# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=485 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 486 --- ## [What to Do with Old Foreign Coins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-old-foreign-coins/1006580)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-old-foreign-coins/1006580 "2024-09-04T20:10:06Z")
I have a big bag of odd (and old) coins that were in my pockets whenever I returned from a trip out of the U.S. over the past half-century, and since I’m planning another trip this week, I decided to go through the bag a… --- ## [Let's just leave the kid behind!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-just-leave-the-kid-behind/1005725)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-just-leave-the-kid-behind/1005725 "2024-09-04T19:58:35Z")
My daughter was at the airport on Monday, seeing off her friend. She heard her name and turned around to see a family friend from Australia. The friend was there with her middle son “Jake” who is 10 years old. Their w… --- ## [What happened to the thread abour a hurricane being manmade?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-thread-abour-a-hurricane-being-manmade/1006763)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-thread-abour-a-hurricane-being-manmade/1006763 "2024-09-04T19:26:14Z")
I was reading it and it just disappeared. --- ## [Can sleep “count less” under nonextreme circumstances?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-sleep-count-less-under-nonextreme-circumstances/1006725)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-sleep-count-less-under-nonextreme-circumstances/1006725 "2024-09-04T19:25:06Z")
Something I’ve always wondered: if I came home from work, fell asleep on the couch for three hours, woke up for four, then got seven hours of sleep overnight, does that fully count as having had ten hours of sleep that d… --- ## [Is there value in reading the ideas of 19th century and earlier philosophers, economists, political scientists, etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-value-in-reading-the-ideas-of-19th-century-and-earlier-philosophers-economists-political-scientists-etc/1005880)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-value-in-reading-the-ideas-of-19th-century-and-earlier-philosophers-economists-political-scientists-etc/1005880 "2024-09-04T19:21:07Z")
I’ve been told I should read more from Marx, but my view has always been this. Marx wrote his works 160 years ago. The world knows far more about economics, political science, psychology, sociology, etc than we knew bac… --- ## [Election Night Plans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-night-plans/1006510)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-night-plans/1006510 "2024-09-04T18:20:34Z")
Oddly enough there is a long tradition here of threads on election night watch parties. 2020 was one we will never forget. Do you have any plans? I would expect to be sitting here with family. It will be a late night an… --- ## [Tolkien and the Art of the Manuscript: My visit to view JRRT's original notes and drawings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-and-the-art-of-the-manuscript-my-visit-to-view-jrrts-original-notes-and-drawings/975616)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-and-the-art-of-the-manuscript-my-visit-to-view-jrrts-original-notes-and-drawings/975616 "2024-09-04T15:50:38Z")
I spent two hours yesterday wandering around the JRRT display at Marquette U’s Haggerty Museum in Milwaukee. There, I enjoyed examining the original pages of manuscripts from the hand of the good professor himself. The… --- ## [What happens if your beach house DOESN'T fall into the ocean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-your-beach-house-doesnt-fall-into-the-ocean/1006704)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-your-beach-house-doesnt-fall-into-the-ocean/1006704 "2024-09-04T14:14:53Z")
You regularly see news stories and videos about beach houses that fall into the ocean due to storm surges and/or beach erosion. The ocean basically encroaches on the property and there your investment goes. What happen… --- ## [Is the Mormon practice of "soaking" a real thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mormon-practice-of-soaking-a-real-thing/1006223)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mormon-practice-of-soaking-a-real-thing/1006223 "2024-09-04T13:39:12Z")
description of a sexual practice hidden because this is the op“Soaking” is the act of a dude inserting his ding dong into a woman’s vagina without humping. Also known as “floating”. This is crazy. If anything, wouldn’t … --- ## [Any at-home ways to remove the outer sheath of outdoor extension cords to repurpose the internal wires?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-at-home-ways-to-remove-the-outer-sheath-of-outdoor-extension-cords-to-repurpose-the-internal-wires/1006645)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-at-home-ways-to-remove-the-outer-sheath-of-outdoor-extension-cords-to-repurpose-the-internal-wires/1006645 "2024-09-04T12:16:53Z")
