T03:22:34Z")
K was my girlfriend in late HS and early college. I Facebook friended her. We were chatting yesterday and she flat out asked if I still loved her. I weaseled out of a firm comittment because I’m a weasel. It’s really… --- ## [As if this isn't scary enough already](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-if-this-isnt-scary-enough-already/853223)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-if-this-isnt-scary-enough-already/853223 "2020-05-06T15:27:45Z")
Two stories came up on my newsfeed today. The first: The second: --- ## [Why don't we eat hear more about mushrooms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-eat-hear-more-about-mushrooms/852915)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-eat-hear-more-about-mushrooms/852915 "2020-05-06T15:26:16Z")
I read an articleabout the health benefits of mushrooms. Assuming the article is true, I see a lot of upside to increasing the amount of store-bought mushrooms I eat, whether raw or in foods I prepare. I know a lot of p… --- ## [Let's make this into an opportunity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-this-into-an-opportunity/853075)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-this-into-an-opportunity/853075 "2020-05-06T15:10:52Z")
I DO understand that we are a shit load of load of people that are out of work. That’s a REAL problem. But people are worried about getting their hair cut? People need a tattoo? How about this…Just spitballin here. S… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1888) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1890)