# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=641 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 642 --- ## [Are you a Turtle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-turtle/996723)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-turtle/996723 "2024-01-29T15:07:28Z")
Are you a Turtle? --- ## [(Old) When Mom's Away...A Coasterless MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-when-moms-away-a-coasterless-mmp/996477)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 347\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-when-moms-away-a-coasterless-mmp/996477 "2024-01-29T15:01:03Z")
FCM is in the opposite hemisphere, so anarchy reigns in the MMP! So put your drink directly on the table, or just hijack this thing. Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave. It’s 21 degrees ferret height at the m… --- ## [The Good-Byes are Beginning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-byes-are-beginning/996693)
**Author:** [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-byes-are-beginning/996693 "2024-01-29T14:57:26Z")
My dad has been in the hospital for a week. First, it was a brain bleed and a mass. Then there was a broken vertebrae. Then there was something wrong with his heart. He was sent to Vanderbilt, in the trauma unit. He’… --- ## [Record producers and production](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-producers-and-production/996434)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-producers-and-production/996434 "2024-01-29T14:13:28Z")
We are fortunate to have a number of folks here on the SDMB with a vast wealth of knowledge about popular music. Yet as far as I can tell, there hasn’t yet been a thread devoted to record production. As you know, though… --- ## [Ever wanted to own the false teeth of a great me? HERE'S YOUR CHANCE! (NEWSLINK)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-wanted-to-own-the-false-teeth-of-a-great-me-heres-your-chance-newslink/996697)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2024, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-wanted-to-own-the-false-teeth-of-a-great-me-heres-your-chance-newslink/996697 "2024-01-29T10:48:18Z")
Yes, boys & girls, you now can own Winston Churchill’s choppers! HO-HO-HO! We shall chew em in the hills, in the landing ground, we shall never, never gum our beans & toast! (NEWSLINK) --- ## [What are your favorite children's books?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-childrens-books/996509)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2024, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-childrens-books/996509 "2024-01-29T09:50:04Z")
poll --- ## [New Hurricane Cone Graphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hurricane-cone-graphic/996671)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2024, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hurricane-cone-graphic/996671 "2024-01-29T02:25:36Z")
The hurricane cone graphic is changing this year. Here’s why experts say it’s needed The iconic cone graphic used by the National Hurricane Center to depict the potential path of tropical systems will undergo a noticea… --- ## [American Economy - Boom or Bust?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-economy-boom-or-bust/996379)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-economy-boom-or-bust/996379 "2024-01-29T02:06:11Z")
I read today that “the \[US\] stock market roared as two of the three major indexes hit new record highs. The S&P 500, which measures the value of 500 of the largest companies in the country, and the Dow Jones Industrial A… --- ## [Broken track lighting - suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broken-track-lighting-suggestions/996780)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2024, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broken-track-lighting-suggestions/996780 "2024-01-29T01:18:50Z")
Someone pointed out to me that one of the track lights in my kitchen has broken off from the fixture; it’s just hanging by the wires. What is the best way to approach this? I’ve tried looking it up on Google, but most of… --- ## [Amputation without anesthesia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amputation-without-anesthesia/686451)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amputation-without-anesthesia/686451 "2024-01-28T23:12:45Z")
On disaster movies sometimes we see people getting limbs stuck on places like buildings, rocks, derbies, etc etc etc, and the person ends up having to amputate the limb. Would it be possible to survive the humongous pain… --- ## [Best product to restore gloss piano black finish on speakers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-product-to-restore-gloss-piano-black-finish-on-speakers/996305)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-product-to-restore-gloss-piano-black-finish-on-speakers/996305 "2024-01-28T22:45:45Z")
I was gifted five older NHT speakers that have a gloss piano black finish. I’m fairly sure that this is plastic, not a lacquer or paint. There are some minor scuffs here and there and I’d like to try to restore the fin… --- ## [Philadelphia Jury Hits Monsanto With $2.25B Roundup Verdict for One Case of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philadelphia-jury-hits-monsanto-with-2-25b-roundup-verdict-for-one-case-of-non-hodgkin-lymphoma/996760)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philadelphia-jury-hits-monsanto-with-2-25b-roundup-verdict-for-one-case-of-non-hodgkin-lymphoma/996760 "2024-01-28T21:53:45Z")
This is a crazily high verdict. Previous discussion here seemed to suggest that the data supporting this was doubtful. Any thoughts? --- ## [De-clawed. The case for need](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-clawed-the-case-for-need/996753)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-clawed-the-case-for-need/996753 "2024-01-28T21:39:27Z")
Aaaccckkk. Ok. Before I’m crucified at the cross and burned. And dragged through the streets. IT WAS NOT A CAT! NOT Bayliss the beloved has a toe-nail on his left front paw. (Good thing he a righty) It’s a different … --- ## [Problem with chili-Actually need answer FAST](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-chili-actually-need-answer-fast/996772)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-chili-actually-need-answer-fast/996772 "2024-01-28T21:25:59Z")
Large pot of chili and too much cayenne pepper was added. how do I calm this down? --- ## [Business Security ID/Key card thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-security-id-key-card-thoughts/996638)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-security-id-key-card-thoughts/996638 "2024-01-28T20:54:03Z")
Disclaimer: I work from home now. But I need access to the buildings once in a while. Work has issued ID’s that have to be worn in the buildings. It has a QR code that allows access to buildings and offices. What buildi… --- ## [South Korea’s government asks people not to eat fried toothpicks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korea-s-government-asks-people-not-to-eat-fried-toothpicks/996705)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korea-s-government-asks-people-not-to-eat-fried-toothpicks/996705 "2024-01-28T20:26:04Z")
