# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=618&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 619 --- ## ["indestructible disc"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indestructible-disc/998323)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2024, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indestructible-disc/998323 "2024-03-03T07:13:31Z")
I was browsing angle grinders on Amazon and came upon an item called an “Indestructible Disc”. There’s video where it’s cutting disparate materials like they’re stale bread. Cool! I look for the price and find that it… --- ## [Have you ever made (or maybe still make) a living as a professional musician?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-made-or-maybe-still-make-a-living-as-a-professional-musician/994561)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2024, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-made-or-maybe-still-make-a-living-as-a-professional-musician/994561 "2024-03-03T04:20:19Z")
\[Aside to moderators: apologies if this has been discussed before, but I can’t see a thread? Also, if you think it would be better placed in a different category, move as appropriate.\] I have, quite long ago, at least … --- ## [In what ways might we currently be missing out on being slightly superhuman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-might-we-currently-be-missing-out-on-being-slightly-superhuman/998076)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2024, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-might-we-currently-be-missing-out-on-being-slightly-superhuman/998076 "2024-03-03T02:17:56Z")
Supposedly there was a time in human history when reading text out loud was completely normal, and the ability to read silently, (without speaking the words you’re reading) was considered a remarkable ability. In a rela… --- ## [Wendys will begin experimenting with surge pricing in 2025, {False report apparently or fast backpedal. See post #7}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendys-will-begin-experimenting-with-surge-pricing-in-2025-false-report-apparently-or-fast-backpedal-see-post-7/998239)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2024, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendys-will-begin-experimenting-with-surge-pricing-in-2025-false-report-apparently-or-fast-backpedal-see-post-7/998239 "2024-03-03T01:58:10Z")
The days of fixed menus and prices may be a thing of the past. How do you feel about it? I vividly remember in high school and even college searching under cushions for enough spare change to buy a soda and burger. I us… --- ## [Any electricians in the audience? Is my house about to burn down? Am I overreacting? Do I have a ghost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-electricians-in-the-audience-is-my-house-about-to-burn-down-am-i-overreacting-do-i-have-a-ghost/998027)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-electricians-in-the-audience-is-my-house-about-to-burn-down-am-i-overreacting-do-i-have-a-ghost/998027 "2024-03-03T01:43:31Z")
Yesterday as I was getting ready to go to bed I noticed this strange sound coming from… well, I couldn’t tell exactly where. The sound was a hum, the best I can describe it is it sounded like an old-school fluorescent li… --- ## [Officiating Soccer in the Snow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officiating-soccer-in-the-snow/998373)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officiating-soccer-in-the-snow/998373 "2024-03-03T00:47:07Z")
The white lines on the green grass on the soccer pitch give the players and officiating crew important information: the penalty area, where the goalkeeper can touch the ball, etc. When it’s snowing, however, the white li… --- ## [Extra, Extra (day of) Rants all about it (Feb mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-extra-day-of-rants-all-about-it-feb-mini-rants/996943)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-extra-day-of-rants-all-about-it-feb-mini-rants/996943 "2024-03-02T22:51:50Z")
We get an extra day’s worth of mini rants this month! . . Fri night I got home around 12:30am, went to bed about 1am. Sat morning, the alarm went off at 5:30am in order to get up on time to make it to my race. Only … --- ## [When did potatoes and fruit become part of an English Breakfast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-potatoes-and-fruit-become-part-of-an-english-breakfast/982037)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-potatoes-and-fruit-become-part-of-an-english-breakfast/982037 "2024-03-02T21:54:12Z")
When I was a young man, way back in the 1960s (apologies to the Incredible String Band), I remember a standard English breakfast consisted of fried eggs, sausage, bacon, fried bread and perhaps some baked beans. Maybe b… --- ## [Strategies for Exercising Stock Options](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strategies-for-exercising-stock-options/998179)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strategies-for-exercising-stock-options/998179 "2024-03-02T19:40:15Z")
I feel like there was a time when I could have done this, but I’m just getting lost. If one has a number of stock option grants, all at different strike prices, what’s the most efficient way to exercise them. I’m using … --- ## [Question on consenting to a vehicle search](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-consenting-to-a-vehicle-search/998363)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-consenting-to-a-vehicle-search/998363 "2024-03-02T17:08:31Z")
