# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=669 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 670 --- ## [New Day, New Problem: Mice in Walls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-day-new-problem-mice-in-walls/994850)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-day-new-problem-mice-in-walls/994850 "2023-12-20T15:30:07Z")
I am open to suggestions of how to drive mice from walls (before I call a professional). In this vein, does anyone have experience with the ultrasonic rodent repellants? WIll it drive mice out of walls? Any preferred bra… --- ## [How do you solve a problem like Tuberville](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-tuberville/987571)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 262\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-tuberville/987571 "2023-12-20T12:42:10Z")
According to this post on the Maddowblog (below), Democratic members of the Senate are appealing to McConnell to try and pry Tuberville away from his blockade of military appointments. As the article says, good luck with… --- ## [Unstoppable pit sweat, or can antiperspirant's make you sweat more?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unstoppable-pit-sweat-or-can-antiperspirants-make-you-sweat-more/983129)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unstoppable-pit-sweat-or-can-antiperspirants-make-you-sweat-more/983129 "2023-12-20T12:41:13Z")
I’m sorry, but I need help about a gross topic: my sweating has changed and I can’t get a wrangle on things. Long story short: 42 yo Male and my right side armpit seems like it sweats more if I use antiperspirants, I fe… --- ## [Am I weird for not wanting wireless speakers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-weird-for-not-wanting-wireless-speakers/994790)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-weird-for-not-wanting-wireless-speakers/994790 "2023-12-20T12:04:05Z")
Maybe I’m just being curmudgeonly, I know most people love the option of placing them wherever works best; but I really wish a set of desktop PC speakers with decent music fidelity could be found that don’t broadcast wha… --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter A? See rules in OP \[Final Poll Added\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671 "2023-12-20T12:02:09Z")
Rules : Submissions are limited to 5 per person. Please do not post title suggestions or comments on alternative titles. This takes a little of the fun out of the process. It is ok, after the polls are posted, to name t… --- ## [What's Taters, precious? Taters is the laser cat from space](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-taters-precious-taters-is-the-laser-cat-from-space/994827)
**Author:** [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-taters-precious-taters-is-the-laser-cat-from-space/994827 "2023-12-20T10:53:33Z")
Scientists at JPL claim to be testing a new laser-based interplanetary communications system using near-infrared lasers. They say it offers bandwidth ten to a hundred times existing radio-based communications. The ultra-… --- ## [Cat overgrooming: how quickly will it stop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-overgrooming-how-quickly-will-it-stop/994618)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-overgrooming-how-quickly-will-it-stop/994618 "2023-12-20T07:49:03Z")
One of my cats is overgrooming. I know the source of the stress and have removed it. How quickly will she stop? For those who need the entire story: the stress was caused by two other cats introduced to the house recent… --- ## [Colorado CNA hired as sole employee of assisted living facility!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-cna-hired-as-sole-employee-of-assisted-living-facility/994848)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-cna-hired-as-sole-employee-of-assisted-living-facility/994848 "2023-12-20T05:13:09Z")
After SIX YEARS of being on duty 24/7/365, she sued and was awarded $850,000. One wonders how and why anything like this was allowed to happen, although I suspect her skin color and foreign surname (there are some Ayos … --- ## [Leave it with me (a common british phrase)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-it-with-me-a-common-british-phrase/993811)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-it-with-me-a-common-british-phrase/993811 "2023-12-20T04:05:52Z")
I’m a US Citizen - have lived a year in the (good) Melbourne in Australia, nigh 'round Dublin for about two and just last week have been in the UK for seven years. I’m from Long Island, New York yet since I was 16 avoid… --- ## [What do you use to clean modern tv screens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-to-clean-modern-tv-screens/994623)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-to-clean-modern-tv-screens/994623 "2023-12-20T02:57:14Z")
Today tv screens are almost always a type of clear plastic. Of course I have microfiber cloths What cleaner do you spray? 409? Windex? Water? Cold beer? :grinning: Does it really matter. A 42" dusty screen bugs me.… --- ## [Better to use old or new prescription glasses as spares?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-to-use-old-or-new-prescription-glasses-as-spares/994814)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-to-use-old-or-new-prescription-glasses-as-spares/994814 "2023-12-20T01:02:38Z")
