# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=727&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 728 --- ## [Beckdawrek and the ersatz elemental refrigerator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-and-the-ersatz-elemental-refrigerator/990874)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-and-the-ersatz-elemental-refrigerator/990874 "2023-10-03T14:30:37Z")
Mid-dau informed me a few days ago my overpriced refrigerator was acting stooopid! Being smart, as I am🤨(and due a previous incident with a certain red Washing machine) I always purchase an extra warranty on appliances. … --- ## [How do I get rid of my meth neighbor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-my-meth-neighbor/616071)
**Author:** [@forlorn\_closure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/forlorn_closure)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-my-meth-neighbor/616071 "2023-10-03T14:29:58Z")
I moved into a rental home recently and discovered that the person in the unit next to mine is doing meth in his apartment. I think I am also dealing with the health effects of a small amount of fumes seeping into my ap… --- ## [I can I shop Amazon (or other local delivery services) in another country (not the US)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-i-shop-amazon-or-other-local-delivery-services-in-another-country-not-the-us/990976)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-i-shop-amazon-or-other-local-delivery-services-in-another-country-not-the-us/990976 "2023-10-03T12:00:25Z")
I want to send something to a friend in Australia. I am in the US. I do not want to buy in the US and ship internationally. I want to buy something from an Australian merchant and ship locally in Australia. Every tim… --- ## [America's Got Talent 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-2023/990487)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-2023/990487 "2023-10-03T08:48:02Z")
I’m a little surprised there isn’t much talk about this show any more… Anyway, did anyone else notice how obviously disappointed Sofia Vergara was when her Golden Buzzer finished third (the other three judges were clapp… --- ## [What might your epitaph be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-your-epitaph-be/990587)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-your-epitaph-be/990587 "2023-10-03T06:09:33Z")
I always thought I’d use John Lennon’s “Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans,” because that perfectly sums up my life. What about you? What might your epitaph be? --- ## [Ever blackmail your siblings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-blackmail-your-siblings/794793)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-blackmail-your-siblings/794793 "2023-10-03T06:04:26Z")
It’s a staple of TV and movies: one sibling finds out about wrongdoing by another sibling, and will tell the parents unless they get money/takeover chores/etc. But as a kid, I never blackmailed my sister or vice versa–w… --- ## [Interview with the Trump-bot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-with-the-trump-bot/989587)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-with-the-trump-bot/989587 "2023-10-03T05:54:08Z")
Right wing media interview with “Donald Trump” may have been talking to a chatbot. Here’s some clips. Judge for yourself. Clip 1 - alleged voted fraud in Michigan Clip 2 - Biden ties to Ukraine Clip 3 - Trump indic… --- ## [The first lines of "The Good Times Are Killing Me" by Modest Mouse - ??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-lines-of-the-good-times-are-killing-me-by-modest-mouse/364743)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-lines-of-the-good-times-are-killing-me-by-modest-mouse/364743 "2023-10-02T23:46:52Z")
I love this song and it’s a perfect closer for the album. I’ve always puzzled over the opening lines, though. In fact, I’ve had discussions with friends over them. But I’m not talking about the lyrics of the song here. I… --- ## [Alternatives for rubber feet on cooktop grate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-for-rubber-feet-on-cooktop-grate/991018)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-for-rubber-feet-on-cooktop-grate/991018 "2023-10-02T23:40:57Z")
I got a new Samsung cooktop a year or so ago. The grates have little rubber feet on the bottom so they don’t rattle on the cooktop. A few days ago when my housecleaner was cleaning the grates in the sink, apparently one … --- ## [Not sure what isolating does, aside from flooding a room with virus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-what-isolating-does-aside-from-flooding-a-room-with-virus/991021)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-what-isolating-does-aside-from-flooding-a-room-with-virus/991021 "2023-10-02T23:29:39Z")
I realize that isolating/quarantining ensures that you (probably) won’t infect others. But at the same time aren’t I filling this room up with virus? I’m coughing, sneezing, hacking up sputum, etc. and every time I exh… --- ## [MLB: September 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2023/989543)
