# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=422 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 423 --- ## [Hemangiosarcoma and Dogs question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hemangiosarcoma-and-dogs-question/1010343)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hemangiosarcoma-and-dogs-question/1010343 "2024-12-05T21:20:51Z")
Sadly, our dog was just diagnosed with this following a surgery to remove his spleen. My understanding is cancer is not uncommon in older dogs and not painful in itself. The dog laps up copious amounts of water with res… --- ## [Amazon problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-problem/1011130)
**Author:** [@mglambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mglambo)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-problem/1011130 "2024-12-05T20:34:53Z")
I accidentally ordered an item twice.om Amazon. I went ahead and used both items. Now they are pestering me to return the second item And I obviously can’t. The robots can’t understand and I can’t seem to reach a human. … --- ## [When do you go to the doctor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-go-to-the-doctor/1011153)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-go-to-the-doctor/1011153 "2024-12-05T19:40:38Z")
I was talking to my 75-y/o sister-in-law yesterday and she shared a rather scary tidbit. When visiting some friends a few months back, they’d gone hiking or something and SIL said she felt breathless and some pain in her… --- ## [How do you prepare your Turkey? - 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prepare-your-turkey-2022/975381)
**Author:** [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prepare-your-turkey-2022/975381 "2024-12-05T19:20:40Z")
Just looking for favorite tips and tricks. I have a method I use to cook that I plan to stick with, but I was thinking about the prep stage. . . I still have some time to do a dry brine. . . what do you guys do? Marinade… --- ## [Kurdish Exodus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kurdish-exodus/1011166)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kurdish-exodus/1011166 "2024-12-05T19:02:41Z")
It’s currently looking likely that Syrian rebels, backed by Turkey, might be able to overthrow Assad. If Israel jumped in to aid, that would probably make it a slam dunk. The early indication, though, is that neither Er… --- ## [Do you rebalance your portfolio? If so how often?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rebalance-your-portfolio-if-so-how-often/1010476)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rebalance-your-portfolio-if-so-how-often/1010476 "2024-12-05T18:42:52Z")
Investing guidance is to rebalance with some regularity, which should both keep the portfolio at your level of “risk” (well volatility) tolerance, AND increase returns for risk level if asset classes are not well correla… --- ## [Why does PBS change its programming for pledge drives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-pbs-change-its-programming-for-pledge-drives/1010988)
**Author:** [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-pbs-change-its-programming-for-pledge-drives/1010988 "2024-12-05T18:26:22Z")
My local PBS affiliate shows what I think is standard public television fare most of the time - children, cooking and travel shiws during the day and documentaries in the evening, plus some British drama. Except every s… --- ## [Do I want a dental implant or a bridge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-want-a-dental-implant-or-a-bridge/969524)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-want-a-dental-implant-or-a-bridge/969524 "2024-12-05T18:09:06Z")
Yesterday a crown fell off a tooth while I was eating. I went to the dentist today, hoping they could just glue it back on. HA! No chance. The tooth is on the bottom right. Going by this picture, I think it’s the one lab… --- ## [Ohio's anti-trans brigade continues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohios-anti-trans-brigade-continues/1010861)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohios-anti-trans-brigade-continues/1010861 "2024-12-05T16:37:19Z")
Ohio has become the latest state to sign an anti-trans bathroom bill into law, this one limited to K-12 schools and some higher education facilities. I don’t have much commentary here, I’m just depressed. This is the l… --- ## [They will be begging to have Deep State come back after Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-will-be-begging-to-have-deep-state-come-back-after-trump/1011202)
**Author:** [@TeroSunbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeroSunbear)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-will-be-begging-to-have-deep-state-come-back-after-trump/1011202 "2024-12-05T15:16:15Z")
They will be begging to have Deep State come back after Trump, because the deep state is what keeps us healthy and alive and gets us some education. The corporations are what keeps deep state in some control, thorough lo… --- ## [The odds of drawing these two poker hands. (Playing Balatro)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-odds-of-drawing-these-two-poker-hands-playing-balatro/1010941)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-odds-of-drawing-these-two-poker-hands-playing-balatro/1010941 "2024-12-05T14:22:05Z")
