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**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-meant-by-auf-prufungen-lernen/852414 "2020-04-24T05:20:32Z")
Hi What is meant by “Auf Prüfungen lernen”? Does it mean preparing for exams from scratch? I look forward to your feedback --- ## [Any funny stories that happened at wedding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-funny-stories-that-happened-at-wedding/852346)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-funny-stories-that-happened-at-wedding/852346 "2020-04-24T04:44:46Z")
Well I don’t have any stories but does anyone know any odd things that happened at weddings they were at? Any pranks or disasters with cake in fact? --- ## [Teaching kids about privilege. Or should I just kill them now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-kids-about-privilege-or-should-i-just-kill-them-now/851832)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-kids-about-privilege-or-should-i-just-kill-them-now/851832 "2020-04-24T04:25:28Z")
We live in Aus with a comfortable roof over our heads, food in the fridge and on the table, a stable internet connection, Netflix, hot water and a reliable car. Education and health care are essentially free. For those … --- ## [News: United Airlines considering public stock offering](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-united-airlines-considering-public-stock-offering/852348)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-united-airlines-considering-public-stock-offering/852348 "2020-04-24T03:52:01Z")
Well, well, well… I’m not much of a stock market person. But this looks like an interesting development to me! Airlines have been beating up their passengers more and more in recent years. But now, with the double wha… --- ## [Actual protest signs from protesters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-protest-signs-from-protesters/852243)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-protest-signs-from-protesters/852243 "2020-04-24T03:34:48Z")
Un-fucking-believable ! https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/mjs538/signs-from-covid-19-reopen-protests-across --- ## [Plane lands in traffic in Montreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-lands-in-traffic-in-montreal/851950)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-lands-in-traffic-in-montreal/851950 "2020-04-24T03:21:11Z")
Watch this video - I wish drivers in TN merged that well. StG --- ## [My son doesn't want to learn to ride a bike. Should I push him to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-doesnt-want-to-learn-to-ride-a-bike-should-i-push-him-to/851172)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-doesnt-want-to-learn-to-ride-a-bike-should-i-push-him-to/851172 "2020-04-24T03:20:34Z")
My son turns 13 next month, and he’s never learned how to ride a bicycle. Now, this is something he’s been actively avoiding for, well, ever. We have an old bike that he fits but he’s adamant that he will never need or … --- ## [Is Board traffic up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-board-traffic-up/852310)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-board-traffic-up/852310 "2020-04-24T02:42:18Z")
Is there a silver lining in the miasma? I’ve noticed lately the SDMB has slowed down from even its usual standard. Could it be that we’re seeing more users, more posters, longer average time per user, or whatever other m… --- ## [Solar system encounters a gas dense cloud of interstellar gas and dust - what happens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-system-encounters-a-gas-dense-cloud-of-interstellar-gas-and-dust-what-happens/852337)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-system-encounters-a-gas-dense-cloud-of-interstellar-gas-and-dust-what-happens/852337 "2020-04-24T00:12:46Z")
If the solar system ran into a gas cloud like the one that is thought to have started the solar system, what happens. Would the sun grow more then 2x it’s mass or the cloud be blown away by the solar wind and never ente… --- ## [Fire engine pump activation en route?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-engine-pump-activation-en-route/852356)
**Author:** [@Dingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dingbang)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-engine-pump-activation-en-route/852356 "2020-04-23T23:42:14Z")
Why can’t fire engines activate the pumping apparatus on the way to a confirmed fire? They have to wait until they arrive, then the driver/engineer gets out to start the pumps that charge the lines. This can cause a brie… --- ## [Russian bots?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-bots/852292)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-bots/852292 "2020-04-23T23:35:46Z")
https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=893971 Jonathan Chance Moderator \*Guidance: Stop accusing others of being Russian bots Guys, I love you all dearly. I do. But this habit you’ve developed of casu… --- ## [MDF for shelf support?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mdf-for-shelf-support/852377)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mdf-for-shelf-support/852377 "2020-04-23T23:07:28Z")
I’ve decided to put an extra shelf in the wasted space in my bedroom closet. The closet is 4 feet wide. The plan was to screw a piece of pine 1x4 onto each of the side walls for the shelf to rest on, and put a metal supp… --- ## [Metro II commercial indicator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metro-ii-commercial-indicator/852466)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metro-ii-commercial-indicator/852466 "2020-04-23T22:36:36Z")
In the Metro II data format, there is a place to indicate an account is a commercial account (not a consumer account). I recall that if an account is commercial, there is a ‘W’ in that position. But I don’t remember wh… --- ## [Can't remember the name of a song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-remember-the-name-of-a-song/852451)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-remember-the-name-of-a-song/852451 "2020-04-23T22:19:57Z")
,and Google isn’t coming up with it. Sometime in the 1990’s or 2000’s (if I remember correctly) there was a song with an quote outtake of Bogart from Casablanca saying “Who are you really and what were you before?”. I… --- ## [Moving my thread to the Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-my-thread-to-the-pit/852317)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-my-thread-to-the-pit/852317 "2020-04-23T22:02:24Z")
https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22258645&postcount=14 Moving threads among non-Pit boards as appropriate, okay. But IMO they should never be moved to the Pit, because you are taking an OP not intend… --- ## [How concerned are you about this Coronavirus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-concerned-are-you-about-this-coronavirus/847164)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 636\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-concerned-are-you-about-this-coronavirus/847164 "2020-04-23T21:59:21Z")
