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**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-recommendations-on-boosters/1022244 "2025-09-09T16:53:17Z")
Per my pharmacy website, I had the Moderna vaccine in June 2024, and the Pfizer vaccine in November 2024. Doesn’t look like an updated one will be available for several months - but I’m wondering if it’s worth getting a… --- ## [(Old) 24 Hours of Labor- A Labor Day MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-24-hours-of-labor-a-labor-day-mmp/1022642)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 339\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-24-hours-of-labor-a-labor-day-mmp/1022642 "2025-09-09T16:29:00Z")
I’m off, half of you are RDOS. Who’s working today? I avoid shopping on holidays, because I don’t want to encourage Corporate to be open more. Hijack away! --- ## [What non-canon novels were you assigned to read in High School English?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-canon-novels-were-you-assigned-to-read-in-high-school-english/1022762)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-canon-novels-were-you-assigned-to-read-in-high-school-english/1022762 "2025-09-09T15:28:59Z")
Spinning off from a couple other current threads. I can name only one that (I think) few high school students would be required to read, and that is Tarzan of the Apes (1912). I have almost zero recollection of the assi… --- ## [Windows 11 where is the search box that was in the lower left corner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-11-where-is-the-search-box-that-was-in-the-lower-left-corner/1022426)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-11-where-is-the-search-box-that-was-in-the-lower-left-corner/1022426 "2025-09-09T15:24:32Z")
I had to buy a new computer which has Win11, I was using Win 10. Where is the search box on the task bar where you could search for things like Control Panel, etc. I used to right click and get the shutdown menu. What ha… --- ## [Outdated medicines: anyone remember these?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outdated-medicines-anyone-remember-these/583831)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outdated-medicines-anyone-remember-these/583831 "2025-09-09T14:19:12Z")
When my brother and sister and I were kids, our parents used over-the-counter medications on us, which have since disappeared. We apparently used codeine before it was restricted to prescrfption dispensation. We used ast… --- ## [Historic British tree is maliciously cut down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historic-british-tree-is-maliciously-cut-down/990833)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historic-british-tree-is-maliciously-cut-down/990833 "2025-09-09T13:24:51Z")
A beautiful, 200-plus-year-old sycamore felled, apparently, by some young idjit: --- ## [In what sports/activities does an amateur's performance vary as much as in golf?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-sports-activities-does-an-amateurs-performance-vary-as-much-as-in-golf/1022879)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-sports-activities-does-an-amateurs-performance-vary-as-much-as-in-golf/1022879 "2025-09-09T13:00:18Z")
I golf regularly and am decent, not great. Tho my scores are generally within a certain range, on any given day, I don’t know if I’ll play great or horribly. On any individual shot, I don’t know if I’ll hit an amazing … --- ## [Why did I see red triangles? Visual hallucination?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-i-see-red-triangles-visual-hallucination/919374)
**Author:** [@Dingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dingbang)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-i-see-red-triangles-visual-hallucination/919374 "2025-09-09T12:54:35Z")
I had a fascinating experience last night in which I saw vivid, clear red triangles instead of singular red lights on the highway, on buildings, everywhere I looked. I had been to a nice dinner that included multiple co… --- ## [Anyone else see/hear about 44 - the (Obama) Musical?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-see-hear-about-44-the-obama-musical/1022859)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-see-hear-about-44-the-obama-musical/1022859 "2025-09-09T11:36:43Z")
We saw this over the weekend. It is in Chicago for previews before heading to NY. I believe it had had a prior stint in Chicago and then a stretch in LA. Anyone else see it? Or hear about it and care to express opini… --- ## [How is a trust maintenance fee calculated in this scenario?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-a-trust-maintenance-fee-calculated-in-this-scenario/1022877)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-a-trust-maintenance-fee-calculated-in-this-scenario/1022877 "2025-09-09T09:08:49Z")