I saw one video where the officer told the suspect they had a warrant for their truck and were going to search it. Of course it would be easier if they had the key otherwise they’d have to tow it and find another way to… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Tater chips and sad sad sad eyes.. Bayliss and his predilections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-tater-chips-and-sad-sad-sad-eyes-bayliss-and-his-predilections/998296)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-tater-chips-and-sad-sad-sad-eyes-bayliss-and-his-predilections/998296 "2024-03-02T16:53:08Z")
I love Pringles. I get about 10, just 10, once a week. I want my Pringles for myself. I do not wanna share. “I love you Bayliss. But you ain’t getting them. Quit with yer big ol’sad eyes. It ain’t moving me.” No little… --- ## [People who raise poultry: How can you tell which birds are no longer laying eggs, especially if you have a sizable flock?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-raise-poultry-how-can-you-tell-which-birds-are-no-longer-laying-eggs-especially-if-you-have-a-sizable-flock/998211)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-raise-poultry-how-can-you-tell-which-birds-are-no-longer-laying-eggs-especially-if-you-have-a-sizable-flock/998211 "2024-03-02T12:39:49Z")
I’m curious. I know that most egg producers, whether backyard or otherwise, want to cull the non-laying hens. I can understand how a factory farm could figure it out, but a backyard breeder? Explain how, please and th… --- ## [Glue for metal eyeglasses parts with a small gap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glue-for-metal-eyeglasses-parts-with-a-small-gap/998336)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glue-for-metal-eyeglasses-parts-with-a-small-gap/998336 "2024-03-02T10:03:46Z")
My eyeglasses temple piece broke today near the hinge. The optometrist says there’s nothing her optician can do for it. There’s a small flat piece of metal maybe 3 or 4mm long on one end that slides into a metal sleeve … --- ## [What the heck is "There are no forests"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-there-are-no-forests/774050)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-there-are-no-forests/774050 "2024-03-02T07:11:56Z")
I gather it’s some sort of young earth/flat earth woo, but I don’t feel like sitting through 90-minute YouTube videos to satisfy five minutes’ worth of curiosity. --- ## [Christina Aguilera upset with her daughter's clothing choices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-upset-with-her-daughters-clothing-choices/998246)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-upset-with-her-daughters-clothing-choices/998246 "2024-03-02T03:39:45Z")
Christina Aguilera was on the Drew Barrymore Show yesterday and they started talking about the problem they’re facing policing their daughters’ fashion choices in light of how they dressed when they were younger. At one… --- ## [Can service be restored to old pay phones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-service-be-restored-to-old-pay-phones/997995)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-service-be-restored-to-old-pay-phones/997995 "2024-03-02T03:17:25Z")
The brewery down the beach has an old phone booth out front. They said, ‘We do want to restore it but I don’t know if service will ever be restored.’ The statement is unclear as to whether they can have it restored, or… --- ## [Looking for a way to beautifully showcase a portfolio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-way-to-beautifully-showcase-a-portfolio/998261)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-way-to-beautifully-showcase-a-portfolio/998261 "2024-03-02T02:11:43Z")
My DIL is a hardworking genealogist who not only researches families, but also writes brief profiles of her subjects by spotlighting them in short biographies that combine brief narratives, big photos, and great page lay… --- ## [The original Mary Poppins has had its {UK} rating raised over discriminatory language](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-mary-poppins-has-had-its-uk-rating-raised-over-discriminatory-language/998160)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-mary-poppins-has-had-its-uk-rating-raised-over-discriminatory-language/998160 "2024-03-02T01:38:54Z")
Do people still use the term “hottentots”? Not that that should be a reason to change or not change, I’m just wondering. --- ## [How many references could you list on a "background check" form?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-references-could-you-list-on-a-background-check-form/998252)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-references-could-you-list-on-a-background-check-form/998252 "2024-03-01T23:25:32Z")
I just had to complete a form for the periodic review of my background check. One of the sections required that I list 3 non-relatives who have known me well for at least 7 years. Yeah, I was able to list 3, but every … --- ## [Sec Def Lloyd Austin "secretly" hospitalized](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sec-def-lloyd-austin-secretly-hospitalized/995719)
