# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=642&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 643 --- ## [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… --- ## [What software do you use for sheet music (or similar) on gigs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-software-do-you-use-for-sheet-music-or-similar-on-gigs/996710)
**Author:** [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-software-do-you-use-for-sheet-music-or-similar-on-gigs/996710 "2024-01-28T01:07:37Z")
I’ve been using Deep Dish Gigbook, but it’s old and clunky and I’m thinking something newer must be better. --- ## [Canada experiences -40 temperatures. (Photos)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-experiences-40-temperatures-photos/996727)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-experiences-40-temperatures-photos/996727 "2024-01-27T23:53:23Z")
You enjoying the frosty weather @Northern\_Piper ? I’d bet your bagpipes would freeze before finishing the first note. I didn’t realize Canada reached -40 C and F. The frozen indoor electric plug says a lot about how ha… --- ## [All Languages Are About Equally Beautiful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-languages-are-about-equally-beautiful/996016)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-languages-are-about-equally-beautiful/996016 "2024-01-27T23:23:07Z")
… Or so says this interesting study in The Economist, which took a film recorded in many languages and asked people from many countries to rate them. Most had similar scores, a finding that may surprise you if you have… --- ## [The Feynman Puzzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feynman-puzzle/6344)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feynman-puzzle/6344 "2024-01-27T22:50:41Z")
In one of the biographies of Richard Feynman, he told the story of trying to solve a thought problem by dint of actual experimentation. It was a funny story, but he never gave the answer! Here is the thought problem: P… --- ## [Resolved: Betting. Betting is not permitted for any purpose, including but not limited to fun, charity, or for the sake of argument](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-betting-betting-is-not-permitted-for-any-purpose-including-but-not-limited-to-fun-charity-or-for-the-sake-of-argument/990230)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-betting-betting-is-not-permitted-for-any-purpose-including-but-not-limited-to-fun-charity-or-for-the-sake-of-argument/990230 "2024-01-27T22:11:24Z")
The language in the thread title is taken from Ed’s draft rules. I think it’s overbroad, but then I would since I’ve always believed that bets are a tax on bullshit and friendly bets a tool for fighting ignorance. Discu… --- ## [How are private phones handled with military members while on duty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-private-phones-handled-with-military-members-while-on-duty/996636)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-private-phones-handled-with-military-members-while-on-duty/996636 "2024-01-27T21:50:54Z")
Many people are practically welded to their phones these days, but I can imagine various ways in which you might not want soldiers to be freely reachable, or able to reach out to others at any time, for fear of critical … --- ## [Club Q shooter new charges -- why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/club-q-shooter-new-charges-why/996199)
**Author:** [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/club-q-shooter-new-charges-why/996199 "2024-01-27T19:47:20Z")
Saw this article in the Washington Post that the Club Q shooter is being charged with 50 hate crimes by federal prosecutors. The shooter is currently serving five consecutive life sentences without the possibility of par… --- ## [Does anyone you know believe the Super Bowl logo CT?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-you-know-believe-the-super-bowl-logo-ct/996709)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-you-know-believe-the-super-bowl-logo-ct/996709 "2024-01-27T18:59:58Z")
This Conspiracy Theory says that the colors in the logo predict what teams will play and who will win. I don’t buy it……but it is weird. But those colors are so common, I guess it’s confirmation bias or something like tha… --- ## [DIY Advice Needed on Repairing Damaged Staircase Stringer in Home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diy-advice-needed-on-repairing-damaged-staircase-stringer-in-home/995929)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diy-advice-needed-on-repairing-damaged-staircase-stringer-in-home/995929 "2024-01-27T18:14:27Z")
I’m pretty competent as a DIYer, but unsure how to tackle a cracked INNER staircase stringer in our rental house. These are simple box stairs. The stringer on one side has a 30-inch crack in it. This image shows the wors… --- ## [Great Audiobook Performances](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-audiobook-performances/996442)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-audiobook-performances/996442 "2024-01-27T17:59:23Z")
I thought I’d list a few audiobooks that aren’t just good books, but also feature the best performance by the audiobook artist. I think that in some cases, these audiobooks are almost the best way to experience the book … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=641&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=643&state=muted)