# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=464 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 465 --- ## [3D Stereo Photography](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3d-stereo-photography/1007441)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3d-stereo-photography/1007441 "2024-10-05T15:57:04Z")
A little background. Many a years ago, maybe 30, I was into stereo photography. I had a Revere camera that shot 3D slides. Film processed and inserted into special mounts and viewed with a special viewer. At one time I h… --- ## [What is this thing attached to my built in microwave?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-attached-to-my-built-in-microwave/1007726)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-attached-to-my-built-in-microwave/1007726 "2024-10-05T14:47:12Z")
My built-in microwave broke. When pulling out the old one, there’s this metal thing with some kind of metal tape attached to the side: … --- ## [Is there some sort of spike in Covid now? (September 4 2024)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-sort-of-spike-in-covid-now-september-4-2024/1006768)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-sort-of-spike-in-covid-now-september-4-2024/1006768 "2024-10-05T14:01:48Z")
I might just be running in terrible luck, because I haven’t seen much about this in the news this week, or read about it here, but five of my closest friends have contracted Covid very recently, all of them Covid virgins… --- ## [Scene from a reality show - Could it possibly be legitimate? OCD-related](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scene-from-a-reality-show-could-it-possibly-be-legitimate-ocd-related/1008468)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scene-from-a-reality-show-could-it-possibly-be-legitimate-ocd-related/1008468 "2024-10-05T13:15:18Z")
The show is called “Obsessed” and it’s on Amazon Prime. Its focus is obsessive compulsive disorder, and each episode features a couple of people who have specific obsessions and compulsions. I’ve only seen episode 1, in… --- ## [How did I forget THAT ingredient?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-forget-that-ingredient/1008335)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2024, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-forget-that-ingredient/1008335 "2024-10-05T12:07:19Z")
Yesterday my wife made a dish we call Tuna Fish Pasta. 4 ingredients - tuna, pasta, peas, and mayo. Haute cuisine it ain’t! As we were eating it, she commented that it tasted as tho it was missing something, and asked… --- ## [20 independent events happening in 10 hour period Probability breakdown for at least 2 in an hour?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-independent-events-happening-in-10-hour-period-probability-breakdown-for-at-least-2-in-an-hour/1008388)
**Author:** [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2024, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-independent-events-happening-in-10-hour-period-probability-breakdown-for-at-least-2-in-an-hour/1008388 "2024-10-05T10:27:47Z")
Could somebody calculate this for me? Over a 10 hour period event X will happen exactly 20 times, independently random across the 10 hour period. If we split the 10 hour period up into 10 discrete hours and check them in… --- ## [Sudden intense digestive issues are usually due to food, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-intense-digestive-issues-are-usually-due-to-food-right/1008363)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2024, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-intense-digestive-issues-are-usually-due-to-food-right/1008363 "2024-10-05T07:32:38Z")
Last night I had an attack of stomach woes way beyond any usual: diarrhea and upset stomach with just a hint of nausea. I took a couple of two year expired generic Pepto tablets and it seemed to do the job eventually. W… --- ## [Medicare Part D (Drug coverage)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medicare-part-d-drug-coverage/1007810)
**Author:** [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2024, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medicare-part-d-drug-coverage/1007810 "2024-10-05T03:33:18Z")
Mrs. Martian is preparing to move onto Medicare in December. She has signed up for Parts A and B, and is going to sign up for Medigap Plan G through UHC/AARP. That leaves what to do about Part D - drug coverage. The Med… --- ## [Things you sold in school as a kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-sold-in-school-as-a-kid/1008378)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-sold-in-school-as-a-kid/1008378 "2024-10-05T02:45:41Z")
I recall during junior high - around the time of our nation’s bicentennial - having an assembly for all the 7th graders where they tried to get students to participate in candy bar sales. They were selling ‘Marathon’ bar… --- ## [2 days in Rome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-days-in-rome/1008288)
