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**Author:** [@Sooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sooner)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-total-what-length-of-hair-do-i-grow-in-a-day/1023982 "2025-10-27T11:31:30Z")
I have a very full head of (mostly grey) hair. Only moderately hairy over the remainder of my body. Seems I am always shaving, trimming and such and still find stray long hairs on occasion. So … on a typical day, what i… --- ## [(Old) A Routine MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-routine-mmp/1024122)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-routine-mmp/1024122 "2025-10-27T03:09:27Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 51 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 74 and sunny. This is Fall weather for these parts. I have a doc appointment at ten-thirty a.m. I wanted it for first … --- ## [Is there anything to Raycon's (fancy audio gizmos) claim about "bone-conduction headphones"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-to-raycons-fancy-audio-gizmos-claim-about-bone-conduction-headphones/1024125)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-to-raycons-fancy-audio-gizmos-claim-about-bone-conduction-headphones/1024125 "2025-10-27T02:14:16Z")
This Youtuber is pimping his sponsor’s product, Raycon’s Bone Conduction Headphones. Supposedly the sound doesn’t go into your ears, but it (literally) rattles your skull, transmitting the sound through your bones. Thus,… --- ## [Introduction of dignitaries & Etiquette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction-of-dignitaries-etiquette/1024233)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction-of-dignitaries-etiquette/1024233 "2025-10-27T00:50:19Z")
Let’s say you have three people in an order of precedence. For an example: President, Vice-President, Secretary of State. At a formal event, it is your intention to have the SoS speak first, VP second, Prez third. I w… --- ## [Wind and high tides](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wind-and-high-tides/1024012)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wind-and-high-tides/1024012 "2025-10-27T00:41:10Z")
I live on the coast in NE U.S. and we just went through a Nor’easter. The tides were greatly impacted with very high (high and low) tides. This was very noticeable behind the barrier islands. At one point, low tide was h… --- ## [Educate me on these LEDs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educate-me-on-these-leds/1023595)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educate-me-on-these-leds/1023595 "2025-10-27T00:01:53Z")
I bought some LEDs for a school science lab, and they say they are for 1.5V throught 3V. I can’t get them to light with 2 AAA batteries. I’ve switched the input direction to account for the fact that they’re diodes, tryi… --- ## [Are private rooms the norm for hospitals now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-private-rooms-the-norm-for-hospitals-now/1023753)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-private-rooms-the-norm-for-hospitals-now/1023753 "2025-10-26T23:49:14Z")
I’ve been a visitor to quite a few hospitals over the past decade due to aging parents and in laws. In every case, they’ve had a private room. As a child of the 60’s, it seems that most rooms were semi private and that p… --- ## [How does Global Entry facial recognition work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-global-entry-facial-recognition-work/1024303)
**Author:** [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-global-entry-facial-recognition-work/1024303 "2025-10-26T23:06:05Z")
Just went through GE at LAX. In less than 1 second it has my original picture on the screen to compare to the current shot. Do they coordinate with the airlines so they have a limited data set or is the system really m… --- ## [Alleged Chinese/Russian “Honeypots” aimed at American tech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-chinese-russian-honeypots-aimed-at-american-tech/1024272)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-chinese-russian-honeypots-aimed-at-american-tech/1024272 "2025-10-26T23:05:31Z")
If this is really happening and these sources are legit, it sounds both slightly hilarious and disquieting. I’m not surprised that the US isn’t as advanced in this type of “sexy”espionage (sending in someone to seduce th… --- ## [How did the magician "move Diamondhead"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-magician-move-diamondhead/63230)
**Author:** [@richman2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/richman2)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-magician-move-diamondhead/63230 "2025-10-26T21:38:37Z")
They had a special a couple of days ago with Harry Anderson “revealing” some magic tricks. While some were actually explained, a couple weren’t. One was where a group of people sitting in rows on a special stage on Waik… --- ## [Spanish speakers: what is your word for prayer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-speakers-what-is-your-word-for-prayer/1023724)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-speakers-what-is-your-word-for-prayer/1023724 "2025-10-26T21:37:03Z")
