# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=232&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 233 --- ## [What do you teach your children about money, wealth, and personal finances?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-teach-your-children-about-money-wealth-and-personal-finances/1022975)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-teach-your-children-about-money-wealth-and-personal-finances/1022975 "2025-09-29T01:10:28Z")
In this thread @Spice\_Weasel made the following comment on how they teach their child about money… Similarly, there is this thread asking “What should schools be teaching” that focuses heavily on personal finances and … --- ## [Mass Shooting in Southport, NC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-southport-nc/1023465)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2025, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-southport-nc/1023465 "2025-09-29T00:10:01Z")
I first heard about it from my brother, who lives nearby. --- ## [NHL Offseason 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-offseason-2025/1019893)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-offseason-2025/1019893 "2025-09-28T23:31:39Z")
Playoffs over, here’s a thread to discuss offseason and probably the draft. Jonathan Toews signs with Winnipeg. Was one of my favorite players with the Blackhawks, but not sure he’s really got anything left in the tank.… --- ## [Mars First Logistics: Rover builder & simulator with physics modeling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-first-logistics-rover-builder-simulator-with-physics-modeling/1023432)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-first-logistics-rover-builder-simulator-with-physics-modeling/1023432 "2025-09-28T22:42:53Z")
I came across this little gem the other day: Save 40% on Mars First Logistics on Steam Or short gameplay video (sorry for my terrible driving): https://fightingignorance.… --- ## [Corn sticks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-sticks/1023408)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-sticks/1023408 "2025-09-28T21:32:37Z")
My new favorite curse or exclamation? Nope. A new candy? Nope. Those things that are supposed to come out of those cast iron corn cob(kinda) shaped pans? Ding ding ding. That’s the one. Mine is very old, came from… --- ## [How much cash do you typically carry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-do-you-typically-carry/1022656)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-do-you-typically-carry/1022656 "2025-09-28T19:55:43Z")
I’m comfortable with about $200.00 on me. Below $100.00 and I get nervous. If its more than $300, I hide most of it in a pocket of my hip pouch. Hate using the cc for everything. I try hard NOT to uae a cc at mom 'n pop… --- ## [In Lassie, did anyone ever actually derive information from Lassie’s barking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-lassie-did-anyone-ever-actually-derive-information-from-lassie-s-barking/1023436)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-lassie-did-anyone-ever-actually-derive-information-from-lassie-s-barking/1023436 "2025-09-28T18:40:32Z")
It’s a trope that all of us Americans have seen countless times in sketch comedy or other media. Lassie barks without any particular urgency, and a human understands her perfectly. As in: LASSIE: \[barks\] HUMAN: What’s … --- ## [Beware the Blood-Sucking Alien Vegetable Men of West Virginia. With link](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-blood-sucking-alien-vegetable-men-of-west-virginia-with-link/1023433)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-blood-sucking-alien-vegetable-men-of-west-virginia-with-link/1023433 "2025-09-28T18:03:39Z")
Oh my dear God, there are no words for how silly this is. And in West Virginia, to boot. The only things missing are the History Channel Special and the phrase alcohol was believed to be involved. {LINK} “Barker interv… --- ## [Alternative to Fitbit Zip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-to-fitbit-zip/1023447)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-to-fitbit-zip/1023447 "2025-09-28T17:58:37Z")
I’ve been using a Zip for 10 years. It meets my needs very well. It now only synchs the time, not my steps. There’s been less and less support for it from Fitbit and this tracker model hasn’t been available for years. It… --- ## [Why does Continuously Variable Transmission sound like it's shifting between discreet gears?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-continuously-variable-transmission-sound-like-its-shifting-between-discreet-gears/1023364)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-continuously-variable-transmission-sound-like-its-shifting-between-discreet-gears/1023364 "2025-09-28T16:44:49Z")
I just bought a new car, a Subaru Forester. It has a CVT. However, as it accelerates, it sounds like an automatic transmission car with just a few gears. The motor gradually speeds up, then suddenly steps down in speed a… --- ## [What have you won by calling into a radio show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-won-by-calling-into-a-radio-show/1021714)
