# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=495 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 496 --- ## [Need help with a mailbox solution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-a-mailbox-solution/1006020)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-a-mailbox-solution/1006020 "2024-08-22T17:13:04Z")
I’m in property management. We are having a cluster mailbox installed in front of a 6 unit apartment complex we just picked up. The mailbox has 8 individual boxes for tenant mail and 2 boxes for packages. The idea is t… --- ## [Yelling at each other about 9/11 (Split from the "How has Trump pissed you off today" thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yelling-at-each-other-about-9-11-split-from-the-how-has-trump-pissed-you-off-today-thread/1005482)
**Author:** [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Replies:** 374\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yelling-at-each-other-about-9-11-split-from-the-how-has-trump-pissed-you-off-today-thread/1005482 "2024-08-22T16:40:45Z")
Gotta confess, 9/11 is one of those disasters that I don’t fully comprehend, from how did WTC7 collapse, to where’s was the wreckage of TWO airliners, both in Shanksville and the Pentagon? --- ## [Let's talk about Walmart stock splitting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-walmart-stock-splitting/997040)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-walmart-stock-splitting/997040 "2024-08-22T16:19:20Z")
Walmart has announced a 3:1 stock split after closing on 2/23. I have owned WMT stock for a few years. I bought at $148 and today it’s at $168. When the split happens I will have triple the number of shares, but the shar… --- ## [Help me understand this statistic (labor force participation)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-statistic-labor-force-participation/1006033)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-statistic-labor-force-participation/1006033 "2024-08-22T15:21:38Z")
Besides actual unemployment, I suppose some of the difference is because of how much women participate in the workforce But what is is special about Slovakia? Why is it so high? --- ## [Just feeding back that virtually everything is awful](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-feeding-back-that-virtually-everything-is-awful/967313)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-feeding-back-that-virtually-everything-is-awful/967313 "2024-08-22T13:57:50Z")
The more time I spend on this new software SDMB, the more depressed I become because absolutely every single thing about the way it functions is a total feeaking nightmare. Not o ne single aspect of this software improve… --- ## [Very dumb question -- is "liking" posts a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-dumb-question-is-liking-posts-a-thing/1004435)
**Author:** [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-dumb-question-is-liking-posts-a-thing/1004435 "2024-08-22T12:52:23Z")
I was poking about my profile dashboard and saw a stats indicator of posts I have liked or posts of mine that have been liked. Both are 0 (not surprisingly) but I’ve never noticed the ability to like posts here. If I had… --- ## [Environmental impact of online clothes shopping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/environmental-impact-of-online-clothes-shopping/1004213)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/environmental-impact-of-online-clothes-shopping/1004213 "2024-08-22T10:38:43Z")
I can buy clothes online, but it’s hard to know it it will fit. One way is to just buy a bunch of clothes, try it on, and then return what doesn’t fit. Alternatively I can travel to a store and try on clothes there. Th… --- ## [Dental X-Ray Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-x-ray-question/1006024)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-x-ray-question/1006024 "2024-08-22T10:10:44Z")
Every 6 months I get my teeth cleaned. Maybe not every visit, but the subject of X-Rays comes up. I generally opt out until at least a full year goes by. Is there generally accepted time frame to get X-Rays? Thx. --- ## [Does anyone else here actually enjoy jury duty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-here-actually-enjoy-jury-duty/627820)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-here-actually-enjoy-jury-duty/627820 "2024-08-22T07:56:09Z")
I’m scheduled to show up on July 20. I really like it… I get a day off work, get to sit for a few hours and read a book or play around on my laptop while I wait to be called, perhaps get called to a fairly interesting ca… --- ## [Dr. Ruth has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-ruth-has-died/1004152)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-ruth-has-died/1004152 "2024-08-22T06:54:58Z")
I have great affection for Dr. Ruth. As I became a teenager I somehow found her radio show and listened to it covertly on a walkman at night. Her forthright manner, openness and acceptance was important for me to hear … --- ## [What will SCOTUS do if Women Prevail in the Election and Pass National Abortion Access?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-scotus-do-if-women-prevail-in-the-election-and-pass-national-abortion-access/1005947)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-scotus-do-if-women-prevail-in-the-election-and-pass-national-abortion-access/1005947 "2024-08-22T05:47:26Z")