Google Translate gives me oracion— oration. A nice word but I don’t think it’s correct. How would you say, “the priest says a prayer during Mass”? Also, do you guys have a placeholder word for an object whose name you d… --- ## ["Your Google account is being deleted" message](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-google-account-is-being-deleted-message/1024278)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-google-account-is-being-deleted-message/1024278 "2025-10-26T20:47:39Z")
This is some new idiocy from Google. Apparently my “Google Account” is being deleted because it hasn’t been used in two years. What confused me at first was that the referenced account was my ISP email address, which h… --- ## [Men, let's talk Prostate Glands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-lets-talk-prostate-glands/1021530)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-lets-talk-prostate-glands/1021530 "2025-10-26T19:39:32Z")
\*\* Usual Disclaimer– I am aware that the SDMB is not a medical advice site and opinions are just that-opinions. \*\* Okay then. I’m 63. Got a pretty advanced case of Benign Prostate Hyperplasia. In laymen’s terms, an enla… --- ## [How do I stop my dog from jumping on me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-stop-my-dog-from-jumping-on-me/1024251)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-stop-my-dog-from-jumping-on-me/1024251 "2025-10-26T19:18:35Z")
About a month ago, we rescued a wolfhound/something mix. Otis is a year old, so still pretty much a puppy, and since he was picked up off the street by animal control, we know nothing of his history or training. When we… --- ## [So we're going to go to Golden Corral this year for Thanksgiving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-going-to-go-to-golden-corral-this-year-for-thanksgiving/1024187)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-going-to-go-to-golden-corral-this-year-for-thanksgiving/1024187 "2025-10-26T19:02:41Z")
My landlord passed away a couple of months ago, and his widow is suffering from dementia that includes memory problems, and hasn’t really cooked much in the past year. So her daughter suggested that rather than subject … --- ## [Timeguessr - daily games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timeguessr-daily-games/1011973)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timeguessr-daily-games/1011973 "2025-10-26T17:00:35Z")
I wonder if anyone plays this excellent game? It shows you an image and you have to work out when and where the photo was taken. The images are typically of prominent events or places and because there is no time limit I… --- ## [Does Mike Johnson have a Grindr account?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-mike-johnson-have-a-grindr-account/1024267)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-mike-johnson-have-a-grindr-account/1024267 "2025-10-26T16:15:19Z")
Grindr, if anyone here doesn’t know, is a hookup site for gay men, and it gets a lot of traffic whenever Republican men gather, and reportedly crashed during Charlie Kirk’s memorial service. Now, for me, if he is or isn… --- ## [Intrusive and anonymous app](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intrusive-and-anonymous-app/1024221)
**Author:** [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intrusive-and-anonymous-app/1024221 "2025-10-26T15:23:42Z")
I have an intrusive app popping up unbidden on my PC (Windows 11) which is an almost completely blank square in the middle of the screen. It doesn’t respond to any clicks and refuses to accept a subordinate position amon… --- ## [Looking for Rumpole quote about not wanting to be a judge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-rumpole-quote-about-not-wanting-to-be-a-judge/1024147)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-rumpole-quote-about-not-wanting-to-be-a-judge/1024147 "2025-10-26T14:34:41Z")
I can’t remember which of the Rumpole stories it’s in. He’d explains why he doesn’t want to be a judge. Wormwood Scrubs is mentioned, I think. --- ## [2025 Hurricane Season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-hurricane-season/1019074)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-hurricane-season/1019074 "2025-10-26T13:12:46Z")
Today, June 1 is the official start of the 2025 hurricane season. The articles I have read suggest a worse than usual hurricane season with a federal government less prepared for it. NOAA predicts above-normal 2025 At… --- ## [“Don’t swallow your teeth”: the sin of defining others by what they do for you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-swallow-your-teeth-the-sin-of-defining-others-by-what-they-do-for-you/1024237)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-swallow-your-teeth-the-sin-of-defining-others-by-what-they-do-for-you/1024237 "2025-10-26T08:39:07Z")