**Author:** [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sec-def-lloyd-austin-secretly-hospitalized/995719 "2024-03-01T23:13:49Z")
I doubt it will have much impact on the election, but it’s really not a good look for the Administration that we’re only now finding out that the Secretary of Defense has been hospitalized since January 1 and spent four … --- ## [Obama v McConnell in the Merrick Garland incident](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-v-mcconnell-in-the-merrick-garland-incident/998280)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-v-mcconnell-in-the-merrick-garland-incident/998280 "2024-03-01T22:45:47Z")
Maybe this is better posted in great debates, but I’m actually looking for something that would be considered a factual answer. When McConnell stonewalled the nomination of Garland for the SCOTUS, he did it by refusing … --- ## [Could we create/add an MMP tag?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-create-add-an-mmp-tag/998089)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-create-add-an-mmp-tag/998089 "2024-03-01T17:45:57Z")
Would it be possible to create a tag for the MMP? I’ll admit I have less than zero understanding of how the process of creating a new tag works. I do know how to add an existing tag to a new thread … but is the above ^… --- ## [Where have all the British TV shows gone from Amazon Video?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-the-british-tv-shows-gone-from-amazon-video/998284)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-the-british-tv-shows-gone-from-amazon-video/998284 "2024-03-01T16:30:56Z")
There are a few British shows on our watch list, all fairly light stuff (all we are up for nowadays when we collapse on the sofa after putting the kids to bed, True Detective? Happy Valley? Looks great but way too dark f… --- ## [America's Most Average Person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-most-average-person/998208)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-most-average-person/998208 "2024-03-01T15:03:45Z")
The YouTube channel vlogbrothers recently posted a video (below, 4.5 minutes long) about “the most average person in America.” By that he meant he is looking at who is the median person in America. It is not really on… --- ## [Who sets the schedule for SCOTUS oral arguments?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sets-the-schedule-for-scotus-oral-arguments/998299)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sets-the-schedule-for-scotus-oral-arguments/998299 "2024-03-01T14:06:54Z")
Obviously in reference to the Trump immunity case, but I’m not looking to discuss that. As I understand it, it takes 4 of the 9 justices to decide to hear a case, but after that, who decides when oral arguments occur? Re… --- ## [Black-Scholes Option Pricing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-scholes-option-pricing/481641)
**Author:** [@Humble\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Humble_Servant)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-scholes-option-pricing/481641 "2024-03-01T03:13:43Z")
I have a couple of points on Cecil’s most amusing (“let a professional help you out,” indeed) column on a couple (fission and Chicago School economics) of the glorious achievements of UofC affiliates (http://chicago.stra… --- ## [Man with too many items for checkout pulls gun on clerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-with-too-many-items-for-checkout-pulls-gun-on-clerk/997627)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-with-too-many-items-for-checkout-pulls-gun-on-clerk/997627 "2024-03-01T01:20:06Z")
A little background, although it probably isn’t necessary. A few weeks ago our local supermarket chain started restricting self-checkout to shoppers with 10 items or less, partly because too many people were pushing load… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - February 2024 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-february-2024-edition/996849)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-february-2024-edition/996849 "2024-03-01T00:35:03Z")
February is on the horizon and it’s a leap yar! One MORE day of reading for us! So I have no idea what Punxsutawney Phil is going to declare next Friday, but spring has already hit Northern Utah with a vengeance. It was… --- ## [What are these lyrics (and what do they mean)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-lyrics-and-what-do-they-mean/956172)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-lyrics-and-what-do-they-mean/956172 "2024-02-29T23:38:59Z")
The song: Mama You Been On My Mind (Bob Dylan) I had this Rod Stewart album when I was young - so this is the version I’m most familiar with. But I never understood the opening lines. Not the words, really, or the meani… --- ## [Dueling Your Mirror Image](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-your-mirror-image/997751)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-your-mirror-image/997751 "2024-02-29T23:30:07Z")
Suppose you are three meters away from your mirror image self. Your doppelganger does everything that you do. And you’ve decided you must kill them. It takes light 1/100,000,000th of a second for the light to reach your… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=617&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=619&state=tracking)