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**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-takes-a-thief/1009265 "2024-10-29T22:20:12Z")
I stole. Well, kinda. I confess. I was walking down the walk on the side of a building to get to the Subway(the sandwich place, not the public transportation thingy) As I often do I was scanning to ground. I find the… --- ## [Nextdoor makes me tired](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nextdoor-makes-me-tired/996917)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 235\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nextdoor-makes-me-tired/996917 "2024-10-29T22:07:19Z")
Every time I look on the site, there’s always some angry old fart ranting about youth and figuratively shaking his fist, or there’s someone bitching about the service “not being what it used to be” at some local place th… --- ## [TWO remakes of Nosferatu recently? TWO?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-remakes-of-nosferatu-recently-two/1009401)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-remakes-of-nosferatu-recently-two/1009401 "2024-10-29T21:38:12Z")
While researching another thread, I stumbled across the fact that a new version of Nosferatu came out last year, and yet another is set for release this Christmas. Really? Who is demanding these ? We already have the or… --- ## [NFL 2024-25: Week 8](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-8/1009059)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-8/1009059 "2024-10-29T21:08:45Z")
After 7 weeks, there is just one undefeated team. The Chiefs improved to 6-0 by beating the Niners in a game in which Patrick Mahomes had two interceptions and no touchdowns. Meanwhile, the previously unbeaten Vikings fe… --- ## [Roof gutters, covered or no?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roof-gutters-covered-or-no/1009130)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roof-gutters-covered-or-no/1009130 "2024-10-29T20:57:16Z")
I need to get a new gutter for one small section of my roof, with the hope that its as maintenance free as possible. The section is under a magnolia tree, so leaves are inevitable. I’m considering those gutters that a… --- ## [When (and how and why) did it become acceptable to say "shock \[noun\]" instead of "shocking \[noun\]"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-and-why-did-it-become-acceptable-to-say-shock-noun-instead-of-shocking-noun/1009360)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-and-why-did-it-become-acceptable-to-say-shock-noun-instead-of-shocking-noun/1009360 "2024-10-29T20:52:21Z")
I just read a headline in a US paper, “Donald Trump Takes Lead Over Kamala Harris in Shock New Hampshire Poll.” Similarly, I’ve read British papers that say “blah blah blah according to shock claim,” instead of “… shocki… --- ## [Nancy Pelosi's Husband Violently Attacked at Home \[28 Oct 2022\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-violently-attacked-at-home-28-oct-2022/973918)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-violently-attacked-at-home-28-oct-2022/973918 "2024-10-29T19:55:46Z")
I didn’t see another thread on this news story. Not much detail, here’s the CNBC article. Is anyone else getting worried over how vulnerable our country’s leadership seems to be? The congressional baseball game (Scali… --- ## [Details on that Star Trek memorabilia auction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/details-on-that-star-trek-memorabilia-auction/1009422)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/details-on-that-star-trek-memorabilia-auction/1009422 "2024-10-29T19:47:32Z")
Apparently, there will be an auction featuring various props from the original Star Trek series on November 9, with the two featured items being the “type 2” (pistol-shaped) phaser and communicator used by Captain Kirk, … --- ## [Weekend in LA (LAX area), where to eat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-in-la-lax-area-where-to-eat/1005815)
**Author:** [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-in-la-lax-area-where-to-eat/1005815 "2024-10-29T18:30:59Z")
The family is going to LA at the end of October to see David Gilmour, because when I thought of all the artists I’d travel to see, he was the top of my list, and then it turns out he’s on tour. We’ll be in Inglewood and… --- ## [Civil War (2024) Seen It Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-2024-seen-it-thread/1000243)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-2024-seen-it-thread/1000243 "2024-10-29T17:14:15Z")
I won’t post any spoilers in the first post but I liked it quite a bit. It seems to have some success as the theater I saw it in was full. Did anyone else see it? --- ## [Musing on Heinlein's "Starship Troopers"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musing-on-heinleins-starship-troopers/723171)
