# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=498 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 499 --- ## [Melting Lead Into Conical Copper Chiminea Cap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melting-lead-into-conical-copper-chiminea-cap/1005755)
**Author:** [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2024, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melting-lead-into-conical-copper-chiminea-cap/1005755 "2024-08-18T03:17:47Z")
I have a new terracota chiminea but no cap, and I couldn’t find anything to use as a cap to keep out rain. I thought that a terracotta (or stoneware) plant saucer would work, but none fit. They are either too large or to… --- ## [Plz recommend upbeat workplace appr music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plz-recommend-upbeat-workplace-appr-music/1005669)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plz-recommend-upbeat-workplace-appr-music/1005669 "2024-08-18T02:48:47Z")
I’m looking for new tunes. Love me some AC~DC and Bon Jovi, but eventually ya need something new. I occasionally get to set the Pandora (or etc) for the day, and even I’m getting tired of my usual playlist. My poor cowo… --- ## [UK General Election {2024-07-04}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-2024-07-04/1001932)
**Author:** [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Replies:** 598\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-2024-07-04/1001932 "2024-08-18T02:48:34Z")
--- ## [Concerts nobody else here has seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 455\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899 "2024-08-18T02:08:01Z")
I was listening to Ali Farka Toure this morning and thinking “I’ll bet nobody else on this board ever saw him live”. I’ve also seen: Salif Keita Habib Koite Amalia Rodrigues Ray Charles Sonny Rollins (playing with … --- ## [Cramming for a lab test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cramming-for-a-lab-test/1005832)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cramming-for-a-lab-test/1005832 "2024-08-18T00:47:15Z")
I have whatever insurance is calling an annual physical next week and am having labs done Monday. I realized I had this unrealistic plan to eat REALLY healthy before the test and now we are down to this weekend. Last ye… --- ## [Recall a time when, as a little kid, you felt very grown-up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recall-a-time-when-as-a-little-kid-you-felt-very-grown-up/1004538)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recall-a-time-when-as-a-little-kid-you-felt-very-grown-up/1004538 "2024-08-17T23:53:46Z")
Or recall something that happened or that you acquired that indicated/symbolized being a grown-up. By “little kid,” I mean roughly under the age of 10. Here are my two examplee: My parents read a lot, and and we went t… --- ## [Straight Dope sighting at Not Always Right](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-sighting-at-not-always-right/1005813)
**Author:** [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-sighting-at-not-always-right/1005813 "2024-08-17T23:30:12Z")
Any of youse guys wanna fess up to being the contributor of this story? I assume the column referenced is this one: --- ## [Trope: overalls or suspenders worn with one strap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trope-overalls-or-suspenders-worn-with-one-strap/1005806)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trope-overalls-or-suspenders-worn-with-one-strap/1005806 "2024-08-17T21:09:12Z")
This trope seems to be invoked when showcasing rural slovenly yahoos; Wreck-It Ralph is the most recent example that comes to mind. Is it just to suggest a general lack of sartorial neatness or is there some legitimate r… --- ## [Words that seem like they are spelled wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-like-they-are-spelled-wrong/1004797)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-like-they-are-spelled-wrong/1004797 "2024-08-17T21:02:32Z")
But are not. (we’ve done this before, Czarcasm about 7 years ago for example, but rather than bump an old thread, I thought I start a new one) Every time I spell professional, my mind wants to spell it proffesional. Th… --- ## [My new paper towel question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-paper-towel-question/1005807)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-paper-towel-question/1005807 "2024-08-17T20:54:40Z")
Yeah, I question these things. Paper towels worry me. I don’t like the waste. I fuss about overuse in my house. I fuss about how much we pay for the dang things to kill trees. So I’m always looking for the hack, the t… --- ## [Identify this Black comedian from one of his jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-black-comedian-from-one-of-his-jokes/1005836)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-black-comedian-from-one-of-his-jokes/1005836 "2024-08-17T19:58:17Z")
I’m trying to remember the name of a Black comedian I heard on one of the SiriusXM channels. I only remember one of his bits. Basically, he reminisces about how all of the movies he watched in school about slavery, Jim C… --- ## [To those who think breaking should not be in the Olympics: Chillax. Or shove off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-who-think-breaking-should-not-be-in-the-olympics-chillax-or-shove-off/1005633)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-who-think-breaking-should-not-be-in-the-olympics-chillax-or-shove-off/1005633 "2024-08-17T19:49:11Z")
If you think breaking should not be an Olympic sport, I assume you feel the same way about artistic swimming and rhythmic gymnastics. There’s an incredible amount of skill, strength, stamina, flexibility, hand-eye coordi… --- ## [A better Trip Planner than Google Maps or Tweaks for Google Maps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-better-trip-planner-than-google-maps-or-tweaks-for-google-maps/1005838)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-better-trip-planner-than-google-maps-or-tweaks-for-google-maps/1005838 "2024-08-17T19:46:23Z")
So Google Maps seems to have a hard limit of 10 stops. But otherwise works great for me and on my phone. I might play with this tool. --- ## [Favorite convenience stores you like to hang around?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-convenience-stores-you-like-to-hang-around/1005707)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-convenience-stores-you-like-to-hang-around/1005707 "2024-08-17T18:05:22Z")
There’s just something about convenience stores that are distinctly American and Midwestern, right? Two dollar two day old hotdogs. Scratch off tickets. Kids on their bikes during the day. Drunk older men on their bikes… --- ## [Deadpool and Wolverine (new trailer in OP, open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadpool-and-wolverine-new-trailer-in-op-open-spoilers/1000625)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadpool-and-wolverine-new-trailer-in-op-open-spoilers/1000625 "2024-08-17T16:04:24Z")