From the "headlines you never expected to read department. But Korean toothpicks apparently are made out of compressed vegetable starch instead of wood, so the idea isn’t as batshit insane as it sounds. https://www.cnn… --- ## [How long does a US-based court have to humor a jailed faker's claims that he needs oxygen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-a-us-based-court-have-to-humor-a-jailed-fakers-claims-that-he-needs-oxygen/996719)
**Author:** [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-a-us-based-court-have-to-humor-a-jailed-fakers-claims-that-he-needs-oxygen/996719 "2024-01-28T20:25:25Z")
Now that Nicholas Alahverdian has been extradited from the UK back to the US, how long does the legal system have to continue to humor his claims that he needs a wheelchair and oxygen? This guy is a sex offender and scam… --- ## [Discussion of blue zone diet (spin-off from "why not lift weights")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-of-blue-zone-diet-spin-off-from-why-not-lift-weights/996607)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-of-blue-zone-diet-spin-off-from-why-not-lift-weights/996607 "2024-01-28T19:26:19Z")
I was considering spinning off a thread to return to this … but I don’t follow. Yes we’d expect more of the outliers to be in sparsely populated communities. But the observations of Blue Zone are not what we’d expect i… --- ## [Why People of Walmart?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-people-of-walmart/996516)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-people-of-walmart/996516 "2024-01-28T16:01:37Z")
People of Walmart If, by some minuscule chance you don’t know, is a website dedicated primarily to photos of bizarrely dressed people seen in Walmart. The most recent thread I found was 2019 and I didn’t want to resurr… --- ## [Help me find this yokai-themed video game which I listened to the music from the game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-yokai-themed-video-game-which-i-listened-to-the-music-from-the-game/996771)
**Author:** [@Amber13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber13)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-yokai-themed-video-game-which-i-listened-to-the-music-from-the-game/996771 "2024-01-28T13:40:24Z")
I remember listening this music from a Yokai-themed game back in January 2020, I listened to the original version and the fan-made remix, both of them sound good, When I was listening to the original version of the music… --- ## [Glasses for night driving for a 61 year old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glasses-for-night-driving-for-a-61-year-old/996731)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glasses-for-night-driving-for-a-61-year-old/996731 "2024-01-28T13:15:13Z")
I am 61 and retired except for Uber and Lyft and sometimes I am driving on a Two-Lane Blacktop. And the headlights of a line of cars coming towards me in the other lane are starting to bother me. It’s not that I can’t … --- ## ["Draw the blinds" means?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draw-the-blinds-means/996081)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draw-the-blinds-means/996081 "2024-01-28T09:17:33Z")
In the context of window coverings someone asks you to “draw the blinds” in another room. Neither you nor they know whether the blinds are currently open permitting light and sight through, or are closed preventing ligh… --- ## [Javier Milei's Speech at Davos and other Libertarian Things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/javier-mileis-speech-at-davos-and-other-libertarian-things/996413)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/javier-mileis-speech-at-davos-and-other-libertarian-things/996413 "2024-01-28T07:24:36Z")
For those who haven’t kept up with Argentina’s politics, they recently elected Javier Milei, a former professor of economics and a libertarian, as President. He won in a landslide on a promise to cut regulations, cut … --- ## [How can you tell if you are lonely?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-tell-if-you-are-lonely/996549)
**Author:** [@Jackson99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackson99)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-tell-if-you-are-lonely/996549 "2024-01-28T07:01:07Z")
I got new job and the new job is very boring (I want my old job back ) and I think I’m experiencing loneliness now. I’m having feelings of sadness, emptiness, disconnect, being bored, restlessness, nervousness and anxiet… --- ## [If an everlasting gobstopper existed, how could it be best used?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-everlasting-gobstopper-existed-how-could-it-be-best-used/996059)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-everlasting-gobstopper-existed-how-could-it-be-best-used/996059 "2024-01-28T06:20:06Z")
Not sure if this belongs here or elsewhere. I think the answer are factual, but it references a fiction. In Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Wonka has invented the everlasting gobstopper, which he describes as som… --- ## [How many days have you been alive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-have-you-been-alive/996518)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-have-you-been-alive/996518 "2024-01-28T04:48:46Z")
Inspired by this thread (happy birthday, @Hari\_Seldon ), I’ve learned that I have been drawing breath for 24,054 days. How about you? helpful link mmm --- ## [I have a new fosterling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-fosterling/994679)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-fosterling/994679 "2024-01-28T04:46:50Z")
I alternate between calling her Sweetie and Little Cutie. She’s a neighborhood cat, someone’s pet I’m sure, but always very friendly towards me. Tonight, the temp is already down to the mid-twenties Fahrenheit, so I in… --- ## [Would the 90's tech boom have unfolded essentially the same under a different administration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-90s-tech-boom-have-unfolded-essentially-the-same-under-a-different-administration/996750)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-90s-tech-boom-have-unfolded-essentially-the-same-under-a-different-administration/996750 "2024-01-28T04:19:06Z")
I was thinking how President’s get credit or blame for the economy. The 90’s for me encompassed age 17-27, so I remember it all but I wasn’t paying much attention to specific policies that may have encouraged it. (I D… --- ## [Banner changed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-changed/996706)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-changed/996706 "2024-01-28T03:59:38Z")
The top of my page now has PRIVACY. I don’t remember this before. Did I set something different. Accidentally. --- ## [What does New Hampshire gain from having the first primary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-new-hampshire-gain-from-having-the-first-primary/996603)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-new-hampshire-gain-from-having-the-first-primary/996603 "2024-01-28T03:53:45Z")
I realize the state takes having the first primary very seriously. But what exactly are the stakes? Is it just a prestige thing? Does the primary race bring money into New Hampshire in a significant amount? I realize i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=640) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=642)