**Author:** [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musing-on-heinleins-starship-troopers/723171 "2024-10-29T16:37:30Z")
Prompted by thoughts about Robert A Heinlein’s novel Starship Troopers. The most-discussed aspect of said work seems to be, its being set in a basically democratic society, one of whose rules is that nobody may vote, or… --- ## [Collecting from somebody else's inheritance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collecting-from-somebody-elses-inheritance/1009297)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collecting-from-somebody-elses-inheritance/1009297 "2024-10-29T16:12:16Z")
Not sure if here or IMHO. California law if necessary. Deadbeat dad owes close to $50K in back support. Judgement in hand for years and the DA is collecting the money. Of course DD pleads poverty through hiding money… --- ## [Moving to NYC soon! Any advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-nyc-soon-any-advice/1006278)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-nyc-soon-any-advice/1006278 "2024-10-29T15:34:30Z")
After a five year wait, my green card arrived in the mail today! I’ll be moving to New York City sometime in the next 2 - 3 weeks, depending on how quickly I can pack, how soon the movers are available, and how soon I c… --- ## [Opening Credits backgrounds in Frankenstein (1931)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-credits-backgrounds-in-frankenstein-1931/1009400)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-credits-backgrounds-in-frankenstein-1931/1009400 "2024-10-29T14:34:54Z")
As I said in the What Are You Watching thread, I’ve been re-watching the original Universal Frankenstein films. For the original 1931 film, after Edward Sloan appears to give a brief warning, the film launches into the … --- ## [What does BSW^D mean on old maps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bsw-d-mean-on-old-maps/787265)
**Author:** [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bsw-d-mean-on-old-maps/787265 "2024-10-29T13:21:28Z")
Possibly a UK-centric thing, but who knows. Have a look at this map. If you zoom into the canal basin by the river, just south of it is a patch of land with ‘BSW^D’ on it (well, it looks like an upwards-pointing arrow). … --- ## [Old School NCAAF National Championships: Were any undeserved?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-ncaaf-national-championships-were-any-undeserved/1009352)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-ncaaf-national-championships-were-any-undeserved/1009352 "2024-10-29T12:46:23Z")
Before the now-defunct BCS days, NCAAF national championships were voted on. If a team that had been voted #1 at the end of the season won their bowl game, they would be voted National Champions. If not, someone else w… --- ## [Question about an election ad I saw](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-an-election-ad-i-saw/1009389)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-an-election-ad-i-saw/1009389 "2024-10-29T11:01:41Z")
I do not want this thread to continue if I get an answer, and it’s not pro or con to any election side. But I saw, just once this afternoon, on an ABC station, an ad for a candidate who I’m sorry to say I can’t remember… --- ## [Sharing my YouTube channel (amateurish, bicycle handlebar cam footage from my bike commute)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-my-youtube-channel-amateurish-bicycle-handlebar-cam-footage-from-my-bike-commute/999147)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-my-youtube-channel-amateurish-bicycle-handlebar-cam-footage-from-my-bike-commute/999147 "2024-10-29T09:55:49Z")
Due to the rail link to my place of work being unreliable in the last two years (there are a lot of improvements done on the line which sometimes shuts down the line for months), I have begun to commute by bike when the … --- ## [Can diluted seawater be used instead of blood for total transfusions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-diluted-seawater-be-used-instead-of-blood-for-total-transfusions/720461)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-diluted-seawater-be-used-instead-of-blood-for-total-transfusions/720461 "2024-10-29T07:01:37Z")
Of course not. I know that. But I’m not sure how to address this bit of nonsense: http://oceanplasma.org/documents/substitute.html I’m guessing that this is simply an overblown claim, that dilute sea water can be safe… --- ## [Has Trump Repealed Godwin’s Law?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-trump-repealed-godwin-s-law/1009205)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-trump-repealed-godwin-s-law/1009205 "2024-10-29T06:25:21Z")
With the term “fascist” being tossed about repeatedly these days (and IMO accurately) to describe Trump’s political philosophy, and the word “Hitler” being attributed to him as a term of praise and admiration, are we fre… --- ## [Stupid, misinformed, ignorant voters? Do the differences matter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-misinformed-ignorant-voters-do-the-differences-matter/1009175)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-misinformed-ignorant-voters-do-the-differences-matter/1009175 "2024-10-29T06:20:20Z")