**Author:** [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2025, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-won-by-calling-into-a-radio-show/1021714 "2025-09-28T12:02:36Z")
It’s evening and I’m still buzzing from this morning. I mustered up enough courage to call into a local morning show for their daily trivia contest. (I had chickened out on Friday.) The prize for winning - Paul Simon con… --- ## ["Wish You Were Here" is 50 years old today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-you-were-here-is-50-years-old-today/1023007)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2025, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-you-were-here-is-50-years-old-today/1023007 "2025-09-28T07:00:56Z")
I first bought it around 1979, and listened to it incessantly, especially because the girl I was in love with at the time listened to it as well, and we both loved it. When she went to college a year later, she wrote me … --- ## [Five letter words - Change ALL the letters to make a new word](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-letter-words-change-all-the-letters-to-make-a-new-word/846083)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 3284\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2025, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-letter-words-change-all-the-letters-to-make-a-new-word/846083 "2025-09-28T03:12:22Z")
For this one, no using any letters in the previous five letter word. None. So to start: start --- ## [Four letter words--Change 0 to 1 letter to make a new word](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-letter-words-change-0-to-1-letter-to-make-a-new-word/767031)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 8230\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2025, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-letter-words-change-0-to-1-letter-to-make-a-new-word/767031 "2025-09-28T03:11:47Z")
In this one, only one letter can be changed, but anagrams are allowed. Zero --- ## [What kind of seeds are these?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-seeds-are-these/1023444)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-seeds-are-these/1023444 "2025-09-28T01:55:11Z")
\[Album\] imgur.com In some bear scat. They are maybe 1/2” long. SW … --- ## [An Evening With Elton John And Brandi Carlile (on Now)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-evening-with-elton-john-and-brandi-carlile-on-now/1023443)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2025, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-evening-with-elton-john-and-brandi-carlile-on-now/1023443 "2025-09-28T01:38:32Z")
I hope others are watching this incredible show. It’s on CBS. Elton is a admirer of Brandi Carlile. He asked her to collaborate on the album Who Believes in Angels? Tonight is a concert supporting the album. It includ… --- ## [Yikes! I may have made a bad bad bad boo-boo. Vaccinations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-i-may-have-made-a-bad-bad-bad-boo-boo-vaccinations/1007359)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-i-may-have-made-a-bad-bad-bad-boo-boo-vaccinations/1007359 "2025-09-27T23:59:27Z")
Got COVID and Flu vaccine this morning. Arm is already warm and red. I have an ice pack on it. Am I doomed? (No fancy bandaids like on TV either) --- ## [False Labeling of Freeze Dried Strawberries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-labeling-of-freeze-dried-strawberries/1023368)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-labeling-of-freeze-dried-strawberries/1023368 "2025-09-27T23:51:54Z")
I bought a package of what claims to be freeze-dried strawberries. The ingredients list says “100% Strawberries”, and the nutrition facts label says the entire 8 ounce package has only 200 Calories. When I tasted one of… --- ## [Death In Paradise (now with a poll in post 12 for best DI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-in-paradise-now-with-a-poll-in-post-12-for-best-di/1023280)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-in-paradise-now-with-a-poll-in-post-12-for-best-di/1023280 "2025-09-27T23:36:50Z")
We like watching Death In Paradise. (The first series is my favourite.) Something occurred to me tonight: What is it with the English detectives and lizards? Growing up in San Diego, it was a treat to catch an alligat… --- ## [How is Israel's military so competent with such a low budget](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-israels-military-so-competent-with-such-a-low-budget/1019990)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-israels-military-so-competent-with-such-a-low-budget/1019990 "2025-09-27T22:58:17Z")
Israel normally spends about $25 billion a year on military. It may have gone up since the war, I wouldn’t be surprised. But that’s about what they spent before the war. Israel’s economy is also on parity with western n… --- ## [Rationally speaking, is the murder of Charlie Kirk worth worrying over more than the murders of kids in schools?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rationally-speaking-is-the-murder-of-charlie-kirk-worth-worrying-over-more-than-the-murders-of-kids-in-schools/1022949)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rationally-speaking-is-the-murder-of-charlie-kirk-worth-worrying-over-more-than-the-murders-of-kids-in-schools/1022949 "2025-09-27T22:06:28Z")