I’ve been wearing the same set of multifocal glasses for around five years. I can see fine with them. Recently, I realized I should have spare pair (which I had put off because they’re so expensive). I got checked out, … --- ## [Wolves are being reintroduced to Colorado](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolves-are-being-reintroduced-to-colorado/994824)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolves-are-being-reintroduced-to-colorado/994824 "2023-12-20T00:37:40Z")
I’ve visited a couple of wolf sanctuaries, and although it’s a far cry from seeing one in the wild, it was an amazing (and slightly frightening experience). Sitting around a fire pit, with a full moon and howls going up … --- ## [Will a fish at depth in oxygen-deficient water experience more or less hypoxia (oxygen stress) than at the surface?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-fish-at-depth-in-oxygen-deficient-water-experience-more-or-less-hypoxia-oxygen-stress-than-at-the-surface/994847)
**Author:** [@StanDoubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDoubt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-fish-at-depth-in-oxygen-deficient-water-experience-more-or-less-hypoxia-oxygen-stress-than-at-the-surface/994847 "2023-12-20T00:12:46Z")
Title pretty much sums it up. Assuming a well-mixed body of water with homogeneous, but low oxygen concentration, would a fish at, say 50 ft, experience more or less oxygen stress due to the increased pressure? This seem… --- ## [L.A. DJ Jim Ladd has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dj-jim-ladd-has-died/994791)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dj-jim-ladd-has-died/994791 "2023-12-19T22:51:10Z")
Jim Ladd, Radio Veteran and SiriusXM Personality, Dead at 75 He was the inspiration for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ “The Last DJ" I used to hear him on KMET. --- ## [New computer won't boot from the old drive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-computer-wont-boot-from-the-old-drive/994837)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-computer-wont-boot-from-the-old-drive/994837 "2023-12-19T22:11:04Z")
It sees the drive, just not as a boot drive. One option may be to get an M.2 drive and make that the boot drive. I was planning on doing that eventually. The questions are If I do that is there any reason I couldn’t… --- ## [How do I keep granite sealer odor out of the rest of the house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-keep-granite-sealer-odor-out-of-the-rest-of-the-house/994836)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-keep-granite-sealer-odor-out-of-the-rest-of-the-house/994836 "2023-12-19T21:19:41Z")
We are going to have a granite sealer applied to newly installed granite, and I want to try to keep that very strong odor out of the rest of our house. How would you recommend we do that? Here are some of my ideas. H… --- ## [WTH Walmart? You can't sell good wrapping paper anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-walmart-you-cant-sell-good-wrapping-paper-anymore/994782)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-walmart-you-cant-sell-good-wrapping-paper-anymore/994782 "2023-12-19T20:54:14Z")
Yes, Truely and Entirely Mundane. I want to decorate a cardboard box that I keep with snacks on my bedroom dresser. Open the Walmart App and Search wrapping paper. I see standard cheap, thin Christmas and birthday wra… --- ## [Delusional Egomaniacal LOTR fan-fiction writer has a bad day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delusional-egomaniacal-lotr-fan-fiction-writer-has-a-bad-day/994800)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delusional-egomaniacal-lotr-fan-fiction-writer-has-a-bad-day/994800 "2023-12-19T20:53:25Z")
Demetrious Polychron is a fan-fiction writer. He wrote what he described as a “pitch-perfect” prequel to the Lord of the Rings books. Sure that the Tolkien estate would be eager to collaborate on publishing his books, he… --- ## [Telling Jams Apart -- Need Help Fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telling-jams-apart-need-help-fast/994446)
**Author:** [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telling-jams-apart-need-help-fast/994446 "2023-12-19T19:53:34Z")
OK, I got really stupid. A couple months ago I made jam for Christmas presents. Two types I made were Cherry – made from dark sweet cherries – and Blueberry Marmalade – blueberries with lemon and orange flesh and finel… --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter R? See rules in OP: final poll added](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994479)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994479 "2023-12-19T19:51:29Z")
Rules : Submissions are limited to 5 per person. Please do not post title suggestions or comments on alternative titles. This takes a little of the fun out of the process. It is ok, after the polls are posted, to name… --- ## [I may have some thing similar to Aphantasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-have-some-thing-similar-to-aphantasia/994575)