Okay, this topic may be too complicated to limit to a poll question, at least for me, so I’m expanding it here. I came across this thread on Tumblr, and it stuck with me for various reasons. It’s a Twitter thread about … --- ## [Ribs: Beef, pork, or lamb?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ribs-beef-pork-or-lamb/1024211)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ribs-beef-pork-or-lamb/1024211 "2025-10-26T06:02:45Z")
The evil genie is once again up to his old tricks. He corners you and says that you can only eat one kind of rib for the rest of your life. Any other kind of rib will make you violently ill but not so much that you would… --- ## [The important point about the shutdown that everyone is missing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-important-point-about-the-shutdown-that-everyone-is-missing/1023794)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-important-point-about-the-shutdown-that-everyone-is-missing/1023794 "2025-10-26T04:12:21Z")
It is not about fiscal responsibility. Or the filibuster where the minority party in the Senate can obstruct. Or when Pubs do it X and when Dems do it Y. The sticking point is that people need subsidies to pay the pre… --- ## [Trump is making a deal with Ghislaine Maxwell to exonerate him and accuse his enemies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-making-a-deal-with-ghislaine-maxwell-to-exonerate-him-and-accuse-his-enemies/1021345)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-making-a-deal-with-ghislaine-maxwell-to-exonerate-him-and-accuse-his-enemies/1021345 "2025-10-26T02:41:07Z")
The Epstein files scandal seems to finally be something that’s gaining some traction against Trump. They can usually just do something even stupider, more evil, and more outrageous and have their latest scandal vanish as… --- ## [Presidential election in Ireland - 24 October](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-election-in-ireland-24-october/1023986)
**Author:** [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-election-in-ireland-24-october/1023986 "2025-10-26T01:42:28Z")
Not the most earth-shattering event of the moment, but …. it’s an election with its own twists and turns, not least the late withdrawal of the candidate from one of the governing parties (and the only male). --- ## [PhraseQuest: Why do things come out of left field](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrasequest-why-do-things-come-out-of-left-field/1024022)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrasequest-why-do-things-come-out-of-left-field/1024022 "2025-10-26T01:22:05Z")
And what’s so bad or surprising that things do come out of left field? --- ## [Replacement for NextRadio app?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-nextradio-app/982590)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-nextradio-app/982590 "2025-10-25T23:40:51Z")
NextRadio is/was an app for interfacing directly with your smartphone’s FM tuner. Unfortunately Google Play Store says that it will not work with Galaxy phone’s current operating system, only older phones. Every single o… --- ## [John LeCarre’s Our Game-does it get better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-lecarre-s-our-game-does-it-get-better/1024273)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-lecarre-s-our-game-does-it-get-better/1024273 "2025-10-25T23:17:18Z")
I picked it up at a sale and decided to try it, since I’ve certainly heard his name before and wanted to see if he matches up to the hype. But so far it’s endless talk about his friend Larry and how Larry was always drin… --- ## [Explosives factory in Tennessee extremely explodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosives-factory-in-tennessee-extremely-explodes/1023853)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosives-factory-in-tennessee-extremely-explodes/1023853 "2025-10-25T22:02:45Z")
As far as I can tell the whole building is completely gone, and the biggest things there are the burning cars in the parking lot. --- ## [When to Cancel Unused Credit Card(s)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-cancel-unused-credit-card-s/1024019)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-cancel-unused-credit-card-s/1024019 "2025-10-25T21:02:07Z")
Continuing the discussion from Season of the Kvetch (October mini-rants): I’ve been meaning to make a thread on this, and @icon has helpfully led right into it in a reply to me in the linked thread quoted just above. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=213) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=215)