An argument for why we should worry more about the murder of Charlie Kirk is that it is destabilizing to society and democracy, and will likely lead to more violence. So, it’s more consequential for everyone. An argume… --- ## [When was the most recent time flags were lowered for an ordinary person dying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-most-recent-time-flags-were-lowered-for-an-ordinary-person-dying/1023000)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-most-recent-time-flags-were-lowered-for-an-ordinary-person-dying/1023000 "2025-09-27T21:31:44Z")
Inspired by Charlie Kirk, but not about him. When was the last time US flags were orders to be flown at half staff for a regular person who had no role in the government? Here are the occasions and people to exclude. N… --- ## [Why Is Trump's Lawsuit Against the New York Times and Penguin Handled in Tampa?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-trumps-lawsuit-against-the-new-york-times-and-penguin-handled-in-tampa/1023213)
**Author:** [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-trumps-lawsuit-against-the-new-york-times-and-penguin-handled-in-tampa/1023213 "2025-09-27T21:19:45Z")
Press reports say that Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the New York Times, two of its reporters, and Penguin Random House, is assigned to Judge Steven Merryday who works out of the United States District Court Tampa Flori… --- ## [How could World War II have impoverished a wealthy Briton?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-world-war-ii-have-impoverished-a-wealthy-briton/1022683)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-world-war-ii-have-impoverished-a-wealthy-briton/1022683 "2025-09-27T21:11:59Z")
In one of the Chronicles of Narnia novels, mention is made of a once-wealthy fellow who was “made poor by the War.” I’m trying to understand how one’s country being at war could lead to a wealthy citizen becoming impover… --- ## [The Rapture and The Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rapture-and-the-law/1023355)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rapture-and-the-law/1023355 "2025-09-27T20:46:52Z")
Are there any court cases involving people selling or giving away property because they thought the Christian Rapture was coming, then trying to get the property back after the date it was supposed happen came and went? … --- ## [The Straight Dope Message Board Enemies List™](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-message-board-enemies-list/1023288)
**Author:** [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-message-board-enemies-list/1023288 "2025-09-27T19:47:15Z")
In a thread about the guy who had the temerity to write a book titled “The Straight Dope” without being Cecil I suggested adding him to our Enemies List™. That got me thinking, who would be on it and in which order?. So… --- ## [Will NBC fold and fire Fallon and Meyers and, if so, when?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-nbc-fold-and-fire-fallon-and-meyers-and-if-so-when/1023162)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-nbc-fold-and-fire-fallon-and-meyers-and-if-so-when/1023162 "2025-09-27T17:08:30Z")
It looks like the Trump regime has gotten both Colbert and Kimmel canned (the latter immediately), and Trump has said that Fallon and Meyers are next on the chopping block. Will this happen and, if so, how soon? Does N… --- ## [Middle-aged guys: do you sweat a lot at the gym?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-aged-guys-do-you-sweat-a-lot-at-the-gym/1023400)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-aged-guys-do-you-sweat-a-lot-at-the-gym/1023400 "2025-09-27T16:15:52Z")
i’m in my early 50s and i sweat A TON at the gym, particularly after lifting. i am not abnormally sweaty (i don’t think!) otherwise, no night sweats, etc. but leaving the gym today, my shirt and my gym towel are both f… --- ## [Could Lithium Explain — and Treat — Alzheimer’s Disease?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-lithium-explain-and-treat-alzheimer-s-disease/1022416)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-lithium-explain-and-treat-alzheimer-s-disease/1022416 "2025-09-27T13:57:47Z")
There is some interesting research that was just published a couple weeks ago: Could Lithium Explain — and Treat — Alzheimer’s Disease? Study: Lithium loss ignites Alzheimer’s, but lithium compound can reverse disease i… --- ## [Inflated Villains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflated-villains/1023124)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflated-villains/1023124 "2025-09-27T13:01:49Z")
No, I don’t mean like Kananga in the movie version of Live and Let Die, or Violet Beauregarde in Willy Wonka. I mean “inflated” in that their role and importance was increased by later writers and contributors to a chara… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=231&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=233&state=watching)