If a treasury bond is placed in a trust, and the trust charges a maintenance fee based on a percentage of assets, which asset is the fee based on? The value of the bond? The earned interest after taxes? The earned inter… --- ## [So did Nebraska systematically spoof its COVID numbers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-did-nebraska-systematically-spoof-its-covid-numbers/1022819)
**Author:** [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-did-nebraska-systematically-spoof-its-covid-numbers/1022819 "2025-09-09T04:44:42Z")
I was just reading this paper and there are several references to Nebraska as an outlier in its COVID death rate: We also conducted robustness checks where we exclude the state of Nebraska, as there appear to be incons… --- ## [Hollow Knight: Silksong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-knight-silksong/1022744)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-knight-silksong/1022744 "2025-09-09T03:21:41Z")
After 7 years, the sequel to Hollow Knight is about to come out in half an hour: Hollow Knight: Silksong on Steam Anyone curious about it? I only played the first one for about an hour, but there is a lot of internet ex… --- ## [Return To Office, not working as controlling bosses wanted it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-to-office-not-working-as-controlling-bosses-wanted-it/1020858)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-to-office-not-working-as-controlling-bosses-wanted-it/1020858 "2025-09-09T02:51:27Z")
Late last year, Forbes reported that 90% of companies will return to the office in 2024, with 28% threatening to fire workers who don’t comply. But it turns out that the motivations for calling workers back to the of… --- ## [Why we need the metric system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-need-the-metric-system/554140)
**Author:** [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-need-the-metric-system/554140 "2025-09-09T00:11:17Z")
I’ve just put together a video describing one (often overlooked) reason why we Americans need the metric system – and, no, this reason ISN’T the Mars Climate Orbiter: (Note that in doing this little projec… --- ## [Help me identify this space game from before 2002](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-space-game-from-before-2002/1022827)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-space-game-from-before-2002/1022827 "2025-09-08T21:54:15Z")
So I used to live in Canada for a short while. While there, a friend of the family I was living with brought over a game that was entertaining to play. Normally I don’t like space games, but this was interesting. Okay… --- ## [Jeep stopped by police, drunk driver arrested](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeep-stopped-by-police-drunk-driver-arrested/1022848)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeep-stopped-by-police-drunk-driver-arrested/1022848 "2025-09-08T21:16:11Z")
Nothing particularly unusual here, except the Jeep was quite small, and pink in colour. The driver was described as “drunk”, but this being BC, I suspect other substances may have been involved. The man is appealing th… --- ## [Is the President calling out the National Guard constitutional?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-president-calling-out-the-national-guard-constitutional/1019369)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-president-calling-out-the-national-guard-constitutional/1019369 "2025-09-08T20:11:20Z")
I am deliberately keeping this out of P&E because I don’t want the thread to devolve into Trump v. The City of Los Angeles. Instead think of Eisenhower forcing desegregation in 1957 in Arkansas. I know it is legal as p… --- ## [Peripheral Conversationalist v Interlocutor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peripheral-conversationalist-v-interlocutor/1022784)
**Author:** [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peripheral-conversationalist-v-interlocutor/1022784 "2025-09-08T20:06:23Z")
Do you start off talking to people one-on-one with peripheral vision and verbally addressing them? On the other hand, do you always expect direct eye contact with every person with whom you converse? Are they a false dic… --- ## [My satirical comic book AMERICAN GREATNESS #1 is available for sale digitally and in print](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-satirical-comic-book-american-greatness-1-is-available-for-sale-digitally-and-in-print/1019308)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-satirical-comic-book-american-greatness-1-is-available-for-sale-digitally-and-in-print/1019308 "2025-09-08T19:41:51Z")
It’s finally finished and for sale! AMERICAN GREATNESS takes on Trumpian politics – “The last 9 years of American politics distilled into a revolting, orange-haired, tiny-fingered, thousand-foot monster, tromping through… --- ## [The Boatlift of 9/11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boatlift-of-9-11/1022810)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boatlift-of-9-11/1022810 "2025-09-08T19:38:12Z")