**Author:** [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2023/989543 "2023-10-02T23:26:00Z")
Didn’t see this one started, so I stepped in. Technically the season ends on 10/1, but I suspect we can let the extra day slide and the next thread will be for the post-season. The Cubs, after an 18-9 August catapulted … --- ## [A factual question about Trump's potential "Advice of counsel" defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-factual-question-about-trumps-potential-advice-of-counsel-defense/988043)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-factual-question-about-trumps-potential-advice-of-counsel-defense/988043 "2023-10-02T22:51:59Z")
There is much speculation that former President Trump will use the “Advice of counsel” defense in his upcoming January 6th trial. AIUI, this defense is basically that “I believed that my actions were legal based upon th… --- ## [Explosions in space, ala Stargate special effects](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-in-space-ala-stargate-special-effects/990935)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-in-space-ala-stargate-special-effects/990935 "2023-10-02T21:49:48Z")
In the film and the television series, exploding a nuclear device in the bad guy space ship creates a sphere of energy. I’m good with that, in a weightless vacuum I would expect energy to move in all directions. However… --- ## [Using the 14th Amendment to bar Trump from office - how does that work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-the-14th-amendment-to-bar-trump-from-office-how-does-that-work/975084)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-the-14th-amendment-to-bar-trump-from-office-how-does-that-work/975084 "2023-10-02T21:34:41Z")
I’ve heard speculation that folks may try to bar Trump from holding elected office under the 14th Amendment due to his having participated in the attempt to overthrow the government on Jan 6. So how does that work exactl… --- ## [What Humbles You?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-humbles-you/990511)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-humbles-you/990511 "2023-10-02T21:29:12Z")
I read a book written by a dying woman, and I’m humbled that she’s writing books while dying (when I finished this one, I saw an advert for yet another book she wrote after it.) Meanwhile I’m like, “my life is too crazy … --- ## [Lethal injection and choking on blood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lethal-injection-and-choking-on-blood/990998)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lethal-injection-and-choking-on-blood/990998 "2023-10-02T21:25:34Z")
I recently came across this editorial piece: It includes the following sentence, which really caught my attention: My own research has shown that death by lethal injection involves choking on your own blood about 80… --- ## [How Is Wifi Distributed Over A Large Area (like a theme park or college campus)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-wifi-distributed-over-a-large-area-like-a-theme-park-or-college-campus/990961)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-wifi-distributed-over-a-large-area-like-a-theme-park-or-college-campus/990961 "2023-10-02T21:16:14Z")
What’s the process that distributes wifi over a large area where there will be users both indoors and outdoors? Like a college campus, or a theme park? Do these facilities use off-the-shelf routers (just a bunch of them?… --- ## [What are you buying on Amazon, and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-buying-on-amazon-and-why/990799)
**Author:** [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-buying-on-amazon-and-why/990799 "2023-10-02T20:59:54Z")
From reading the thread on Amazon starting to charge a separate price for streaming, I noticed a lot of people saying how they’re constantly ordering things from Amazon, and so the free shipping from them is worth it. N… --- ## [Identify well-known on hold song maybe from TV show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-well-known-on-hold-song-maybe-from-tv-show/990971)
**Author:** [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-well-known-on-hold-song-maybe-from-tv-show/990971 "2023-10-02T20:55:56Z")
I keep coming across this well-known song when I’m waiting on hold on the phone. I think it may have been used as the theme song on a '90s TV show, but I can’t remember which one. Which is it then? --- ## [One day in Reykjavík - what to see?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-day-in-reykjavik-what-to-see/988270)
**Author:** [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-day-in-reykjavik-what-to-see/988270 "2023-10-02T19:46:38Z")
Long story short, I’m going to be in Germany for a couple of weeks in September. As I refuse to fly Air Canada and Transat doesn’t go directly to any airports in Germany, I booked with Icelandair. I have less than an hou… --- ## [Diet Coke is worse than vaccines! It really causes autism!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-coke-is-worse-than-vaccines-it-really-causes-autism/990792)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-coke-is-worse-than-vaccines-it-really-causes-autism/990792 "2023-10-02T18:21:37Z")