As instructed pulling this to its own thread, as I think it is relevant to how campaigning should be done. From here. My take is that there is hope to inform the simply ignorant but otherwise average intelligence and… --- ## [Let's discuss the Electoral College tying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-the-electoral-college-tying/1009273)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-the-electoral-college-tying/1009273 "2024-10-29T06:08:31Z")
I have no idea what is going to happen on election day. Too many variables and I don’t trust polls any more since 2016. Nobody seems to be taking the outcome that the EC ties very seriously and I disagree with that. Pl… --- ## [The America’s Most Liveable Cities: Mostly Canadian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-america-s-most-liveable-cities-mostly-canadian/1009284)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-america-s-most-liveable-cities-mostly-canadian/1009284 "2024-10-29T01:57:18Z")
Another list by the Economist linked “intelligence unit” (EIU) ranks the 2024 “most liveable” cities in North and South America on an arbitrary scale of health care, culture and environment, stability, education and infr… --- ## [Does income while staying in a foreign country usually only count if you are performing work to earn it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-income-while-staying-in-a-foreign-country-usually-only-count-if-you-are-performing-work-to-earn-it/1009301)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-income-while-staying-in-a-foreign-country-usually-only-count-if-you-are-performing-work-to-earn-it/1009301 "2024-10-29T01:15:21Z")
I realize the answer will be “it depends” since there are nearly 200 nations in the world, so there would be nearly 200 answers. But - if you work for an American employer, but you are traveling abroad on vacation in, s… --- ## [FX's The Old Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fxs-the-old-man/1009029)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fxs-the-old-man/1009029 "2024-10-29T00:47:50Z")
Have been watching FX’s The Old Man on Hulu. It stars Jeff Bridges, John Lithgow, and Alia Shawkat (Maebe Funke from Arrested Development). Acting is great with this cast. Season 2 was just released a month or so ago. … --- ## [Doing Politics {Who do you like, and who have you liked in previous seasons?}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doing-politics-who-do-you-like-and-who-have-you-liked-in-previous-seasons/1009239)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doing-politics-who-do-you-like-and-who-have-you-liked-in-previous-seasons/1009239 "2024-10-29T00:45:08Z")
Who do you like, and who have you liked in previous seasons? Is it Barack Obama, or Bill Clinton? Or perhaps Hillary Clinton, or Bernie Sanders? Or are you more of a fan of Nikki Haley, or John McCain, or you really l… --- ## [Hey, pal, can you spare $100 Grand? (Star Trek memorabilia auction)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-pal-can-you-spare-100-grand-star-trek-memorabilia-auction/1009373)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-pal-can-you-spare-100-grand-star-trek-memorabilia-auction/1009373 "2024-10-29T00:39:55Z")
Linked removed --- ## [Musings on the Maya](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musings-on-the-maya/990515)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musings-on-the-maya/990515 "2024-10-29T00:03:40Z")
Watching some National Geographic TV programs this evening about the lost civilization of the Maya, and how much the use of LIDAR is revealing as it allows archeologists to peel back the jungle and reveal the ruins hidde… --- ## [Math experts: Find an elegant solution for this Car Talk puzzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-experts-find-an-elegant-solution-for-this-car-talk-puzzler/1009269)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-experts-find-an-elegant-solution-for-this-car-talk-puzzler/1009269 "2024-10-28T23:14:55Z")
I was just listening to an old episode of Car Talk, and they had this puzzler. RAY: You’re given a hundred dollars and told to spend it all purchasing exactly a hundred animals at the pet store. Dogs cost $15. Cats cos… --- ## [Physics question about the miniseries “Chernobyl"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physics-question-about-the-miniseries-chernobyl/1009362)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physics-question-about-the-miniseries-chernobyl/1009362 "2024-10-28T21:58:27Z")
There’s an establishing scene where the composite character "Ulana Khomyuk” takes a wipe and swipes a sample of dust on the outside of her window, then runs it though what I assume is some type of gamma-ray spectrograph,… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=446&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=448&state=tracking)