# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=655&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 656 --- ## [Aquarium stuff not sold in California or Kansas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aquarium-stuff-not-sold-in-california-or-kansas/995832)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aquarium-stuff-not-sold-in-california-or-kansas/995832 "2024-01-10T17:11:39Z")
I doubt anyone knows, but this is the 'Dope, so I may get lucky. Browsing an aquarium sales web site, I found that an acclimation kit cannot be shipped to (and presumably not sold in) California or Kansas. One places a… --- ## [Sex And The City: Part Three?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-the-city-part-three/682008)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-the-city-part-three/682008 "2024-01-10T15:08:51Z")
Yep, there is talk of a third, and final film in the Sex And The City series. I will admit, I liked the HBO series, and even the first film wasn’t horrible and kind of fun. But wow, did that second film suck the big on… --- ## [Buying a used car re: inspection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-used-car-re-inspection/995708)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-used-car-re-inspection/995708 "2024-01-10T14:02:25Z")
I think this is FQ. If not, mods feel free to move it. These questions are based on videos I have seen and now my experience with my son’s car. When buying a used car (and maybe this is a post-covid phenomenon) ISTM e… --- ## [How Much of the Earth Can the ISS Astronauts See At One Time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-earth-can-the-iss-astronauts-see-at-one-time/995721)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-earth-can-the-iss-astronauts-see-at-one-time/995721 "2024-01-10T13:48:52Z")
From an altitude of 254 miles (408 kilometers), what fraction of the surface of the Earth is visible to the crew of the ISS looking out the window? I ask because I’m imagining the day when space elevators become a thing… --- ## [Do beekeepers get stung very often?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-beekeepers-get-stung-very-often/995862)
**Author:** [@f.coli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/f.coli)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2024, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-beekeepers-get-stung-very-often/995862 "2024-01-10T13:13:14Z")
I have heard that some beekeepers do not wear protective gear around the hives, even when they are taking honey from the hive. If true, do they ever get stung? I understand that they use smoke to tranquilize the bees. … --- ## [Where did the text message icon on my Home Screen go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-text-message-icon-on-my-home-screen-go/995825)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2024, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-text-message-icon-on-my-home-screen-go/995825 "2024-01-10T11:03:53Z")
I’ve been using an iPhone for several years now and last night when I pulled it out of my pocket, the messages icon was missing. I have to go into the App Store and search for “messages” to open the app (it works fine fr… --- ## [Why are many drug addict faces so bad looking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-many-drug-addict-faces-so-bad-looking/995741)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2024, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-many-drug-addict-faces-so-bad-looking/995741 "2024-01-10T04:59:16Z")
I don’t have any real life experience. I’m only going by mug shots and Reddit videos but it seems like many opiate or fentanyl users have pock marks all over their faces like they have measles or something? I assume they… --- ## [NFL 2023: Week 18, the Final Chapter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-week-18-the-final-chapter/995563)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2024, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-week-18-the-final-chapter/995563 "2024-01-10T02:47:36Z")
Entering the final weekend of the regular season, here are the current playoff pictures in both conferences. (This info was gleaned from a couple of different sites. I take no responsibility for any error or miscalcula… --- ## [The hidden crisis of OCD in mice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hidden-crisis-of-ocd-in-mice/995742)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2024, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hidden-crisis-of-ocd-in-mice/995742 "2024-01-10T01:54:00Z")
The British Isles appears to have an issue with mice that obsessively tidy up human property without needing princesses to sing to them. I wonder if this behavior helped create any folklore about various “little peopl… --- ## [Vera (question about the car shown in the TV show)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vera-question-about-the-car-shown-in-the-tv-show/995759)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vera-question-about-the-car-shown-in-the-tv-show/995759 "2024-01-09T23:24:51Z")