I’m pretty concerned. It has a two week incubation period. --- ## [Tips For All Who Are/Have Been Sick (COVID or Horrible FLU)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-all-who-are-have-been-sick-covid-or-horrible-flu/852235)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-all-who-are-have-been-sick-covid-or-horrible-flu/852235 "2020-04-23T21:51:35Z")
I’ve been sick for exactly one month and two days… I had 2-3 days where I was SO much better a week ago, but needed food, walked to a gas station to buy bread and peanut butter, and while I was paying, this guy sneezed T… --- ## [Low pressure shower head?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-pressure-shower-head/819204)
**Author:** [@TheSundial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSundial)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-pressure-shower-head/819204 "2020-04-23T21:48:48Z")
I just moved into a new apartment and an issue is the very low pressure of the shower head kind of like a dripping faucet. I seem to have a decent sized water tank and larger than my last apartment which had higher pres… --- ## [OK, what IS this gurgle in my throat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-is-this-gurgle-in-my-throat/567396)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-is-this-gurgle-in-my-throat/567396 "2020-04-23T21:31:00Z")
When I take a drink of water, very often after I swallow there’s a gurgling sound in my throat. It’s not the water itself going down - there’s a very definite upward sensation - and I don’t like carbonation so I’m not in… --- ## [What is "flipping" cars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-flipping-cars/751556)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-flipping-cars/751556 "2020-04-23T20:56:53Z")
I found this in a communication a lawyer asked me to transcribe; 'nuff sed. (Excuse me! Take that “”" out of the heading, please!) --- ## [Can some furloughed workers be asked to return to work sooner than others?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-some-furloughed-workers-be-asked-to-return-to-work-sooner-than-others/852458)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-some-furloughed-workers-be-asked-to-return-to-work-sooner-than-others/852458 "2020-04-23T20:48:24Z")
We had a recent mass furlough at work and, IMHO, a very high percentage of the furloughed workers were not exactly “the sharpest pencils in the desk,” which only makes sense to me because during past mass layoffs at our … --- ## [Unemployment bullshit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unemployment-bullshit/852373)
**Author:** [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unemployment-bullshit/852373 "2020-04-23T20:41:55Z")
Back on March 28th my wife got laid off due to Covid 19. So we applied the next day. After the claim was processed their web site showed she was owed no money because they had no record of her earning any money in 2019. … --- ## [Why no simple gauge on a car battery to measure charge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-simple-gauge-on-a-car-battery-to-measure-charge/791832)
**Author:** [@Yarster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yarster)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-simple-gauge-on-a-car-battery-to-measure-charge/791832 "2020-04-23T19:40:47Z")
Forgive me if this question has been asked before, but in a world of automation where things are replaced instead of repaired, I want to know why car batteries are still living in the 1950s. Let me explain. In the last t… --- ## [Trump voters are most of the people upset about staying at home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-voters-are-most-of-the-people-upset-about-staying-at-home/852134)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-voters-are-most-of-the-people-upset-about-staying-at-home/852134 "2020-04-23T19:35:25Z")
So if they go out and get sick and die I won’t shed many tears. How about you? --- ## [Can I measure my body temperature with a thermistor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-measure-my-body-temperature-with-a-thermistor/852091)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-measure-my-body-temperature-with-a-thermistor/852091 "2020-04-23T18:55:31Z")
OK, strange question: I fried my digital thermometer apparently through over-washing. (#%@-ing electronics!) To be fair, we probably didn’t need to be taking our temperatures every hour, but the panic was new back then. … --- ## [Middleditch & Schwartz: Improv on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middleditch-schwartz-improv-on-netflix/852359)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middleditch-schwartz-improv-on-netflix/852359 "2020-04-23T18:53:55Z")
Middleditch, aka Thomas Middleditch from Silicon Valley. Schwartz aka Ben Schwartz from Parks & Rec and a bunch of other stuff. I usually hate improv but, you know, quarantine is making everything look more appealing l… --- ## [Wearing Face Mask with COPD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-face-mask-with-copd/852130)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-face-mask-with-copd/852130 "2020-04-23T18:52:54Z")
My friend’s father has COPD and tried to wear a mask when he went out of the house to shop at the supermarket, but he says he can’t get his breath. Now that the markets are requiring masks, he is freaking out. He’s worri… --- ## [Who else's dog does this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-elses-dog-does-this/852453)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-elses-dog-does-this/852453 "2020-04-23T18:49:35Z")
Our old dog loves to play ball, but if I throw it and let her chase it she’s likely to either jump high in the air or have to change directions quickly. Both of those things are bad for her ancient joints; she got to th… --- ## [What are the various scams that one should watch out for on dating sites?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-various-scams-that-one-should-watch-out-for-on-dating-sites/818056)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-various-scams-that-one-should-watch-out-for-on-dating-sites/818056 "2020-04-23T18:31:10Z")
So I finally got up the nerve to register on a couple of dating sites. I’m really not sure how I feel about this process. Mostly I feel like a menu item. sigh One of the first responses I received was from a man who l… --- ## [Something strange about Gmail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-strange-about-gmail/852427)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-strange-about-gmail/852427 "2020-04-23T18:26:48Z")
There is an option on the bottom of my Gmail account that says “Show consoles”. It wasn’t there yesterday. It only seems to appear in my Safari browser though. When I click on it, nothing happens. I checked my Account ac… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1908) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1910)