I have a few outdoor extension cords which are no longer usable due to cuts or whatever. Rather than throw them away, I’d like to remove the outer sheath so I can reuse 3 wires which make up the cord. However, it’s surpr… --- ## [My apologies to Stranger and the rest of the Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apologies-to-stranger-and-the-rest-of-the-board/1006515)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apologies-to-stranger-and-the-rest-of-the-board/1006515 "2024-09-04T11:53:28Z")
I began to compose this as a private message, but instead chose here. As always, the Mods should move as deemed appropriate. I wish to extend my sincere apologies to @Stranger\_On\_A\_Train , and to the rest of the board.… --- ## [So what do I have to do to get my webpage listed on search engines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-i-have-to-do-to-get-my-webpage-listed-on-search-engines/239730)
**Author:** [@chefIL11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefIL11)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-i-have-to-do-to-get-my-webpage-listed-on-search-engines/239730 "2024-09-04T11:37:54Z")
well? --- ## [What's the original Anglo-Saxon word for "penis"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-original-anglo-saxon-word-for-penis/177458)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-original-anglo-saxon-word-for-penis/177458 "2024-09-04T11:01:41Z")
“Penis” is from Latin, and every other commonly used word for it in English is an obvious slang phrase. What was it’s proper name back in ye olde times? --- ## [Talk to me about Canasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-canasta/1005180)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-canasta/1005180 "2024-09-04T10:56:34Z")
Just a few weeks ago, I learned to play Canasta, but only the classic rules. I’ve always enjoyed Rummy, so this is something I planned to do for years, but never got around to doing it. So far I’m only been able to play … --- ## [Amateur historians/sleuths. Help me guess what this number is scratched into my wall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amateur-historians-sleuths-help-me-guess-what-this-number-is-scratched-into-my-wall/1006621)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amateur-historians-sleuths-help-me-guess-what-this-number-is-scratched-into-my-wall/1006621 "2024-09-04T08:57:43Z")
I moved house recently to an old house (at least 1800, probably earlier) with possibly even older garden walls and coach house. I haven’t done any serious research yet, too busy redecorating things, but there’s an intrig… --- ## [Using a voltage reference as input voltage protection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-a-voltage-reference-as-input-voltage-protection/1005602)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-a-voltage-reference-as-input-voltage-protection/1005602 "2024-09-04T08:34:09Z")
I’m looking to fab some PCBs, and the place I’m looking at offers cheap assembly, as long as you stick to a limited set of components (a few thousand). One of the things I need is input voltage protection. I want to cl… --- ## [Say the weird thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-weird-thing/1003065)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-weird-thing/1003065 "2024-09-04T07:37:07Z")
This is probably my favorite trend on Tiktok. So I’m stealing it and using it here because I thought it might be fun. Just say the weird thing: Sometimes when I avoid an accident. Like I tipped over a glass of tea but … --- ## [Mashed peas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashed-peas/1006696)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashed-peas/1006696 "2024-09-04T00:24:08Z")
A very easy, tasty, inexpensive, and healthy recipe we’ve been doing a lot lately. Works as a side dish or a light vegetarian entree. 1 bag frozen peas (about a lb) 2 tbs butter (or more) Seasoning (we use Knorr chick… --- ## [Who would you include on a list of the 100 smartest human beings from 1900 to the present](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-include-on-a-list-of-the-100-smartest-human-beings-from-1900-to-the-present/1006534)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-include-on-a-list-of-the-100-smartest-human-beings-from-1900-to-the-present/1006534 "2024-09-04T00:15:45Z")
The reason I’m picking 1900 to the present is because I feel like before roughly that age, a lot of intelligent people never got the chance to use their talents. Maybe some super genius in China ended up being a farmer … --- ## [Why won't my laptop let me defragment my external hard drive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-my-laptop-let-me-defragment-my-external-hard-drive/1006689)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-my-laptop-let-me-defragment-my-external-hard-drive/1006689 "2024-09-04T00:13:23Z")