Continuing the discussion from The Woman Factor in the Clinton Loss, and Possible Harris Win: I think the strategy going forward is to just grind them out and outlive them. Both Thomas and Alito want to retire, not di… --- ## [Tell me how electrical wall outlets can go dead w/o tripping a circuit breaker. Hidden fire danger from short?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-how-electrical-wall-outlets-can-go-dead-w-o-tripping-a-circuit-breaker-hidden-fire-danger-from-short/1005710)
**Author:** [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-how-electrical-wall-outlets-can-go-dead-w-o-tripping-a-circuit-breaker-hidden-fire-danger-from-short/1005710 "2024-08-22T05:24:13Z")
More details about the situation in the subject line: I had three outlets, all along one wall, suddenly go dead. It happened when I had a shop-vac plugged into one of them, which suddenly quit sucking. No biggie, I un… --- ## [Other than getting the most votes legally, how can Trump become POTUS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-getting-the-most-votes-legally-how-can-trump-become-potus/1005910)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-getting-the-most-votes-legally-how-can-trump-become-potus/1005910 "2024-08-22T02:48:44Z")
Other than a few variations it looks like Trump is losing in the polls…but polls aren’t votes. I am looking into Trump’s past and present, and something tells me (like reality slapping me in the face with a rotten macke… --- ## [Big Green Egg vs. Weber Kettle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-green-egg-vs-weber-kettle/1005951)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-green-egg-vs-weber-kettle/1005951 "2024-08-22T02:31:42Z")
We jettisoned our old Weber kettle recently because we thought we were moving. However, we stayed put and now we have no grill. I’d like to buy a new one. I’m intrigued by the Big Green Egg, but it’s a lot more expens… --- ## [Personal visual models - do you have any?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-visual-models-do-you-have-any/1006012)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-visual-models-do-you-have-any/1006012 "2024-08-21T21:41:10Z")
Recently I realized that when I’m thinking over plans in my mind, I’m looking at a mental image of a giant dial with all the months/days of the year, with January at about the 8PM position on the clock face, and the year… --- ## [What's the straight dope on J.D. Vance and couches/eyeliner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-j-d-vance-and-couches-eyeliner/1005479)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-j-d-vance-and-couches-eyeliner/1005479 "2024-08-21T20:17:38Z")
Recently I’ve read that Vance did not, as some believe, have sexual congress with a piece of furniture, nor does he use eyeliner, as has been claimed by his detractors. Is there a factual basis to either of these claims?… --- ## [Make a band edible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-band-edible/999889)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-band-edible/999889 "2024-08-21T20:12:02Z")
Bon Bon Jovi ZZ Top Sirloin --- ## [How much leeway do political groups have about including specific entities in their name that the entity might not like (e.g. Republicans for Harris)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-leeway-do-political-groups-have-about-including-specific-entities-in-their-name-that-the-entity-might-not-like-e-g-republicans-for-harris/1006008)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-leeway-do-political-groups-have-about-including-specific-entities-in-their-name-that-the-entity-might-not-like-e-g-republicans-for-harris/1006008 "2024-08-21T19:38:08Z")
I’ve seen some political groups made up of traditional Republican voters who will be voting for the Democratic candidate, such as “Republicans for Harris” and “Haley Voters for Harris”. Trump recently reposted some image… --- ## [RIP Peter Marshall (host of The Hollywood Squares)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-marshall-host-of-the-hollywood-squares/1005760)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-marshall-host-of-the-hollywood-squares/1005760 "2024-08-21T19:36:27Z")
Peter Marshall, the original host of the television game show The Hollywood Squares, passed away today, at age 98, from kidney failure. He had survived a bout of COVID-19 in 2021, which was bad enough that he was in hos… --- ## [Anyone attend a rally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-attend-a-rally/1005818)
**Author:** [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-attend-a-rally/1005818 "2024-08-21T19:09:28Z")
What are they for? Pump up the base. Is there any real reason to have these things? --- ## [Peach Cobbler-- imbedded or topped?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-cobbler-imbedded-or-topped/1005791)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-cobbler-imbedded-or-topped/1005791 "2024-08-21T18:19:28Z")