**Author:** [@Apodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apodder)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-days-in-rome/1008288 "2024-10-05T01:23:46Z")
So, my fam is leaving from the Civitavecchia/Rome on a Med cruise in February. Because it doesn’t touch Naples and I really want to see Pompeii, we’re going to spend 2 days beforehand in Rome, take the high-speed train t… --- ## [Fast Food “Freebies”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-freebies/1007776)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-freebies/1007776 "2024-10-04T23:16:51Z")
Went to Wendy’s for lunch. They have a “table” where you can get salt, pepper, ketchup, straws and cutlery. But they took away the serviettes. The manager said people were taking large piles of them, so they were just… --- ## [Could Vance get elected on his own?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-vance-get-elected-on-his-own/1008397)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-vance-get-elected-on-his-own/1008397 "2024-10-04T23:09:24Z")
If Trump dies before the election (say by natural causes) could Vance ride a wave of “sympathy” to the White House, or would the GOP just implode? I don’t think he can keep the MAGA cult alive by himself. --- ## ["This Town Is A Baseball Town"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-town-is-a-baseball-town/1008359)
**Author:** [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-town-is-a-baseball-town/1008359 "2024-10-04T22:34:16Z")
I think St. Louis is a “baseball town”, where they care much more about the Cardinals than any other team they have/had. How would you rank the order of sports franchises in your town/fanbase currently and historically,… --- ## [Sanewashing -- Originator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sanewashing-originator/1008411)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sanewashing-originator/1008411 "2024-10-04T22:21:48Z")
In the last couple-three weeks, I’ve seen the term sanewashing (sometimes hyphenated) used to discuss people interpreting the speeches of a certain politician.† Does anyone know who invented/first used this term? . † P… --- ## [Longshoremen on the East coast strike. Is this the October surprise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longshoremen-on-the-east-coast-strike-is-this-the-october-surprise/1008330)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longshoremen-on-the-east-coast-strike-is-this-the-october-surprise/1008330 "2024-10-04T20:46:56Z")
October is here, and it seems like we’re getting our October surprise on the first day of the month. The International Longshoremen’s Association has gone on strike on the East and Gulf coasts. This is their first stri… --- ## [Threes company reruns are on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660 "2024-10-04T19:20:42Z")
I’ve never seen an episode but the pilot is on tv. I just want to take a moment to say Suzanne Somers was sexy as hell in the 70s. I only knew her tv work in the 80s (shes the sheriff) and 90s (Step by Step). Threes comp… --- ## [Sadly, Stupidity is very, very, Old. LINK to story about an ancient battlefield](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadly-stupidity-is-very-very-old-link-to-story-about-an-ancient-battlefield/1008448)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadly-stupidity-is-very-very-old-link-to-story-about-an-ancient-battlefield/1008448 "2024-10-04T19:15:37Z")
A new analysis of dozens of arrowheads is helping researchers piece together a clearer portrait of the warriors who clashed on Europe’s oldest known battlefield 3,250 years ago. The bronze and flint arrowheads were rec… --- ## [Is this really a microagression?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-a-microagression/1006485)
**Author:** [@We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/We_re_wolves_not_werewolves)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-a-microagression/1006485 "2024-10-04T19:11:51Z")
For work we are required to view various DEI videos occasionally. These videos usually show simulations of certain work situations and then comment or ask questions on them. In a recent one, the video shows what is obvio… --- ## [What would MLB have done with this scenario? What would you have done?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-mlb-have-done-with-this-scenario-what-would-you-have-done/1008407)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-mlb-have-done-with-this-scenario-what-would-you-have-done/1008407 "2024-10-04T18:21:46Z")
In Monday’s Mets-Braves doubleheader, where MLB decreed that both games must be played to a conclusion before the playoffs proper could begin on Tuesday, what would have happened if the first game had gone 20 or more in… --- ## [Consequences of letting a flaking/chipping bathtub go un-resurfaced?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consequences-of-letting-a-flaking-chipping-bathtub-go-un-resurfaced/1008418)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consequences-of-letting-a-flaking-chipping-bathtub-go-un-resurfaced/1008418 "2024-10-04T18:01:55Z")