First, for anyone who can answer this question, let me recommend the game Balatro. It’s a deck-building roguelite based on playing poker hands and it’s fantastic. It’s up for game of the year in a number of surveys. Fo… --- ## [Thanos and the Rapture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanos-and-the-rapture/1011144)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanos-and-the-rapture/1011144 "2024-12-05T13:36:48Z")
It occurs to me that when Thanos snapped his fingers and half of all living things disappeared, there must have been a lot of Evangelical Christians who would have seen this as the Rapture. Being as it was actually a ra… --- ## [Kamala Harris and the runup to the 2024 Presidential Election {No more on Guns}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 2423\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571 "2024-12-05T05:12:57Z")
We have the thread discussing Biden’s fateful decision to suspend his re-election campaign. And we have a thread to discuss the dem’s new ticket. But I don’t yet see the specific definitive thread on the Kamala Harris … --- ## [Could-have-beens movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-have-beens-movies/1010992)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-have-beens-movies/1010992 "2024-12-05T00:07:22Z")
I beleive Tom Cruise could do a great Western movie. Jack Nicholson as Dracula. In other words, an actor/actress that would be cast as something completely different successfully. Not Helen Mirren as Frankenstein, no, ra… --- ## [1940s movie ID: Reflection of headlights in mirror causes car to fall off cliff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1940s-movie-id-reflection-of-headlights-in-mirror-causes-car-to-fall-off-cliff/1011137)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1940s-movie-id-reflection-of-headlights-in-mirror-causes-car-to-fall-off-cliff/1011137 "2024-12-04T23:33:44Z")
Someone on the Turner Classic Movies Fan Site (FB) asked: Many years ago, I saw a movie that featured multiple accidents on a deserted road, that occurred as a result of headlights from oncoming trucks. The authorities… --- ## [What are some legal ways to work for a for-profit business without getting paid or compensated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-legal-ways-to-work-for-a-for-profit-business-without-getting-paid-or-compensated/1011073)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-legal-ways-to-work-for-a-for-profit-business-without-getting-paid-or-compensated/1011073 "2024-12-04T23:09:37Z")
Similar to how people can volunteer for a non-profit, is there a way for people to volunteer at for a for-profit company? Some examples of this could be a retired person wanting spend time feeling productive, a friend wa… --- ## [When walking, prefer to turn left](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-walking-prefer-to-turn-left/1011132)
**Author:** [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-walking-prefer-to-turn-left/1011132 "2024-12-04T22:21:14Z")
With the colder weather outside I have started to do my daily hour long walk inside the house. 2 stories + basement making a loop around the kitchen table, then dining room table, upstairs into the guest bedroom down the… --- ## [What happens to safety deposit boxes years or decades after someone has died and it remains unclaimed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-safety-deposit-boxes-years-or-decades-after-someone-has-died-and-it-remains-unclaimed/1010724)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-safety-deposit-boxes-years-or-decades-after-someone-has-died-and-it-remains-unclaimed/1010724 "2024-12-04T21:32:55Z")
I just read about WC Fields having a ton of safety deposit boxes, some apparently under false names. A friend of his, in the late 1940’s, speculated much of his fortune/valuables might still be spread around in these bo… --- ## [Bektashi: Does Europe really need another microstate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bektashi-does-europe-really-need-another-microstate/1011114)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bektashi-does-europe-really-need-another-microstate/1011114 "2024-12-04T20:33:20Z")
Consider: Vatican City, Monaco, San Marino, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Malta (to say nothing of Sealand). I’m going to go out on a limb here and say Europe has a surfeit of microstates and doesn’t need another. Yet, Albani… --- ## [Why would a stretch of city street have speed limit x in one direction, y in the other](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-stretch-of-city-street-have-speed-limit-x-in-one-direction-y-in-the-other/1011161)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-stretch-of-city-street-have-speed-limit-x-in-one-direction-y-in-the-other/1011161 "2024-12-04T20:17:40Z")