I bought a seagate 14TB external HDD and have added several TB of files to it. Its running slow so I wanted to defragment it. When I right click on the hard drive, click properties, click tools, there is an option to de… --- ## [Another way to tell if your coworkers don't like you: They leave you dead at your desk for four days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-way-to-tell-if-your-coworkers-dont-like-you-they-leave-you-dead-at-your-desk-for-four-days/1006441)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-way-to-tell-if-your-coworkers-dont-like-you-they-leave-you-dead-at-your-desk-for-four-days/1006441 "2024-09-03T23:49:19Z")
This will be an awkward funeral…if there is one. I have nightmares about this happening to me. Sad, sad end. However, there was a smell that was just shrugged off as bad plumbing? No maintenance people? No one checki… --- ## [Geometric construction to transpose an angle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geometric-construction-to-transpose-an-angle/1006659)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geometric-construction-to-transpose-an-angle/1006659 "2024-09-03T21:46:34Z")
I want to transpose an angle about a 45 degree line. Imagine a right angle called ABC with A on the horizontal. Now imagine an acute angle ABD. I want to construct an angle ABE such that angle EBC is congruent to ABD … --- ## [Reversed videos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversed-videos/1006634)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversed-videos/1006634 "2024-09-03T21:42:50Z")
When I watch ‘reels’ on Facebook, and sometimes on YouTube, the images are reversed. (i.e., mirror images show text backwards.) Is there a reason why people do this? --- ## [NEMA 14-50 wiring question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nema-14-50-wiring-question/1006528)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nema-14-50-wiring-question/1006528 "2024-09-03T20:32:15Z")
My new Grizzlie car charger has only three connectors (hot hot ground). My outlet is a NEMA 14-50 outlet with four connectors (hot hot neutral ground). Everything I am finding indicates I should just leave the neutral … --- ## [Bad bad bad silent beck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-silent-beck/1006550)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-silent-beck/1006550 "2024-09-03T20:18:45Z")
I’m glad I’m silent. I know it’s hard to believe. But I keep my mouth shut in most situations. I can talk to the grandkids pretty well, they don’t judge. (Well, the 10 year old might be starting to.) My dog doesn’t j… --- ## [On the diagnostic possibilities of menstrual blood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-diagnostic-possibilities-of-menstrual-blood/1006647)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-diagnostic-possibilities-of-menstrual-blood/1006647 "2024-09-03T20:10:01Z")
Fascinating article about developing breakthroughs in analyzing menstrual blood for various biomarkers that could simplify and accelerate a number of diagnostic procedures, and the challenges of getting the traditional m… --- ## [August Disgust (Monthly Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-disgust-monthly-mini-rants/1005094)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 230\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-disgust-monthly-mini-rants/1005094 "2024-09-03T19:41:51Z")
Continuing the discussion from I'm ranting at you, July! (July mini-rants): Starting off this month’s mini-rants to just talk about how tired I am all the time. I’m trying to get more sleep and going to bed at a regula… --- ## [What happens when you’re temporarily banned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-you-re-temporarily-banned/1006653)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-you-re-temporarily-banned/1006653 "2024-09-03T18:44:22Z")
Is it you just can’t sign in? Or post? And do you get an alert when your “sentence”? I can see myself just trying everyday after awhile. --- ## [Identify and discuss heavily annotated works of historical fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-and-discuss-heavily-annotated-works-of-historical-fiction/1006576)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-and-discuss-heavily-annotated-works-of-historical-fiction/1006576 "2024-09-03T17:29:48Z")
List and discuss works of historical fiction that are sufficiently annotated so that the reader can compare the fictional part to existing historical consensus. The only example of this approach that I know of is Red Pl… --- ## [My country is falling apart because of.... MARIJUANA! Wait, please hear me out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-country-is-falling-apart-because-of-marijuana-wait-please-hear-me-out/1006677)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-country-is-falling-apart-because-of-marijuana-wait-please-hear-me-out/1006677 "2024-09-03T16:43:40Z")
OK, now, just to set things straight: Nobody could be more delighted tha I by the fact that we have actual [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=484) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=486)