DCI Vera Stanhope drives an old Land Rover Discovery . Under the windshields are two like vent things, look like little doors. What are they for ? I never saw them open. --- ## [Seven-letter words - change zero to two letters to make a new word (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 9999\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650 "2024-01-09T22:31:02Z")
Since the earlier iteration was shut down for having over 10k posts. The last word in the old thread was beanery --- ## [Time Person of the Year 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2023/988925)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2023/988925 "2024-01-09T22:09:46Z")
I have nothing better to do, and I didn’t see this mentioned anywhere else yet, so here’s the annual Time Magazine Person of the Year speculation thread… I think it comes down to two people at the moment: King Charles… --- ## [My 7 foot garage, and my 7 foot trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-7-foot-garage-and-my-7-foot-trailer/994900)
**Author:** [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-7-foot-garage-and-my-7-foot-trailer/994900 "2024-01-09T20:18:06Z")
Guess what I want to do? And I know what you’re thinking. “Just let some air out of the tires!” There is an offending protuberance on the roof that causes the trailer to exceed the 7’ published height specification, t… --- ## [Anyone know anything about repairing old clocks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-anything-about-repairing-old-clocks/995744)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-anything-about-repairing-old-clocks/995744 "2024-01-09T19:47:38Z")
I’ve got this old school clock that my mother bought in the 70s. It’s electric, and the style of the plug suggests it’s from the late 40s or early 50s. The cord was replaced at some point-- probably right after my mother… --- ## [Question on taxable event re investment income](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-taxable-event-re-investment-income/995777)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-taxable-event-re-investment-income/995777 "2024-01-09T19:20:27Z")
Mr. brown and I are bickering over a taxation question. We have temporarily stopped our monthly payments from Schwab out of our Intelligent Income portfolios because we want to instead spend down an accumulation out of … --- ## [Is it correct to refer to some of Edvard Munch's The Scream versions as chromolithographs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-correct-to-refer-to-some-of-edvard-munchs-the-scream-versions-as-chromolithographs/995778)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-correct-to-refer-to-some-of-edvard-munchs-the-scream-versions-as-chromolithographs/995778 "2024-01-09T19:18:00Z")
Is it correct to refer to some of Edvard Munch’s The Scream versions as ‘chromolithographs’? I’ve only ever seen these versions referred to as lithographs. --- ## [Where is my Desktop?! Win11 & OneDrive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-my-desktop-win11-onedrive/995737)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-my-desktop-win11-onedrive/995737 "2024-01-09T18:53:04Z")
I despise OneDrive. I don’t have it on my computer … at least I don’t think I do considering I can’t find it. But I just found out my Windows Desktop and all of the folders is in C:\\Users\\saintcad\\OneDrive\\ So a few t… --- ## [1970's brand of shampoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-brand-of-shampoo/923944)
**Author:** [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-brand-of-shampoo/923944 "2024-01-09T18:36:06Z")
I’m wracking my brain trying to remember a shampoo that my mother used (and that I used to borrow). It was in a clear bottle and the shampoo itself was blue. I used it because I liked the way my hair came out, but a gi… --- ## [A sudden crisis -- how did you react?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sudden-crisis-how-did-you-react/995668)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sudden-crisis-how-did-you-react/995668 "2024-01-09T18:18:49Z")
Long back story to this, but I once leaped a barrier and ran into an indoor arena to stop a horse from killing the person trying to work with it. Didn’t stop to think, just did it, even though the person had been abusing… --- ## [Have you personally experienced trauma?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-personally-experienced-trauma/990175)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-personally-experienced-trauma/990175 "2024-01-09T16:56:52Z")
We were recently speaking with my wife’s sister who said something like, “Every person experiences 5 traumas in their life.” Well, if that is true, my wife and I are in for quite the traumatic next couple of decades! … --- ## [Explosion at Fort Worth, Texas hotel \[9-Jan-2024\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosion-at-fort-worth-texas-hotel-9-jan-2024/995799)