Been renting an apartment for the past 2 months. However, not long after I moved in, the bathtub’s paint and outer surface began flaking and peeling off in big chips. It’s still pretty small; though - like only about 5% … --- ## [Announcement: I may never buy any other type of shoes. That is all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcement-i-may-never-buy-any-other-type-of-shoes-that-is-all/1008237)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcement-i-may-never-buy-any-other-type-of-shoes-that-is-all/1008237 "2024-10-04T17:38:09Z")
I got my first, but definitely not my last, pair of Skechers slip-ons. Does anyone who owns a pair not love them? Skechers slip-ons: mmm endorsed. mmm, admittedly too lazy to bend over if it can be avoided … --- ## [EZ-Cheap Spin Motors? (Slow & low power)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ez-cheap-spin-motors-slow-low-power/1008308)
**Author:** [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ez-cheap-spin-motors-slow-low-power/1008308 "2024-10-04T15:02:08Z")
An artist friend wants to fill a window display with 10 or 20 rotating disks, maybe paper plate size, maybe some bigger. Some disks might be paper plates, some might be 1/4" plywood. Some might be horizontal, some more … --- ## [Boiling water, electric stove, noise. Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boiling-water-electric-stove-noise-why/1008385)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boiling-water-electric-stove-noise-why/1008385 "2024-10-04T14:32:00Z")
Most of my life I have had residential electric stoves, but until recently, they had “conventional”, flat-coiled burners. All of those – when boiling water, no matter what kind of container or pot I used – made a loud n… --- ## [Other than roasting by an open fire, any ideas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-roasting-by-an-open-fire-any-ideas/1008404)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-roasting-by-an-open-fire-any-ideas/1008404 "2024-10-04T11:53:55Z")
We have about fifteen pounds. We have a chestnut knife and previous years have roasted some in the fireplace. My gf has made a soup. Other uses? --- ## [Dungeons & Dragons 2024 PHB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeons-dragons-2024-phb/1007807)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeons-dragons-2024-phb/1007807 "2024-10-04T04:50:23Z")
I have looked it over, looks okay so far. We are gonna hold off on wholesale switching over, but we are grabbing a few fun things- like weapon mastery. Is anyone switching over? Thoughts on the book? --- ## [Would it bother you to see a predator catch and kill its natural prey in the wild?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-to-see-a-predator-catch-and-kill-its-natural-prey-in-the-wild/1007351)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-to-see-a-predator-catch-and-kill-its-natural-prey-in-the-wild/1007351 "2024-10-04T03:50:49Z")
Recently returned from a trip to Kenya. One of the highlights IMO was when we got to see 2 cheetahs take down a mother and baby impala. The following day, one member of our group eschewed the game drive, saying he was … --- ## [Amino acids and DNA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amino-acids-and-dna/1008386)
**Author:** [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amino-acids-and-dna/1008386 "2024-10-04T03:50:39Z")
In DNA, the various amino acids are encoded by triplets of nucleotides. Some amino acids have more than one encoding. It is my understanding that the encodings are almost identical across all the species we know which is… --- ## [Chromebook: how to type a single straight quote?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chromebook-how-to-type-a-single-straight-quote/1008417)
**Author:** [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chromebook-how-to-type-a-single-straight-quote/1008417 "2024-10-04T03:45:14Z")
Not a ‘,\`or a ‘. We need a ’ No combination of key mashing produces the desired result. Google documentation is less than helpful. On review the font here also doesn’t show what I mean:( My iPhone keyboard shows \`‘’’ … --- ## [Who studies non-CTE brains?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-studies-non-cte-brains/1008423)
**Author:** [@StrongStyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrongStyle)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-studies-non-cte-brains/1008423 "2024-10-04T03:37:41Z")
This isn’t a well defined question, I don’t think. However, when Junior Seau died, his brain was studied at Boston University to confirm ge suffered from CTE. When professional wrestler Daffney Unger did her last stream … --- ## [Restore Session stymied by appxstaging](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restore-session-stymied-by-appxstaging/1008433)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restore-session-stymied-by-appxstaging/1008433 "2024-10-04T03:13:41Z")
I’ve recently needed to restore to a previous stable point a few days ago, but kept getting an unsuccessful restoration due to “appxstaging”. Is this a virus, or a malfunctioning app? How do I get around this pothole a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=463) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=465)