Hubby came home with a bag of free peaches yesterday and asked if I could make cobbler. Looked up some recipes (I’ve neve made it before) and there seems to be two kinds-- the peaches imbedded in a biscuit-y dough or top… --- ## [Magicraft - Anyone playing this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magicraft-anyone-playing-this/1005251)
**Author:** [@vislor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vislor)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magicraft-anyone-playing-this/1005251 "2024-08-21T18:10:30Z")
I don’t remember how I found it, I think I was on a bullet hell kick from Vampire Survivors, Gallowspire Survivors, Yet Another Zombie Survivors, Tiny Rogs, or Hells of Torment. HOLY COW does this game work for me. The… --- ## [What if arenak was for real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-arenak-was-for-real/28064)
**Author:** [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-arenak-was-for-real/28064 "2024-08-21T17:45:12Z")
In E. E. “Doc” Smith’s epic Space Opera novel The Skylark of Space (1928), he describes a substance called arenak. It’s a transparent metal 500 times stronger and harder than the strongest and hardest steel. However, it’… --- ## [Changing a movie's title for a foreign audience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-a-movies-title-for-a-foreign-audience/1003122)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-a-movies-title-for-a-foreign-audience/1003122 "2024-08-21T15:25:56Z")
On a recent flight, I watched a movie that was listed as “Arab Blues”: When the title screen of the movie appeared, I saw that it was originally titled as “Un divan à Tunis”, which just means “A couch in Tunis”. Why … --- ## [Is this a fake movie? Tomie beginning on youtube](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-fake-movie-tomie-beginning-on-youtube/1005996)
**Author:** [@Iori\_Yagami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iori_Yagami)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-fake-movie-tomie-beginning-on-youtube/1005996 "2024-08-21T15:18:16Z")
I found a J-horror (adaptation from Junji Ito horror manga) movie called Tomie Beginning or Tomie The Beginning (yeah, as a non-native English speaker articles are somewhat optional for me) on youtube and it seems very v… --- ## [Wiring Question - 12g or 14g](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiring-question-12g-or-14g/1005285)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiring-question-12g-or-14g/1005285 "2024-08-21T14:30:38Z")
I’m re-doing a room and running a whole new circuit. I’ve mentioned that nothing in the house was grounded, and as we remodel we’re fixing that. Also, this is currently frankencircuit, powering my office, the attic, and… --- ## [Yay for women voters, they're the ones turning this election for Harris](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-for-women-voters-theyre-the-ones-turning-this-election-for-harris/1005814)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-for-women-voters-theyre-the-ones-turning-this-election-for-harris/1005814 "2024-08-21T12:04:51Z")
In national polls, when it was Trump vs Biden, Trump was winning the male vote by +9 and Biden was winning the female vote by +4 Now that its Harris vs Trump, Trump is still winning the male vote by +9, but now Harris i… --- ## [Peak Ages in different sports; what's the lowest? Highest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peak-ages-in-different-sports-whats-the-lowest-highest/1005079)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peak-ages-in-different-sports-whats-the-lowest-highest/1005079 "2024-08-21T12:00:41Z")
I noted in the Olympics thread that Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh won the gold in the 400 metre medley by a ludicrous margin. She is considered a prohibitive favorite to win another medal or two. McIntosh isn’t even… --- ## [When I go to t thread it goes to the end, not where I last was](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-go-to-t-thread-it-goes-to-the-end-not-where-i-last-was/1005973)
**Author:** [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-go-to-t-thread-it-goes-to-the-end-not-where-i-last-was/1005973 "2024-08-21T04:07:54Z")
Why is that? Seems to be a new thing, like the last couple of days. --- ## [Contextual acronyms should be fine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contextual-acronyms-should-be-fine/991272)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 195\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contextual-acronyms-should-be-fine/991272 "2024-08-21T07:18:46Z")
The onus should be on the reader when sufficient contextual clues are given. Or when something is a term of art in the relevant forum. This is bogus moderation, @What\_Exit : SHS and TPM are both screamingly obvious j… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=494) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=496)