Well, the causation I claim may be just correlation, and only for males and not for females (but males are more affected by autism than females, so it fits, does it not?). Anyway, that is the article: What are your tho… --- ## [Can a "Bouncing Betty " be defused?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-bouncing-betty-be-defused/990669)
**Author:** [@Chickenwrangler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chickenwrangler)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-bouncing-betty-be-defused/990669 "2023-10-02T17:35:05Z")
“Bouncing betty” is the nickname given to a mine that when stepped on bounce up and detonate at about 3ft causing serious injury to anyone within range. Not very nice I’ve seen a couple of movies where some one has step… --- ## [Do you make mundane photos with your phones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-mundane-photos-with-your-phones/990892)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-mundane-photos-with-your-phones/990892 "2023-10-02T16:48:42Z")
Inspired by this thread: do you use the camara function of your cel.phone for mundane purposes, like: making a photo of a product/price in a retail store, making a photo of the parking space (in those huge parking de… --- ## [Messages from the 'Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/messages-from-the-dope/990974)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/messages-from-the-dope/990974 "2023-10-02T16:46:45Z")
What is the deal with getting notifications from the Straight Dope before I log onto my PC? --- ## [Curt Schilling is still an asshole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curt-schilling-is-still-an-asshole/990836)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curt-schilling-is-still-an-asshole/990836 "2023-10-02T16:44:30Z")
Curt Schilling revealed, without their permission, that Tim Wakefield and Wakefield’s wife both suffer from cancer. Schilling revealed that Wakefield has brain cancer, and his wife has pancreatic cancer. Both wished to k… --- ## [Are there widescreen computer monitors that would allow me to "split" the screen between two different sources at once?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-widescreen-computer-monitors-that-would-allow-me-to-split-the-screen-between-two-different-sources-at-once/990968)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-widescreen-computer-monitors-that-would-allow-me-to-split-the-screen-between-two-different-sources-at-once/990968 "2023-10-02T16:26:59Z")
On my desk, I have: My work-issued laptop My personal Mac Mini, which is my main desktop computer Monitor 1, which has only the Mac Mini connected to it Monitor 2 which has both the Mac Mini and the work laptop connect… --- ## [British Airways Pilot Fired For Snorting A Line Of Cocaine Off Of A Topless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-airways-pilot-fired-for-snorting-a-line-of-cocaine-off-of-a-topless/990863)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-airways-pilot-fired-for-snorting-a-line-of-cocaine-off-of-a-topless/990863 "2023-10-02T15:12:31Z")
Related to a time honored sentiment on the SDMB of “snorting blow off a hooker’s ass.” Perhaps the pilot was a reader/commenter here? --- ## [I need advice on selling cookbooks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-on-selling-cookbooks/990317)
**Author:** [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-on-selling-cookbooks/990317 "2023-10-02T13:50:02Z")
My Mother passed at the beginning of this month, I am trying to pack up everything in her apartment. My mom loved to cook as does my brother. Brother has already been here and took what he wanted. I have 30 to 40 pretty … --- ## [Buncha slackers in the MMP! {OLD}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buncha-slackers-in-the-mmp-old/990668)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 363\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buncha-slackers-in-the-mmp-old/990668 "2023-10-02T12:52:06Z")
It’s almost 6:30 a.m. in the Mitten State - some of y’all have usually already started balconatin’ and caffeinatin’ and are halfway through your third load of laundry AND the dishes are done. … and yet, nobody started u… --- ## [Balancing a checkbook?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balancing-a-checkbook/990696)
**Author:** [@ric62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ric62)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balancing-a-checkbook/990696 "2023-10-02T11:04:08Z")
Do you still sit down and balance your checkbook or do you check you balance and trust that it is correct? I still do a month balance but it is a pain with all the small debit purchases and also that I don’t always ask, … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=726&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=728&state=watching)