Looking forward to this one. Liked seein a glimpse of Cassandra Nova in action, but I’m wondering if there is significance behind casting the character with a 28-year-old. Does that mean the setting is the … --- ## [Marathon Man, by William Goldman, Revisited](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marathon-man-by-william-goldman-revisited/1005700)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marathon-man-by-william-goldman-revisited/1005700 "2024-08-17T15:15:01Z")
I cracked open Marathon Man by William Goldman, some fifty years after first reading and admiring it, and found myself appalled at its crudity. It’s an ingenious book in its structure, which is to tell several seemingly … --- ## [Google Maps misbehaving on Android phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-misbehaving-on-android-phone/1005753)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-misbehaving-on-android-phone/1005753 "2024-08-17T15:04:50Z")
Lately, when I use Google Maps on my Android phone to take me from point A to point B, by the time I get to the end of the trip, the bottom part of the screen is unresponsive, so I can’t close the trip instructions and j… --- ## [What's with the (AI?) "+ Related" tab at the bottom of threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-ai-related-tab-at-the-bottom-of-threads/1005547)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2024, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-ai-related-tab-at-the-bottom-of-threads/1005547 "2024-08-17T13:09:22Z")
This new tab, with what I suspect is an icon signifying AI, has recently appeared next to the default “Suggested” tab which lists your unread threads and new threads. What’s the deal? (And what is the distinction betwe… --- ## [New t-shirt, get it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-t-shirt-get-it/1005820)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-t-shirt-get-it/1005820 "2024-08-17T12:01:28Z")
--- ## [Here is a way to view all of your muted threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-way-to-view-all-of-your-muted-threads/1005802)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2024, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-way-to-view-all-of-your-muted-threads/1005802 "2024-08-17T10:48:38Z")
https://boards.straightdope.com/latest?state=muted Give it a try. This came up in this thread: General question about hidden threads (no specific complaint) - #9 by What\_Exit I asked a similar question about 2 yea… --- ## [RIP Donald Sutherland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-donald-sutherland/1003127)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-donald-sutherland/1003127 "2024-08-17T02:08:57Z")
Donald Sutherland died today in Miami after a long illness. He was 88. --- ## [Is Kamala Harris going rogue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kamala-harris-going-rogue/1005811)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kamala-harris-going-rogue/1005811 "2024-08-17T01:22:16Z")
Is she staying within party objectives or doing her own thing? --- ## [Bumper sticker - what did Garfield do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-what-did-garfield-do/1005615)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2024, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-what-did-garfield-do/1005615 "2024-08-16T21:05:01Z")
I saw a bumper sticker this weekend, reading thusly: This Christian mom HATES Garfield Umm, what!? It was the only bumper sticker on the car and was replete with a cross. What the heck has G cat done now? Did her son d… --- ## [Michigan AG announces charges against fake electors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-ag-announces-charges-against-fake-electors/987256)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-ag-announces-charges-against-fake-electors/987256 "2024-08-16T20:14:57Z")
Yesterday, the Michigan Attorney General announced that all 16 of the fake electors from that state have been charged with electoral fraud. Thought I would open a thread on it. The accused don’t look like mooks off the… --- ## [This Week in Stonehenge News -- "Altar Stone" not from Wales](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-week-in-stonehenge-news-altar-stone-not-from-wales/1005708)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-week-in-stonehenge-news-altar-stone-not-from-wales/1005708 "2024-08-16T19:54:46Z")
In a surprising development, researchers have announced that the so-called "Altar Stone in the center of Stonehenge came not from Wales, as many of the other stones did, but from Scotland. That’s actually pretty impress… --- ## [How does blockwalking work? I'm trying to understand "the point of it all"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-blockwalking-work-im-trying-to-understand-the-point-of-it-all/1005799)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-blockwalking-work-im-trying-to-understand-the-point-of-it-all/1005799 "2024-08-16T19:47:37Z")
I’m in a Texas suburb that went 51/47 Trump in 2020, and I’ll be attending a Happy Hour next week with a local Democrat group where one of the agenda items is organizing blockwalking Saturdays over the next few weeks. I… --- ## [General question about hidden threads (no specific complaint)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-question-about-hidden-threads-no-specific-complaint/1005790)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-question-about-hidden-threads-no-specific-complaint/1005790 "2024-08-16T19:30:18Z")
This morning, I’ve run across a thread that is (a) not visible in its displayed subforum even though (b) it has very recent posts and in fact seems to be hosting an ongoing discussion. I’ve seen mods lock threads many t… --- ## [How long has Dear Abby been phoning it in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-dear-abby-been-phoning-it-in/1005711)
**Author:** [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-dear-abby-been-phoning-it-in/1005711 "2024-08-16T19:26:45Z")
As the subject line says. For example, in a recent column (Dear Abby: Deacon’s wife loses everything -- her job, her money, her church family and even her faith - nj.com), she answers a long letter (260 words) about a h… --- ## [What is the origin of your SDMB screen name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-screen-name/1005131)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-screen-name/1005131 "2024-08-16T19:16:11Z")
And if it’s a famous character, why that one? This is mine: it’s not from The Simpsons. It actually predates the Simpsons. When I was in High School a friend and I dressed as nerds for a Halloween concert my school wou… --- ## [A big middle finger to the MFer who bullied me off a slot machine!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-mfer-who-bullied-me-off-a-slot-machine/1005795)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-mfer-who-bullied-me-off-a-slot-machine/1005795 "2024-08-16T19:07:29Z")
Switching things up a bit this week. I’m degening in the dirty south! As I arrived in the region the other night, I wasn’t greeted with the southern hospitality of a nice pretty thang meeting me with hot creamy grits an… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=497) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=499)