**Author:** [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosion-at-fort-worth-texas-hotel-9-jan-2024/995799 "2024-01-09T16:01:33Z")
It may be a gas leak, but there has been an explosion at hotel in Fort Worth injuring 11 with on person missing. Here is a gift link to NYT coverage so no paywall. Images are showing large portions of the building blown… --- ## [Serena Stevens 2004-2023 RIP (China Guy's twins)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serena-stevens-2004-2023-rip-china-guys-twins/978138)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serena-stevens-2004-2023-rip-china-guys-twins/978138 "2024-01-09T15:35:26Z")
It is with a heavy heart to post that my youngest daughter passed away on 8 January. Serena was featured in several threads though out the years. She was twin B born on Christmas Eve 2004 in Shanghai. Some may remember … --- ## [The celebrations at the end of Return of the Jedi (Special Edition)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrations-at-the-end-of-return-of-the-jedi-special-edition/995717)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrations-at-the-end-of-return-of-the-jedi-special-edition/995717 "2024-01-09T14:15:50Z")
Okay, so at the end of Return of the Jedi, but only in the Special Edition, we get to see celebrations on Imperial-occupied worlds like Naboo and even Coruscant, commemorating the destruction of the Death Star, defeat of… --- ## [Problems with "Compress Photos" in MS Word 365. There are two versions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-compress-photos-in-ms-word-365-there-are-two-versions/995669)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-compress-photos-in-ms-word-365-there-are-two-versions/995669 "2024-01-09T12:37:59Z")
I have been using MS Word for 6-7 years now. I create documents of cemeteries so I have photos of tombstones, usually 10 or so per document. I use one blank document that I copy so I’ve been using the same one for years.… --- ## [Former US Ambassador arrested for being possible Cuban agent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-us-ambassador-arrested-for-being-possible-cuban-agent/994098)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-us-ambassador-arrested-for-being-possible-cuban-agent/994098 "2024-01-09T12:02:41Z")
It’s just amazing that people overturn a lifetime of service and accomplishments for (presumably) a paycheck. I can’t think what else they promised him. Maybe a government job if/when the sanctions are lifted on Cuba? --- ## [CC rewards programs - bill footed by poor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cc-rewards-programs-bill-footed-by-poor/993907)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cc-rewards-programs-bill-footed-by-poor/993907 "2024-01-09T11:00:20Z")
Saw this article in another thread about Paying Cash instead of CC - Is it Spreading?: Opinion | Credit Card Points Are Being Paid for by the Poor - The New York Times (nytimes.com) That article is a bit of a stretch I… --- ## [Google Maps property lines viewable on Google Earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-property-lines-viewable-on-google-earth/995659)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-property-lines-viewable-on-google-earth/995659 "2024-01-09T10:59:34Z")
I swear I was able to do this years ago and now I cannot. --- ## [What's the straight dope on those "creosote clearing" logs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-those-creosote-clearing-logs/995792)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-those-creosote-clearing-logs/995792 "2024-01-09T09:29:05Z")
We don’t have a lot of fireplace fires in our house, but we like to have 3-5 or 6 during a winter. But someone nearby had a fireplace fire and it freaked me out thinking that we could have one. We did have the fireplac… --- ## [Franz Beckenbauer dead at 78](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/franz-beckenbauer-dead-at-78/995782)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/franz-beckenbauer-dead-at-78/995782 "2024-01-09T06:57:55Z")
Just saw the breaking news on spiegel.de. No details yet, just the announcement that he died. He was Germany’s best footballer of all time and its greatest legend in every regard, though he did much wrong as an offici… --- ## [Finding old links](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-old-links/990345)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-old-links/990345 "2024-01-09T06:39:33Z")
I don’t know if this is the right forum but it can be moved if I’m in a wrong place. I have lost a set of links to favorite older threads. Some may not be available any longer, I know. But another Doper helped me find… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=654&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=656&state=tracking)