**Author:** [@Jackson99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackson99)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-have-some-thing-similar-to-aphantasia/994575 "2023-12-19T18:15:19Z")
I may have some thing similar to Aphantasia disorder. When I close my eyes and try to visualize a family member or friend, it is like worse than an old low quality VHS tape. If I close my eyes and visualize a vacation … --- ## [Legal question: Tarzan, his cousin, and the House of Lords](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-tarzan-his-cousin-and-the-house-of-lords/994792)
**Author:** [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-tarzan-his-cousin-and-the-house-of-lords/994792 "2023-12-19T16:01:13Z")
Not sure if this belongs in CS or IMHO. It is the late 19th Century. John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke, disappears. While missing, his son and heir, John Junior, is born. One day, the child is playing with his father’… --- ## [Can I measure my time dilation displacement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-measure-my-time-dilation-displacement/994696)
**Author:** [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-measure-my-time-dilation-displacement/994696 "2023-12-19T14:48:27Z")
I have traveled over a million miles as a passenger in jet aircraft. According to GPT4 that produces 2 microseconds of time displacement. I’d like to use that as a science project with my great grand daughter. We both h… --- ## [Advice for selling a used car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-selling-a-used-car/993382)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-selling-a-used-car/993382 "2023-12-19T14:25:53Z")
I have a used car to sell. I have sold my own used cars before, but not for a long while. The threads on this I could find here are 20+ years old, and things have changed. This thread is primarily about how to advertise… --- ## [Is it possible to use my iPhone to play music on good speakers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-use-my-iphone-to-play-music-on-good-speakers/994806)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-use-my-iphone-to-play-music-on-good-speakers/994806 "2023-12-19T14:18:22Z")
I have an iPhone and have the music app, so I can select albums and stuff that I want to hear. But the sound on my iPhone is not very good. Are there speakers that can connect somehow to my iPhone to play music, with … --- ## [How did the Russians meddle in our election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-russians-meddle-in-our-election/819293)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-russians-meddle-in-our-election/819293 "2023-12-19T13:28:03Z")
This is GQ, but it will be very difficult to keep it here. All I ask is that posters give it the old college try. So, two questions: What specifically is it alleged that the Russians did to “meddle” in the 2016 elec… --- ## [Split-bus electrical panels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/split-bus-electrical-panels/994719)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/split-bus-electrical-panels/994719 "2023-12-19T13:17:59Z")
I think I have an understanding of what’s going on, but I want to be sure I’m not missing anything. My sister has an older house (~1950s) and wants to install an EV charger. I’m giving them a spare mobile charger, so t… --- ## [Another question for UK residents - did you have tax deferred retirement accounts before PPS/SIPP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-for-uk-residents-did-you-have-tax-deferred-retirement-accounts-before-pps-sipp/994620)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-for-uk-residents-did-you-have-tax-deferred-retirement-accounts-before-pps-sipp/994620 "2023-12-19T12:03:36Z")
Just sort of randomly thought about UK retirements and wondered about their equivalent to 401k, so looked it up. I saw these were created in the late 1980s. I know state and occupational pensions are much older, of cours… --- ## [Booze for the Holidays - Box Wine Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/booze-for-the-holidays-box-wine-edition/994724)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/booze-for-the-holidays-box-wine-edition/994724 "2023-12-19T11:04:28Z")
With out of town friends coming for the New Year holiday, I got my booze shopping done on Friday. This year we are making said friend’s traditional eggnog (his departed father’s version) rather than mine: raw eggs, cre… --- ## [Halving a raisin bran muffin recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halving-a-raisin-bran-muffin-recipe/994797)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halving-a-raisin-bran-muffin-recipe/994797 "2023-12-19T06:30:21Z")
So I want to bake some raisin bran muffins. I have a recipe I used in the past that was okay, but like most of them it makes a dozen muffins, way too much for just us. Halving the ingredient amounts is no problem excep… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=668) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=670)