A video of the evacuation of Lower Manhattan via ferry, tugboat and private craft. The largest rescue by water in history. Narrated by Tom Hanks. BOATLIFT - An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience (HD Version) --- ## [Aretha Franklin played golf?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aretha-franklin-played-golf/1022802)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aretha-franklin-played-golf/1022802 "2025-09-08T19:27:22Z")
On paper, no reason why not, but I was still surprised to read (Once in a Great City, by David Maraniss) that in 1963 she “…was telling everyone about how she loved to play golf with Ted and travel with him to her new fa… --- ## [Oh. Hello!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hello/1022794)
**Author:** [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hello/1022794 "2025-09-08T18:33:26Z")
Hi. Hello. --- ## [Same name as job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-as-job/960489)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-as-job/960489 "2025-09-08T18:24:56Z")
I had an unusual experience. I went to a bank and the person who waited on me was named “Teller”. Has anything like this happened to you? Say, at a bakery or wherever? --- ## [Interesting cosplay I have seen recently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-cosplay-i-have-seen-recently/1022856)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-cosplay-i-have-seen-recently/1022856 "2025-09-08T17:35:16Z")
I worked a table for Orycon and the Rose City Comic Con this weekend, and among the more interesting cosplays I saw was a couple “Weird” Al Yankovics, three Squirrel Girls, a Jay and Silent Bob lookalike pair that dress … --- ## [Should I take this cavity seriously?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-this-cavity-seriously/1022824)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-this-cavity-seriously/1022824 "2025-09-08T17:06:27Z")
Bit of background. I have a bad gag reflex and as a result I have very rarely been to the dentist for a teeth cleaning. The last time was probably 15 years ago. This hasn’t been an issue because I have been fortunate nev… --- ## [What happens to the Tuvaluans when their country sinks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-tuvaluans-when-their-country-sinks/80330)
**Author:** [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-tuvaluans-when-their-country-sinks/80330 "2025-09-08T16:42:04Z")
Here’s a sample news story about the problems faced by the nation ofTuvalu. Scientists fear that the entire territory of the low-lying archipelagic country could be rendered uninhabitable by rising sea-levels. What are … --- ## [Any clue what a passing score is on the ASCP Phlebotomy Test?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-clue-what-a-passing-score-is-on-the-ascp-phlebotomy-test/537065)
**Author:** [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-clue-what-a-passing-score-is-on-the-ascp-phlebotomy-test/537065 "2025-09-08T16:19:27Z")
My wife has taken the pre-test for this: http://www.ascp.org/pdf/ExaminationContentGuidelinesPBT.aspx She got 76% of the questions right. Her instructors in phlebotomy never told her what the passing % is. It’s nowhe… --- ## [Sabaton--"The First Soldier"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabaton-the-first-soldier/1022852)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabaton-the-first-soldier/1022852 "2025-09-08T15:16:48Z")
I found this amazing song, about a very amazing man. Albert Severin Roche The First Soldier Of France. {LINK} Biography. My God, but to get a new hero in life, at MY age. LINK --- ## [TIL of a constructive use-case for the blockchain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/til-of-a-constructive-use-case-for-the-blockchain/1022621)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/til-of-a-constructive-use-case-for-the-blockchain/1022621 "2025-09-08T14:59:18Z")
Today I learned of an actual helpful use of the blockchain. I’ve been waiting for this for well over a decade and now it has arrived. From wiki, the blockchain, “Is a distributed ledger with growing lists of records tha… --- ## [Crock Pot Ribs? WTF?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crock-pot-ribs-wtf/1022684)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crock-pot-ribs-wtf/1022684 "2025-09-08T13:57:16Z")
I have complained about eating ribs that were mush. Ribs need texture and this weekend I had ribs that had been cooked in a crock pot, and then thrown in the smoker for 30 min to firm them up. They were almost mush but… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=242) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=244)