This stretch of road in Salem, Missouri has a speed limit of 35 for westbound traffic, 20 for eastbound traffic. I don’t get it – there’s no school nearby, although there is a public park/ swimming poo/ community center … --- ## [Is purified water dispensed by a plastic filter loaded with plastic microparticles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-purified-water-dispensed-by-a-plastic-filter-loaded-with-plastic-microparticles/1011121)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-purified-water-dispensed-by-a-plastic-filter-loaded-with-plastic-microparticles/1011121 "2024-12-04T20:11:35Z")
With the recent news about scientists detecting billions of microparticles and nanoparticles of plastic in a basic bottle of water, I’m left wondering: (a) if these tiny particles of plastic are also found in municipal d… --- ## [Can congress pass funding for Ukrainian aid and distribute that funding if the executive branch refuses to participate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-congress-pass-funding-for-ukrainian-aid-and-distribute-that-funding-if-the-executive-branch-refuses-to-participate/1010898)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-congress-pass-funding-for-ukrainian-aid-and-distribute-that-funding-if-the-executive-branch-refuses-to-participate/1010898 "2024-12-04T18:48:51Z")
I know congress can pass laws despite a presidential veto if they have 2/3 majority. Its my understanding that the house and senate were giving around a 70-80% majority vote for aid for Ukraine. One bill for Ukrainian f… --- ## [How effective would bullets be against giant insects/spiders?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-effective-would-bullets-be-against-giant-insects-spiders/1011057)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-effective-would-bullets-be-against-giant-insects-spiders/1011057 "2024-12-04T18:06:04Z")
I’m thinking of handheld weapons vs giant ants or locusts. And yes, I’ve just watched The Beginning of the End and in the past watched both Them! and the Giant Spider Invasion. --- ## [Do witnesses really point at defendants during a trial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-witnesses-really-point-at-defendants-during-a-trial/1011067)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-witnesses-really-point-at-defendants-during-a-trial/1011067 "2024-12-04T18:05:02Z")
We’ve all seen it on TV a thousand times where the prosecuting attorney will ask the witness, “And is the person you saw in this courtroom today?” The witness will then point to the only person at the defense table that… --- ## [Change a band name into food or drink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-a-band-name-into-food-or-drink/988876)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-a-band-name-into-food-or-drink/988876 "2024-12-04T17:54:45Z")
The Brian Seltzer Orchestra Fleetwood Mac and cheese Velveeta Underground --- ## [The saga of Fred the Fly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saga-of-fred-the-fly/1011142)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saga-of-fred-the-fly/1011142 "2024-12-04T17:53:08Z")
Late October we had a bit of a warm spell. I am on the sunward side of my apartment complex, so hotter air tends to pool in the cubbyhole where my front door is (plus the other 5 nearby units). A small black fly got in… --- ## [My Lyft Driver account temporarily suspended for alleged discrimination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lyft-driver-account-temporarily-suspended-for-alleged-discrimination/1011055)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lyft-driver-account-temporarily-suspended-for-alleged-discrimination/1011055 "2024-12-04T16:31:48Z")
This happened on Thranksgiving day/night after I had gotten 6 consecutive Lyft ride requests. This never happens, I do Lyft and Uber at the same time, and 90% of my requests are from Uber. I got a message from Lyft suppo… --- ## [Spam with a link to twitter -- Dangerous?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-with-a-link-to-twitter-dangerous/1011151)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-with-a-link-to-twitter-dangerous/1011151 "2024-12-04T16:11:50Z")
I have received 4 spammy emails in the past 3 days from the same sender. Background info: The sender is a friend in my email contacts. The email “To” line contains 5 or 6 names, some of which are mutual friends of min… --- ## [How does this PayPal payment request scam work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-this-paypal-payment-request-scam-work/1011126)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-this-paypal-payment-request-scam-work/1011126 "2024-12-04T16:05:42Z")
I got two seemingly unrelated emails today notifying me that I have PayPal payment requests. I do have a PayPal account. There is a link in each email to go to PayPal to make payment. The link is for a paypal.com URL so … --- ## [First TV show to openly mention/discuss menstruation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-openly-mention-discuss-menstruation/1011084)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-openly-mention-discuss-menstruation/1011084 "2024-12-04T15:55:46Z")
We’re all familiar with the old canard that Leave it to Beaver was (kind of) the first TV show to portray a toilet (and in those repressed and uptight days, even just showing the tank, as they did, caused much pearl-clut… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=421) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=423)